Love the video mate! Always lovely to see a fellow Australian do a pro and cons video on the R34. I'm wanting to buy on these coming months but the only thing that's holding me back is the fear of it getting stolen since i don't have a garage but just a driveway.
Good video mate, looking at an identical model tomorrow and you've gotten me much more keen to put the money on the table. Heres hoping shes in good nick
@@takumi_boi726 We all do bro. I'm working 10+ hour days everyday and literally saving every dollar I possibly can. I will have a nice manual R34 if it fucking kills me lol. $12,000 saved so far, pretty much half way there. Dream on bro. Make it come true.
@@takumi_boi726 Depends what you get. There are N/A, Turbo and GTR's. A manual N/A in decent condition is $20-30k (Australian $) . Turbo is $25-35k (roughly) and the GTR's go for like $250k+ This all depends on mileage, series, condition, whether it's a sedan/coupe, its colour, transmition, etc. But that's a general. They aren't dropping much in price ever though, only seem to appreciate over time.
I’m in the states and I’m really hoping these stay affordable for just a few more years to get by the 25 year law. I love the 4 door and I know of how to get one bought and imported for under $10k, I just want to do it legit since the penalty isn’t worth the risk
Great video mate! I'm thinking about picking one of these up and you touched on pretty much everything I wanted to know before buying one. And yeah, the thieves is probably the thing that puts me off wanting one the most, but hey, I'm not gonna not own one of my dream cars because it *might* get stolen.
@@jayzceegraham hell yeah, the manual turbo sedan has a dead rego so it’s gonna take some work to get road legal but I’m in it for the long haul, gotta love sedans
Honestly one of the best and most fun cars I've owned. Weird tho, upwards from 120 to 180+km my na auto r34 Would hook, at the time it had a dodgy pod and exhaust from the previous owner
Mine goes well down low but also seems to turn it up from around 100 to 180 Limited to 180 tho stock na 25 neo First Aussie owner also, hasn't been molested
Recently I moved to Tokyo and I'm on the search for a nice and fun car to own here. One car that's cheap and easy to find is the R34 4 door, RB25DE, but I'm afraid of lacking any power without turbo. Back in my home country I have a S15 Spec R 400 something HP, and it's a beast. So, would you recommend this car? Also, how's the 4wd version? Able to drift it?
That S15 sounds sick bro! As for a skyline in Tokyo, I’ve never been there myself, but I’ve heard that parking larger cars can be tricky if you’re constantly in the city. The NA skyline isn’t overwhelming powerful. It’s enough to be fun though for sure. It’s the sublime handling that makes it super fun. I’ve never driven a 4wd version, and have never seen one drifted. I’d say a GT-T is what you’d be after for that mix of good power and drifting ability.
Great video! You touch on a lot of useful stuff. I'm considering importing a 25GT-V to Sweden, but I'm not sure it's worth the money/hassle compared to the local alternatives. I guess it comes down to how cheap I can find one. Cheers
I've converted my R34 4Door from auto to a 5 speed out of a 2 door coupe, it can be done all components are direct bolt in you will need the coupe tail shaft as the auto one is longer off memory I also just jumped the wiring plug that goes to the auto trans so I could jump pins to get the Neutral Switch (so it can Be started) and the reverse switch wire for the reverse sensor so I can have reverse lights. even the R letter on the cluster still lights up when I select reverse and still get that reverse beeping noise.
Hey buddy, thanks for the great video. I'm planning to inspect an r34 that looks just like your one. I'm a careful and cautious driver, don't plan to race or anything but I was wondering if you have any regrets for not getting a 5 sp manual version instead of the 4sp auto. The car I'm looking at is a 4sp auto and I'm planning to use it as a daily. Do you think a 4 sp auto is more than enough? Cheers
I certainly don’t have any regrets. Out of all the cars I’ve owned, this would probably have to be my favourite. And hey, can always do a manual swap if you ever get bored of it. All the best with it!
