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GTR-N1 Grand Master

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Welcome to SAU Tyran.

There are too many variables to be able to answer your question like...

* there are skylines and there are skylines

* we don't know how heavy your right foot is

* the state of tune

* it might have turbo/s or it may not

* how much fuel costs in your area

* insurance varies contingent upon your driver history + your suburb + the type of skyline

* do you drive in peak hour traffic

* automatic Vs manual transmission

* how old and tired the engine is

* driving just yourself or up to 3 others

* registration costs are different according to state

* CTP costs are different according to state

* if you don't own the car outright, the interest on a loan will vary

We can only give you a ballpark figure if you tell us what you're diving now, and also tell us what that is costing you per year; tell us what particular model you're interested in - and perhaps, just perhaps, we can offer you a comparison.

Maybe you can answer some of the above questions too?

*LOACH* Veteran

*LOACH*

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Driving a Skyline will cost you your ability to tolerate driving anything NA ever again.

Unless of course you buy an NA Skyline in which case it will cost you the respect of others.

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xntrq Veteran

xntrq

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Driving a Skyline will cost you your ability to tolerate driving anything NA ever again.

Unless of course you buy an NA Skyline in which case it will cost you the respect of others.

EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSEEEE MEEEEEE.

P

Serious note, NA Skylines are a good way to enter the world of Skylines and RBs. You get used to it before you demolish your first pride and joy (you have no idea how many first turbo cars get written off).

I run a NA R34 with RB25DE Neo, my costs are:

Fuel: $60-$95 per 500 KMs on Premium 98 (prices vary, I use Shell VPower with Coles -8c dockets :ph34r:), I fill up twice a week so $150-$200 P/w for me for suburban driving, squeezed out 600KMs

Rego: Whatever RMS charges, about $250-300 for me plus custom plates

Insurance: 3rd Part fire and theft, about $650-750, Comprehensive is a good $2.3k+ however long you've held your license for (had a quote for $6K fresh off my P's :rofl2:)

That's just figures for my R34 non turbo automanual as a daily car to and from work and plenty of casual driving, regular starts and stops, maybe a few little launches but other than that, no burnouts, no speeding, no revs and suburban driving. Gives you an idea.

mad082 Grand Master

mad082

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I pay $860 for full comp! Wow

 

Who what when how why car license age

I only paid $1050 a year when I was 25 when I had my r33. That was about 6 years ago though (back when a 33 was still worth something). It would've been $950 but I put the missus on the insurance and she was only 23.
ZRBE Experienced

ZRBE

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Who what when how why car license age

21, clean licence, 1993 manual r32 gtst type M, just car insurance.. told them I was paying $1600+ with NRMA and they said $866 yearly. Stoked!

This was after calling around a couple of insurance companies.

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