Why Are R34 Gt-r Still So Expensive

[R31Nismoid]

Wow. What a bunch of crap.

All the cars you are talking about are shit boxes. When I was in Japan I saw a few R32 GTR's selling for $45,000 AUD at a dealership unlike most of the auction crap you are talking about.

Engine condition is not important????? Ahhh ofcourse, I was getting it wrong all this time. Next car I buy I wont even inspect or test in any way because nothing matters as long as its cheap.

Because someone is ASKING 45,000 - does that mean they will get it?

No.

[r32line]

Because someone is ASKING 45,000 - does that mean they will get it?

No.

More than one as I said.

To be honest this whole argument is such a f**ken yawn i hope everyone who wants one gets a 32gtr for $10k and anyone who wants a 34gtr gets it for $30k and they are all perfect vehicles

I know I will never sell mine cause I am the only one who appreciates it and $10k ain't shit.

Edited July 9, 2009 by r32line

[R31Nismoid]

I couldnt care less if there were 50 there.

45k AUD for a R32 GTR is stupid... As the saying goes, a fool and his money are soon parted - and thats what happening if you spend 45k on a R32 GTR when you could have a perfectly clean, low KM R34 GTR landed and complied here in AUS.

[r32line]

Ppl in Japan obviously disagree with you. Completely original really genuine low k's GTR's were selling for that kind of money. I am not saying I would pay it but obviously to some that is what they are worth. But for some people a car is more than just a machine that performs a function.

[NISMO]

Ppl in Japan obviously disagree with you. Completely original really genuine low k's GTR's were selling for that kind of money. I am not saying I would pay it but obviously to some that is what they are worth. But for some people a car is more than just a machine that performs a function.

Exactly!

If 45k for an immaculate GTR is crazy, wtf do you call 800k for a Phase 3 falcon?

Like all cars, there are those that absolutely love a particular model. Collectors, cashed up morons. What ever they may be, they want the car they pay for it.

Comparing what a GTR commands here v japan is just stupid. Back to the phase 3, go and try and sell that in Japan for 800k.

[Johnny]

Exactly!

If 45k for an immaculate GTR is crazy, wtf do you call 800k for a Phase 3 falcon?

Like all cars, there are those that absolutely love a particular model. Collectors, cashed up morons. What ever they may be, they want the car they pay for it.

Comparing what a GTR commands here v japan is just stupid. Back to the phase 3, go and try and sell that in Japan for 800k.

There was a VL turbo calais sold for 20k in northern suburbs with a genuine 50k on then clock in garaged condition....point being that if i were to buy an r32 gtr or another hardcore gtr fan 45k for an immaculate low km/no accident/clean interior/engine bay model would be hard to pass up especially if its the australian delivered model.

same as the falcon; as memory serves me, they were 5k brand new at the time.

[R31Nismoid]

A R32 isnt a classic yet

Its far from rare

some people are idiots - same as the housing market atm really. Stupid cashed up muppets inflating prices

[NISMO]

A R32 isnt a classic yet

Its far from rare

some people are idiots - same as the housing market atm really. Stupid cashed up muppets inflating prices

Yep and R32's are not selling for $800k yet.

Noone is saying they are rare and worth a million bucks.

Fact is that they're an "iconic" car. As time goes certain cars in certain condition will command very high prices.

This has been pretty much the case with most "iconic" cars of certain era's. I can't seeing the GTR's "increase" in price for a very long time to come but i think it will happen.

is $45k too much for a mint 100% stock R32 GTR today? I think yes. Is it off the planet ridiculous for a collector who plans on hanging onto the car? Far from it.

[CARSICK]

R32 GT-R Aus spec > trend line is slowly goin' up over $50K

R32 GT-R JDM > trend line is on a plateau median of say $20K

R33 GT-R VS > trend line is on a plateau of say $25K

R34 GT-R Std > trend line is slowly goin' down at about $49K median

R34 GT-R VS > trend line is slowly goin down at about $54K

R34 GT-R VS II > trend line is steady at $63K

R34 GT-R VS II Nur > trend line is steady at $80K

My 2c on market values of really nice motor cars ^^^

[NZM.031]

I couldnt care less if there were 50 there.

45k AUD for a R32 GTR is stupid... As the saying goes, a fool and his money are soon parted - and thats what happening if you spend 45k on a R32 GTR when you could have a perfectly clean, low KM R34 GTR landed and complied here in AUS.

id pay it... if it was in immaculate condition, completly stock, and had documented low kms. like bakes says about how much hes spent on his r34... "if it makes you happy, its a bargain" if an "idiot" feels he would get more happiness from an r32 gtr than his $45000, whats wrong with that?? it shows how much he values the car... he doesnt look at it as a 20 yr old junker..

i could have a perfectly clean r34 gtr... but i dont want an r34, i want a perfectly clean r32... the only reason people are selling them for $10000 is because they are about to blow up, and after finding out how much an rb26 rebuild is, they get out as quick as possible, and with all the hoons that wouldve been in a gtst, seeing the low prices of a gtr they jump in them and crash them before the engine has a chance to blow up... this naturally makes everyone else have to come down to the low price because "thats all they are worth"

sure, you could buy one of the cheap ones and put in a new engine and respray it.... but then its been fettled with, things are changed, the car is not as it was when leaving the factory.

for the same price as a clean r34.. you could have a kgc10 GTR mock up and for the same price as a new r35 gtr you could have a real kpgc10 gtr, bet noone thought that would happen 20 years ago. i know which ones id rather buy too..

