V35 Sedan

[skyline78]

hi guys , i am very new to this forums and i am hoping u guys can give me some idea how to import a car, firstly , i am planning to buy a 2.5l v35 skyline sedan and there is this guys here offer to help me do all the paper work and auction and bidding on the car and everything including the car is going to cost be approx. AUD 12k , is this expensive ? this does include his wage of AUD1100.00 for helping me do all the work . am i getting con here ? if i import myself , will it be cheaper ? and does anyone in wa do it before ? thank u for reading and hope u guys can reply me asap cost i really need a car for my new born baby that going to come out in august

[Chris Rogers]

stick to a broker.. theres 3-4 on here and I dare say they will see this thread.

[Iron Chef]

I'm seeing a recipe for disaster. Even if you don't choose me, please pick a broker to help you.

[skyline78]

do u have a website or how much am i looking at for a v35 2.5l skyline sedan at the moment ?

[skyline78]

my budget for the car is aud 12000.00 and below for v35 2.5l (2002-2004)

does anyone know a broker that would take care of everything (paper work, inspection, importing) and just charge a commision for there time and effort?

[Iron Chef]

That's pretty much how brokers work - we all charge a flat commission. $12K sounds like a mighty tight budget, although I haven't bought a 2.5 in a while, so they may have dropped that low these days I guess. Feel free to shoot me an email if you want to discuss it further - [email protected]

[Blipman]

Hmmm $12k landed and complied is doable, but I wouldn't set that as your goal. If that is your absolute max budget I would usually not say to a customer that that's workable, I'd suggest a budget of $13k or so (an extra thousand dollars will make a huge difference to the quality of car you can get) and then if we happened to get a car for around $12k then great. If you are actually aiming for that price then you will have a very limited selection of cars to choose from, and chances are they will be bottom of the barrel condition-wise. Since less than half the cost is on the car itself, if you can spend just a little bit more you'll get a much better car. At $12k only you're buying based on price and all other factors such as condition will be secondary.

For example here are 2 cars with used car dealers, these cars would probably be slightly cheaper if sourced from auction, so as you can see for aroudn $13k landed and compied roughly you could be looking at a one owner car with 56,000km and records.

http://www.j-spec.com.au/list/index.php?ID=14655

http://www.j-spec.com.au/list/index.php?ID=14656

To give you an idea the last 2.5L V35 we imported was a little over $14k and that was a minter with TV, leather and very low mileage.

[blackmanmelb]

Yeah that is soo true bro;

I brought the last V35 from some car dealers in city

Not bad ey but spending close to that dollar