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So here we are. After many years of idle dreaming it looks increasingly likely that I will be able to buy my dream car - an R-32 GT-R.

Unfortunately I am somewhat of a newbie and although I am feverishly pouring over manuals, pictures and the forums I am still somewhat uncomfortable in the buying process.

So I guess my question is, whether there is some independent expertise out there that could be brought along to have a look at a car (private or yard) that would be able to say "That's a good one" or "Don't touch this one because...." - basically a 'Buyer's advocate' - a service provider that is happy to charge a suitable fee to offer independent advice on a car.

Any ideas ??

All answers and guidance appreciated (Even "You're dreaming" ;-)

BTW - not looking for highly modified example, rather a clean one instead (or even 'one of the 100' )

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Well listen - if there is a local one you are interested you'll always find someone from the club that will be happy to go with you and check it out. Otherwise one of the main workshops will do it for you - like Racepace, Ice Performance, AVO etc. Someone recently had one checked out.... somewhere (I can't remember where) and was impressed with their service. Hopefully they'll post up to remind me! LOL

But as I said if you know of a car post it up and when you are going to go check it out and chance are someone from here can tag along. I know a few of us have been happy to check out a few for people in the past.

Cheers.

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That's some of the best news I've heard yet (phew)

Being new to the community, I wasn't quite sure what to expect but I will certainly keep this in mind and will take up the offer when the time comes.

Currently I am (realistically) looking at a purchase sometime early next year when my new house is finished (and the left over money can contribute to the deposit ;-)

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That's some of the best news I've heard yet (phew)

Being new to the community, I wasn't quite sure what to expect but I will certainly keep this in mind and will take up the offer when the time comes.

Currently I am (realistically) looking at a purchase sometime early next year when my new house is finished (and the left over money can contribute to the deposit  ;-)

I have recently bought a 1994 R32 GT-R and had AVO in Cheltenham check it out for me before handing over the cash.

They are straight up and do pre-purchase inspections all the time.

Give Steve Coates a call at AVO when you are ready to buy.

Regards

Andrew

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Best way to do things:

1/ Start casually looking now, even with a mate. Just look for general things. This will give you an idea of condition and prices.

2/ Once you have found a car (early next year) get someone here to have a look. There are plenty of ppl here (myself included) willing to help a fellow Skyline enthusiest.

3/ Just b4 handing over the deposit, take it to a well known w/shop to go over car thoughly. Compresion & leak-down check, suspension & handling check, dyno run and to put it up on a hoist.

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hi there.

i met an engineer who worked on track/race GTRs in a automotive book store a while back. he's not just a mechanic, but a qualified engineer.

when looking for my r32 gts-t, me and my father were able to tell what was trash and what was good... but we're no experts, so we had him come and check out the potential buys. ended up only having him check out 2 cars.

what seemed to be an alright car to us, was actually not. he picked up on things we couldn't. they included loose lifters, a good quality respray of the rear quarter and many other subtle things.

the second car was quality and i bought it.

His name is adrian lovelace and his mobile is 0418336319. we worked out a casual hourly rate. it paid for itself because the problems arising from a car we may have bought would have cost in the future.

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