I Sold My Nissan GTR For A Profit (My Story)
Published on: December 4 2022 by Hayden Bowles
I Sold My Nissan GTR For A Profit (My Story)
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I Sold My Nissan GTR For A Profit (My Story)
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00:00:00 | 00:00:03 | hey welcome back to the channel everyone |
00:00:02 | 00:00:05 | if you are new thank you for tuning in |
00:00:03 | 00:00:07 | my name is hayden |
00:00:05 | 00:00:08 | and in this video we are going to be |
00:00:07 | 00:00:10 | toking about something that's actually |
00:00:08 | 00:00:10 | the total first of its kind on the |
00:00:10 | 00:00:12 | channel |
00:00:10 | 00:00:14 | and it involves this car right here |
00:00:12 | 00:00:15 | which you actually may or may not |
00:00:14 | 00:00:17 | recognize |
00:00:15 | 00:00:18 | i think i only have probably shown it on |
00:00:17 | 00:00:20 | youtube i think |
00:00:18 | 00:00:21 | once maybe twice i don't think i really |
00:00:20 | 00:00:23 | posted any pictures i didn't post on |
00:00:21 | 00:00:24 | instagram or anything after i did a lot |
00:00:23 | 00:00:26 | of stuff to it |
00:00:24 | 00:00:27 | which changed the whole appearance and a |
00:00:26 | 00:00:29 | little bit about the car so |
00:00:27 | 00:00:31 | in this video i want to do a follow-up |
00:00:29 | 00:00:32 | on something i posted about a year ago a |
00:00:31 | 00:00:34 | little more |
00:00:32 | 00:00:36 | toking about why i bought a nissan gt-r |
00:00:34 | 00:00:38 | as a daily driver |
00:00:36 | 00:00:40 | now this is crazy because this is |
00:00:38 | 00:00:42 | actually the first vehicle |
00:00:40 | 00:00:43 | that i have ever sold i've never sold a |
00:00:42 | 00:00:45 | car |
00:00:43 | 00:00:46 | i got purchased six i have yet to sell a |
00:00:45 | 00:00:47 | car |
00:00:46 | 00:00:49 | until now and there's going to be a |
00:00:47 | 00:00:50 | follow-up video on another vehicle that |
00:00:49 | 00:00:52 | i'm selling |
00:00:50 | 00:00:54 | and explaining why and what's coming and |
00:00:52 | 00:00:56 | what's going on |
00:00:54 | 00:00:58 | but this vehicle is kind of crazy |
00:00:56 | 00:00:59 | because it was such a good deal when i |
00:00:58 | 00:01:00 | bought it and if you guys watched that |
00:00:59 | 00:01:01 | video of me buying it i kind of |
00:01:00 | 00:01:02 | explained that and that's why i |
00:01:01 | 00:01:05 | purchased it |
00:01:02 | 00:01:06 | and i want the kind of the focus of this |
00:01:05 | 00:01:08 | video to be |
00:01:06 | 00:01:09 | how you can actually make money by |
00:01:08 | 00:01:11 | owning a vehicle |
00:01:09 | 00:01:13 | um that's a little bit more so than your |
00:01:11 | 00:01:13 | average you know something that's sporty |
00:01:13 | 00:01:15 | that's fun |
00:01:13 | 00:01:17 | you can get into and do at least a |
00:01:15 | 00:01:18 | little bit what i did where i drove it |
00:01:17 | 00:01:21 | for a year and i made |
00:01:18 | 00:01:22 | money on it a whole lot of money so for |
00:01:21 | 00:01:24 | those who are not familiar with the car |
00:01:22 | 00:01:25 | i will throw up a picture of it a couple |
00:01:24 | 00:01:27 | pictures right here unfortunately these |
00:01:25 | 00:01:30 | are kind of the only couple of pictures |
00:01:27 | 00:01:31 | that i have now and to really make this |
00:01:30 | 00:01:35 | story simple |
00:01:31 | 00:01:37 | i only drove this car maybe a maximum of |
