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Some of you may know I've been trying to sell my cef for ages now and because it's a drift car it's probably a limited market. Someone who wanted a street car could just repair the bar and whack on a decent paint job and they'd have a fat car but all the people who are interested in it want to either swap their car or have no money.

My question is since many people have purchased imports then decide they want to get into drift, what does everyone think of my chances of swapping my car for say a r33, then selling the r33?

I realise it'd be easier if the person who was interested in my car first sold their car, but the reality is I might be willing to drop the extra 1-2k on the r33 because it's worth to me to get rid of it.. whereas they might want to wait to get the price that they really want.

Also, this way I hope to widen my chances of getting money to pay off my debts because the market widens up.

So... does anyone have any coomments on the advantages/disadvantages of this approach (other than getting stuck with a whale-33 haha), and also what is the price range of stock r33s these days? I'm thinking around the 15k mark?...

Finally, does it make any different to price for which series of whale it is?

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if your going to swap it go for a '96/'97/'98 SII.. wouldn't go near a SI now as they are pushing 10/11+ min years.. that's just my thoughts..

As for value - a '96 R33 could fetch from 16k - 19k depending on what kind of condition it is and depending on what the market is like at the time..

Personally - with the way fuel costs are going you could be holding onto a R33 for a while if you have a set price in mind.. also mods won't count for much value - people will pay maybe a little more for it - or they'd rather a stock one as it may not have been flogged quite as hard..

Make sure your not getting a lemon :sick: why are they swapping - they want a drift car? compression test.. the usual as you know..

sale price for R33 SII >16k+.. also - how many km's has it got? are they legit?

Your selling your ceffie for 16K - you reckon you'll get much more than that for a 33??

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Hey Links,

Thanks for the info. I see a few goin for 12k now too (S1 etc).

I don't want to make money on it it just seems that a lot of people interested in my car don't have money or have another car. It's actually quite amazing, people have been breaking my balls over the price too and I can understand they'd like a bargain but it's starting to get quite sad.

I thought what I'd do is widen my market by trading someone who is into the drift thing for a car I can recoup my money with in the hi-po import market.

Time will tell how I go.. I don't really want a whale and the cars that are like are boro lookin 86's, a31's and c33's haha

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R33s are indeed becoming more popular. IMO, the RB engines are pretty realiable and people became more aware of them. Some of the series 2s are going for as low as $16k, some as high as $23k for a well modded one.

In japan, the skylines are coming out of the auction houses at a relatively low price too.

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