| TuneIn |
| How much per month on average is it costing the Skyline GTR owners on this forum to own and maintain a GTR? Thanks |
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| Wookey |
| $0 cause most of them are blown up. and probably an average of what $300/month for their bank loan they took out to buy the piece of scrap metal. |
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| RotaryJunkie13B |
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Originally posted by Wookey
$0 cause most of them are blown up. and probably an average of what $300/month for their bank loan they took out to buy the piece of scrap metal.
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| TuneIn |
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Originally posted by Wookey
$0 cause most of them are blown up. and probably an average of what $300/month for their bank loan they took out to buy the piece of scrap metal.
Thank you for your opinion, but if you aren't going to answer my question please don't post in my thread. |
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| 92_WhItE_H23 |
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Originally posted by TuneIn
Thank you for your opinion, but if you aren't going to answer my question please don't post in my thread.
kinda sounds like he gave you an answer...
0$ and then 300$ for the loan....read carefully |
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| TuneIn |
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Originally posted by 92_WhItE_H23
kinda sounds like he gave you an answer...
0$ and then 300$ for the loan....read carefully
Except that I'm looking for a realistic amount so I'll have a better idea on how much I'll need to budget for one per month, and it doesn't answer my question when someone says "oh skylines are shitty so you'll just have to pay your loan off after it breaks down." Please don't reply if you aren't going to be constructive. |
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| b18c5crx |
have the money tucked away for a new engine if you plan to drive it like they were designed for.
a 15 year old sports car is a ticking bomb.
but what chad said is dead on
0$:p |
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| EK9Hatch |
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Originally posted by Wookey
$0 cause most of them are blown up. and probably an average of what $300/month for their bank loan they took out to buy the piece of scrap metal.
:lol:
And TuneIn, to answer your question...it costs $112.82 per month to maintain a GT-R.
Jamie |
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| chris f |
| main point is to have some money saved for when somthing big brakes, like the others said. a good engine rebuild can be 12 grand. |
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| miiike |
Its impossible to budget for any car because anything could go wrong at any moment....I owned a JDM car for a long period of time annnd nothing ever went wrong with it (same with a number of my friends), my only monthly expense was premium gas!
Buuut if you put aside a complete rebuild (which really isnt as likely to happen as everyone on here has said) i'd say $100-200 a month...I say that under the assumption that the car is in excellent running condition and isnt a junker. You could expect to dump a few hundred or maybe even $500-1000 every once in a while because of the age of the car but i wouldnt expect the car to goto the shop every single month (unless you imported a piece of shit). If you find yourself going to the shop every single month you should dump the car!
What i have said is under the assumption that for the most part the engine/turbos are in good condition...If there not then a bank loan should be on your agenda.
Annnnd one more thing just to show you...my good friend has a GTR in very good condition which i imported for him and as far as mechanical costs its been pretty close to my current car which is almost brand new...With GTR's its luck of the draw. |
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| TuneIn |
| The skyline I'm buying was imported by my friend's dad and only has 64XXX kms on it. It passed the OOP easily and is in excellent running condition so it should work out alright. Thanks to the people who actually gave me a mature answer. |
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| Thegnome |
It doesn't have to be difficult to figure out. I would just figure out how much insurance is and then keep money put aside for repairs.
Its an older car, things will go wrong. Learn as much as you can about it so you can do most of the repairs and not pay some retard 100$ an hour to replace your o2 sensor.
Its a very popular car, so I garauntee any problem you experience, its been covered a million times over. So read up, keep good gtr forums in your favourites and you should manage.
My z is old, I want to modify it, but it wants to die. So you just have to stay one step ahead.
Now go read. |
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| Driven |
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Originally posted by TuneIn
The skyline I'm buying was imported by my friend's dad and only has 64XXX kms on it. It passed the OOP easily and is in excellent running condition so it should work out alright. Thanks to the people who actually gave me a mature answer.
I think it all depends on how much you drive it.. how you drive it.. and how it's been driven and previously maintained. |
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| Wookey |
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Originally posted by TuneIn
Thank you for your opinion, but if you aren't going to answer my question please don't post in my thread.
My answer was somewhat serious. There are tons of people that have imported skylines and the amount of them still running is very small. So with that said, its hard to give you an actual dollar amount on how much its gonna cost to maintain it each month.
If you have to ask the question of how much its gonna cost to maintain the car each month, you are more then likely not going to be able to afford it. Go to some skyline forums and do your research. |
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| kouki240 |
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Originally posted by Wookey
My answer was somewhat serious. There are tons of people that have imported skylines and the amount of them still running is very small. So with that said, its hard to give you an actual dollar amount on how much its gonna cost to maintain it each month.
