mouthwash Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Curious, as you're financially adept, how much have you budgeted for running costs etc? Quote
Flex Posted March 11, 2016 Author Posted March 11, 2016 Restick the oil cap label with Nismo the right way up please my OCD can't handle that Ditch the oil cap and replace it with a genuine nismo one Is it registered yet? I picked mine up on Monday been through 2 tanks of fuel already Yeah she's all registered, just need tyres!! Quote
Flex Posted March 11, 2016 Author Posted March 11, 2016 Curious, as you're financially adept, how much have you budgeted for running costs etc? Me or Ian? I havent budgeted lol, if I cant afford to do something on her, I'll just tuck her away until I have funds. She's the 2nd love of my life. Quote
Ian Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Curious, as you're financially adept, how much have you budgeted for running costs etc? Me or Ian? I havent budgeted lol, if I cant afford to do something on her, I'll just tuck her away until I have funds. She's the 2nd love of my life. +1 Quote
mouthwash Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Fair point, both of you if you don't mind as I'm going down this route. Just curious to see if running costs would be similar to my charged Z. Quote
Flex Posted March 11, 2016 Author Posted March 11, 2016 Fair point, both of you if you don't mind as I'm going down this route. Just curious to see if running costs would be similar to my charged Z. I doubt I'll be a good benchmark as she's not going to get more than a 3 thousand miles PA on her, depends on weather really. Quote
mouthwash Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 3k sounds about right to me, mine isn't going to be used daily. Quote
Flex Posted March 11, 2016 Author Posted March 11, 2016 3k sounds about right to me, mine isn't going to be used daily. Hopefully not 3k pa running costs Doubt I could justify that! Just buy a skyline and join our club Quote
mouthwash Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 3k sounds about right to me, mine isn't going to be used daily. Hopefully not 3k pa running costs Doubt I could justify that! Just buy a skyline and join our club Yeah, I'm just finishing up a property purchase then I'll get one I think... I'm going for a 32 though. 1 Quote
Flex Posted March 11, 2016 Author Posted March 11, 2016 3k sounds about right to me, mine isn't going to be used daily. Hopefully not 3k pa running costs Doubt I could justify that! Just buy a skyline and join our club Yeah, I'm just finishing up a property purchase then I'll get one I think... I'm going for a 32 though. Awesome! Sent from my XT1068 using Tapatalk Quote
Ian Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Running costs will be a lot more than a boosted Z I drove mine home from Newcastle on Monday & I went through about £120 of fuel That was not going above 80 all the way down and using motorway all the way Quote
mouthwash Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Running costs will be a lot more than a boosted Z I drove mine home from Newcastle on Monday & I went through about £120 of fuel That was not going above 80 all the way down and using motorway all the way Fuel isn't too much of a problem but the servicing costs etc seems to be a bit of a mystery. Quote
Ian Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Running costs will be a lot more than a boosted Z I drove mine home from Newcastle on Monday & I went through about £120 of fuel That was not going above 80 all the way down and using motorway all the way Fuel isn't too much of a problem but the servicing costs etc seems to be a bit of a mystery. On my last GTR I found servicing costs to be the same as any other car. The only difference being when it came to doing the timing belt - Cheapest quote I had for that was £750 Quote
mouthwash Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) Running costs will be a lot more than a boosted Z I drove mine home from Newcastle on Monday & I went through about £120 of fuel That was not going above 80 all the way down and using motorway all the way Fuel isn't too much of a problem but the servicing costs etc seems to be a bit of a mystery. On my last GTR I found servicing costs to be the same as any other car. The only difference being when it came to doing the timing belt - Cheapest quote I had for that was £750 Ah okay, that's pretty spicy but for a one off cost it's not too bad. edit: sorry to take over your thread Flex, I'm done.... For now. Edited March 11, 2016 by mouthwash 1 Quote
TT350 Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Paul West at TDI north has a 650hp R33. It gives 8mpg. Lol. Quote
Flex Posted March 11, 2016 Author Posted March 11, 2016 Paul West at TDI north has a 650hp R33. It gives 8mpg. Lol. Tbh sounds too green Quote
syy Posted March 12, 2016 Posted March 12, 2016 I picked mine up on Saturday last week. Had a blast on the way home, very quick indeed! I managed 200 miles on about £30-£35 of fuel, mostly at 60mph with the occasional blast. I had a quote for a full service (Inc cam belt) and RR tune from Abbey £1500! So no, not a cheap car to own if want the best for it. However as I also will only be doing minimal mileage it's purely my toy it's worth it spread over a few years 1 Quote
Flex Posted March 18, 2016 Author Posted March 18, 2016 I picked mine up on Saturday last week. Had a blast on the way home, very quick indeed! I managed 200 miles on about £30-£35 of fuel, mostly at 60mph with the occasional blast. I had a quote for a full service (Inc cam belt) and RR tune from Abbey £1500! So no, not a cheap car to own if want the best for it. However as I also will only be doing minimal mileage it's purely my toy it's worth it spread over a few years PICS? Quote
syy Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Here she is. It will be an ongoing project as they all are. A car is never 'finished' when I own it lol 5 Quote
syy Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Sorry double post, why can't I edit post and remove one? Most other forums allow edit and removal. Am I missing something? Quote
Stutopia Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Sorry double post, why can't I edit post and remove one? Most other forums allow edit and removal. Am I missing something? Quote
TT350 Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 Skylines are such an awesome looking car. A lot of people don't get it. Boxy etc. To me a skyline says "I mean business" 3 Quote
Flex Posted April 22, 2016 Author Posted April 22, 2016 How's the R33 going Flex? my new tyres are just doing a circuit of europe on the back of a lorry. One day they might arrive in the UK, possibly. Supposed to be being despatched Monday but we'll see, only 3 weeks since my order so I can't expect too much 1 Quote
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