Weapon of Choice - GTR finally mine

[Jamezilla]

uLa32:

Track day: Yeah. Bill said they had the grey '34 out and about last weekend with John Bowe. He told me they are organising one for customers but needed to sort the PI insurance... will ask tomorrow.

BTW: The car is being kept there (at GTA) until I get back... so go have a squiz

[T0nyGTSt]

PowerFC the mother... you know you want the Apex'i treatment

Also would you mind taking a wallpaper sized pix of the GT-R next to the Lada.

That would be so funny.

T.

[StraightSix]

Yup we need a picture like that!

VERY sweet ride you got there!

J

[Shell]

gorgeous car, Jamezilla

purple would be my choice on an R33 GTR too :uh-huh:

I looove that colour!

hehe for some reason i always thought that Lada thing under your name was a joke....I guess not!

[inark]

OMG!! thats awesome!! im not a fan of the R33... but the REAL DEAL GTRs i do

looks veeeeeeeeeery shmick! cant wait to see it on a cruise or something... will have my Compact Flash cards ready to fill up

very nice buy james!

yeah im with ula i have room here if u need to store it! hehe

[Jamezilla]

Very much looking forward to be out cruising with the Melbourne people.

Back in Aus in mid/late Feb - anyone want anything from US?

And as I said - the guys at Gran Turismo in Melb are keeping the car in the showroom for me - go have a look, it is much better in the metal.

Shell:

Lada - hahaha. My friends WISH it was a joke.

Will take a nice 'family' photo when I get back.

For now though....

[predator]

Wiqued car there mate...

So are you going to drive it like a lada?

[T0nyGTSt]

Originally posted by predator666

Wiqued car there mate...

So are you going to drive it like a lada?

"wave your arms in the air..."

"drive it like you juz don't care..."

T.

[Jamezilla]

Predator:

Hahaha - the Lada only drives one way... slowly.

There will be much care taken with the new baby. The Lada will be kept for super-sunny days and crawling over rocks and through mud-pits

Need to find a good trimmer though - some junkie f@#k slashed my roof to relieve me of my ashtray (go figure) so it's permanently topless at the moment. The Nissan will take pride of place in the garage... so the mighty Niva will need to be protected from the elements once more.

Can't wait to be out cruising in the GTR though... so stupid that I only get it for an afternoon before going away

Any thoughts on plates? It has 'GTR-88' at the moment (last owner was Chinese and 8 is lucky) but I want something different...

[ex-static]

Do you mind me asking how much something like that set you back?.. it sure is a beast.

Congrats on the buy!

[Jamezilla]

Ex:

Price was pretty standard for series 3 from a dealer - I sent you a PM with more detailed reply.

Bottom line - I was happy with price

[ex-static]

well done..

maybe get the plates JAMZIL. JAMZLA.. heh

[Jamezilla]

Yeah - I thought about that.

Maybe JZILLA - but it looks like I have the word 'jizz' somewhere in there... and that's not quite the path I wish to tread Anyway, I could always get JIZMO

I was thinking IKUZO which means 'let's go, NOW' in Japanese, or GOLGO like the manga assassin. I wanted GOJIRA but it's gone. Same with AKIRA.

TOKYO3 is a maybe, as is AKUMA (the devil) ASHURA (fighting demon) and GFORCE... but I'm just not sure.

Thanks for thoughts though

[skyzerr33]

hell

that would look sexy in my drive way

wanna swap??

congrats on ur purchase hope u enjoy her

[Timmy G]

sensational car *drool*

[tonyxc]

hi there,

i actually have the same beast, same wheels hahahaha

and i also know the previous owner of the car - nice bloke

good luck with the car

[Baron Bohr]

Nice car! Will get one myself one day!

[Merli]

Ummm... I'm really not sure how to break this to you mate................

Ummmmm.....

........................... that's not a 1997 Series 3.

It has Xenon headlights, but it doesn't have the Series 3 front lip, or red seat inserts. It's either a 1995 or 1996 with Xenon headlights. Does it have a passenger airbag, rough, raised console trim and series 2 steering wheel? If so, then it's most probably a 1996... If not, it's a 1995...

I sure hope you didn't pay Series 3 prices for it

[Jamezilla]

Merli:

Yeah I knida had suspisions about that.

I'd say it's a full-house 'run-out' series 2 - as the build date is listed as 1997.

I was happy with the price (especially with all the extras).

So... it may be a pretend series 3, but I'll love it all the same

Thanks for the heads up.

[Merli]

No worries mate...

If you had suspicions, you should have asked us!!! We'd have told you and it could have been another bargaining tool for you to get the price even lower!

Anyway... It looks great, and the only differences between Series 2 and Series 3 are the headlights (which are already there), the front lip (about $900 from Nissan) and the red seat inserts (who cares?)... So there really isn't much to it

If it's got a build date of 1997, it must be the very very VERY last of the Series 2s

Can I ask whether or not you checked whether the engine number matched with the compliance plate/tag on the firewall? (can't remember where it's been stamped) And whether you checked the paint code matched the car? Another thing to watch out for is that the BLUE NISSAN Build Plate should have the text PRINTED on... NOT ENGRAVED... If it is engraved, it's fake... Japanese theives have gotten their hands on these plates and are engraving their own which they whack on stolen cars...

I've looked at too many import cars than I'd care to remember that have had the "dodgy-habib" wand waved over them, and I'd hate to see a fellow enthusiast get burnt... It always pays to keep your emotions in check and be objective about things, especially when a STUNNING PURPLE R33 GTR is staring you in the face

p.s. The car looks awesome