New car imports

[Shonky]

Meh, bought it 2nd hand with 4000km on it, owner owed the local drug dealer $$$$ and needed money asap, paid half price for it....I've got a hand written receipt. Good luck proving me wrong.

Shit when Ireland had the GFC there were X5's going for $5,000, that's not going to show up on Redbook. Unless they just have a set value regardless of what you paid?

In that case what you paid is not what it's worth.

[yohoes]

So when the first Subarau 4-dr Sti's were imported by Subaru Australia and were having engine problems because of a poor tune (poor Aus petrol at the time?) you could whinge to Subaru Aus. What would happen if that situation occurred in 2018 with a private import?

Put E85 in

[Sturmovik]

Various Audis run a hot weather tune for Australia.

S3 has 15kw less than they do in Europe.

[mizone]

But balance it with something sensible for the daily commute, like a Suzuki Alto Turbo RS. For $14k AUD, I'll buy a fresh one every year, turn up the boost, and leave it as a smoking wreck on the side of the highway when it explodes.

You mean we'll be allowed to bring in small, little, Japanese turbo cars!

I have a secret love of small turbo Japanese stuff, Charade and Honda City for example. If they keep the fun to drive and grin a minute mentality, for not much coin I'm very interested.

[perthdrivers.txt]

So when the first Subarau 4-dr Sti's were imported by Subaru Australia and were having engine problems because of a poor tune (poor Aus petrol at the time?) you could whinge to Subaru Aus. What would happen if that situation occurred in 2018 with a private import?

It won't, firstly because manufacturers wouldn't release a mass-produced car that couldn't at least run on ~98 octane fuel, secondly because even if they did, engine management is advanced enough now that it can deal with it without making the car undrivable.

[drscrote]

My UK E55 runs fine here.

Burned the nav disc off another PFer, nav works well. A/C cold. Same DVD region so porn plays the same too.

If anything the only problem is the tarmac here seems skiddier.

[rj_astra]

You mean we'll be allowed to bring in small, little, Japanese turbo cars!

I have a secret love of small turbo Japanese stuff, Charade and Honda City for example. If they keep the fun to drive and grin a minute mentality, for not much coin I'm very interested.

The Alto RS is auto only and about 17.5K

You want the Alto Works 5MT

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Ill also jump on the Alto Group buy.

[CussCuss]

radical sr3?

http://radicalsportscars.com/cars/sr3-rsx/

Im pretty sure you can't just bring in any car that is registerable in the UK, they have some pretty loose regs. There will likely be some eu standards or even some basic NCOP rules that the car will have to comply to to be able to come in. And the SR3 SL is the only one that will have a chance of coming in.

[Captiva Fan]

Ill also jump on the Alto Group buy.

Gotta say ... I might have to be too ...

[Asteroid]

It might be the new "Starlet GT".

[Babalouie]

Do *you* come with the car?

[piss98]

So save me reading the whole read :p are they looking like they will bring these in? If so fuck yeh, love a weird looking little hatchback!

[Captiva Fan]

It doesn't happen 'til 2018 so it might still not happen; and the details I've seen don't say they definitely will allow ANYTHING sold new JDM & UKDM, they could easily add exceptions if it looks like someone might have too much fun & possibly cause damage to their smile muscles.

[Babalouie]

It doesn't happen 'til 2018 so it might still not happen; and the details I've seen don't say they definitely will allow ANYTHING sold new JDM & UKDM, they could easily add exceptions if it looks like someone might have too much fun & possibly cause damage to their smile muscles.

Also I believe that kei-cars are either exempted from crash standards in Japan, or they have a watered-down set of requirements.

Which probably means that they won't be eligible.