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I had my car checked out by them, cost 330 or so, not sure if thats becasue they had to get some1 that knew about imports, or because they checked it at a house.

Either way they did an ok job, i picked up a few things they didnt after, though all in i think it was worth it.

If i had to do it again, knowing what I do, id opt to pay my mechanic to check it over...

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Yeh you see the problem is I dont have any mechanic that i know who knows stuff about skylines well.... I've been offered by a few guys on the board help but im thinking of getting the nrma and a persons from the board or one of their mechanics to check it out so that way i cant lose....u never can be too safe!!

Im willing to spend the money to get quality!!

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You want to buy a Skyline locally? $330 sounds like a lot. You might want to get some people here who know what to look for to give it the once over...

When I got my Skyline from the ship I had some mates go over it and give me a sorta inventory of what's on it and what needed to be fixed.

T.

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I had one as well, $275 about 2 years ago.

Cheap insurance. They may not 100% on the all the electrics etc, but they can sure spot repairs etc, and most of the guys who are doing inspections are quite capable mechanically.

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hey Guy's,

just speaking from personal experience, but my view is that unless you're after basically a visual check, i would not be getting an inspection done. About 3 years ago when i was looking at buying a particualr GTS25t I had an inspection done on the car I wanted. The price was about as high as you guys have allready stated and the guy was test driving the car for well over an hour. His verdict was that the car was bordering on excellent. Of course he pointed out all the scratches etc etc. Following this I let the importer know that I wanted the car, and 2 days later I got a phone call from the broker saying that the car was at it's warranty check and was only running on 5 cylinders. This was not picked up by the NRMA guy in anyway shape of form and when I called to ask why it was missed, his response was " we don';t have x-ray vision to look inside engines". My advise is get a trusted mechanic that is known to you.

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When I sold my last car the buyer had it inspected at BD4's in Sydney. They did a pretty good job, not sure what they charged but went right over the car, engine, drive train, you name it. Getting it done at a workshop meant they could put the car on a hoist and the mechanic also drove the car with us in it to test it on the road. Verdict.

"mate cars in good nick apart from being BLOODY LOW"

:P

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