Used car prices

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

I did my casual browsing as I do every now and again and **** me the Supra and GT-R prices are insane these days

Once they picked up popularity in the USA it was game over the moment those cars turn 25 and become eligible for import into the USA and can be driven RHD. Particularly R32/R33/R34 GTR.

I feel that those generations of GTR have much more soul than the R35 GTR.

The R35 went down the path of taking away the raw experience of driving a performance car.

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Once they picked up popularity in the USA it was game over the moment those cars turn 25 and become eligible for import into the USA and can be driven RHD. Particularly R32/R33/R34 GTR.

I feel that those generations of GTR have much more soul than the R35 GTR.

The R35 went down the path of taking away the raw experience of driving a performance car.

I totally agree. I mean i admire the 35 GTR, but a 32 GTR is my dream Jap car.

Funny story, an ex of many years ago worked at a pharmacist.
The actual pharmacist had a 32 GTR and drove it around his farm rounding up cattle (seen it with my own eyes) i guess back then it didnt appeal too much to me but i knew what it was though

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Once they picked up popularity in the USA it was game over the moment those cars turn 25 and become eligible for import into the USA and can be driven RHD. Particularly R32/R33/R34 GTR.

I feel that those generations of GTR have much more soul than the R35 GTR.

The R35 went down the path of taking away the raw experience of driving a performance car.

I'd never considered this before but forgetting the general **** going on in the used car market at the moment. The US is a huge market and also the grades of imports are a factor too now I have done a bit of dive into it

The Aussie market sucked up a lot of these really good grades for a long time.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

I'd never considered this before but forgetting the general **** going on in the used car market at the moment. The US is a huge market and also the grades of imports are a factor too now I have done a bit of dive into it

The Aussie market sucked up a lot of these really good grades for a long time.

When I got off my Ps in 2014, R33 GTR V spec was $25,000-$30,000 for a mint one.

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/det...20342467/?Cr=1

Check them out now.

[Big_Daz]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

When I got off my Ps in 2014, R33 GTR V spec was $25,000-$30,000 for a mint one.

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/det...20342467/?Cr=1

Check them out now.

A mate had a Midnight Purple R33 GTR with White TE37's in 2007. Ended up selling it for $35k back then. it was replaced by an R34 GTR in Midnight Purple 3 a few years later. Ended up costing him less than $50k imported and on the road (mint, low km, non V-Spec hard to find colour). He still owns it, rarely drives it but has been offered insane $$$. Best investment he ever made he reckons... He had been putting together parts to turn it into a 1200HP monster but with the values is probably going to leave it be for the moment...

Ive got an ex client who has a mint 15k km Australian Delivered R32 GTR who, apparently, was offered $500k for it.. Again, back in the day an R32 GTR was in the $20k range...

Supra's are in a similar boat, and I see Evo lancer owners trying to get into it now as well...

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

When I got off my Ps in 2014, R33 GTR V spec was $25,000-$30,000 for a mint one.

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/det...20342467/?Cr=1

Check them out now.

I remember when I was looking for my car I could buy a MY03 WRX or a R34 GTS-T for roughly $25-30k.

I ended up buying a clean WRX for $27k and still have it but I think a R34 GT-R was going about $50-60k at the time which was 2006.

[AUWA1]

Low km TE50 on Just Ford Muscle cars $79k,man these are on the rise and I must admit they are the Kings of the AU’s along with the TS50 T3. Even XR8”s are starting to move.Can’t spell beAUtiful without an AU!

[Work Horse]

I have put off replacing the 1989 Ford trader I use for work because of the increased cost of second hand vehicles.

A week ago I was pushing it a bit hard on the freeway, fully loaded and over due for a service. I took the top off a piston I think The truck got me the 12kms home on 3 cylinders, just.

So went out last week and bought a brand new vehicle, just could not justify the price of a second hand vehicle in the current climate. In the 32 years between the production of my 1989 Ford trader and the 2021 plate Isuzu Dmax that replaced it, many improvements have been made in vehicle manufacture!

So that left a rusty truck with a blown engine and 375000kms on the clock blocking my driveway. I sent a message to 9 local wreakers to see if there was any interest. Everyone got back to me, some wanted to know what I wanted for it, others offered to beat any price I was offered.

I ran a little auction between them, when the bidding got silly +$1.00 I closed the bidding and told them at 9.00am the next day everyone gets one last bid and the best offer takes it. My truck, my rules.

I got $3500 cash the next day. The guy that bought it was happy despite the amount of rust in the cab, you can see the road through the drivers floor! He told me he was going to paint the cab, put another engine in it and export my old truck to Pakistan!

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Work Horse

I have put off replacing the 1989 Ford trader I use for work because of the increased cost of second hand vehicles.

A week ago I was pushing it a bit hard on the freeway, fully loaded and over due for a service. I took the top off a piston I think The truck got me the 12kms home on 3 cylinders, just.

So went out last week and bought a brand new vehicle, just could not justify the price of a second hand vehicle in the current climate. In the 32 years between the production of my 1989 Ford trader and the 2021 plate Isuzu Dmax that replaced it, many improvements have been made in vehicle manufacture!

So that left a rusty truck with a blown engine and 375000kms on the clock blocking my driveway. I sent a message to 9 local wreakers to see if there was any interest. Everyone got back to me, some wanted to know what I wanted for it, others offered to beat any price I was offered.

