buyin r33 4 door (turbo) - advice please

[bryanlee38]

hey all, well my older brother is very interested in gettin a r33 4 door. Have tried to source info for r33 4 door buying and resellin price for Brisbane however its been tough, since there's not alot of 4 doorz being sold. The car he is interested in (private sale) is:

r33 4 door gts-t BLACK

1995 series 2

Stock as a rock with 60,000km's on it currently

car is black in good condition - both body and interior

he intends to sell the car in a year or so when it has approximately 80,000km's on it

Approximately how much should he pay for it? And Will he have trouble sellin it when he does - 4 doorz sell much much slower do they not. Since there's very low demand for them. HOw much do u reckon he could get for it. He doesnt want it to depreciated too much as he has to head back overseas

thanks

regards

bryanlee38

[4 Doorz]

Hey,

does he want auto or manual - auto will automatically be at least $2000 cheaper. remember that to only have 60k on clock it's only travelled 8500km a year. It only indicates one thing they are asking more than even for it since no one only drives a skyline 8500km a year.

He's better off paying $20k to $24k for one (with genuine 80k) and after a year he can wind back the clock himself instead of letting someone else wind it back for him.

4 Doorz

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[bryanlee38]

its a manual he's after. Well i understand its probably been woung back. How much did u pay for ur's by the way? And what do u think about gettin it resold - will it be hard for him?

[bryanlee38]

the biggest query on my brothers mind is ... when the time comes to sell ... WILL ANYONE BUY IT? - the concern is that 4 doors are not in high demand then coupe. They r usually more expensive too are they not?

[Ravs]

i would buy it off him if its still in good condition and i have enough money hehe

also want a manual of corse

how long he plan to hold onto it?

edit : sorry didnt see the year part. Doh!! hehe

[surreal]

I think the demand for four doors is growing...at the very least, there are more and more of them on the road now days.

[Nexus9]

I thought the 4 door models were way cheaper than your standard coupe. I remeber seeing one a little while ago at one of the yards at Underwood, it was a 4 door R33 GTSt Auto totally stock in great condition with about 75000K on the clock and they were asking $14500 for it.

I even took it for a drive and it was straight as, it was obviously used as a family car in Japan

I seriously thought about buying it for a second car, just to absolutely thrash the hell out of it.

[kik-ass]

Yeah there'a a grey 4 door turbo auto in a yard up here for 13990 looks clean. As for resale, wouldn't know as I haven't tried selling mine. I bought mine over 2 years ago and paid about $5k less than the equivalent in a coupe

[boostimports]

4 doors look slick! esepcially the impulse ones

[qikr33]

4 door skylines is an option if insurance and price is too high.If insurance is not a drama i would be looking at buying a coupe.I dont think he will have problems selling it again but resale price may be an issue.I was lucky and picked my coupe up for 15.It has 18"'s,exhaust and it had been lowered and the paint was pretty good.I looked around for a while but eventually one popped up.As for km's i think it it hard to judge an import on km's.One way to check id to look at the bolt on the crankangle sensor located on the front of the motor(silver disc).It has a silver sticker that goes accross one of the bolts.When the timing belt is done this sticker is torn off so check that out.

Also check out the boot as many r33 leak through the tail lights.

Other things to check for are general rust and paint work imperfections.these are the things i would look for in a car as these are what cost the most and can be frustrating saving for

1)wheels

2)exhaust

3)lowered

Any skyline with these will be a head turner and will be easy to sell again.

[180GO]

Originally posted by boostimports

4 doors look slick! esepcially the impulse ones

Impulse???

I thought it was deoderant.

"men do strange things on impulse?"

[ImpulR33R]

I think you mean impul

[180GO]

Originally posted by ImpulR33R

I think you mean impul

How would you know, buddy???

Hey Matt!

[4 Doorz]

hahaha.........

insurance ain't got nothing to do with it, i have a four door and everyone 1 i rang for insurance didn't car even when I told them it was a 4 door...same thing to them it seemed.

[ImpulR33R]

Hi,

Insurance for mine (I've insured as just a 33 4 door lowered, etc) was the same as a 2 door. I would have thought a 4-door would have been cheaper, but its the same.

[Raza]

4 doors a cool. my project is fastest r33 4 door in aus..hahaha

i got half a r33 gtst with mods on its way from japan

and ImpulR33R ur car is a limited edition that could be a reson y insurance is sameas a 2 door..

[bryanlee38]

CAN U GUYS PLEASE TELL ME HOW MUCH U PAID FOR UR 4 DOORZ WITH - - - just to give my bro a rough idea of how much to spend thanks

[ImpulR33R]

theres a r33 4 door up here on the coast for $13k, but its in fairly rough condition, (a bargain I reckon)(auto, 2.5 turbo), I paid around $25k for my impul, which was in perfect nick and had all the goodies etc, but I saw one advertised at autoforce for around 23K, standard, with a body kit,???

so I dont know what is going on and price for 4 door r33 seems to vary alot

[boostimports]

where did u buy ur impulr from? 25K automatic? Wat do impulr go for? anyone sellin theirs?

[Raza]

well mine came with abs.. sunroof.. tinted glass windows..

and it has not got 1 scratch on it. and 54k on the clock..

i payed 15k drive away with 12 months reg