Cars!

[djbadmonkey]

i'm not sure how i feel about the GT-R concept. there's a thread about it somewhere but i don't feel like finding, and ryanating.

i'm sure the production will look much better than the concept?

[archonemis]

The production model can be seen on TV. I saw the commercial last night. It's a 350Z with body work, AWD and some other doo-dads. Honestly, I really like it. It's SLICK. If I could afford one I'd rather have the Infinity than the Nissan. Not that I could afford either.

[remotecontrolalligator]

Originally posted by archonemis
Nissan is finally releasing the Skyline in America. It's about time. $50,000 isn't too bad a price either.

its gonna be a sedan though, isn't it? not the skyline that we would all love to have. where is this other thread? i wanna see this thing!

[archonemis]

No, the Skyline will be the G35 Coupe.
http://www.infinitihelp.com/Infiniti...escription.htm


Incidentally, I just had a truly horrific realization. I mean genuinly bad. My first car was a 1986 or a 1985 Corolla coupe. Isn't that when they were still rear wheel drive? I trashed that car completely. It's somewhere in Sand Diego in a juk yard. Probably a brick by now. It was an automatic so I'm not too broken up about it, but still . . . What a shame.

[archonemis]

I think I may have been some mis-information - that All Wheel Drive part may or may not be true. I was also told that there would be twin turbo coming. I was told this by someone who is quite the enthusiat, though I haven't verified for myself.

[djbadmonkey]

http://www.giantrobot.com/forums/sho...e&pagenumber=1

bobby is right. the new GT-R for 2005 looks like it's built on the 350Z chassis, but prob has an even MORE interesting engine.

really, why can't nissan release the s15 silvia stateside, unadulterated and with a 99+ spec sr20det.

[remotecontrolalligator]

Originally posted by archonemis


Incidentally, I just had a truly horrific realization. I mean genuinly bad. My first car was a 1986 or a 1985 Corolla coupe. Isn't that when they were still rear wheel drive? I trashed that car completely. It's somewhere in Sand Diego in a juk yard. Probably a brick by now. It was an automatic so I'm not too broken up about it, but still . . . What a shame.

yeap, that's the AE86 alright. smooth move 1984-1987

[cellout]

nothing intrinsically wrong with 4doors. but a coupe option would be nice.

http://www.freshalloy.com/site/cars/...ept/home.shtml

arch : freshalloy.com still lists the r35 GT-R as a concept. do you have another source that says otherwise? it has a lot to live up to if it's supposed to be the sucessor to the previous generation of skylines.
V8 ?
wtf. oh well. nothing official there. just conjecture.

i don't really consider the infiniti g35 a worthy sucessor until the GT-R specs are announced. There is no skyline without a GT-R. I consider myself a Nissan enthusiast, but i'd rather drop 50k Audi's way if that's nissan's offering in the performance luxury coupe market. and it kind of hurts to say that.

i'm still a little leery of renault over nissan. Being a performance oriented car company was bad for business. They had too many different platforms and too many different engines. Apaprently, the economics of a setup like that aren't too hot. I hope that Renault can bring Nissan to another golden age soon, with profitibility and performance in harmony.
But I'm not holding my breath.

toomuchchowmein :
where do you live that's a haven for cellout beaters?
Is your oldladyfriend still trying to sell her starlet ? It doesn't look like this guy is going to take me up on my more-than-reasonable offer.
*shakes fist*

oh yeah.
i want a renault le car, too. somebody find me one.
plz. plz. plz.

We need to find a car for arch. I've never met Marla and I think i hate her.

^cellout
(who needs new tires very very soon)

[GEKIGANGER 3]

speaking of cars, i wanna see you guys' bikes. like ruff ryders kind, not your huffy's.

[Ryan]

infrared rocks a 2002 yamaha r1....thats it. game over.

i think he dropped it already tho =/

[remotecontrolalligator]

if i had a bike, i would die.

[jinzoningen]

Does anyone know if the 2003 VW Jetta is any good? How reliable are VWs anyway?

[archonemis]

Actually, I'm not down with 4doors in racing situation. More metal to haul around, longer overhangs (generally speaking) and a longer roofline. Like a Wagon, but not as bad. Theoretically a hatch-back is ideal (hence the Z), but coupe is a little more my taste.

I don't know how reliable these guys are, but:
http://www.jbskyline.net/V35/GTR/

I'm gonna have to ask my friend exactly where he heard about the GT-R. I'm inclined to belive that he had a real source and that it wasn't just specualtion on his part.

[Ryan]

hm i just an 88 rx7 turbo for 3k...should i get it..i wonder

[toomuchchowmein]

actually if it was an automatic, chances are your car was either a sr5, or one of those POS corollas that started FF.

the gt-s never came in automatic.


and id liek to have the 4 door r33 skyline. gt.
just to piss off all the dumbasses who think GT-R was the only skiline ever made. have u ever driven one? they arent exactly too "nimble". w/the exception of base models and the r32 gt-r, i coudl care less about them. (doesnt include hagoska, a31, and kenandmary)