1990 Nissan Skyline GXE from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

Absolutely zilch.

Right rear door won't lock-unlock with central locking. That's it.

This would have to be the best buy I've made in a long time. The previous owner had the car since 1993 when it had only 30000km on it. As it was used as a business car, he kept meticulous service records (every 5000km).

Brand new auto trans about 25000km ago, so I won't have to worry about that for a while.

The RB30 motor is a masterpiece. Nissan apparently developed these engines to last some 400000km and I don't doubt that it will.

They don't seem to rust either, and the interior is not far from new condition even with the mileage it has on it.

The car still feels "tight" and quite solid, a much better buy than the equivalent VL Bombadore or XF Foulcan.

They don't yell "steal me" either, I think they're still looked upon (in NZ anyway) as a bit of an "old man's" car.

Oh, and the A/C is brilliant too.

I owned a 1990 Nissan Skyline GX E, the one with the funny 'CD" tail-lights, for four years. Almost new, when I purchased it from a Nissan Dealer in Victoria. It was quite simply the best car I have ever owned. The RB30 engine was superb. Creature comforts were good, and the A/C was great too. The auto was smooth and reliable, although it always "jolted" a bit on the gear changes between 1st. and 2nd. gear under high revs. Nissan told me this was "normal." This car never let me down, always reliable,

and very fast off the mark! I toured all over the Southern States of Australia and Tasmania, and it never missed a beat. There are heaps of them in Tasmania, because they are great on the hills with their torque, especially with the "power" button on the gear shift, to hold it down in the lower gear. (I met a mechanic who worked at the Nissan Factory, and he told me that if I looked after that car, that the RB30 engine would "last forever." Unfortunately, my love affair with the Skyline ended after a Divorce, and Bankruptcy proceedings. That was 14 years ago now... I have owned several "nice" cars since... but after writing this review..well...I think I just talked myself into buying another 1990 GXE!! (pre-cuddled of course!) I couldn't do any better, as far as second-hand cars go. Great car. Loved it. Oh! The best tyres for the Skyline if you want superb handling,are without a doubt, the Han-kook Optima. Brilliant! But you must run them at 36 psi! They are very soft, and at first you feel like the car is "floating" a bit around corners. but they stick like s----t to a nappy!

The Nissan Skyline GXE does not come with central locking.

The fault with your central locking is the after market central locking kit.

Strange, because we have a 1990 GXE sedan AND a 1990 GXE wagon - both have central lock. Maybe NZ cars got it standard??

The r31 Skyline GX models are good alright, but the best r31 4 door sedan would have to be the TI model. I have owned both and the TI has more get up and go. The body sits a bit higher than the GX models, and it is fully optioned. The Ti model has electric everything, and will burn rubber from a standing start, whereas I am unable to do this in the GX model.

The GX model engine seems to take a while to wind up, whereas the Ti is instant revs. Also, I find the GX transmission less responsive than the Ti, and although it is commonly held that engines and transmissions are the same, I am skeptical of this, and would go as far to say the Ti is 25-30% more responsive. It will sit on 170ks happily all day, and it will max out at about 200ks. It's fast considering it's not turbocharged. It is like an xu1 motor on nos.

SKYLINE FREAK.

Hmm... you say that the Ti was more responsive than the GX... There should be no difference between these two. (unless you had a very worn engine on the gx)

However, the series 1 and 2 skylines (all models) came with a hydraulic 4 spd auto. The series 3 skylines (circular tail lights) had a 4 spd electronic auto, which definitely feels sportier than the old hydraulic box. Any series 3 skyline will probalby feel quicker off the line than a series 1 or 2.

So a Ti will not necessarily be quicker off the line than a gx. ANY series 3 (be it a gx or a Ti) will feel quicker off the line than a series 1 or 2.