Cars & Motorbikes Let's talk cars... 2021

I am a big fan of JDM cars.

I think your Nissan's, Mitsubishi's, Toyota's and Mazda of the 90s era are going to fly.

• Nissan Silvia
• Nissan Skyline (R32, R33, R34)
• Toyota Supra
• Toyota Aristo (2JZ GTE)
• Nissan Stagea
• Mazda RX7
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, 7,8,9.

These cars should mostly all crack the $100K mark in the next 10 years as they become classics.

 

Some cool cars there, I would love a good RX2
I reckon your best bet is auction site like Shannons, seem to be getting some really good prices, even LLoyd's Classic/Muscle car Auction seems to get some really good prices for old Holden's and Ford's

 

32 GTRs are already fetching over 100k, to think I sold one for 9k 10 years ago…. Crystal ball was faulty!

 

I'm sure there would be some members on here that would have experience with this....

I've been on the market for a replacement car since before covid, and it is not getting any easier. Now there are lockdowns I can't even whip down the highway and look at cars in Sydney, so I have been considering some options.
- MTA car inspection is about $500
- Car transport by PrixCar is also about $500 sydney to newcastle

Has anyone used any car inspection services, and/or car transport services? If so, any thoughts or comments?

Also, how would one pay for a car in this situation? (and possibly as important - not sound like a scammer?) One thought I had would be to have a bank account in the same bank as the vendor (assuming you dont already), move the funds into your bank account at that bank, car transport service goes to pick up vehicle, calls you onsite to give the green light, you transfer funds, vendor confirms and the car transporter takes possession of the vehicle...
Would that work? Is there a better way?

Cheers,
Inertia.

 

I've sold at least half a dozen cars over the years which were shipped to various other cities around the country. In all of these instances I'd had the buyer provide me full payment prior to shipment and where they were being bought sight unseen (no inspection) they'd used various different inspection companies (from NRMA to other smaller niche experts).

The shipping method would depend on the company they were using; some require you to deliver the car to a depot, some of them were door to door services where either transport collected it or someone picked it up to take it to a depot for further shipping (which didn't fuss me as it'd been paid for and effectively not longer my ownership).

That said, I'm not actually sure I'd have been comfortable to do the same thing as a buyer... everything I've purchased I have done the deal face to face!

 

Getting my Nissan Silvia back on the road. Booked to get a blue slip and get it re-registered.

It's been in storage for a number of years, so finally good to drive it again but now I am older so maybe I may think the car is uncomfortable and loud

 

Got our hands on a beautiful XC60 last week. Absolutely love it (new plates should arrive tomorrow).
Had to get a shot with my Z as well

 

Update: After tossing around a few options per posts above, settled on ordering a new manual Subaru STI premium sedan. Going to be a long wait (Aug 2022 delivery date).

Based on launch pics of the WRX, happy I went with the dark blue colour as not a fan of the black plastic against the light colours.

Current car isn’t doing any k’s in Melbourne lockdowns at the moment or foreseeable future anyway.

Just have to wait and see what it looks like when released over the coming weeks. Hopefully a bit better and more exciting than the WRX.

 

geez 11 month wait,
I certainly would not be willing to wait

 

Very happy with the current car and being in Melbourne - you can’t go anywhere at the moment anyway!

 

Long waits for new cars is the new norm now. Have you seen the insane price rises for cars now. New and used car prices are going through the roof. Mercedes have jacked up the price of their top end AMGs by $20k-$30k.

 

I've seen but thankfully I'm not in the market to buy or sell.
To me it's nuts, that someone is willing to pay that much extra. I understand the second hand corolla market around 10k because the average person needs a car but still..... I thought half the country is in lockdown,
But what would I know!

 

Look, I love my cars and am one of those nutters paying silly prices for cars out of wants rather than needs but even I am finding some this price gouging hard to swallow.

Not that long ago I got priced $230k for a brand new GLE63s with bells and whistles. I reached out to the dealer last week and said I know prices have moved up some what but can you get still get me into a GLE 63s for $230k, even if its a demo? He said no chance and its more like $250k for a demo now. I am in the Jaguar F pace SVR and its coming to 2 years old. Not that there is anything wrong with it. Its a great car and the 5L super charged 8 sounds amazing but I am bored and really like the interior of the GLE. Not really keen on putting in $120k for a changeover.

I am holding on to the last of the petrol engine V8 dream. Soon enough we will have to bite the bullet and go electric. The performance numbers on the upcoming Model X plaid are super impressive.

Its a sad end of era for us petrol loving dinosaurs.

 

v8 petrol only way to go!!!! love the work mate v8 landcruiser 79 series just the sound ahhhhh

 

Speaking of V8's
Had a decent gathering up here with the Lancia Club of Queensland, an all Italian car meetup.
There were quite a few cars you don't see very often however this one stood out to me (apart from all the Lancia's of course)

 

here is my recently acquired baby

 

Well done. That is great value from the little Mazda. If you pick yourself up another Japanese car now ( cant go wrong with a Toyota or Mazda ) that should get you through to the end of the petrol engine life. By then electric will be the new norm and they will be much more reasonably priced than the current electric offerings.

 

Sounds like a keeper to me!
Although the newer cars have so much more tech/features inside them now