I totally agree with you Duncan, My uncle owns a Ford, Nissan,Hyundi and BMW dealerships in Orange (alas no performance imports) So i know the crap he has to deal with. And import dealers have alot more to do as you said.
I was checking the prices from Prestige Motorsports, for there auctions and when you factor in everything, you can pay almost the same from a dealer here (who you can trust) and you get to drive , sit, look and checkout the car before you hand over your cash. All for about the same as they are asking to import ones now. Plus you get a warrenty
The only main difference i see in importing is you can get cars that have all the mods on, but, if its a not 15y/o car, these mods now have to be removed prior to compliancing anyway. Yes you can put them back on, but theres that labour cost on putting a second hand part back onto your car that you aren't sure about in the first place.
Oh and regarding the Budget Duncan, I will have the cash to fix what may go wrong with whatever car i do decide to get, its just that I am not a patient man , and couldn't be bothered saving for a couple of months to have a few grand extra. I would rather borrow now, have some fun and pay the loan of in extra quick time.
Heres a quicky for you though. What do you guys think of the pulsar GTi-R? Are they prone to problems as much as the skylines? I don't mind them either and like I said before, I am open to all options on what car I get as long as its Got a turbo, its an import and it looks good. But I am not shallow :wassup: