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Hey Dave, saw in another post by Andy saying that the english conversion for the s2 m35 n v35 is going to be ready soon! You keen on doing the conversion when it's available or you have already gotten used to the japanese display ?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-300933933.htm Saw this trademe posting today.... is the seller in the forum? Such a nice car... wondering why you would wanna sell it....

Saw a stag last Thursday at around 8.50am on the intersection of chapel road n the road turning into the Chinese temple in flat bush. Nice station wagon in silver. Does this nice car belong to anyone here? I must say I hardly see a stag in botany area n this is the 1st one. Anyway just got back fr Sydney n was kinda disappointed that I didn't manage to spot a single v35 while I was there! Tat being said I did spent most of the 2 days in a conference n was mainly in chadswood area only.

Thanks Ant for the update. Well my car is not here yet n I'll probably need to save up b4 any more additional spending on the car. So will search the forum here for more details on the mean time. Has anyone considered flying Chris Rogers here for some work on the car? I m just thinking if there r a few fellow aucklanders who is keen to do this it may be good tat we can share the cost to fly him over n get a few things done. Have anyone tried this method b4?

Will be heading over to Sydney tomorrow for work and will be mostly in Chadswood area. Hopefully I'll spot a few nice V35s there as I think based on the forum, it seems much more common on the road vs here in Auckland!

On another separate topic, what transmission fluid have u guys been using for ur car (auto transmission)? I read somewhere in this forum the other day and someone pointed me to this site:- http://www.tds.castrol.com.au/pdf/2701_transmaxj_b1650_03.pdf seems like we can use a castrol transmission fluid which is the same as the j-matic of Nissan. Has anyone tried this?

Spotted another v35 coupe in Silver in Manukau Heights while heading to work the other day! I was heading towards Manukau town centre while the v35 coupe was heading the opposite direction towards Chapel Road. Car looks awesome n clean! Is the owner of this great car in the forum?

Seems like lots of ppl are importing spare parts from the US! Sounds like a good alternative (esp. for parts that we don't need urgently and more for servicing of the car). Is it easy 2 get parts flown in fr the States? How long does it usually takes and do you guys shop via ebay? Thanks!

Thanks Spong! I think my car will have the standard immobiliser fitted in there. Not too sure how many keys it comes with though. And yes, I'll definitely keep the immobiliser in there (unless, touchwood, there's any issue). Hopefully there's a spare key with the car else may need to get Nissan to sort a spare which is probably gonna cost an arm and a leg! Anyway, thx for the update! I gotta say I am learning heaps for this post! Esp wif more ppl sharing news and info on parts etc. Coming to the end of another week at work and another week more b4 the car arrives! Getting more n more excited by the day!

Thanks Windmill! My car (arriving next week) is a S2... any idea if the stereo is similar to urs? Cheers!

Thanks for this! Just never failed to learn something new everyday when I am here! Looks like I won't be able to get the screen converted to English until they sort out the S2 version of the nav system. Wonder what is going on with regards to this currently. Sure hope there's an update for the S2 V35 soon.... I'll probably follow the thread there n see how things go. Meanwhile, guess I'll have to rely on my wife who can read some of the jap words on the system I guess.... Hmmm... we need another 128 ppl to register interest! That seems to be quite far off! Again, probably will need 2 rely on the G35 ones then.... Anyway, thx heaps Spong and Trev for the details on things so far! Cheers!

Thanks for the great information Spong! You really is the master of private import here! I've just spoken to my dealer 3 days ago and he has again assured me that the car is going to arrive on time next week and it shouldn't take too long for him to get it complied and ready for my collection. He's also moving his yard to somewhere near milestone motors! Hopefully his yard moving process won't delay anything. It's getting closer n closer to the day i finally lay my hands on the car so I am getting super excited! I went to another dealer b4 i decide to bid on the car last month in the city and test drove a 2003 model and immediately fell in love with the car! Anyway, i'll check with my dealer again for shipping details and will definitely go check out the car the moment it gets on the wharf! Hopefully it'll get to his yard quickly and he can get compliance done in a couple of days with minimal issue. Does u M35 comes with an immobiliser? If yes, it's the one from the factory? Do you get it disconnected here or u still keep it running in the car? saw some post by the aussies saying that there's a risk the car will not start with that immobiliser in there. not too sure though. And yes, Australia definitely has this super strict rules on compliance and imports. Pretty sure they are due to Holden and Ford and trying to protect the industry. That's what happened in Malaysia after Proton came to the scene in the 1990s. The govt just slapped in a big tax on imported cars and then started to be more picky on giving out approved permits to import cars. Thank God NZ doesn't have a national car! lol..... Again, thanks for all the details and links mate! Really appreciate it! Cheers!

