If only i had 30k

[rob101]

http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!cs_content.private_vehicle?vehicle_id=2792310&current_rec=7&used_rec=17&total_rec=13&sort_type=&total_rec=13&sort_type=&make_id=13&model_id=533&state_id=-1&search_distance=25

mmmmm so very.... cheap yet good thats about the same price as a decent 528i :p

[Gayle]

You poor Aussies! BMW prices are painless in OZ!

[liquidtiger720]

Hmm. I dunno. If I had 30k right now, I'd invest it instead of buying that. lol.

[rob101]

You poor Aussies! BMW prices are painless in OZ!
painless? or painful. but on the plus side people think you are rich for having an e34. jeez having a e34 at 23 people think you are loaded. 30k australian is only just under 23k USD but thats with a high australian dollar.;)

[pundit]

That's because it's a South African import.
Knocks $10-$15k off the price.
It may even be built by BMW in S.A.

[rob101]

That's because it's a South African import.
Knocks $10-$15k off the price.
It may even be built by BMW in S.A.
and? lol its not as if they salt the roads in South Africa. I thought they only made 3ers in South Africa (our e46s are south african imports :) )

[pundit]

You poor Aussies! BMW prices are painless in OZ!
I assume you meant painful too?

On average, even allowing for the exchange rate, we pay around three times what you guys pay for stuff like cars etc. We have 1/10th the population, live miles from the rest of the world and have traditionally had very high import tariffs. In fact back in the days when E34's were new I think import tariffs on imported luxury cars were approaching something like 80%. So you could say we get stiffed when buying stuff over here. BMW parts from the local stealers can be up to 8x what you guys pay!
But don't we just love putting money in the pockets of these thieves... NOT!!!

[Zeuk in Oz]

Beware the private import - not because it comes from South Africa, but because it will have been shipped and exposed to serious amounts of salt and humidity in the shipping without suitable protection - I looked at a '98 523i from the UK (because it was manual) and the corrosion was unbelievable.

Gayle, I hope your prices are nothing like ours !

[632 Regal]

if I had 30k id pay off the cr card, and half the 2nd mortgage and work on the rest of that. someday Id like my house to be paid off for the 3rd time.

[rob101]

I looked at a '98 523i from the UK (because it was manual) and the corrosion was unbelievable.

the british salt their roads during winter

[632 Regal]

the white people do in the us too...

*(patiently wait for angry to respond)


the british salt their roads during winter

[Gayle]

Typo

Painless was supposed to be painful.

[632 Regal]

Gayle is the financee.

[rob101]

Gayle is the financee.
mate i've got some friends who are colombians they should be able to hook you up if you run out of drugs..:p

[Zeuk in Oz]

the british salt their roads during winter
I realise that, but this one hadn't been exposed to salted roads and the mechanics that inspected it thought the corrosion was more likely from the shipping.
Obviously it might have been a bit of both.

[rob101]

I realise that, but this one hadn't been exposed to salted roads and the mechanics that inspected it thought the corrosion was more likely from the shipping.
Obviously it might have been a bit of both.
true but jap cars that get shipped over are usually in pretty good shape i guess from UK is a longer voyage but from south africa is probably a similar distance.

[Alexlind123]

Shipping methods come significantly into play here. Japan probably ships their cars to the US wrapped in plastic bags. A private party shipping a single car may have obtained a discount rate on a cargo ship on an open deck.

[Boom n Zoom]

Alexlind123 did say,

Shipping methods come significantly into play here. Japan probably ships their cars to the US wrapped in plastic bags.


Your not far too far from the truth Alexlind123, when I used to swing spanners for a Rice Manufacturer that uses the Bull Logo. All the new cars came from the docks sprayed with wax over the whole thing and sometimes plastic over the windshield.

It was usually cleaned off with liberal doses of Kerosene and open weave cotton waste that was disposed of as the Kero would soften the wax and the cotton waste would pull it off without scratching (A major problem with the darker waterbased paints and metallic finishes)

When I left the game, the imports from Japan had dropped as much more was being built here in Oz at the new Altona plant in Melbourne, as it has come online the nessesity to import has decreased, hence not as many waxed vehicals anymore.

Boom n Zoom

[rob101]

Shipping methods come significantly into play here. Japan probably ships their cars to the US wrapped in plastic bags. A private party shipping a single car may have obtained a discount rate on a cargo ship on an open deck.
I was talking about grey imports to Australia might I point out that there are Absolutely Shitloads of them that were shipped here from the late 90s, which were bought second hand in japan.... so one has to ask if you can ship a jap car privately safely from japan why not one from south africa? I guess the moral of the story is get imports checked for rust.