medici78

I figure most guys just buy these as a weekend toy, but I can only afford one car and I am VERY cusious about a Skyline R33. Howver, compared to the new M3 (which I am currently on the waiting list for) I can at least rest assured of reliability and dealers to solve most problems. Any thoughts on this, guys?

verm343

I've talked with MotoRex and they've assured me it could easily be used as a daily driver.

micro

If ya buy an M3 over a Skyline, I'll shoot ya :bandit:

Guiddy

The R33 would make a great daily driver! For a start it is Japanese!
The straight 6 is nice and torquey and the gear change positive! It has no problems pulling fomr low in the rev range!

Go for it!

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Gtr2.7L

Great for daily drivers......except they run hot. Problem solved in my car by getting a Trust/Greddy Oil cooler and remote Filter kit....700 US. I'm running almost twice stock horsepower and have no problems with overheating. You might also want to consider gas consumption and upkeep...both very expensive.....seeing as 65 MPH is somewhere between 3000-3500 RPM....it's a noisy highway ride.....and just about everything on the car is expensive to replace.

jagtr

I live in Jamaica , and my r33 gtr is my daily driver with no problems. I currntly run full exhaust, intake , 1 bar boost and ecu.

gang$tarr

you live in jamaica! that is so sweet

:bonghitte :bonghitte :bonghitte :bonghitte ya mon

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"Your ice don't shine an your chain hollow/ why you front in clubs for hours wit tha same bottle/ takin midget sips/ I run wit the richest clicks/ Tap the thickest chicks/ plus drop the slickest hits/ you know nothin about L/ so don't doubt L/ what's this muthafuckin rap game wit out L/ Yo that's like jewels wit out ice/ that's like china wit out rice/ or the holy bible wit out christ/ tha bulls wit out mike/ crack heads wit out pipes/ or hockey games wit out fights/ don't touch the mic if you aint able to spit/ flamboyant is tha label i'm wit.. muthafucka.... Big L"

96SEChick

OMG! I think that's the funniest "smilie" I've ever seen.

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gang$tarr

wow, you gotta be the 2nd girl on AF

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R.I.P. Lamont Coleman a.k.a. Big L -- 1975-1999
"Your ice don't shine an your chain hollow/ why you front in clubs for hours wit tha same bottle/ takin midget sips/ I run wit the richest clicks/ Tap the thickest chicks/ plus drop the slickest hits/ you know nothin about L/ so don't doubt L/ what's this muthafuckin rap game wit out L/ Yo that's like jewels wit out ice/ that's like china wit out rice/ or the holy bible wit out christ/ tha bulls wit out mike/ crack heads wit out pipes/ or hockey games wit out fights/ don't touch the mic if you aint able to spit/ flamboyant is tha label i'm wit.. muthafucka.... Big L"

96SEChick

I wish I could be the first girl here to have a GT-R, though! Would I be? Wait, I won't get a chance to have one--I live in Oklahoma, this state would probably impound the car because nobody had ever seen it before.

BTW--I'm glad I found AF. I've gotten to read a lot about the GT-R in the past few days and I'm glad I get to "cyber-meet" some GT-R owners. They're wonderful cars.

Lauren

medici78

GTR2.7l, you say that parts are expensive to replace. Do you mean expensive relative to domestics and popular imports, or expensive like maintaining a Porsche? Would maintenance be comparable to, say, a TT 300ZX?
for jagtr: did you have to import the car to Jamaica yourself? Are they popular there?

jagtr

Medici78, Gtrs are not real common here in Jamaica, I know of around 6 or 7 r32 and 33s. Most if not all were imported used from Japan thruogh used car dealers.
Like most places I guess there are huge amounts of evos and alot of wrxs.

Doughnutdemon

Hey JAGTR! Fellow Caribbean man!

I live in Barbados, and though I can't (yet) afford the GTR my GTS-t R32 is my daily drive, through traffic and all. After two years it only overheated once, due to a radiator fan relay not coming in (loose connection) but it didn't shut down, just got real hot.

Maintenance is fairly cheap, since it's as reliable as any Japanese car. My only expenses are regular services and the occasional performance modification. Watch out for automatic boxes, though - they don't like extra power. Of course, GTR's don't have that problem - go 5-speed manual!

sami

I have used my R32 as a daily driver since I sold my beater. Only thing is I work ~200 yards from home so I don't get a lot of miles on it. I'm getting another beater today so I bet you guess what I'm about to say.

If you can't afford a second car but are serious about getting a R33, I would have to say get a R32 and buy a decent beater with the money you just saved. R32 is not a step down from a R33 IMO, some would say R33 is a step down (now, R33 owners, no reason to get upset really ). You'd be still getting a GT-R with low mileage and this way you could keep it that way.

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pimpclipse

96SECHICK i live in Tulsa and ive seen skylines here. U just have to look hard enough. Ive seen 2 of em on memorial. Id take a Sylvia over a skyline...Call me crazy...