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Hey guys! so here is the sob story, Ive had my R33 gts-t for almost 10 years now and has loved every moment of it. About 2 weeks ago i parked my car at crown casino 'secure' car park in the morning and when i went to go home, the car was gone - just like that out of the car park! so i made a police report immediately, but i did not hold much hope to get the car back as i suspected it was a professional job and they would have stripped the car etc.

I get a call from Frankston Police a day later to say that they found the car, and they had towed it to their yard. I went to see the car the next day, it was in pretty bad shape, body wise, they had hit something and most the panels were damaged and the front left had gone in pretty bad, but the engine was still in great shape. The idiots who stole the car had taken the Face of my head unit but not the actual headunit itself - go figure. So i dont think it was the offspring of Einstein who had taken it. Possibly some juvi's going for a joy ride who couldn't really drive properly. They had Taken my reading glasses, Amp and Sub, GPS but not my SAFC.

Long story short, i only had 3rd party, not even fire and theft (even though it was only extra 120 bucks when i got the insurance renewal this yr, but i just thought meh my car wont get stolen) so i have to cop it sweet as it was my fault not having at least Fire and Theft. I even had to pay for the towing ($120) from wherever they found it in Frankston to the police impound. Nice slap in the face.

So right now I got a Black 1993 R33 GTS-t Auto that has always been well looked after, just had new shocks and rotors put in, all belts changed, serviced every 5K with premium oils for the last 10 yrs etc and no crazy mods etc sitting my garage in a sad state. The Engine still roars to life when you turn the key but it has no drive (possibly cos the Tranny cooler had snapped in half and there is no tranny oil) and to be honest, as much as I love the car, i feel like its been raped and i dont really want to attempt to rebuild it and i got a new job which has to do a bit of traveling and i think its time for a new more economical car. (having said that, I found myself looking at R33 GTR's the other day)

so i was wondering, what sort of price should i sell the whole car for? I honestly have no idea. I have no doubt it could be repaired, but might cost a bit of money. I don't really wanna strip the parts as i dont have the time or the energy to do that. Here are a list of some the goodies it has: Apexi N1 turboback exhaust, Apexi Safc2, K&N air filter, Brand New KYB shocks (less than 1K done on these) Brand new DBA slotted rotors. As i have mentioned, the Engine is still in great condition and has not been impacted by the accident.

so how much should i sell the whole thing for?

thanks guys!

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Unfortunately, R33's are not worth a whole lot these days, in running condition, with rego etc and reasonably stock, I've seen them sell for as low as $4,000 for Series 1, and upto around a top of 13K these days for S2.

Unfortunately one with nearly every panel dented is going to be on the lower end of the scale.

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Yeah sad fact of R33 these days, you get more money from selling off 10 parts than the whole thing. Remove the engine and good parts, sell them and scrap the body. Or if you can't be bothered, you could get maybe 2500-3000 for the whole thing...at a guess.

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