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Hi guys and girls,

As you probably know im trying to sell my car and its been on the market for a while now and I was just wondering what you were all looking for when you bought your car?

Was its low kms / appearance / no crash history / had to have an 8 in the rego number? What was the shopping list of must haves?

For me well it had to be black, kitted, i was a bit of an ricer back then so appearance kinda ruled over all.

whats with the GENUINE km's thing though - not my fault the person before me tried to wind the odo back. That's the thing i seem to get punished for in my car. R33's are 13 years old - no such thing as genuine low km's on an 13 year old car.

rant over.

Good condition inside and out ( I look for a car that doesnt smell like an ash tray inside or smell like wet socks ) KM's.. pffft to that it means nothing.. a car with 60'000ks on it could have been trashed and a car with 170'000ks on it might have had gear changes at 3000rpm all its life! + these are import cars, the clocks been played with dont fool yourself! The other things I look for: A clean engine bay * if its to clean I wonder if they are tring to clean up oil leaks, I also check it has the things I'm looking for: exaust, rims, gauges.. doesnt mean I wont buy it because I enjoy doing the mods myself and seeing the performance upgrades. I often look for a car thats been well looked after.

Nizmo, im sure you will sell your car!

when i went looking for my r33,

km really didnt matter to me, if the car had been keep in good condition, km really didnt matter for me.

also i was looking for abit of mods like exhuast/filter/fmic etc and also a nice kit to make it look better.

i think you just got to wait for the right buyer :mellow: which can take way too long sometimes

good luck niz :)

Nizmo where are you selling it?

What sites do you have it on?

drive?

carsales?

autotrader?

A good thing to put into an advert is the 'possiblity' of shipping to the eastern states.

www.movingcars.com.au can give an estimate on the price to put the car on a truck (perhaps not something you would do, but might get you that deal) Roughly $550 from Perth to Melbourne...

Majority of Eastern staters use drive.com.au. Its only $9.90 for a basic advert...which sold my (don't laugh) PT Cruiser and bound for VIC 2 days later... bought sight unseen!!

Hi Kylie

Its on Carsales & Autotrader ..... considered putting it in drive.com but i handle all the net enquiries on the cars at work (i work at a car dealership) and there's far more come through carsales than drive .... but maybe consider putting it on there too.

Im in no real hurry as I have my company car its just i find it weird what some people find important - the rest of the car is immaculate apart from this hiccup with the odo. Also a lot of people don't seem to want to drive to ellenbrook to see it. If i was interested in a car i wouldn't mind the drive to go see it.

No crash history... or if it has had a minor acident that it was repaired properly.

Drives well, no rattles or strange noises.

Service history/Owner that knows his shit

The car I bought had a manual conversion so its fairly unlikely it was thrashed hard in japan. That and the R33 box they put in it was a big plus for me. Engine ran well and still does its 10.5L/100km like when it was new. It had a few dints from people whacking it with car doors but overall it still in great condition.

Make sure you get it detailed though or detail it yourself. Doing a proper claybar -> polish -> wax does wonders for the paint and makes it shiny as hell.

Specifically wanted an R32 GTR. I just jumped in with my GTR purchase, but it soon turned out to be a good choice. I was generally looking for a good example of a GTR and mine just had a rebuild ($7000 of receipts) was well looked after, reasonable kms and was a 1993 model. No major mods and no boost controller also :mellow: (Although it does have now :) )

Manual, sunroof, reasonable km's, basic mods like suspension & rims. Winner. Everything else I have had done to it. Still stock like.

What? Tom has a gtr? :mellow:

I found my auto R33 to be very hard to sell. 4yrs ago I couldnt even get $14K for my modified R33 GTS-t.

I could only put it down to be an auto....

It seems 95% of potential Skyline owners, want the 5spd......

Those chasing an auto, GENERALLY dont purchase to modifiy or go fast.

The above is a very general statement, Im not saying everyone who wants an auto doesnt want to mod and go fast, but the majority that do, would prefer a manual.

p.s Sedans are equally as hard to sell, based on the hard time my mate had selling his....

Edited by _8OO5TED_

Has to have a nice interior...no point on having a you-beaut paint job and then opening the door to find a rubbish dump. Engine should run nice too :mellow:

km's dont mean a great deal...

Also, if you are worried about the odo...maybe you could try to locate a Nismo dash...that way it wont be tampered with...one less thing someone could pick on...

Good luck with the sale :)

Niz,

The issue I think you might have is that it's an auto with a heap of fruit. Most guys looking for the mods you have want a manual, most girls (not counting you and Liz etc) who will buy an auto might not want all the mods....

It's a good price for all the mods, but with an auto box and accident history it might take a while to move... What will yards offer as a trade in price?

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