00:01:35 | 00:01:39 | like 800 miles in the year |
00:01:37 | 00:01:41 | year and a quarter that i owned it |
00:01:39 | 00:01:43 | that's bananas to drive the vehicle less |
00:01:41 | 00:01:45 | than like 70 miles a month |
00:01:43 | 00:01:47 | and own it makes no sense now i |
00:01:45 | 00:01:49 | purchased this vehicle for 48 |
00:01:47 | 00:01:51 | 000 in cash i don't remember when it was |
00:01:49 | 00:01:52 | about a little bit over a year ago as to |
00:01:51 | 00:01:54 | when i'm posting this |
00:01:52 | 00:01:55 | now i knew that that vehicle was worth |
00:01:54 | 00:01:58 | low 50s |
00:01:55 | 00:02:00 | here's the thing i put money into the |
00:01:58 | 00:02:01 | car so like you see in the pictures i |
00:02:00 | 00:02:04 | did the wheels i did the wing |
00:02:01 | 00:02:05 | i did the wrap i also bought a custom |
00:02:04 | 00:02:06 | steering wheel for it which never got to |
00:02:05 | 00:02:07 | go into it |
00:02:06 | 00:02:08 | just because it took a long time with |
00:02:07 | 00:02:10 | all the coveted stuff for shipping i got |
00:02:08 | 00:02:11 | like matching custom |
00:02:10 | 00:02:13 | i'll throw a picture of it but i got |
00:02:11 | 00:02:14 | matching custom steering wheels for all |
00:02:13 | 00:02:15 | of my cars |
00:02:14 | 00:02:17 | so unfortunately i didn't get to put it |
00:02:15 | 00:02:19 | in there in time regardless i |
00:02:17 | 00:02:20 | spent about five thousand dollars a |
00:02:19 | 00:02:23 | little bit more |
00:02:20 | 00:02:25 | upgrading this vehicle right now i was |
00:02:23 | 00:02:27 | able to write those things off as those |
00:02:25 | 00:02:28 | upgrades because they were around my |
00:02:27 | 00:02:30 | company's colors |
00:02:28 | 00:02:31 | the company logos colors which were |
00:02:30 | 00:02:32 | black and blue |
00:02:31 | 00:02:34 | so you guys see all my cars are matched |
00:02:32 | 00:02:36 | like that i can't right off the car |
00:02:34 | 00:02:38 | but i can just write off some fun basic |
00:02:36 | 00:02:41 | upgrades in the wrap and such and such |
00:02:38 | 00:02:42 | so that brings me to being in the |
00:02:41 | 00:02:45 | vehicle |
00:02:42 | 00:02:47 | in total out of pocket about fifty four |
00:02:45 | 00:02:50 | thousand dollars fifty three thousand |
00:02:47 | 00:02:51 | now i'm able to get a depreciation off |
00:02:50 | 00:02:54 | of it i'm able to |
00:02:51 | 00:02:57 | write off those upgrades as well so i |
00:02:54 | 00:02:59 | was really out of pocket about 51 000 |
00:02:57 | 00:03:01 | on this vehicle i got to own it for a |
00:02:59 | 00:03:03 | year my friends drove it a little bit i |
00:03:01 | 00:03:04 | got to have fun unfortunately again i |
00:03:03 | 00:03:06 | didn't get to drive it much |
00:03:04 | 00:03:08 | this vehicle sold recently to a brand |
00:03:06 | 00:03:09 | new owner in utah congratulations on the |
00:03:08 | 00:03:12 | amazing vehicle |
00:03:09 | 00:03:15 | for 55 000 a great deal |
00:03:12 | 00:03:16 | for everyone involved a very fair market |
00:03:15 | 00:03:17 | value |
00:03:16 | 00:03:19 | these cars hold their value and they're |
00:03:17 | 00:03:20 | not going anywhere so the guy who bought |
00:03:19 | 00:03:22 | it is gonna |
00:03:20 | 00:03:24 | drive it for a year two years and lose |
00:03:22 | 00:03:25 | nothing if he loses anything it's gonna |
00:03:24 | 00:03:27 | be a very minimal amount of money |
00:03:25 | 00:03:29 | and probably only because he put a lot |
