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Hey guys, I haven't purchased an r33 as yet, I am hoping to save another 3-4k and buy in a month or two. I am A bit concerned about the running costs of owning such a car. Going from my 93 xr2 Capri which costs $20-$30 a week for petrol, 500 bucks a year for insurance and rego etc, I understand there will be a bit of hike, but how much of a hike? Can anyone provide some examples to see what i might be getting myself into?

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That depends on a lot. This will give you a rough idea.

My R33, I spend $80 per week on petrol. I do drive about 400-450 k's a week though. If you're spending that little, you're probably not driving much.

Insurance is $1000 per year. I'm 23 years old with no bad driving history. Remember insurance goes on age, history and where the car is kept.

Fuel for me was ~$80 every week or every 1.5 week

Insurance was $300 for basic 3rd party, ~$500 for 3rd party + fire & theft or $1.5k for full. (I'm 21, on P & no accident history)

Rego was $440 for 1 year.

& major service cost me $550 at local shop.

The running costs are really the same as any other big 6-cylinder. Insurance can be high ($1800 for me) but apart from that you shouldn't see any extra expenses. It's not cheap because you'll WANT to throw more money at the car.

If you can live with a stockish R33 with only fire & theft insurance it's not too bad. If you get the modifying bug (you will) so many chances to spend money will pop up.

Thanks guys, I plan on getting a relatively stock r33 GTS-T. Would you guys reccomend getting thiry party fire and theft for $500-600, or full comp. I got a quote for $2000 full comp with just car- $3000 excess :D

Bottom less money pit if you know jack shit about skylines.

If you need to ask how much, you probably will struggle, given that petrol will be $2 bucks by the end of the year.

So make sure you have plenty of dosh for support.. but my Skyline was 12 years and VERY reliable, I paid good money for her though.

I sold my R33 GTST and now about to buy a Corolla.

Approx

Fuel can easily get up to $80 per tank = per week, depending how heavy your foot is.

Insurance = $1200 + $500 or so on rego = per year, I pay at the moment.

Maintanace + Parts, depending what needs to be done, its gonna cost to get it fixed.

Your fuel usage also depends on tune / non-tuned with mods.

Mines not tuned and has the basic mods (R32 Rb20det) and I won't get anymore than 320km no matter how I drive. I'll get 400 if I'm lucky on the highway! As I drive to work everyday (45min peak hour) and like to drive here and there on weekends my fuel bill can be a tank + a week. ($80+ nowdays!).

Im 21 & have 3rd Party Fire & Theft which costs me $750ish a year and Rego is just over $1k including Green Slip in Sydney.

Apart from that I've done nearly 20,000kms in the 1 1/2 years I've owned it and serviced it regularly and my only drama's been a fuel pump.

It's kind of funny, but my Skyline actually SAVED me money from my older VW GTI. Instead of paying 2500/yr, I paid 870 now... So the extra cost of premium fuel is well worth it IMO...but that is only because I live in BC and here the skyline is just as much to insure as a corolla because it isn't a common car as it wasn't available here unless it's 15 years old.

Im 18 pay 2 grand a year for fully comp. rego is like $600ish for a year and i spend about $240 a week on petrol :S 1200kms a week to and from work hurrah lol.

I spent a lot of time weighing up the options and crunching the numbers making sure i could afford it. But what I also had to understand and Im sure a lot of people here will agree is that skylines and budgets dont mix. With fuel & oil prices going up make sure you have a lot of padding with your budget so it doesn't affect you too much.

Despite how much gets spent on my car its all worth it.

I only fill my 33 up on average once a month....cause it gets driven hardly ever! :yes:

But on the track - yeah fuel not cheap.....

but....from what I can remember when my car 100% stock...and it was a daily...

fuel was around 60 a week and that about 350kms a tank

I kinda wish I kept it stock.....Id be a rich man lol

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