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Would never get rid of my any of my current vehicles for a 32.
I'm finally leaving Japan after being here for 5+ years, and for you guys in America my advice would be to not buy a 32 GT-R UNLESS you've got plenty of money to burn.
They are hilariously unreliable (yes, yes, not ALL of them are turds), which catches out a lot of American's fresh off the boat wide eyed because they've seen the first Skyline (even it's like a rusty NA R33).
The price mark ups have been banana's, and the market for a truly clean R32 has been all but sucked dry by import companies who are going to ask you to waste, I mean spend upwards of $25K! That shit is crazy compared to their pricing before the JDM tyte import tax hit. The Japanese know this too and have hiked their prices up before importers can grab them.
Now I will admit, my personal opinion about them are skewed a bit, I'm just not a fan because of how blindly people lust after them. The uninformed and inexperienced think they're the hottest shit on the block, even non-car people know what a Skyline is. Don't get me wrong, they have big potential, but unless you're in Japan and know your way around, expect to constantly bleed money into it after that fat initial purchase. Out of all the 32 GT-R owners I know and/or know of, which is a lot (see fanboyism comment above), I would say 8/10 of them have had their GT-R hard broke at one time or another and are constantly wrenching on them. My rotaries have had less problems than my co-worker's 32.
Too be fair though, a lot of those guys have to daily drive their GT-R's, so I would assume the breakdown rate would be much, much lower.
It's completely up to whoever is willing to break bread ofcourse, but in my opinion, but there is much better spends of near $30K and you can still mash 32's on a track day. You just won't have that JDM mad tyte super street cred.
Hell, with all these other vehicles nearing their 25 year mark, I would look at something else before they all get their 25 year old JDM import tax raised too!
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