Jamsvx

I agree with Oz GTR97V to a fair extent although on a somewhat different basis. Whenever I have looked at a car and it comes to the driving stage, I get them to drive first - partly so I can concentrate on other things that I may miss when I am driving it, conscious that I am that it is someones else's car still (!) but moreso to see how they drive it. I remember a classic with a Soarer twin turbo (considered quite a few other cars while looking for the 'right' SVX) and, from cold, he guns the *&^*&^ out of it non-stop....any surprise I decided immediately that I would not want it! Overall, with 'performance cars', its a catch-22. You need to drive ti to decide it you want it, but you don't want to waste someones time then by the same token from the seller's point of view, he/she wants to sell it! And that, pardon the frecnh, crap about "well Motor/Wheels etc etc" say its good so you don't need a drive (common with Subaru dealers in the late 90's selling WRX's) is complete claptrap!! You need to drive a number of them, and for a long period of time too - 5 mins around the block tells sweet f/a - hence the need also to look at others for comparison. I'm sure that the GTR is an animal of a car, I am sure that it goes like the proverbial but having not been in one and for an extended period of time, I don't know whether I would buy one. By way of example, a F348 goes like the devil, looks great but having been in a few for, collectively, a few hours, I would not buy one. But when I was first in them I thought "wow...I would get this!" I guess at the end of the day it comes down to gut instinct - do you believe they are serious. I was always upfront with the alternates that I looked at "I have been looking for an SVX, have been unable to find one worth buying and yours is an alternative" etc etc. With the deposit thing, its just a personal thing but no matter how serious I was, I would not be putting a deposit down - if I did, it would be with a contract quite a few pages in length that the seller would have to sign too- there is just too much that can go wrong with handing over sums of money on 'word' alone. C'mon guys...surely someone here can buy it rather than enrich some dodgy Parra Road cowboy!! Jamsvx

Its hard, especially with a car like a GTR. That said, look at it from say a genuine buyer's view....you don't want to tick them off since there are quite a number they can go and look at. I had a classic with the SVX that I bought....knowing too much about them was in the eyes of one seller, a bad thing - he says to me (50 year old 'company director' wanker that he was) "sounds like to me you don't have the money but just are fascinated with them" - I was in my Camry at the time. I walked. Lo and behold, he rings me about 4 months later asking if I was still interested!! Can you believe it!! Conversation went something like this: "You saw my SVX a while back - are you still interested" "Hmm, lets see...I am now sitting in one that I bought for half your asking price, 1/3rd the k's and five times better condition - if you weren't such a pretensious and rude prick I would have probably have bought yours" "*&^&^% you mate - there's heaps of people interested" "Really? Considering I run the club for them, and I get calls from people asking about SVX's, don't even bother trying to sell it in NSW" Its a fine line - but don't judge solely by what car they arrive in, what they dress like. In any event, best of luck selling it - maybe someone on here perhaps??? Cheers James PS: hey Tex!

Saw a black one at Crows Nest this morning - look a lot better in the flesh! Congrats on the purchase!

AFASIK they can (and should be able to)...Lexus use a ozone (?) machine to deodourise their cars before selling them 2nd hand and is extremely effective. I've heard that most cars are smoked in but cannot say for mine since was Australian delivered and a one owner non-smoker.

How much did you want to spend??? The 'car wash cafes' don't seem to be worth it at all (my brother gets his car cleaned there and its always pretty pathetic)....the guy who I bought my car off spent a few hundred on the detailing and it was, without exaggeration, like a new car. I can chase up his name if you want to spend that much. White Glove (I think thats the name) in Edgecliff charge a fortune but their results are supposed to be spectacular. James

Thanks for that - I'll try him and see what he can do/recommends. James

Saw the ad for it too late :-(

Exactly what he said!!:uh-huh: I know its not a Skyline (had considered one though!) but it has Nissan parts in it (diff, various interior fittings...and told the R32 uses the same doorhandles but need to check that!) *really scraping the bottom of the barrel now!!* James

Can anyone recommend somewhere arounds Hills/Epping area that you would trust to do a proper job on wheel alignment and balancing and also to not end up with scratched rims?? Drove past a few places today and decided to keep going - thought fellow paranoids about who drives their car/touches their car may be able to help. Thanks James

That sux....they may be able to get the thieving %$^%$ if he tries to offload it through Cash Converters or a Buy & Sell paper....not something easily offloaded considering the $$$ Jamsvx

Saw this one evening last week getting air at a servo in Newtown...anyone on here?? Black R33 - nice rims too!

I had no doubt that they were held on a large farm or propery, wit a private fenced road and wholly seperated from a public road!

Damn.....looks like back to racing taxi's then!!

If someone could PM me where the runs are I would be most grateful!! I am not a cop or any other such nonsense and to be honest, and sick of wandering the streets will the wee hours, looking for the hoon-folk and having to content myself with trying to race taxi's! Damn those Silver Service Statesmans!! :lol: Thanks James

I live in Nth Rocks but never seen that.....lots of Skylines though!! Saw a white one this morning on Church Street Parramatta...rego FAT-26L - was an R33 with the Kakimoto wide body kit....an eyecatcher!