When he said 2007 GT-R I knew this was not gonna be good.

always love ur honesty in your vids mate, we live and we learn

@AusAutomotive

6 ай бұрын

Appreciate that man. Glad you enjoy the content !

Nice vid mate!

Great video mate.

I had an Australian delivered one and Northside Nissan (Perth) and Seaview Ford (Perth), both part of AHG Group, falsified reports to hide a serious transmission problem, known to both (broken shift selector 2nd gear - car still changed gears but was ticking time bomb and potential death trap). I traded it in with, 79,000km and a young guy from Victoria called me 2 years later asking how many km the car had when I sold it because it now had 36,000 km on it. He had bought it from a dealer. Seaview Ford sold it with a 100 point mechanical inspection on the car sales ad. Northside Nissan admitted this would not have picked up the transmission issue. Seaview Ford stated the car had never been launched in the ad. I launched it 100 + times and loved every moment of it. I launched it within 30 seconds of picking it up from the dealer. Northside Nisan were well aware it had been launched. Go figure… You can’t trust the dealers here either. You can just get a gauge cluster with lower km on these and it will display that on the dash irrespective of import or Australian delivered, so do your research on the sales history - it’s very hard to get that history on an import car.

@AusAutomotive

2 ай бұрын

Wow… dealers suck lol

Good work mate!

Note to self, don’t buy a car through Himmy…

@rspsdonnie131

6 ай бұрын

Wait till he realises himmy buys them for like 10-20k cheaper then he sells here 😂 with so many issues

@AusAutomotive

6 ай бұрын

You said it, not me!

@Rob_Green

2 ай бұрын

100000%

@AusAutomotive

2 ай бұрын

👀

Finally, been waiting for this video!! I think he’s scammed a lot of people all around Australia sadly. Hope everything falls into place from here man

Popular story. People think this guy is a mate, trust him and he gives you the stitch up without giving a stuff. Just sees people as a walking bank account....

Fantastic video thank you! I’ve been starting the hunt for one of my own and all roads have pointed toward IronChef and I honestly think that’s who I will go through! Hope you have no more issues and get to enjoy it without that cloud of worry hanging over you

@AusAutomotive

4 ай бұрын

Thank you man! Hope you enjoy it once you get it. Where abouts are you based ? Seq?

Spot on

The person you bought this from is known as a grub, i have worked with this person on a business level and when a issue arrived was blocked and avoided phone calls. Safe to say if i see him in person ever again we are going to have a fun time.

@AusAutomotive

16 күн бұрын

Yep I’ve been blocked too. 💀

Sounds like the pretty typical experience of buying an imported car that a flipper has brought in, Avoid serial resellers and dealers, I've imported multiple cars and i would only use Ironchef or Ben at Jspec, honestly buying a used GTR already in aus is a massive risk with the known issues these cars can have. having imported multiple cars through Ironchef i honestly cannot recommend them enough, if you imported one yourself you couldve avoided giving Himmy the 20k profit he no doubt made on you and many unsuspecting others, the money saved by actually importing wouldve made it far better financially. all the best with the car in the future man and definitely look at a buying agent next time you go to get an Import.

@AusAutomotive

6 ай бұрын

appreciate the comment mate! glad you’ve had some good experiences with it and for sure, if I could do it again differently I would. next time i’ll do it better haha

Really nice intro. 👌🏻

Hey mate sorry to hear about your experience but you now have an awesome car that looks amazing. Who was it you mentioned that knew about the good will at Nissan?

@AusAutomotive

6 ай бұрын

Hey! Thank you, I agree.. atleast I have a bad ass car to show for it ! as for the nissan tech, he would like to be left nameless.

Defs on a case per case basis, I imported one through a reputable importer at a similar price - had the car inspected by himself where he sent photos of interior and exterior prior to bidding I’ve driven it 5k km’s now with a fair few spirited drives and it’s been phenomenal

Thank you for your very well informed video! I was thinking about buying a Japanese imported JDM, but I noticed some of the advertised cars are already having cracked dash. Even for the same models sold both in Japan and Australia, such as Lexus IS, GS, etc., the glue or any materials used for different markets may not be the same.

