Getting My First Car, Help :(

[LolWhut]

Hi guys! My first post!

I'm new to SAU and skylines. I'm 18 and getting my green p's in about a month.

I love skylines, and I'm definately getting one! soon

right now, im paying off the finance for ford escape, its reliable and it was a good first car to drive, but i wanted a skyline since i got my p's . So im planning to trade this car for a skyline.

Im on my p's so looking for a clean R34 GT.

I have read http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/bu...e-f-t35129.html

So for me, I need to find a good dealer. I live close to parramatta.

Can you guys suggest me good import dealers?

I drove past Ginza Imports in parramatta road today and saw a clean grey R34 GT, are they(Ginza Imports) any good?

Thanks guys

[GTR-N1]

It's definitely worth the travel Ricky to find a good importer > a good car.

But you still have to do all the checks re: services, no rust, no bad repairs, suspension, brakes, engine running & performance etc.

Back to your Q.

Try...

1) Top Secret Imports (36 Forge St Blacktown 96761023)

2) Nagoya Motors (Caringbah) guessing...

3) Jap Link with conscientious new owners (175 Parramatta Rd Haberfield 97160857)

4) Just Jap (101 Bath Rd Kirrawee 95450532)

5) Powerplayimports (82 Victoria Rd Drummoyne 98197555)

Don't know anything good about Ginza, E.Lee or E&M really.

[LolWhut]

woah! thanks terry!

i guess ill be doing alot of driving tomorrow.

Oh and i just found the car on their drive.com.au website.

http://www.drive.com.au/used-cars/NISSAN/S...699882&pt=1

Is that a good price? Ill have to go there and check it out tomorrow, but from the picture, looks clean! just the way i want my skyline.

[Charles89]

woah! thanks terry!

i guess ill be doing alot of driving tomorrow.

Oh and i just found the car on their drive.com.au website.

http://www.drive.com.au/used-cars/NISSAN/S...699882&pt=1

Is that a good price? Ill have to go there and check it out tomorrow, but from the picture, looks clean! just the way i want my skyline.

Don't mean to shatter ur excitment, but 20k for a NA R34.....that's a bit over the top....

For 20k, you can buy a decent GTT lol, as I got my GTT for 17k.

I think you should wait it out, until you find a good and cheap one, they should be around 14-16k.

[LolWhut]

Thanks charles.

but its hard to find a NA R34 under 19k, maybe its just me lol

and its strange GTT and GT cost around the same. wth?

I would love a GTT, but p plate laws lol, what can i do . just gotta wait it out for another 2years for that

[GTR-N1]

I wouldn't discount that one ^^^. No engine pics? Take some yourself & from underneath with a flash.

Do you have a mechanic who can go out and inspect a prospective 'buy'?

Have an initial look yourself; and then take a mechanic on the 2nd visit.

Nagoya Motors have a 12 month warranty on their cars too.

Have you also looked at Cars for sale in the SAU Forum here?

Owners on here are more likely to sell a good car without holding back too much info.

Take your time and be patient.

Besides, dealers will be running into a slow period in December and you can better deals near the end of the calendar month.

Hint: When you come across a car 'with your name on it', take someone older to 'do the haggling' for you. I mean it!

If you can bargain one car against another, the savings aren't in the 100s > it's the 1000s sometimes.

[Charles89]

Thanks charles.

but its hard to find a NA R34 under 19k, maybe its just me lol

and its strange GTT and GT cost around the same. wth?

I would love a GTT, but p plate laws lol, what can i do . just gotta wait it out for another 2years for that

Oh? I've seen LOADS of people trying to get rid of their NA R34, even my mate is trying to sell his for 14k lol.

Have you been looking private sales or from car yards? Sometimes is better if you look at private sales, it's a lot cheaper than from a car yard, but just make sure you spend a little bit of extra money to get the car checked out by a good mechanic before you buy it.

GTT and GT cost nearly the same because of the P plate law Coz lots of P platers wants R34 but can only drive NA lol.

I'm on my P's too shhhhh...... I first bought a NA R33 when I got my P's, then 1.5years later, I just upgraded to this

But I'm not encouraging you to lol, so don't take me the wrong way

[LolWhut]

lol, thats abit risky haha. dont you get pulled over by cops? i mean.. ur driving a skyline! lol

I would loveeeee to get my car from a private seller, but im financing. Im not sure if they will finance for a private car.

the finance i have now for ford escape is under my dads name, i was too young to get one with my name anyway and im going to keep it that way.

I guess it will save me ALOT on my insurance that way, wouldn't it?

Anyway, thanks guys. I better check over the phone with the dealers if they have the car in stock.

[Charles89]

lol, thats abit risky haha. dont you get pulled over by cops? i mean.. ur driving a skyline! lol

I would loveeeee to get my car from a private seller, but im financing. Im not sure if they will finance for a private car.

the finance i have now for ford escape is under my dads name, i was too young to get one with my name anyway and im going to keep it that way.

