Why no more Gen 3\'s in NZ?

[dthebuk]

I know what you mean but apparantly that\'s why there\'s no more cars with pop up lights any more.

Just not very ped friendly so gotten rid of...

well its not very friendly for fuel consumption either, and if there stopping high emission cars, then they may aswell stop the pop ups

[shaunwil]

You will just have to go oldskool :Giggle

Shaun

[RemarkLima]

Interesting comments guys, all very good to hear!

May have to take an old 911 over just to keep my European heritage I\'d say British but done the Lotus thing and don\'t know if I could handle it again LOL!

Or as Shaun says, a nice 1st Gen would be cool. I do like them a lot, very cool looking... Reminds me of my old Mk1 MR2.

[mattyp747]

im suprised dont they let any import into NZ? alot better then australia i heard..

[DC-TYPER]

looks like a few of us want to move to nz!!
 
im planning the move now. should be within 2 years me thinks

[RemarkLima]

It\'s a lovely place must be said, but I could see quite a culture shock when moving there!

Saying that, if I do go (all depend on the gf really) then it will be for a change of lifestyle and hopefully involving a lot less work

[JiM B]

Hi Guys,

I moved to NZ about 1 year ago, before I did I looked into importing my 1995 FD3S, however at the time I was not possible as all imported cars need to conform to the frontal impact laws, which the 1996 FD3S\'s conform to. So unfortunately I had to sell.

Since living in NZ they have started to enforce emission regulations before 3rd Jan 08 imported cars only needed to pass a visual smoke test, even this allowed for initial smoke as long as it died away after a couple of mins. After 3rd Jan 08 all imported car are required to conform to either a Jap or euro emission regulations depending where they are from. For an FD these are required to conform to Jap 1998 emission regulations, so it\'s still possible to import 1998 FD\'s at present.

From 1st Jan 09 imported cars from Japan will need to conform to Jap 00/02 emission regulations, so I’m not sure if the 2000, 2001 & 2002 run of FD\'s would conform to this?

I\'m hoping to import an FD this year while I can....!

Cheers,
James

[RemarkLima]

Hi James,

That\'s good to hear There may be some hope yet!

But I didn\'t see any FD\'s in NZ or Oz this time and only one FC near Surfers in Oz... So either they\'re all away for the winter now or still not that common

[Dr-Rotor]

Sux that you cant bring your FD\'s here. Not to worry though...there are thousands here already. Just look at how many there are on this auction site.
 
http://www.trademe.co.nz/browse/searchresults.aspx?searchType=all&searchString=rx7&searchregion=100&type=Search&sort_order=price_desc

[skybusr34]

didnt realise rotarys were that popular over there

[Dr-Rotor]

They are very popular here. We have 2 events a year. The 4 & rotor Nats, and the Rotary Summer drags. We also have a rotary only racing serise. Its called Pro7.

[RemarkLima]

Of the 4 times I\'ve been I\'ve still only seen a handful of FD\'s on the road... But I do know they\'re about And still holding their price pretty well it seems.

But speaking of TradeMe, I\'m back over for 3 weeks in Feb, and we\'re heading for a bit of a road trip from Tauranga to Wellington via Taranaki (where my gf grew-up! Proper country gal!)... But was looking at maybe getting a MX-5 and then trademe\'ing it when we leave... Do you think it\'s worth it?

BTW, where about\'s in NZ are you?