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Hi guys,

I'm thinking of buying a 93-94 GTR. But lately I've noticed so many for sale, I'm not complaining because it helps to keep the prices down, but with so many for sale here and on car sales etc it makes me wonder that people don't want them. Why? Are they too expensive to run here? Insurance too much?

Any thoughts much appreciated.

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lingeringsoul Grand Master

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The GTR is pretty much legendary everywhere you go. So what do the 17 yr olds do when they leave school? They apply for a loan and buys a GTR to impress their mates because he drives the legendary GTR. This is great for the first few month. Pretty soon, they are out of money and cannot afford to spend on the maintenece because they've spent the remaining $$$$s on petrol and tyres. A few months later, their rego is up, their CTP through the roof because of the car they drive (possibly). Then their full comp insurance is due. On their apprentice wage, it becomes a little hard to keep paying for all this and due to the neglected engine maintenece, it's starting to sound a little funny. Hence why so many for sale.....................well my theory anyway.

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The GTR is pretty much legendary everywhere you go. So what do the 17 yr olds do when they leave school? They apply for a loan and buys a GTR to impress their mates because he drives the legendary GTR. This is great for the first few month. Pretty soon, they are out of money and cannot afford to spend on the maintenece because they've spent the remaining $$s on petrol and tyres. A few months later, their rego is up, their CTP through the roof because of the car they drive (possibly). Then their full comp insurance is due. On their apprentice wage, it becomes a little hard to keep paying for all this and due to the neglected engine maintenece, it's starting to sound a little funny. Hence why so many for sale.....................well my theory anyway.

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Would you guys say that the GTRS that are brought into Australia are the crappy grade 3 and under auction cars from Japan? Thus meaning the cars aren't as good and seem to need a lot of work to be done when they get here and that's why the younger guys can't keep them? As well as the extra costs.

Only saying this because i went to Japan last June and I saw a lot of top quality GTRS at reasonable prices, so if take in account ALL the import fees and charges you could get a good R32 GTR here for less than $20,000. The GTRS here don't seem to be in good condition.

As I said first, I'm interested in getting one but is it better to get on here in Oz or import one myself?

What are some of you paying for insurance for a GTR with a premium of say $25,000?

Thanks

Garret_Volden Enthusiast

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i think since australia is awesome and is able to have newer models of imports,that most of the older cars are getting tired and need to be replaced.

i know here in canada many of the gtr's are high kilometres and are high maintenence because of that.but most people that bought them keep them and just buy a little crap car while the gtr is in the shop,since you cant get an r33 for a couple more years.

......canada import laws are gay

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well my case for selling was that i want to save for a house and u just cant seriously be trying to save if you drive a car that cost you $10k a year, at least, to run and maintain. put ontop of that ppl who have to pay off the car loan and interest.....

saving for a house now so it had to go...

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