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I'm liking the rbr. Str didn't look too bad either. I'm glad to see a distinct difference between the 2
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You're about 8 years too late. I posted that in this thread back in 2006, lolHe also drove a Ford Sierra for a short time after the "polarizer" episode.
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Go and get a few quotes on getting the damage repaired. Then compare to insurance excess. That is the only way to know for sure whether or not it's better to fix it out of your own pocket or through your insurance. You have to remember that insurance companies will only pay for the minimum amount of work required to fix the car. So if only a few panels are damaged that's all that will get fixed if insurance pays. They won't pay for a full respray if half the car is still fine.
When you go to get quotes make sure you only get quotes on fixing what you'd be claiming insurance on, not a full respray (unless every panel is damaged).
If the car is written off then generally you will be given the option to buy the car back for a small amount. This can work out well if you can get the work done to fix it cheap. My sister in law had a vk Commodore that she wrote off a few times (relatively minor damage, fender benders), got paid out a few thousand each time, got the car back for a few hundred dollars (and one time got it back for free), and spent a few hundred fixing it up (helps when you can get it repainted for free). Had no problems insuring it again, just had to show that the damage had been repaired. She made about 5k profit from crashing that car.
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Don't spend a cent on it. Just drive it while saving up money, then when you have enough money sell the skyline and buy a Ford focus xr5 turbo. P plate legal, much faster than a non turbo skyline, way less police attention and a whole lot nicer to drive/be in.
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I realise this post is a little bit old, but what I am going to say may help others and contains some generic info. those 1.6l engines with an auto bolted to them are slugs. They are fine once they are up and moving, but take a bit to get going (I used to own a n14 version). But they should get reasonable economy as long as you aren't in stop/start economy (even then you should be in the 8 to 10l per 100kms).Hi Fellas,
I'm going slightly off topic. But the car is still an N/A and a Nissan
Mrs. and I recently bought an N15 Pulsar 1.6L Auto sedan (granny spec??) as a our runabout/train station/shopping center/park anywhere kind of car. Car is 100% stock and has 170,000km on the clock.
I've been driving it lots lately (to work and back ~100km round trip) to get a proper grasp of the fuel economy as I've suspected the car is guzzling fuel, as we all know short trips are a bad gauge of measuring fuel economy - mainly used to go to the local train station/shops.
My route is mixed urban and freeway driving. I'm not too happy with the fuel consumption. I'm getting around 9L/100km when intentionally babying it and 10L/100km when driving "normal" (not thrashing it).
I thought this kind of car should be using around 7 to 8L/100km - being realistic, I don't believe the figures posted by Redbook (quoted combined 6.2L/100).
I've made sure tires are inflated to the correct pressure and did a an oil (Nulon Semi-Syn 10w40) and filter change. I'm currently running the car on Shell V Power every fill in the hope it will clean the engine.
Just wondering is anybody out there is having the same consumption with the same car or a car with a similar sized engine, 1.6L Auto.
For comparison purposes my Lexus IS 2.0L 6 speed manual gets 9L/100 and my R34 2.5L auto gets 11L/100, for the same route....
I'd definitely be looking at the o2 sensor if you haven't gotten around to it yet. The other thing to check I'd how long it takes to warm up. When I got my n14 off my sister, it would sit on cold on the highway and would only come up to warm going up a hill. It was also sluggish and used more fuel than it should. I changed the thermostat and it made it run better and use less fuel. I can't remember what sort of economy I got though.
On the fuel economy front, my old daily (vt Commodore with close to 300,000kms on it) was getting about 8.7l/100kms (pretty much all highway driving). My new daily (2002 1.5l mirage with over 250,000kms on the clock) gets about 6.3l/100kms with normal highway driving. Got 5.7l out of it when babying it. Would get marginally better economy out of it on a different trip than to and from work, since there's a few hills that require dropping back a gear or 2 (one that's back to 3rd at 80kmh for just over 1km).
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all legalities aside, a rb25 turbo that's had the turbo removed will be gutless. Essentially what you've built is a severely detuned rb25de
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Drone as in THE EXHAUST WILL BE VERY LOUD AND ANNOYING
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You could try an auto electrician, wreckers or Nissan themselves. Plenty of cars all use the same size bulbs, so not hard to find.
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Wow much hate for such a simple thing. Sure there are always variables with a remapped ecu, but not really any need for amount of stupid in this thread.
Firstly, if old mate has put a wideband on the car and got afrs at about 11.5 to 12, then it clearly isn't tuned for bigger injectors, otherwise the the afrs would be really lean. Secondly, if it's been tuned for a bigger turbo then that doesn't really matter much, because it's been tuned to handle more air being forced in than a stock turbo can pump, so it certainly isn't going to lean out in the top end. Sure the timing might be a bit generous in some areas, but hey, if it isn't pinging it's arse of then who cares. There's plenty of people who have paid good money for a proper tune and have gotten a tune that's killed their engine, so it isn't the best option all the time. Hell, there's probably plenty of people out there who are driving around with a stock ecu, turbo, with the boost wound up and have a dodgy fuel pump causing the car to lean out and do more damage than what this ecu will probably do.
