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Plus a newer non turbo will probably be less thrashed and less modded, so it will be far more reliable if you are looking for something cheap to buy as well as cheap to run, which at that price range it looks as though you are. Plenty of power anyway and I think that when you get off your p's and want to upgrade to a turbo the depreciation will also be less on a non turbo 33. I know a lot of it is about turbo rep but really, they look hawt whether they are turbo or not, you can't really tell!

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f**k yeah, i passed! :)

Well done, welcome to a world of solo driving and realising how truly rubbish the driving is of your fellow road users. If you are just after a cheap reliable car I would definetly reccomend a R31 skyline, they can be had for less than $1000 and they go forever, also if you end up getting a GTS-T at some point you can swap out the bottom end for RB25/30 goodness :D

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yeah im looking around, having a tough time. no r32's in my budget anymore, or 33's for that matter. only have about 6k to spend :)

i guess ill just buy a VL hehe

LOL you can get an factory VL turbo for less than 6k and that is considered legal because its less than 125kw per ton.

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i got my p's twice, auto then manual.

during my auto i aced it however after 2.5years of driving, i rarely reversed parked. I personally think i did a shocking job during the test but the tester said continue, so i did.

it doesn't have to be perfect i guess, so good enough to get the car roughly in a park and kinda close to the gutter within 2 moves.

you ll be fine.

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LOL you can get an factory VL turbo for less than 6k and that is considered legal because its less than 125kw per ton.

Nah even if it had 60kw per ton all turbos are illegal on P plates now.

Yeah tell me about it mate. Id rather not cop a canary :)

I was going to get a VL but the miss's hates them and wont get in it lol so i have to find something else, again. i think a vt or something now. christ.

You can still buy an R32 or R33 non turbo for that kind of money? A Commodore will make you happy on your P plates though. They are a much more practical car than a Skyline, much more comfortable too.

i got my p's twice, auto then manual.

during my auto i aced it however after 2.5years of driving, i rarely reversed parked. I personally think i did a shocking job during the test but the tester said continue, so i did.

it doesn't have to be perfect i guess, so good enough to get the car roughly in a park and kinda close to the gutter within 2 moves.

you ll be fine.

Errr...he passed the test :D

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Nah even if it had 60kw per ton all turbos are illegal on P plates now.

Lower perfomance turbocharged or supercharged vehicles

From 6 July 2009, drivers issued with a probationary licence on or after 1 July 2007 may drive some lower performance turbocharged or supercharged vehicles. The definition of a lower performance turbocharged or supercharged vehicle is a vehicle with 6 cylinders or less that is:

  • turbocharged or supercharged with a power to weight ratio of less than 100kW per tonne
  • turbocharged or supercharged with a power to weight ratio between 100kW and 125kW per tonne and that is considered to be a family type vehicle (4 seats or more) rather than a sports type vehicle. A family type vehicle is a sedan, station wagon or hatch normally used to carry families/passengers with 4 or more seats and are equipped with child restraint anchorages. A family type vehicle does not include a sports car (two door coupe).

From vicroads website

I think they changed it back, at least for turbo's and superchargers. Mainly because VW and Mercedes got in the governments face about no P-platers being able to drive their car because nearly all them have a low boost turbo or supercharger.

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Ohhh they must have changed it since I last saw the regulations. I remember they were thinking of bringing in those changes to allow turbodiesel vehicles to be driven, didn't know they had gone ahead with it though.

I was wrong.

You hear that you assholes?!?!?!?!

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