Importing A Stagea - General Thoughts

[agent_felix]

yeah i cant really see myself spending over sorta $16k for the car alone... thats why this was good, ill be paying about $1800 for insurance and also stamp duty is gonna take the price beyond what im happy to pay really...

im almost at the point of getting a VT wagon with a kit and boosting it, but i dont really like the look of them... i just dont want a slow crap wagon when ill be driving 4 people and a drum kit around most weekends. (yes i tested it will fit in a stag.)

so importing in general is good, but conversions are something to stay away from?

there is a nice white one on the site that i would be happy with, just its more expensive

what do you think of this (he said the stone chips will pass roadworthy)

http://www.j-spec.com.au/list/index.php?ID=9211

again, after 2 minutes on the phone to the bank he was trying to give me a 15k loan, so i dont have a problem there... i just wanna get the right car... and i have a few grand banked already for unforseen hiccupps.

[agent_felix]

If its the car I'm thinking (and everyone else) of. Bayside blue with a kit, wheels and is parked on a street outside a house or something. If thats the one its been hanging around for AGES now. Seen it a few times on and off at Prestige and J-Spec. Looks great and contemplated it my self. But its a huge risk. Technically it CAN'T be complied as it was never available as a manual (despite the series 2 or the 260RS having the option). But the only way I would do it is if I PERSONALLY knew the workshop doing the compliance. Not go by a spoken guarantee of the broker (not saying anything bad about either of the brokers I've mentioned at all either as I've heard a lot of good reports about both) BUT if they knock it back you'll be up for a lot of money. Put simply by the time it was completed (if or when that is, depends how deep your pockets are) you'd of come away cheaper importing a good example 260RS and then still could of spent money on it here in Aus. If you still don't understand where i'm coming from ask the Guys on here that have done the conversion, parts labour etc (although the Auto gear would be cheaper but harder to obtain) then double it as your basically converting the converting back. Just not worth it. Series 2 manuals are becomming cheaper now (espically since the M35 is now available), but are still a little harder to find. It would be worth the wait though, and a newer model too.

Still its up to you, but I'd say this is the reason the car has been hanging around for so long now.

Yeah that makes a lot of sense man - as hard as it is to listen to, i was really set on this one...

[mike40sydney]

Yeah that makes a lot of sense man - as hard as it is to listen to, i was really set on this one...

yeah but i recon your getting a shitload more car if u go the white one i love my series 2

[agent_felix]

true that. the white one was my original find... mind you im still looking at ones for sale here as its easier, but more expensive...