Gtr dilemma....
Discussion
Hi everyone, I need a bit of advice and opinions from fellow petrol heads. I am fortunate enough to be able to put down £35k on a car. After tinkering with evos and m3's for the past 5 years I've decided I want a used Nissan Gtr. I'm 30 years old and feel as though this is the right age or last time to buy something silly and from 35 on il need to get something a bit more sensible - Audi diesel?? Lol
What would you do or have done if in same situation?
Thanks
What would you do or have done if in same situation?
Thanks
Consumables aren't as bad as people might think.The age thing is only something that non petrolheads will think about, your never too old for a performance car!!
Also if your are seriously considering not getting the GTR and taking a diesel Audi instead, I think you need to hand in your man card and possible be banned for speaking such horrific insulting things on here lol.
Also if your are seriously considering not getting the GTR and taking a diesel Audi instead, I think you need to hand in your man card and possible be banned for speaking such horrific insulting things on here lol.
I was considering one last year but bought a 996 turbo instead. The gearbox issues are very apparant at this price point, high servicing costs (£400 for oil change every 6 months or 6k miles). Unable to use launch control without voiding any warranty, spaces in the service manual for gearbox's! All put me off somewhat.
it's never a question of can you afford to buy one - can you afford to run it, and i dont mean putting petrol in it, a new gearbox is about £15k and dont scrimp on the servicing!
it's never a question of can you afford to buy one - can you afford to run it, and i dont mean putting petrol in it, a new gearbox is about £15k and dont scrimp on the servicing!
Servicing is not too much of an issue I serviced my evo 8 every 3k from a guy in Chester and my e46 m3 was serviced by BMW incl an inspection 2 which was just shy of a grand at one point. The novelty of BMW servicing soon wore off when the car reached 5 years old and there were many decent independents about. The gearbox issue is something to seriously consider though.
Servicing is not too much of an issue I serviced my evo 8 every 3k from a guy in Chester and my e46 m3 was serviced by BMW incl an inspection 2 which was just shy of a grand at one point. The novelty of BMW servicing soon wore off when the car reached 5 years old and there were many decent independents about. The gearbox issue is something to seriously consider though.
Your personal finances are no one's business but yours. However, if you want a proper opinion I think you need to elaborate on your numbers. Will spending £35k empty all your savings accounts? Can you afford the serious running costs over and above the purchase price?
By wording your question the way you have you have encouraged Pistonheads' Gordon Brown Fan Club members to shout "SPEND, SPEND, SPEND!!!" from the rooftops. Reword your post and focus on your concerns and the pitfalls and see what kind of response you get.
By wording your question the way you have you have encouraged Pistonheads' Gordon Brown Fan Club members to shout "SPEND, SPEND, SPEND!!!" from the rooftops. Reword your post and focus on your concerns and the pitfalls and see what kind of response you get.
One thing I will not do is neglect the car and scrimp on servicing maintenance. In an ideal world I would like to buy a car that's just been serviced, has new tyres and discs all round and a new gearbox thrown in for good measure. Unfortunately buying second hand I know that's not going to happen so I can only hope for the best and if the car turns out to be a lemon il just concentrate on getting it right.
When i bought my last car it was the most expensive thing I'd ever bought. I hummed and hawed about it, put it off for a while, looked at cars half the price etc etc...
Then one day i thought, f
k it... i want this car now, it will make me happy now, for me it was a bucket list car so i got it. Don't regret it at all. Of course the money could have been spent more productively and 'sensibly' but we're petrolheads and spending/wasting/blowing our money on cars is par for the course.
Just make sure you have a rainy day pot or the means to fix it if it breaks! A constant worry of something big(read: expensive) going wrong with your expensive car would severely taint your ownership experience IMO.
Then one day i thought, f
k it... i want this car now, it will make me happy now, for me it was a bucket list car so i got it. Don't regret it at all. Of course the money could have been spent more productively and 'sensibly' but we're petrolheads and spending/wasting/blowing our money on cars is par for the course.Just make sure you have a rainy day pot or the means to fix it if it breaks! A constant worry of something big(read: expensive) going wrong with your expensive car would severely taint your ownership experience IMO.
For £35k you will be looking at a good 2009, but it won't have a new gearbox, new discs, new tyres, a very recent massive service, services every 6 months, 20000 miles and be absolutely flawless.
It will probably be, if you are lucky, as good as mine which is not for sale, is a 2009 on 22000 miles, is happy on its original gearbox, will need discs in the next year, has decent but not brand new tyres, will have the gear oil changed by the owner soon and has an oil change every 12 instead of 6 months now it is out of warranty, but still every 4000 miles with a dealer stamp. It has a 4mm bubble on the paint just under the mirror which I touched up (aluminium door so won't rust, just cosmetic) and some tiny scrapes on two alloys which I touched up and you can hardly see.
For a 4.5 y.o. car I think it looks similar to many 1 year old cars, but you will have to see what you can find. If mine has a five figure failure I would be annoyed but realise I have saved about that on depreciation compared with all sorts of German machinery that performs nowhere near as well and is probably less reliable.
It will probably be, if you are lucky, as good as mine which is not for sale, is a 2009 on 22000 miles, is happy on its original gearbox, will need discs in the next year, has decent but not brand new tyres, will have the gear oil changed by the owner soon and has an oil change every 12 instead of 6 months now it is out of warranty, but still every 4000 miles with a dealer stamp. It has a 4mm bubble on the paint just under the mirror which I touched up (aluminium door so won't rust, just cosmetic) and some tiny scrapes on two alloys which I touched up and you can hardly see.
For a 4.5 y.o. car I think it looks similar to many 1 year old cars, but you will have to see what you can find. If mine has a five figure failure I would be annoyed but realise I have saved about that on depreciation compared with all sorts of German machinery that performs nowhere near as well and is probably less reliable.
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