Hey guys whats up? I have suddenly had a little change of heart as ive been doing more research and finding new things out (new to me). Let me begin by saying I am 20 years old, and have been saving up for a while to buy a 2006 WW Mitsubishi Evo MR. I almost have enough for it since the one i found has a salvage title due to theft and needs the tranny replaced.

But i started out as a Nissan fanboy and was into skylines from the start. Well after doing some snooping, i found a company that can get me a 1972 Skyline from japan in my budget of $15,000 and then a couple more thousand for teh other stuff required to get it to my front door.

So my question is, to the ones of you that have a Evo and have thought about cars that you would get if you had the money, would any of you prefer a '72 skyline to an Evo.

I am thinking of getting the skyline to work on and getting a Chevy Tahoe for daily driving....

Whats your guy's thoughts?

 

Why are you asking us? You have to drive and maintain it. Post pics after you decide.

 

Your talking about a car that is 34 years older than the other. There really not even comparable. I say get the evo.

 

I would rather have the Evo all day, but thats me. This is your choice.

 

+1 no comparison, EVO ftw.

 

Evo

 

cool idea with the vintage skyline, but at 20 years old I hardly believe you know what ur getting into. It will be a money pit and will most likely need a full restoration before it will be any fun. I would rather have the skyline cus I love old jap cars (who doesn't?) but I wouldn't want to deal with the headaches of a 30 year old car. The evo is a wonderful starter tuner car. It can take you anywhere you want to go in motorsports...its just not as rare as the alternative. Honestly, what would you do with a 79 skyline? It would be a paperweight until you had 50k to dump in it.

 

I agree with this. I would choose the skyline. I do believe there woukd be a a lot of maintenance and parts would be a pain in availability and cost. However, how many of these do you see on a daily bases. You'd be pretty original.
I would choose a skyline from where I am currently in life, not if I was 20 (no offense). At 20 is rather beat the lose out of a Evo .

 

I once followed a guy into a gas station who had a vintage Skyline here in CA. Talked to him for half an hour, it was really an awesome thing to behold (for me at least & I'm not too crazy about Nissans).

Anyways, it was completely cherry, had a few modest things done to it (lowered, rims, exhaust, carb work) & although it's not fast by todays standards in any way, vintage japanese cars sports, or "sporty cars" are just super cool IMO.

Depends on what you want. Evo's are really solid products.

 

Oranges and apples. The vintage skyline is just damn cool, but two completely different cars. If neither are gonna be a DD then just go for the skyline.

 

That skyline is gonna be worth some coin in a handful of years. hell, just bringing it over here you can probably sell it for more. But theres a TON of risk buying a car from another country. Especially when you have so much at stake. If the car was in the states running i would go for it but its over 10,000 miles away. EVO would be the better choice in terms of excitement and reliability. plus girls dig new cars not real cars. you'll have dudes drooling all over you.

 

Would you mind shotting me the info on how to get a vintage skyline?

 

Haha, I love this response.

The skyline will be badass, vintage JDM is no joke. My best friend did some marketing for a local importer, and we used to search for cars in Japan. These don't come up very often, so if you can get one, I'd say do it (assuming you don't plan on driving it everyday, and are okay with having a hell of a time sourcing parts). My EVO I was a pain in the *** to get parts for!

The EVO is a better option at your age, it's more practical, and won't be as much of a headache.

If you lean towards the skyline, be very careful. Not all importers have solid contacts in Japan, and therefore, you could be buying a lemon.

Both are a good choice, obviously there is good and bad with both, just determine which is better for your circumstances.

 

Forgot to add, if you go with the Skyline, through your budget out the window! There are A LOT of additional costs when importing a car, unless the importer is just charging you one flat rate that'll cover everything.

I'd set aside at least $1500-2000 for when the car gets here as it'll probably need some parts.

 

This, this and this.

The Skyline is bad ***, but the risk factor and cost factor are both VERY high. As mentioned above, if it were in the States that would be one thing but people get burned doing the import thing, it's not easy and there are a lot of less than reputable people out there, it can also be a long process.

BTW, I openly admit my Nissan fanboyness. I LOVE the old school Nissan's and Datsun's. I owned a 1978 510 hatchback, still have my '93 240SX hatchback and LOVE the new GT-R's. Not a big fan of the Z's though.