Movin to Melb's

[Baybumz]

Hey dudes,

Hows things? Im gona be a new resi in melb's on the 8th May and want a honest-straight up answer from all you folk....why the f*ck are skylines or even dam cars so expensive in oz?!?!?! Bro's, thats gona hurt me hard cos there is only one car id drive......And it aint no morris minor for 4g!!!!! Come on guys, whats up??

[Bass Junky]

In NZ there is no Car Manufacturing Industry. There used to be but there isn't now.

Becuase of that, you can import cars from anywhere and they can get of any spec and don't have to be ADR approved or anything like that.

The reason the cars here are so expensive is because we have to compliance the cars and pay pretty fair sized tarriffs and things on them.

BASS OUT

[saff_cossie]

In NZ there is no Car Manufacturing Industry. There used to be but there isn't now.

Becuase of that, you can import cars from anywhere and they can get of any spec and don't have to be ADR approved or anything like that.

The reason the cars here are so expensive is because we have to compliance the cars and pay pretty fair sized tarriffs and things on them.

I asked a similar question when I arrived and was given the same answer as Bass Junky has given and it makes sense.

[Baybumz]

I understand that, but they dont make skylines in oz so basically ya either have to love holdens or fords to get a reasonabley cheaper deal?!? That sucks! Ohwell, So how is the skyline scene there anyways? We have SDU over here and thats pretty cool, anything similar over there?

[Angelus]

You're looking at it

[Baybumz]

True, my bad!!!! You guys very social?

[Bass Junky]

Nope.

We pretty much keep to ourselves.

Everyone is scared of each other cos we are all keyboard jockies.

[Bass Junky]

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/fo...splay.php?f=102

[inark]

actually Bass the main reason is that there are no tarrifs between japan and new zealand as they have a free trade agreement... u still have to get the car to roadworthy standards altho much mroe lax than here. U save thousands on tax where as we pay thousands on tax.

the laws over there have changed too and u can only bring in post 96 model cars.... not as good as it used to be... but then again its still cheaper than here.

im from NZ too and almost had a heart attack when i saw the car prices... when we came over my dad had a 1991 Mitsi GTO TT VR4 with some nice mods which was worth like 16k over there and here they were still selling for 40k! i should have made him send it over so i could use it and sell it to make some money

[Interloper]

yeah, when i can over from whangarei i couldn't believe the ripoff prices that decent 32's were selling at. But what can u do? i just borrowed more from the friendly bank....

[inark]

good ol banks...

[R31Nismoid]

True,  my bad!!!! You guys very social?

donjt mind bass... he has mental issues

we are totally social. come over here, become a member...

And i promise you 30 out of 52 weekends your gonna be spastic with at least one of us each weekend.

We are the p|ss pot club.

Oh yeah... we do go for lots of cruises and events in the middle.

usually social beers come after an event (which are often)