PICS my JDM 1995 R33 Nissan Skyline

[NAKID]

They were exported to some EU countries I believe..

[venomousr1993]

There are quite a few over in Europe
http://www.skylineowners.com/forum/

The majority of these guys are in Australia, Great Britian and a few around Europe.

[Grampa]

I'm Nick Bollea, can I take it for a spin?

[NeufUnSix]

Very nice... We have plenty of R32s around Montreal, but they are all junk. I've never seen one that was clean or unmodified. You will never find one that doesn't have big rims and a fart can. The importers only cater to ricers and dumb people who pay ridiculous money for crappy old export cars. It's a shame because I'd love to have a clean, stock Skyline for a reasonable price.

R33s will be eligible for import soon (15 years old).

[NAKID]

I'm Nick Bollea, can I take it for a spin?

Hard to drive while in jail isn't it?

[Grampa]

Hard to drive while in jail isn't it?

shhhhhhh....dey dont noes i be out

[sqweak]

awesome.

I'd still love an r34.  The twisted tale of the pre-r35 skyline in america has more drama than the soap network.  

[NeufUnSix]

awesome.

I'd still love an r34.  The twisted tale of the pre-r35 skyline in america has more drama than the soap network.  

Amazing what fanboy hype does. I've read about the importer scams, shady deals and cars constantly threatened with seizure if they do make it through.

Really I don't see what all the fuss is about. They are ordinary cars. Pretty plain ones at that. I'm sure they are nice to drive, but so are plenty of other cars that cost a lot less and don't have the import headaches and shady backgrounds. If you saw the kind of shit that comes through Canada you would probably not want one - they are truly bad examples going for astounding prices.

I'd be happy to get a clean 240SX, if I were really keen I'd import a JDM motor and stick it in. A lot less trouble than importing a whole JDM car, and a lot cheaper.

Sometimes import makes no sense. One of my cousins has a JDM 300ZX TT. I'm not sure why, because it's not very different from a North American ZX aside from LHD, and then you have to worry about the whole import deal and JDM-specific parts.

[sqweak]

Amazing what fanboy hype does. I've read about the importer scams, shady deals and cars constantly threatened with seizure if they do make it through.

That's the current reality in the wake of Motorex melting down.  Importers bring them over as "kit cars" (rolling chassis + seperately imported drivetrain = greymarket "kit" car)  There was a very brief period of time when all generations (r32-r34) were being legally imported and federalized here in LA.  But then it all went bad.  Spend some time Googling Motorex and you'll see the rackateering, kidnapping, extortion, breach of contract, etc that caused that implosion.

Really I don't see what all the fuss is about. They are ordinary cars. Pretty plain ones at that. I'm sure they are nice to drive, but so are plenty of other cars that cost a lot less and don't have the import headaches and shady backgrounds. If you saw the kind of shit that comes through Canada you would probably not want one - they are truly bad examples going for astounding prices.

For a small subset of the gearhead population that really cut our teeth on Gran Turismo, they are the best of what was never available here.  The Lancer Evo and WRX/STi occupied the same hallow ground but were eventually brought here.

The draw is in that the GT-R has a severely underrated drivetrain that's nearly bulletproof and takes very well to modification.  A "gentleman's agreement" abiding horsepower rating of 280 was *extremely* conservative and it's not at all unheard of to push 5 or 600 horsepower without touching the internals.  1000 or more came with a nicely built block.  Combine this with a smorgasbord of technology (awd, aws, vehicle dynamics computer, etc) and you've got easily the best platform for actual performance coming out of Japan.  The hype is/was deserved.

I'd be happy to get a clean 240SX, if I were really keen I'd import a JDM motor and stick it in. A lot less trouble than importing a whole JDM car, and a lot cheaper.

Sometimes import makes no sense. One of my cousins has a JDM 300ZX TT. I'm not sure why, because it's not very different from a North American ZX aside from LHD, and then you have to worry about the whole import deal and JDM-specific parts.

While the 240/180 is a great platform in it's own right, it's got a wholly different driving characteristic than the AWD Skylines...

[NAKID]

The ATESSA AWD system is really phenomenal. squeak is right, the car deserves the hype. The 280hp gentleman's agreement was the best part. Cars were imported over here with no mods and where dynoing at 300-320+ to the wheels...