Ok so i've been given the green light by the mrs to buy myself a car. The rules are simple $20kish price, avoid any massive up front expenditure (eg she'd prefer finance over 5 years to buying it outright) and practical (e.g cope with dog surfboards and passengers) all other choices are left up to me.
Now to clarify we're not tight up for cash so i can afford to maintain whatever i purchase, but the request to avoid big upfront costs is just to maintain the pool of saving we've been buying.
It strikes me that a 260RS is the way to go (seeing as i always wanted a gtr but i cant fit a dog and a mini-mal in a gtr). currently there are 7 on carsales (one in nsw) and an unknown but larger number in japan.
I have done some searching/research, but i'd like to get some confirmation that my results are correct so far.
So now on to my questions.
1. Is there anyway to obtain finance on an import vehicle (eg one that still in japan) i've done some googling and have so far found the answer is no... but sometimes yes. Am i correct in that yes is a corner case or has anyone in the importing business had decent success with this? I can get finance through by bank at around 8.5% but i dont think getting it on a car in japan will work with them.
2. Assuming local is the way to go, how big a pig is it to shift rego from interstate to NSW. In the searches i've done it seems it needs ALL slips (blue,green,pink) so if there are any mods i'm in for a bad day.
3. If all of the above are no-go's... anyone know of any good 260's up for sale in nsw (white preferred)? the only one i;ve found has been rebuilt had has 165lk on the clock (and if its no good i'll have to sit and wait for more to come up). and yes i'm posting this up in the stag and forsale sections.
Thanks guys.