All of this coming from a rotary owner :rolleyes:
I haven't had any serious problems with importing Skylines. All of them have showed up running perfectly fine or have needed something small like a battery or spark plugs. This includes stock ones as well as modified.
But since you are dealing with a car that has already landed and passed OOP, you obviously won't have to deal with the de-FOBing of the car.
It's not a matter of maintaining the car every month. You could have zero problems for a year or two depending on how you drive the car. It's more the question of when it does break down, how much will it cost.
And my answer to that question: a lot. |
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| Wookey |
| its a good thing i've owned 4 rx7's and never blown one up then eh?:rolleyes: |
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| Driven |
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Originally posted by kouki240
All of this coming from a rotary owner :rolleyes:
lol he's never blown up an rx-7.. and his current one hauls some serious ass. You got nothing. :thumbdown |
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| kouki240 |
Don't get me wrong, I respect Rx-*'s, but you are criticizing Skylines and saying that a great majority of them need rebuilds. I have imported alone a good number of GTR's and not one of them even came close to needing a rebuild.
When I was shopping around for Rx-7's, seemed like half of them needed a rebuild, and the other half already had a rebuild. Ain't that funny.. |
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| kouki240 |
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Originally posted by Driven
lol he's never blown up an rx-7.. and his current one hauls some serious ass. You got nothing. :thumbdown
When did I say he's blown up an Rx-7.. |
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| Driven |
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Originally posted by kouki240
When did I say he's blown up an Rx-7..
You didn't say he blew one up.. but you said most of them are blown up or need rebuilds... it all depends on the owner.. how you take care of it. Most ppl cheap out and instead of doing reliability mods.. they go for more power and blow em up. Just some food for thought. |
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| crzyone |
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Originally posted by TuneIn
Thank you for your opinion, but if you aren't going to answer my question please don't post in my thread.
There are a lot of skyline haters on this board, just try to ignore them.
I would not trade my GTR for anything. |
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| b18c5crx |
to be really honest every real gtr owner should know a stock r32 needs a rebuild if it is to be used like nissan intended it to be.
a 10mm crank snout is far from safe.
i would never trust jdm mileage so there is at least a timing belt, tensioner+ spring and an idler pully. If you wish to use it to the 8k redline even a small ati would be recommended or you end up with a cracked block.
to be honest if you have to ask how much a gtr is going to cost to maintain you really do not want to know the answer as any day your ignitor could poop out, coils run onto their last leg.
The oil pump drive on the pre 93/5 engines just wont take the abuse we generally feed into our cars.
I do not even own a gtr but having friends that do teaches you one whole hell of a lot and to be honest i would much rather have chads fd. |
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| crzyone |
I agree, a GTR is not for anyone with a limited budget.
I know that my oil pump drive can go any day but I am fully prepared to buy an N1 long block if it ever does. When you "fix" the GTR engine, its bulletproof. Until then its a ticking timebomb.
As for the rest of the car, parts are reasonably priced, just be prepared to wait for any parts that you need. |
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| Godzilla |
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Originally posted by crzyone
I agree, a GTR is not for anyone with a limited budget.
I know that my oil pump drive can go any day but I am fully prepared to buy an N1 long block if it ever does. When you "fix" the GTR engine, its bulletproof. Until then its a ticking timebomb.
As for the rest of the car, parts are reasonably priced, just be prepared to wait for any parts that you need.
very well said levi.
when i bought my car i knew i would never own it. my car owns me. i couldn't be happier though |
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| raceready68 |
| 151,150,148,150,149,149 wet compression test my GTR is strong how ever the not using the .9bar rad cap has left me with a few bursting coolent lines not looking forward to winter when I change them all. Most skylines that have the engines pop usually don't have all the maintance done or the tune checked before the start beating the crap out of them. Month cost depends on the car and how hard you drive it also how well you maintain it. |
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| Fazda |
| depending on how well your car has been kept up, is how much u will be spending monthly to fix it.. I dont understand why peolpe go out and buy all these expensive 15 year old sports cars when there are alot of nice new ones out there with just as much power that are reliable. My brother wants a gtr, i told him he better have 10'gs sitting around to fix the motor and evrything else it will need. |
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| WorkInProgress |
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Originally posted by Godzilla
very well said levi.
when i bought my car i knew i would never own it. my car owns me. i couldn't be happier though
LOL
Like that day I saw you rocking the donut tire on the highway doing like 70km/h and everyone was passing your ass and laughing...
Priceless.
