The 32 in rezz's sig?

[hayai32]

Hey rezz is that your 32 in your sig? If so could you spill some details. Looks schmik.

[funkymonkey]

haha he's being tight lipped about the whole thing... i asked him a few days ago and he's keepin me in suspense... apparently its not that nice right now...

i say we put some peer pressure on him to spill the beans and post up a writeup of the purchase and pics.

[RB26_S15]

lol.... come on Rezz, spill

[hayai32]

c'mon rezz, spill the details.... very unaustralian not to, lol. at least give us some pics of it.

[Rezz]

I have those same wheels (on the 32 in my sig) on order right now... just wait fellas, I'm not happy with it's appearance yet. Troy (Evo_Lee) has been heard saying it has "drift damage"... no by me of course!

[N/A®]

Eeeermmmmmm, what happened to the V35 SKyline?

[Rezz]

Eeeermmmmmm, what happened to the V35 SKyline?

My coworker and I were meant to be going in and buying 2 (yes two) V35 Coupes and keeping them in Japan for a year then shipping them to AU to sell... the school I work for was supposed to buy the cars outright and I'd decide whether to keep mine or not later (so there'd be at least one V35 coupe going to AU). As yet the school haven't purchased anything. Sorry... :boohoo:

I got impatient hanging out for the V35 so I got the R32.

[funkymonkey]

rezz... time to join narrowbody r32

[hayai32]

are they weds sports?

[Rezz]

Work Emotion CR Kai... 17x8 on 235/45/17 front, 17x9 on 255/40/17 rear.

[Sciby]

That'd be one problem of moving to japan for a year, and hoping to get a car over under the 12 months thing... you'd have to buy something as soon as you step off the plane.

[akeenan]

That'd be one problem of moving to japan for a year, and hoping to get a car over under the 12 months thing... you'd have to buy something as soon as you step off the plane.

Also dont forget the cost of insurance rego and a parking spot and it turns out to be a huge problem and not worth the effort... unless its something expensive

[Sciby]

How much would they set you back for say a Skyline sized car, Akeenan? The rego and parking spot, not the insurance.

[Evo_Lee]

Also dont forget the cost of insurance rego and a parking spot and it turns out to be a huge problem and not worth the effort... unless its something expensive

It depends on how you see it, because of all the cost involved...better off getting a cheap car, but if you've set your heart on a nice car then don't let that stop you buying one...you live in the country you just have to follow their regulations.

It's only when your thinking as a foreigner do you feel it is not worth it.

[Evo_Lee]

How much would they set you back for say a Skyline sized car, Akeenan? The rego and parking spot, not the insurance.

Cost for rego is standard across Japan, based on engine size and car size. Over 2000cc or over a certain width becomes very expensive. You can check by looking at your rego plate.

Cost of parking is relative to where you live. Expensive cities (suburbs) can be more than then your insurnace.

[Sciby]

If/when I get over there, I'd prefer to get a car... because I prefer the freedom of having one... and I love to travel via driving. If it was just a car to get around in for the period that I"m there, I'd get a 180 or a Silvia or something cheap and fun that I could play with, but not lose a huge amount of cash on.

If I sold my current car, and had $20k to play with over there... then it'd be a different story... I'd get one to keep and bring back with me. The only downside I could see would be at the end of my year-contract with work there, and the amount of time until I could export the car back to oz... I'd have to save up and stay *somewhere* for the two weeks/month, etc.

Or I could stay another year.

[Sciby]

Cost for rego is standard across Japan, based on engine size and car size. Over 2000cc or over a certain width becomes very expensive. You can check by looking at your rego plate.  

Cost of parking is relative to where you live.  Expensive cities (suburbs) can be more than then your insurnace.

Erm, what kind of yen are we talking here?

[Evo_Lee]

Well if your car rego falls under 300 class which may be the same as mine and ie 2000cc-2500cc then yearly rego is about 40,000yen...over 2500cc (to xxxxcc) it gets expensive like 45,000yen.

But if it is 500 class...which means your car is still under a certain width then is about 30,000yen IIRC from my S13 mate.

If you live in say a nice rich area, then your parking can be anywhere from 20,000-50,000yen. But that is not to say, usually all the cheap parking if available would have been taken, I was lucky my apartment parking only cost 8,000yen this year (it used to be 16,000yen so I parked in another nearby parkinglot for 13,000yen)...over 12 months parking money is dead money.

[Sciby]

Hmmm... I personally wouldn't consider it dead money... it seems to be just another neccessary cost for car ownership in nippon.

A side, yet related, question: what do motorbike owners do for parking? Do they have to get a parking space or can they fling the bike wherever they want?

[Evo_Lee]

By right they should also have their own parking, if you don't it is parking at your own risk, in the city or out and about...motorcycles often park anywhere where the bicycles park...again parking at own risk...usually the city council don't care too much but there are periodic checks and they will come with trucks to remove all.

You will need to go to the cop station to retrieve your bike. But many don't own up especially if just a bicycle, because the parking ticket probably could buy them a new bicycle.

Look under any expressway and you will see thousands and thousands of scooters, old motorbikes and bicycles impounded.