I need this somewhat settled. I have always found myself switching between Silvia’s and skylines. I’ve owned an s14 and an r32 skyline. Sr20 v Rb25. I love the S15’s too and I’m getting to the point where I have to settle down now and want to land on a final car. I do also want to keep a car that will keep a resale value or hopefully go up in value in the future.
Would you settle with the 1991 R32 skyline or the 2000 Nissan s15?
Rb25, manual coupe R32 or sr20 manual s15?
by Acceptable_Bother937
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You’d likely need to enter GTR territory for something that would hold/increase in value.
I don’t think either are losing value at this point. Which do YOU like better? Go with that one.
I wouldn’t consider either settling I’d be happy with a gts. Hell I’d be happy with a pulsar. Do what makes you happy.
If you are having trouble deciding between the two, go with the one that is in the best condition and the best value for your budget. Neither car in stock form is faster than a 2015 Altima so I wouldn’t even look at horsepower or performance figures.
Long term a R32 GT-R is going to be on average worth more but more expensive to maintain overtime. You’d likely end up driving it less.
I love my FC3S RX-7 but if I could go back in time, I should have paid more for one in better condition. The little things like a plastic trim piece or window seals end up eating up a lot of money. So yeah, long term you’ll be happiest you can afford to drive the most.
If you really personally have no preference I would go with the cleanest and lowest mile one you can find of either one.
If the R32 isn’t a GTR S15 all the way. I actually prefer the S15 over even an R32 GTR. S15 is one of the sexiest cars ever built!
Damn I wish I had your problem. For me, it would be the R32 just because I’ve always loved the way it looks since I was a kid, and have never owned either car.
I honestly think the S15 is a more popular car in Japan than the r32. That’s just what I’ve observed. The r32 is a phenomenal car, but it gets over shadowed by the r34 (even though the r32 is perfection imo). I think a non-clapped S15 will sell better than an r32 30 years down the road.
You know I was in similar situation as you not too long ago, but, I found a solution.
I have both 15 and 32 and how I got around it was “gifting” the 15 to my mrs so I no longer “owned” it and just hid the key.
I still own both cars and love them both very dearly like they’re my own children.
R32 is my grail car, even if it’s not a GTR; so that’s my choice.
I honestly, personally like the design of the Silvia a little more than the skyline.
The technically better, and more valuable car is going to be the R32. It’s an R32 Skyline, and has a decade on the S15.
However… I suspect the answer is the S15. The Skyline is going to be more fun in the 60-140kmh zone, where the S15 is going to be more fun in the 40-120 zone, which is more license friendly and more fun on streets: taking off from lights, flooring it on motorway on-ramps, having fun in the local twisties etc.
The SR20 was also in other (boring) cars, from memory it was used in the Nissan Bluebird and so getting replacement engine parts could be easier in the long term. S15 will be less hard on tires, use less fuel etc.
I had an 00 S14 and a 91 R32GTST. I enjoyed both cars but the R32 is the one that I really miss.
The r32 can do everything the s14 can do but the s14 can’t do everything the r32 can do. If you just want to slide every now and then both are playful. But if you really want to drive the car quick you will get more out of the Skyline. S14 was bags of fun, it just loves to slide. For me the Skyline was the more rewarding car to drive. You could take it for a drive and when you want grip it will deliver as much as you want while having the power to break traction when you want to. It’s predictable.