If You Could Buy Any Jap Car, What Would You Buy?

[devil jin]

asl garaiya

Very smart boy...if I could do it all again with much much more money.

RS-01...without a doubt and since none were ever built.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

love those things

[ybnvus]

alot of ppl would be saying skyline r34 gt-r or maybe series 8 rx-7 or maybe a rz-supra but for me i would have to move over to the n/a side and go with a honda nsx i dunno something about them that really makes me change mymind about japanes cars

[Freeman]

Do you have to have owned the car for a certain amount of time in Japan as well, or can you pick it up the day before, etc as long as you have been living in Japan for a year?

[mike lowry]

i believe you have to own the car for a full year, and be able to prove it, i.e. registered in your name, insured in your name, if applicable parking permits in your name, etc. also you are not allowed to leave japan for any reason or the count starts again. sucks but that's the rules

[funkymonkey]

From the website:

Personal Imports - Part 8 on Application Form

Visitors, temporary residents, foreign diplomatic personnel, companies and corporations are not eligible to import a vehicle under the personal import scheme.

To be eligible for a personal import the following criteria must be satisfied:

• the vehicle has been owned and used by the applicant for a continuous period of at least 12 months (3 months where ownership and use of the vehicle commenced before 8 May 2000);
  
• at the time the vehicle is imported, the applicant is:
  i. an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident; or
  ii. a person who has applied to become an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident;
  
• the applicant is of an age that entitles him or her to hold a licence or a permit to drive a road vehicle of that type;
  
• the applicant undertakes to comply with any requirements as to road safety that are imposed in respect of the vehicle by the Administrator; and
  
• the applicant has not imported a road vehicle owned by him/her within the year ending on the day on which the vehicle in respect of which the application is made is landed in Australia. If an applicant has imported a vehicle under any other provisions in that time, approval will not be granted.
  

The criteria outlined at (a) to (e) above are mandatory criteria as included in Regulation 13 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Regulations 1989. The criteria will be strictly enforced.

Copies of the following documents must be provided to establish ownership and use of the vehicle overseas for twelve consecutive months, or more:

• every page of your passport including all blank pages
  
• statement of travel. This involves supplying details of any absences from your main country of residence during the relevant qualifying period for ownership and use of the vehicle. If your travel was for business reasons you must supply a letter to that effect from your employer.
  
• purchase documents
  
• overseas registration documents in your name
  
• Driver's Licence
  

A $50 application fee must also be provided.

Applicants importing from Japan must include the following additional documents:

• Overseas registration certificate, from time of purchase, to time of deregistration, in the applicant's name
  
• Overseas de-registration certificate, in the applicant's name, showing the date that the vehicle was deregistered in Japan if applicable
  
• A parking approval in the applicant's name showing that the applicant had permission to park the vehicle
  
• Compulsory Tax and Insurance
  
• The applicant's driver's licence -international or as issued by Japanese authorities.
  

This list is a guide only, and you may be required to provide further evidence of your migration status.

Further details may be requested to substantiate claims of ownership and use of the vehicle during the qualifying period.

Other documents that may be required include:

• Previous owner's deregistration certificate for the vehicle
  
• Vehicle insurance documents in the applicant's name
  
• Documents, in the applicant's name, in relation to the purchase of the vehicle, for example, cheque butts, bank statement/credit card statement, ATM withdrawal document, receipt from vendor of vehicle
  
• Documents, in the applicant's name, showing that the applicant paid for any maintenance or repairs to the vehicle
  
• The applicant's passport with exit and entry stamps that indicate when the applicant left and returned to Australia and show that the applicant was continuously with the vehicle in the overseas country for the required period
  
• Proof that the applicant is currently resident in Australia
  
• Proof that the applicant returns to Australia with the vehicle
  
• The applicant must produce a copy of both passports when dual passports are held
  
• Proof of the applicant's physical presence, continuously or intermittently, during a twelve month period in the country where the vehicle was purchased and primarily used prior to lodging an application to import the vehicle to Australia
  
• Evidence of the frequency, regularity and duration of visits to places outside the country where the vehicle was purchased and used
  
• Evidence of the maintenance by the applicant of a permanent place of abode in the overseas country during absences (eg telephone accounts, electricity bills).
  
• Documents that are not in English must be accompanied by a translation certified by a member of an accredited agency such as the National Accreditation Authority of Translators and Interpreters.
  

