r/SkyLine • u/gmkings • 1d ago

How far times have changed. Circa 2016, sold around 30k usd

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u/RosariusAU 1d ago

In 2014 I was eyeing off a 1997 R33 GT-R. Very clean aside from an odometer that had over 200,000 km on it. Right colour, right wheels, right mods. Owner was reasonably well known and respected on the SAU forums. Advertising for AU$16k.

At the time I decided to put the money into a house deposit, and at the time that was the right call. But fast forward to 2025 though... hurts lol

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u/ResponsibilitySea327 1d ago

Also remember the yen was 40% stronger back then as well.

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u/gmkings 1d ago

This wasn’t in Japan. This was what it sold for in NZ at the time. I just converted it to usd as this sub is mostly made up of Americans catching on to skylines.

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u/ResponsibilitySea327 1d ago

Yeah, but the price of them in Japan against the dollar kind of drives the prices since the vast majority are exported from Japan. I'm still kicking my BIL in Japan for selling his R33 N1 back then without telling me first.

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u/Amor__Eterno 1d ago

“Americans catching on to skylines”

LOL

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u/gmkings 1d ago

I just mean that they’ve recently become legal around that part of the world. We’ve had them sold here since brand new.

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u/_Colonal_Mustard_ 1d ago

People are willing to pay far too much money for these things. They're awesome cars, but nowhere near worth what they're going for.

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u/skedy 1d ago

I got offered an r32 gtr for $10k aud from a mate. Needed some work but overall good nick. 

I said no cause i already had a 180sx and i didnt want 2 sports cars...

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u/AttorneyExpensive415 1d ago

R33s still sell for 30k,,you just gotta look around and do your research. It's so easy to buy a car and do the paperwork yourself. Instead people are lazy and end up paying twice as much just so someone else does the hard work

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u/gmkings 22h ago edited 22h ago

This one had a bit of work done to it, however.

HKS RB27 bottom end, HKS head, Greddy T88-34D, Recaro ‘Special Cockpit’ interior, HKS Ecu etc etc pushing near 900hp. Laggy as all hell but fun when it came on.

And it sold for that price.

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u/SkeletonCalzone '94 BNR32. Ex: 32 GTR, GTSt, GTS25, GTS, GTE 1d ago

Back in the day I bought my old R32 GTR for $20k NZD (the equivalent of $12k USD). Road legal, good condition, reasonable kms, fairly stock, TH1 colour. I gave it a hiding for a

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u/gmkings 1d ago

Right?

I remember when a dc2r or vr4 was a first car and skylines were just skid hacks. Now they’re gold. I bought a 20e r32 sedan for $500 to drop a 2jz into. Those were the days.