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Hey Guys, let me introduce myself, my names matt and i currently drive a commodore :P

I wont bore you with my life story, but i'll give you a shorter version.

I am actually from sydney, and i've been a skyline fan since i was 15 .. and im about to turn 19.

at 17 my good mate baught a silvia, and i thaught it was amazing.. after researching them and having a love for them, i fell in love with the sileighty.

next came my nextdoor neighbour who baught a 180sx, i helped him work on it.. even to the point i loved his car more than him .. i would even wash it for him.

in the back of my head i had always wanted a skyline .. but the only thing that stopped me was insurence..

i was so close looking for a skyline but insurence was too much.

so i bit the bullet and went and baught the cheapest insurence car .. a VS commodore .. i've had it for about 4 months .. its nice and all but it just doesnt fill the hole.

Now in a few weeks i'm moving up to QLD, and the chance to get a skyline makes me pretty happy.

my brother just baught an R33 the other day. and as much as i love r33's they would me out of my price and i would love to own a mean gun metal grey r32.

I could go on for hours for you .. but what i would like to know is, what kind of money would i be looking at the purchase preferably stock r32 gts-t ..

and with insurence, is third party fire and theft any cheaper then full comp or what?

thanks guys

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Sweet that sounds a'ight..

Nismo - would love to shoot u knoe mate, just dont have the money yet..

Im going to wait till i move up there, in 2 months..

chekc out what insurence is like ..

sell the commie after ive payed off my debts. (only about a grand)

then work my ass off to get some money for the skyline.

can you fill me in more on skyline insurence prices

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I agree. I got mine via the trading post. I took about 10 cars for a test drive and it was obvious which ones were good and which ones sucked. In the end I got an R33 for $17k, its neat and tidy and reasonably fast for close to stock.

I also got insurance for $680ish, but I'm old and have a decent driving record.

Check all the online insurers for quotes and ring around, and setup the online trading post to email you all the R32 ads. It's worth the effort.

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Guest 382 GZV - 4 Door R33

The insurance companies are apparently pretty cluey about that 'especially if your parents already have a car and 'their' car is in a different state for ages. According to Speed magazine, they can be pretty tight that way. - best wearing it now and building a good record

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