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In June last year the general cost for an R34 GTR in good condition was around 3 Million Yen Complied and registered you would see the car in your driveway for around $40K for a normal or V Spec and even as low as early $30's if you found a bargain. Most importers, resellers and even private sellers will still stand on the AUD vs JPY fence stating the exchange fluctuation causes price increases though nearly everyone exploited this and were actually increasing the sale price even if the car was already in the country regardless of what the car was bought at. As the as the Yen is now back at around 80 the price for GTR's is back being what they used to be back in June to buy them in Japan and have them complied and registered. There have been many come up as little as 2.2 Million Yen and they are not that bad. R34 GTR's are not as bad as R32 and R33 GTR's though. The usual cost for an R32 GTR is between 300,000Y and 500,000 Yen and can be in your driveway for around $11-12, They are a 20+ YO car and condition really only comes down to the paintwork now which for the real cost means nothing as a respray and reupholster will still be cheaper than the majority of GTR's for sale. Engine condition is not important these days as its a GTR and will end up spinning a bearing. IMO anything over $15k for a relatively stock GTR is rude. R33 GTR's the general cost is around 500,000Y to 800,000Y and can be in your driveway for around $13-16K The difference in prices usually takes into account exhausts, wheels, and other usual upgrades even turbo's that may be on the car. There are R34 GTR's being sold for $45,000 which is fairly reasonable if you are looking to import now. With R32 and R33 GTR's this is definately another story with them having up to $10-25K added for no reason. This should make people definitely consider the use of a broker and if you are not, you should be. The general populace of car owners have taken out finance, have bought a car locally at the seller inflated price and like any human being doesnt want to lose much on the sale. Bank balance is what keeps the prices of cars high in Australia, not supply and demand, not the exchange rate (the 8 month window from July last year excluded) and not the "value" of the car. My 2 cents.

Much cheaper and easier. Do Luck Flat trunk for R33 GTST

Hi Michael I simply stated that the 3 (# three) major networks in Australia do not work. With the majority of the country being apart of the Vodafone, Telstra and Optus brood, the "3 Network" wasn't a targeted demo nor was it one of the providers i use or one i said dint work. It is a minority that was overlooked though not in rant. Using an iphone pretty much everywhere in Japan the 3 big networks were useless and as above even if they had of worked Softbanks international service was much cheaper than any other options i have looked into and used and previously i had spent upwards of $2000 on international calls. Heavy volume or even nowhere near what i use people would benefit from at the very least looking into it. A few calls back to home while you are over there though most wouldn't even bother with a mobile. Heck you can call from any hotel or Shinkansen in your travels so for most even spending the $25-50 unlocking your phone would simply be better spent on international calls at the hotel in that situation. No misleading information here mate, just not a 3 user along with a lot of other people. Pre-paid coverage with generally all networks also differs in most countries as well.

None of Australia's networks work in Japan be it prepaid or on a plan, even if they are set to roam globally. Telstra is the only one that worked for about 5 km in the whole of Japan for a useful time and its so terrible they don't even list Japan as a part of the roaming global network. On a plan it is supposed to work with Telstra though 3 phones and all 3 major AU carriers later and its just easier to get a sim over there. You must have a 3G equipped phone and the cheapest and best means of communication is a Japanese sim from either Docomo or Softbank etc. They also have the best international rates. Companies like Ekit that do international sims are the biggest waste of money ever, its nearly cheaper to call international from a hotel. There are Docomo stores and Softbank stores, retailers everywhere and chances are they will flag you down in front of the shop anyway.

This trip I brought wooden swords back, metal swords, Syrikins, Sy's, Japanese Ninja head guards and body guards, well over the legal amount of alcohol as well. What i got done on was Richards bloody smokes in carry on. 1 box allowed not 2. No big deal. Took attention away from $1000 worth of scotch in check in which did have locks on that were no longer there upon arrival in Aus. Lucky. I also had Toppo's and Pocky in carry on. They never seem to mind. They did check a couple of Snow Globes from Fuji a few times through the scanner and wanted to check the liquid inside. Could be water, could be a meth mix who knows.

I haven't done Nasho for sooo long. The last time was in Liz's Silvia T BAG lol

Korean you say? Must be a black thing Monkey. I need to speak with you when i get back about a web job.

