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That's what I mean, like at the time I was like yeah! My dream car is in reach!!!

Now I'm like F*#K I wasted a load of money on something I can't prove

are you happy with it? yes? then why worry about it :)

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  • 8 months later...

I got ripped on mine :/

S1 r33 2skyline door full 400r kit and gtr wing pod filter and 3" catback and work vs kf 17" rims and c20 ecu chip

Paid 9000 and had to change over to tassie reg and get 2 new tyres ended up being 10g

S2 late year 2000 34 gtt , 37,000 k , sunroof

Non smoker one owner in japan car

5 years ago

Some expensive mods and wheels

Spotless car auction grade 4+ when purchased

$34,000 complied and rego

After gfc they fell thru the floor cost wise

Now see prices going back up slightly for good examples

going to be my coffin never sell it lol

Maybe buy a 34 gtr or 35 but keep the gtt as well

Nismo model R35 2013 mmmm instant racecar

Bought my 2003 V35 350GT Coupe 7 months ago with 70,000km on the clock for exactly $21,000 bone stock. I was silly and did not look around enough for a better deal on a V35. I should have known better, i sell cars for a living,

Only problems it had, worn comp rod bushing, drivers side window motor on it's way out, slight grind into 5th gear..

All have been fixed up and a few more mods added, apart from that slight grinding into 5th.. need it sorted though.

Whoever said a few pages back that cars on car yards are sold for around $5k+ profit is accurate, most of the vehicles i get in my yard are brought into stock 5-10k more than what it owes depending on the vehicle of course.

As for trade-in's. you will ALWAYS LOSE MONEY if you trade in your car rather than selling it privately. We have to be able to sell the car, therefore it must have profit. Plus if there's things that need doing to the car before it can be sold in order to avoid a stat warranty nightmare, then you will lose even more money as it will come out of our pocket.

I got ripped on mine :/

S1 r33 2skyline door full 400r kit and gtr wing pod filter and 3" catback and work vs kf 17" rims and c20 ecu chip

Paid 9000 and had to change over to tassie reg and get 2 new tyres ended up being 10g

That doesn't sound too bad at all. Some decent goodies, not cheap by any means but not overly expensive either.

Paid a bit over $16k for a fairly clean R32 GTR about 9 months ago.

Might have been a bit too much, but it's a 1994, and I haven't really had any major issues... which is better than the "bought a GTR two weeks ago and just spun a main bearing" horror stories.

Paid $16.5k - R34 Gtt

94,000 on the clock

Very clean and tidy with all log books.....hell even the original mats look like they are brand new

Dvd player

Everything else absolutely stock apart from the NIsmo dash

  • 3 weeks later...

Silver 93 r32 gtr 19500

107,000km

Owned for 7mouths

Very clean.

-no rust , no paint fade , no dash bubble.

Mods

-intercooler, all plumbing, r34 n1 turbos,k&n filters

Removed afm's, turbosmart bov n eboost2, tomei camshafts n gears, oil cooler n relocater, haltech ecu,sard 600cc injectors, kakimoto racing full megan1 exhaust ,spitfire coil packs,tein coilovers , F and R cusco strut brace

I've forgotten some but back to work I go.

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Black r33 gtst 1993 series 1 model

bought 3 months ago $2,500.

105xxx on the clock

pretty much stock,

17" wheels and low profiles, turbo, body kit blow off valve, coil overs and neons, 3" exhaust mandrel bent, some big as pod filter, wing, turbo timer,

Previous owner couldnt pay the mechanic for work done on the car, it sat in the shop for 2 years, the guy signed the car over to the mechanic to sell and recoup what he is owed, and i pinched it for a mere $2,500.

cant complain about that.

One mans loss is another mans gain

:)

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*'98 S1 R34 GTT coupe

*Silver

*Auto

*78,000 km

*100% stock. NEVER been modded.

*Imported from Japan less then 12 months ago

*Full Japanese log book and service history (genuine, believe it or not)

* Passed compliance 1st time with flying colors

*Import and Australian compliance papers provided with sale

*NO rear spoiler, factory standard (no holes in boot lid, has NOT been patched.) (I HATE rear spoilers)

*Factory NIsmo body kit

*Paint in EXCELLENT condition (minus a couple of minor scratches which happened during import)

$12,000.

Paid 9.5k for a 40th anniversary R33, bog stock. I was looking for 2-3 months, I think I looked at just about every 33 that was on carsales (series 1 and 2).

97,000kms (genuine? who knows)

Manual

Mint interior

Exterior 8/10, getting r/h/r quater resprayed (I'm a picky bastard :no: )

I was actually surprised at just how many 33's out there that are just sh*t and have alot of issues, alot look good in pics but are complete rubbish in real life, crunching gearboxes, dodgy resprays, bent chassis rails and/or completely non existent sills, makes you wonder who actually buys these, not that mines perfect but still didn't expect it to be so hard to find a good 33 that wasnt completely demo'd, considering the amount of 33's around.

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