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I had an inspection on the white Prado and all was good, had a 525 bid in and glad I stayed up past Midnight. At last minute they amended auction to say engine noise and warning lamps on. Mat asked me If I wanted to pass and of course I said yes.
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well lost my low bid but some one paid 4,800 usd for a broken az-1
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everdave posted:I had an inspection on the white Prado and all was good, had a 525 bid in and glad I stayed up past Still curious to see what the final price was, I asked for it since JCD is all cool with USS now. wargames posted:well lost my low bid but some one paid 4,800 usd for a broken az-1 lol that is pretty hilarious.   I paid $5120. This highlights how I feel about USS auctions vs non-USS ones. Mine was sold through CAA, the blue one was through USS. USS prices just seem to be higher for the only reason of being a larger house and they must get more exposure. Plus the wheels alone are worth a significant portion of the price I paid.
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Sep 15, 2018 17:12
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KakerMix posted:Plus the wheels alone are worth a significant portion of the price I paid. I had a set of white ones on a Miata that I bought that were 15x7 I believe. I had a tough time selling them for eventually $800 I believe. In 2010. Might be less desirable now since tire options on small sizes are worse.
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Sep 15, 2018 17:26
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KakerMix posted:Still curious to see what the final price was, I asked for it since JCD is all cool with USS now. Trying to find wheel for this tiny of a car isn't easy.
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Sep 15, 2018 17:35
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Larrymer posted:I had a set of white ones on a Miata that I bought that were 15x7 I believe. I had a tough time selling them for eventually $800 I believe. In 2010. The people who want these wheels are everyone that's imported a Beat or Cappuccino or AZ-1 or Alto since then. I've had a bunch of people asking about them, and 3 serious offers for them. You have to import tires for them yeah, but that doesn't matter to the people who are driving these things. Wheels are a pita but not if you are willing to get them from Japan, which is where you are going to get tires anyway.
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So maybe you already said but what is the story with the $5100 AZ-1? What did inspection say?
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lifted jimny anyone? https://auc.japancardirect.com/aj-6VLw5uLWGs1UVe.htm
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Well, Hiace is released as of 2 days ago. Called the terminal that it's at and it's in a non-TWIC area so all I need to get in is the purchase order and a driver's license. Going to download a few hours worth of podcasts and head down to Houston on Wednesday to pick it up.
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Mtmd posted:Well, Hiace is released as of 2 days ago. Called the terminal that it's at and it's in a non-TWIC area so all I need to get in is the purchase order and a driver's license. Going to download a few hours worth of podcasts and head down to Houston on Wednesday to pick it up. Going to tow it? If not I'd bring some coolant and oil.
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Mtmd posted:Well, Hiace is released as of 2 days ago. Called the terminal that it's at and it's in a non-TWIC area so all I need to get in is the purchase order and a driver's license. Going to download a few hours worth of podcasts and head down to Houston on Wednesday to pick it up. Sweet didn’t even know ports had areas you didn’t need a TWIC card
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Sep 16, 2018 20:29
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Wait, you can drive these things out of the port? How does that work? Dealer plate?
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BlackMK4 posted:Wait, you can drive these things out of the port? How does that work? Dealer plate? You can but I thought you had to have someone with a twic card take you in. The port doesn’t care what you do I don’t think. Now getting it home?
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Some states (like mine) allow you to apply for a transit permit. In my state as long as you have the VIN and attest that it's insured, I want to say it's $15 for a permit that you have up to 2 weeks to activate and once you use it, it's good for up to 3 days. Any licensed driver can apply for this and it's all online, you just print it out yourself. Super handy for buying used vehicles
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Most of my automotive purchases over the past 10 years have been fly-n-drive. Transit plates are a great way to keep bored law enforcement from giving you trouble on the way home at 3 in the morning 10 hours from home... Haven't been looking at auctions too much in the last week, been busy as hell. Need to start browsing again. I did turn my Dad, who retires October 1st, onto the auctions so he's been sending me links for cool poo poo.
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I can get a transit plate in TX but I'm opting to tow it rather than drive an unknown to me 25 year old vehicle 3 hours from the coast to Austin. I was going to have it delivered but circumstances with work and the amount of free storage I have left are making it more reasonable for me to just go get it myself. I was expecting to need an escort but my arrival notice says "Terminal is located in secured area, Terminal access restricted" and then immediately after "TWIC card WILL NOT be required." Those seem contradictory to me so I called them and asked what exactly I needed to access the vehicle and they confirmed.
