Looking At A R33 Gtr

[Hadouken]

Lol @ grease change. Thats very 60's.

Just like nizmo man said. How much you can do yourself is the key. Do most of the things you can and save coin whilst still buying the good oils. Or get raped by old mate mechanic.

[10 4]

Been trying to get at that too.... Its just a car.... Maintain it and it will be fine, don't and it will bite you in the arse...

[GTR-N1]

I guess I should qualify - I allow $150 /month for servicing costs over the year to cover all the things that might crop up. This includes the regular oils and fluids but also an allowance for all the stuff that a 15-20 year old car accumulates.....and which frankly I am not skilled enough to fix myself.

For example the clutch coil on my a/c compressor is on the way out (a common problem in an R32) - thats a $400 job the get done this year requiring an auto electrician.

I'd rather be conservative and realistic then to say "oh its only an oil and grease change every 6 months".

just my 2 c ;-)

Cheers

The Baron

I'm old enough to remember using a grease gun with all the flexible bits to get to those out-of-the-way grease nipples - lol

[The Baron]

Heck - my 1964 Morris needs a good grease nippling every 6 month.....

Cheers

The you know what I mean Baron ;-)

[Solid Snake]

Fuel usage doesn't worry me, I had an ex ambulance GMC Sierra which was getting 500km out of 150L of diesel on the highway, which took 9L of oil for a service, had 2 alternators, 2 AC compressors and 3 batteries under the hood lol.

My first car cost me $2500 a year to insure, I priced up a 1995 GTR VSpec at $20K and it was going to be $2200 a year, not bad.

I can do my own oil/filter changes no worries.

Edited February 5, 2014 by Solid Snake

[Hadouken]

then you will be sweet. Go and look at as many as you can

[GTR-N1]

You never know!

You might strike a benevolent old man like....