Oh, I have also spotted quite a few sedans around Botany / Howick areas. Mostly 250GT and 300GTs. Any owners from that area here as it's really very near where I am!

Hi guys in NZ, just thought I'll start a thread that's similar to the one the Aussies have! Will be good if we can know a few ppl through this more! I'll do the first one! Spotted one awesome looking white v35 coupe on Stanley Street heading towards to Motorway in Auckland yesterday around 2.30pm. Then saw another one in black parked in the underground carpark near Pak n Save in Sylvia Park. Like i said, both car looks fabulous! Is the owners anywhere in the forum?

Hey Spong, thx for the photo! I think i'll probably be doing what you are doing as well once the car lands here! I sure do hope my dealer's agent know what's the requirement here in terms on compliance. It's really probably not about the money but the time that's needed to get things sorted if there's an issue as my deal is the price cover compliance costs. Yeah, with a 4.5/A grade, I do hope there'll be no issue. My dealer, like i said, is pretty confidence on that! Anyway, from your message, u said u got the car in Japan a few mths ago and the car only came 6 weeks ago? So how long it actually took u to get the car? Based on what i read, it seems like the aussies have heaps of issue with compliance (as I think it's much harder to import a car there and much more expensive). Doubt we have as much issue eh? Btw, your car looks great! The interior looks brilliant and the color is really nice too! Awesome car! And the price is really probably about $2k-$3k cheaper than if u were to get one of the same year and mileage here so I think it's still worth it! Of course it's really a compensation for all the wait and pain of compliance. I still haven't got my car, but I do think it's probably worth it for me as well (assuming the car comes to me with no issues at all) as I won't have the budget to buy one that is readily availabl here that is the same year and mileage.

Hi Trev, Welcome to the forum! Glad to see another v35 owner here to share info on! Thanks heaps for the info for the english conversion! Tat's really excellent news as I am sure many would want to get that done! Do you have the contact details of this guy that you can share? Hopefully there's someone around that does the maps as well as that will be awesome! Will definitely be great if we have the NZ version of Chris Rogers! Anyway, how much is the workshop manual? If it's not too expensive, I'll be keen as well! And yes, from the ppl in the forum here, it seems like the 6 cd stacker is a pain after awhile.... my car is the S2 version so hopefully it's more reliable.... Cheers!

Hmmm.... i wonder if there's gonna be a big difference between the sedan and coupe...which company is ur insurer? anyway, where do you service your sedan? Will be keen to know roughly how much it cost usually. Thanks!

Anyone fr NZ with a v35 coupe? Which company are you using and how much is the premium? Thanks!

Another question for everyone in NZ esp v35 coupe owner, what is your insurance premium for your car and which insurer are you going with? Thanks!

WoW! Thanks for the detailed explanation Spong! What was your car's grade when you brought it in? So your car had some corrosion when it got in? Mine is a Grade 4.5 exterior / A grade interior so I was kinda thinking it's gonna be a quick and easy compliance with no issues hopefully. My dealer seems ultra optimistic and thinks it will be cleared within a matter of 1 or 2 days! I sure hope he is right now coz if it gets stuck in compliance for a week or 2, that's really adding to my long hard wait of the car! Anyway, he is covering the cost of compliance, so not too worried about that for now. He also apparently claimed he got agents over in Japan to do an inspection b4 bidding to ensure the car is in compliance with NZ requirements b4 bidding so hopefully there'll be minimal drama there. I did recall there's another car that he advised me against bidding coz the agent found some rust on the underbody and he is sceptical it will pass NZ compliance, so hopefully the agent there knows what he's doing and my car is issue-free. Did you checked your car out when it arrives in the wharf on Quay Street? I saw heaps of cars there usually so I was thinking that's the place they keep the car b4 they are complied. I'm thinking of asking my dealer where the car is and go have a peep as well! Your experience waiting in the past seems to really mirrors mine! I've been looking at whatever photos I have of the car and been going to youtube looking at clips of the v35! =) With regards to the imports of cars in Japanese auction, from what I heard the Japanese auction sounds so unreal! 150,000 cars is sold each week!!! I doubt turners can hit that in a year! But yes, my dealer was telling me it's getting super hard to make much money by selling cars he won from auctions in Japan as it's too competitive with even taxi drivers going there 2 get a car! Do u know wat other countries are big importers of japanese cars? I know Malaysia is a country that brings in car from there as I would imagine the profit is much bigger due to high prices of cars in the country. My dealer is now importing quite a number of cars apparently from Singapore esp. European cars. He says it's much much more profitable apparently. Finally, did you get your new M35 locally?