I guess it will save me ALOT on my insurance that way, wouldn't it?

Anyway, thanks guys. I better check over the phone with the dealers if they have the car in stock.

Well, I've never been pulled over, so I guess it's just how you drive it. Driven next to, behind, in front, opposit of cops.

Yes, private seller will save you a few grand

But as for insurance..... lol.... You shoulda researched before deciding to get a skyline....

As far as I know, there are only 3 insurance companies that will insure a skyline, as others don't do imports.

But it doesn't matter who's name it is under, because they will charge you by the youngest driver....

The 3 companies are, Just Car, Shannon, Famous. Shannon don't insure people under 25. So that leaves you Just Car and Famous.

Belief it or not, they charge pretty much the same price lol, maybe a couple of dollars different. For a P plater to insure a skyline = lots of money.

Full comp = 3k or so, 3rd party fire & thief is about 650. But with Just Car, they recently changed their pricing, if you choose your excess to be like $1600, then you only have to pay about $1700 premium

But it's probably best to look into it before you buy the car

[LolWhut]

how about i dont put my name for youngest driver at all lol

[Charles89]

how about i dont put my name for youngest driver at all lol

Then you might not be insured if anything happens while you are driving it?

[TwoCents]

lol, thats abit risky haha. dont you get pulled over by cops? i mean.. ur driving a skyline! lol

I would loveeeee to get my car from a private seller, but im financing. Im not sure if they will finance for a private car.

the finance i have now for ford escape is under my dads name, i was too young to get one with my name anyway and im going to keep it that way.

I guess it will save me ALOT on my insurance that way, wouldn't it?

Anyway, thanks guys. I better check over the phone with the dealers if they have the car in stock.

I just got a personal loan to get my skyline just last week, wasnt too hard to get i only work afew days a week and have been in casual employment for about 5 months.

[birdyy]

Are first cars best bought locally if you have a limited budget?

[Charles89]

Are first cars best bought locally if you have a limited budget?

Well it depends on what you want. But if you want NA R33/34, then yea, will be easier to buy one locally, because there's so many of them here already. Importing is probably more expensive lol.

[GTR-N1]

how about i dont put my name for youngest driver at all lol

Insurance companies cover all bases.

Even if a parent owns your car...

i) if it's a turbo, and you're caught driving it, the car is not covered, under CTP you are not covered and you can get fined

ii) if it's an NA, you still need to be put down as a nominated driver, otherwise the car is not covered and the CTP is at risk

iii) if it's an NA, the insurance company needs to be asked during the laying down of the recorded contract over the phone

as to whether the premium rises very much if you were to drive only during emergencies and

iv) if it's an NA or a turbo, and you are an apprentice mechanic, the company can be asked during the recorded contract as to whether or not the mechanic or apprentice mechanic is covered if he/she drives it during the course of checking the car's reliability. This I believe is the only loophole that remains.

I'm not a killjoy. I'm just trying to prevent heartache. People have tried to use loopholes before only to lose their cars.

And if loopholes were easily exploited, our premiums go north!!!

[LolWhut]

thanks guys, i looked around a few dealers today.

top secret imports were very good but they dont have the car im looking for

i would definately get it from them if they had the one im looking for.

in five dock, saf's import & compliance, they had one R34 GT but they said they are getting another one in tomorrow so im going to give them a call to send me some pics of the car and the engine.

and E&M had

http://uniquemotors.shopforcars.com.au/Det...px?StockID=2487

im sure i could talk that down, cuz thats abit way over the top. but what type of engine is that?

oh and Ginza imports....no comment. -_-

and thanks grigor for the PM, ill look out for the engines. cant PM back cuz i have less than 10 posts lol

[KezR33]

Go to the Commonwealth bank and get a small loan (anything about 10k is stupid at your age, a lot of people would say even 10k is dumb) then buy privately. 15k will get a very good quality manual two door R34.

Do yourself a favour and test drive a Supra too Unless you're dead set on the looks, the NA performance of the Supra absolutely kills the R34. I was tossing up between the two and it all came down to the test drive.

If you're really keen to spend upwards of 20k, look at any Autech S15s in the area too. Very rare, but well worthwhile.

[KezR33]

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/privat...ech&trecs=1

Go test drive that.

Pretty much the best performing legal P plate car you can buy, short of an S2000.

[LolWhut]

o decisions... lol

the thing is, i don't like the looks of silvia at all.

better performance, but if i dont like the way it looks, i dont think ill be happy driving long term. thanks anyway though, i think that was a nice find!

for me now, skyline all the way haha

[32_Dave]

ive seen 4door auto 34 gt go for 6grand. no-one wants them. buy one, save your money and when your off your p's do the conversion to turbo manual. or just wait it out.