F6 RAPID Formerly Turbo6 Donating Members 2,332 Member For: 21y 11m 20d Location: North Brisbane Posted 27/05/09 11:09 PM Share Posted 27/05/09 11:09 PM I was looking at an R35 until I did some digging around Skyline sites and the like both here and the US.The best deal on a driveway luxury pack that I could ascertain was $171k. Now while that is a lot of coin, it is pretty damn good value for what this car is capable of as I am sure you will agree. However, the gloss of ownership starts to fade pretty bloody rapidly when I started to learn of the "upkeep" and servicing costs - replacement of fluids (engine oil is the cheap bit - transmission and diff oils need to be genuine) is prohibitively expensive! After a track day, all fluids are to be replaced as per the owners manual at a cost of $1,800 - lubricants only! Add in the labour portion and other crap they dictate, you are looking at a $3,000 bill after a squirt around Qld Raceway...............If any of the discs gets a hairline crack, they all need to be replaced with pads - $10,000. This is only a little bit of it. You should see the rest of what Nissan Australia are demanding to keep your warranty in order - including signing an 11 page waiver...........Fark that. The C63 AMG is back on the top of the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m 3d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 28/05/09 10:25 AM Share Posted 28/05/09 10:25 AM Jesus that's a bit extreme. Would you fit in one anyway Shorty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seventytwo Still have a turbo, it's just on a diesel. Lifetime Members 5,368 Member For: 19y 5m 21d Gender: Male Location: The 8th Dimension Posted 28/05/09 11:13 AM Share Posted 28/05/09 11:13 AM The pain of servicing would be almost worth it. And what I happened to drive past today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corzza 777 Member 7,135 Member For: 15y 10m 27d Gender: Male Location: Neutral Bay. Born and Bred in the RSA Posted 29/05/09 12:48 AM Share Posted 29/05/09 12:48 AM Id rather a Lotus Exige SCheaper and less the servicing costs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 RAPID Formerly Turbo6 Donating Members 2,332 Member For: 21y 11m 20d Location: North Brisbane Posted 29/05/09 04:35 AM Share Posted 29/05/09 04:35 AM I do indeed fit TrentO............fair question though. I actually have more room in it than a C63 - no back seats though. The costs of running it are prohibitive if you want to keep your warranty. As I said, you just could not use it as an everyday car and put meaningful km's on it. That means every second hand one will have pretty hard km's on them because when they are actually driven, they will be driven hard. Posers won't buy them, they will keep their Bimmers and Porsches (on the whole). So the guys that do get them are doing so for one reason.If this spastic thing would let me (the Forum), I would upload the photos I took on my phone of the Red one I previously wanted........... it keeps saying "Upload failed. The file was larger than the available space" the photo is only 550kb.Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m 3d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 29/05/09 05:08 AM Share Posted 29/05/09 05:08 AM Just means you've uploaded too much crap already, click this link and delete some of your old attachments first...or just email it to me if that's too complex Are you looking at getting rid of the diesel truck already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koppers Member 119 Member For: 18y 11d Posted 29/05/09 09:33 AM Share Posted 29/05/09 09:33 AM Chopped an r35 gtr last night.... f*ck they are a nice car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KutaXR6t Member 57 Member For: 15y 7m 16d Gender: Male Location: Perth North Cost Posted 30/05/09 09:45 AM Author Share Posted 30/05/09 09:45 AM Chopped an r35 gtr last night.... f*ck they are a nice carHoly sh*twhat were you in?!I've done in a non-turbo r33 or 32 (not a skyline man) in an AU forte with a pod filter that's why I dont have much faith in the old skylines. Even though I do realise he must have been the biggest fail of a driver ever for that to occur.yeah r35s are through the roofI feel a little better sitting in a bit of Ozzy engineering myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 10m 20d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 30/05/09 11:27 AM Share Posted 30/05/09 11:27 AM Chopping a 2 or 2.5L N/A in a 4L N/A is no big achievement dude.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KutaXR6t Member 57 Member For: 15y 7m 16d Gender: Male Location: Perth North Cost Posted 30/05/09 06:20 PM Author Share Posted 30/05/09 06:20 PM Chopping a 2 or 2.5L N/A in a 4L N/A is no big achievement dude....that's true jus they get so much hype and really they cant even take on a taxi model family sedan. 4.0l with poddie vs 2.5l manual with full exhaust + poddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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