i imported over a person who lives there " Sumo Garage" he´s german. And u bought it from a CarDealership not Auction. Its just luck and good investigation but more luck then :D @@rubencorrea1256
Thank you for this video. Do you still have this car and how reliable has it been? Whats the mileage today? I also have a daily driver nissan cube right now and im looking for an automatic r34 4door gtv skyline. 99000km. Just need the loan from bank for it. Hopefully i can get it 🤩 🇫🇮
ive been R34 mad since it came out, i always wanted a R34 GT-T 2door manual, but i cant see myself owning one now, the cars are 20ish years old, the parts are going to be impossible to get, rust is also a big problem on a car this old
Foozefighter it can be challenging, but I wouldn’t give up hope mate. Parts aren’t as hard to come by as you may think. A company called import monster will be your best friend
@@jayzceegraham yeah you see the thing, is i can barely afford the $12000 for the car, borrow the money from the bank and paying it off per month. I just see this car breaking down and me sitting there with no way out of this ... where i could have just bought a $12000 ford focus whatever with a warranty and part available for days. I think if you want to buy a R34 GT-T (not even talking about a GTR) is that you need a very decent salary to start thinking about this expedition .... because maintenance and breakdown will happen and its gonna be very costly So my reality is the bloody ford focus ... lol
Depends a lot on where your shipping to. If your importing you also gave to consider local compliance costs as well as brokers fee. Most of the time, buying locally will be cheaper, but importing provides a wider and much nicer range. Mine was about 2.7k more than the average skyline for sale in my state after all import costs.
@@jayzceegraham Would you recommend as a first? No intention of speeding obviously or else coppas will be on my ass almost instantly and will lose my licence. Aboslutely fuc.king love skylines so I plan on importing an R34 25gt and driving it as my first and just enjoy driving it because its my dream car.. well a variant of my dream car.
eshay I would recommend it as a first car. The 25gt has enough power to be fun, but not too much that it becomes overwhelming hard to keep control of. It’s still to this day the best handling car I’ve ever driven. Just keep it somewhere safe over night
Help a brotha out, what kind of spark plugs do you use on this? i've dons some searching and all the shops around can't figure out what ones would be the right fit i have a 2000 hr34 if you can get back to me that would be great thanks man!
1 minute of a quick video around the car and 10 minutes of one angle of you talking, good grief. You could have show clips of the engine bay, interior, trunk.
Love the video mate! Always lovely to see a fellow Australian do a pro and cons video on the R34. I'm wanting to buy on these coming months but the only thing that's holding me back is the fear of it getting stolen since i don't have a garage but just a driveway.
Good video mate, looking at an identical model tomorrow and you've gotten me much more keen to put the money on the table. Heres hoping shes in good nick
All the best with it mate!
Jayzcee Graham I’m very jealous of you, I would wanna get a R34 or the R34 GTT in the future!
@@takumi_boi726 We all do bro. I'm working 10+ hour days everyday and literally saving every dollar I possibly can. I will have a nice manual R34 if it fucking kills me lol. $12,000 saved so far, pretty much half way there.
Dream on bro. Make it come true.
SEVENTEEN Can u tell me how much is a r34 bc we pretty much don’t have those here. Thanks
@@takumi_boi726 Depends what you get. There are N/A, Turbo and GTR's.
A manual N/A in decent condition is $20-30k (Australian $) . Turbo is $25-35k (roughly) and the GTR's go for like $250k+
This all depends on mileage, series, condition, whether it's a sedan/coupe, its colour, transmition, etc. But that's a general.
They aren't dropping much in price ever though, only seem to appreciate over time.
Just got mine yesterday ordered in carbon fibre hood and front bumper so excited
Sick dude
I’m in the states and I’m really hoping these stay affordable for just a few more years to get by the 25 year law. I love the 4 door and I know of how to get one bought and imported for under $10k, I just want to do it legit since the penalty isn’t worth the risk
Just got one at 10k. Need to start now as they are legal in June 2023.
@@simeonkirilov8292 I just bought one this weekend. Arriving this summer ⛱️
@@simeonkirilov8292what process or company did you use to procure yours?
Great video mate! I'm thinking about picking one of these up and you touched on pretty much everything I wanted to know before buying one.
And yeah, the thieves is probably the thing that puts me off wanting one the most, but hey, I'm not gonna not own one of my dream cars because it *might* get stolen.
Massive con for living in Brisbane and owning a gtt at 16 is the liscence plates don’t fit in properly and I have to warp my plate
Picking up 2 1998 r34s for 8 grand, 1 of them being a factory turbo manual series 2 :P so excited
Niiicceee man! Way to kick off 2021!
