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28 years young now Sulio.

As the title says, what makes cars (especially Japanese cars) so expensive in Australia? So I've been comparing car prices in Ireland / UK with Australia and I just can't work it out. Cars seem so expensive back home, compare say a 90's Toyota MR2, A Honda S2000, Nissan Skyline R33 / R34, Mazda RX-7 and even after doing currency conversions the Australian market seems way over-priced or at least they hold alot more value for a longer period of time than what they do in Europe or even the US for that matter. Is it to do with the price of these cars new? Say for example a Mazda RX-7 / 300ZX used to sell for around 80,000 AU brand new. Where as in the UK an RX-7 was 35,000 pound. Been trying to work out why cars over here loose so much value so quickly and cars back in Australia hold value for so much longer.

Well by Australian / NZ standards the 280z is a rare car. Well he is a car dealer....

I'm going to have to hire you freelance to shoot all our featured rides. Awesome work.

For the kids playing at home the link is: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300437139193 Also another 240z, although it's also on carsales.com.au at a optimistic price. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220620822351

Thanks guys and thanks lurch. It is actually sunny today in Dublin. I'm off to see paul McCartney tonight which should be a good birthday present.

Ok so thanks to everyone who has donated so far, it's really appreciated. I've updated you all to donating members (if you weren't already). So yes I know, if you donate constantly, I currently have no kind of badge to put in place and I do apologise, this is something I want to resolve eventually. For now though I just want to say that I really do appreciate it. I know our hosting plan isn't the cheapest out there, but so far it's been pretty reliable and quick. Which means less headaches. Thanks for the on-going support everyone.

The power of community, how awesome is that?

GS31 - sounds like a Japanese Market Fairlady Z 2+2. So it won't be the same shape as your old 240z since it has the 2 additional back seats. L20 is the 2.0ltr L6 engine, since it's EFI it sounds like the later model. It is the equivalent of the Datsun 260z 2+2 in Australia. What else did you want deciphered? GS31 G = 2+2 S31 = Home market Z.

Payments are done via PayPal. This tool (widget) just pulls data from the PayPal API to display the total amount donated. Thanks mate, and thanks everyone so far. If I had known the response would have been this impressive I would have put this up ages ago.

Just checked and thought I should mention we received a $50 donation on the 1st of June. Unfortunately I could not add a start amount to the progress bar.

Maybe try Shift F5 (refresh) to see it. Could be a cached version on your machine. Good to know, it appears to be almost real time. I decided to use this widget because it saved me having to do it all manually. Seems to be pretty nifty.

Done, the homepage now has a widget that shows how much we have raised toward hosting costs each month.

Awesome idea guys, and I really wish I could be there. I was going to say I'll donate my Z for some work, but looks like you already have a Z and my Z is currently unregistered so would need a day pass or I'd have to ask good ol' mum to put her on Historic Rego. Can I ask that this event be filmed so that later it can be put on Youtube or similar and acccessed by our members? In a similar vain to what they have done here (rotary engine rebuild from a rotary car club):

+1 Lurch's car is already red so this should be an easy conversion and people will believe you are actually driving a Ferrari and not a Datsun to boot. You can't loose Lurch.

Not sure if it helps. But I tried to use Gimp (Like Photoshop) to improve the clarity of the licence plate. FWIW it has to be either 979-OKO or 979-OKQ

He's bought a JDM home market car. A HS30-H Fairlady 240zg or Fairlady 432 with S20 engine. Hey it's a wild assumption.

If anyone finds this offensive please feel free to contact me. Whilst I'm sure it's all in good fun, it does tend to pick on a particular enthic group and may be something that's best shared via personal mail as opposed to public forum. - I will put down my PC Policeman's Hat Now.

I've never had that problem and I bought a set of new door handles not that long ago. Got them NOS from Nissan though.

Sounds good, will await with baited breath.

Yes good idea Lynton and whilst I could do this manually, I don't want people to think I'm manipulating the meter . So I've been working on a way to automate it, I started last night. However there are a few things to work out in order to do that first.

Sorry mate, yes I did get your donation and thanks. I just hadn't updated your profile yet. Since that is done manually I sometimes miss it or do them in bulk if I get a few.

Typical Sulio, trying to ruffle a few feathers. I would be very surprised if Lurch got it that cheap. Then again, who knows right?

That sounds great, any chance you can upload that information here as it might save a few others the same hassle. Including myself who has an L28 in my Z, but I'm pretty sure the REGO sticker still quotes the original L24 number.