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[BRAWL]

Luxury car tax on any vehicle over $60k. It makes an already expensive car beyond ridiculous.

Australia, where the pollies say "That looks like fun! Let me tax that for you..."

[Metabrz]

Originally Posted by nzer

Before track day here in NZ I checked with my dealer. He checked it out and said provided I drive it on the track as intended then OK.

As it was designed for track days he said provided it wasn't anything stupid like over revving intentionally or driving the car beyond its capabilities the warranty would still be ok.

Still trying to source some insurance if get nudged or nudge someone else but hard to find cover for a daily driver that is also used on the track occasionally.

Try Prestigio, you'll need to go through a broker but. PM me if you need anymore info (I am a broker

[Metabrz]

Originally Posted by LazyZed

Australia, where the pollies say "That looks like fun! Let me tax that for you..."

The "Lucky Country"eh?.

Still, gotta subsidize the Ford and Holden plants, keep the unions happy by cranking up taxes on imported cars.

[ZZT86]

Originally Posted by Surok

I'm going to be so angry if my car gets an idle problem.. I might just trade it in for an audi

Seriously pal, unless it was the awesome, gorgeously looking, sounding & very expensive R8 - would you? All Audis are severely overpriced imho, are boring to look at & have many problems of their own, just like bimmas although far better looking, it makes the 86 look like a TMCA bean counter had misplaced his calculator when finalising the asking moula !

[Surok]

Dont worry, i was over that thought after i watched the chris harris RS3 test and he complained about its handling.

I took an 86 for a nice long drive on saturday and now there is no other car i would prefer for under 150k.

If my car does get the CEL problem i will just get it reflashed and run my own tune. problem solved.

[ZZT86]

That's the spirit ! It is a really good car, great for cornering, could do with an extra 50-100kW, but that will come, and for the coin ? Wow, no wonder other car manufacturers are dropping their prices !

If I ever have a problem I know I will be pissed & inconvenienced but it will get fixed - Oh what a feeling Toyota / Subaru

[st162celica]

Originally Posted by ZZT86

Oh what a feeling Toyota / Subaru

My boy loves the 86.

[primetime]

In Australia here, it is our custom to tax everything that moves, which probably also includes moving your ass around ... but seriously there's a tax for practically everything here and the LCT just prevents more of the wonderful sports cars from being imported and sold here, thus we end up with boring buzzbuxes and soccer mum SUVs and utes EVERYWHERE on the road.

[ZZT86]

Originally Posted by st162celica

My boy loves the 86.

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Ohhh yeah ! I'm sure he does

[einzlr]

Originally Posted by primetime

In Australia here, it is our custom to tax everything that moves, which probably also includes moving your ass around ... but seriously there's a tax for practically everything here and the LCT just prevents more of the wonderful sports cars from being imported and sold here, thus we end up with boring buzzbuxes and soccer mum SUVs and utes EVERYWHERE on the road.

In the States we have far too many of those even without the "cool car" tax

[ZZT86]

What about muzzies, kemeros & vetttes? U know what they say about vettes . . . .

[Hawk77FT]

Originally Posted by ZZT86

Seriously pal, unless it was the awesome, gorgeously looking, sounding & very expensive R8 - would you? All Audis are severely overpriced imho, are boring to look at & have many problems of their own, just like bimmas although far better looking, it makes the 86 look like a TMCA bean counter had misplaced his calculator when finalising the asking moula !

If Toyota would read this, they will probably think: Damn we should've asked 50k for this car as we have plenty of people that would think 39k is cheap.
However,

1. Audi's makes beatiful looking cars. Not an overly huge fan of them, but they are very nice looking cars. From luxury models A4, A5 to R8. Unless you are talking about the 80's era when they were indeed quite boring, although Quattro was released back then, so...I guess it comes down to PERSONAL taste and exposure.
2. GTS 86 is not cheap. It is overpriced as well as the other cars you mentioned. Look at USA that pays just over 20k. That is cheap indeed, not 40k for the gts. The are made in the same factory buddy, same production costs applies to both cars: the us and the Au one. Think about it! Is not like we're getting 15k worth of extra goodies, because we are not except the exhaust end pipes which i dont think they worth that much (unless they are made of 23k solid gold). It is all depending on number of sales, population, disposable income, household income, etc. and lets not forget the TAXES !
The car is good looking, and nice to drive indeed, i am not doubting that but by all means...it is not a cheap car. That depends on the disposable income you have though.
Also, if another car manufacturer releases a similar good looking car with more power and great handling but cheaper...what would you say about 86? Exactly!

[Surok]

its cheap for this market, and i would have paid 50k for it.

[st162celica]

Originally Posted by Surok

its cheap for this market, and i would have paid 50k for it.

same .... Would have pi$$ed me off though.

under 40 for gts man, kept me pretty happy ...


But still expensive considering how much the yanks pay for the same cars compared to here.