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Sweet! thanks race_snooze. Did you buy from there? Anyone else know places? Has anyone dealt with this place or any others? Should they be lumped in automatically with the "don't buy from fyshwick" statement, regardless of postcode?

sigsputnik: WRT to "if it has already been registered, you won't have to take it over the pits, you just transfer the registration. easy." Just to confirm, I just rang canberra connect / urban services and they said I'd have to go over the pits regardless :| Oh well. I think if it's complied roadworthied and registered in NSW (or at least the temp rego they give u to get the car home), then a car from a dealer should be ok for going over the pits for the transfer of ownership. I don't think there's much I can do beyond that.

Hi. I am looking at most likely buying an R33, gtst. I'd like to know whether ppl think I should buy within the ACT, or if it's fine to go to Sydney and have more choice. A few ppl now have recommended two things: 1) Don't buy from the local dealers in Fyshwick. (Having had a brief look already, I can kinda guess why, i get a seedy impression). 2) Buy locally from someone I know. A few things that I cross my mind are: 1) I don't properly know anyone local with a skyline yet 2) I'd feel weird about getting to know someone, just to buy their car, after deciding "this is a person I can trust". Because, regardless of trust, a car is a car and they can still mess up.. and it's not like ur gonna throw it back at the person anyway! even less so if they're a friend! (just my opinion...) 3) There's a heap of places in sydney that appear to have skylines that haven't been owned in australia yet. less kms on them, 3 year warranties... and at comparable prices to the third hand ones here. usually dealers would be more $$, but because all cars in canberra are a lil more expensive, it works out kinda the same, minus travel costs to get there and back. They also comply the cars themselves, which I've learnt on here is an Australian wide thing, so means it works for ACT as well). The biggest "issue" I can think of is the transfer of registration. Which I'm hoping would be a non-issue, since I plan to buy as stock condition as possible. I'd expect more trouble transferring ownership of a modded local car.. Pls tell me if this isn't right. Currently I'm thinking of looking at the local cars to see what's out there, then going to sydney for more choice, to actually get one. Thanks.

Ah yeah.. that makes sense. Least I'm honest @ noob to turbos Well, I guess I've painted myself squarely into a corner now, eh

Next Friday! Got stuff on tonite *yanks the ball and chain* (no offence to girls ) It's funny how small the world is. My mum works at the National Museum.

Hi, Haven't got a 'line yet. Looking at getting one. Been ordered to come here and say hi NJR 34GTT.. you said there's a lot of 'lines available in Canberra at the moment.. I've found some on Allclassifieds... There's about 2 - 3 that fit what I want there. I'm after a R33 GTS-25T as close to stock as possible, don't mind if it has rims and/or exhaust. I'd just prefer to know what I'm starting with. Oh.. and I don't want a BOV.. they don't help the engine powerwise (don't they just release pressure that could otherwise be used??!) Anyway, where else should I look? Man.. half the problem right now is I've never ridden in one before. So like someone else said.. it's hard cos ur always impressed by the first one ur exposed to Closest I've experienced was a mate who dropped a Twin turbo Soarer engine in a Cressida. we took it out on the highway near hall and he let me floor it *gleeful smile at the memory* I guess what WOULD be kool is if I was able to take a look at one where it really didn't matter, e.g. it isn't for sale *hint hint* Then I can at least compare. Anyway, like i said, GDAY Canberran Skyline lovers!

Yeah I will be loaning it. I realise I may only get half the money back if i decided to resell in a few years. Mabe less. *shrug* I'm young n dumb atm @ ugly stick: So I can go fishing down the coast! Why else?

Just thought of something else... kinda trivial: Will a Shakespeare Ugly stick (fishing rod) fit somehow inside a R33 GTS25T coupe??

