Anpanman
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Does it actually say you need to pay duty/GST or that your goods are being held? Assuming that there is no additional duty on bike bits (just GST)... Unless I am missing something I would probably go back to them and say that your goods including shipping are under the threshold for duty as such you will not require their services to clear customs. It culd just be a money grab from the naive? Easy way to make an extra $46.00 as your goods sail through customs...
Or is this just a generic notice that they send everyone regardless of amount?
Speaking from experience, Customs officers (in general - there's always the odd power hungry douche) don't want to make things difficult or take your money off you and would be happy if you are within the threshold.
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oh if anyone wants some help interpreting an auction sheet or anything else Japanese, or looking into auction history of a goo listing etc. hit me up. I am happy to help - and have the resources to do so.
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6 Speed Getrag vs. 5 speed non-getrag?
my 2 cents directed at no one in particular, but most of the cars you are looking for are fairly rare to come up for auction - but if possible and you have the patience, I would recommend trying to buy through auction if it is an option. As a generalistaion the details on the auction sheet normally give you a good idea of structural repairs etc. Most of the sellers on Goo net etc. are selling tidied up cars that were purchased ex-auction, with quite a healthy margin added, and whilst they potentially look tidier on the surface than the cars at auctions, this doesn't actually help when it comes to compliance and potential repair certification.
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The only issue I can see is if there are structural repairs required in multiple areas you risk the vehicle being marked as imported as a damaged vehicle. The same possibly goes for previous repairs too. If I was you I would start feeling out a compliance place in NZ before doing any work in OZ to see what they think, because it will basically come down to their discretion (unless flagged for multiple issues at the NZTA border inspection) and I am sure the right person would be able to give you some guidance.
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As above, any structural stuff or rust you fix before compliance is just risking having to undo the repair and have it redone at a repair certifier.
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Yeah it mentions a repair at the front, which in my experience would mean it has had some accident damage repaired - which may need a repair certificate depending what it is/how it was repaired. Not much info in the listing to go off though. Also wonder about rust on the under body (doesn't mention any in the listing).
It must be fairly hard to deal with these Japanese car yards, as normally when they sell to local customer there are quite a few other costs which they pass on to the buyer which they make more profit from - so selling actually at the sticker price is not normal for them.
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You may have seen this, but there are heaps more photos in the Japanese listing for the same car.
http://www.goo-net.com/usedcar/spread/goo/13/700050002130150410001.html
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Do you know what the repair is that it has had? That would be the first thing I would want to find out.
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Pic of Landy pls. sounds good.
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Yeah looks like the paint is absolutely terrible - W3s at USS auctions are pretty horrific normally (sounds like a home spray job). Rear panel has been replaced, rear floor has been panelbeaten and both rear sidemembers are a bit bent, must have had a good punt up the arse.
Will need a bit of money spent on it for compliance.
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I am way more biased than anyone else here probably, but I have had a lot of experience with Hiluxes - have driven a 2.7 litre petrol one and is nice to drive and economical and went well. The few teething problems that people have mentioned above with the current generation of Hilux had (back around 2007-2009 when the first of these models came out) have long since been sorted - and never affected the model you are looking at anyway.
The Hilux should come with a 5 year 150,000km platinum warranty and 5 years/75,000kms of free scheduled servicing as well - I am not sure what the service schedule is for a Diesel Triton, (6 months/7,500km?) but the Mitsubishi Warranty (NZ's best new car warrant my ass - this doesn't even come close to the Toyota warranty) which seems like a weak 3 year warranty/ with an even weaker 2 year extension (but no extra kms) and no coverage for diesel system/fuel injection bits:
Additional Exceptions:Your extended 60 month / 130,000km warranty does not
cover batteries, audio, tyres, air conditioning compressor
and air conditioning system maintenance, all fuel injection
equipment and components for both diesel and petrol fuel
systems and all accessories fitted at time of purchase.
and then another 30kms/5 years of much weaker coverage. To have the warranty (and this is why they offer it for so long) they lock you into exclusively servicing your Triton at Mitsubishi otherwise your warranty is invalidated. This is not the case with Toyota.
There is a reason why Hilux has been the Category leader for 30 years and last year Toyota sold well over three Hilux for every one Triton sold.
I am biased - but these are facts. Cheers.
Also Toyota warranty is transferable, Mitsi one is not.
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Crustywhip did the alarm install in my car, and I can vouch for what a fantastic job he does. Top bloke! Awesome value too.
AAA+++ would trade again highly recommended styles.
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definitely not!....
I got straight out of an 86 and into an estima and just about fell out of my seat when I went around the first corner!
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....then spend thousands and thousands on it to handle and drive as well as a stock 86.
I like the look of them, and for a completely stock car they are pretty amazing IMHO, I was really impressed by the handling and mechanical grip even with those stock tyres. I would have liked about 10% more power to top it off - stock is pretty good but you can fall off some massive power cliffs if you try to accelerate in the wrong gear, so I am looking forward to driving one with some basic mods. I also want to hear one with tuned headers to see how good (or not) they can sound.
The seating position (and seats) are awesome and it just feels really good to drive, huge smiles driving it through the twisties.
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They are actually way harder to convince to go sideways/spin up the wheels than i expected considering it is a fairly light rear-wheel drive. Even in the wet it has amazing mechanical grip. Maybe low centre of gravity helps alot, I was really impressed.
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^Disagree completely - I have seen heaps of them and I am more impressed all-round than I thought I would be.
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I believe it's All TRD Bits yes (including suspension) You can Get for the ZN is on the TRD version.
Probably no one would complain about 20k upgrade if they priced this car at 60-80k range in the first place.
What you believe from some actual knowledge/information.... or just a guess? (figure it is the latter).
If you don't know why even post?
Also your second sentence are you really complaining that it is too cheap!?
trolled, I know...
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Check out the official website that has been updated now.
Has more model and technical info along with some sweet photos.
I really like the look of the TRD Special Edition
yum
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seen all the colours, definitely agree that the burnt orange colour does nothing for it/me. My favourite is just plain old metallic silver, looks great closely followed by pearl white.
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It is getting pretty close now...
New 86 website where you can register for more info (or register your interest for purchasing)
Dedicated Facebook page where you can go in the draw to win a Toyota 86 for 86 days!
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I would avoid it unless you are getting the car for a steal. That is an extremely important structural pint of the car - so even if it is fixed (depending what you are using the car for) I would be worried about the car's structural integrity in a crash.
If that was a fresh import it would need a repair cert and would probably be red-flagged for damage at the border.
Not sure what it would cost to fix though - to fix it properly would cost a fair bit I imagine but most panel beaters will use a lot of filler in lieu of fixing it properly.
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What kind of damage? Depends what the repair is that is getting done whether it will need to be repaired (or re-repaired) in NZ.
Risk is it will be flagged as "imported as a damaged vehicle" and depending on the extent of the repairs required that flag will not be able to be removed.