HANG ON TO YOUR R32 GTR'S PEOPLE!!!

cheerio

Lint

[Slide]

hi slide! great to hear back from you.

i'll level with you - yes i wanted them to resell! i had 3 guys on the spot which were prepared to pay up to or just under 30k each for them. one of the guys wanted one so bad that he offered me $35.5k for mine! i also wanted one for myself as a project car.

lets see how we are tracking just before september - i'll keep you in mind, would love if you could do the same!

cheers!

No worries at all.

PM Sent

[rehab2010]

Or you could just admit you can't afford one and just deal with it!

I want an R35 but don't come on here saying they are too expensive because I don't have $155,800 sitting around. It is really annoying when people complain about prices of various cars that they want...

"I want an skyline with the turbo thingy and i have $900 govt grant that I saved, why are they all so expensive?"...

Please read a basic economics text book.

Jeeeeeez dude - wasn't aware that you saw a latest condition of my portfolio - hey, this is not some scumbag povvo on the other side of the keyboard buddy.

Edited July 13, 2009 by rehab2010

[rehab2010]

OMFG!

This just proves the point.

I know as does just about everyone on this forum that there are lots of cheap GTR's on j-spec. Go to Japan and have a look at the crap they auction for these prices and comare it for the GTR's for sale in dealerships.

Believe it or not most of these cars that go to auction are cheap because they are crap, nobody in Japan wants them....

"You get what you pay for"

I do agree - auction cars are not as good as some you can see on in the japan performance caryards, or on goo-net. Although I'm not saying all auction cars are junk, guess their grade tells you a story.

Edited July 13, 2009 by rehab2010

[rehab2010]

I couldnt care less if there were 50 there.

45k AUD for a R32 GTR is stupid... As the saying goes, a fool and his money are soon parted - and thats what happening if you spend 45k on a R32 GTR when you could have a perfectly clean, low KM R34 GTR landed and complied here in AUS.

BS is that all these cars are holding price just because of the AUD-Yen exchange rate - if the rate goes in importers favour the price will drop - its simple as that.

[GTR-N1]

...and "considering their age"?

Same reason why Honda NSX is holding its value, 'despite its age'!

[rysith]

id pay it... if it was in immaculate condition, completly stock, and had documented low kms. like bakes says about how much hes spent on his r34... "if it makes you happy, its a bargain" if an "idiot" feels he would get more happiness from an r32 gtr than his $45000, whats wrong with that?? it shows how much he values the car... he doesnt look at it as a 20 yr old junker..

i could have a perfectly clean r34 gtr... but i dont want an r34, i want a perfectly clean r32

So are you going to buy Paul Thomas' R32 GTR?

It's going for about that and is in meticulous condition - but I'm sure Simon could tell you more about it.

[DrewII]

the problem with these overpriced R34 GTRs is exactly that

they have sat there for sale for the last 6 months AND will continue to sit there for sale UNTIL the seller finally gets sick of the car he loves so much OR starts getting desperate and will lower the price accordingly.

in the meantime they'll just sit there being archived to the back of the list. throughout the two years of owning my R33 i was constantly eye balling carsales for a R34 GTR upgrade. and some of them had been up for over a year. and they'll continue to sit there till they drop.

quick word of advice too.

NO car for sale on carsales sells for its listed price. and if you do buy it for the listed price you're either an idiot or you've just got too much money to burn.

Edited July 30, 2009 by DrewII

[Shinrai]

This looks like a good buy...

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/privat...id=122CDF39F5FD

[Brandon]

the problem with these overpriced R34 GTRs is exactly that

they have sat there for sale for the last 6 months AND will continue to sit there for sale UNTIL the seller finally gets sick of the car he loves so much OR starts getting desperate and will lower the price accordingly.

in the meantime they'll just sit there being archived to the back of the list. throughout the two years of owning my R33 i was constantly eye balling carsales for a R34 GTR upgrade. and some of them had been up for over a year. and they'll continue to sit there till they drop.

quick word of advice too.

NO car for sale on carsales sells for its listed price. and if you do buy it for the listed price you're either an idiot or you've just got too much money to burn.

+1 for cars are NEVER sold for listed price but they do provide some kind of analysis for how the market is like. I was planning to buy a 34gtr last yr and havent been looking at prices since I buy the 33. But recently I went on and have a quick check on both auctions and carsales, prices have dropped quite a fair bit and clean 33s are holding the value if not going up a little (looks clean but not neccessarily).

There's a black 34 vspec thats selling for around 50k if i remembered correctly and to me that will be a good buy since black are generally more exp than the other colours (other than limited editions).

Auction prices have came down by around 500k yen as well. And maybe 100k for 33s.

[Johnny]

There's a black 34 vspec thats selling for around 50k if i remembered correctly and to me that will be a good buy since black are generally more exp than the other colours (other than limited editions).

Da badst! I think ill hang on to my black one then lolz

My theory on r34 gtrs is that the person who buys one, really want one so they import the best they can find and spend accordingly so when it comes time to sell, they arent desperate so they dont drop the price too much.

People who want a cheap one will import....a cheap one and wind up with something that is not ideal so they will try and sell it for a cheaper price (hence the 40k vspec in yellow i jst saw)

I chose mine accordingly and its worth every penny; I even had to say no to a large offer on the car.....so there are buyers for good ones and a flood of cheaper ones for people expecting a bargain.