AlexF

A skyline GTST



Thanks Jay

Jay,

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i went the bmw route didnt like it m3 or m5 but the skyline hit the spot ! how much i love cossies ill never own another

Jay,

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p.s glad you enjoyed the car alex as i had the same feelings about them to until i drove one

Cossie Helen

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I never got over to have a look at your car on sunday, are you going to be at Berk's meet this month ?

Chip

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I thought this thread was going to be about a girl.

Any pics up of your car Jay?

yappstar

Good cars. A genuinely better car for the money than a saff IMHO... NEWER, drift better, handle better, ARE better. If you have a few quid burning a hole in your pocket right now, try a GTST before you plump for a saggy, shit-off-the-line, rattly, smokey, sold-for-a-reason saff...

It is my opinion that people who buy saffs now actually want to own them, ie its an RS Cosworth, they want the badge, its a collectors car etc etc... in other words its an enthusiasts car (very few enthusiasts left now).
To a know nothing (unbiased) bloke with a few quid to waste, its much better wasted on the Binliner than the Saff. Having owned both, and having my GTR in for more work at the moment, I guarantee you wont be disappointed.

Sorry passionford... well, both of you who still own a cossie anyway

ANDYRACER

I assume it aint a standard power one them?

Standard power ones are so slow!!

James

i've never liked the look of them tbh, any of them.

they look ok but just don't do nothing for me, for a weekend toy i'd rather a cossie even if it was slower.

yappstar

I dont know about figures for the two cars, but have you driven one? Great handling cars IMO. Not the last word in handling, but very good for the size nevertheless.

James

in all honesty i've not driven either, i think it's just the chav type image the car has that puts me off. the only ones around here are older early 90's models and they all looked tired to say the least.

cossieDavedree

I've driven one and its the only jap i'd buy,
can't believe I said that,, but it to me felt like a bmw straight 6 with a turbo on it.
it was a car from Garage-D and was an rb25 400bhp and 400lb torque

It Didnt have the cossie nothing nothing and then vrrrmmm mental feeling of a t34.63 380bhp 2wd saph. It felt smoother but still very quick and pulled all the way through.
Still despite the great build quality of the nissan engines, they're all getting on a bit now though.

petey.

by todays standards theyre pretty turd! but theyre just iconic cars imo, everyone knows a cossie when they see one.

but on the other hand id have a skyline without a second thought if i had the opportunity, im not some chav who saw them in fast and furious and on need for speed and thought 'mint, ill get one, paint it green and get some garden lighting from B&Q underneath', i like them because of their pedigree, heritage and just how good they are.

suppose both cossies and skylines have their ups and downs, the chav image etc but when push comes to shove in standard guise anyway the skyline wins.
lets not forget what car it was that knocked RS500's off their pedestal back in the 80's..


so yeah, get some pics up!

yappstar

Know what you mean, the cheaper ones have gotten a rep a pieces of shit nowdays (because they are cheap 2 door taxis). Depends what one you buy. R32 GTS is shite (IMHO), 33 is flaky at best (just a crap car that drifts soooooo well), 34 GTT is so often a dreamers car they get neglected as they think they have a 34GTR but havent got a clue)


EXACTLY.

Both have ups and downs, both have a "chav" following (to a degree, I know which atrracts more though ) and both are good, iconic cars.


IMHO If you are looking for a Sierra RS Cosworth, buy one. Enjoy the rear doors and legroom (that you, as the owner will no doubt praise consistently) you will be happy.

BUT

If you had Ł3-5k to spend on a car, and you wanted RWD, 4 occasional, 2 main seats, and a degree of practicality, but didnt care what badge you had, you would go for the liner (or one of many other jap cars that now hugely trump the saff) instead. Simple as that.

IMHO. Not trying to cast aspersions on the saff, but havig had every car mentioned so far in this thread, the asnswer to me is simple.

