DN1097

i met the owner of this GT-R last week: he told me he knew of the GTR i originally asked about above. the car is being sold on consignment, hence the markup and quite possibly why i have not seen it at their lot because the owner is driving it... oh well. the owner of this car did quite well for himself. he spent a long time finding this one. it is a grade 4 car with B interior. i am not certain why it has a B rating because the interior was mint and had not been smoked in, but there was a lot of aftermarket electronics like a boost controller, defi gauges, navi and a tein edfc that were not well/permanently installed, which could be the reason why, but he has since sorted it out. he bought it himself at a tokyo auction house (i can't remember the name) before it was 15 years old (as per canada import laws), but had brave auto international to store it until it was and it was shipped by container to canada, and here it is now. he paid almost half of what the one i was looking at was asking for. sigh.

yes. end of an era. last of the inline-sixes.

so you are saying that is like comparing a porsche 993 to a 996...yeah i think i get it.

just had a wake up call after seeing this ad in craigslist: http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/ctd/4546334208.html which one costs too much, and which one costs too little?

i suspect it would only be for serious buyers who put down a deposit. also, i am not sure when this car was deregistered in japan. from what little i know it has spent time in the united states, another thing that scares me is that it might originally have been a motorex car, which raises questions as to its importation status. the seller claims it's legal and registered in canada however. we are on national holiday here in canada. everyone is closed. i'm going to be left with more questions than answers for the meantime. i am also hoping for a test drive. i've never been in an r34 before, only r32's. if it ends up being slower than what i have now serious man tears are going to be shed.

here is another, but this one has not landed yet i think: http://forums.gtrcanada.com/cars-sale/62485-99-r34-v-spec.html

... or maybe for $2-3k more i should just get this: http://forums.gtrcanada.com/cars-sale/62774-1999-vspec-r34-gtr-sale-%2A-lightning-yellow-%2A.html

thank you sir. i might as well ask you here... do you offer your services to buyers outside of australia? i am from canada, and our 15 year old rule has now made the 1999MY GT-R valid for importation here. many of the local importers makes some of your local ones look like upstanding businesses so i'm forced to look outside of the box per se.

another importer messaged me privately and said he saw what he thinks is this car go through auction recently and pulled the pictures and dug out the auction sheet for me. the one he found appears to have the same fog lights in the front bar, and in another picture i did not post, it has the same parking lot permit sticker in the corner of the glass. also, the mileage is close, so it is my assumption this is the same vehicle. [edit]: someone on gtrcanada responded back with the same info. sorry for the confusion.

thank you for the translation. compliance here is commonly described as a glorified safety inspection, from ensuring that the tyres are road legal, to worn ball joints. and issuing a new registration number. they will add daytime running lights and reflectors as per code here. there will be an emissions test as well. but as for other things like whether the transmission is grinding synchros or the turbos are blown is not their problem. we do allow aftermarket modifications like blowoff valves, exhaust systems, etc., but i am not looking to do heavy modifications and turn it into a money pit.

an importer has come forward and he thinks it might be this one? if it is true, then it sold at auction for 3760 000 Yen ($40k CDN). he told me that if he were the one importing it landed cost after taxes in canada would put it around $50k cdn before compliance and markup. can anyone translate the sheet? i only understand the grade 4.5, and the mileage indicated appears to be genuine and matches what is advertised?

the dealer told me the car has just landed here and is going through compliance right now so i cannot view it in person. i thought at the very least i could do an odometer check online and go from there.

first off... hello all. my first post. i have been a long time lurker here and i am just crawling out from under my rock now. second... i am not from australia! sorry... i am actually from canada. we do have a forum http://www.gtrcanada.com but it is not as well established as SAU. i am hoping an importer or someone here may have seen this car go through auction in the last 2 months: http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/ctd/4522279514.html the dealer that is selling it is new, and they will not release the auction sheets or the japanese chassis number/vin unless it is a serious buyer. i am worried that this car may be misrepresented, as i was almost scammed before and now i am scared of anything RHD. any help is appreciated.