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Hey guys

I've always been interested in jap imports, and am probably going to buy a R34 gt-t in the near future

But I'm new to the scene, and have a few questions

1) maybe a stupid question, but how reliable are the R34s from 1998-2002? I'm just looking at a daily driver with a decent pace

2) are parts for these cars expensive compared to non-imports?

3) when I'm about to buy one from a personal seller, who would be a reliable mechanic/service in sydney who could inspect the car mechanically?

4) how much petrol does a full tank need, and roughly how much km's do you get on a full tank, for just everyday inner city driving?

Thanks in advance!!

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You've made the right choice for choosing a Skyline !!! The car can be reliable as long as you look after and service

regulary. Parts are not so bad IMO as long as you don't buy them from Nissan, wreckers will be a better choice

when comes to buying parts. Fuel usage is depends on how you drive the car. I usually get around 500km from

a full tank. Try not to buy an automatic :)

Good luck with the purchase !

R34GT-t_07 Enthusiast

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1) maybe a stupid question, but how reliable are the R34s from 1998-2002? I'm just looking at a daily driver with a decent pace

They r great cars and very reliable i've had mine for 5 yrs now and i havent had any probs apart from having to change the coils the main issue with them is that the standard coils which r said to go out at around 60- 70,000 KM but my ones lasted way beyond that.

2) are parts for these cars expensive compared to non-imports?

this really depends on which parts there a lots of after-market parts avaliable some r expensive and some r not, they r not cheeper then holden/ford parts but r less then most euro/japanese non imports

3) when I'm about to buy one from a personal seller, who would be a reliable mechanic/service in sydney who could inspect the car mechanically?

this i cannot answer as am from melb

4) how much petrol does a full tank need, and roughly how much km's do you get on a full tank, for just everyday inner city driving

im my R34 skyline Manuel it says that its a 65 ltr tank but when its one the empty line and i go to fill it up i can only manage 52 ltrs which leads me to believe that the reserve tank is about 10-15 ltrs

as for how many Kms per ltr that varies if u have any mods on the car, if the car is completely standard and in good condition than u should be getting anywhere from 400-500 per 100 kms thats provided u drive it sensibly and keeping it off boost. if the car has performance mods on it or if it runs a bit rich then anywhere from 300-400 kms.

hope this helps mate

and to the the WANKER who said let the flaming begun and do a search the guy is new to this SO IF U DONT HAVE ANYTHING HELPFUL TO SAY OR U CANT ANSWER THE QUESTION DONT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.

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and to the the WANKER who said let the flaming begun and do a search the guy is new to this SO IF U DONT HAVE ANYTHING HELPFUL TO SAY OR U CANT ANSWER THE QUESTION DONT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.

Amen to that, it's okay to be nice to people even if they are on internet !

By the way I used to get around 440km from a full tank when I used to cruise at 60 km/h in 4th gear.

After I tried 5th gears at 60 km/h I usually get 500+km from a full tank until the fuel light warning came on.

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also don't forget that you have to run them on premium unleaded, so if you aren't willing to pay for more expensive fuel then drop the idea of a skyline now.

as for parts, obviously they will be harder to get and more expensive than something like a commodore or falcon, but that is only partly because an import. you will find that most japanese cars (toyota, nissan, mazda, etc), even ones sold new here in australia, will generally be more expensive on parts than some of the other brands. but that also comes down to what parts you are after as well. some stuff where there are generic parts available won't be much more than normal.

as people have said, the fuel tank is 65L. fuel light will generally come on with about 10L to go. as for economy, it comes down to how you drive, and how much traffic you have to drive in. if you do lots of stop/start driving and give it a bit when you accelerate you may only get 250 to 300kms out of 50L. if you get a good run and pretty much never have to slow down and drive sensibly then you might get around 400kms out of 50L. you can expect the economy to be that of any 6 cylinder car really. in fact in my 33 i got the worst economy of any of the cars i have owned (and that included a commodore, falcon and 3.5L v6 magna). i was a bit of a lead foot and i was getting about 17L/100kms round town. in the missus SSS pulsar i get about 10L/100km round town.

GUN_METAL_GTR32 Grand Master

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Hey guys

I've always been interested in jap imports, and am probably going to buy a R34 gt-t in the near future

But I'm new to the scene, and have a few questions

1) maybe a stupid question, but how reliable are the R34s from 1998-2002? I'm just looking at a daily driver with a decent pace

2) are parts for these cars expensive compared to non-imports?

3) when I'm about to buy one from a personal seller, who would be a reliable mechanic/service in sydney who could inspect the car mechanically?

4) how much petrol does a full tank need, and roughly how much km's do you get on a full tank, for just everyday inner city driving?

Thanks in advance!!

1) there as reliable as any other car if u treat it right it should be ok

2) yes they r expensive they r not silvias lol

3) i cant answer coz i live in melbourne

4)65ks to a tank. not very much in the city however i have never really friven a stock one but mine was mildly moddified and was about 400ks to a tank of mixed driving

btw do a search all of these q's have been answered many many times bro

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