Hey R35 Owner.

Want to ask, how much do you think I should at least earn on a monthly basis to maintain r35 including whatever possible charges like road tax, petrol, repairs, maintenance and etc?

How Much?

a)Minimum Amount
b)Comfortable Amount (Not giving a flying duck Amount and just burn the money without checking your account)

and also how much I need to reserve for emergency?

This post has been edited by Osphotic: Jun 7 2019, 07:56 AM

You need atleast 3k a month with a second hand r35...this is just to cover car installment and petrol. Another 1.5k for car insurance and road tax monthly.

If car break down....due to parts...depend..engine is about 30k for engine lantai

for installment alone also not enough

ATS Automobile at Sunway.
They fix a lot GTR.

I'm not an owner myself, however I know quite a number of owners (and ex owners) so from that experience:

A) 10k monthly
B) 15 to 25k monthly
C) 20 to 30k cash reserves

Road tax alone is already rm5.8k/year or almost rm500/mth.
Insurance depends on your car value and NCD, can easily be more than the road tax.
Monthly loan again also depends on car price and loan terms. If you buy the oldest, cheapest 2007-2009 r35 at around rm200-300k then installments can easily reach 5k/mth.

Installment around 3K only for 7 years.
insurance also around 3K with 55% NCD
https://www.mudah.my/2009+NISMO+Nissan+GT+R...RT-75447366.htm

i don't think is 3k bro.


ya but how much?

thanks bro!

B)You mean personal income right? Not just income for car.

i think everyone can survive the first stage of installment and a lot of ppl sold off their car at the later stage Maintenance. that's the problem.

This post has been edited by Osphotic: Jun 7 2019, 03:37 PM

installment and insurance is nothing bro. maintenance is the problem.

I'm assuming you have no other commitments so you can consider income for car and nothing else.

Unless you earn that level and eat Maggie and roti drink plain water everyday

And it is depend how you play with price.
Some owner buy older gen than change the front and rear.

Take a look:

https://www.facebook.com/298386073627012/ph...?type=3&theater

Mana boleh la pakai GTR but eat Maggie and roti only! 😂

Huh, you don't earn 5 figures yet??

That's why I suffer and let car drive me

First of all, for 10-12yrs old sports car, can you still get 7 years loan? Then also can still get only 3.7% rate? Genuine question here coz I'm really not sure. Probably a more realistic installments would range in the 4+k/mth just to be a bit conservative.

Yup installments is one thing, maintenance is another variable which can be even more unexpected especially for used supercars like this. It can hit you with a sudden smack of few thousand dollars if something goes wrong with it. I think income of just rm10-25k is not really suitable to own such supercars yet. There's some popular general guide that if you want to buy a car, you should have at least an annual income equal to the price of the car when new. But again depends on how you manage your finances.

My suggested was based on a used car ...not new ...but yes ...maintenance is a killer....maybe should just go for a z instead

Aiyo...
But you're still young and single la, still got plenty of future ahead.

Supposed to get married this year... Postponed

But yes I'm still young, thankfully, kinda. Lol.

New car loan also near 3% interest, 10 years old car where can get that kind of interest rate. Some more 7 years tenure, if bank is father open one can lah

It fuel consumption can deep as low as 5km/L. Need to have deep pocket, otherwise fuel alone cant afford to fill. Lol

I think nobody will be that crazy to put their priorities for super cars over their daily sustenance.
I mean monthly income include everything , house , single income. etc. no family yet.

Let's just calculate based on reasonable numbers:
Installment for say car value of rm250k for 5 yrs at maybe 4.5% = 4.5k/mth
Road tax = rm500/mth
Insurance for the same value at max 55% NCD or about 3.2-3.5k/yr rm250-300/mth
Fuel if you don't drive it much, say 1000km/mth or roughly using 150-170ltr/mth of ron97 = rm500/mth
Tires which are big and must be good high performance type maybe rm5-6k/set, lasting say 2 years = rm200-250/mth

So total of those is already at about 6+k/mth not yet including repairs & maintenance. I'd say can reach 8-10k/mth including everything epsecially if you have some issues or do some mods on it. So if you have house loan to pay then just add it up depending on how much it is, then the cost of maintaining your life style, how much you want to save per month etc2, then you can come up with the income level that you need to make.

Edit: wrong insurance estimate, coz that's annual value so monthly should be around rm250-300/mth, meaning total already about 6+k/mth not including repair & maintenance.

This post has been edited by 6UE5T: Jun 8 2019, 12:41 AM

Close to the numbers I provided aye?

Sorry I made a mistake with the insurance, the 3.5k is per year not per month, so roughly 250-300/mth.

Well mine included basic maintenance so still about there la

Tires are also slightly on the higher side of you sticking back to their custom made ones (but I believe no one does that lol)

Tires I just assume still using staggered 20' right? Then using something the level of PS4S/CSC6 or similar performance category.

Could just go with sport cup category if you don't mind comfort.

But those custom made Bridgestone are just crazy lol
1.7k/piece? Lol

285/255 staggered 20" iinm

Yes, many use such sport cup category but I was just roughly estimating around 1.2-1.5k/pc for an excellent max category street tire.