I ran a little auction between them, when the bidding got silly +$1.00 I closed the bidding and told them at 9.00am the next day everyone gets one last bid and the best offer takes it. My truck, my rules.

I got $3500 cash the next day. The guy that bought it was happy despite the amount of rust in the cab, you can see the road through the drivers floor! He told me he was going to paint the cab, put another engine in it and export my old truck to Pakistan!

Ford Traders never die, they just start a new life in the subcontinent

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Work Horse

I have put off replacing the 1989 Ford trader I use for work because of the increased cost of second hand vehicles.

A week ago I was pushing it a bit hard on the freeway, fully loaded and over due for a service. I took the top off a piston I think The truck got me the 12kms home on 3 cylinders, just.

So went out last week and bought a brand new vehicle, just could not justify the price of a second hand vehicle in the current climate. In the 32 years between the production of my 1989 Ford trader and the 2021 plate Isuzu Dmax that replaced it, many improvements have been made in vehicle manufacture!

So that left a rusty truck with a blown engine and 375000kms on the clock blocking my driveway. I sent a message to 9 local wreakers to see if there was any interest. Everyone got back to me, some wanted to know what I wanted for it, others offered to beat any price I was offered.

I ran a little auction between them, when the bidding got silly +$1.00 I closed the bidding and told them at 9.00am the next day everyone gets one last bid and the best offer takes it. My truck, my rules.

I got $3500 cash the next day. The guy that bought it was happy despite the amount of rust in the cab, you can see the road through the drivers floor! He told me he was going to paint the cab, put another engine in it and export my old truck to Pakistan!

Work. Somehow missed this post, I bought a 1990 year model one just prior to Covid for $3000 (knowing they were starting to climb in price) for use as a parts truck. Being a coastal truck (Bega) I was expecting the cab to be shot but only bought it for the drivetrain.

Knowing the exporter were also after them I stuck a wanted ad in Gumtree, the guy had just bought a new N series Isuzu and offered to deliver it over the snowy's to my place. Got it here and found a small rust hole at the back of the cab, the accelerator cable and pedal missing. Stuck some diesel in it, fitted a new pedal and cable in it and a couple of NZ70 batteries. Three goes at the starter and off she popped.

To good to part out. But might go a different direction on this one.

[CAT600]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Once they picked up popularity in the USA it was game over the moment those cars turn 25 and become eligible for import into the USA and can be driven RHD. Particularly R32/R33/R34 GTR.

I feel that those generations of GTR have much more soul than the R35 GTR.

The R35 went down the path of taking away the raw experience of driving a performance car.

Respectfully I disagree

The R35 was viewed this way when it came out because it was so far ahead of its time… the R32-34 was no different in the 1990’s with the affordable and cutting edge tech it wielded.

An R35 today is both as raw and soulful as one can get in a car thesedays, especially if you are lucky enough to own a CBA (2008-2010) they feel like a race car with plates

While everything went crazy on price during Covid the R35 stayed a relative performance bargain… now they are discontinued due to ADR85/00 it’s a totally different story.

What is crazy expensive tho is the Miami stuff… I just bought a used GS Ute

Holy Moley they are pricey now

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by CAT600

Respectfully I disagree

The R35 was viewed this way when it came out because it was so far ahead of its time… the R32-34 was no different in the 1990’s with the affordable and cutting edge tech it wielded.

An R35 today is both as raw and soulful as one can get in a car thesedays, especially if you are lucky enough to own a CBA (2008-2010) they feel like a race car with plates

While everything went crazy on price during Covid the R35 stayed a relative performance bargain… now they are discontinued due to ADR85/00 it’s a totally different story.

What is crazy expensive tho is the Miami stuff… I just bought a used GS Ute

Holy Moley they are pricey now

Don't worry, I have a friend who owns a Lotus who tells me cars with power steering aren't real drivers cars because it takes away too much steering feel, so I guess there's many differing views on the topic.

I sound like an old bastard though, yelling at the clouds complaining something along the lines of BACK IN MY DAY REAL MEN WITH THEIR REAL CARS ONLY HAD HICAS LOCKOUT BARS AND A MANUAL GEARBOX! NONE OF THIS DSG AND ELECTRONICS

Then someone else comes along:

BACK IN MY DAY REAL MEN WITH THEIR REAL CARS ONLY HAD 460+ CUBIC INCHES, 4 GEARS AND CARBS! NONE OF THIS TURBOS AND FUEL INJECTION

Hopefully I'm dead and buried long before I start having this conversation about real men having electric vehicles that sound like Melbourne trams and drive themselves

[CAT600]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Don't worry, I have a friend who owns a Lotus who tells me cars with power steering aren't real drivers cars because it takes away too much steering feel, so I guess there's many differing views on the topic.

I sound like an old bastard though, yelling at the clouds complaining something along the lines of BACK IN MY DAY REAL MEN WITH THEIR REAL CARS ONLY HAD HICAS LOCKOUT BARS AND A MANUAL GEARBOX! NONE OF THIS DSG AND ELECTRONICS

Then someone else comes along:

BACK IN MY DAY REAL MEN WITH THEIR REAL CARS ONLY HAD 460+ CUBIC INCHES, 4 GEARS AND CARBS! NONE OF THIS TURBOS AND FUEL INJECTION

Hopefully I'm dead and buried long before I start having this conversation about real men having electric vehicles that sound like Melbourne trams and drive themselves

It’s true, if you haven’t had to use ammunition to start an engine are you even really living?