Just woundered what people thought about skylines, ive been tempted to buy one but not sure but id be keeping my turbo 2000???

 

Running costs are alot higher than impreza's

 

i owned one 4 yrs ago ,crap handling ,it was a 1994 , amazing comfort, crap in the wet , fuel consuption rubbish, use to nurse it round everywhere about 50mph, i would never own another one, also know people that own them , always having problems ,ie turbo etc, thats just my opinion though

 

true, but whats the general feeling about them? Ive always fantasied about owning one, just love the shape for some reason, and now i can afford to buy one im having second thoughts weather its the right thing to do!

 

Great cars to drive, straight 6 sounds awesome.

However, they need at least 350bhp to feel quick (rather than fast), and are a LOT more expensive to run than an Impreza.

 

i love the r34 in blue

 

this is my other problem which model would i got for i like the r33 but the r34 is gorgeous, or do i buy a nice new age scooby???

 

If your having second thoughts, then it's not for you!

 

depends how much money you have.

 

about 22000 to play with

 

if you can get hold of a good one, go for it , if i hadnt owned one then i would still want one, just been offered an r33 gtst, in white fully modded 1 owner, 62000 miles, for my scooby

 

R34 for me in Bayside Blue ...........
Mega expensive running costs.........

 

If I'm honest I have had a soft spot for them ever since seeing/hearing rocket ronnie's 900bhp monster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=bKyk67Progo

 

I had an 09 GTR from new, awesome car, very exciting, very fast, handles like a dream - sold it after 8 months because it was boring, seriously, anyone on this forum could have got in it on a track day and beat everything else on the track if they were brave enough to keep their foot in. I thrashed my mate in his Ferrari who is a much better drive than me.

R34 V-Spec is where it is at, best looking, most rewarding to drive and still holding its value well in Bayside Blue.

Chris

 

the only skyline id ever have would be the c110





and a GTR obviously

 

that video is impressive, dunno might go daft and blow my money on my turbo 2000!
does anybody lnow what power i could get for 22 grand, obviously id need a 6 speed box!

 

If I had a big enough space and enough cash the only two classics I would have would be a C110 and Miura (oh and a 250GTO if I had a spare 20 mil)

That is a very nice car.

Chris

 

Going about it right you could have a awesome set up with 500bhp in a classic,don't forget you would need to uprate the brakes and everything else to go with it so not all the 20k could be thrown at the engine

 

@tegra boy - yes, yes and yes.. i love old skool jap motors

 

If you spend the £22k on a Turbo 2000 it'll be like throwing money away, you'd never get close to that back, even breaking it.

If you get a R34 (especially in Bayside blue) you'll probably make money when you sell it... although i suspect you'll need nearer £25k to buy one in the first place.

If i had £22k to spend i know what i'd do.

 

and 25k later you will still have an old turbo 2000

 

LOL you took the words right out of my mouth.

TBH subaru's are far to soft. IMO

I would buy an R34 all day long, and you won't loose all your hard earned cash. And i wouldn't worry about running cost, because a 20k classic is going to cost you shed loads of cash in the long run.

 

You must be able to get a well sorted r33 v spec for less than 22k would of thought they would sit around 15k but as Gary says the r34 if you could stretch a little more would still be worth what you paid for it and there is no way I would drop 22k on your turbo be a complete waste.

 

what about the option of buying a widetrack jdm then and putting the rest of my spare cash into it, would that be worth it?

 

It's alright spanking 25k on a 34 but it would cost the earth to insure and even more when it go's wrong or to mod.
subaru modding is lame money when compared to skylines,60-100k is very often spend by the big boys in skyline groups

 

if your after resale value you will never get back anywhere near what you have spent on mods.
decide what you want a modded car or one to sell one.
id take the r34 over a jap widetrack and wouldnt want a turbo 2000 regardless

 

could you not buy a new age sti for the base of the build ? then at least the gearbox is there already . sell sti turbocharger for a few hundred along with brembos and top mount . stroked and forged engine build etc etc thats the direction id go with over 20g's

 

I've always fancied an R32, but the potential for big expense has always put me off

 

Previously owning a 33gts t after an impreza I enjoyed for three months and worked through a couple of other cars to come back to a scoob.

4-5 years ago I was paying £10 for about 35 miles. 320bhp skyline.

Awesome straight line, handling was light but scary. Prefer the scoob for fun.

They sound nice and engines are strong but man you need some deep old holes near your legs now for the fuel.

Get yourself another nice scoob mate.

While I think about it too rear tyres lasted me 3 months, not all play time either and it was going to cost if I recall correct £500 for two rears 285/35/18

They're great and nice and I don't regret but you will get sick Boeing your putting the garage owners kids in designer clothes very quickly and it will be even harder to shift now when that time comes

 

I wouldn't call the GTR boring...did you bother trying R mode or running with VDC off on track!? Last track day at Silverstone was wet and R mode had me going sideways with the slightest over press on the loud pedal.

Agreed, the car's faster than most Ferrari's and Porsche on track - that just shows the Japanese can build a better cars than the Eurotrash countries

It's a very different car to the Scoob though, not a country lane monster IMO which is the reason I kept the Scoob.

Anders