I'm thinking about selling my Evo IX MR and getting a GT-R. What do you guys think? Should I do it?

The MR is not a DD, so the GT-R that will replace it will not be a DD. All for pleasure.

The MR is almost paid off, clean, and low miles, but a GT-R is very tempting.

Here's what I have going:
Evo IX MR Graphite Grey

• Cheaper
• Almost Paid Off
• After market parts and work done to it

2009 or 2010 GT-R

• Only $40 more a month than Evo for insurance
• It's a GT-R

I think that's all. I don't want to make this sound like a for sale thread, so I'll leave it at this. Just really need some opinions on what I should do.

 

how much more would the payment be

 

With what I'm going to put for down payment, it would at most only double what I'm paying right now, which won't affect my budget that much.

 

I was in the same situation you were, for some reason my insurance would only go up 8 dollars a month more. But I was at Tire Rack getting my summers put back on and there was a GT-R owner getting new summers put on. I started talking to him a bit.

Once he heard that I would daily drive it 10-15k miles a year, he strongly talked me out of doing it. He replaced his tires after 6700 miles - the rears were 355 a piece. His rotors were already visibily cracking and he figured he would only get another 2000 miles out of them. It only had the original 6700 miles on it. If it was just going to be a summer car or weekend car, he said I would never stop smiling. But who wants to worry about all the issues of daily driving a super car, even though it is a budget one. Don't discount the fact of not having a payment once your evo is paid off, such a nice feeling.

 

i say if you can afford it, why not? The GT-R is an amazing car!

 

If ur evo is not daily driven im going to go out on a limb and assume its used for weekend fun? Spirited driving? Track? I personally would keep the evo. The gtr is a great machine but I just couldn't see it being as much fun with just paddle shifters. To me shifting and running through the gears makes me feel like part of the car and is half the fun. Not to mention if something happens it will be cheaper to fix and cheaper to mod. You can have a devastating evolution with the money you will drop for the gtr in stock form.

 

Be aware of the SEVERE cost in maintenance for the GT-R. There are 3 tiers you'll need to attend to:

1. Scheduled
- Required every 6 months for inspection of the fluid and temperature levels
- Cost: Free
2. Intermittent
- Required every 3,500-5,000 miles for minor servicing
- Cost: $300-600
3. Major
- Full swap of all fluids and filters
- Required every 15,000 miles
- Cost: $1,500-1,800

Though the car is amazingly fast and pulls a great deal of attention, if I could go back in time, I'd purchase something else. It's definitely not meant for daily purposes, nor is the drive comfortable. As a whole it's amazing, but all the small downsides really add up over time.

 

How come you can't do the fluids yourself? Do they hunt you down or does it void your warranty?

 

keep the evo and enjoy it being paid off. Just put the extra money into the evo.

 

Both

 

Some of you guys really got me thinking now. Keep them coming. It's clear I'm definitely not the only person who's thought about this or considered this. I'm going to have to think about this harder than I thought.

Definitely spirited driving. No track for this thing.


As for modding the Evo, I think I'm done. It was conservatively tuned at AMS (Stage 1 Tune with AMS turboback). So it's stronger than stock, and I still get 21 MPG (I don't live in the city, so it doesn't have very many city miles on it). I know, the GT-R gets 16 city and 21 highway, so mileage for me would be somewhere in between.

 

Its wasy for me to sit here and say keep the Evo sicne financially I would puke at the thought of a car payment over 500 a month (been there and done that).

if you can afford it then do it. I think you will not have as much fun modifying it since parts are exponentially more expensive for it. If you plan on leaving it stock then yes. If you plan to make upgrades then keep the Evo. Hell if its almost paid off why not pay it off and then get the Skyline in addition to........... Is that too greedy?

 

Awhile ago i was in the same boat as you. Thought about a GTR. But to be honest, i cant justify spending the money for that car and on top of it parts are crazy. I mean a exhaust system for the GTR is like 5 Gs If neither of them will be your DD, i would put the extra money into the Evo and enjoy it

 

e92 m3, stick?

 

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