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Touched my first Skyline


dekand
08-17-2003, 03:40 AM
yup i finally saw one up close and in person... god i want one, it was an r32 dark grey but man it was badass... once i have 35k that i just wanna blow im definitly gonna get an r33 ;)

NismoFreakS14
08-17-2003, 09:03 AM
:cool:

The guy that owns the car is cool about it.

Suislide
08-17-2003, 11:54 AM
oh yeah? well I got a ride in an RX-8 today. top THAT! :naughty:

mynismo
08-17-2003, 11:57 AM
once i have 35k that i just wanna blow im definitly gonna get an r33 ;)
you missed the ebay auction a couple weeks ago, the guy was selling an r33 for $8000. no one bid on it.... dumbasses. if i had the money i'd get it. only costs a couple grand to legalize it. it was already in california...

grncivicdhr
08-17-2003, 01:04 PM
brian, i drove the rx-8 and drove the 350z the same afternoon. i think the i almost made the salesman shit himself. i like the 350 better. what did you think? the rx-8 is hot tho. most fun car i got to drive this year was an m3 smg.

NismoFreakS14
08-17-2003, 01:51 PM
you missed the ebay auction a couple weeks ago, the guy was selling an r33 for $8000. no one bid on it.... dumbasses. if i had the money i'd get it. only costs a couple grand to legalize it. it was already in california...

INCORRECT... READ THE MANDATES ON IMPORTING AND LEGALIZING A NON US TESTED VEHICLE

dekand
08-17-2003, 02:08 PM
actually after talking to the guys who import the skylines... it doesn't cost but a couple grand to get it legalized being that Motorex already dished out the money to get them crashed tested... thats why Motorex is trying to sue all the skyline importers that are popping up...

enecks
08-17-2003, 02:21 PM
you missed the ebay auction a couple weeks ago, the guy was selling an r33 for $8000. no one bid on it.... dumbasses. if i had the money i'd get it. only costs a couple grand to legalize it. it was already in california...

I wish it were only a couple grand. If that were the case, you think I would really be driving a Civic? : ). For an R33, MotoRex charges anywhere from $17,000 (1995 models) to $25,000 (1996-1998) for legalization. And as anybody in the Skyline forum will tell you, there's no [legal] way to get around MotoRex.

dekand
08-17-2003, 02:23 PM
Well if that is the case how is this skyline (in dallas) driving around legally without ever contacting motorex? Motorex charges a butload because they need to make back the money that they lost crash testing the skylines... i believe they had to crash 10 of every year that wanted to be imported. Now how much do you think that cost? they are making their money back by charging a buttload.

grncivicdhr
08-17-2003, 03:08 PM
skylines are bad ass but i would never pay all that money for one. i don't see how you guys would even wish you had the $$ to buy one. i could think of better cars to get. $75k for an r33 is crazy! i'd rather get an S4.

dekand
08-17-2003, 03:24 PM
If you payed 75k for an r33 then you would be an idiot.

grncivicdhr
08-17-2003, 03:33 PM
look on motorex's web site, those cars are over priced as shit. i would never pay that money for something just cuz of the import scene hypin it up as some kinda holy grail of the automotive world.

NismoFreakS14
08-17-2003, 04:14 PM
Their prices are that high cause of the US government...

spindrift187
08-17-2003, 04:34 PM
The price is so high because if yu go to motorex's site then it will show you it cost $18k to fully legalize a R-34 yourself. And I'm sure people are much more willing to pay the price and have all that work done for them then to get a non-legal car and wait months or longer to have it legalized. Plus I'm sure the cost is so high because they have to crash test them, I didnt even know they had to do that, also the skyline is in high demand making it more valuable. Yes cheaper cars can and do outperform the skyline, but that's like asking why would you pay $3000 for an AE86 when it's not worth that much by blue book or whatever, it is sought after, that is why. What was my original point? hmmm....forgot

enecks
08-17-2003, 04:51 PM
Well if that is the case how is this skyline (in dallas) driving around legally without ever contacting motorex?

Does that dark grey R32 happen to belong to a guy named Sam or Sami?

dayna240sx
08-17-2003, 08:33 PM
oh yeah? well I got a ride in an RX-8 today. top THAT! :naughty:

I drove one yesterday...(Saturday)

grncivicdhr
08-17-2003, 10:01 PM
The price is so high because if yu go to motorex's site then it will show you it cost $18k to fully legalize a R-34 yourself. And I'm sure people are much more willing to pay the price and have all that work done for them then to get a non-legal car and wait months or longer to have it legalized. Plus I'm sure the cost is so high because they have to crash test them, I didnt even know they had to do that, also the skyline is in high demand making it more valuable. Yes cheaper cars can and do outperform the skyline, but that's like asking why would you pay $3000 for an AE86 when it's not worth that much by blue book or whatever, it is sought after, that is why. What was my original point? hmmm....forgot

i still don't think its worth it. S4 for me.

Suislide
08-17-2003, 10:46 PM
i would have driven it, but the guy said he had just taken delivery of it and was kind of paranoid. i came across it ( :wink: ) in my small home-town and was VERY shocked to see such a car in my small town. i circled it a bunch of times and the owner must have seen me, came out and offered me a ride. i don't care that i didn't drive it, a ride is better then nothing at all!

oh yeah, and Skylines? when i went to Japan in '97, i touched at least 10 of them. :biggrin:

christofurr
08-18-2003, 01:29 AM
oh yeah? well I got a ride in an RX-8 today. top THAT! :naughty:

You asked for it! :evillol:

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4289390703

dekand
08-18-2003, 01:48 AM
i know a guy named Sam or Sami works at the place ... it was probably his because its the shop car i think... who knows but its cool and i want one haha

stealthj
08-18-2003, 02:43 AM
there is someone who works at an acura dealership who has a r32 GTR right by my house, and 20 mins away in almaden valley a guy with a 450hp r33 GTR in it, and i touched it,

oh yes i have touched it

2of9
08-18-2003, 10:56 AM
stealthj, :headshake i dont want to be mean, but wut u r saying is worthless with out pics. u will be flamed at, but get pics up so u every one, including me, will shut up about the person having a 450HP R-33 and the R-32.

Myrrdex
08-19-2003, 01:45 AM
saw the first one (RX-8) i have ever seen today outside my dorm. It was moving to fast to touch unless i had a death wish. those things are badass.

stealthj
08-19-2003, 02:52 AM
i forgot baout that, i havnt got a chance to take pics of the r33, but i have the r32

jeffm421
08-19-2003, 03:04 AM
oh yeah? well I got a ride in an RX-8 today. top THAT! :naughty:

i used to work at a nissan dealership where i drove 350z's and all other nissans all day. Never had a skyline come in there though.

Now i just work at a chevy dealership and drive z06's all day, poor me.

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