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Lord of Garbagemen posted:I wouldn't tell someone that its a go tho, Tacoma and Long Beach will make your life miserable if you try to ship anything extra in the car. Tacoma and Long Beach are jerks, imho.
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Lord of Garbagemen posted:I wouldn't tell someone that its a go tho, Tacoma and Long Beach will make your life miserable if you try to ship anything extra in the car. I didnt file my paperwork and customs was like you are so f’d man and I got a guy at Savannah and he was like go to bed I’ll clear this tonight
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Another option is to get a container and put car + whatever else in it. This is more expensive than Ro/Ro and apparently not as easy for clearing Customs, plus if they think you've got drugs or other contraband can rack up some significant fees if it has to be withdrawn from the port.
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Ethics_Gradient posted:Another option is to get a container and put car + whatever else in it. This is more expensive than Ro/Ro and apparently not as easy for clearing Customs, plus if they think you've got drugs or other contraband can rack up some significant fees if it has to be withdrawn from the port. I don’t even think I want to deal with anything but RO RO
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everdave posted:I don’t even think I want to deal with anything but RO RO Same, and the money I pay to my broker is worth every penny.
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KakerMix posted:Same, and the money I pay to my broker is worth every penny. Same. Anyone getting in this game just pay people to solve the problems.
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KakerMix posted:Tacoma and Long Beach are jerks, imho. Can you import to Seattle or does it have to go through Tacoma? Just curious.
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Charles posted:Can you import to Seattle or does it have to go through Tacoma? Just curious. Tacoma and Long Beach are the only RORO's (that JCD uses) on the West Coast. Also the Parsifal is the only RORO boat that JCD deals with.
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Lord of Garbagemen posted:Tacoma and Long Beach are the only RORO's (that JCD uses) on the West Coast. Also the Parsifal is the only RORO boat that JCD deals with. Really? I've had at least 3 different Hoeg international ships deliver cars.
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Sep 10, 2018 23:30
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Hoegh here
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Paging DJ Commie
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Sep 11, 2018 00:55
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How does payment work on these things, do you just wire transfer from your bank?
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Wow, that's a clean BG 323....with a BP turbo, drat. Is 10k yen the sold price? If so that's loving crazy and I need to get one.
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BlackMK4 posted:How does payment work on these things, do you just wire transfer from your bank? Yep. It's the bid price, plus any in-Japan transport needed to get it to port, any inspections you've built up, plus ocean insurance and transport, plus JCD fee, sent out as a single lump once they get you an invoice. Applebees Appetizer posted:Wow, that's a clean BG 323....with a BP turbo, drat. No, that's the starting bid. It varies so much that I completely ignore it unless it's higher than 1000 USD since then it usually means something. Since the starting bid doesn't have a bearing on a possible reserve I just ignore it.
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KakerMix posted:Since the starting bid doesn't have a bearing on a possible reserve I just ignore it. loving hell, I thought that particular auction perversion was limited to eBay. Why wouldn't you set the opening bid for the minimum you'd let it go for? EDIT: found a paper that says secret reserve frequently results in lower prices and fewer sales; their experiment was Pokemon cards on eBay. Midjack fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Sep 11, 2018 |
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Oh man, I've been waiting a while for GTR in LHD, but would I ever find one in such nice shape?
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Charles posted:Oh man, I've been waiting a while for GTR in LHD, but would I ever find one in such nice shape? I'm sure someone out there has converted one but uh, they weren't ever sold in LHD were they? Ever?
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I send enormous amounts of money by PayPal bc reasons. We tried wire through a service and it’s a long story. Next couple will be wire
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everdave posted:I send enormous amounts of money by PayPal bc reasons.
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BlackMK4 posted:I also must collect via my cash back card no matter what Amex basically begged me to. Zero interest and all the points
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 What's bright yellow, has a red and white striped front and rear, 35271 kms, AC, and a floor-shift manual transmission with ~4 rear wheels~? This 1991 Mazda Bongo that I bought for 718 american dollars.
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KakerMix posted:
I am so gay for this in the best politically correct way possible
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Hahaha, that is loving great.
