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Keep in mind that in 1-2 years time you will be able to pick up clean and well looked after Skylines and other sports cars for much cheaper. With the way it is all going, there will be an influx of sports car sales (already v8s are impossible to sell) and you will have a choice which one to get... So if you sell your R33 now for say 13 K, you will be able to pick a better one for around 10 K in a years time if not sooner. Hey I sometimes wish I had my Skyline still, but then I cringe of the thought of selling her for half the price...

When the regular petrol hits past $2 by the end of this year, your R34 will not be worth $20 K+... closer to 18-19 K... if you are patient enough and there are buyers looking for cars that druink premium unleaded (add 10 cents on top). And yes you are right, some people can't afford to buy a house while working at Maccas, but they also should not own an expensive import if they knew what is good for their finance. If I looked back 12 months ago, there is no way Id imagine Id be buying a house this year... it takes a lot of saving, patience, living below your means and letting go of "fun" things today in order to enjoy more of them tomorrow! The problem with our society is that we want fun and we want it right now.

Seriously though, ur Jazz is a daily and R33 is a weekend right? Also how far away is your house coming up? I think you said end of the year? I just bought mine (settled) two weeks ago and its scary at first but then once you sort out your finances, rent a room or two out to friends/family/gf/bf... it all can be quiet good.

Well said!

I dunno... does your Jazz have a pod filter?

How old are you Andrew? And have you ever had a GF? No offence but you sound like a young guy full of testosterone and not much common sense upstairs Idiots that drag at the lights, lose their fully sick rides to police and rightfully so. Its usually the hoons that own a fully hectic Skyline or a commodore that are in their late 20s and still live with mom and dad.

If you need to ask which is more important in life, a car or a house, then you obviously need to grow up and mature, especially with current real estate market in Australia. I have just sold my Skyline and bought a near newish 3 bedroom, two storey house within 22 KMs from CBD. I could of even kept the Skyline but I figured that a fuel economic car like a Corolla will suit my budget a lot better and I got a decent price selling my car EARLY instead of waiting till the petrol hits 2 bucks where Id get peanuts. I also own shares but they fell over recently which does not matter as I am in it for the long haul. And as some already said, the house will appreciate in the years ahead, a car (esp a Skyline) will always fall in price. Now I just need to find myself a newish corolla... boring but effective. And besides, if you put up with crap early on in life (buy a house and pay it off as much as you can early on) or buy more investment properties and shares then after a while you will rip the rewards because your assets will apreciate and who knows you might even be able to drive an exotic while... So the moral is, buy a house asap, live below your means and you will achieve financial success earlier than most people. EDIT Oh and ask old people how "sweet" it is to live off the pension... cant afford anything and most of the old folk in this country own their home outright... imagine that you have to rent when you are 60 yo! Also remember that your time and working ability is your greatest and most important asset, once you get old and weak, you can kiss your financial security good bye.

Wow... Nissan sure knows how to make ugly cars.

Its not for me...Im saving up for a current shape corolla ascent Barina is a Holden... I am sceptical as how long it will be till the crap starts falling off. Actually I dont want another Ford or Holden, period.

The problem with Jazz is its pricey on parts and service cos its Honda. Yaris is also fairly pricey to buy but cheap to run. Manual Getz is like 4-5 K cheaper than auto too.

Put your car up for sale, sell it to the first reasonable offer. Your skyline will be worth half of what it is now by the end of the year when the petrol creeps up to two bucks.

Hi guys, What are everyone's thoughts on Hyundai Getz? Seems cheap, reliable and low cost running.

$20! This weekend special, take them now or they will be gone for good as I am moving houses and will be leaving them to my mate who has an r33.

lol good point. these people think running a website is free business.

Money talks, bullsh|t walks!

$50! Take it or leave it!

Whats better? A Hilux or a Commodore wagon?

Get the Mazda... petrol will be 2 bucks by the end of the year.

Less than 1% will own an R35 on this forum... what's the point?

Who is your mate's main supplier?

With regular unleaded at$1.70 and rising every fortnight. Good luck with that!

PULP petrol is around $1.80 mark... good luck filling up... $100 bucks to fill a 55 litre tank.

Not if it means eating two min noodles for dinner every night lol

People that are on low income and who still have a Skyline or some other turbo import or a local V8... it's only gonan get tougher for you. The longer you keep denying that "it will get better" the harder it will be to sell your "pride and joy", more like botomless money pitt and the less money you will get for it in the future. I bought my stock R33 GTST in 2006 for just under 18 K, sold it over 2 months ago for just over 13 K... that was before the petrol hit over $1.60 for PULP. So if you still have a Skyline and can barely afford it... trade up to a 4 cyl NA No power or looks but your wallet will love you.

From what I understand, most auction cars are ex fleet/company/governemnt cars that get treated like shit. I would not buy something that I really wanted to be reliable from there.