More run spotting

"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12) 07/28/2020 at 19:57 • Filed to: None

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Really nice condition 3rd gen ‘Lude

R30 Skyline. Complete with door stickers. I think it said something like 4 VALVE DOHC RS-TURBO

Decent condition S2 Z32 300ZX. My beloved. Look closely.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 07/28/2020 at 20:29

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Ooooh ooh that Skyline. Now THAT is a cool car. 

fintail > Nauraushaun 07/28/2020 at 20:34

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Guy with the W116 and W123s might have more to worry about than junk mail.

Nauraushaun > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/28/2020 at 21:28

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Definitely. Such a weird car to see driving around. So old.

Nauraushaun > fintail 07/28/2020 at 21:33

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Lol

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 07/28/2020 at 21:37

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Well kinda old to just see zooming around the streets but not all that old in the grand scheme of interesting cars you might notice.

Nauraushaun > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/28/2020 at 22:33

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True enough. I guess it’s all relative. Far older than most cars you see, old for a Japanese car and especially old for a Skyline - most of those you see are R33/R32. And even those are 2-3 decades old!

But modern compared to a car from the 60s. And those are around.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 07/28/2020 at 22:43

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I can’t speak for you down in Oz but here those R32s have been legal to import for only a few years and I’ve seen one (1) R32   and that was a four door. The first R33 turned 25 this year. 

Nauraushaun > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/28/2020 at 23:15

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Haha, yep. It’s very different in the rest of the world. I’ve written before about how most of the Skylines here are broken, badly maintained, ruined with mods. You do see nice well-kept GT-Rs, but not usually.

But the R30 pre-dates that whole scene!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 07/28/2020 at 23:38

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You can’t afford to import a JDM car in the US and then not be able to treat it right. You pretty much aren’t allowed to import something with mechanical modifications without a severe headache so everything starts off at the high end. Plus, longer distance adds shipping costs.

This illegal Silvia I saw (not 25 years old) is about as trashy as it gets. I haven’t really seen a poorly modified imp orted car because they won’t be financially feasible until quite a few more years.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/dots-swank-edition-1843447869

But I get you. Like the Mustang of Japan that people like to pretend is better than it is. Good car but awful owners who cheap out and crash their crap?

Nauraushaun > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/29/2020 at 00:32

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Ah I see. You can’t import with mods?! I can see people perhaps importing them with the intent to mod. Then the next owner or the one after ends up beating on it. A lot of mods are done badly, lowering the value of the car into a beater bracket.

But certainly your JDMs will be in a higher tier than ours. Yes, sort of like the Mustang. Many Skylines are just plain 6-cylinder sedans!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 07/29/2020 at 00:56

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Basically, if a serial number on a mechanical part doesn’t match, they crush it or send it back. There are stories of people buying a car that had a different OEM factory option engine of the same model year put in it and they never realized it wasn’t original only to have their car destroyed once it arrived. It’s a stupid system invented by big automaker lobbyists to prevent people from realizing ROW cars are good.

I have seen one Skyline and it was an R32 sedan, probably rarer than the coupes by a significant margin. Maybe even 1:6 or something. 

Nauraushaun > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/29/2020 at 01:45

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Haha! That’s truly awful. So many rules over there, really messes with the car world doesn’t it?
They probably are rarer only because nobody likes them. I knew a guy with an R34 sedan. I think he got mixed up in the hype and bought it, but said it was slow as can be.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 07/29/2020 at 11:27

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Gotta do your homework. Most R33s in the country are still illegally imported because people have more hype and money than sense.