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Old 10-19-2012, 04:42 PM   #83
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Originally Posted by Devie View Post
R8 for $25k?!?!?!? WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU WANT AN FRS/BRZ?!

EDIT: Just looked on a US carsales sorta thing, 2009 V8 R8 for $65k with 10k miles., next is 2008 at 100k with 20.5k miles.
Worth bearing in mind you can get Caymans for not much more over there...

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Originally Posted by einzlr View Post
Why is that exactly? Do they slap on a lot of taxes or something?
Not really, unless you count "the Australia tax". It's more expensive to do business here in the first place, and quite apart from that things just, well, cost more. We typically pay more for everything except a lot of new tech devices which are the same price almost everywhere. Why? Can't tell you.

We're not getting ripped off that badly on the 86, I mean we're getting GT spec for the same cost as Japan, and at least we don't pay extra for satellite navigation/infotainment, even if we miss out on a couple pads in the cab and footwell lights.

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