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Hi guys,

I'm a Newbie to Skylines and cars in general. I'm looking at an R33 (not sure what series) tomorrow.

It's white, manual, turbo, no mods except GTR bodykit and exhaust.

Apparently the interior is a pig of a car but the engine has been rebuilt recently due to a friend blowing up their engine.

Price is $7k cash. (I only have $8k).

What should I look out for when I inspect the car?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers guys,

Sanjay

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Hi guys,

I'm a Newbie to Skylines and cars in general. I'm looking at an R33 (not sure what series) tomorrow.

It's white, manual, turbo, no mods except GTR bodykit and exhaust.

Apparently the interior is a pig of a car but the engine has been rebuilt recently due to a friend blowing up their engine.

Price is $7k cash. (I only have $8k).

What should I look out for when I inspect the car?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers guys,

Sanjay

Whales.

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sanjay

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Hi guys,

I'm a Newbie to Skylines and cars in general. I'm looking at an R33 (not sure what series) tomorrow.

It's white, manual, turbo, no mods except GTR bodykit and exhaust.

Apparently the interior is a pig of a car but the engine has been rebuilt recently due to a friend blowing up their engine.

Price is $7k cash. (I only have $8k).

What should I look out for when I inspect the car?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers guys,

Sanjay

Does everyone think that Series 2 are much better than series 1 R33's because of the ABS and Airbags?

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Whales.

Do a search

I'll be honest, I need to get my post count up to 10 before I can reply to PM's.

So rather than write shit on someone else's topic, I thought I might ask a relevant question here.

Sorry to offend!

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Does everyone think that Series 2 are much better than series 1 R33's because of the ABS and Airbags?

Up to you if you think the ABS & airbags are worth it... I didn't care that mine didn't have neither, since the car I drove before (VN commodore) had none, its good old seat belts is all I need.

Theres not much difference from the performance side from S1 or S2...

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The main difference with the series II is the different stlying. Have a look at a series II and a series I, pick which one you like the look of better (because if you decide to change at a later date it costs a shit load).

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