Remind me to never move to Australia.

"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada) 04/15/2016 at 18:44 • Filed to: None

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You can spend 50. Fucking. Grand. on an Altima. That’s absolutely bizzare.

This is for the Canadian equivalent of the car, naturally, trim level names are different, but you get the idea. That’s a $17 grand difference. Our dollars are juuust about the same ($1 AUD is 99c CAD).

That’s absolutely mindboggling.

I’ll just wait 15 years for my Ute, thank you very much!

bob and john > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 18:47

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their gaming industry is insane too, the prices are almost DOUBLE ours.

Chariotoflove > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 18:49

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I wonder if the loss of domestic Holden manufacturing means their GM car prices will rise?

Steve in Manhattan > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 18:51

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Well, convert that to AU dollars, and it’s not quite so awful.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Chariotoflove 04/15/2016 at 18:51

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It’s most likely going to get ridiculous. All the Japanese manufacturers’ cars are crazy expensive, or so it seems. Could only imagine that’s because of the cost of importing. Now that the only car manufacturer still making cars in Australia and not having to import them is pulling out, they’re fucked if they want a reasonably priced car.

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 18:52

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Cars are super expensive in Australia. I know a ton of Aussies (wife is from Sydney), and when they move to the US they always buy a BMW, Mercedes, or Porsche that would have cost double back home. The Aussies in the UK do that too, and they can send cars back home when they are done. A buddy just sent a 911 Turbo to Brisbane from London.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Steve in Manhattan 04/15/2016 at 18:53

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Our dollars are juuust about the same ($1 AUD is 99c CAD).

not for canada - australian in disguise > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S 04/15/2016 at 18:55

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And then you got to go through the bother of converting it to RHD if you buy a car in the States and importing it to Australia. Still probably way cheaper than the difference in price.

Chariotoflove > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 18:56

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Road Warrior may have been prescient. The continent will become dominated by old models modified with whatever parts they can make fit. It’ll be like Cuba but higher hp!

Or, you know, people will just pony up more for a base Altima and deal with longer loan terms. :(

Chariotoflove > bob and john 04/15/2016 at 18:57

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Didn’t know that. Why would that be since shipping costs shouldn’t be nearly as bad as for big stuff like cars?

bob and john > Chariotoflove 04/15/2016 at 18:59

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oh, its LITERALLY because they can.

interstate366, now In The Industry > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 18:59

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Roo insurance.*

*not really, I’ve just been drinking

Chariotoflove > bob and john 04/15/2016 at 19:00

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Well F that. There’s a reason for peer-to-peer file transfer.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 19:01

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The highest I can buld a U.S. Altima is the equivalent of ~$48k AUD

Steve in Manhattan > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 19:03

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That’s about 38 grand US American - sadly, not an unusual price to pay for a boring car here in US America. But I’d knock that down to the low 30s, or I’d walk.

vicali > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 19:04

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I would just cruise gumtree for 70 series all day..

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-cars-vans-ut…

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 19:04

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Maybe - but if you get an old enough car you don’t have to convert it any more.

That’s why my retirement plan is old dude Lincoln continental chauffeur for weddings and whatever the equivalent of prom is in AUS.

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 19:04

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Well with that exchange rate the Altima should only cost about 4 bucks in America.

not for canada - australian in disguise > interstate366, now In The Industry 04/15/2016 at 19:05

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‘Roo insurance is really just putting a lot of metal on the outside of your vehicle.

Some day, I WILL own an outback-spec 4x4. Not like a Jeep or anything like that, just something normal like an Escape or an Equinox, but with a massive fucking bumper strapped to the front. Sure, we don’t have kangaroos in Canada, but we do have moose, and those fuckers jump in front of your car all the time on remote backroads.

ttyymmnn > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 19:12

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I was going to ask how much that is in Loonies, but I see you already did the math.

interstate366, now In The Industry > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 19:12

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I’m thankful that I only have to deal with deer down here. And even more so that I’ve yet to hit one. Although I when I was a kid I was riding with my dad when he hit one.

Honeybunchesofgoats > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S 04/15/2016 at 20:29

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I had an ex whose dad was Singaporean. Everywhere we went, he’d ask me how much cars cost. “Wah, how much is this Rolls Royce? Only $300,000? If I moved here I could have a Rolls Royce!”

He drives a 5 Series that costs around $150k after taxes and other charges, so he got a huge kick out of the prices of 7 Serieses.

Nauraushaun > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/15/2016 at 22:38

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I think our average wage is higher in Australia and it evens out to some extent. I think.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Nauraushaun 04/15/2016 at 22:47

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Probably, I will never be able to get over the sticker shock of a 50 grand Altima though.