Why Buy A Skyline?

[simpletool]

Some things to note:

1) The odometers have ALL been clocked back TRUE

2) Insurance is a dog Insurance is the same price as other cars. My Mazda 6 (non-turbo, no mods) is more expensive in insure.

3) Car thieves LOVE these cars I'm not sure on that.

4) They've all been thrashed hard Most have had a moderately hard life. But how much can you thrash a car in daily driving ? 5 or 10% of the time?

5) They're old and hard to re-sell They're old? Genius. Yes, they are hard to re-sell, but not if you drop the price a grand or two. This person has a poor understand of how markets work. If they are hard to sell, then obviously the price is too high and you get it cheap, then you sell it cheap. IF you bought a $10k R33 in today's market and drove it for 2 years I reckon you'd get $8k back in 2014. Any other 300+ hp RWD, well handling car with climate control, ABS, power windows/mirror, you know of that will depreciate less than $1k per year? Please name it and I will buy one this weekend.

6) Cops will pull you over to try and give you a yellow sticker everywhere you go. I've owned my R33 for 6 years, it's been obviously modified the entire time (exhaust, lowered, wheels, etc). I've driven 130,000km in that time in Brisbane and Sydney. I've been pulled over once for random crap like that - I gave him a lesson in how to measure the height of cars, he said I had a bad attitude, I said maybe that's because my job is to measure stuff to 5 decimal places.....he let me go.

Here's some REAL world adivce. I drive 3 different cars on occasion. A Holden Viva, a Mazda 6, and the R33. Plus lots of kms in hire cars around Australia.

Here is some benefits:

1. The R33 is definitely the best one to drive in traffic because people let you in, they don't tail-gate, you get to reverse out of carparks without idiots walking behind you. You don't come around a corner and some idiot is standing on the road acting like you have to stop for them.

2. You can have some fun driving at normal speeds. I recommend good suspesion, not Teins or any lame superlow and super hard type.

3. Relative to other performance cars you are spending much much less money.

4. You can work on the car yourself and parts are quite easily available and reasonably priced.

IF you want a performance car then your choices are slim. You can go S-chassis, or R-chassis. Or RX-7, Supra, etc. If you want Euro then you'll have to pay more. I wouldn't rate any FWD hot hatch as being in the same league.

Right now, in 2012 we are in a golden age. Owning a performance car like a Skyline has NEVER been cheaper, and after all these S13, S14 and R32, R33, R34 get worn out, crashed, crushed and written off then the cheap performance car world will probably be over. The replacements will be the Z33, FT86 and euro-trash like the E90, GTi, Megane RS. Perhaps the Gti in manual might be fairly cheap to own if people buy their own parts from the UK, but it's nowhere near the performance of a decent Skyline.

[hoodsie]

im picking my r33 up next week,and i must say its proble the most excited ive been in a long time ,especially after driving it...............cant wait to start pouring some money into it........... any recomendations on the best tune shops in perth or around,heard alot of good about allstar garage................

[Humbla]

Enjoy your 33 neil,i know i do had mine 10 years now.

The most fun car ever to drive.

[Tai1or Made]

R33>Everything<Pulsar.

[*LOACH*]

(R33>Everything<Pulsar)<VL wagon - preferably with gold Chev badges even if it's an RB30

FYP

Edited November 8, 2012 by *LOACH*

[Direstraights26]

Thanks guys alot of interesting opinions.

i didnt know id get so much responses from my first posted forum.

@ 'LOACH' The fact is i love skylines i also thought they were a hoon car but i saw one down the street all hotted up and it completly changed my mind.

I asked you guys why buy a skyline,i allready know why i want one i just wanted some opinions i didnt ask why should i. did i? lol

i look at other cars and think pft its got nothing on the skyline i wana buy just you wait. there nothing else i want even if i won 1,000,000 bucks id still buy a r34 GTR

im selling the misso's barina (thank f*ck) i hate barinas. im a mechanic at toyota and got her a new yarris and like nissan i love jap cars there the shiznay.

guna sell the camry and get a r33 S2 GTST. somthing with maybe a nismo bodykit gunmetal gray looks Sh*it hot!

after i get it ill be asking all sorts of questions,rec suspension n brake upgrades all the stuff.probably allready been discussed somewhere herE.

i travel 3km to work so skylines perfect on the way to work to break some necks

Thanks again guys

[kawasakirider]

You're a mechanic and couldn't answer those questions yourself?

