ASH8

Yes mate, Aussies have been getting "Fecked" for years over new cars...

Mazda, Toyota, Nissan Australia (all imports) are making a bloody fortune on every new car they sell...we should be paying no more than the US does, our dollar is worth slightly more...but we still pay twice the retail.

Why do you think the Tax Free on-line debate is making Harvey Norman (Gerry Harvey) spew??, people are sick of being ripped off and will buy OS and pay shipping and still get it 50%+ cheaper than in his stores.

Anyway, as suggested , BUY your parts on-line from the US, you can buy up to a total declared value of $1000 with NO GST or VAT....Gerry Harvey is trying to get the Feds to change that, but a 10% GST costs more to collect than it is worth.

Mazda Australia PARTS are also ripping us and their Dealers off.
Jeez, I can but OEM parts from the US, pay retail and are still half the price a DEALER pays for the exact same part here.

Right Hand Drive specific parts you can not buy from the US, you are stuck with local, like your Brake or Clutch Master-cylinder, Slave Cylinder is the same world wide.

Do some looking around here, there are some very good ideas.

TeamRX8

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Nothing relative to removing the transmission requires me to open the hood. I am required to open the door to access the shifter assembly, so add another 3 seconds to the job.

xexok

I agree you guys get ripped off with the cars in a very bad way. One thing to think about is your minimum wage is higher than we have. Here the federal minimum is $7.25 an hour and some states are a bit higher than that. Where you are the national minimum is listed as $15 an hour. With some special wages set for "apprentices, juniors, and trainees" but those go up every single year you work there by a good amount. In the us you would be extremely lucky to see those kinds of increases in pay year by year.

I'm sure there are things I am missing here since I do not live over there and know the whole story. On paper it looks like most people make at least double what we do over here for regular jobs.

sauceyI986

Ok maybe not all full of crap but exhaust is one peice and everything else is with air tools plus I just pull out the trans and lay it on my chest transmission stopper no fuild comes out but me and my brother 30min from the start.

chromecobalt

Ok, just an update after my evaluation of the underbody. Nothing seems to be loose so no problems in regards to something popped off. However it feels like something is loose whenever i go on a bump something will 'click clack' and when a bit of torque is needed it makes the grinding noise on first gear when depressing the clutch and accelerating and 'playing with cereal with ur hands very fast' noise upon when car is moving ( fine other times just when gear box and engine is placed under above average stress). Dsc and abs problem still exists, again, fine when normal but just as soon as the lights are turned on dsc and abs turns off. Solutions?