You may be required to submit original documentation (not photocopies) to confirm eligibility under the Personal Import Scheme. If the applicant declines to submit the documents requested, the Administrator will take this into account in assessing the bona fides of the application and may, as a result, refuse to issue an import approval.

Applicants can contact the Department by phone (calling within Australia 1800 815 272 or from outside Australia 61 2 6274 7444 or by e-mail to [email protected]) for advice on acceptable authorities to witness documents in the country where the vehicle is registered and/or used. These persons would hold an authority to witness documents similar to that of a Public Notary or Justice of the Peace in Australia.

Under the Personal Import Scheme, modifications to bring the vehicle up to minimum safety standards can be deferred until you wish to register the vehicle.

For Australian registration purposes a vehicle imported under this category must:

• be roadworthy; and
  
• meet minimum safety standards
  

if you are eligible, a Personal Import Approval will be issued. The approval papers comprise four parts:

• One copy clears the vehicle from its point of entry to Australia;
  
• One allows you to obtain a Personal Import Plate;
  
• One is for the registering authority; and
  
• The fourth is for your own records and should be kept with the vehicle.
  

Personal Import Plates

A Personal Import Plate is evidence that the vehicle is an approved vehicle import and allows it to be registered.

Before applying for a Personal Import Plate, the vehicle must be brought up to acceptable ADR standards and the original import approval headed "This copy authorises the issue of a Personal Import Plate" must be completed.

Some registering authorities will inspect your vehicle and sign a statement of compliance. Others will refer you to an authorised signatory for inspection.

The statement of compliance must be signed on the appropriate three approval documents by an authorised person.

The original signed statement of compliance which is marked for the plate engraver must be sent to the plate engraver whose address is given on the Import Approval. There is an additional cost for the engraving of the Personal Import Plate.

Contact your State or Territory Registration Authority for details about how to have your vehicle inspected and the statement of authority signed.

hope that clarifies things for anyone considering it.

[Evo_Lee]

i believe you have to own the car for a full year, and be able to prove it, i.e. registered in your name, insured in your name, if applicable parking permits in your name, etc. also you are not allowed to leave japan for any reason or the count starts again. sucks but that's the rules

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You are allowed to be away from the country of residence for a maximum of 8 weeks. Just because you want to bring a car back, DOTARS can't rob you of sanity...12 months in any country can be fun or painful at the same time!

[siksII]

I would grab a Nissan R390 for real brighton cruising cred

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

duncan, i dont believe any r390s were for sale? arent they all factory owned?i cant remember clearly as i read and article on them years ago when they came out.

but yes, i am sure it would be fully sik

[rrrr]

Anyone know what a Otech R32 4 door with the NA RB26 are like?

[Freeman]

what the! ive never seen those before. not available under SEVS im guessing? what do they cost?

[rrrr]

This one had 350 000 yen on it. 4wd NA RB26. I wounder if it's a bit of a Barge??

[funkymonkey]

actually its got a much higher reserve than that and its still up at auctions

350 000 Yen for an autech 4 door GTS26, good one.

[rrrr]

actually its got a much higher reserve than that and its still up at auctions

350 000 Yen for an autech 4 door GTS26, good one.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

GTS26 you say. What else do you know about them? What would such a thing be worth monkey boy? Can not say I have seen other examoles listed for sale to compare it to...??

[Josh]

I'd get the nismo Z-tune R34... 200,000 AUD

[nghiagero]

I'd get the nismo Z-tune R34... 200,000 AUD

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

yea im off to mortgage my parents house atm, move to nihon for a year and come back with one and live out of it in the parkling lot of my local 24hr coles :lol:

[floody]

I'd have to buy a modified GC10 skyline 2 door, preferably L28, triple carbs, deep dish rims and full flare kit. GT or GT-X I should imagine.

I could get on here easy enough given the age, but personal importing would mean a) personal inspection, B) plenty of time "in country" picking up spares and so forth, so I could ship it back with some spare quarter panels and so on.

If not a Nissan, then definitely a cheapish NSX.

[AMS]

Stagea 260rs.......*drooling*

[Duncan]

floody, Nathan on these forums has exactly that for sale in sydney

[krzysiu]

Ill take this

http://www.j-spec.com.au/list/index.php?ID=3000

[aussie_tul]

I'd get both skyline gt-r and nsx type-r

[_8OO5TED_]

R33 4dr Autech GTR Sedan

As posted about by krzysiu....

Is it as simple as finding a RAWS workshop with R33 compliance plates to get these licensed?

Edited October 1, 2005 by _8OO5TED_