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hi,

im pretty new to street cars, but having a job an 1hour 1/2 away from town i need a car thats,

good on fuel,

reliable,

fun to drive,

and relitively safe

skyline's and silvia's seem to fit the bill.

its mainly going to be used for going to work and back and around town, not racing/drifting or any of that.

i was just wondering if a non-turbo skyline or no-turbo silvia would be up to the task of getting me to work each day and back?

i;ve read they're pretty good on fuel if not to much right foot is used,

are they reliable?

easy to fix?

are parts cheap or dear?

what about insurace costs for a P-plater?

anything i should be on the look out for when looking at one?

anyways thats all my questions for now,

cheers for any help.

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If you want one do it, my 4 door 33 is great on fuel. Not as good as some cars but still get a lot out of a tank. If you know how to fix stuff yourself or are willing to learn and you shop around parts can be had very cheap.

either a commodore/falcon or 4 cylinder hatch is my vote. the 4 cylinder hatch will get you the best economy (SSS pulsar gets me about 7L/100kms on the highway and it's a little bit on the thirsty side for a small hatch), but the commodore or falcon isn't that bad either. i drive 130kms a day to and from work. my daily is a vt wagon and i see under 9L/100kms from it and i just run it on whatever the cheapest fuel is. don't have to pay for premium fuel. it also doesn't matter if you are a bit slack on maintenance.

good on fuel,

reliable,

fun to drive,

and relitively safe

skyline's and silvia's seem to fit the bill.

mate i know you said you are fairy new to the scene, but skylines and silvias pretty much are none of these things.

fun, yes. safe, yes, but nothing like new cars today. good on fuel, 9 times out of 10 hell no. reliable, depends.

a skyline or silvia is not the car for you if it for a 1.5 hour haul to work every day.

As above, not really good for your situation, i get about 450-500kms out of a full tank in my r32 N/a 4door, depending on how i drive it ofc.

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thanks for a reply guys,

not really wanting a falcon or an comadore, cause their boring and every one has em.

i'll give a go at doing all the work i can my self. or ill get mechanic mates to help me out.

i know this is a skyline site, but are the imprezza's any good?

cheers boys and girls.

thanks for a reply guys,

not really wanting a falcon or an comadore, cause their boring and every one has em.

i'll give a go at doing all the work i can my self. or ill get mechanic mates to help me out.

i know this is a skyline site, but are the imprezza's any good?

cheers boys and girls.

a natro skyline or silvia is as well. both will also be slower than the commodore or falcon as well. both will also be more comfortable, economical and generally cheaper to run and maintain (including insurance, etc) than an import.

as for imprezzas, yes they are good cars. if you get a 2.0L one then it will be about as fast as a natro skyline/silvia as well. slightly less economical than the fwd 4 cylinder cars since you are pushing an awd system, but not by that much.

i'm a little bit biased, and plenty of people will be expecting this from me, but get a SSS pulsar. they are great little cars (i own one) and pretty fast (powered by a natro SR20).

not really wanting a falcon or an comadore, cause their boring and every one has em.

Your going to commute with it anyway, so what's the problem?

Just save up for a turbo skyline weekend car, that's the way to go. Because even if you pick up a nice wrx or whatever "fun" car you want to get, you'll start regretting putting so many kilometers on it every week after a month.

natro?

i dont want a front wheel drive.

what sortof fuel figures are we talking here?

dads falcon ute gets about 10L/100ks

skylines?

silvias?

2.0 imprezza's?

(says on car sales 9-10 L's around town then 7/100 on the highways.)

why not? if you say aything to do with torque steer then you're an idiot. sure you can't do fully cockhead i mean sick drifts, but if you are doing that on the roads then please just take the bus.

as for fuel economy figures, the best i've got on the highway from the SSS is 6.5L/100kms, VT commodore (with over 220,000kms on it) is about 8.5L/100kms. based off the many fuel economy threads on here, a natro skyline will get you about 9L/100kms on the highway, often a bit more, depending on condition. take into account the need to run premium in the imports and your weekly fuel bill will be a few dollars a week more. i went with the commodore over a 4 cylinder for a few reasons. first being comfort. big comfy seats in aussie built cars as well as cruise control. plus the fact that you can get one in reasonable condition pretty cheap as there are plenty for sale. similar aged small cars will cost more. this balances out the difference in fuel costs. plus i didn't care about putting lots of kms on a dirty old commodore. when i go to sell it i will still get close to what i paid for it (in the case of my car, possibly more). i've put nearly 23,000kms on it since march.

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