Any R31's left in Australia?

[T0nyGTSt]

Different state to state.

You have to transfer title, pay stamp duty (3.5% tax in NSW) and you don't need to pay 3rd party medical until the slip runs out. Of course you need optional 3rd party property or comprehensive.

A pink slip is required every year on registration renewal for cars more than 3 years old.

T.

[SKY031]

Tienie if you were buying the car to import it into S.Africa then you would have to check out the local regulations there....but if you were importing it, then registration wouldn't matter.

I figure the reason we don't have the SGLi here is because it is too much like the model that is available here.

We could get GTS-X coupes and Passage pillarless cars imported from Japan to Australia because of structural and mechanical differences, but if a car is very similar to one that is available here already, then you can't import it.

Or are you looking at coming to live in Australia where we still love r31's?

[Guest Tienie]

Hi, Skyline ChicK!

I would dearly love to live in Australia but I doubt if your authorities would have me at my age! No, but it is one of my dreams to pop over there, buy a good R31 with a towbar as well as a used caravan (or are you guys also calling it a trailer, like the Yanks?) and then to go do the perimeter-trip (N1, I believe). And then, at the finish line, sell the whole rig and come back home, broke and tired.

I would like to use a R31 because I know the car and secondly, they are relatively cheap. Which is most important to me because I'm not that well off and our SA-Rand has gone down the drain.

So, in which city do I start? I was thinking about Perth, because the airline tickets are cheaper for us. Are the cars in Perth corroded to death?

Thanks for comming back.

Regards

Tienie

[SKY031]

Perth would be a fine place to start.

The R31's have big variations in prices from state to state.

You should be able to get good prices in Perth.

If you tried buying one in VIctoria, you would be paying a higher price for the same car.

.... and don't worry, we aren't so 'Americanised' that we call a caravan a trailer....

A caravan is a caravan

[R31 POWER]

Are the cars in Perth corroded to death?

What do you mean.

[adam 32]

haha nah cars in perth are awesome!

plus insurance is generally cheaper here as well...

[Guest Tienie]

Hi again, Guys!

Firstly to R31 Power:

Sorry, no offence intended. I just know that if you were to buy a 12-year old car in a coastal city in SA, for instance Durban, chances are 90% that on close inspection you would find that the side panels and doors have been patched up with anything from body putty to polyester, cardbord, sawdust, fibre galss, chewing gum, tooth paste and a number of other substances unknown to sience. And the first time you take the car on an unpaved road you would probably loose a door. And even then the add would have read: "...clean car...pristine condition...good runner..." etc.

But it seems Perth would be OK. For some reason or another the towns on our West coast doesn't seem to be so corrosive as on the East coast. Maybe it is the same down in Oz.

Thanks again for all the help

Tienie

[SKY031]

In Melbourne, some of the earlier model (86-88) are beginning to have problems with their original paint work, the clear coat is starting to break down due to UV exposure.

Some cars that have been kept outside and ungaraged all their lives are beginning to show signs of rust, but on the whole, there isn't much of a problem as far as rust goes.

Most of the R31's had rust treatment when they came out of the factory and are still in really good condition.