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Hi guys,

I recently (About 6 months) sold my R32 Skyline with RB20det with about 120,000 k's on the clock, sold it for $11,000.

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Now iv seen my old car for sale in auto trader mag and it sais the car only has 49,000 k's and selling for $15,000.

http://www.tradingpost.com.au/Automotive/U...ue&AdOnTop=

I called the guy as a buyer and he said he changed to motor. Now thats all well and good but i had already put a new motor in like 2 years ago with everything done to it.

And i got MOD plates for this in QLD.

I have a hunch that this guy i sold the car to wound the clock back and sold it for a profit.

If you own this car check your engine number is 528175A and if its not and your REGO has this number on it then you have been ripped off.

And this makes the car illegal and yes i have filed a complaint to the DPI and they are investigating the issue.

Let me know if any one knows anything about this. cheers. I just hate people winding back clocks and making money of it, Not to mention ripping off Jo blow.

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Who the hell would believe a 15-20 y/o car had only done 49,000k anyway?

If you have a couple of them (cars), I dont see why not. I've owned mine almost a year now and only travelled 8000km. And it will even be lesser come next yr when we gets another car. You cant assume everyone travel 20,000-30,000km each year which is the average. Note the word average.

If you have a couple of them (cars), I dont see why not. I've owned mine almost a year now and only travelled 8000km. And it will even be lesser come next yr when we gets another car. You cant assume everyone travel 20,000-30,000km each year which is the average. Note the word average.

Ok yeah.

For sale a 92 GTST. One Japanese owner (pensioner).

49,000 km

With HKS hi-power exhaust & buddy clubs.

:)

You have to remember that Skylines havent always been the price they are now.

Back in their showroom days, they were brand new sports cars with an insulting price tag.

They werent never built or sold to be a daily driver, or cheap....cars like that usually DO just sit in garages and get a drive once a week, if that. Once the owner dies, they sit still for a few years until somebody inherits it and it ends up being exported.

What kind of bloke was he? (the guy who bought it at 120'000km) ?

The kind of dude that was going to respect the car and its original powerplant?

Or belt it up and actually need to do an engine swap ??

2.6 million yen at the time according to this http://english.auto.vl.ru/catalog/nissan/s...e/1991_8/21772/

So it was around $32k AUD. Not that impressive.

But including inflation it would have cost $51k AUD.

Still not an insulting price tag though.

If you bought a $50'000 sports car, would you use it every day?

dunno about the lower/base models, but GTS-Ts and GTRs in Japan get alot more TLC than actual driving.

Under 100'000kms, even for R32s isnt an unrealistic expectation....rare yes, but there's still a few out there.

I'm more getting at how they're used differently in Japan, opposed to how they're used and treated here in Australia.

Really 30 grand isnt all that much for a sports car in 1991, a vn calais rrp was over 30k back then as well and its hardly a car that the wealthy and elite have preserved over time. New cars are getting cheaper and cheaper relative to other goods so you cant really compare its "inflated" price

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