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Roy Grand Master

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I doubt you will get an R32 VSpec for under 30grand.

And if you are serious about punting the car around tracks at club days etc, then id say that more reason to perhaps consider sticking with your GTST.

I have been for a ride in a well modded R33 VSpec and i agree, with the mods this car had it was awesome. But i also stop and look at the money it has had spent on it, and also the investment it represents if something were to go wrong or break.

I have also been for a ride in a std R33 Vspec at a circuit, and whilst again very impressive for a std car, i would take my modded 32 GTST which i believe was quicker.

Also having been a passenger in a car that got bent at the track, the risk is real, and unless you are engaged in some form of competitive motorsports or need bragging rights about having the quickest car at the track, GTST are cheaper, as much/more fun, cheper to run/repair.

If you spend all your time on the street, with say 1 or 2 track days a year go the GTR, but unless you have some bankroll ready for track work in your GTR, then id say stick with the cheaper GTST and bash it around circuits 12 time a year.

jlnewton Grand Master

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Yeah, he wants a hell of a lot more than thirty grand for the 32 Vspec, try more like 45. I am leaning more towards the 32, for the driving experience but, as personal preference I like the look of the 33 GTR more but this 32 looked real nice. I have thought long and hard about the maintanence factor as I am aware that GTRs do require a strict maintanence regime if you want it to stay healthy, and this has hit home more today as my 33 has just shat a seal (looks like the crank case seal?) and is spraying out oil everywhere. When I mean everywhere I mean everywhere, from the front of the motor to the rear underside of the car! And doesn't it stink! I regularly service my car (oil and oil filter every 5000km, everything else every 10000km) and have still been caught out by this. I am hoping it is nothing too serious as it may put a delay on my plans.

At this stage my choice would be the 32 Vspec, a rare car, was in vgc, very quick with all the benfits of the vspec extras.

pentae Mentor

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45.. It had better be a 1994 V-Spec with like 20,000 genuine km's on the clock.

I would just personally import a close-as-possible to stock standard '92-94 v-spec from Japan.. You will have to wait a few months but you should save yourself about $15k.

Roy Grand Master

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Pentae...R32 V-specs cost more then R33s... they are expensive becasuse they are still desired in the Japanese market... you wont find a very good example for 30k, if indeed you can actually find one at that price.

R32 V-specs are not as common or as easy to pick up as later model V-specs.

Mick Trainer Rising Star

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Whilst the v-spec is a very nice car I find it hard to see value in the extra money people are talking about. I think you could buy a very nice tight 32 GTR and modd it to be every bit as good and have a lot of change. Just my 2 cents.

Mick.

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jlnewton Grand Master

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Well, the decisions has been made. After alot tooing and froing from 32 or 33 GTR I have decided on the 33. On Friday a Grade 4.5 R33 GTR Vspec came up and it is now mine! Just got to wait for its arrival now (how painful), the next available ship leaves on the 16th Jan and arrives on the 28th Jan.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/at...tachmentid=9550

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/at...tachmentid=9551

I only have the auction pics at the moment, should be getting more by the end of the week when it has been transported for the auction yard. Its stock, bar the exhaust, which as you can see is aftermarket.

Can't wait to drive it!!!!

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