@@jayzceegraham hell yeah, the manual turbo sedan has a dead rego so it’s gonna take some work to get road legal but I’m in it for the long haul, gotta love sedans
Damn how much are they worth now?
Honestly one of the best and most fun cars I've owned. Weird tho, upwards from 120 to 180+km my na auto r34 Would hook, at the time it had a dodgy pod and exhaust from the previous owner
Skyline and Things thats what happens when people mod the air/fuel ration on a stock computer. Totally throws the sensors off.
Mine goes well down low but also seems to turn it up from around 100 to 180
Limited to 180 tho stock na 25 neo
First Aussie owner also, hasn't been molested
Recently I moved to Tokyo and I'm on the search for a nice and fun car to own here. One car that's cheap and easy to find is the R34 4 door, RB25DE, but I'm afraid of lacking any power without turbo. Back in my home country I have a S15 Spec R 400 something HP, and it's a beast.
So, would you recommend this car? Also, how's the 4wd version? Able to drift it?
That S15 sounds sick bro! As for a skyline in Tokyo, I’ve never been there myself, but I’ve heard that parking larger cars can be tricky if you’re constantly in the city. The NA skyline isn’t overwhelming powerful. It’s enough to be fun though for sure. It’s the sublime handling that makes it super fun. I’ve never driven a 4wd version, and have never seen one drifted. I’d say a GT-T is what you’d be after for that mix of good power and drifting ability.
Great video! You touch on a lot of useful stuff. I'm considering importing a 25GT-V to Sweden, but I'm not sure it's worth the money/hassle compared to the local alternatives. I guess it comes down to how cheap I can find one. Cheers
I've converted my R34 4Door from auto to a 5 speed out of a 2 door coupe, it can be done all components are direct bolt in you will need the coupe tail shaft as the auto one is longer off memory
I also just jumped the wiring plug that goes to the auto trans so I could jump pins to get the Neutral Switch (so it can Be started) and the reverse switch wire for the reverse sensor so I can have reverse lights. even the R letter on the cluster still lights up when I select reverse and still get that reverse beeping noise.
Love the video man
Cheers mate!
Hey buddy, thanks for the great video. I'm planning to inspect an r34 that looks just like your one. I'm a careful and cautious driver, don't plan to race or anything but I was wondering if you have any regrets for not getting a 5 sp manual version instead of the 4sp auto. The car I'm looking at is a 4sp auto and I'm planning to use it as a daily. Do you think a 4 sp auto is more than enough? Cheers
I certainly don’t have any regrets. Out of all the cars I’ve owned, this would probably have to be my favourite. And hey, can always do a manual swap if you ever get bored of it. All the best with it!
Good video mate, I am in QLD and will definitely be getting one, luckily enough, it will fit in my garage only if I declutter it haha
Did u get one mate
I like the sedan more than the coupe and honestly, not many GT-Rs were made so the sedan seems like a more affordable option
I just love how the car looks and I personally prefer the sedan over the coupe
Just imported my 2nd Skyline with RB25 NonTurbo AT. But now with Tiptronic. the first one was full of Rust. New one is clean AF.
What process did you use to procure your 2nd one? Any tips on how to avoid getting a rust bucket?
i imported over a person who lives there " Sumo Garage" he´s german. And u bought it from a CarDealership not Auction. Its just luck and good investigation but more luck then :D
@@rubencorrea1256
Thank you for this video. Do you still have this car and how reliable has it been? Whats the mileage today?
I also have a daily driver nissan cube right now and im looking for an automatic r34 4door gtv skyline. 99000km. Just need the loan from bank for it. Hopefully i can get it 🤩 🇫🇮
Oh and i noticed you have a nb miata 😄 i own also a nb miata 🤣 evolution orange 1.8 5-speed manual with factory lsd and 150000km
I have a 96 gloria VIP...
The Cons is a part of owning an older car..
The Pros is That I OWN ONE..
ive been R34 mad since it came out, i always wanted a R34 GT-T 2door manual, but i cant see myself owning one now, the cars are 20ish years old, the parts are going to be impossible to get, rust is also a big problem on a car this old
Foozefighter it can be challenging, but I wouldn’t give up hope mate. Parts aren’t as hard to come by as you may think. A company called import monster will be your best friend
@@jayzceegraham yeah you see the thing, is i can barely afford the $12000 for the car, borrow the money from the bank and paying it off per month.