Max category are actually about same, if not more expensive than extreme/upper end UHP since they prioritize on everything except the tire pricing.

It probably will be in the upper end of your estimation not to mention the sizing rarity of those staggered 20 inchers as well

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Jun 8 2019, 01:37 AM

How old is young?

I would say an alternative to the R35, minus the turbo.

Would be the 350Z or 370Z. NA power.
I know it's not super car status, but probably the maintenance is alot lesser than Godzilla GTR.
(If it's modded into DK's 350Z style then it will be awesome)
Love the VQ35 screams.

But if you still want a turbo, then another suggestion would be the legendary R34 Skyline. Raw turbo power and supercar status.

This post has been edited by SleeplessEyes: Jun 8 2019, 01:06 PM

1986

My dad recently got rid of his.

2009 Black edition. A self UK import.

Sold for RM220k with 70k miles on the clock.

Maintenance cost?

It was his 3rd car and mostly driven from Friday evening to Sunday night. SIC once per month bare minimum.

Prepare RM20-30k annually for its maintenance and running cost.

Biggest expensive will be the tyres and full services, stock tyres cost RM1700 per piece and best to replace it annually. Gearbox service 2 times per year RM2.6k each time. Skip on this and you will be looking at RM40k to rebuild the gearbox.
Brakes, prepare to change the pads twice per year if you are an aggressive driver for RM800 each time. Discs are to be replaced every 2 pad changes, prepare around RM4k minimum for the front.

Fuel consumption : Not really a major expensive, you can get 10-12km/l when you drive it normally but who buys something like this to drive it with anything other than full throttle Prepare for 3-5km/l

Loan? Most banks will give a 50% loan only for it and only if it is under 10 years old, after that it is cash only.

Insurance? Depends on how much you value it. As a guide a RM200k valuation will be RM2500, RM300k is Rm3600 for this car with a 55% NCD.

Oh yeah, don't ever crash it as it will be a total loss immediately.

R34 GTR is way much better than Z but price has gone crazy and must pay cash! ☺️

I initially wanted to buy R35 as well. But my colleague had one & he said it was a nightmare to own (we're both on 20k salary)

Therefore I opted for 350Z. Very, very cheap. Bought cash & also easy to maintain.

I think R35 needs 40-50k monthly income (Car total expenditure should be 25% of salary). Or rich dad.

dont buy if afterward need to tighten belt

How much is the maintenance monthly and yearly for your car?

no money buy then do convert its like a bmw stick M badge

apa car ?lancer , EVO ?

350/ 370 sell so cheap , i think road tax mahal , no wonder sell so cheap

Roadtax yearly = 4.2k
Insurance yearly = 1.5k (cover 30k)
Maintenance yearly (Including wear & tear, failure parts, service) = 5k (In 2019 so far I spent 6k, but mine is roadster, so I spent 4k to do up the soft top. Therefore, 2k on car parts & service)

Of course I don't use mine daily (3-4 times monthly). Maybe that contributes to low maintenance la

The nightmare part is on the cost part? if 20k is nett salary, practically almost half of the cost goes to the car

I think many will agree that average ownership cost of R35 is RM10k monthly (some say that's if youre lucky)

so conclusion prepare 20k salary per month but cannot spend on other things like holiday or other interest lor.
breadwinner need 30-40k.

This post has been edited by Osphotic: Oct 22 2019, 12:55 AM

Again bro, its very subjective.
If you have 20K, you may choose to ignore this car, since you say "cannot spend on other things like holiday or other interest".

the choice is yours. You wanna gaya, you have to be kaya.
Otherwise use that 20K salary wisely, buy a cheaper car (like I mentioned earlier, example 350z or 370Z) and still some for your holiday lah

GTR owners, questionis it normal for GTR to be super loud during cold start in the morning?
Neighbor 4 house away has a new GTR, got disturbed from sleep because of this.

i guess per month salary must be around rm20k and above

i personally think 20k is not enough if u use this money to live. Set aside 15k per mth for this car alone, and high potential to burn your savings.

minor part replacement/service for gtr will always be 4 digit at minimum, nothing at 3 digit. 5 digit for major service excluding major part replacement.

i did not know gtr needs expensive oil to maintain. always interested to know how much blood needed to maintain this.

This post has been edited by Selectt: Feb 22 2024, 02:59 AM

mostly i confident to say /k 20k cannot afford this car

kena necro...5 years ago is that price, now i think 1 month 15k if minor..

imagine burning thousands for only ONE component minor service, fuiyo. Even typical merc/benz also need to step aside. And those oil/tyre/rotor replacement waiting to deduct your monthly paycheck. omegalul

30K with 5K less existing commitment.

I don’t own a GTR but the answer is yes. Even with all the modern throttling from particulate filters and turbochargers and catalytic converters, most sports cars with sports exhausts are loud AF at cold starts.

Definitely not equipped with stock exhaust, was it bassy? crispy? or crackle like crazy?

You can google around, even Nismo version cold start it's not that aggressive.

Very deep bass and annoying.
Donno why CNY every morning must start the car at 7am.
Then return 30 minutes later.
Maybe went to buy breakfast for someone.
Thank God, the owner just return for CNY holiday.