Prices may have gone down in the auctions but that's not gonna stop the importers here in the US to mark them up high especially since people will pay the money

Enjoyed these episodes showing auction lot.

Always love seeing the auction and dealership videos, they keep us upto date with prices. Especially love seeing the rare cars and @SAMMIT turning kid in candy store.😎😂

I like how the japanese go from honest to greedy. The auctions are the best example. Glad my imports where not as bad as what is now available.

My day just go better thanks for uploading sam I was just binge watching for a bit and the video popped up❤💯👍🏼

"Yo this car is smoking, let's go there and rev the shit out of it!" LOL

12:24 Are we not going to talk about how he missed Seji's evo 4? I would have loved it if he reviewed it

So cool. Love seeing the auction yards and what these things are going for over there.

Keep doing auction videos, i love learning where the markets at and seeing what to look out for 🔥

I really love these auction vids tho Sam keep doing these as I'm looking into importing something in the near future

4:04 love the jab at Grant!!! Epic! Like hearing Sammit watches LZ/TommyFyeah

Considering the price to import one to North American, I would expect that auction prices have gone down because fewer people want to pay to ship them.

Thank you for making these videos. I love these

Was waiting for someone to upload 💜

Somehow I have more Miatas in my front yard than a Japanese car auction does :D

You nailed the minecraft villager sound at 9:57

Love watching ur content and at least sammit shows us how a Japan car auction goes but the one comment is right the prices may have gone done but the importers will charge us like crazy

Literally every one of these videos I’m sat here going “wait! I want that one! Let me send you some money to buy it for me!”

R34 GTR mightnight purple just sold for $450,000 AUS at auction in japan, the prices are hardly going down haha

instead of having to many stupid projects car why not focus on few one and get a quality project car that tou can enjoy more rather than wasting on a a pile of unfinished or never will be finished projects car

So cool. Love seeing the auction yards and what these things are going for over there

15:27 this rx7 was grade 4b before it was regraded to an R grade last week, the auction pictures and underbody pictures were so misleading with all that rust and engine problems.

Everytime i watch your videos I debate going bankrupt 😂 Those two sunburst miatas looking mint btw scored one of my own last year 👌🏼

You're passing some of the most reluctant cars. In your next video shows us some exterior, interior and engine bay of - All the Evos - Integra type r (all of them) - Civic type r (all of them) - Supra - Skyline - Nsx - S200 - Accors euro R -

That has got to be the cleanest looking B12 at 11:48 I've even seen in my life 😅

This is why I paid the dealership prenium extra fee for my 1991 Honda Beat, it was for sale next door from me and was imported in 2017, was able to see the car in person and test drive it vs overseas gamble.

I love these! Just walking the lot is cool to me.

Man those two S13s in the beginning were so clean!

Hot tip for the drift taxi build: Buy a jzs171 sedan, they come with the turbo 1jz vvti and you can just buy the taxi bits to put on it. They sell for around $7k aud at auction so not bad considering you don't have to swap the engine

12:24 I remember seeing that Evo in a car meet video you done months ago I remember because he had the same monster sticker on the hood like lz does or did.

My heart sank when sammit just looked at the st162 celica from a distance, when in a previous video he said he liked them more than the st205

Why the heck are you so afraid of rust Sam?? It is totally fixable!! I come from Canada and cars from 4-5 years ago are already starting to desintegrate..... I've fixed more rusted out 20 y-o cars in my life than any other issues.... I hope cars in Japan are ready to get saved under my expertise!! Can't wait to go back...

Dude that spirit R was super clean, definitely needs an engine rebuild

I'm already expecting to see some of these cars next time I'm near the Air Force Academy those fly-boys love their imported whips

Thank you for the video. Good looking out!

I could just watch you sitting in the auction house all day long

I know a guy racing an MR2. Swapped in a 2ARFXE, dual intake cams advanced, the dual VVT from the 2ARFE and a Haltech for an ecu. 260BHP on 91-93 octane petrol.

I’ve never seen so many Type R’s and so many Type R’s ignored in the same video. Honda’s out here disrespected 😂😂

Always funny seeing a high grade on rusty piles 😂

Oohayo gozaimasu Sam 👊 Good vlog & great advice (minimal rust,lol). Arigato Jamata ✌️🇦🇺🇯🇵

I always watch these vids great job just curious how do u start the cars without using the clutch my car have to put the clutch down

Awesome video- would like to know your advice and recommendations for importing a JDM car to Australia? Do you recommend going through a middle man?

The charger on massive wheels at 20:21 seems so out of place for an auction in Japan hahahahaha

I just bought an a70 in Aus and got it for $20,500 only a 7mGE but in really good nic, only problem with it was bushes and the rubber shrouds around the side mirrors which I am having a hard time finding replacements for

Hi Sam, Interested to know what Wrexy's are going for. Im more focused on 3rd gens

Sam was all loving that wagon and then....rust monster attack!

That turret rust on the Nissan is super common in that place. just needs repairing properly

The people there just have a quick glance at the body and go “alright 2” lol

Shipping prices are way up, that's probably having an effect on the car prices.

At 13:20 in the video you over looked the white Mitsubishi starion. Old school rear wheel drive from the 80s.

The stagea grade 3.5 c pretty sure means 3.5 for exterior and c for interior. There’s no rust grade, which they should have.

Great videos but please try to show entire board for auctions... It would be cool to see everything, we can follow which cars you are asking about either way. Thanks!

