2001+ R34 series II availability

[MagnaRacer]

Hi I am a long time 'lurker' of these forums and I am looking at getting an R34 Series 2 in the next six months. I currently have a 2001 Magna (yes flame away) and I would be interested in any R34 owners who could give me a comparison between these two cars (apart from the obvious performance diff). I am pretty happy with the Magna except I'd probably like a little bit more 'go' and I'm sick of driving what most people think is a boring old mans car.

Series 2 R34s seem pretty hard to find. One of the importers (who advertises on this site) seems to have one 2001 4 door gtt which looks awesome (especially for a 4 door - which will keep the Mrs happy). Its got one of those series 2 tv/dvd/satnavs but i've read you basically can only use it for dvd and the tv tuner is too expensive to convert and the satnav doesnt have an Aussie map disc (or am i wrong?).

Does anyone know when more 2001 and newer R34's are going to start coming here or where the best place too look is?

[RyanN]

ive driven a rent-a-car 2002-4 magna, compared to my r34 GTT sedan it was a much bigger car, with heavy steering (had to yank the wheel around a few times to do a 90degree turn where as you could drive an r34 with one hand) and no go (compared to the magna the r34 would hit 160km/h by total accident while overtaking very quickly) . Im not a tall guy so the r34 seemed to fit me pretty well since western cars are designed around the typical over 6ft guy therefore you sit in the car as though your in a chair, the r34 being design for the average japanese guy which is about 5,5 which i am the car feeling more like your sitting down with your feet up (similar to a supra). It says its a five seater however you couldn't fit 3 average people along the back since the backseats have a bucket seat feel making the centre seat more of an arm rest. The ride is a little rougher than magna being more sporter but still a very comfortable ride. Plus, it looks better - even in stock form.

[MagnaRacer]

Hmmm so being 185cm / 6Ft '1 it might be a bit tight in there..

Is the insurance better on the sedan version? I'd be looking at the tiptronic auto sedan version also so surely that would be be better even though its a turbo import?

I'm hoping something like 900 to 1000.. currently im a platinum member (hehe) of RACQ but they probably will hear the word skyli.... and say 'take your mobile coffin outta here!'.

Did yours come with the tv/satnav/dvd system? If so do you use it at all for anything?

[R34]

I'm 6'4" (and wide) :-)

Never had a problem with room at all

Cheers

Chris

[RyanN]

Hmmm so being 185cm / 6Ft '1 it might be a bit tight in there..

Is the insurance better on the sedan version? I'd be looking at the tiptronic auto sedan version also so surely that would be be better even though its a turbo import?

I'm hoping something like 900 to 1000.. currently im a platinum member (hehe) of RACQ but they probably will hear the word skyli.... and say 'take your mobile coffin outta here!'.

Did yours come with the tv/satnav/dvd system? If so do you use it at all for anything?

insurance for me being under 25, rating 1, sedan (therefore its not a sports car) at Just car it came to about $1100 in comparison my younger brother pays double that for his 200sx with less power at young & cool insurance (sounds dodgy to me). Don't get me wrong theres plenty of room to stretch out in just compared to western cars (commodore, avalon, magna) it isn't has big. No SatNav option in my version.

[Abo Bob]

I'm 6'5" and have no problems except on the track I need to lean the seat back and bring it forward a notch to fit my helmet in.

My insurance is about 1600-1700. RACQ will tell you where to go by quoting you $6k or something like that.

If you import your own you can get whatever you want.

4 door = cheaper, tiptronic = cheaper ==good.

I wouldn't buy one with the tv thing in it. It doesn't do much in Aus. Get one with the gauges instead.

[RyanN]

RACV told me to piss off when i had my supra however JustCar was a better option anyway since there fairly cheap and you can do unlimited mods with no extra cost.

Abo Bob, where are you getting your insurance?

[Abo Bob]

Famous.