Price Increase

[paulr33]

I too can relate to this. Getting an r32 as a first car probably isnt the best of ideas. My first car was vl non turbo auto and that was good for my first car, i didnt really look after it very well so it was good to do that in a not so expensive and fast car. Now I have my r33 and its all good

[UR2EZ]

better buy something u will keep for a while instead of buying a shitter and spending money on that then going to sell/trade it and get enar nothing what u spent on it...

the new sheme will suck for imports... pricing will as said beofre increase by 2K ~ 6K (closer to 6K if not more if u decide on importing)..

so buy now... dont rego it if u dont have enough money atm.... practice in someone elses car for the moment.. then while doing that save money and do up your r32... simple as...

though i'd start driving the r32 right away to get used to it...

[blind_elk]

Just to be a further wet blanket, but you should be reminded that in Victoria you are not permitted to drive a "high-powered vehicle" while on your Ps. Even the humble R32 GTSt fits the category (more than 125 kW / Tonne or 3.5 litres / Tonne).

I know the cops don't / won't enforce it, but its presumably been devised for a reason. Same as 250cc max for motorbikes.

For your own safety, if no-one else's, wait a while until you are more experienced.

[chopobo]

i disagree

you should be allowed to chase your dreams and get what eva car you want

accidents do not happen because of the car, but because of the driver (remember who is pushing the pedal)

im getting mine very soon and i plan give my self a grace period to learn to control the car and get the "feel" for it

just don't do anything stupid till you actually know your car and know its limits and your own limits

i feel its unfair targeting young people being unexperienced drivers. They could as good at driving as yourself.

[Sumo]

Im 19 I have had no problems with my R33 GTST, I guess I drive like a granny tho.... It comes down to attitude, I have seen more dangerous drivers then me in old shitty Bluebirds/Commodores/Falcs! Anyone can be dangerous in any car, but if you respect your car you should have no problems.

Sumo

[Maxx]

Skyline is a car which makes the driver feel very exciting.

it's hard to control yrself when u are young, VERY HARD! u know it is stupid thing but still, u will do it. When u do stupid thing in a skyline, it can KILL.

Better have it with insurance, if u really want it.

GL

[silver gts-t]

blade.

im 19 have owned my stock r32 for a lil over a month now, b4 the r32 i had a crazy 1.3l swift carby (with a crazy veilside kit )

i stepped into the skyline knowing that i had to b carefull and i did!

4 about 10mins

then i went a lil nuts, if u r anything like me (stubborn) when buying the car the truth is, u want a turbo n NOTHING ELSE.

u say to everyone that u'll drive sensibly but u wont. ur gona want to give it no matter wat, so ill give u the most obvious advise that can save ur life, simply DO NOT floor it while turning a corner in 1st n think its ok coz 2nd is gonna jab u in da ass! and if u are goin ova around 120km/h anywhere, think u aint controlling the car. the car is controlling u.

buy the car n be proud of it but keep the idiosy (if a word?) to a minimal.

enjoy

[inark]

tim from what ive read in here everyones tellin u to get it!!

GET IT!!!

Blind_Elk that rule was mainly brought out for V8s... well thats what the last cop told me... he didnt give a crap that i was on my Ps... only that one of them wasnt up... hence the fine lol

[blind_elk]

inark,

how come there's so many BMWs on the list of cars that are restricted to P-platers? Even the humble 4.1 Cortina (capacity limit).

[Blade]

Thanks guys for all ur replys

BUT i think its too late to buy it now or is it?

Ive already told my parents that im not interested anymore...i sort of talked myself out of gettin one and i cant exactly say the opposite and that i suddenly changed my mind...

I was 99.9% sure in gettin this car until i posted this thread and got all ur replys

It was because of this thread im not buying it...

Im gonna have to buy one next year sometime i think...least ill have the money etc. but ill have a go at trying to talk my folks into it

[SS8_Gohan]

more food for thought (just when u thought u were confused enough!!)

something else to think about with this new scheme (which i'm hoping for) is that in the next months demand from the australian market at the auctions is going to drop off dramatically. And i would have to think that a significant drop in demand from us aussies would also have a significant effect on the auction results in Japan. Basic economics i guess, supply and demand. Same supply, but demand has decreased, cheaper auctions prices. Yeah compliance is more expensive, but will prob even itself out with the decreased cost of the actual CAR.

what! i can hope can't i!!!

[T0nyGTSt]

Yeah but dude, who wants a stock GTS-t?

I don't really care about SEV's now because the next car I'm gonna get is a stockish GT-R or Magna 4wd.

Most people who buy cheapish Skylines hope they are decked out with expensive mods.

T.

[SS8_Gohan]

well i'm kinda in the same boat, i'm a youngin as well. So engine mods aren't high on my list of things i want, in fact, i just don't want them when i want to buy it. I'll increase the engine mods when I feel confident that i won't mod a tree to side of my car

[Blade]

I think im gonna wait guys till start of next year when i should have a good 20k

That way i can buy a r33 non-turbo and it should be sweet cause im pretty unexperienced and urve scared me hardcore saying i could kill someone or myself with all the power

I checked that an r33 is around 134 kw/per tonne stock...in vic ur only allowed 125kw per tonne on ur p's? How come i see alot of r33 p platers? are they runnin non turbos or just driving them illegally??

I also put in a quote request at just cars for a GTi-R pulsar...its about 140kw/per tonne and they actually gave me a quote for it knowing i live in victoria and its "illegal" to drive it on ur p's cause its way over the power restriction

[paulr33]

Hey All,

Check out Carpoint, since the import laws have changed to the new SEVS the market has gone nuts for R33's. R32's and R34s seem unaffected, but the price of R33's has gone apeshit. There are some 97 Spec IIs fetching as high as 33k for a stock model.

This is good news for a lot of R33 owners as depreciation has since become a thing of the past for good quality R33's. I know ill be keeping my R33 in mint condition and probably never sell it either due to its nature.

What does everyone else thing? Check out the URL below for some prices

http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/marketplace...usedcarlist.asp

[Blade]

They look the same to me mate...

Their are some nice r33's their for $24,000 isnt that wat they were b4 SEVS???

Cars cant appreciate in value as much as "apeshit" its impossible

Like it was said in another thread theirs only so much demand for these sorts of cars etc... and only if ur car is heavily modified its gonna make a diff

Next year surely it would level out as cars a year later cant appreciate they must depreciate...its all demand and supply and the law of economics

Anyway thats how i see it and what others have told me...i could be wrong but i just think a 8 to 9 year old car isnt gonna appreciate if anything itll depreciate as it gets older..

[rs73]

Cars can only appreciate in values if they are "The" legendary cars such as Ford Mustang '67, KPC110 GT-R, and they're all over 30 years or so.

So maybe you wanna gamble and wait after 30 yrs later when so many R32/R33 GTR/GTS-t has been written off and these cars become rare and collectible.... yes, it's possible. But no guarantee it'll happen. The market can sometime be unpredictable on what's gonna be collectible and what's not.

[jlnewton]

Have to agree with rs73. I have a 72 GT clubman mini which I have had people offer me over $10 000 for and they sold new for about $2500. Some cars do go up but it only happens to a few. The release of the new mini have help the rush on the old ones. Can't see that happening with my R33 though. There is just too many of them getting around now. Maybe 30 yrs later, not sure how all that plastic and electronic gear will fair in 30 yrs though!