Dear God. I guess you went through the 10 boxes you bought when you left here pretty quick huh. lol And in response to your email im not bringing any back for you, i already traded that little suitcase up for another big one. Forgot to take one with me to the container. Bring on the 40,000 Yen excess baggage charge. The semi-dark chocolate coated ones are better.

I was there a few days ago http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ja...ri-t271391.html

A little off topic. Does anyone remember Operation Drag that used to happen years and years ago on the Gold Coast? There used to be heaps of Police with their own Torana's, Capri's, Falcons and Kingswoods and early Commodores dressed up so everyone knew who they were (even a heavily modified Police car specifically used for the events) racing against all forms of life. I cant help but want to point the finger and say "You've changed man" What once had its name held high, a name that most looked at as a safe haven for some speed and fun is now the name of legislation and operations that strip you of what little fun can be had. Resulting in huge fines, loss of license and in some cases loss of vehicle in some cases for those simply unlucky enough to be pulled over whilst driving a modified car. I'm against the stupidity that the people being targeted are laying out on the streets but for those that get pulled over time and time again for just driving from A-B. Enough is enough. I don't know how many times i have been pulled over in my cars for random breath tests and license checks that have led to the bonnet being opened and a 30 + minute conversation followed by an opinion that is generated purely on how the conversation travels. If i was short of time on some occasions and really needed to keep traveling it went sour very quickly and the badge was waved high. On the other hand, if i divulge my professional life outside of the car industry and what ever car i am driving at the time it often leads to well, leads. As much as everyone hates it, the laws are there to protect the community no matter how biased or rediculas they are, the intentions are generally favorable to the general public. I have an acquaintance that hit and killed a drunk male stumbling across the street while drag racing and he was sent to jail for 6 months. Was the punishment justified? Yes, some would say too lenient, though if you are stumbling across the street drunk, it doesn't matter whether a car was speeding or racing or just traveling from A to B you deserve what ever wheels you end up under. As even if the sentence is not jail for a regular driver, the damage to your life is ever lasting for both parties. Its very much open to interpretation. Racing on the street was not the use it was ever intended for. Pick your skirts up and go to a track day if you have a problem with being booked for doing stupid shit on the roads. Circuit racing and drag racing at a track is so much more fun and exhilarating anyway as its a competition of numbers from first to last. Being pulled over for doing nothing but driving your pride and joy is another thing that really needs to be addressed. As said above if you were driving a Porsche and speeding and going the other way was a speeding Skyline then its obvious the Skyline will be tea bagged. For some its a matter of money, for others they have spent 3 Porsche's on their car to have it travel through time. (Flux Capacitors are expensive) Stacey has covered the obvious parts of driving life though tell your girlfriend to campaign for raceway on the Gold Coast and piss off the idea of an AFL stadium. Don't let the private sector get involved either as they will f**k it when they get greedy and just build houses on the land like Oran. Its never going to change though, only get worse. For shame.

If you want to bring something over simply send it to yourself or buy locally or instruct the seller from Japan to send it to you. You are not allowed to bring over loose items in drive on drive off deliveries anymore and if you do put something in you will most likely loose it. If you hide them in the car and they are found during inspection and they are new and not declared/valued over $1000 you will be spanked. If you want to bring things over, get a container for an extra $800 or so and put another car in with a friend to make it more cost effective, then put what you want in the boot.

Welllllllllllll. http://www.e-autosalon.net/tokyo/for_press/teaser/index.php Stranger things have happened though. Its the next illogical step so some would argue its the most logical step. Transaxel Pre-35 GTR with 1200hp from an RB26, isn't really that hard to imagine.

Are you in Japan at the moment? I will be in Nagoya tomorrow (In Osaka at the moment) if you are in Japan and want help finding the place, though with gauges it is generally cheaper to buy them from Australia, We have a huge range in stock from the BF series, Racer series to the Advanced gauges. Savings are made on over single purchases.

Some say he grows on tree's. All we know?

Dont just stop at a hanging mobile. Give the kid a block, rods, bolts, pistons, bearings, the lot and have him/her build an engine. Probably be more competent than half the muppets currently doing them.

Just pissed myself laughing.

