Australia's import car problem

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I posted this post under another thread which I feel is being ignored because of the starter of the treads is some one who the people here are trying to ignore but i beleive an lot of you dont know about it if you have read it in its origanal thread i apoligize
if not I would love to hear to comments
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but it does bring me to another point that I dont know if you guys are are aware of .. I'm not sure exactly how it goes but it's something like this ... Japan has a system when you buy a new car over there when it is licenced for he first time this is done for 2 years the next renewal cost the price goes up the 4th year it goes up again the 5 year the premium to licence the car is then nearly double so everybody sells there car when they hit 5 years old which keeps good reliable cars on the road and the motor industry booms from it

Then some real smart Aussie come along a relized theres all these near new cars sitting in the junk yards that nobody wants and there only 5 years old thers nothings wrong with them I can make some $$$$'s

Now all these low millage one owner junk cars get loaded by the boat loads and set down under ...then the BIG BUT.... a lot of these models arent normally avaliable here they are just that little bit different they bring out all sorts of models liitle buzz boxes,4wd's people movers,sports cars eg Nissan 300zx twin turbo ( twin turbo version not availbale here) toyota soarers and the like now some of these are real great cars ( if you like Japanese cars)

I fell into this trap I brought a 1982 model Honda vigor (Vigor never available here) it was a accord with few extra's it was a great car beautiful to drive ... UNTIL.. it needs a service sorry we dont have those spark plugs in Australia those brake pads arent available in Australia starting to get the picture they had to import the parts $$$$ next i have small accident nothing major left had guard , grill & bumper .. sorry we cant get the same grill we will just stick this little peice of plastic in to fill the hole suddly my great car is starting to look like a peice of crap

now there are 1000's of people driving around in those older peices of junk which the insurance company hate they now have a cluses in the policy you pay for any import part needed to fix your car

The lesson in this is if it was never available here new dont buy it regardless how great it looks how great proforms it isnt worth the hassels
 
That's a pretty sorry tale, but the same situation is happening in the UK too, where the cars are known as 'grey imports'. However, there has been an explosion in the number of small-ish garages willing to take these cars on, and thus there has also been a real improvement in the skill levels and professionalism of these outfits.

I guess that this should happen in Australia too.
 
yes the people who brought the things into the country have the parts but it a case of running around everwhere and across to the other side of the city just to buy something you should be able to buy a Kmart but it the bigger problem like insurance a lot of insurance company wont touch them .. you spend say $20000 on something like a nissan 300ZX twin turbo and then find out you cant insure it or if you can it has more back door cluases that its not worth the paper its written on
 
People here do the same thing... However, instead of buying a car, they import the components and install them on their cars... I guess they can afford it.. Since a Siliva 14 motor sells for high dollar.
 
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I guess its a case when you have you dont want it for me you see so many HSV and XR fords that you get sick of them for me i Drool over some of the old american cars corvetts ,firebirds ,mustangs cos there not your normal everyday cars but they are just to over priced for us here
 

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