dclayw

Thanks for the advice everyone, all taken onboard. I think we'll go and have a look at the car, see if it really is in good nic and then take it from there. By the way, in post #7 I meant to say "he only has an automatic license at the moment."

Hi, New to forum. Could I get this one checked out please: 6T91MPAAAPYCSJ003 Much appreciated

He'll be 19 next month, only has a manual license at the moment. He's very responsible so I don't think I'll have to worry too much about him driving like a maniac. In fact his sister (who is currently still on Ls) reckons he drives way too slow. He's also planning on joining the police force after finishing his degree, initially the QLD police, then federal, so there can be no funny business going on and I would say a defensive driving course very much on the cards. I think he needs to get his manual licence before joining the police force. He is not a car nut, I guess he just likes the appeal and look of the skylines. I must admit they are very nice looking cars, they have a certain appeal, no question about that. The comment I made about it not being a very good idea to buy a skyline (at least as a first car) was because of the running/maintenance costs. Don't want him to have a money pit when he's paying off uni debts etc. He was initially looking at later models, late 90s/early 2000s for around the $12-14000 mark. Then he realised he would definiately have to comprehensively insure that and it was just out of range without borrowing any money. Like all parents I guess we were trying to talk him into getting a cheap second hand small car where initial outlay and running costs are reasonable, and the occasional ding here and there is not going to matter much. His compromise was to look at the older skylines around the $5000 mark. Looks like there is not a great deal of demand around for these near 20 year old skylines, particularly the autos, so there might be a few well maintained ones out there that people just want to get rid of. The car I mentioned in the initial post might fit that bill. Can anyone comment specifically on the car I mentioned, e.g. is there anything inherently wrong with that model, specific things to look out for etc. I've read through the general posts about what to look for when buying a skyline. @truffles What would you have done differently? Not bought a skyline?

My son is set on getting a skyline as his first car, (had his license for about 6 months now). I don't think it's a good idea actually but no matter what I do I cannot talk him out of it. He's going to pay for it himself so budget is quite limited. He's looking at around $5,000 mark with 3rd party insurance only. I don't know a lot about cars myself but I wanted to ask what the experts here thought about this 1993 R33 GTS We'll be having a look at the car over the next couple of days and if that checks out together with advice I get here, we'll probably get an RACQ check on it. The car is also listed on ebay with a few more details and pics, see 1993 R33 GTS Any advice would be very much appreciated.