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Do you guys think my car is priced fairly?

yeah for sure, i think the market for cars at the moment is pretty slow so you might not get a lot of bites. but with the mods you've done, anyone that knows abit about modifications would see that the price your asking is fair. the way i would weight it up is, i could buy a stock one for cheaper, then spend a lot of money and time to do all the mods you have listed, or just buy one with it all already done. sure its the more expensive car to buy, but to go out and purchase and install all those mods it would add up to be much more than the difference in sale prices.

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33 GTR!

Have you seen the price of a nice late model one? even harder to find in purple :)

That modded 32 had rusty chassis rails from snow/salt :(

seems easier to find a good 94 32 than a good late model 33(at a realistic price)

Might be moving to a bigger place which will set back the car buying a couple of months(unless the stagea sells, then i can buy without a loan), but will get me a puppy and a garage, which means i can do my own work on cars again!

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Hey mate. I've looked at your sale thread a few times now and while it is at the pricey end for the series, I've never thought "geez, this guys nuts if he thinks he's gonna get that for it" and I don't think other people have though that either.

I've been looking for a stag for weeks now so I've been trawling the for sale places constantly. Most series 1's for sale that I've seen are around $10 - $13k but you have done a lot of mods to yours. Does that make it worth the asking price? Probably. I dunno because I'm no expert on cars, but like QWK32 said, someone could buy themselves a cheaper stock one for say $10k and then spend a fortune on parts and labour to get it to the same standard as yours. Whiteline parts are the shit so you've not done anything cheaply but unfortunately people just don't have the money right now.

I would buy it but I'm after a series 2 (sorry).

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Hi ryan,

Yeah I looked when you put your stag up for sale and had a squiz at price and mods ect.... Its a well modded car but the mods dont hold value much at all. What you would be asking is more if it was completely stock and then body condition. Seeing as its not leather ect id be re considering to. For sure if someone is after a modded car and knows about what parts are good ect sure they will snap yours up.

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