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Old 20-Mar-2008, 12:27 PM
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Where to begin search for skylines/mr2s and such...

My buddy got smashed by some dude that ran a red light and car was written off, hes got 10gs now sitting in his pocket and wants to get something rare around that price.

Where can we begin lookin around?
Car club forums?
Autotrader?
Any dealership that deals specifically with skylines, mr2s, old supras, and such?
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Old 20-Mar-2008, 05:21 PM
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jdmengineland.com ...they are RHD through :S

i believe torontojdm.com has some too
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i was going to get a rhd car.. but beware, very very hard to insure... nowhere wants to do right hand drive.
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Old 20-Mar-2008, 06:01 PM
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right hand drive is cool and all, but it does have it problems when driving on are streets, i would not do it.
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Old 20-Mar-2008, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by efsedan
i was going to get a rhd car.. but beware, very very hard to insure... nowhere wants to do right hand drive.
i bet...must be a little dangerous to make a left hand turn at a busy intersection
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that, and the fact that the doors dont have rebars in them. example.. the ef8 crx, and eg6... no rebars in the door to protect you in a collision.. pretty unsafe.

the Nissan Pulsar GTI-R is cool.. awd.. turbo.. hatch..
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Old 20-Mar-2008, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by efsedan
the Nissan Pulsar GTI-R is cool.. awd.. turbo.. hatch..
A guy came to my place on monday night to grab my NOS bottle i had, and he was driving a GTI-R they are cool, and you don't see many of those around.
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Old 20-Mar-2008, 07:23 PM
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that, and the fact that the doors dont have rebars in them. example.. the ef8 crx, and eg6... no rebars in the door to protect you in a collision.. pretty unsafe.

the Nissan Pulsar GTI-R is cool.. awd.. turbo.. hatch..
so therefore my eg cx won't have the rebars?
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Old 20-Mar-2008, 07:36 PM
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does he want something old ?? any year range?

Subaru SVX are kinda cool and very rare..
Nissan 240SX convertable or 300zx again cool and rare..
Toyota some older TRDs or AE86
Mazda rx7 1 or 3 gen
old Porscha ???

as for where.. umm kijiji, craigs list, autotrader, classifieds, forums.. there are tonnes of different ways to go about it.

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Old 21-Mar-2008, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Andrew
My buddy got smashed by some dude that ran a red light and car was written off, hes got 10gs now sitting in his pocket and wants to get something rare around that price.

Where can we begin lookin around?
Car club forums?
Autotrader?
Any dealership that deals specifically with skylines, mr2s, old supras, and such?

sign up on www.***************** and look for their vendors, they currently have the best importers, you pay a bit more, but they check the car before purchasing from japan, they do not buy junked or wrriten of refurbished vehicles, they buy cars sold from the orginal owners, and they deal with japanese companies and dealers who follow the same process.

the plus side, is they have a decent fixed rate of around $3000 for importing and they even insure the vihicle and do all the legal paper work for you.

i have literally seen more then a hand full of people buy skylines,ae86, and pulsars on that forum all with excellent reviews, even saw few of the cars at meets last year that i went to once or twice. they looks brand new, sort to speak.no rust and all.

you should definately go there you won't be dissapointed.
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There is a used car lot in Burlington on Plains Rd that usually has 3 or 4 Skylines on the lot. Next time I drive by I'll get the name of the place.
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Old 22-Mar-2008, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Andrew
My buddy got smashed by some dude that ran a red light and car was written off, hes got 10gs now sitting in his pocket and wants to get something rare around that price.

Where can we begin lookin around?
Car club forums?
Autotrader?
Any dealership that deals specifically with skylines, mr2s, old supras, and such?
think tiger japanese say they have those old cars..

http://www.tigerjapanese.com...

cant hurt to check....
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Old 23-Mar-2008, 12:08 PM
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Do Not Buy A Car From Tiger.
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Old 23-Mar-2008, 12:09 PM
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so therefore my eg cx won't have the rebars?
is it from japan? right hand drive?
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