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I am looking at buying a 1996 R-33 automatic, Turbo. Was wondering whats the fuel consumption of these cars? The owner said 10l/ 100 km. Im a newbie at skylines and cars in general and please dont start stoning me cause its automatic, I know manual is better but for me this car will suffice.

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I believe its stock, just has turbo.

Also would getting rid of the turbo be a good idea since im on my provisional licence and I can't drive turbo charged vehicles. How would that affect the car? I was thinking of just driving it with turbo and hoping not to be stopped by police.

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hey mate,

i have a 96' r33 turbo thats auto for sale. depending on how i drive i can get 400kms or a bit more out of a full tank. its on carsales if u wanna have a look, my rego is BLKAZN, trust me u wont be dissapointed. shes imaculate. u can quite easly get away with driving her with out getting pulled over, shes a sleeper. we can work something out if ur interested in buying her. hope to hear from ya...

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has no one mentioned that you cannot even register it as the transport in ur state won't let a turbo car be registered in ur name..

and it's not just a matter of taking the turbo off.. just get a shit box or get a non turbo if u insist on a skyline until ur opens.. if u can avoid rbt.. random pull overs.. speeding.. cranky cops.. for ur 'P' period i'd consider you lucky

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400km out of a tank with a catback and pod. not being very gentle with her either.

dont buy the turbo if you are under the new scheme. you will get reamed. and its not a simple thing to just take the turbo off either. an RB25DET (turbo engine) will be slower and more sluggish without a turbo than an RB25DE (nonturbo engine). get a non turbo r34 sedan or something. very good cars for a similar price. upgrade to a turbo later. by the time u get off your p's, a lot of cars woulda dropped in price too which is a bonus

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Thnx for responses. I am not sure what Im gonna do. The car that I found is very cheap for the condition that its in. 10 000 very well looked after, 96 R -33 turbo auto. I can probably go for my manual licence and then look for a manual R-33 non turbo, but I dont know if Ill be able to find one for around 10k in good condition.

And yea, I just asked what the penalties are for being caught driving a turbo on provisional licence: 3 points and $220. Definitely not worth it.

One last question; If I do take out the turbo and put it back in 2 years time when I have my open licence, would it still be the same performance, like would the actual taking the turbo out then putting it back reduce performance?

Also how much would it cost to take out the turbo?

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I love metaphors so-

pretend the skyline turbo/you are/is a level 99 magician. By taking the turbo off you then reduce it/you a level 9 peasant with spells disabled and no artifacts. Now you are still are a magician at heart and the policing force of Nurcramancers will be able to detect your level 99 magician skills but sadly they do not know nor care your a level 9 peasant and will destroy you with a 90 attack point spell (most likely lighting or something similar). In the end you and your car will have a horrible death.

TRANSLATION: Your car will still be registered as a turbo and the PO-PO will see this and kick you in the dick. They won't care if you have taken the turbo off or not. I doubt you'll even be able to register it in your name. Now, even if you were to avaid the police in a level 99 magic.... I mean turbo skyline the cost of getting someone to take a turbo off a turbo engine and getting it to run right would scare you and be very pointless when shown the direct comparison of just buying a non-turbo skyline. If you can't find a manual no-turbo r33 for under $10,000 you need to look harder.

Hope this helps without scaring you too much.

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