Nightcrawler

Do the hot/cold trick - at this point you don't have anything to lose - you are going to have to get the door repainted anyhow.

WOW that is one amazing GTR!!!! There was a guy on Ebay trying to sell a yellow GTR or about 6 months - not on there anymore - not sure if he sold it in the end or not. Not a great colour for a GTR imho: yellow R34GTR I am not particularly fussy on colour Chef, but would prefer Midnight Purple III, Black, Bayside Blue or Millennium Jade (not white or silver though). The leather seats on the Nur would be a huge bonus for me, hence why I was looking for a Nur. Love the leather! But they are holding their value way too well. Let me know what you find in your travels. Good luck finding your perfect car while you are there. If you are ever after some company on a trip, I am dying to go to Japan. I have always felt it would be no fun to go to that sort of place without a guide, hence my desire to travel with someone who knows their way around. I would leave the wife and child home, obviously Maybe when I am seriously in the hunt for a GTR I will make the trip.

I bought my R34GTT from Nagoya (= snow country) and it was perfect when it arrived. Bought it off the Prestige list, and it landed here in 21 days from payment. Car has never missed a beat, has not even seen a mechanic, and I have driven it over 50,000km already (edit: I service it myself of course). The wheels had rust spots from the salt, but had them repainted and nothing else need touching. Compliance and Regency were a breeze, with no rust to speak of. But of course I could have been unlucky and picked up a rust bomb. But yes, I get your point too. So in your travels, what do you think is the cheapest price you can get a a half decent R34GTR? I think the ones I saw for about 3M yen looked better, and they would be around $40k. I am not fussed about km being a bit over 100,000, as this seems to be the best price point/value for money. Also wouldn't mind some minor mods like exhaust, intake, intercooler, suspension etc. that I could change over before I sent the car to compliance. I take it there is an R34GTR compliance workshop here in Adelaide? I am hella getting ahead of myself here .... am very happy with the GTT .... but still like to know the facts for when I make a decision.

Yeah I know what you are saying guys. Don't worry - I would never buy a car without getting an inspection done at the auction yards first. But I face the age-old problem of coming up with $20k fob vs $35k fob then waiting the time lag for the car to get here. It's all well and good until I have to come up with the cash - it is much easier to get hold of $20ishk than $35k, let me assure you. Obviously can't get finance of any variety for such a transaction. Chef, I listed a white grade 4 R34GTR with around 120k kms on it on the last page - no doubt the auction sheet has been taken down now, but it was 1.809M yen But yes, of course I would prefer to buy a tip top R34GTR, especially a Nur, but if I am going to spend $60k, I might as well see if the R35GTR grey import thing works out, then grab one of them for $100kish or less (say at the end of this year some sold in Dec last year would have 20,000kmish and would have to have dropped in price). Yes I know I am being cheap in my discussions above, but if I could secure an R35 at the right price, I would make the sacrifices necessary to do it.

haha as if you wouldn't first in line to come for a ride But seriously - the cheapest Nur I have seen go is $60k, and the cheapest VSpec is $30k - I don't think I can justify spending twice the price. Not sure I can justify trading up from the GTT at all to be honest - given the amount of time and money I have put into it.

But I have been on Prestige's auction list, with direct auction images, sheets and price straight from the USS auction yard, and frequently see high km (120k ish) GTRs go for around 2,000,000 yen. Yes, these are not perfect cars, but many of them are grade 4, and look fine. Yes of course one will have to spend some money on them due to their kms, but if one lands and complies a car here for low $30ks, then the $15k you save will more than cover necessary repairs and upgrade for many many years to come. That said, I have been specifically looking at Nurs, as I want a late model, and yes, they are damn expensive. Surprising really, since the new GTR has come out their prices have dropped very little.

lol - how many people dose it take to fit an intercooler and some dash leds??? I take it you figured out how to get the dash cluster plugs off in the end Steve - or did you just change the globes without removing the cluster? I spotted these wicked beasts below today - a black Aston Martin Vantage on St. Bernards Rd, then a black Ferrari in the garage of one of my neighbours *drool*

Hence why I don't go on cruises like this with questionable skill drivers .... That is a HUGE hit on the 180SX - like he hit a near stationary object. Why on earth would you go slow in the left lane in a 90 zone anyhow - how dangerous is that???!!! Doesn't matter if they were waiting for others to catch up - they must have been going WAY under the speed limit for damage of that nature. Hella dangerous to themselves and all the traffic around them.

Ah, I saw a 180SX with front end damage being winched onto a flat bed, and a rear-end crashed RX7 in a ditch on the Salisbury Highway - Port Expressway this arvo. We could not figure out how such an accident could even happen. Must have been tools following much too closely and someone tried to merge from Hanson Road or something. People wonder why these types of cruises are a bad idea ..... I don't think you would want to advertise any more 'elite' cruises on SAU.

^^ yep was on Top Gear - they ran a diesel mercedes benz from one end of England to the other. No modifications at all were made - they put cooking oil in and off it went.

hahaha I would love to take the Sled out for a burn - problem is 1). no Sled license, and 2). I would ride beyond my ability and kill myself

awwwww, group hug?

haha my video of my R34GTT with HKS Silent HiPower exhaust is a related video

damn, would much prefer Sled to have it - then if/when I buy an R34GTR, I know I can get my hands on one if I need it. Make it a condition that this guy Ricky lends it out for free if anyone needs to borrow it

This shit soooooo belongs in the wasteland ....

Jap Import Spares currently have in stock an R34GTR motor complete with turbos, fuel rail and injectors, and all items to get up and running. It even has a modified sump for rwd! So tempted - pity it is $8,500 = OUCH! Good value I suppose given it is complete, but for the price of selling my car plus the $8.5k, hopefully I will pick up a 34GTR in the not too distant future.

I am on the Prestige R34GTR list at the moment, just for a looksie. A very nice looking white GTR sold yesterday for 1.809M yen (picture has disappeared off the website already ) - that is just over $30k landed AND complied. Unbelievale - given I paid 970,000 yen for my R34 not even 2 years ago. Yes it has done 124,000km, but given most people will want to crack the engine and freshen it up eventually, and change over the suspension components, for an extra $10k you get a freshened up motor and brand new suspension. As long as the interior is in good nick - who cares? This link will only work for a few more hours (click) But yours is truly IMMACULATE Pete, and was a great buy for the price, given the outstanding condition.

nah Nick, wasn't me bud. Hey, when r we going to do some work on your car? I owe you a ton of man-hours

Nah Pete, both the Nur and MSpec have a/c - it is the N1 that doesn't - they are true stripped down race cars. There were only a handful of R34GTR N1s ever made - under 40 I believe.

are you sure the Stag was AWD and the sump actually needs modifying?

ah I just googled around and it seems Bayside Blue ones do exist .... I have never seen one on any of the auction sites though ... Came across this very unfortunate beast in my interweb travels ewwwwwwwwwwwwww (click) - what the hell was he thinking?

^^^ is it really a Nur? I am under the very strong impression that Nurs only came in black, white, silver and millennium jade

Screamers are gay and give all us Skyline drivers more police attention, no to mention bad reputations with the noise-hating public. You are begging for a defect - fist cop that sees/hears you will ream you hard.

wow, what an AMAZING guy .... I am sure we will see him in ads/movies to come

Hi, as it seems the cops are going crazy on the defect lately, at the request of some users I have created and stickied this 'Wanted to Borrow' thread. Feel free to post in here if you need items to borrow to get off defect or through Regency.