hey welcome

yeah i would like your sti forester if you ever bring it back to oz....cheers shane

Breeze wrote:

Hi guys,
New to group. Have a couple of subies in the stable. A 2004 GTBspec from Japan and a fresh Forester Sti.
http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i48 … C01250.JPG
After having a thirsty BG5 GTB TT I swore I'd never own another subaru, the current legacy changed my mind. So last week got myself (well under the auspice of getting a family wagon) the forester.
I moved over to NZ a couple of years back and I love the import market here!

Breeze wrote:

Hi guys,
New to group. Have a couple of subies in the stable. A 2004 GTBspec from Japan and a fresh Forester Sti.
http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i48 … C01250.JPG
After having a thirsty BG5 GTB TT I swore I'd never own another subaru, the current legacy changed my mind. So last week got myself (well under the auspice of getting a family wagon) the forester.
I moved over to NZ a couple of years back and I love the import market here!

Wow! that's a mean looking Forester you've got there! Welcome to the forum.

Bob.

Thanks guys, I do feel lucky in NZ.

I turn my cars over about every 12-18 months. One of the reasons is that I need to own them for that long before I can send them to Aus as a personal import. The BG5 I imported from Japan as a personal import. Depending on whether or not I can get reasonable money back in NZ I can ship to Aus as a personal import. I have had the fortune to own a jap spec DC5 type R, an accord euro station wagon, and now these two.  All of the cars I choose are generally non local release. So if you want one I can send one over.

Bear in mind the legacy is about 30K for a second hand job, it'll cost about $2500 to ship, about $1000 for AQIS and Customs. Shouldn't be any tax as it is a private import, the compliance check is minimal. So it would cost about 32500NZ prob about 28K AUD not sure of the rate atm. The Sti Forester is around $36K NZ. Don't know if that makes sense in Aus from an economical viewpoint but it did when I first moved here.

www.trademe.co.nz is the place to go to see what is here and how much it goes for.

I will get some better pics of the Forester but here are some of the legacy B4.

welcome to the site im sure you will love it.. those import laws are great huh? seeing what the prices are in aussie for subies is crazy compared to what we get!

cheers.