00:03:27 | 00:03:32 | of miles on it now it's 2009 gtr i |
00:03:29 | 00:03:33 | bought it like 41 or 47 000 miles |
00:03:32 | 00:03:35 | it's still basically right around the |
00:03:33 | 00:03:37 | same so it's a great vehicle now i want |
00:03:35 | 00:03:38 | to explain before you buy a car like |
00:03:37 | 00:03:40 | this |
00:03:38 | 00:03:42 | you should spend a lot of time looking |
00:03:40 | 00:03:43 | at all the different resale websites |
00:03:42 | 00:03:45 | cars for sale |
00:03:43 | 00:03:47 | car gurus and take a look at a bunch of |
00:03:45 | 00:03:49 | private party transactions facebook has |
00:03:47 | 00:03:52 | great facebook groups that revolve |
00:03:49 | 00:03:54 | around specific cars like nissan gtrs |
00:03:52 | 00:03:55 | and specifically like those 09s really |
00:03:54 | 00:03:57 | hold their value |
00:03:55 | 00:03:59 | now this is not by any means a stok gtr |
00:03:57 | 00:04:01 | this is fbo |
00:03:59 | 00:04:04 | which stands for full bolt-ons there's |
00:04:01 | 00:04:07 | about 650 to 680 horsepower to the wheel |
00:04:04 | 00:04:10 | which is roughly double the average |
00:04:07 | 00:04:11 | nissan gtr now what's crazy is to get |
00:04:10 | 00:04:14 | into a car |
00:04:11 | 00:04:17 | for sub 50 000 like i did that will beat |
00:04:14 | 00:04:19 | a stok ferrari a stok lamborghini all |
00:04:17 | 00:04:22 | day long in every sense of the word |
00:04:19 | 00:04:23 | is pretty nuts so i had a huracan i |
00:04:22 | 00:04:24 | bought my huracan before and i still |
00:04:23 | 00:04:26 | have it |
00:04:24 | 00:04:28 | and so to kind of compare the two you |
00:04:26 | 00:04:30 | know i love the huracan |
00:04:28 | 00:04:32 | i really like the gtr but in terms of |
00:04:30 | 00:04:34 | performance for the price i mean the gtr |
00:04:32 | 00:04:37 | was a bang for the buck i mean |
00:04:34 | 00:04:38 | absolutely insane vehicle so i sold it |
00:04:37 | 00:04:40 | now it's kind of a crazy story one of my |
00:04:38 | 00:04:40 | good friends tanner wanted to buy it |
00:04:40 | 00:04:42 | from me |
00:04:40 | 00:04:43 | but i was having a dealership selling |
00:04:42 | 00:04:45 | because i don't want to spend all the |
00:04:43 | 00:04:46 | time taking photos and |
00:04:45 | 00:04:48 | you know toking with potential people |
00:04:46 | 00:04:48 | and doing test drives and just sounded |
00:04:48 | 00:04:50 | like a headache |
00:04:48 | 00:04:52 | so i gave a percentage cut to a local |
00:04:50 | 00:04:53 | dealership that i'm friends with |
00:04:52 | 00:04:55 | they took a few thousand dollars of the |
00:04:53 | 00:04:56 | transaction facilitated all the |
00:04:55 | 00:04:57 | paperwork shipping the vehicle every |
00:04:56 | 00:04:59 | little thing |
00:04:57 | 00:05:01 | so i came out of the vehicle with |
00:04:59 | 00:05:01 | probably after the write-offs on the |
00:05:01 | 00:05:03 | upgrades |
00:05:01 | 00:05:05 | a very small profit you factor in |
00:05:03 | 00:05:07 | insurance and and whatever |
00:05:05 | 00:05:08 | it's basically break even that's the |
00:05:07 | 00:05:09 | point i'm not here to make money on a |
00:05:08 | 00:05:11 | vehicle |
00:05:09 | 00:05:13 | now i have friends who do don't get me |
00:05:11 | 00:05:14 | wrong for an example one of them who |
00:05:13 | 00:05:16 | posts about it publicly |
00:05:14 | 00:05:17 | is jeff you guys might be familiar with |
00:05:16 | 00:05:19 | jr garage on youtube |
00:05:17 | 00:05:21 | he's been a great friend of mine for a |