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KakerMix posted:I'm sure someone out there has converted one but uh, they weren't ever sold in LHD were they? Ever? Yeah they were sold in Europe.
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Go post that in the GBS Bongo thread.
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Charles posted:Yeah they were sold in Europe. The Skyline GT-R was never manufactured outside Japan, and the sole export markets were Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. It was only ever sold as RHD. There are a handful of overpriced LHD conversions where they did too much work including cutting the dash in half and gluing it back together. I own a RHD R32 GTR. It took me about 1.5 days to get used to driving RHD. You can pay 100k extra or you can suck it up and git gud. Wanna try it? PM me if you live near the PWN. Loanarn fucked around with this message at 06:38 on Sep 11, 2018 |
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I was talking about the Mazda Familia / 323 GTR, sorry, I got too excited to see the GTX and wasn't clear.
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Charles posted:I was talking about the Mazda Familia / 323 GTR, sorry, I got too excited to see the GTX and wasn't clear. Awww poo poo son. Then yeah, probably. I know that DJ Commie is convinced they don't exist without incredible rust so I'd assume any nice one is worth going for if that's what you want. RHD is an incredible non-issue though, I know those of us with RHD cars will always say this but I truly can't downplay it enough, and I'm DDing a really tiny low-to-the-ground one. EDIT Also I didn't even spend $700 bucks on that Bongo, $673.01. KakerMix fucked around with this message at 07:25 on Sep 11, 2018 |
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KakerMix posted:
I can't even... gently caress THAT'S COOL!
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KakerMix posted:
Imagine how safe you'll be driving around in this thing. Bright yellow with hi-vis chevrons? SAFETY and CLASS.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Imagine how safe you'll be driving around in this thing. Bright yellow with hi-vis chevrons? Plus if you ever need parking you can just drive into any nearby warehouse and tuck it in with the forklifts for a few hours without anyone being the wiser.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Plus if you ever need parking you can just drive into any nearby warehouse and tuck it in with the forklifts for a few hours without anyone being the wiser. Leave a hardhat and a clipboard on the passenger seat and you can probably park it wherever the hell you want.
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KakerMix posted:
Holy poo poo that is amazing 
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Wanna play that Bongo. Also as a side note detailing a kei car is cheating. Took less then an hour to completely claybar the Cappuccino.
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Fievel Goes Bi posted:Wanna play that Bongo. What do you do, hold the car in one hand and the bar in the other?
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Loanarn posted:The Skyline GT-R was never manufactured outside Japan, and the sole export markets were Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. It was only ever sold as RHD. There are a handful of overpriced LHD conversions where they did too much work including cutting the dash in half and gluing it back together. I own a RHD R32 GTR. It took me about 1.5 days to get used to driving RHD. You can pay 100k extra or you can suck it up and git gud. Some dude made LHD dashes from scratch a long time ago, idk if he still does it
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KakerMix posted:
So when is the turbo 13B swap happening? Mazdarati 2.0?
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KakerMix posted:
1) I could actually use that little truck *as* a truck, considering the dearth of small pickups in the US, and that price even with shipping and such is tempting. 2) McTinkerson posted:So when is the turbo 13B swap happening? Mazdarati 2.0? That idea makes me feel funny in certain places. edit: seriously, could you just see this thing drifting around turns with the duals smoking?
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I'm actually real keen to see what that Bongo is like once it gets over here. I imagine whoever I sell it to will use it as a truck. Small trucks are cool and all for the USDM but this one has folding sides and rear, tie-downs all over the place and also melts retinas with it's paintwork. It's difficult to try to look up information on what tonnage it is, I *think* this one as the smaller-rear-wheel option to get a lower bed but I don't know what the dually wheels mean.       Still have to trim restore but gosh using power tools instead of doing it by hand is so much better. Going to get it some nice white letter meaty tires, probably going to remove the side steps (but include them in the sale) because the plastic portion on one side is busted and the one is bent. For pictures I bet it will look a lot better with them off. Just like the goofy chrome bullbar it came with.
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