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Mike Bomhoff
Newbie
Manitoba
Celsior

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Reg: 11-2007

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Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 05:20 pm, by:  Mike Bomhoff (Cleaner) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Just purchased a 1992 Celsior C-F with 83,000km through an auction in Japan 114,000 yen $950 CDN. I have been lurking for a few days and the forum looks great! Just wanted to say hello! Here are a few pics (Car is currently in Japan waiting for a container to Canada). Hopefully it's not a wreck when it gets here.

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Mike
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Celsior UCF11 V8

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Reg: 11-2005

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Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 06:02 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Excellent Buy Mike thats a very good price!

anyway, Im sure you will find the site most useful.

Ive got a celsior too, has gone perfectly for almost 5,000k's and is just such a quality car, goes even better with my maintenance and upgrades.

I'm sure you will too enjoy yours a lot, plus being C-F pack has all the extra bonus features as well as leather. Unfortunately mines a C pack so doesn't come with them but suits me fine as Id only get people fiddling with it too much. :-)

Hope its as good as it looks when it arrives! Good Luck :-)
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 02:44 am, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Mike, enjoy the dreaming and anticipation! :-)
Mike Bomhoff
Newbie
Manitoba
Celsior C-F

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Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 03:15 pm, by:  Mike Bomhoff (Cleaner) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks guys! I'm really excited to get it home, I'm interested to see how long it takes to get used to driving a RHD vehicle in Canada.
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Celsior UCF11 V8

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Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 04:56 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Oh yeah RHD there... Should be interesting. Im sure you will enjoy the car too much to worry about that. :-)
Simon Martin
Tinkerer
Queensland
Celsoir UCF11

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Reg: 06-2007

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Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 12:59 pm, by:  Simon Martin (Commander) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

oh he's from Canada lol, I was gonna say htf did he manage to get it imported to Aus with the compliance laws heh. All good, looks tidy man :-)
Mike Bomhoff
Newbie
Manitoba
Celsior C-F

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Reg: 11-2007

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Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 04:12 pm, by:  Mike Bomhoff (Cleaner) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

So what's changed in Aus that won't allow you guys to bring in any more Celsiors?
Simon Martin
Tinkerer
Queensland
Celsoir UCF11

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Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 06:20 pm, by:  Simon Martin (Commander) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

15 year rule. Any car over 15 years old is too old, unless it's over 30 which means it's vintage/classic lol, and therefore can be imported.

Go figure
Mike Bomhoff
Tinkerer
Manitoba
Celsior C-F

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Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 03:16 am, by:  Mike Bomhoff (Cleaner) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I've heard rumors that they are trying to change the law over here as well to prevent all the right hand drive cars coming over. As long as I get my ride in before they change anything I'll be happy!

So can you bring in newer Celsiors 94+? They still look relatively cheap on the auctions (at least the site I was looking at).
Ross Francis
Tinkerer
Queensland
90 Celsior

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Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 09:21 am, by:  Ross Francis (Au_celsior) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Mike Bomhoff wrote on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 03:16 am:

So can you bring in newer Celsiors 94+?




Gday Mike, no, we cant import them easily anymore.
Used to be that any vehicle over 15yo could be brought in, but that changed a couple of years ago.
Now the cut off date is 1st Jan 1989, so its stopped off alot of the imports.
Apparently, some of the manufacturers, like Toyota especially, lobbied the govt. to change the laws because they didnt like anyone bringing in 15yo cars, they reckon it was going to hurt their local used car business.
Cars newer than 1/1/89 can be bought in, but they have to go through an extensive compliance process which makes them alot more expensive, and even then, its only vehicles that are on an allowable list which is basically cars that werent sold here new.
Yes, alot of dealers really made a killing a few years ago, and good luck to them, but its very sobering to find out just how cheap the cars were at the auctions in Japan, as compared to what was being asked for them here.
Andrew Ferres
DieHard
WA
'90 C-F Celsior V8, '84 Soarer V8, '91 Supra V8

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Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 04:27 pm, by:  Andrew Ferres (Peewee) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Whats that switch just above the e-brake handle?
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Celsior UCF11 V8

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Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 04:34 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Andrew Ferres wrote on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 04:27 pm:

Whats that switch just above the e-brake handle?




My guess its the Parking assist antenna, looks like you can see it on the front of the car from our right...
Andrew Ferres
DieHard
WA
'90 C-F Celsior V8, '84 Soarer V8, '91 Supra V8

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Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 05:19 pm, by:  Andrew Ferres (Peewee) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Cool, didn't even know they came with them!

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