00:05:19 | 00:05:23 | little over three years and i don't |
00:05:21 | 00:05:25 | think he's ever lost money on a car i |
00:05:23 | 00:05:28 | mean he bought a lamborghini gallardo |
00:05:25 | 00:05:28 | put 25 000 miles on it didn't lose a |
00:05:28 | 00:05:31 | penny |
00:05:28 | 00:05:34 | he made money but it's insane so you can |
00:05:31 | 00:05:35 | own the right vehicles and make money |
00:05:34 | 00:05:37 | now just a quick fun tip |
00:05:35 | 00:05:39 | usually those vehicles are going to be |
00:05:37 | 00:05:40 | in roughly the 10 to 12 year old |
00:05:39 | 00:05:42 | category or older |
00:05:40 | 00:05:43 | so you're basically looking at a decade |
00:05:42 | 00:05:46 | old or older |
00:05:43 | 00:05:47 | so 2010 and before is usually not always |
00:05:46 | 00:05:48 | but usually |
00:05:47 | 00:05:50 | when you're going to find those deals so |
00:05:48 | 00:05:51 | make sure to just study the market you |
00:05:50 | 00:05:53 | don't want to purchase a vehicle i'm |
00:05:51 | 00:05:54 | actually i bought a new vehicle today as |
00:05:53 | 00:05:56 | of when i'm filming this |
00:05:54 | 00:05:58 | i bought a new vehicle and i put a lot |
00:05:56 | 00:06:00 | of time into studying |
00:05:58 | 00:06:02 | understanding the depreciation curve of |
00:06:00 | 00:06:03 | the vehicle the possible maintenance the |
00:06:02 | 00:06:04 | things that can go wrong the things that |
00:06:03 | 00:06:06 | won't go wrong |
00:06:04 | 00:06:09 | so you just want to be educated instead |
00:06:06 | 00:06:09 | of walking on a carmax's lot and saying |
00:06:09 | 00:06:11 | hey |
00:06:09 | 00:06:13 | i want that you know and not really |
00:06:11 | 00:06:13 | negotiating understanding what to look |
00:06:13 | 00:06:15 | for |
00:06:13 | 00:06:17 | or what you're gonna be getting so do |
00:06:15 | 00:06:19 | your research do your due diligence |
00:06:17 | 00:06:21 | now the great thing is my friend tanner |
00:06:19 | 00:06:22 | who wanted to buy it unfortunately |
00:06:21 | 00:06:23 | um you know the dealership had already |
00:06:22 | 00:06:24 | pulled a credit app from the person who |
00:06:23 | 00:06:26 | bought it and they were going through |
00:06:24 | 00:06:27 | the financing process |
00:06:26 | 00:06:29 | he actually wired me the money for the |
00:06:27 | 00:06:30 | car and i'm like i told the dealership |
00:06:29 | 00:06:31 | hey |
00:06:30 | 00:06:32 | i'm going to come grab the car they're |
00:06:31 | 00:06:34 | like sorry we can't do that you know |
00:06:32 | 00:06:36 | this guy's about to grab it and i'm like |
00:06:34 | 00:06:36 | dang it so anyways i had to send him the |
00:06:36 | 00:06:38 | money back and he went and bought |
00:06:36 | 00:06:39 | another one so |
00:06:38 | 00:06:41 | it would have been perfect if that |
00:06:39 | 00:06:42 | vehicle would have still been around you |
00:06:41 | 00:06:44 | know when my friends would have had it |
00:06:42 | 00:06:45 | so that i could drive it but regardless |
00:06:44 | 00:06:47 | he got another one that's fbo pretty |
00:06:45 | 00:06:48 | much the same thing so |
00:06:47 | 00:06:50 | i still get to drive it i still do love |
00:06:48 | 00:06:52 | the car and yes if you guys are in the |
00:06:50 | 00:06:54 | market for a vehicle around that price |
00:06:52 | 00:06:55 | point i think the gtr is a great great |
00:06:54 | 00:06:57 | purchase |
00:06:55 | 00:06:58 | so let me know what kind of car you guys |