<3 Greg. |
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| crzyone |
| Atleast he had the donut :thumbup: |
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| SkiTLz |
| Personally i'd buy a GTS-T. The RB20 is a WAY stronger engine. Makes more smoke.. err I mean power.. And parts are cheap.. |
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| Godzilla |
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Originally posted by SkiTLz
Personally i'd buy a GTS-T. The RB20 is a WAY stronger engine. Makes more smoke.. err I mean power.. And parts are cheap..
thats kinda an iffy statement, straight from japan an RB20 with 100,000kms may last longer than a RB26 with the same milage, but build up both engines and the RB26 is way stronger and has much more power potential. as it was mentioned, before a rebuild an RB26 is a ticking time bomb, once built up they are an amazing engine. as far as cheap parts, you got to pay to play. |
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| SkiTLz |
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Originally posted by Godzilla
thats kinda an iffy statement, straight from japan an RB20 with 100,000kms may last longer than a RB26 with the same milage, but build up both engines and the RB26 is way stronger and has much more power potential. as it was mentioned, before a rebuild an RB26 is a ticking time bomb, once built up they are an amazing engine. as far as cheap parts, you got to pay to play.
haha Greg i wasn't serious.. Hence the smoke comment.. :thumbup:
RB20's are great if you like to rev to 15,000 before ya power kicks in. |
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| Godzilla |
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Originally posted by SkiTLz
haha Greg i wasn't serious.. Hence the smoke comment.. :thumbup:
RB20's are great if you like to rev to 15,000 before ya power kicks in.
tricky, i figured your smoke comment was in reference to GTS being RWD for drifting. i guess i should stop posting when i first wake up. |
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| SkiTLz |
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Originally posted by Godzilla
tricky, i figured your smoke comment was in reference to GTS being RWD for drifting. i guess i should stop posting when i first wake up.
Yes.. :P No my smoke comment was in reference to my POS RB20 that had twice the smoke output than it did power. |
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| tokes |
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Originally posted by Fazda
depending on how well your car has been kept up, is how much u will be spending monthly to fix it.. I dont understand why peolpe go out and buy all these expensive 15 year old sports cars when there are alot of nice new ones out there with just as much power that are reliable. My brother wants a gtr, i told him he better have 10'gs sitting around to fix the motor and evrything else it will need.
Because it's a fucking cool car I've wanted since I was 10, I love the sound of turbocharged inline 6's, love the styling, and love having a car that is still comparitively rare over here.
Also, after a rebuild the performance per dollar starts to become damn good. I'm doing a "mild" forged piston build with stock rods (still good to 600+ HP), drop in tomei poncams, rebuilt turbos with steel wheels, downpipes/elbows, and then a PFC/Z32MAF's and bigger injectors. Not a lot of dough into the motor and it'll do 400 WHP on pump gas and the T28's will wheeze out 500 WHP leaning on it with C16. Lots of fun, and I can move to a set of 2860R's and make more if I want to later on. |
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| kouki240 |
See what I find weird is how an import enthusiast can say that an RB26 is a shitty engine. 600+ hp on stock internals (maybe with a rebuild on an R32 block) with an AWD system that hooks up like a bat out of hell that still isn't outdated 18 years later is nothing to laugh at. Just because our market is flooded with them doesn't make them not cool.
If Civics came stock with 300hp and were super responsive and reliable to mods, I'd buy 3 of them.
Maybe I'm just oblivious to what a Civic/b16/b18/bpeeshooterengine can make for power or MAYBE I just have access to a majical array of GTR's that have yet to fail.
Could be either or :dunno: |
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| Dan_s_young |
You are asking about the reliability of an old turbo sports car. That's impossible to ask like others have said.
Unless your really up with your automotive knowledge, I wouldn't recommend it. Finding someone to work on these cars is difficult, be prepared with a just in case fund.
I can't stand when people make statements like "with stock internals it can handle 600 hp". Such a open ended statement, also there is guys making 700+ with stock rotary internals (just thought i'd throw that out there). Doesn't mean they can last forever like that, but the higher the power level the higher the risk of taking out components. |
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| Driven |
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Originally posted by Dan_s_young
You are asking about the reliability of an old turbo sports car. That's impossible to ask like others have said.
Unless your really up with your automotive knowledge, I wouldn't recommend it. Finding someone to work on these cars is difficult, be prepared with a just in case fund.
I can't stand when people make statements like "with stock internals it can handle 600 hp". Such a open ended statement, also there is guys making 700+ with stock rotary internals (just thought i'd throw that out there). Doesn't mean they can last forever like that, but the higher the power level the higher the risk of taking out components.
Yea i agree just because some other guys are running stock internals and pushing that much power.. doesn't mean your current motor will. |
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| kouki240 |
Agreed as well.
The RB26 CAN handle 600hp+, but you're right, that doesn't mean all RB26's will.
But that is a statement you can make about ANY car. How great of a difference is there going to be between with a JDM with 100k on it and a USDM with 100k on it. Last time I checked, cars are bagged on every part of the globe that has roads. What makes you think the Japanese bag it the hardest? |
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