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Thanks for the replies. 30K is not a problem.

Heard a lot of bad reports with GTR's costing a fortune to maintain, they must be old and worn out.

Definitely not.

They're not some mythical beast that only runs on the blood of stripe-less tigers or something.

GTR's cost a fortune when people forget they own a production street car and think they own the Winfield or Calsonic Grp A race car.

If you're doing limiter launch's off of every set of lights and think you can take a stock GTR and ring its arse off every day, it will cost a fortune. But so will every other car on the planet.

Reality is, if you drive it within its limits, they are just like any other car

Also a lot of people will tell you they only run on $200 engine oil, or race spec gearbox oil. Its crap. Yes you can use the best of the best, and some do (yes I'm guilty of that) but you don't always need to.

My experience is that all Skylines i've had are quite reasonable to own if you look after them, and actually are aware that you aren't driving a race prepared bullet proof car.

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