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Gloria window electric motor: ~$500 from Nissan. Identical 350Z part, $250 from the US shipped.

There's a reason that a certain local Nissan dealership approached an importing friend of mine and asked him to order in half a dozen parts from a nissan dealership in the UK... Even with an importing fee, the local dealership themselves saved thousands compared them buying it direct from Nissan Japan.

Hell I think Nissan Brighton wanted ~$800 for an RB N1 water pump, ended up buying it off ebay from Nissan Tacoma in the USA for approx $250 delivered in under a week (Faster than Nissan Brighton could have gotten it for me)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Nissan-Skyline-GTR-R34-RB26DETT-N1-Water-Pump-R32-R33-21010-24U27-/231101018360

Exchange rate has changed a bit nowdays though

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Nissan-N1-Oil-Pump-RB26DETT-RB25DET-R34-R33-R32-Brand-New-15010-24U01-/231650383225?hash=item35ef705579&vxp=mtr

Hell, an N1 oil pump for $240USD? Yes please.

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Old news mate, I already did that and on my way to retirement...Al will be serving me drinks when the housing bubble bursts

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Service industries are collecting more and more customer data but don't have the capability to process/analyse & ultimately act on meaningful information.

The same role within manufacturing has existed forever due to processing lines having a heap of sensors/variables which can be flexed to produce great outcomes for the factory.

Banking industry has mirrored a lot from the manufacturing world & as other service industries see the value in data-collection & analysis, the demand for such roles will continue to grow.

However receiving big cash isn't as simple as Marketing degree + Maths degree.

It all comes down to paying for the experience rather than the skillset & as it appears there is a shortage.

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Turn it down father in law has an amg never paid anything like that only goes to Mercedes dealer.. Ya boss having ya on mate

Yeah cos my best mate would lie to me because he's got so much to gain..

Also buy a lot of parts from IMPARTS. Exact same part, just doesn't have the logo etched onto it. Half the markup.

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Old news mate, I already did that and on my way to retirement...Al will be serving me drinks when the housing bubble bursts

lol doubt it, you should know my status is pure baller.

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Not to mention the three Ds keep us employed regardless

Divorce

Debt

Death

;)

Not to mention for a housing crash to occur all ya'll careers would be down the toilet to.

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Not to mention the three Ds keep us employed regardless

Divorce

Debt

Death

;)

Not to mention for a housing crash to occur all ya'll careers would be down the toilet to.

As long as there hackers and terrorists I'll keep my job..

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If the housing market crashes you might need 3 D's to keep you employed

Keeps us employed now

Only thing is in this market people sell for good reasons

Upgrade

Job relocations etc

You guys do realize a crash doesn't change a whole lot? Just the prices but they still turn over do you think America stopped ? Course not.

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Let's not forget that bubble thread I got hammered in yet anyone who listened to those flogs would be 20+% worse off if they stayed out of the market LOL

12 years in still waiting for the 50% correction..

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i know its a solid effort... but i just dont get it.

its like trying to be the world's fastest kia carnival with minor mods. make all the power you want, its still a 2+tonne boat.

i can understand being passionate about unusual cars, but not when is basically a lifted, heavier falcon. why not do AWD transplant falcon?

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Keeps us employed now

Only thing is in this market people sell for good reasons

Upgrade

Job relocations etc

You guys do realize a crash doesn't change a whole lot? Just the prices but they still turn over do you think America stopped ? Course not.

It was a dick joke Al

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