Must.................. escape.................. trap hahaha

You were still saying they were cool 3 days ago when we were in their workshop looking at their actual R35 GTR. lol The stickers on that photo chopped effort may be what it will look like if they speed run it, the rest mmmnah.

Updated from Sendai Hi-Land and adventures.

Its unanimous 1 vote was all i really cared for. Will upload soon.

To take the unfair leverage i have over Steve and the mass amount of snoring video i have over him i think there should be a poll as to weather i should add him to the Internets vast black hole so everyone can lose hours of sleep a night listening to the ever changing snoring radio station 24.7 Steve FM. haha

Held for more photos

Held for more photos

Top Secret / 27-5 NEW Not one wink of sleep again though today we went down to Top Secret to speak with Hyobu Shibuki to discuss the new R35 GTR parts range and stock. (heaps more snoring video) I also took the opportunity to get a bit of Top secret clothing which is now listed here: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ge...ts-t272073.html Having wiped them out of stock as well for the clothing items listed there will be yet again more of a wait for stock after they recoup though a new list of parts will be up in the coming days for Top Secret and stock will soon be landing in AUS. Unluckily the garage was closed at this time though it didn't stop us from being entitled to a close up of everything inside. Upon entering we were led to believe only a couple of customers cars were inside but there was an obvious smirk of surprise on Hyobu Shibuki's face. Once the doors were opened we were faced with the R35 GTR, Top Secret D1 350Z which is for sale if anyone is interested, please contact us. The super mega land speed Supra and other WMD's. There was Shibuki-San's wide body supra which is an odd 800 hp and the combined total of wheel horsepower in the place could surely shift the Earth off its axis along with the cars outside. There was also the old Supra relic down the side which i remember being there from years ago and still has not moved. Dirty old dinosaur Its the marble score of 20 Mr Wagyu himself. Kind of has the "i clean toilets look" about him. lol Once again way too many photo's The days are coming soon when these here pages are covered in Steve snoring. Currently though a 2 minute caption takes up 400mb with the HD 1080 camera i have so a lot editing is required.

