Show Us Your Motors!

dlockers · 29 Aug 2023 at 17:33

AWPC said:
Found a new spot to take some pics today! They came out rather well!

Your photos always wind me up lol. Number 1 - you always cut out a tiny bit of the car. Number 2 - you've self proclaimed theyre good. Number 3 - your entire car is missing in one photo!

:cry:

AWPC · 29 Aug 2023 at 20:13

dlockers said:
Your photos always wind me up lol. Number 1 - you always cut out a tiny bit of the car. Number 2 - you've self proclaimed theyre good. Number 3 - your entire car is missing in one photo!

Go back under your bridge troll

reason I do that is to save editing the number plate out!

dlockers · 29 Aug 2023 at 20:18

AWPC said:
Go back under your bridge troll reason I do that is to save editing the number plate out!

That actually makes a lot of sense. I'm thankful you haven't just lost the plot

Building Candy · 29 Aug 2023 at 21:59

Tykey · 29 Aug 2023 at 22:30

Building Candy said:

R34 Skyline? Is it a GTR?

Building Candy · 30 Aug 2023 at 08:48

tyke_ said:
R34 Skyline? Is it a GTR?

Yes a 2001 UK spec R34 GTR v-spec

Tykey · 30 Aug 2023 at 08:54

Building Candy said:
Yes a 2001 UK spec R34 GTR v-spec

I'm envious! 1 of my all time favourite cars, i've owned an R32 and an R33 GTR, R34 way beyond my budget unfortunately. The value of them has sky rocketed afaik.

Building Candy · 30 Aug 2023 at 09:02

tyke_ said:
I'm envious! 1 of my all time favourite cars, i've owned an R32 and an R33 GTR, R34 way beyond my budget unfortunately. The value of them has sky rocketed afaik.

Yeh I bought it 9 years ago when they were sensible money. I'll put some more pics up later.

Tykey · 30 Aug 2023 at 09:07

Building Candy said:
Yeh I bought it 9 years ago when they were sensible money. I'll put some more pics up later.

More pics would be great. I think the R34 is peak GTR. OK the R35 is faster as standard but imo they just don't look as good as the R34, especially in the colour you have (or midnight purple).

Yaayuh! · 30 Aug 2023 at 09:11

There's one up for sale at the moment for £150K. Lol.

Gibbo · 30 Aug 2023 at 09:56

Yaayuh! said:
There's one up for sale at the moment for £150K. Lol.

I remember when I was loaned one for a couple of months, UK Bayside blue Vspec car with around 70k miles could have had it for £23,000, instead got myself in an M3 CSL for £27,000 which I then sold for £23,000, two cars which are both now 100k plus, lol.

Raymond Lin · 30 Aug 2023 at 10:25

There is a white R34 just parked on the street near me, I see it every morning on the way to work. It doesn't get driven often. Although I think it is imported as it was registered in 2006 (I done a MOT history check). Only done like 3,000 miles in the past year.

adam cool dude · 30 Aug 2023 at 11:44

Gibbo said:
I remember when I was loaned one for a couple of months, UK Bayside blue Vspec car with around 70k miles could have had it for £23,000, instead got myself in an M3 CSL for £27,000 which I then sold for £23,000, two cars which are both now 100k plus, lol.

Even R32 GTR V-Specs were around ten grand and the same with R33 V-Specs (My favourite).

Ev0 · 30 Aug 2023 at 12:18

I remember looking at an R32 GTR for 7k way back when, oh how times have changed!

adam cool dude · 30 Aug 2023 at 14:22

Ev0 said:
I remember looking at an R32 GTR for 7k way back when, oh how times have changed!

Yeah only now do I have money to splash and everything has gone loopy. If I was in the same financial situation now but with car prices ten years ago I could have had the holy trinity of R32/33 GTR, RX7 and GTO. Now I could just about afford one of them

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Akagi · 30 Aug 2023 at 15:40

adam cool dude said:
Yeah only now do I have money to splash and everything has gone loopy. If I was in the same financial situation now but with car prices ten years ago I could have had the holy trinity of R32/33 GTR, RX7 and GTO. Now I could just about afford one of them .

About 8 years ago I could have afforded at least one of my "halo cars" but didn't have the driving experience / age behind me to be able to insure them etc.
Now I can't afford any of them... Elise 111R was like 10K, now they are what, 25K..? AE86 were gettable for 7 - 8K now they are 25 - 40K...

When I got my E30 in 2016 I had the option to spend 1K more and get a metallic blue E28 M535i instead (so 1.8K), but I passed on it because it had almost 300,000 miles. Bleh.

EddScott · 30 Aug 2023 at 15:58

Got the boys ready for a car show on the weekend. Last of the season for us. Evo is going into hibernation soon. Impreza is off down to Engine Tuner for a small power hike.

AWPC · 30 Aug 2023 at 21:00

dlockers said:
That actually makes a lot of sense. I'm thankful you haven't just lost the plot

I might actually have many times over though ...with the amount of money I have spent on my cars :eek:

LOL

Building Candy · 30 Aug 2023 at 21:09

I bought it in 2014, had 32k miles in it then, im at just over 44k now, I try to do at least 1000 a year but I only take it out in the dry. I dont like it getting wet or looking anything but perfect as its so clean, but I have to get out in it regularly or I start to miss it and get a bit grumpy. Also I think its important to see cars like this blasting down the road at a million miles an hour, not stashed away now they are worth 100k.

V_R · 30 Aug 2023 at 21:32

Stunning example.