Bad luck, Spork. $8000 Turkish lira are currently worth $5600.

I think you better get your wallet out.

I barley heve a thousand bucks, and you can't have it!:cool:
(Spent it all on sexy gutairs)

I don't know HOW, but I will get it. Even if I gotta sell the car that has more memories in it than anything else I own. I will get it.

Oh...wait...


no. I will not give you any money

Well, you know, just in case

LOOK! Now I'm funny too!

I just did a quote for it through State Farm. It'll be about $120 a month for the car. Apparently my insurance agency doesn't know the difference between a Skyline GT-R and a 240SX as his computer wouldn't identify the Skyline. When asked if it was like the 240SX I said they could be, gave him the VIN and he said $113 and some odd cents.

Thats pretty expensive...

If you keep both cars, you should probably get recreational insurance. It's a bit cheaper.

My monthly insurance on my Prontiac Grand Prix GT(P) is $140. They think I drive a GT cause there computers don't identify a GTP for that year/model vehicle. So if I get in an accident (with this car or the other) they'd go "OMG LIEK YOUR CAR SAYS THIS" and I'd make them run the VIN number to prove them wrong. Personally I think $115 a month for full coverage is cheap. My old insurance was $200 for full coverage, and I once had $115 for just liability.

That is pretty good, for both car and insurance payments. Are you going for it?

I'm gonna pitch the idea to my grandma tonight, without saying "Hey give me the money." Basically, over dinner I'm gonna talk about how my car is running, and the guy who is offering me the car, and just go into detail (Using that business way of thinking I've developed through college) about what my plan is with the car, providing I get financial backing, etc through personal loans or credit union, whatever.

Do you have PayPal?

(not)

$8,000 / 3.1415926535897932384626433832795 = 2546.5

I *think* he meant the pie you eat. You know... like apple pie and stuff.... unless you eat the buttons on your calculator ;p

Yes.

BTW here are some photos of it.

Awesome, you don't even have to go through the trouble of ricing it out.

Driving with the steering wheel on that side would scare me.

Jesus CHRIST.

Ok, my grandma won't help, which is ok, I respect her choice and opinion, and I am not pissed off about that.

Problem is, I CAN'T FIND ANY SITE ONLINE (save for eBay) THAT SELLS SKYLINE PARTS. See, if I am gonna get this, I need to get the general idea of what I am gonna have to pay for parts. Say my alternator goes out a year down the road, how much is a new alternator? What about oil changes, K&N doesn't make an oil filter for the Skyline so what do I do to get my oil changed? etc. I can't find jack ****. That is pissing me off. I want this car so frigging bad, and I know that since it is a foreign car repairs are a little higher, but I can't even find anything online as far as what it costs to buy parts for it.

http://www.performancenissanparts.com
Found one. $6.50 for an oil filter (gotta order it) and if my clutch goes out, $2000. 1 caliper is $280. 4 calipers on my Grand Prix is like $100.

OMG LIEK HOW ORIGINAL!!!1111!!1!!

That joke didn't even make it off page 1 before not being funny.

I just wanted to join the club...:(

Your best bet is to find a web community, or several web communities that are based around the Skyline.

Often you can buy and sell parts through their forums, get detailed help for specific issues, and find other enthusiasts.

Silver and Gold I have none.



I wanted to join the club too

WHOA WHOA WHOA! That is not an R33, that's an R34! Just how well do you know the guy offering this thing for $8k? To get one imported here is around $90k from what I've heard from many sources. I could see a car that's about 10 years old being that price, but NOT that car. Can you give more details on this thing?

THRAWN, notice anything odd about the wheels? They're different on each side of the car. Something is definitely odd here.

Other than the car fax I've done over the car? Not a dang thing. And the jist of the deal was, IF he imports it here, brings it to my house and it is NOT what was listed or as described, has any major faults on it, whatever, I will not buy it. Basically when it comes here, I am taking it to a Nissan specialist, having the car looked over to see that nothing is going to fall apart 2 weeks down the road, and if its all in good order I'd buy it. I'm not giving him ANY money until EVERYTHING is checked out.

I'm gonna e-mail the guy.

don't buy it man

bmw m power

half of its parts are interchangable with normal 3 series bimmers and they look and drive awesome

secondly unless your wanting to impress your friends(as in males, which only gets one so far in life) most girls dont know (or care) about the trouble you have upkeeping a car that is not sold at ALL in the U.S.

Ha! Bet you didn't see that one coming.

I don't know about this one.

1. the steering wheel is on the wrong side (if you're from the US) which may not be street legal here. The car may be a great deal, but it isn't worth getting pulled over all the time for it. You may have to retrofit the steering wheel to be on the left, and that could be expensive. Is it worth it?


2. The mixed rims is very suspect. Around here, if you see something like that, chances are, some of the rims came off of another car and were probably stolen.

3. Red flags go up when the seller is willing to unload a fairly new import car on you for $8k. To me, that screams "stolen car." An import like that would cost you way more than that anywhere else, like Crimson said, about $90k. For all you know, the buyer stole it from someone else, and is selling it to you cheap to get rid of the evidence. If you have the plates written down, check with the cops, they have a list of stolen car license plate numbers. That would also be a good time to find out if the steering wheel is legal the way it is.

4. Cars break. it's inevitible. It dosn't seem like a good idea to buy this thing when you can't even find parts for it easily. Before you deal, check with a nissan dealer to see if they can even work on a skyline. (an indie repair shop gets their parts from a nissan dealer if you bring them a nissan car, and respectively for any other make of car they do a similar thing, so it won't make a difference) so you may as well go to a dealer and get the info directly from them.
Even if a dealer can get the parts, they would have to import them at considerable cost to you. Are you sure it's worth it?


Personally, I would pass on this deal.

QFT

No, it's on the Right side.







*badum ching!*

As far as I know, having the steering wheel on the right side is legal to drive in the U.S. It's the whole driving on the wrong side of the road that the cops don't like so much I've seen a few RHD cars here and never heard of any problems, but it's something to look into. The mixed wheels make me nervous too, but I know that some people who can't pick between two different wheels that they like....just don't. They buy two of each and mix them. May not look that great, but whatever.

THRAWN, you need to find a way to get proof of the VIN. The VIN should not show up as a 240SX if it's a Skyline.

Crimson check your e-mail.

As far as the rims go...ha that's a "Ricer" thing. I've seen them before on cars. What people do is buy 2 sets of rips and put them on either side of the car, that way when you look at it from one side and the other, it "makes" it look a different car, so to speak. I saw a Mustang a few weeks ago that had 2 sets of rims, some white ones on the front of the car and gold on the back. Same size, same tires, just different rims. Some people do that to make the car look different, just "there" thing.

Well he is offering to do the transaction thru Square Trade, and I'd get the car for 15 days to do what I want (meaning take it to Nissan dealers and have them look at it) and then if I don't like it, send it back for the $ back.

http://www.squaretrade.com/

Sounds like your insurance company has the world's worst database.

My last insurance company called it a Grand Prix GT as well.