Steve85

RACV or equivalent can get into them pretty easy. If you're a member it shouldn't be too costly.

One thing that might be influencing this is people like me. I have a real thing for R33s. I am too young (just) to remember the 80s and when the R32 arrived on the scene, but I remember the 33s and I know that i have spent countless hours in video games driving R33 GTRs. It was the reason I wanted an LM Limited and was the reason I paid more than market suggested it was worth. So I would suggest there is definitely a degree of nostalgia and of people buying their hero cars from now on.

@MUFASA, i'm interested in the brake ducts if you still have them...

Cars and coffee this weekend. Search cars and coffee melbourne on facebook. I'll be there!

Apologies, sleep deprivation (thank you new child) is killing me. I read back through what i had written... I should not be allowed on the internet.

Also that 996... wow. That's a lot of effort. I actually like the stories where a bloke (it's alway a bloke) builds his dream car replica from scratch. Especially the one where he had to demolish his basement wall to get it out.

Dammit! Got me!

So the big question... would you be ok driving it around? I'd feel like I was doing it wrong somehow, like the people who see it deserve better. I'm not a replica fan. I feel like it would be a real dampener if you found out it wasn't a real lambo.

Showing my ignorance... happens a lot when I open my mouth!

Norton?

No man, it's gone. I still miss it though. Does that count?

And on that note, some people know that some cars are good for certain things (like speed), while others are better at useful stuff, like carrying a half ton of dirt around.

Yeah, but some people can see through that "status symbol" bull. That's why Kia exist. Some people buy for reasons other than to impress total strangers (or people they know, i guess).

Yep, I also saw something about that Kia. It looks pretty good. Might have to put my name down for a test drive.

I have been looking for a replacement for the 5 gauges that got pulled out of my car for roadworthy. I'm going to attempt to write my own LCD based gauge system using a Pi. I did a very brief internet search and only came up with a few other possible LCD systems for R33s. None of them looked like what I am imagining, so doing it myself is the go it think.

Yeah, fair enough. My work commute involves the freeway, a lot. So i'm keen for Cruise Control. It's just so handy. Set to 100, sit in the middle lane, don't hit anything. And after 45 minutes i'm at my work!

To a point though... Don't strip the electrics out of your car, if you don't own a soldering iron and a pair of crimpers. Make sure you have the right tools and some idea of what you are doing and how things generally come apart and go back together. ^That's what my mind says to me anyhow...

Also I agree with you about the some owners... A small part of me admires people who have the guts to just pull something apart that they don't understand or have any info on. Most of me thinks this is insane.

Well for me it came into it because I wanted to have a documented, low km car. That said condition was more important, but i wanted both and so paid for that (literally). I personally think that a low km car in good condition, that can be proved, will appreciate to a higher point than something without paperwork. Just my 2 cents though. I guess we'll know in a few more years.

Haha. Explains why my mental age isnt maturing!

Yep, this... If I had a dollar every time someone proved themselves to be a**holes cause they think you drive a shitty car, I could afford two more coffees today! My favorite are the ones who claim to own a supercar or other cool car, and then when you call them out have no idea what they are talking about. My wife managed to call out a "Ferrari" owner once in a bank. Dude was trying to pick her up, going on about his Ferrari. She was like: "oh what model, cause we have an M5 and it's pretty fast". He was stupid enough to carry on with his lie and was like: "oh you know the turbo one" (this was pre- California T and 488). She automatically assumed he owned something from the 80s. When queried, he couldn't name a single 80s model... Genius. He ended up admitting he didn't actually own it (whatever "it" was), but he would one day... yeah, alright mate, of course you will.

Jesus! That 32R is ruined! Body looked destroyed and 245 000 kms? Jesus, damn thing has been to the moon and back (ok no quite, but it has gone a crazy long way). If that car were mine, i'd be looking to part it out. Still that that 33R will sell in the range of 40k (i think). Which given it's a high km car is still a considerable amount. 55k? No i don't think so. And this whole having two gauge clusters is a pain in the backside. In the end of my search, anyone who wasn't 100% clear on the gauges and kms was cut out of my search. If you can't be honest and clear about how many kms the car has done, what else are you skimming over?

So that 33. The way i read it, its done 150k kms. (Two gauge clusters worth) think thats too much. But if this was a genuine low km (say 75k kms) car i can see someone paying it.

Im with you on RS3 but still wouldnt commit to a golf. But if i had 60k id buy an r33 LM Limited... oh. Right...

I buy mine at the low end... the one in my avatar was 17k. Plus some repairs. Was on the road for less than 25k at a time when people were asking 30k+. To its credit it's an awesome family car and isnt terrible to drive. Just needs a bit more go and stop and it would be perfect. Its also been incredibly reliable. No break downs since we fixed it up (2 and a bit years now). Not at all what i expected.