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fancy explaining how you can afford to have your car to ppl you dont know. If a stranger asked me how i afforded my car i would probably headbut that person. each to there own.

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That's reminds me of some people I have come across, you know the sort... "Who will ONLY SHOUT the bar, if they know the people their shouting will shout them back"..

Your right about one thing. "Each to there own!"

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I've got my car now, R33 series II, i posted in this thread a while back. I'm not able to drive it till November but i can see the expenses involved in keeping the car running, and i don't mean just petrol. Probably all i can say to people wanting to buy a car like a Skyline is have extra in reserve, i.e budget for the unexpected. My first two weeks of ownership and i had to fork out over $1400 not including insurance and rego. Still, definately worth it :)

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Its the luck of the draw like any car.

The R32 over 2.5years has only cost me $90 for a top radiator tank, $70 for a clutch master cylinder.

I had a couple of cooling issues but that was due to my stupid idea of slapping 2 x 12" thermo's on. They didn't work due to the lack of a shroud :)

The other parts like clutch etc I put on to hold the extra power.

The VS 5ltr 5 speed commodore I owned previously cost me within 9months.

1 x 5speed gearbox rebuild $1200

1 x LSD Diff rebuild $1100

1 x Rear IRS Subframe replace due to the origional cracking $1800.

1 x Air conditioning condenser.

That ol Commo was a money pit.

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got $15K loan 2 years ago, moved town shortly after for work. Could only afford minimum repayments $100/week (living by myself, GF, travel). Moved back in with parents 6 months ago, started paying $400/week off loan, paid off my loan on Thursday, ahh debt free.

BTW i spent $10K+ on my car during these 2 years

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I have a job, I can afford a loan, I don't save, I pay interest, I get my liner now, I have something I enjoy greatly for the next 3 years of my life I'm tied into Sydney.

I am a sheep. We're all insignificant. We live in a capitalist materialistic society. I can't help equating contentedness with materialism.

My wellium of choice is a r32.

(... and I hope I can find one a white 4 door one with a rb25det in it.)

WOOHOO!

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