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This thread should have been labelled "Spot the tight arses!" Just fooling around guys Anyway, awesome pic and great car. Congratulations

5ky: Sounds like importing is not for you. I bought my car in November 2004, eligible for immediate import and due to certain circumstances and not enough boats, my car is still on the docks.

My mate has a NA VL and even though its an absolute bucket, its a fun car to be a passenger in. Its very loud and prehistoric

And the concept? Well man that woudl be like putting an excel engine into a lambourghini. Its just wrong

LOL

Guerilla: People who sit behind 2 tonnes of steel have it pretty tough..

I'm wondering if any other companies make something thats the same as the HKS Camp but doesnt have the 'visual basic in 1997' screen output? something that looks a bit more horn? i've got 7 glorious inches of touchscreen i dont want going to waste on something that looks like its being pumped out by a commodore 64

Not yet

This is that "attitude" I'm talking about. The whole "You shouldnt be able to get something really good for little money" attitude.. Why not? I am completely a tight arse who wants to take advantage of the realistic depreciation cars have in japan. Why? Because i'm getting ripped off on local cars. Why not take advantage of this? The USA? THE USA! Mate, why would I import a car into the USA when I can pick up a used porsche boxster there for $23k? What about a Lexus? $25k.. Mercedes SLK? $30k.. '98 BMW M3? $28k.. shall I continue? See the pattern here? Aussies get a bum deal on cars. We categorically pay way more than Japan, USA, UK etc for a lot less car. And I wish everyone would stop giving me this "We're a small market and geographically isolated" rubbish.. If the Australian government actually had a brain we'd take advantage of the high quality, low cost cars Japan offers like any real business would do.

If SEVS compliance was as lax as 15 year rule compliance, then I would have absolutely no problem with the abolishment of the 15 year rule. The fact is, bringing in cars under the 15 year rule means it costs less and I can bring in modified cars. And whoever said enthusiasts dont want to bring in modified cars.. well my friend just picked up a toyota celsior with a 2jz conversion, 18" mag wheels, aftermarket suspension, aftermarket computer, blow off valve.. the thing truly kicks ass. Anyone who says this is not an enthusiast vehicle is smoking too much herb. Sure, the LS430 was delivered locally but so what? I think Australia would be better off taking advantage of the japanese used car market.. if it means less shitbox australian cars on the road then I'm all for it. SEVS compliance is absolutely retarded, and blatant government red tape designed to increase the cost of importing vehicles. Its unaustralian and all of the issues on importing cars go against civil liberties and freedom of trade. I'm not saying we should open the floodgates on used vehicles from japan, but something seriously needs to be done instead of this red tape bullshit. I can buy a CD from amazon.com in the USA and import it, I can do the same with a 32" widescreen lcd, car stereo, furniture.. ANYTHING. I just pay shipping, customs, duties + GST. Cars are the ONLY market that is being protected and nobody is doing anything about it. Instead, Australians sit around like a bunch of whinging sissies who blindly believe the propoganda the government spurts out in the interest of the big car suppliers. If DOTARS had their way everyone would be driving a commodore, ford or a locally delivered toyota.

i doubt a gtr would have any trouble getting up said ramps in first at 2500rpm but good point..

I'm interested.

mr_fanny: cool. got pics of the finished job?

Shan: Everybody knows compliance under SEVS is complete bollocks

Hey Guys, We've all got old imports with peeling paint on our wiper arms.. What is the cleanest way to get them back to that original, new black looking colour? I've seen many guys who have resprayed their wipers black with spray cans but it just doesnt look good enough. How much would a set of replacement front and rear wiper arms+blades cost for my r32 gtr? should I call nissan? is there new aftermarket arms I can buy.. What have you done to get around this? Or maybe I should just strip it back for that aluminium look.. hmmm...

On my alpine iva-d300e touch screen i just touch the directories and surf through the ipod like that. it rocks! 100x better than using the ipod

the buzzing is usually the fuel pump mate..

wrap the car in cotton-wool........

tdawg & Tyler Durden: Dont think it only happens to you guys in Western Australia either, I paid for my car and it was booked on the first available vessle in November, and was ALREADY on the docks.. I still have not had confirmation on it being on a vessle. See Sig.. And to re-iterate.. the importing does not suck, its the waiting that does

The thought of some smelly disgusting wharfy thrashing my GTR and redlining it just after it hasnt been started for months... makes me nervous.

This is very true about wankers.. I would say theres a propotional amount more wankers in R33's in particular. But I digress, this might be because theres just so many damn r33's on the road? imho, a WRX is basically a Kia Rio with a boxter turbo and awd.. similar interior, too. Nothing to write home about really.. its just not enough to get my heart racing due to the lame power delivery.

All close to stock r32 gts-t's feel sluggish. This is normal.. Just sit back and enjoy the sound your car makes.

boj01: unless its an 89 model, at which point compliance will be a cake walk.

skypy12: Well my car was booked around the 29th of November last year and was elligble for immediate import leaving Yokohoma. Its missed 3 kiwi boats now.. and I know my car has been in the kiwi holding yard since January. The next boat arrives here on the 10th of March. It depends on what boat and what port. My friend bought his 300zx about 4 weeks ago and it got straight onto a boat, straight through compliance and we registered it a couple of days ago. While i've been waiting since November and my car is still not on a Boat. See Sig..

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