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Gee wiz...Am getting some good info thanx. Am now having second thoughts about this type of car.Things breaking, theft, cops & attempted car jacking! Whats wrong with people these days? Anyway, have taken on board your comments about importing a Skyline, think I'll look for a local one. I have a friend @ work who is currently importing Skylines from Japan. Have seen some of his imports in our staff carpark, very nice indeed! On the subject of insurance I will ring around & get some verbal quotes. Your info has been great on what my future car will need ie: Alarm & Imobillizer. As far as what colour to get, I like the look of the metallic Purple, Silver, Steel Grey. I have already owned a White car, yes the Skyline looks great in white but, nah! Now who can settle this current debate on what fuel you have to run? Do you absolutely have to run these machines on 98 RON or will they also run on 95 RON. Please explain. Spare Parts. I will look at the forum on this site on items for sale, but can someone please tell me what sort of 'common' things break on a R33 Skyline. If I'm going to have to keep fixing this car then maybe I'm better off keeping my trusty Mazda. Anyway, my passion is still there, I love the sound of an RB26DET engine as it rumbles past me, the clean lines in their bodies and those awsome round tail-lights. Keep the feedback coming please as you all are helping me heaps!

So whats the go if you want to import one of these beasts? Who is the leader in Melbourne for importing a Skyline? I was on Spencer St, West Melbourne today looking at the Skylines in GTI. Prices were abit high for me but they did have a nice R33 GTR V-Spec for $80,000! Yeah right, dream on I said to myself! How do you know that your NOT buying a lemon from overseas? Aren't you better off buying private or from a dealer? Please explain? My girlfriend was pushing me flatout today to take one for a test drive, too bloody scared to as I know what will happen...I want one!

Nice looking machine 'dezz'. Hope you don't have to wait to much longer. Had a look at the pic's, thanx, I am now green with envy! The only Skylines that I own @ the moment are my x5 1/18 scale Autoart GT-R JGTC's and my 1/18 scale Biante 1991 GTR Bathurst Winner by Skaife & Richards! I'll just keep dreaming on for the moment...

Thanks 'dezz' for your coments. I see that you mention that you are waiting for 'MY 33'. Whats the go there? Are you waiting for one that is being imported?

You have all given me some great advice...thankyou! I haven't heard much debate on whether I'm looking @ the the right Skyline for the $$$ I wish to spend. What's the general consensus out there these days on which Skyline is the best? What is the most popular model at the moment out on our Melbourne streets thses days? Whats the best place to get one? Second hand (private seller), dealer or import your own? I reside in the lovely Western suburbs... Also can anyone tell me what the dyno shootout schedule is for the Auto Saloon Show thats coming our way in November 12-13. Will it be on at Geoff's Shed again? A few of my mates from work want to go but they dont want to get to the show @ around 10am to find out that the dyno runs dont start until 3pm. Can anyone help me out?

Thankyou for your reply's, I'm learning new stuff already! As stated in my opening I'm not looking for a heavily modified machine but just a nice clean near stock standard GTS-T. The only mods that I would look at is exhaust & rims. I believe that these cars must also have an alarm fitted which must have 'all black wiring' fitted. Is this true?

Oops, yes I meant GTS-T, thankyou.

I am new to Skylinesaustralia as I have a passion to own a Nissan Skyline one day. My heart is looking @ a 96-98 GTS R33 Nissan Skyline Series II M-Spec. I currently drive (please don't laugh) a 2002 Mazda SP20. Its a great 5 door Hatch as I can throw people in the back when I have to & it has room to be able to move stuff around once the back seats have been put down. It also has very low km's due to the distance that I drive from home to work. It currently has about 34,000 km's on the clock. The down side is that it must run on Premium Unleaded fuel at all times, great km's you might say but not so good on the hip pocket when it comes to fill her up! If I were to sell her (if I could sell her) I reakon I would get between $20,000 - $23,000 for her, but who wants a car that runs on Premium Unleaded fuel these days? With that figure in mind am I looking at the right Skyline to buy? I dont want a massive turbo, a fully 'souped up' mean machine, I just want a clean nice looking Skyline with perhaps a differnt exhaust system & bigger wheels, say 17-18" rims. What's the cost of insuring one of these cars as a 36 year old male? Are spare parts readily available on demand & where? What sort of fuel economy would I expect out of a GTS R33. Do they also have to run on Premium Unleaded? I have a very supportive girlfriend who keeps telling me 'go & buy your dream car, you only live once'. Un heard of I know but she is a gem who is pulling at my heart strings, hence why I have called this topic Decisions, Decisions! So any constructive feed back would be much appreciated, in the mean time I will try & read more of the forums to try & increase my knowledge of Skylines.

I'd go for the R33, for 15k your doing well if the car is in good nick