Geordie1

60p a litre?! Unbelievable! Shell Optimax (or anything with higher RON than unleaded) you're looking abit a quid over here! ... now I'm just hoping a pint of lagers just as cheap Whey, its 5.30pm on a friday over here so works done, and am off out on the drink. Cheers for the replies lads, am sure i'm guna need alot more advice etc so i'm sure we'll speak again. Thank, Mark

Aye, i've just been looking at the R34 GT-T's and they're actually looking around $16-20k so reckon i will go for one of them. So where can i get the Oz version of an HPI check done then? Also, what are running costs like over there? Petrol, insurance etc. Over here its about £1 per litre for petrol (which would be about $2.50 over your way), and obviously insurance varies greatly... but can anyone give an approx figure for a 24yr old, living in Newcastle or Maitland, driving for 5 and abit yrs with 1 yrs no claims and no accidents/convictions... if tried on the web to get a few quotes but they all say i've got to ring them... they obviously dont appreciate i'm on the other side of the world, never mind.

Cheers lads... ... on cars in the UK you can have a HPI check done on the car to check if its ever been written off or accident damaged, costs about £40 or something. Is there anything similar in Oz for imported cars?

... as above, i'm new to this forum, new to Skylines and soon to be new to Oz. I'm emigrating over from Newcastle upon Tyne UK to Newcastle NSW in January to be with my lass... so seeing as i'm not going to have any mates i thought i'd treat myself to a Skyline, always have wanted one so why not, eh? I've been looking at prices, specs etc and THINK i'm going to go for an R33 GTS-T, now i know a little bit about a little bit to be honest as i've always had Vauxhall's (Holden's to you guys) over here and have never had anything Japanese. I've looked on a web site www.carsales.com.au ... no idea if thats where i should be looking, any other ideas would be appreciated?? Of what i've seen am looking between $15-20'000, is this correct? Any advice on basic things to look for on the R33's when buying (good and bad) would be much appreciated also. Cheers, Mark