Jimbo Jam

ok then, I guess it all just seems strange to me how the rules out here work for import and I still have no understanding as to why essentially the same vehicle is 50k more expensive in Australia then Japan, US etc... even including luxury car tax out here. Gotta admit it is irritating how much cheaper cars are in the US and how much more lenient they seem to be for registering customs or imports or whatever.

Maybe something to do with SEVS listing? also NSX spare parts are very hard to get these days I hear...

It is interesting though that it appears according to Beer Baron that you are pretty much stuck with buying the local ones which have come through the Nissan dealerships for the most part, I mean what would be the go with modified ones, i.e. if I had one of the HKS, AMS Alpha 9 or whatever uprade packages on an R35 for example (http://www.gtrblog.com/2010/01/12/tommykaira-gtr-final-images-and-pricing/) then it would not really be a Nissan Dealership car and hence could import and get converted with an engineer certificate to get road legal as you need to do if you build a hot rod or something? Would something like this (Jap r35) not be considered the same as any other exotic car which you can still drive on the road (60's V8 classics that need the fuel additive to run or an 80's Ferrari or something?). I think the onboard computer stuff (GPS, stuck in Japan, speed limit enforced for race tracks) only matters if you do not get it changed or want the warranty intact, and I am pretty sure you void that as soon as you use the launch control anyway which in my case would happen on the way home from the Nissan dealership I am not sure you cannot import one as long as you can get it complianced or signed off (and do not care about a GPS which only works if you drive to Japan ) Can anyone elaborate exactly why if someone brought one today and did the basic stuff you have to do on a Silvia or Skyline (tires changed, degas/regas the aircon etc...) you cannot get one complianced? (more than a few workshops can do this sort of work these days?)

Hey folks, My first Skyline discussion item specifically I was looking at different R34 Skylines recently and I have found that the badge on the back is not necessarily on all of them and the big "S K Y L I N E" is not necessarily printed on all of the ones I have seen despite them being pretty much the same car (stock GTT's without bodykits mostly) - Does anyone know why this is or is it simply people taking the badges etc off themselves due to bodykits or something? I am concerned it may be something a bit more sinister for people buying a car i.e. is the lack of badges and/or "S K Y L I N E" indicative of the boot or panels being replaced due to crashes?