[Direstraights26]

@ Kawasakrider i could of answered those question myself and i did.all i was after was some opinions and advice on what people thought.eg speedo wound back

Good to see you put in ur opinion

[AshR34GTT]

Why Buy a skyline?

The joy of owning one, each time you see it parked in the drive you smile. wash it and still smile. Then you drive it and you will never wonder why you asked.

With any car you have to service it and if you modify find yourself a good tuner that can take care of the lot.

I have found plenty of help on the forums by reading and reading. I have had more trouble with the wifes focus than the skyline, if you love the car kms dont mean much its about condition so get it checked before purchase then change the belts.

"You can't rationalize cars like these. They're not something you buy with your head" -Jeremy Clarkson.

Every piece of logic and pragmatism dictates that you should not buy these cars, as Mad082 has, and will tell you and everyone (just a quiet observation ).

But once you're set on a Skyline, it takes a lot to change your mind.

There are shiploads of reasons to not buy a skyline but they vanish like smoke compared to the one reason why you should,

Your heart tells you to.

To the realists, pragmatists, economists, gof**kyaselves.

The very name SKYLINE evokes images of the winfield car decimating all on the mountain, hakosuka's screaming like banshees, Well modded gtst's boosting through the tunnels, Roundabouts that look like straights. boys dragging their butts to school having their day lifted by the sight of a well modded car cruisin by. The condescending look from the square generation As a 1/4 throttle take off leaves the commo floundering. The pride when you cruise with your clubmates and people break their necks to look.

As an older car a skyline can still hold its head high in terms of bang for buck, A good one can do anything most of the newer offerings can and then some. Fuel economy is irelevant, who buys a high performance car and crys about the bowser, You're doing it wrong if you do.

Cost of ownership is largely dependant on you. A basicly stock skyline is a very reliable car, A modded version is as reliable as you make it. You skimp you pay. Do it right its fine. Parts cost is more than reasonable and with the network around the country there is a plethora of good used parts on hand at stupidly low prices making owning and maintaining a skyline even easier.

The real question to my mind is not wether you should buy a skyline or not but which model should you buy.

Noel and I are old enough to remember the awesome motoring performances of...

* Prince

* Hakosuka

* Fairlady

* 1600

* 240Z

* R32 GTR

...that shook the earth in rallying, tracks, slaloms and targas.

Euro cars tried to ignore them, condescend them and spurn them. In the end, they were forced to admire them. Why? Well for starters, Nissan Motor Co. car design and quality control was second to none. Did you know that the 1600 has a reinforced firewall; that in a front end collision, the engine will be pushed below the car? That its rallying prowess can be credited in part to its rear independent suspension with semi-trailing arms?

So ultimately, as you consider buying a GTR as many of us aspire to, remember that there is pedigree there which most car companies around the globe are envious of.

+1 to all these statements. Always loving the skyline it was inevitable that I would finally own one. Like others have said, besides the history of this iconic car, they are a buzz to own and drive. And also the good definitely out weighs the bad. I love these cars.

[GTR-N1]

I must tender a huge rap here to SAU as a remarkable spinoff from these iconic cars. That's because without this great car club I'd never have been privileged to procure specifically, my 3rd and 4th GTRs

I hope some of you have experienced the same?

[cooljustin]

Simple answer, would you rather buy Hyundai or Kia? Nay.. I will stick to my 1989 skyline...

[goingforadds]

Simple answer, would you rather buy Hyundai or Kia? Nay.. I will stick to my 1989 skyline...

lol, actually i would, i wouldn't mind a i45 tourer personally, or perhaps an i30 diesel, however, in saying that, i've got an r32 gtr that i'd like to preserve lol