Hey, thanks for that. However one or two things I wanna talk about: WRT the 25K loan... Since I'll be selling my Civic for about 10L to get the Skyline, I'll end up only 10-12K in debt. This is exactly the same as I was for the Civic, and it's taken me only 15 months to pay off in full. I'm satisfied with 1-2 grand interest all up, to have the car asap. And I'm impatient I figured out that including new massive insurance (up to 2K a year or so), and rego and whatnot, I can have it paid off in about 15 months (still living at home DOES have one advantage ) As for you saying if its registered, then I just need to transfer the ownership: I transferred the ownership of my Civic from a guy in NSW but ( and I can't remember why) I still had to go to Dickson and have it inspected. The car was stock.. no aftermarket exhaust (well it was, but simply a replacement very close to stock in size and volume, not a canon or whatever), and it had some no name rims that most inspectors wouldn't give a second glance. So... I wouldn't be surprised if i still gotta get checked in ACT after NSW already has :| Oh yeah @ weight = rego cost. I forgot that.. der lol Glad to hear parts and servicing are a non-issue! Was my main concern. And thanks for the suggestion WRT insurance! I only knew about JCI, will check out Young and Cool and the other one. I'm already salivating at the thought of the car hahahah @ Brissy skyline... bit far for me mate.. thanks for the offer tho! Thanks again

Thanks! You more or less confirmed what I thought: that if it's already in AU and they say it's complianced and not modded (or not much), then it's fine. Maybe my friend was just trying to put the "fear of god" into me.. Now my last concern is parts in case something happens. I don't see many links to anything but pulsar parts online. A friend says skyline engines are basically just 180SX/200SX engine with more volume, and use much the same parts that are interchangeable. Yet to look, but hoping he's right. Any links would be appreciated though! I don't expect anything major to happen, but light blubs and oil filters and whatnot always go after a period.

Hi. New to the forum. Looks like ur good and friendly ppl, not like some other forums (e.g. the Honda Civic ones) I've been looking and reading about the R33 GTS25T. Not sure what year to go for. Whatever I can afford (20K including on road costs and everything). From what I gather, they are the same engine anyway as long as they have that model name. Now the thing I'm curious about (warning.. a few financials and MANY questions ahead ) is if I can manage to buy and drive this car, or if I'm missing something. Main worries are the insurance and the compliancing/registration etc. I've read what I can on this forum and others, I guess I'm mainly after a bit of reassurance about my plan. A few friends who have imports of their own have given me worried comments (not about my driving, just worried I don't realise everything involved). Useful info to note: I'm in Canberra Australia, I'm 24yo, never had an accident, 60% no claims bonus to date. So far I have driven '81 Volvo 244, '97 Civic Cxi (current), GF's dad's Holden Lumina V6. I realise a Skyline is a world apart from these cars. So my plan is: 1) Get a $25K loan. 2) Find a Skyline, most likely in Sydney, for about 17-18K. 2a) Issues I know I need to get "checked off" include: Compliancing: the dealers I'm looking at say they do this, but will NSW compliance mean it's complied in ACT? Or is it nationwide? Is this just set of papers that need to be kept in/with the car? Engineering: I would have thought that any Skyline available at a dealer would be legal to drive on our roads (ie no lowering, no wheel size mods etc) but a mate says that they import heaps of cars you could only drive on the track. My plan is to go for a model as close to stock as possible, to avoid as much trouble with this area as possible. My mate (whose put a twin turbo soarer engine in a cressida) also said I'd need to get "intrusion bars" installed... ??? I know what they are, but surely they have something like that in them already? Registration: Same mate also says that even if I get compliance, I might still have issues when I get to the rego pits.. What else could there be? Insurance: Just Car Insurance gave me a quote of $1900 a year for full comprehensive insurance (using the internet form). That sounds on the low side to me?? I'm a bit sus about that result. Rego: My Civic costs 680 a year rego... this is the same for all passenger cars right? Fuel: Mate says his car uses $50 a week in petrol. I'd be fine with that amout, and I expect it might be a bit less since the skyline i was is single turbo, not twin like his car. My loan will be used to pay the first rego and insurance. If I sell my Civic for about 10K, I'll pay off half the loan immediately. Then I can pay a grand each month and hopefully be all paid up in ~15 months time. I will probably leave the car stock for easier resale in 2-3 years. This of course doesn't allow for "sh1t" to happen. And I don't know where in Canberra you can get imports serviced.. What do u guys think? I REALLY would like answers for the compliance/rego etc questions, but yeah... am I on the right track? I feel like I'm taking a too simplistic view of it and I'll get hit with a majorly $$ technicality along the way. Thanks in advance.