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2005 NISSAN SKYLINE V35 350GT $29,000* Brisbane, QLD http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=10761022 This car is a fantastic car to drive and trouble-free to maintain, and I'll be a sad former owner once it has sold! Some vehicle customisation makes this a great buy, including: + Nismo sports suspension and exhaust + Custom leather seat inserts to match body colour + Eclipse AVN-6000 DVD/CD Player, Navigator, iPod integration, reverse camera and integrated Bluetooth handsfree Of all the colours, this blue is the most difficult to get, particularly in a 6sp manual. New tyres were fitted on all four wheels in mid-May, and 12 months of registrations has just been paid for. Factory standard: + Premium Bose Stereo + Factory sports pedals + Clear side indicators + Leather seats and interior + Nissan F&R + boot mat sets + Xenon headlights It will be hard work to find such a great combination of features in a 350GT Coupe!

I have owned my '05 350GT Coupe now for about 2 weeks and it gets better and better the more I learn it. I'm in my mid to late 20's and was after a sports car that could also stretch its legs out and be enough like a tourer that I could drive Sydney-Melbourne or Sydney-Brisbane without requiring physio at the end of it. I test drove Porsche Boxsters, Merc SLK350's, Nissan 350Z, Mazda RX-8, Lexus IS250, BMW 330Ci and a few other variants. Badge was of no consequence to me at the end of the day, I just wanted a car that was right. I owned a '03 Audi 1.8T Quattro and decided it was time for something new. Out of all the cars I drove, the ones that fit my requirements best were the 350Z and the 330Ci. Why? Well ... Boxster was fantastic to drive but after an hour or so you started to feel the offset seating position in your back. No storage space for long drives and obviously a 2-seater ... not good for road trips to Bulldogs games! SLK350 was a poor version of the Boxster ... same limitations although a fraction more comfortable. Not as good a drive. RX-8 just didn't cut it for me. Drove reasonably well, but looked like a kitted-up Mazda 6 IMHO and just didn't grab me. Lexus IS250 is an executive tourer ... not for me. I didn't want another Audi ... don't ask why, too complicated to explain. The 330Ci was nice, and I was almost convinced except for the fact that every man and his dog with disposable income drives one and I hate that fact. The 350Z was the car I wanted, but the lack of extra seats made me hesitate. The only thing that drove better noticeably was the Boxster ... the 330Ci was great to drive but took away too many of the dynamics for my liking ... something the 350Z doesn't do if you get the Track variant. I stumbled across the 4-seater 350GT Coupe by accident in Drummoyne, had a drive, found it to be fantastic and a better drive than the 350Z and I immediately sort out a way of importing one. Haven't looked back since. Mine has a few mods to it ... basically suspension and exhaust with some minor interior tweaks. I have the blue coupe in 6spd manual (obviously!). The exhaust mod lifts the output to closer to 230kW from the standard 221kW. For what I was after, it really was the only choice. Having driven quite a few Boxster's and Boxster S's I must say that this car is nearly every bit as good a drive with the suspension and exhaust mods. And at less than half the price, you really can't go wrong. I am not a fan of the sedan shape though ... it's got to be coupe or bust in my opinion.

I own the very blue coupe you speak of now ... bought it over a week ago and it's worth every penny.