We (meaning Jim and meself) almost bought a Skyline as a replacement for the Mitsubishi Starwagon L300 Express that had met its end upon hitting a wanker who turned right in front of us on North East Road (after which most of my spinal problems flared up badly.... The only upside to all this is that the bull bar on the front of our wagon protected Jim's legs from being crushed and allowed us to bury our right-front corner deep into the engine block of the tosser's Ford Laser). However, upon seeing our enthusiasm for the vehicle, the sales yard mysteriously put the price a grand above our cash reserves. So we ended up with a similarly-aged Magna instead.
Mind you, once the Magna's radiator had some seeing-to, the thing has run pretty flawlessly. Well, I put a caveat on flawlessly because it
is a Mitsubishi (aka Bitsaremissing), and no matter how hard you try, it is difficult to get excited about the Astron II 2.6l 4 under the engine cover and the fact that it is light silvery green (so I won't torment you all with a photo of its poxy magnificence). Reminds me of RW feeling embarassed about his portable hard drive being smurf-shit blue rather than black....