Thanks for the compliment Spong! Like i said, it's a fantastic car, but my heart is with the v35 now. Just spoke to the dealer today and it'll be here on the first week of July as expected and it's already on the ship now! Another 2 weeks more.... can barely wait.... Anyway, Spong, u imported your cars in yourself through a friend is it? Is your friend in NZ or he/she's in Japan? So do you go through the compliance process yourself? How much did you save? How much did you actually have to pay to ship the car over and is there any cost that you need to pay for compliance? I think I've got a pretty good deal for my v35 by importing myself thru a dealer as the price is lower than all the ones I see on trademe which has much higher mileage. Did however saw one b4 on trademe which is a 2003 premium version done 70k km+ sold for $18.7k which is probably the lowest i've seen. Is the lucky buyer of that car in this Forum?? The car was sold by a dealer in Otahuhu.

#297223248 is the number! Mine's a sedan and it's a Atenza being an import from Japan. I gotta say, it's an awesome car and loved every moment I have it to date. Gotta be the best car I've driven to date (although I haven't really have too many cars). It's just that I wanted so much to upgrade to a v35 that I decided to sell it as I don't need 2 car and need the garage space for my new baby. Been asking my wife to keep it but she's just more keen to drive her little Nissan March instead of a bigger sedan! I do believe that it'll be relatively easy to sell. In fact, i actually would have sold it a couple of weeks back as there's this couple that's super keen but they needed the car ASAP and I can't pass the car up until next month when my new car comes.... They so loved the car that they didn't even bargain on the buy now price! Darn.... Btw, a 430k km Stag for $6k, that's insane!!! For sure there're many comparable cars out there with much lower mileage and cheaper price rite!! A mate was selling a 2004 Nissan Wingroad the other day for $6k and it's around 100k km only (coz she's desparate to get rid of it b4 she goes to the UK)! Who's that guy who's asking for that kinda price??!!

Hey Mike, mind telling how much u paid for this? Thanks! Anyway, AWESOME looking coupe!!!

Wow!!! A 2000 Diamante for $3200!!! That's abit too low eh? Well, that car is supposedly full of problems right? I heard the tiptronic transmission is crap! Anyway, so Spong, did you sold a stagea or what car is it? Sorry for being blur! I am trying to sell my 2003 Mazda 6 now as well.... it's on trademe with quite a large number of watchers but no bidders yet... my v35 is coming in 2 weeks' time n i'll definitely need garage space as well! Hopefully the car will find a new home by then.... Anyone u guys know that is interested? Anyway, is there another v35 coupe owner in NZ here? Cheers!

Good on ya Chad Bob! Unfortunately, I am not as knowledgable as you when it comes to self-servicing my cars as I am really quite bad at it! Current plan is to send car in to Nissan for any major service and have my local mechanic which so far seems really good in servicing my Mazda 6 to do minor services. My only concern atm is with the car coming fr Japan n all, I am not sure if I want to send the car in for a major service with Nissan when I get it or I should hold on until when it's 50k km first to send it in. The car comes with full service history, so I guess I should check it out 1st b4 deciding. What do everyone think on this? Any advice for me? I am quite comfortable with the dealer sending the car to his usual mechanic for the usual minor service but from what I read here, the V35 needs a transmission fluid from Nissan and can't take other transmission fluids. So my concern is the mechanic putting in some random transmission fluid n create a big problem. Is there any other filters / fluids that needs specific Nissan products? As for mechanical warranty, I've never took up one so far as well since i owned 2 cars (a Toyota and a Mazda 6). Dealers have said that these are reliable cars and hence do not need it as long as I take care of the car. So far, touch wood, both cars have been good. I read that the v35 is equally reliable it seems but do have niggling minor issues. As it is a more sophisticated car, that's why i was toying with the idea of whether a mechanical warranty is required or not. Other's opinion on this is most welcomed! Cheers!