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Hi all,

i need advice or im going to go insane. Ive been looking at getting a R33 GTST for a while and am about 2 seconds from taking out a loan and going and buying myself one of those sexy, sexy beasts.

Problem is im on my P's still.

Are cops likely to hound me heaps if i get one? I dont want to end up loosing my licence and being unable to drive it.

Am i better off getting a smaller loan and putting it into my R31?

Its just a stock GXE and i was thinking of converting that to manual ($1650) and putting on a 2.5inch zorst and extractors and mabie a pod filter.

I just dont know if that will quench my thirst for the next 11 months.

Any advice would be appreciated.

By The way i live in mornington if anyone knows what the cops are like down here in regaurds to skylines

Cheers ;)

Steve

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There is another mornington 'liner here, can't remeber the nick exactly, Rhett or something like that, might on P's too? he should be able to give ya a bit more geographical relevant info.

I just bought a GT-T, got about 1 year left on my P's. From what i've heard, if you don't drive like an idiot, don't draw attention to yourself, you should be fine. Well i hope so! ;)

Just dont got getting your self into debt. If its your first car go buy some econo car or something crappy and get some driving exp under ur belt before u go out and grab a skyline.

Also take into consideration insurance. You could put it in ur parents name but then ur rating will probably stay at 5 or whatever it is now. Some companys even reset it if hte cars not in ur name

ahh cheers dudes,

yeah ive had my R31 since before i was in the army but now that im out im sick of it. its auto and it shits me.

It was my grandpas though and he had it since it was new. (any offers! Ha Ha!)

there is a GTST for 16000 round here, imac and 89000k's

ohhhhh the agony!

How long u had the R31 for?

I've still got my Nissan Pulsar hatch, '91 1.6ltr. Had that for... 1.5 years? Like what Intensevil said, good to get some experience, and i'm glad i didn't get the R33 in the end when i was 18 (nearly 19) so i saved a bit more, got some driving experience with the Pulsar and just got the GT-T now. But sounds like you've got a bit of driving under your belt anyway with the R31. So i reckon you should be fine, but yeah, just check out insurance first as well.

cheers and best of luck!

Buy a 33 mate...no mucking around lol

I wouldnt waste my money on doing up a 31

I took out a loan last year, while i was on L's...got my p's around 4 months ago.

the only reason i took the loan out was because i could feel safe that i could easily sell the car for around the price i bought it for 2 years later down the track...as long as i didnt ride it off

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ahh cheers dudes,

yeah ive had my R31 since before i was in the army but now that im out im sick of it. its auto and it shits me.

It was my grandpas though and he had it since it was new. (any offers! Ha Ha!)

there is a GTST for 16000 round here, imac and 89000k's  

ohhhhh the agony!

for 16g's it wont be immac or have only 89,000km. Just be carfully coz there are still alot of dodgy people still around trying to offload crap.

And it doesent matter what age u r, cops will still hassel u about your "blower valve" even tho they dont know wtf it is.

Stay away from the loan if possible..... if you have the 31, then keep it, drive it around until you have saved enough money to buy the car that you want (I don't understand the fascination with 33's, personally they don't appeal to me at all unless it's a GTR)

If you get a loan for a car, then you have to find money to pay back the loan, and fix anything that goes wrong with the car in the meantime (as well as continuing to fork out for all the other usual car stuff)

Once you start to add things up, it will get expensive.

Keep the 31. :)

Embrace the 31 :)

Learn to love the 31 :)

SKY031, you rekon just do up the old R31?

just chuck in the mods listed on www.r31skylineclub.com in the FAQ's?

Im at suck a dillema. because i know the RB30E engine in the car has NEVER been thrashed. not even by me. my Pa bought it with 20K's on the clock

hrmm...

What could cops do to me if i did get pulled over with a GTST?

Thanks heaps for all the imput by the way

my skyline is stock and every time the cops get me for something sooo stupid it's sad, ie, worn down wiper blade, new tires, crap like that.

if you get a 33 and look after it, keep it clean, staty away from drag and drifts, you'll be fine, cops won't touch you.

But get the 33, best thing i ever brought!!

ditch the 31 grab the 33, thats what i did, best thing i ever did too! **** the cops, just dont drive like an idiot n u'll be right :D

Yer, if he dont drive like you he'll never loose his license :)

Mate, dont get a loan if you can help it.

Keep the R31, bear with the fact that you dont like it. Dont waste any money on it at all.

Save up the cash... and buy an R33 outright, or as close to it as you can. Even if it takes you 7 months. It'll be more worthwhile.

I'd personally wait till your off your P's if you've only got 7 more months to go.

Also remember insurance, it might pay to call up about that too :rant:

As INASNT said, for 16k, you wont be getting one in 'top condition'

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