@AusAutomotive

6 ай бұрын

No worries, and correct. the glue used in japan is different to what is used in Australia. I don’t know why they can’t just use the same stuff so no matter where it’s sold, it doesn’t have problems. makes no sense to me.

@Screamngoats

6 ай бұрын

Where did you find this info?

Thanks I’ve been considering the same path you took. I’m don’t want to gamble on this and I’m going to find an aus car

@AusAutomotive

4 ай бұрын

Good choice, or import one yourself and cut out the importers profit. Then you’ll have extra $ to fix the little issues you may come across

@thresholdau

4 ай бұрын

@@AusAutomotive I’ve had some interesting support experiences with Nissan with my 370z and I wouldn’t want to make that any harder with a more expensive car. I think the local support when issues arise is critical , even outside of the warranty. The import process has always been full of dubious characters for Aussies

I 100 % agree adm better what u pay what u get 😂

I know why most of people in group put laugh on Himmy's post now 🥴

@AusAutomotive

3 ай бұрын

😬😬. Yet no one publicly says anything 🤦🏼‍♂️

Thanks for the heads up, im on the market for one of these and was about to contact an agency that imports them for you. Would still buying an import that is ALREADY in australia be good since you can at least inspect in person or you would avoid imports alltogether and go for australian delivered? Theres not many on the market that are australian delivered.

@AusAutomotive

Ай бұрын

If you’re wanting an import, I’d suggest justjap. They pull the gearboxes out and inspect and service every single gtr that they import. That’s who I’d trust.

@brainiac006

Ай бұрын

@@AusAutomotive thank you mate🙏🏼

Love r35 gtr

Such a shame to hear mate, hope you get better luck soon. Highly recommend Iron Chef Imports for anyone looking to import !

Makes the Barra look good.

@AusAutomotive

6 ай бұрын

motors on these are handcrafted pieces of art, makes the barras look like anchors ;)

So you're saying if the car smells a bit like curry, run away 😂

Australian delivery there's not many of those 120 K where is it I'm there I'll buy it

@user-pv4cs6vm3f

6 ай бұрын

Got one with a heap of spice for a little more if you're that keen

That’s fucked. But sounds about how my luck would go too. Good point on the price of up keep, you think being Japanese it wouldn’t be that bad but yikes. And you say it makes clunks and nosies, that’s coming from having a falcon 😬 my falcon did my head in with noises! 🤔 wonder if a new supra would be any better 🤔

Who was the importer

@AusAutomotive

6 ай бұрын

Have a quick look through the comments and you’ll see people have named Him-my audience is good like that 😉

whys the sound quality so bad?

@AusAutomotive

Ай бұрын

My mics were on wrong settings accidentally

I would sell this car , what a lemon

@AusAutomotive

6 ай бұрын

Every car has its issues mate. I’d still pick this car with one faulty screen over many other cars out there in perfect condition.

If you're expecting to pay 15k for a blown gearbox, you're going to be very disappointed. Great car in it's day, not worth owning anymore. Sell it & take a loss while you can, and buy something fun that's new, and still morally serviceable

@AusAutomotive

6 ай бұрын

a mate of mine just blew his box last week, 15k got him a replacement. but yes i’m sure that snowballs into many other costs too 💀🥲

So what your saying is we as Australians are so good we build Japanese supercars better than them? What makes the nissan Australia LED screen less likely to fail?

@AusAutomotive

3 ай бұрын

Different materials used in the manufacturing process like glues etc

🥲 man such a shame, but perhaps you paid the price so that others dont have to, thanks for sharing!

@AusAutomotive

6 ай бұрын

Sadly, I’m one of many. I just have a platform to bring more light to it I think.