00:06:57 | 00:07:00 | would want to get |
00:06:58 | 00:07:01 | let me know what your dream car is and |
00:07:00 | 00:07:02 | what you would also want to be getting |
00:07:01 | 00:07:04 | under that |
00:07:02 | 00:07:05 | 50 000 mark there's a lot of vehicles |
00:07:04 | 00:07:06 | and i'm a car guy i don't know if you |
00:07:05 | 00:07:08 | guys watch the channel |
00:07:06 | 00:07:09 | i definitely have some car videos on |
00:07:08 | 00:07:12 | here and there are plenty more to come |
00:07:09 | 00:07:14 | but i'm a car guy and under that 50 000 |
00:07:12 | 00:07:15 | mark there's definitely some super cool |
00:07:14 | 00:07:17 | vehicles |
00:07:15 | 00:07:18 | like the bmw m4 which is my first car my |
00:07:17 | 00:07:21 | favorite all-time car |
00:07:18 | 00:07:22 | all around you can get those for under |
00:07:21 | 00:07:23 | forty thousand dollars now and the |
00:07:22 | 00:07:25 | depreciation is |
00:07:23 | 00:07:27 | pretty much already taken it's full hit |
00:07:25 | 00:07:29 | so at this point it's just crazy mileage |
00:07:27 | 00:07:30 | that would really drop it a little bit |
00:07:29 | 00:07:31 | further but |
00:07:30 | 00:07:33 | i mean you know there's so many cars you |
00:07:31 | 00:07:33 | can get for a great great price and for |
00:07:33 | 00:07:36 | example |
00:07:33 | 00:07:37 | those m4s you get a 2015 and you would |
00:07:36 | 00:07:39 | barely lose any money would go down so |
00:07:37 | 00:07:40 | slightly every year |
00:07:39 | 00:07:42 | if you were to buy those right now with |
00:07:40 | 00:07:43 | like 40 50 000 miles |
00:07:42 | 00:07:45 | so it just depends on what you're |
00:07:43 | 00:07:47 | looking for i have a lot more fun car |
00:07:45 | 00:07:49 | videos playing we got some crazy racing |
00:07:47 | 00:07:50 | videos with some automotive youtubers in |
00:07:49 | 00:07:53 | both california |
00:07:50 | 00:07:54 | and in utah not to drop any names but |
00:07:53 | 00:07:56 | some fun stuff coming with the |
00:07:54 | 00:07:56 | lamborghini as soon as it's back from |
00:07:56 | 00:07:58 | the shop |
00:07:56 | 00:08:00 | finishing up and i don't want to say too |
00:07:58 | 00:08:02 | much about what exactly is going on |
00:08:00 | 00:08:04 | but kind of the second step of what |
00:08:02 | 00:08:05 | we're doing with the twin turbo build |
00:08:04 | 00:08:07 | so you guys saw it twin turboed it it |
00:08:05 | 00:08:08 | went back into the shop it's been there |
00:08:07 | 00:08:09 | for about the last five |
00:08:08 | 00:08:11 | five and a half months waiting for a |
00:08:09 | 00:08:13 | bunch of crazy stuff to come in that is |
00:08:11 | 00:08:14 | super super close to arriving |
00:08:13 | 00:08:16 | then it's just going to be a lot a lot |
00:08:14 | 00:08:18 | of time and little stuff with the tunes |
00:08:16 | 00:08:18 | and making sure the car is running |
00:08:18 | 00:08:20 | perfectly |
00:08:18 | 00:08:21 | and then it is going to be back hitting |
00:08:20 | 00:08:23 | the streets and making some fun youtube |
00:08:21 | 00:08:24 | video appearances all right so |
00:08:23 | 00:08:26 | hopefully you guys enjoyed the video i |
00:08:24 | 00:08:27 | know it's a little bit different but i |
00:08:26 | 00:08:29 | just wanted to show you |
00:08:27 | 00:08:30 | that you can own a vehicle like that |
00:08:29 | 00:08:32 | that you like to have fun with and if |
00:08:30 | 00:08:33 | you do it the right way |
00:08:32 | 00:08:35 | you can forget about making money you |
