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ok well ill start off my mate who use to live here, moved over to vic last year n wen i was over there is saw his car, its a corrolla hb turbo, (the car ive been lookng for) n well hes sellin it now, n its n awesome car, n he said he would sell it really cheap, like 2k less than wat he was going to in trading post, but i need to know is how much would it cost to ship n also bout the rego, wat needs to be done, do i just re register it in vic or have to like register it like an import new with wa....?

can someone give me some info, thanks...

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Please buddy type proper english - cause it farken gave me a headache reading your post.

To Transport the car, will cost you approx 800 - 1000 bucks on a truck with a reputable transport company like TNT, Toll, ect. My friend just transported a HSV form Melbourne to here and cost him 800 exactly. If you are putting it on a truck, spend a extra 100 bucks and buy a excellent quality car cover to put on your car when on the truck, otherwise when it gets here it will have bugs, dirt, and general crap all over it, not to mention possible stone chips.

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because he was my best mate here in perth, about a year and a half ago and he needs to sell it as hes goin overseas and he knows how much i like it....

ok, allow me to clarify the question.

let us assume that you and he are mates and that he is indeed willing to give you a cheaper price because of that.

I will infer from the fact that he drives a rolla that he's not worth the sort of megga-bling that would enable him to just give away $2000 to mates though.

therefore, there has to be some level of realism behind it.

for example, I wouldnt just give a mate a $2,000 because he's a mate, circumstances depending. I would however be prepared to let something go a bit cheaper, i.e. be less cut-throat about bargaining, because it's a mate.

maaate! :)

however, only to within reasonable limits.

i.e.,

if I had some stuff lying around that I wanted rid of, I might say to a mate, look, just take it and gimme a carton/sixer/dinner next time/30% of the actual value type thing.

However, I would not give a mate a 25% discount on an item worth 8+ grand...... maybe 15 to 10% ? depending on the mate and the gut feel.

and I would not sell a car worth 4 grand for 2 just cause I'm mates with the guy.

therefore, my question to you is twofold:

How on earth is the car worth more than 4 grand? if it's not, does your mate have rocks in his head?

if the car is (somehow) an expensive item (let's say 13,000 - based on the 15% principle), why on earth would you buy a corrolla turbo for which there are likely to be very low parts availability and massively high insurance costs anyways?

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I understand zanda, yer we go way back he use to live in my street, and i helped him with his car with putting parts on etc, but yer, its I dunno, just he offered me it hell cheap, also like i got my first car really cheaps aswell, sometimes it just happens, i dunno how to explain it.

ADRIAN - so was that saying it would be 2 times that price, or what, sorry I dont understand..

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I understand zanda, yer we go way back he use to live in my street, and i helped him with his car with putting parts on etc,  but yer, its I dunno

with parts do you mean?

Cwest Jumbo Aerofoil on the back of an excel?

some wynns , go fast shitty car?

Nismo stickers big enough to block your windscreen?

a single blue neon tube (with launch switches) wrapped around the single BOSS Audio (from clark rubber) subwoofer in the back of a sigma?

, just he offered me it hell cheap, also like i got my first car really cheaps aswell, sometimes it just happens, i dunno how to explain it...  

hes probably trying to sell it to you because you cant see the blue smoke blowing out the back of it or the 3 out of 12 blades left on the turbo.

I think if i had a mate who was about to skip the country , and keen to sell me a turbo car more than 10 years old for a ' real ' mates rate discount obviously thrashed the shit out of , then well

I'd be cautious

you should be a used car dealer, you seem to be able to spot a real bargain .

Or better yet a high school english teacher

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phuqn...about to wet myself laughing :P

love ur work Zanda

GTRboy: if its going to cost approximately $1,200 to get it on the road in WA, then $2000 off doesnt really seem worthwhile anymore. The fact that this is an old car which you have no means of inspecting is risky, as the approx $800 saved is peanuts if repairs are required.

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