January 8th, 2014

[cobrAA]

I'm not sure where some of you are getting your pricing from but it's outrageous, Im seriously considering buying a R34 GTR and have been following the prices on pistonheads,check it out. When the time comes though I will need to make the decision about either buy a R35 or the R34. I wasn't a fan of the R35 when it first came out but I think that's because I love my 32 so much and the similarities they share are few and far between. After realizing the potential of the R35 and watching tuning companies take it to a whole new level I am begining to love the car.

Whether I choose the R34 or the R35 I will never sell my R32, I used to dream about owning the R32 GTR and now I finally have one. In my eyes I own a piece of Japanese culture that revolutionized the import world and set and broke records that back then were unobtainable. How many cars do you know that were banned from racing leading to developing a new class to race in because they were to fast. Most will argue they are old technology and are outdated and over rated but everytime I drive my Gtr itreminds me why I bought one in the first place..

Those same people that you beat by the time you snapped your finger LOL.. I laught at those comments. sure, i'm not the fastest, but I'm still, like, faster than 98% of every car on the road. I'm having fun with stock R8. Mind you, next year, I should get maybe another 60whp haha.

[evilgtr]

I'm not sure where some of you are getting your pricing from but it's outrageous, Im seriously considering buying a R34 GTR and have been following the prices on pistonheads,check it out. When the time comes though I will need to make the decision about either buy a R35 or the R34. I wasn't a fan of the R35 when it first came out but I think that's because I love my 32 so much and the similarities they share are few and far between. After realizing the potential of the R35 and watching tuning companies take it to a whole new level I am begining to love the car.

Whether I choose the R34 or the R35 I will never sell my R32, I used to dream about owning the R32 GTR and now I finally have one. In my eyes I own a piece of Japanese culture that revolutionized the import world and set and broke records that back then were unobtainable. How many cars do you know that were banned from racing leading to developing a new class to race in because they were to fast. Most will argue they are old technology and are outdated and over rated but everytime I drive my Gtr itreminds me why I bought one in the first place..

[JZ]

bump for old thread

R34 prices are still steady, certain cars hold value there (ie. check out used Hakosukas, S30 Z cars and even NSXs).

[quadracer111]

As much as I would kill to have a r34 gtr... Its just not practical unless your CEO'n. Taking out a $40,000 loan on a 15 year old car just is not right for most people.

If anything I will be sticking with my hcr and buy a wrx, then maybe a s15.

Ryan you should just buy a hcr already, these cars are not getting any younger...

[Oakville]

I doubt a 25 year law will come into effect. A full out ban on the other hand, thats fairly likely.

[A_Pointy_Rock]

Everyone seems to forget the fact that we may have a 25 year law here pretty quick. If that happens 32s will go through the roof. and the 34 will be non existant.

There have been rumors of that for as long as I can remember, I doubt it will happen before the 34's are legal.

[Justice]

i think the prices of the r32's will actually go up slightly when the r34's become available...

but who knows its hard to say what will happen 4yrs from now... HELL the world is supposed to end in 2012 right

This is a big facebook LIKE button on your post! nice signature too hahaha

[Justice]

Everyone seems to forget the fact that we may have a 25 year law here pretty quick. If that happens 32s will go through the roof. and the 34 will be non existant.

[A_Pointy_Rock]

I'm waiting on the R34's to be legal too. I'm guessing decent examples will likely be up around $50,000+. Why? For the first model year around 275 were produced per month (First run of 5536 total from Jan 1999 to August 2000). If we're LUCKY and 10% of those are for sale then that's around 28 R34 GT-R's per month for the first year they're legal...and it goes down from there (under 2000 the following production year).

I take a peak on the Japanese auction sites once in a while and I rarely see more than 3 or 4 of the 1999 GT-R's for sale at a time, though someone might be hoarding them for 2014 - hahaha. They're usually low 40's.

[nelsonmxmarc]

Oh and then be hassled by cops ... I have a hard enough time with my HCR

[nelsonmxmarc]

There is one or two running around MTL last I had heard a few (1-2) years ago...It was on a MTL racing thread.

Ya, they're still here somewhere. S15's as well. All half clips that were reassembled and vin'ed as kit cars. Smart, but i am super lazy right now to start tracking some down overseas then go through all the work and such to have it rebuilt

[C-unit]

Prices for the R34 will eventually drop, just like the rest of them. IIRC, when the BNR32 first hit our shores, they were selling at around 30k for decent examples.

You are such a genius!

[EMAGDNIM]

Except me.... Cause' ill never see a 34 in Montreal. Damn you Ontario.. so close... lol

There is one or two running around MTL last I had heard a few (1-2) years ago...It was on a MTL racing thread.

[nelsonmxmarc]

prolly only a few thousand left in japan that would be worth selling to the usa

Spot on. Our market has been flooded with imports of 32's for 6 years, and now 33's (IN CANADA - discount UK, AUS etc). I'm sure nearly 90% of 32's have been exported, save some exporters riding on the knowledge that American markets will soon be open to high priced GTRs and GTS'. But the numbers can't be that high. Then we need to account for population. The population in the US is nearly 10x that of our Canadian population. Discounting the economy, people WILL be willing to spend the money to have a 32 sitting in their driveway. The smartest thing the Americans can do at this point is buy Canadian in 2014. Why? Because these cars have been maintained and running for up to 10 years ALREADY, meaning they're in far superior shape to their japanese junkyard counterpart - not to mention they save on importation fees and hassles, only thing left to deal with is the border / taxes / the works. So in reality, we get the luck of the draw. Japanese markets name the price, and we benefit by selling our built machines to people willing to pay top dollar down south.

Except me.... Cause' ill never see a 34 in Montreal. Damn you Ontario.. so close... lol

[Shadao]

while the overall numbers were ALOT higher the gtr32's are now world wide in where they reside... id say there are prolly only a few thousand left in japan that would be worth selling to the usa... and there are only a couple hundred in canada worth selling... also to keep in mind that the gtr32's were produced 20yrs before the gtr34's so time will have gobbled a few gtr32's up into dust...

there are certainly more gtr32's still around than gtr34's at least on the open market who knows whats hidden away in some garage