Perfect timing, my S15 is set to arrive in country on Sunday after a week and a bit at sea. I guess I should have waited a bit longer and saved some cash. But true about the auction sheets. The guys I bought through would send an inspector out to any car I was interested in and take tons of pictures, especially underneath and in the engine bay. So many cars had incredibly misleading auction sheets.

It was a huge market in Canada years ago, but then the used car companies started to cry due to people buying Japanese used cars oppose buying the local used cars, then insurance were being pressed due to government. Now you need to be 35 years of age and can only use a JDM car for pleasure driving only. Otherwise the insurance is something like almost 10,000.00 a year if it’s your daily driver.

That black zzt231 celica at the start is sweeeet

i love how i was recommended this video after your newest one.

Sam, you should build another forged miata roadster for your wife. The forged miata was your best build ever. You know what to do know and it would be an easy build/gift for your wife. 400 rwp would destroy alot of cars on the road for May.

Really hope that rx7 wasn't cold when you revved it right after starting it

6:52 that ST165 though. I bought a used 1986 Celica GTS and unbeknownst to me it was a freaking monster of a car, wow. Blue smoke burnouts almost everyday, power in almost every gear, and for about a month i had no idea how fast i was going because the speedometer cable was broke on it. Power cloth seats, power sunroof, power heated mirrors, and the liftback with a back seat i always had folded down for space. Long story short i heard water sloshing around on a dry sunny day and wondered where it was coming from. Took the spare tire cover off and found a swimming pool of water where the spare tire was at and both rear wheel arches were completely rotted out from rust. Had to let it go, but dang it was fun. Pop up headlights too.

It's not that complicated importing a car yourself. The paperwork is tedious and more time consuming, but if you don't want to pay these insane markups, diy is the way to go.

The 180 gets a grade 2 because of those need for speed underground rear lights 😂😂

18:11 VG30E Engineered Performance Racing (EPR) builds legendary VG30

1:49 almost said "mint" 😂

Hey Sam just wanted to know what cars you have back in Australia. I've been watching since the Miata but never have seen your vids back at home.

Damn that red s13 is almost as clean as mine😍🔥

That beeping you were hearing was the low coolant warning on the spirit r

please keep doing price updates vids! 😎

I bought a 09 Cu2. The auction sheet said was a grade R but it had no rust inside or outside on it. Im so confused

those auctions are faaaast. like 10 seconds of time to bid and it's gone

That Stagea is a death trap... I'm loving the S13, 180 & DR30 are sweet!

Does anyone know any good websites to help me understand the Japanese auction sheets and ratings

I have a feeling the auction inspectors don't bother looking under the hood anymore and just judge it by the exterior and interior.

When Sam just walked past a dc5 like it’s nothing 🥺🥺🥺

That type r next to the chaser looked mint

You say that about the 3.5grade... and I keep looking at the battery hold down.

Yeah I’m actually getting a a70 Supra here in a week or so, it’s a auto and it’s got the 7mgte in it. It’s really cheap and mostly rust free.

"what if the pistons fly out" he forgot it was a rotatory xD

5:35 "rust is to a minimal" lol

Good videos! I sold my 94 RX-7 and 2005 Nissan 350 Z NISMO recently and looking for something else. What would you suggest? Keep up the content!

very disappointed you didn’t look at the dc5 type r next to the toyota chaser you reviewed as the 2nd car.

16:42 wow how can anyone sleep at night knowing how bad the corrosion issues are with that RX7

12:00 beautiful rx3, no wonder it’s at the auction house the rotary is leaking 😭

long time i havent seen an mitsubishi starion , next to the gt4 celica

Im glad I bought my s15 at the perfect time. 7 years ago. Value is crazy nowdays.

So that Blue Spirit R, sad to see but a simple failure looks like. So some very odd occasions you can actually have a coolant seal fail on the inside and outside of a rotor housing, which would be where you can see that smoke coming up from the engine bay also, could have also been a coolant seal failure with an exhaust leak, which so many actuators and seals and moving parts down there could have been a lot of things, picking that thing up cheap is just a quick rebuild away from being a nice car☺️🥰

Hello sam! This video seems really good from the title

5:23 decimal point is in the wrong spot lol!

Wish you would spend some time going over the MR2s you see.

Hey Sammit just stumbled onto your channel and love the content keep doing what you do plus I see your from Queensland curious if your familiar with the KZfaq channel Overtakinglane bunch of your mates from Homeland yeah nah yeah! SUBSCRIBED ✌🏻

I'd love a Stagea but they probably go for crazy prices nowadays

Can you bid online for any of these cars ? And if so what's the website? thanks

Can anyone explain how the grading system works? Like what is the lowest grade and what is the highest grade

Can't believe they got in that RX-7, started it and not only did not immediately shut it off once discovering the smoke, they cold-start revved it. Jokers.

Trying to get a starlet that isn't a lemon without someone to inspect the actual car has been hard honestly

Love your videos!!! What is your first car?

we need more of these in the USA, the smaller the better. gas prices in the USA are crazy I want a really small jdm/kei car.

Bro legit looks like they put fibreglass resin on the strut tops to keep it holding together

I'd love the Supercharged MR2

What site do u go to look at these auctions?

Can you cover some advise and details of guys that still tune or build pulsar Gtirs in Japan that can help because of these cars getting old its getting harder to get parts or tuners in the uk. and I noticed that in all of your outings to the PAs I never see any gtir pulsars at all your help would be great mate