Thread: anyone have 55k laying around?

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A JDM gimic is the probably the last thing I'd speand 55k on. I can't believe people pay that much for those things.

id pay 55k for one..


Attesa AWD.. rb26dett... I sport wood even thinking about owning one..

Originally Posted by 98spydert

A JDM gimic is the probably the last thing I'd speand 55k on. I can't believe people pay that much for those things.

Since when is a skyline gtr a gimmic? Have i missed something since the 70s?

The inflated price because it's JDM only makes it a gimic in my mind. Don't get me wrong, it's a sick ass car. But I wouldn't pay $55,000 for a non-luxary, non-exotic car made in the mid 90s. I don't think I should be spilling this blasphemy on a car forum though :P

Originally Posted by 98spydert

The inflated price because it's JDM only makes it a gimic in my mind. Don't get me wrong, it's a sick ass car. But I wouldn't pay $55,000 for a non-luxary, non-exotic car made in the mid 90s. I don't think I should be spilling this blasphemy on a car forum though :P

I see what you mean. Yeah its not a luxurious sports car. Don't forget those that paid 40k for an evo though when it hit the US shores. Also a nice car but marked way up just from the dealer. Skylines are expensive and converting them for US use ain't cheap.

Yeah, same reason I didn't wait for the new body style Silverado when I bought my new truck a few weeks ago. I would have paid $15,000+ more for essentially the same thing but a little better since a lot of it's revised. And not $15k better either. Mark ups because of hype like that just seem like the biggest waste of money in my mind. Lots of people don't mind paying it though, I remember when I was shopping for the then new 300C and the mark up was $7-10k yet they couldn't keep them on the lot. That mark up does hell for resale and getting financed. I guess rich people don't mind.

I'd love to take that thing for a few laps though. The GT-R destroyed Porsche's 959 and 944, set records, and won damn near everything it entered for almost 10 years. Pretty impressive for a mass production sports car. Too bad it's predecessor (G35) isn't what they used to be.

Originally Posted by ryostyle_the_?akuza

Originally Posted by 98spydert

The inflated price because it's JDM only makes it a gimic in my mind. Don't get me wrong, it's a sick ass car. But I wouldn't pay $55,000 for a non-luxary, non-exotic car made in the mid 90s. I don't think I should be spilling this blasphemy on a car forum though :P

I see what you mean. Yeah its not a luxurious sports car. Don't forget those that paid 40k for an evo though when it hit the US shores. Also a nice car but marked way up just from the dealer. Skylines are expensive and converting them for US use ain't cheap.

I wouldn't pay $35K for that car. It's almost 10 years old and has a boat load of miles on it for crying out loud.

yeah seriously just go get a vette instead. I'd rather have C5 Z06, and spend the difference in price on mods for that car. :shock: you can get those with 30k or less miles for about 30 thousand now...and 25 thousand in mods to that car would make it even sweeter.

not that i dont like that way R33's and R34's look though. There's just better options.

FULL RACE just made a kit for s13's and s14's to swap all the gtr engine, drivetrain, suspension and brakes without have to weld anything or cut anything. it's a bold in kit. that wouldn't be a bad car to cruise, an awd s14. they call it the R14, here's a link.


http://www.full-race.com/r14/skyline...on-pricing.php