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Can't wait to see that HiAce. Who is going to buy this one though?  And I asked Yoshi to give me some USS prices which I am going to add to the sheet, but I'll place them here too:  Sold for 505,000 yen  Sold for 1,215,000 yen  Sold for 760,000 yen  Sold for 102,000 yen
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So I guess I would have won the white Prado? Still glad I passed. I would not have bid that on the Safari though it was on my short list glad I didn’t waste their time.
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everdave posted:So I guess I would have won the white Prado? Still glad I passed. I would not have bid that on the Safari though it was on my short list glad I didn’t waste their time. That's a hell of a good price for that type of Safari. Manual Gran Road with those stripes, that desirable Nissan diesel and ~gold wheels~. Those routinely go for 10k USD, especially with that mileage. I still would have probably rolled the dice with that Prado, but this generation of Prado (with the 2.4) is nowhere near the desirability of the 3.0 equipped ones. If that Prado was a 1993 with the KZ in it the price would have sailed to over 12k USD. Means that if another one rolls around I can expect that price for a plain white one. KakerMix fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Sep 17, 2018 |
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That is so sweet and I hate yellow!
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I love that thing and this thread has given me good bad ideas.
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4 lug duallies, lmao
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Master cylinder behind the steering wheel. Rad
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Gotta roll around town with the windows down blasting this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJMLJVha5sw
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I hate this thread. It's my favorite thread.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Oh that's kind of a bummer, I wouldn't mind a FWD turbo BG, just to avoid the AWD issues. There was a 323 GT sold in the US for MY88 only that was basically a 323 sedan with the FWD turbo setup. They're even more rare than GTXs, only 500 sold. They do exist, though. I made my 323 Wagon basically into a GT, using a Capri XR2 drivetrain. I'm only missing the rear discs, though those don't really matter at all on such a light car.
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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1992-mazda-az-1-5/
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wargames posted:Not a fan of the lack of AZ-1 driver seat. At least swap them both, but that's a PITA because of how the passenger seat mounts to the floor. and those rearview mirrors
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KakerMix posted:Still curious to see what the final price was, I asked for it since JCD is all cool with USS now. it's nice to see prices start to fall now that the initial 'it's legal!' sheen has started wearing off can't wait to get one
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everdave posted:I’m bidding to win on the toyota. Have an inspection ordered for a crappy cappuccino but if I get it cheap enough. I’ll try to update the goog docs sheet I think I bid on way more stuff and lose than others ha Is it this one? https://auc.japancardirect.com/aj-lHEQuS2tAfqANOc.htm I think I want to shoot to win a decent Cappuccino.
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everdave posted:I’ll try to update the goog docs sheet I think I bid on way more stuff and lose than others ha What is this google doc?
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:it's nice to see prices start to fall now that the initial 'it's legal!' sheen has started wearing off Prices falling? Since when? Both of these are beaters, the blue one didn't even run and still sold for $$$. It's way cheaper to get a good AZ-1 from auction in Japan that it ever will be to get one in the US but the prices have more stabilized than anything. Still $16k+ for a low mileage good-shape one already in the US, minimum. wargames posted:What is this google doc? The one that Lord of Garbageman set up where him and I started putting down vehicles we bid on, if we won, etc. A way to track prices and bids across all the auctions so everyone can glean data from it.
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Not quite legal yet, but drat! Lancia Delta https://auc.japancardirect.com/aj-FJ2BLbZUWBKlKa.htm MB Unimog https://auc.japancardirect.com/aj-tliGZDH3Eizheg.htm Hmm, why am I suddenly looking at Euro cars from Japan? Also, was someone trying to import to Oregon but ran into DMV issues? I recall maybe it was kei cars they were trying?
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Southpaw posted:Hmm, why am I suddenly looking at Euro cars from Japan? Here's an image dump of some stuff I've seen today that may be of interest to people following the thread:  ZOOM AND ENHANCE  I can't help but feel those front lamps would last about 30 seconds off road.  "Ugly little spud" contender 2018    One for the classic trailie people  To go with my Cappuccino?      Mitsubishi owners have funny-looking Willys?  Look out, it's the KEIsatsu! I'll get my coat  Couldn't grab a photo, but I saw a KITT-spec Trans-Am parked in someone's front yard that looked more than a little out of place. 
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