1st Car

[Duncan]

Ummm yeah u can, u can get an 1989 R32 GT-R for 16 grand. I found one in perfect condition. Thats the price for it to be fully complianced and shipped to Autralia. You just gotta get off your arse and look around and u can easily get an r32 GT-R for that price.

Sure you can get a car at that price, mine was $9k landed not complied.

BUT don't expect a show pony that you will never spend a cent on.....dont expect it straight, dont expect everything to work, budget for a engine or turbo rebuild, or both.

15 year old, sports car, good condition, cheap. Askin a bit much don't you think?

[Shell]

Ummm yeah u can, u can get an 1989 R32 GT-R for 16 grand. I found one in perfect condition. Thats the price for it to be fully complianced and shipped to Autralia. You just gotta get off your arse and look around and u can easily get an r32 GT-R for that price.

So you bought this car then?

[Timmy G]

man it's crazy to spend 1/3 the value of your car on insurance!!!!!

i was 19 or 20 when i got my r33 gts-t, fully stock. paid $3200/yr on insurance and it cost me $26,500. that is 12% of the value of the car. i renewed it 1yr later at $2700 (famous classic) which was okay.

but a few months after renewing i sold my skyline. i know how a car works in *theory*, but i have no idea how to actually fix things, so to me, the risks were now outweighing the benefits. my odo was playing up and it became apparent that it had been fiddled with. the car itself was running perfectly, but for how much longer? i wasn't prepared to shell out thousands a year for insurance and probably 1-2 grand a year in the next couple of years in maintenance. that is a total of probably like 3-4k a year.

i currently have an audi which is costing me more insurance than the skyline ever did (3700 or so), but it is with NRMA so it's to be expected that it will be higher than average. i figure if i'm going to pay about that in insurance+maintenance i may aswell have a more valuable car!

moral of the story: you can afford to BUY a $15k skyline, but can you afford to OWN one? make the smart decision, don't sacrifice your future income on exhorbitant insurance costs which will mean you have to wait till you are like 25 or 30 to upgrade your car because you haven't been able to save cos insurance renewal comes and steals it all every year.

[knore]

My first car is the car ive got now in my gallery

But its not the first car ive driven for a descent amount of time. I did a good year of driving around in my dads Holden and a few other cars here and there.

Dont forget, the chances of having an accident with your first car is very high

[Duncan]

for god sake, no matter how much it costs you must have insurance if you've got a loan on the car. Imagine having no car after an accident AND still having to pay the loan.

You have to take into account the cost of insurance before you buy the car....

[krzysiu]

So you bought this car then?

No i didnt buy it. There are plenty for that price so there is no rush. Compliecing is only $500 for the 89 GT-R. The thing is i wouldnt want to buy an R32. There are a bit too much on the Grandpa side for me. (too old).

[Serious-Seven]

No i didnt buy it. There are plenty for that price so there is no rush. Compliecing is only $500 for the 89 GT-R. The thing is i wouldnt want to buy an R32. There are a bit too much on the Grandpa side for me. (too old).

Not $500 i wish'd it was!

Getting insurence on a car that was purchesed with a loan is 100% MUST!

[krzysiu]

isnt it? aint it like that because of the 15 Year rule?

[Duncan]

yes 15yo is heaps cheaper compared to the $6000 rort that is SEVS. Probably around $1500

[Roy]

Ummm yeah u can, u can get an 1989 R32 GT-R for 16 grand. I found one in perfect condition. Thats the price for it to be fully complianced and shipped to Autralia. You just gotta get off your arse and look around and u can easily get an r32 GT-R for that price.

Its not here yet you are stating it is in perfect condition :confused: Japs are like the rest of us, they will sell their cars for what they are worth, and sadly you dont buy perfect 15year old GTRs for 16k...

Even if it is relatively std and clean, you can be sure that the thing has travelled kms, so suspension (not just shocks but boots and bushes) clutches, diffs, engine (dont forget solid lifters need more servicing then hydraulis and the Japs arent known for their servicing) are tired and may need addressing.

So still great value and an awesome car at 16k, but perfect it aint, unless by perfect you mean good. Just be sure to have a little on the side as it will need money spent on it. The only case where this may not be true is if insurance companies have seized opwnership of the vehicle and only want to cover there out of pocket expenses...but you aint the only bloke on the lookout for these cars at the auction

[Serious-Seven]

Your average Joe will pay upto $1700 on Engineering for a 15 year old car.

[Timmy G]

i wasn't suggesting not getting insurance, i agree duncan, it is stupid. i am saying don't buy a car which will cost you as much as the car in 3 years.

be smart. don't buy a car which will cost you every spare penny unless you are okay with having your financial status in comatose for however long you own your car for.

cars are not assets - granted. but don't buy one which is multiple times more costly to "own" than a "normal" car.

[i wear moccos]

everything stated in this thread, insurance, running costs etc etc is the reason why im not getting a skyline just yet.

[pentae]

i wear moccos

I guess this once again proves one thing:

If you want one of the best cars on the road for school kid pocket money prices..

Your not going to get away with it without paying somewhere along the line.

And for that i'm grateful, theres already enough young guys who can barely afford to keep their cars serviced driving around in these great cars.

[hippy]

500 for compliance of 15yo?? .. nah i dont' think so .. cheapest i've found is 900, and thats from a mate ... mates rates ... he is getting a gtr in soon and doing the compliancing himself ... i'm thinking of getting a gtr through him cause he can do the whole process for me

[Shell]

No i didnt buy it. There are plenty for that price so there is no rush. Compliecing is only $500 for the 89 GT-R. The thing is i wouldnt want to buy an R32. There are a bit too much on the Grandpa side for me. (too old).

well if you didn't buy it, how can you say it's in perfect condition?

p.s. I'm not against the importing thing (I imported my car) but I agree with others in this thread. Yes alot of 89 GTR's come up for 15 or 16K - but don't say it's easy to get one "in perfect condition" for that price cos it ain't..

[The_Paladin]

"stop spending your money on drugs and maybe you will have some SPARE money"

Try living out of home and see how far you get.........fark i'd be in the market for an R34 if i was still living at home.......

all my money goes into...

rent

food

tax

jetsetting around europe

there's been a few threads like this..............anyone care to post links for the benifit of all? i cant be stuffed i'm getting charged $3.50 and hour for the net right now.......