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I also agree that buying a car with little to no mods is best. Also if you're buying off a member of a forum see what kind of things they are posting, for example if it's stuff like "drifting my 33 at the track this weekend!" freaken avoid it!!

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but remember that a modded one 'normally' shows that it's been well looked after and serviced regularly. not always the case if you buy a stocker from someone who didn't realise oil needed topping up :)

But yea, agreed.

heavily used track/drift weapons are probably a good thing to not buy! plus if you buy a stocker you can keep all your stock parts so you can swap everything back when you get your visits to regency :P

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Try and find one thats already got a Exhaust, Pod filter, Front mount and possibly a Power FC! If you find one with those mods then you will save a solid 3-4k on doing those basic mods yourself! Spewing i was gonna be looking at off loading mine soon, BUT things have changed and looks like she's staying with me! Was gonna be asking for less than 18k also!!!

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with 18k you good get something decent from a dealer who dont specialize in imports / skylines etc. IE, redling, synergy. Go to a Dealer with one or 2 lines that they may have bought off an importing company, their prices will start from around 19kish, i got mine down to 15k, so worth a shot!

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take someone with u who knows skylines or who knows how to tell if the car is genuine ie do the engine and chassis numbers match, accident damage, has it been resprayed, wats it hiding?? has it been put together (welded) with two halfcuts ? just be real careful and ask all the questions I ended up buying mine from sydney cause all I found in adelaide waz dodgey......as they say buyer beware

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oh yeah I forgot to mention that there are heaps of R33's round at moment particularly in sydney which therefore flows on to adelaide...as there now getting older in japan , heaps more have hit aust than ever b4...so you can bargain harder and shop around if a dealer tells u there "hard to get" thats bs ...theres way more around now than when i bought mine in december

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