1996 Nissan Skyline R33

[Jazza40]

Hi guys&gals,

*Move this to appropriate forum if need be*

I was looking through a couple car guides and saw this,

vehicle details

1996 NISSAN SKYLINE R33 Price

$18,000*

Interior Colour Grey

Kilometres 35,300

Colour Silver

Transmission 5 speed Manual

Body 2 door 4 seat COUPE

Drive type Rear

Reg Plate MEARCAT

Reg Expiry SEP-2009

Road Worthy Certificate N/A

Engine 6 cylinder Petrol Intercooled Turbo 2.5L (2498cc)

Vehicle ID 6846390

Brief Comments Low & genuine 36,000kms (rarely driven) , $10K+ in mods. 278rwhp, Excellent condition. Price neg.

comments *Standard features : Twin Front Airbags, ABS, Central Locking, Climate Control,

Rego until September,

~36,000km (genuine kms), Tinted Windows (35% - Darkest legal), Autowatch 446RLi alarm, GTR Rear Wing, NISMO tinted side indicators, NISMO suspension, Whiteline adjustable front & rear sway bars, Front Strut Brace, Hiflowed turbo (only 10,000km old) with new cartridge core, oversized wheels, 360 thrust bearing & new wastegate actuator, 600x300x75mm Front mount intercooler (painted black), M's Pod intake filter, Turbo back exhaust - split dump pipe & 3" MetalCat Hi flow cat & 3" exhaust, Tomei 248L/h fuel pump, 480cc injectors, Z32 Air flow Meter, Apexi Power FC ECU, Apexi Boost Controller (interfaced to Power FC), Apexi 60mm EL mechanical boost gauge & Mearcat gauge pod, Mearcat 4 channel digital temperature display (displays ambient, intake, oil & EGT) with peak values & alarms, 17" 5 spoke mags - 17x8 front, 17x9 rear, Pioneer CD MP3 Tuner, 6" Pioneer Bullet Splits, 10" Lanzar subwoofer / MTX Amp in custom carpeted panel in boot, Exedy Heavy Duty Clutch (only 5,000km old), Initially tuned by Hyperdrive to 305rwhp at 18psi but currently tuned to 278 rwhp at 15psi to maintain reliability (dyno sheets available for both). Had a dyno run/tune/check at Hyperdrive end of January this year to ensure all fuelling, boost & timing were still okay, Over $10,000 in modifications, Known Issues : Centre air-con vent sometimes clicks on startup (common Skyline issue), drivers window sometimes clunks when closing, some powder coating on a couple of rims starting to flake, Personally imported (via Autoworx, Wangara) with auction grade 4. I waited for almost six months while Autoworx searched the japanese auctions to find a car with really low kms which matched the car condition, Owned for 3 years and serviced every 5,000km (although only done 15,000km in over 3 years!). Extremely clean car. Selling to fund new project. Genuine interest only. $18K, Price negotiable

Now. its posted for $18k

Here are my questions,

1) is it worth it

2) is it a good car for a first timer like me.

3) Any other suggestions.

I like the skyline, 1 havent ever owned a skyline. I have driven one, and loved it. So any comments, concerns or tips will be appreciated.

Cheers,

Jared

Edited June 6, 2009 by Jazza40

[NYTSKY]

No way they are genuine KMS.

[Fungus Mungus]

if he's only done 15000km in 3 years, it would be a fair bet that they have been done on a track, or at least driven pretty hard

especially after looking at the list of mods on the thing...

but that being said, i'd say it's been wound back

[MearCat]

if he's only done 15000km in 3 years, it would be a fair bet that they have been done on a track, or at least driven pretty hard

especially after looking at the list of mods on the thing...

but that being said, i'd say it's been wound back

Nope and Nope. I love it when people pass jusdgement when they haven't even seen the car in the flesh. I have sold the car now anyway and after a look over, test drive etc etc the guy was more than happy to pay $17K for it as it was in immaculate conditon to match the kms and I could provide backup of genuine kms (if he asked for it)

I had never taken it to the track, used it only on the occasional weekend and took the drags ONCE in 3 years. Anyway, I'm not teh kind of guy to lie to people about kms or conditon of car, blah blah blah, whinge, whinge, think I'll go and eat worms. It's gone now and IMHO, the guy got a bargain.

Edited August 20, 2009 by MearCat