00:08:33 | 00:08:36 | can break even you know and you might |
00:08:35 | 00:08:38 | lose a little over time with gas and |
00:08:36 | 00:08:40 | insurance and whatever but |
00:08:38 | 00:08:42 | i mean you can have a vehicle like that |
00:08:40 | 00:08:44 | and not lose your ass in terms of money |
00:08:42 | 00:08:46 | that is something that most people don't |
00:08:44 | 00:08:48 | think is possible and i just want to be |
00:08:46 | 00:08:49 | someone that puts it out there like hey |
00:08:48 | 00:08:51 | here's a live example of what i've done |
00:08:49 | 00:08:54 | i had a lot of fun owning this vehicle |
00:08:51 | 00:08:55 | i truly did unfortunately i just didn't |
00:08:54 | 00:08:57 | drive it and you know i'm selling |
00:08:55 | 00:08:58 | another one of my vehicles that i just |
00:08:57 | 00:09:00 | didn't drive as well i'm sure you can |
00:08:58 | 00:09:02 | guess what it was just based off the |
00:09:00 | 00:09:03 | cars i toked about inside this video |
00:09:02 | 00:09:05 | but it's a vehicle that i bought i |
00:09:03 | 00:09:06 | thought i was gonna you know drive it a |
00:09:05 | 00:09:08 | little bit more i didn't |
00:09:06 | 00:09:09 | and it is what it is so just understand |
00:09:08 | 00:09:11 | that understand the value of the |
00:09:09 | 00:09:12 | vehicles make sure you do your research |
00:09:11 | 00:09:13 | before |
00:09:12 | 00:09:15 | and watch those graphs you know if |
00:09:13 | 00:09:16 | you're looking at for example |
00:09:15 | 00:09:18 | a lamborghini euros right now which i'm |
00:09:16 | 00:09:20 | definitely getting one of those just not |
00:09:18 | 00:09:21 | right now okay that's not the next car |
00:09:20 | 00:09:24 | by the way |
00:09:21 | 00:09:26 | that vehicle holding its value right now |
00:09:24 | 00:09:27 | but those are about to start sliding so |
00:09:26 | 00:09:28 | you're going to want to wait a few years |
00:09:27 | 00:09:30 | probably two years or so |
00:09:28 | 00:09:32 | for those to start dropping and kind of |
00:09:30 | 00:09:33 | be holding lower like the huracans are |
00:09:32 | 00:09:34 | right now |
00:09:33 | 00:09:36 | you know right now they're reselling for |
00:09:34 | 00:09:37 | right around retail some even up and |
00:09:36 | 00:09:38 | above |
00:09:37 | 00:09:40 | but they will start sliding so you could |
00:09:38 | 00:09:41 | have got one right away and gotten out |
00:09:40 | 00:09:42 | for a break even i know some people who |
00:09:41 | 00:09:44 | did that |
00:09:42 | 00:09:45 | it just depends so the other day it all |
00:09:44 | 00:09:46 | comes down to research look i hope you |
00:09:45 | 00:09:47 | guys enjoyed this video if you want more |
00:09:46 | 00:09:49 | car content |
00:09:47 | 00:09:50 | let me know in the comment section down |
00:09:49 | 00:09:52 | below but make sure to let me know what |
00:09:50 | 00:09:54 | kind of cars are you into what's your |
00:09:52 | 00:09:56 | favorite car and what would you buy |
00:09:54 | 00:09:57 | if you had the opportunity to do it let |
00:09:56 | 00:09:59 | me know don't forget to drop |
00:09:57 | 00:10:00 | a like on this video i would greatly |
00:09:59 | 00:10:01 | appreciate it feel free to check out the |
00:10:00 | 00:10:03 | other business and car |
00:10:01 | 00:10:04 | content on the channel and with that |
00:10:03 | 00:10:05 | being said i'll be seeing you guys in |
00:10:04 | 00:10:08 | the next video |
00:10:05 | 00:10:08 | peace |