We had to move house on the weekend, hence no cruising for me dude : Plus Im working Sat/Sun this weekend, so even if I'm out on the weekend, it will just be a little one, I'll give you an SMS and let you know though.
If its an 03 XR6 I'll assume its one of the earlier models with all the problems, which would suck, you never know how many the guys already had fixed, and how many he's just given up on. The most common one I always hear is with the manual transmission, but I've heard the auto boxes are significantly better, so you're probably alright there.
I'd have to agree the Skyline would probably have the sportier feel though