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Goodbye Sweet Stagea.

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Well it has happened. I sold my S2 yesterday so I am no longer a stagea owner.It was sure hard to see her go thats for sure.

Althought I kept in the backgound, I was on this site most every day. I found it was invaluable and one of the most down to earth forums around.So thanks to all the other stagea owners and those that have contributed to the wealth of knowledge on the site.

I will leave you all with a couple of pics of the car that my mate took the other day.

Cheers and all the best.

Scott

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BoyWhoCriedWolf Grand Master

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Yeah me too. Just sold the Autech. Sad day but these things do happen. I have only driven it once in the last year anyway.

Bought an Aus delivered GTR to replace it with so thats ok I guess.

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Sad for your loss.

Its kind of the opposite for me, as I just got a 260RS and sold my R32GTR.

But in these difficult times I can not afford to keep both. Full comp insurance, rego and upkeep ie. quality parts, oils and so forth makes it impossible.

If anything good came from it, the sale has allowed me to purchase a R33GTS-t for the missus (its a surprise gift) and we'll get rid of her Bluebird SSS.

I'm sure your not alone in selling your vehicle, as I'm sure there are many people having little choice but to part with their pride and joy for something more manageable, cheaper insurance, run and service.

Maybe if things pick up again in the future you can buy another one? I know if my fortunes change, I'll have a collection of GTRs 32, 33 and 34, with the 260RS in my 4 car garage, that I'll build right next to my mansion.

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Not a forced sale..I loved the Stag..but I hardly drove it. We have 2 other cars in the family..plus a freind has left his porsche 911 with me while he is OS...plus paying rego and insurance..it all added up to letting her go.

..that being said..I am cashed up and its a really good time to buy..I am trying to be sensible and save my money..but... I just saw a skyline 350GT manual ..the cheapest one I have seen...I am tempted!

Its just a pity that for the first time since I got into imports I can see cheaper better cars being sold localy than from places like J-Spec and imports 101..its a real shame and I wonder if the days of going on line and drooling over the cars for sale in Japan are over.

As an example I saw a manual TT soarer for 10K on ebay..not a bid..they are twice that from Japan.Aristos,R34 sedans..even TT supras and GTO's..all cheaper than you can import from Japan..

I guess its good for local buyers..but the importers must be suffering big time...and if this trend keeps going..then the importers will stop buying and the import scene may suffer..I hope not...but it doenst look good to me from that perpective.

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Yes, agree that there are so many well priced options now available form dealers and private sellers on very good import cars that I wonder if it is feasible at all to import especially with the screwed exchange rate.

The 350GT manual sounds like a great alternative.

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