Again there is no escape the 24/7 Steve FM's top 100 snoring hits. I am slowly sinking deeper and deeper into a state of insomnia that will only be cured by his departure from Japan........ I hope. We were supposed to go to Top Secret today the 26th of May but actually getting to sleep at 7 in the morning the morning on the day i thought stuff it if we don't make it today i will simply go back when Steve is back in Aus at least then the 2 and a half hour train ride from Shinjuku will be one i won't hold a high amount of resentment for Steve for keeping me awake attuned to Radio Steve's greatest hits snoring 24/7. lol aaaaaaaaanyway So it was too late when we got there having a few wrong turns here and there. Namely shocking directions from our Hotel Supervisor which appeared to speak fairly good English and understood my Auction report and dealing Japanese though sadly it was just a ill hidden guise and she had steered us in the complete opposite f**king direction, which was ok because for the last 6 days i had been obsessed with a book i was reading and didn't care about the 5 hour stuff up finishing it. Steve on the other hand had the poopies. All in all though my reasons for going to these places are different to Steve so i cant hold it against him for wanting to drewl on the Super Fun Happy Mega Speed Highway Supra. Definitely though i haven't laughed quite as much in a long time and our antics will soon be shown on HD recordings to kill your monthly bandwidth allowances if you care to watch them. Once again though, no sock is large enough to contain the snoring. Its f**king funny though, the sounds that come out, with the cast totaling around 8 different sounds from movies, cars, a lion, and an elephant its starting to get interesting. lol Next will be putting things in strategic places to manipulate the sounds to see what sort of symphony performance i can put together at the end of it. One chap that truly caught my attention was named Uno. I had a sneaking suspicion that the camber on his front wheels was constantly changing when going over different gradients and from side to side. And with the thought of the technical advances coming through with suspension could this young driver of a beaten up car have something noone else had? It was falling apart at the seems literally you will see. His 180SX had been with him for years and true to the code wore his car with a pride even though it looked like it had just been flown off a cliff which i was told it also had experienced. By the looks of this car he had more than one life which does his name a lot of justice and what he had done to keep on getting out there was nothing short of genius in its simplest form. The thing was held together with spanners. Literally. Amazing huh. The funniest part is the way he gets the car to the track is with the Japanese version of a trade plate. He has also never been pulled over and early next month i am hoping to meet up with him back in Sendai for some mountain drifting in his Chaser. Whilst there i quickly befriended a French editor of his countries Drift magazine who was paid to live breath and eat drift/track days and report back with material and pictures for what he admitted to be a small but eager audience. Apart from ^ Jason i was the only other person there with a decent camera which was a little surprising though i will be sure to meet up with him later on in the year for D1. Another surprise was the arrival of D Style owner and crew for the finish which Jason quickly introduced me to as a crazed Australian drifting, performance parts owning kangaroo fighter that loves his barbecue's which confused him to the point that he fell over laughing. Again will be seeing him at a later date. I don't like barbecue's that much. There were a few other friends of Jason that i had to meet and one was a master of fabrication the likes not many Australian's would strive for. A completely modified chassis rail, cage setup, carbon fiber fused roof, quarters, pillars, the thing was a piece of art transformed from a drag car with its T51R SPL RR laying on the ground to a full out ground up custom circuit car. These garages are rented a the track for 10000 Yen a year, like most of you i wish i had 11, no 12. It was funny with Hi-land the whole park. It almost seemed as if to be owned by a father with a growing son. "Dad i want a theme park." "Ok son" Bam here you go. "Dad i want to ski down our mountain." "Ok Son" Bam here you go have a ski lift with lodge. "Dad i like Gocarts can i have a track?" "Ok Son" Bam a couple of Gocart tracks. "Dad im getting caught speeding can i have a drag track?" "Ok son" Bam Sendai dragway. "Dad im sick of this straight line bullshit i want corners." "Ok son" Bam here is Sendai Hi-Land circuit. "Dad i keep just spinning the wheels perhaps a drift track is in order as i keep going too fast and crashing into the walls maybe something smaller would be suitable?" "Ok Son" Bam a drift track. "Dad im sick of the smell of rubber and i have been driving the cars through the bush a lot at the top of the Ski ramp that-" "OK SON TAKE THE KEYS TO THE TRACTOR AND PLOUGH SOME DIRT FOR A RALLY TRACK!!! Bam? "Dad im si-" f**kit take the place and do what you want with it im sick of your shit son" Winner. I thought about that for a while and actually laughed out loud at my innocuous mind joke as i was wandering around the place. The walk back we got a lot of video and it literally would have taken half an hour to get from the drift track to the top so we did as any normal Australian's would, we took a short cut and crossed the drag strip Video will be put up later. At the staging lights the guys from this morning's bike crew were still around with Police answering questions and the Hi-Land staff quickly arranged a bus to take us to the train station. Amazing, the hospitality from a 1000 Yen ticket was to no end. On another note we got a ride in a Police car to Shinjuku station where for some reason they had to slice through traffic at 5 million kph screaming excuse me GTFO of the way please on the loud speaker as we catapulted through intersections and up taxi's asses like a bear on heat. All in all the last couple of days scare me with what is to come on this trip. No comment on that. Somewhere in there we went into the belly of Rupongi one night and if anyone ever wondered what all of those Nigerians do with the money they scam out of stupid humans hoping to score the inheritance of thier long lost 14th cousin on your mothers fathers side you need look no further than this buzzing little gem of a city. There are more strip clubs and borderline brothels then you could poke a stick at and the majority are owned and operated by the bastards. In the streets of even Shinjuku's red district they are like locusts grabbing you by the arm asking if you like girls. Tonight was funny being fed up with the Nigerians as we were hoping for just a stroll to make us tired and to talk so we had a laugh giving excuses and speaking Polish until one caught me and told me he heard me speaking English down the road, I was thinking did this guy have bionic ears or what? And what a rude prick for questioning me. So still walking away as he followed another Japanese living friend of mine and i, i mouthed off at him like a trooper questioning his mothers motives for breeding and having a parasite of a son. After that we ventured out to Shibuya had some drinks and up into some twistie's we went for some Touge and to watch others sacrifice their cars with another friend. Thankfully we were not shot at while out, either his bionic ears were turned off or he silently agreed with me, another trip to the Police station would have been shit at this time of night so I went back to the hotel and friend went home before we were dead or never to be found again buried under some rice patty some where in the low lands creating a new taste of rice crossed between lime/lie and the other other white meat.