Why Are R34 Gtrs So Much More Expensive In Vic?

[Phatboy]

Sorry for the double post, just wondering whether any other people living in Vic know why. I just got a bit freaked out when for the first time I checked out the prices of these cars in other states...

In Melb our cheapest ones are around the 55k mark whereas in Sydney there are four cars advertised for sale below 50k with lower kms than anything Vic has?!?!?!

WTH's going on here? Is it because NSW is a bigger market? Can't be that much bigger... Melb is only slightly smaller than Sydney, and even cars from WA/QLD are cheaper.

Is it because Vic has the tightest modification regulations so fast Jap cars aren't as popular because they always get defected?

I am seriously thinking about going interstate to buy my car now. 10k is not a small amount of money,which can pay for 80 return flights from Melb to Sydney... jeez.

But it must be a huge headache to do the financial/mechanical checks there, buy it, transfer registration, pay stamp duty, pay for insurance to drive/transport it back, re-register it (and pay another round of stamp duty???).

Has anyone got any experience with this?

[Husky33]

if your paying 40k+ for a car, I don't think buying interstate should be much of a financial hassle, especially when you can save a few thousand mickies.

[Phatboy]

It's not really the financial hassle, it's the mountain of paperwork and getting time-off work hassle (as I work a lot of weekends).

Just wondering if anyone had done it and how difficult it was/any problems.

[Omurru]

If you are happy to look at the car yourself and be able to decide weather or not it's good and see any problems with it buying interstate is easy. I bought my car from QLD with minimal hassles. As long as they provide you with a current roadworthy rego transfers are easy and you only pay the stamp duty once.

[Ant97GTR]

Just wondering if anyone had done it and how difficult it was/any problems.

Yep I bought a car from NSW....It is dead easy as long as everything with the car is legit (do the homework) and modifications are kept to a minimum or you are prepared to exchange a few for stocky items as the car has to go through the rego process.

[Rav]

I have a few mates that have brought there car's from nsw to save some money, And they dont regret it one bit, But you do need to do your home work.

[adznight]

It's coz they are faster down here in the South, something to do with Mexican food and they South Pole from memory.

[chris_r31]

just watch out for the amount of modds..

depends were u get ur road worthys from, they might sting u for everything modded

or they might not.. remeber anything interstate has to got threw vic roads pitlane... so road worthy places

tend to get more tight, even though its only a number plate swap, they still mite check to see if ur car is up to r.w.c standards..

[Phatboy]

Ah ok, thanks.

This definitely sounds do-able with enough motivation.

[Matty1989]

id recomend buying fom nsw as there raodys are more strict than ours if it passed theres it shoul shit in on ours

[Swiper the Fox]

Most of the R34's down there have been touched by Ben at Racepace...thats where the extra $5K comes into play.

Well looked after and well tuned cars = more $$...simple

Edited February 12, 2009 by DiRTgarage

[fuzzy_scuz]

It's coz they are faster down here in the South, something to do with Mexican food and they South Pole from memory.

So what you are implying is the following:

QLD: Cheapest, slowest

NSW: Moderate, Slightly faster

VIC: Expensive, Fast

TAS: Insane, Extremely Fast

Does that sound about right?

[Phatboy]

id recomend buying fom nsw as there raodys are more strict than ours if it passed theres it shoul shit in on ours

Wow... a reply from the ancient annals of SAU-VIC. Yeah I ended up buying my R34 GTR from Melbourne... about 10 months ago lol.

Most of the R34's down there have been touched by Ben at Racepace...thats where the extra $5K comes into play.

Well looked after and well tuned cars = more $$...simple

Umm... I wouldn't say most. Out of the 15-20 I test drove when I was looking (ie., all of the Vic ones for sale at that point), only 1 had been graced by the touch of the Master. A lot of these are FOB or interstate rides. Although, I have heard that some of the NSW ones, especially from some specific traders have had quite... crash-intensive histories, explaining the unbelievabe low-mid 40k asking price.

So what you are implying is the following:

QLD: Cheapest, slowest

NSW: Moderate, Slightly faster

VIC: Expensive, Fast

TAS: Insane, Extremely Fast

Does that sound about right?

Well NZ is likely the most southern country which has Skylines, and we all know that's where Reece McGregor's skyline was born, bred and broke the world 1/4 mile skyline/GTR record.

[GD2ILA]

well i got mine from QLD, lower tax's up there so cheaper cars (one of the reasons anyway). no problems what so ever having it brought down to melb. had the car for 1 week and off to Ben it went.

[Mr. Oizo]

There's one for 44k

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

i'll take it !

[adznight]

Stop-digging-old-threads!

[Phatboy]

Stop-digging-old-threads!

+1

Yes... I sense a particularly keen digger in the Vic forums.

[BLKR34GTT]

Yep i brought my r34 gtt from sydney, alot cheaper at the time than melb. Got a flight up and drove the car down. 110% wroth it! Do ya homework.