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Hey Guys,
In my search for the perfect car I have stumbled upon the Pulsar GTiR.
The thing is I am located in Toronto (Canada).
This is a problem for me not because I have to import the car, but because the car is right hand drive. This is legal to have RHD cars here, just relatively impractical as making a blind left turn every time is not fun.
Right now I am very seriously considering importing a '91 GTiR here. I would be the (sub 2 digit number) owner of a GTiR in Ontario. The other car that I am considering to buy locally, is the 240sx (the s13 or s14, I am not sure what it is called around the world).
The rationale behind me wanting to import the GTiR is the following:
-The car itself is relatively powerful, yet still has decent fuel economy
-The engine is a very common engine to swap into nissans in canada and has a large aftermaket part base (cheap parts)
-The car has 4WD which is great for handling, acceleration, and the winter weather.
-Its fully capable of carrying 4 people + stuff in the hatch
-Decent looking
-The specific car I am looking at importing has one previous owner, full service history, less than 80k kilometers, no rust (Japan), and is unmodified (total cost to my door would be around 7300 euros, or 5000 pounds)
The only downsides to importing the car:
-Hard to find car specific parts
-Hard to resell eventually (one of a kind, noone would know what car it is)
-Terrible weight distribution (62/38?)
-Its RHD (no big deal)
-Its a 1991 (old car)
So here is my question, in your opinions as GTiR owners would it be worth it for me to import the car?
If you have any comments please feel free to reply, thanks in advance.
In my search for the perfect car I have stumbled upon the Pulsar GTiR.
The thing is I am located in Toronto (Canada).
This is a problem for me not because I have to import the car, but because the car is right hand drive. This is legal to have RHD cars here, just relatively impractical as making a blind left turn every time is not fun.
Right now I am very seriously considering importing a '91 GTiR here. I would be the (sub 2 digit number) owner of a GTiR in Ontario. The other car that I am considering to buy locally, is the 240sx (the s13 or s14, I am not sure what it is called around the world).
The rationale behind me wanting to import the GTiR is the following:
-The car itself is relatively powerful, yet still has decent fuel economy
-The engine is a very common engine to swap into nissans in canada and has a large aftermaket part base (cheap parts)
-The car has 4WD which is great for handling, acceleration, and the winter weather.
-Its fully capable of carrying 4 people + stuff in the hatch
-Decent looking
-The specific car I am looking at importing has one previous owner, full service history, less than 80k kilometers, no rust (Japan), and is unmodified (total cost to my door would be around 7300 euros, or 5000 pounds)
The only downsides to importing the car:
-Hard to find car specific parts
-Hard to resell eventually (one of a kind, noone would know what car it is)
-Terrible weight distribution (62/38?)
-Its RHD (no big deal)
-Its a 1991 (old car)
So here is my question, in your opinions as GTiR owners would it be worth it for me to import the car?
If you have any comments please feel free to reply, thanks in advance.
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