I just see this car breaking down and me sitting there with no way out of this ... where i could have just bought a $12000 ford focus whatever with a warranty and part available for days.
I think if you want to buy a R34 GT-T (not even talking about a GTR) is that you need a very decent salary to start thinking about this expedition .... because maintenance and breakdown will happen and its gonna be very costly
So my reality is the bloody ford focus ... lol
Foozefighter buy something else, no one is forcing you to drive a focus. Try a e39 bmw
@@Foozefighter 12000? That's abit too much I've found many for 5-7 grand
@@tylerj6016 yeah, that is the dream hey
I found one for like 9k usd is that a scam or is it close to what you paid? Also what is the gas mileage like?
I paid a little over 9k USD for mine. The gas mileage is pretty decent. Certainly one of the more economical cars I’ve owned.
@@jayzceegraham ok because when I saw the r34 4 door for 9k I definitely the guy was insane for only selling a r34 for 9k, thanks :)
Got one exactly the same and stock as balls
how much and where from?
@@ricoboese8084 Sydney unique motors, 13.5k
2000 model R34 25 gt four, only auto but I'm happy with it 👌
@@kevg8265 nice
Any recommendations for an import broker? Thanks!
Iron Chef Imports
That’s not stock exhaust is it?
Hey mate I’m interested in buying a r34, is it more expensive to import one from Japan ?
If so how much more
Depends a lot on where your shipping to. If your importing you also gave to consider local compliance costs as well as brokers fee. Most of the time, buying locally will be cheaper, but importing provides a wider and much nicer range. Mine was about 2.7k more than the average skyline for sale in my state after all import costs.
@@jayzceegraham Would you recommend as a first? No intention of speeding obviously or else coppas will be on my ass almost instantly and will lose my licence. Aboslutely fuc.king love skylines so I plan on importing an R34 25gt and driving it as my first and just enjoy driving it because its my dream car.. well a variant of my dream car.
eshay I would recommend it as a first car. The 25gt has enough power to be fun, but not too much that it becomes overwhelming hard to keep control of. It’s still to this day the best handling car I’ve ever driven. Just keep it somewhere safe over night
@@jayzceegraham Thoughts on a V35 350GT As a First? if you know anything about them.
There is a 5 gear auto and some sport autos (sorta like sequential)
Help a brotha out, what kind of spark plugs do you use on this? i've dons some searching and all the shops around can't figure out what ones would be the right fit i have a 2000 hr34 if you can get back to me that would be great thanks man!
What kind of fuel consumption are you getting from this car? I'm thinking of getting one also.
Not good 😅
@@senna503 do u have the series 1 or 2, cause I’ve got the series 2 and it doesn’t use that much
How many seconds to go from 0-100 km?
Due to the torque converter in the naturally aspirated autos, over 7 seconds.
@@jayzceegraham Oh ok, thanks for the reply :)
Is this the hr34 chassis?
H= 2.0L E= 2.5L B= 2.6L N=Awd
Yo just came across this video that's the skyline I have now same licence plate and all
What exhaust does it have?
It has a full custom 2.5 inch Exhaust with Lukey muffler
What wheels and specs? 🙏🏼
What import broker would you recommend?
Depends which state or country you live in. Are you looking for a broker in Australia?
@@jayzceegraham yeh, vic
I think people don't think the skyline is a fast car but they think the skyline Gtr is...
Absolutely! They're getting extremely expensive though.
what site did you import from/ find it from ?
Filip Kodzopeljic Autoproject in Melbourne
A good one is prestige motorsport
what was the song used in the cons part??
@9:45
it was also used it again at 11:25
This car involves two things I love. Sedans and R34!
How is the ride comfort ??
On stock suspension, actually not too bad.
Is it fwd?
RWD
Price
$12000 landed
1 minute of a quick video around the car and 10 minutes of one angle of you talking, good grief. You could have show clips of the engine bay, interior, trunk.
ok hr34
Theres inly one problem its not a real car
Not a real car? He is driving it so it's real
R34 is one of my top favs but that 4 door is FUCKING DISGUSTING
Put in GT-R bodykit and it looks just as good
Tf
delete your video
Sorry to say .4 door r34 is ugly.