Jay,

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sorry no time helen atm



here u go chip










spec
hks super drager exhaust
hks dome filter
jp performance front mount
profec B 2



are they mines not really far off standard running around 11 psi and that will roughly be about 300 bhp ok its not rod tarry's car speed but it aint as slow as you think just the power delivery is so smooth compared to a cossie . om the way up to central day i was in company with a 450 bhp cossie and a 380 ish one its was early so we had a play mid range speed the cossie were alot better but higher speeds the skyline comes into its own and they sound awesome at higher revs

a cossie will always be a legend in my eyes but there old now and tbh the legend is bigger than owning the car in my eyres as even when it was on the road it never grabbed as a car that i loved owning , remember when hamond and may drove there early years dream cars and they never matched up thats how i feel about them ! the binline is a heavy car but tbh dont feel it , it is responsive and handles well and there smooth and pull right up to 7.5k with out a struggle and u never feel you are struggling there comfortable if i drove the cossie a distance i felt like i was beat up at the end of it with the liner i dont, if your chasing numbers a cossie to do a honest 450/500 bhp needs nega money to do right and will be unreliable with diffs and boxes always a issue the line well a clutch turbo head gasket injectors and it will do it with ease and still be a car that you can use each day and not worry

but after all its down to taste and i can safely say i love this car i used it every day and it makes me smile its easy to run so im happy

Paddy

Best thing you've done Jay! [excluding the missus]

... and Cossies don't have a chav image at all?

Yes they're iconic, yes they're collector's cars... but ask the average non petrol head what they think of a Cossie and they'll picture you in a Kappa tracksuit with the windows down, hollering at under 16s [ok, so I still do the last bit].

Jay,

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this is it if your young driving a cossie ur a chav cunt if ur old ur a rouge criminal

Chip

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Looks like a good honest example Jay.

Jay,

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it is mate the guy i got it off looked after it well it wanted for nothing , rob @ xsport has known him and the car for years , i could of got one with more tuning bits on for the same money but like you say its a honest car

James

i don't think it does any more? dunno about anywhere else but around here the only cossies on the road are owned my collectors and only see the light of day on nice days in the summer.

Does look a cracking car though jay, how bad is it on fuel?

cossie0_4

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i did a similar thing been into cossies for years thought ive have a change so bought this and very happy and well happy with it

Steve the Plumber

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Nice, ive always had a soft spot for a R32GTR. and its probably been a 100% reliable too.

Graceland

R33 GTST = LOTS of car for very little money

Alex I hate you

Porkie

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Now thats funny

pani_k

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Most R33 Skylines I've seen don't look that chav at all and I'd go so far as saying that most owners do respect them and look after them. You will get the odd one or two that are complete mongs but I think that a R33 isn't as chav as people think they are. For a start the insurance on them is astronomical!

Jay,

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well went to the pod sunday 230 mile round trip it drunk Ł40 and that was a good fuck about all the way there and back

if you drive it sensible will get 30+ on a run around town about 22 but heavey footing around town its a alcaholic lol

James

About the same as my vr6, lol!

GARETH T

jay whens my go

AlexF

ITs taken me ages to work out why its funny


Paul,

Fancy a race at the 'Ring???

Graceland

You buying a GTST to go in Alex?

Reminds me of my old S14a days

foreigneRS

skylines must be like ladyboys - you don't like the idea of having one, but one go in one and you want one

AlexF

I don't know Nick... Maybe - I haven't had a "lady" ever

AlexF

When you come over the bridge matey LOL


VERY tempted matey!
Not sure I want to risk the Porsche

James

sounds like the voice of experience!

Matt Baxter

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Jay itn deffo needs new wheels!!!!!!!!

Jim Galbally

out of curioscity, how much does a decent condition R32 GTR cost nowadays? ie one that you can drive and forget about rather than fix anc break

Jay,

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6 to 7k will buy a very good one jim

Eagle

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im gonna have to pop up and see it now

xr_craig

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I got asked if i was a drug dealer the other week in mine

Nice cars the GTST. Just not really my thing.

dannyblackpool

my gtst.....



5k on the road when i got it, would be less now,


Hopefully in 12s at pod this year, still on std ecu,injectors,engine

AlexF

Nice wheels on that Danny!

So many have UGLY wheels!!!!