My brother is going car shopping.

"JustWaitingForAMate" (justwaitingforamate) 01/15/2015 at 18:40 • Filed to: getfucked, chevy, owmywallet, holden

4

28

Oh look! It's a Chevy Silverado! On a Holden lot! Lets go and see the price.......$117,490.

For Sweden > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 18:43

0

worth it

JustWaitingForAMate > For Sweden 01/15/2015 at 18:45

0

He could buy two of these for the same price.

itschrome > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 18:45

1

That's a steal! the base stripper model price for a new 2016 will be $120k here in the states based on current price increase of truck.. buy it!

For Sweden > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 18:47

0

unibody ewww

JustWaitingForAMate > itschrome 01/15/2015 at 18:48

1

Wait...you're kidding right? I'm seeing 2015 models for $35k. Or...is that a joke I'm not getting.

itschrome > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 18:50

0

yes, it was a joke.. trucks are just too damned expensive...

T5Killer > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 18:51

0

Man BRO trucks are expensive. I wonder if the costs of exporting them from the US would make it lucrative to send them down under.

JustWaitingForAMate > itschrome 01/15/2015 at 18:51

1

$35k US is....roughly ~$43k AUD. I'd love to be paying that price for something the size of a Silverado.

itschrome > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 18:52

0

US too! you lucky to get out the door for under 40k USD these days...

JustWaitingForAMate > T5Killer 01/15/2015 at 18:53

2

RHD conversions add to the price. Not many people run bro trucks here, and there's no 'bro truck' mentality. A ute/truck is used for work, it needs to be cheap, easy to fix and easy to run.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 18:58

0

Which country's dollars are these in?

JustWaitingForAMate > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 01/15/2015 at 18:58

1

Australian yen.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 19:02

0

Oh, that clears it up. I thought it was possibly the New Zealand Rupee.

JustWaitingForAMate > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 01/15/2015 at 19:03

3

I though hobbits were the legal tender of NZ.

ly2v8-Brian > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 19:19

0

Shit, little bit of a jump in price.

T5Killer > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 19:36

0

Are RHD conversions required for import in Australia?

JustWaitingForAMate > T5Killer 01/15/2015 at 19:43

1

Yep. Only LHD cars we can drive are pre 70s I think.

T5Killer > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 19:57

1

Ouch, Its a shame import laws are so strict in both our countries. I would kill for the chance to import a BA Falcon XR8.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 20:04

1

This is from Vicroads so applies in Victoria, not sure what other states rules are:

The Standards for Registration specify that the steering wheel of a vehicle must not be located to the left of the centre line of the vehicle.

However, vehicles over 30 years old with a Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) of less than 4.5 tonnes are exempt fromthis requirement. These vehicles must still comply with the Standards for Registration applicable at their dateof manufacture and be fitted with headlights which are suitable for a right hand drive vehicle (i.e. dip to the left).

All other left hand drive vehicles may not be registered in Victoria except in the cases of:-

(a) vehicles approved by VicRoads for registration as Engineering or Market Evaluation vehicles;

(b) vehicles primarily built for a special purpose that have to be left hand drive or dual control to fulfil

that purpose;

In the case of a left hand drive vehicle being one described in (a) or (b) the words "Left Hand Drive" must be clearly and legibly displayed in letters at least 75mm high and of proportionate width on the rear of the vehicle. Registration will be conditional and other conditions, including a requirement that both left hand and right hand external rear vision mirrors be fitted, may apply.

JustWaitingForAMate > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 01/15/2015 at 20:07

2

vehicles primarily built for a special purpose that have to be left hand drive or dual control to fulfil.

Note,

'because race car' isn't considered a special purpose.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 20:19

0

Haha, but a real race car doesn't need rego.

BTW that's stupid crazy money for the Silverado but people buy them! I know a bloke with 2 Dodge Rams and some kind of chev ute, his vehicles cost more than the house he's in! His newest Ram was around $180,00 AUD! Oh and his wife has one of those Chrysler soft tops, the one with the corrugated iron(alloy actually) bonnets. Not sure what that cost but it would be a stupid amount.

JustWaitingForAMate > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 01/15/2015 at 20:39

0

Crossfire? My father was looking at one.

I said the purchase would be grounds for me to have him locked up in a loony bin.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 20:58

0

Yeah that's the one. The reason I mentioned the bonnet was because the car had collision and the alloy bonnet was un-repairable and getting one from the states took forever as apparently Chrysler would only produce spare bonnets once they had enough orders! Sounds crazy but that's what I was told. Your dad should find a mirror and have a good look at himself!

j.davism5 > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 21:46

0

I imported a brand new 12' Boss 302 stang from galpin in California back 2012. Landed in Australia, after import tax, it owed me 60k. car cost 48k U.S. Not so bad. Then the conversion cost me 46k, because electric steering rack, then they added rego, stamp duty, Gst and luxury car tax based on the cars market value of 145k in aus at the time. It cost me 114k all up. Fucking expensive exercise. sold it late last year for 88k. Thanks ford Australia for announcing mustang early. Resale dropped like a stone.

JustWaitingForAMate > j.davism5 01/15/2015 at 21:55

0

I pity everyone that's done the conversion dance with them in the last few years, as you said, resale price just died.

I was looking to do the same with a Camaro, but I couldn't justify doing it when I could just go pick up something like an M3 or GT-R for the same price.

j.davism5 > JustWaitingForAMate 01/15/2015 at 21:59

0

It was a fantastic car, and in crowd terms, it made Ferraris look as comman as a commodore. It was a great ownership experience, but I kept it 12 months too long.

pip bip - choose Corrour > T5Killer 01/16/2015 at 06:53

0

anything under 25-30 years depending on which state MUST be right hand drive

Simplify, then add beer > JustWaitingForAMate 01/17/2015 at 19:59

0

Just to compare against other trucks here:

AUD$140,000

AUD $134,500:

or $131,000 for a 2012 with 54,000kms: