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Old 01-21-2011, 07:06 PM   #1
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What goes down when you pay some dude in Japan to bid for your JDM ride?


Quite an interesting low-down view of how the car auction goes down in Japan.
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Nice finding lol. I laughed. Thought they were exploring the AV business .
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That was a good watch.
I wanna go to a jap car auction now. lol
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The auction is pretty sweet.. so high tech
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With that thread title, I was expecting some scandalous story about some japanese Anthony Espinosa using someone elses money for his own pleasure.
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i just paused the video to point that out too....
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wow 8k cars is a slow day for auction....
at least you know you that buying a used car in japan, quality is still good...
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I'm feelin the 600CC and under section, why don't we have cars like that here?
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there's so much more fun for asian people who already know what takoyaki are, and aren't bewildered by every little thing...

still a good watch tho
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id like to go get a sports-m celica (with the funky headlights too) from japan

or a 1970s celica mmm like this one

(prolly have more like finding that here though than in japan)

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I'm feelin the 600CC and under section, why don't we have cars like that here?
can you imagine that going up a hill? i'm not talking about Royal Oak or Boundary i mean the hill behind my house.
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That's defnitely cool kind of a a stock market thing going on didn't realize its this big. Wonder how much I'd save buying a ferrari there?
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That's defnitely cool kind of a a stock market thing going on didn't realize its this big. Wonder how much I'd save buying a ferrari there?
if you lived in japan and got a broker to buy you one vs. buying one from a dealer, you'd probably save a bit...

but these kinds of cars generally cost a lot more there compared to north america.... so you would pay more than save if you wanted to importe one here (especially with the high taxes).
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can you imagine that going up a hill? i'm not talking about Royal Oak or Boundary i mean the hill behind my house.
LOL are you suggesting that they don't have mountains in Japan?

These cars are fine if you don't get smacked into by SUVs and 18 wheeled trucks, otherwise it's QQ.
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Great find, I was always curious about how there auto auctions compared to ours!!
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Wow the transactions are quick as instant.
Lucky for the Australians to be so close to JDM land :[
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^funny you mention that but a car travelling from Japan to here takes about the same time actually.

It's just whether your broker has been taking a nap the whole time.
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sucks for us because we won't be able to register 90% of those cars on our roads.

Weird how they land in Osaka and then train to Tokyo. Wouldn't international flights go to NRT? Taking the bullet train from Osaka to Tokyo is more expensive than flying.. hmmm but I guess they got the money.

That Osaka observation deck is amazing, much better than the CN Tower in Toronto.
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no they landed in Osaka and went to the car auction in Kobe if you read the little words on the auction sheets.

It's like landing at YVR and driving out to Surrey for a car auction kind of deal...

They also went to Tokyo in the short because in another episode they had Tokyo Auto Salon coverage.

And for those who are intrigued by the prices of cars in Japan I like to look at used car prices in Japan using this website:

http://www.goo-net.com/index.html

of course it'd only do you good if you know what models you are looking for.
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