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Yes insurance sucks for 18/19 y/o....

1900 per year for me..

$1,900 is cheap, are you crazy? I'm 21 with a pretty clean driving history, and for me to insure the GTR fully comprehensive was $3,500 with Just car or $3,800 with Shannon's. Famous said it wouldn't be more than $3,000. Pfft! It's BS I tell ya!

By the way Kylie, it may be a good idea to put aside enough money for an engine rebuild before you start spending money on mods. I speak from experience....

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18 and owning a gtr - and female too

ive got a female frend who owns a 1996 r33 gts

what is it with all these females getting good cars

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i just whish that ur gtr was my gtr!!!!!

thats what i hope to get in the next 100 years (ill be able to afford it then hopefully!) - a r32 gtr or a r33 gtr

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hey how are u all goin?? my names kylie im 18 years of age.....and im a childcare worker!

5months ago i bought a R32 GTR 1989:) its all stock atm but when the money starts rolling in again it wil b getting work done to it! i would like to keep it as orginal as possible thought:P~

anyway im new to this site and thought i would say hello:)

hope to see u all around:):)

ill get a pic of my car up there very soon:)

Hi there!

Well done on the new aquisition, the R32 GTR is a great car (I'm sure I don't need to tell you tho').

If you haven't had the advice already, I suggest that you leave the boost at factory until you are ready for a turbo upgrade/rebuild, the ceramic rear wheels let go pretty easy especially on the older GTR's. Mine let go at 11psi just due to old age. Keep the power levels down below 400rwhp once you do mod it or you will find the old grandad of a motor will die very quickly, leaving you with a rebuild bill of greater than $7k (stock). Having money in the bank for a car of this age is probably smarter than modding it to begin with as well (I'd put away about $5k as an emergency fund) and allow around $2k or so per year purely for mechanical up keep.

There are plenty of great people on these forums if you ever need advice or more often than not sympathy when your car breaks down. lets face it that's performance car ownership.

have fun!

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^MiSsY^ you didnt happen to 'race' a grey 4dr r33 a couple of weeks back in innaloo did u?

hahahaha yea i did acutlly :P but i had my best mate and his brother in my car who was telling me to slow down for cops :rolleyes:

lol what that u was it??

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haha yeah was me, it was hardly a race either :P

i remember your GTR being up at Autoworks as I imported my car through Paul up there. Does it go well??

its goes realli hard......i want more power though :) im addicted! hehehehe

yer well i will see u guys all at cruises im always out and dont b afriad to come and say hii:) i dont bite much hehehehe

Ill b out 2night:)

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hrmmm. Why in the world is ur insurance so cheap!!! I'm 23. Clean record, FMIC, BOV, Exhaust, CAI and Cheap rims, i'm payin 1400! Well at least it'll be 1k next year.. BUT STILL! Argh. Stupid insurance companies. Forgot to add. It's a R33 GTS-t. Sheesh.

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i kno....not fair hey! but im happy with it....its good for my wallet! hahahaha

well hopefully there is a cruise on soon and ill bring my car out and say hello to all u lovely ppl:) and ill make sure i bring driver with me:) or get him to take his out too:):P

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Nice work on the GTR, although they can be pretty pricey if something lets go inside the engine. GTR's are getting cheaper and cheaper nowdays and still look agressive in standard form. Nice work on the insurance that is very cheap. I still havent found a quote under $3k although mine is not exactly stock standard. meh.

cruise... mmm must see if we can organise something soon. keep your eyes looking at the events section and you will know when something going on.

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