The replies in this thread just remind me of pretty much every flat spot thread on this forum, where all anyone can respond with is "it's rich and retard". All anyone's been able to say in this thread is "remapped ecus are shit". At the end of the day, some generic remapped ecu off the internet is still better than some tuners out there. I'm sure you've all seen at least 1 car with a "safe tune" where the back of the car above the exhaust is black with soot. Yep, real safe, cause if you hit boost you'll be out of fuel before you get a chance to grab the next gear.
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To answer your question as to what it actually does, it's something that dims your headlights when you are stopped. Don't really see the point to be honest.
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You wouldn't want to drive it not just because of the value dropping. It's a 12 year old car that's pretty much never been started. If you did drive it seals would probably start to fail.The problem with vehicles like this one is they become 1:1 scale model cars.
The mileage is what creates such a high price so the moment you drive it, the value drops.
You would want to have a lot of cash to be able to buy such a car and then never drive it.
Bob.
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The people I know who have named their cars anything (other than names related to the car itself, such as a nick name for the model car it is) are girls.
Although a mate of mine did call his scooter "kevin".....
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I was thinking the same thing. It's sad and all, but it kind of shits me when they keep saying "he is fighting". No he isn't. His body is just on autopilot. Save the term "fighting" for someone who is conscious and doing everything in their power to get back to some sense of normal as fast as possible (through rehab, etc) rather than just sitting there in bed hoping things improve.
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Yeah I'm the same. Driving 730kms a week to and from work. Went from a vt wagon getting just under 9l/100kms to the mirage getting just over 6l/100kms. I'm saving about $30 a week on fuel (about $1500 a year) and only pay 4cyl rego instead of 6cyl rego. Both the Commodore and mirage had over 200,000kms when I bought them and I only paid $3500 each and have spent bugger all on them. It's also amazing how far you get out of a set of tyres when you only do highway driving (will probably have to change the timing belt more often than tyres)I don't agree with that.
It's not financially viable to be driving a skyline as a daily.
Take me for example. I drive a minimum of 600km a week. That is a full tank of fuel in my poosar.
The gtr Will do that on about 1 1/2 a tank. The gtr tank is much bigger than my poosar. With rising fuel prices, the more economical car is the go.
Then we have servicing and upkeep. It's much cheaper to change the oil and filter on the daily. Let alone not having to worry about anything else that decides to Mark it with that many km a week and the growing age of the vehicle.
Parts are much cheaper on a daily. I just replaced the clutch on my pulsar and the clutch cost me $150.
With stop start traffic and a button clutch, I don't want to be replacing that every 2/3 years.
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Dan, Couple of questions:
1) What is your definition of performance? If you're chasing sub 6 sec 0-100 (ie straight line acceleration) then you'll be disappointed in any of the current hot hatches on the market. Personally I reckon a good measure of performance is lap times around a track, and any of the options I gave in my first post will be pretty handy at a race track. In fact, I'd wager they would all give your R33 a shake up around a track (depending on the spec of your current car, that is). Based on that, these cars still make a hell of a lot of sense. Maybe you need to drive one before dismissing them completely. In fact, on slippery stuff (khana, autocross) I'd say even my focus has a better than even chance of being quicker than your R33. Don't underestimate the value of late braking and cornering speed
Rolling acceleration of the mazda 3 mps would beat most rb25s that still have the stock turbo. And less lag, more torque, better comfort and less police attention. I'd buy one tomorrow if I had the money.
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Depends on what you want out of a car. If you spend a lot of time sitting in traffic then you won't miss it much. It also depends on what you replace it with. If it's something nice to drive with a bit of poke and comfy seats, etc, you won't miss it much at all.
Does the car have to be new? If not, look at a few year old mazda 3 mps. Then you won't miss your skyline at all. I drove a mates one a while back. They go like stink and are great to drive.
For me it isn't so much the performance that I miss so much, as the general ride and comfort of lessor cars. The missus car (n15 sss pulsar) was similar in comfort and ride to my 33, but obviously not as powerful (although it's as fast, if not faster than a natro skyline thanks to a few mods). My current car is a 1.5l mirage. It's gutless, the steering weight is ordinary, the ride is ordinary, the seats are crap but it's dirt cheap to run (I drove 730kms a week to and from work and it costs me about $65 a week). The lack of comfort and power get to me. When I had my 33 and I drove the pulsar I didn't really mind as it was nice to drive and still has enough go. When I drove mum's corolla the lack of power didn't really bother me, but again the poor seats and neutral ride leaves me feeling a bit empty.
Now when I hop in the missus car I'm happy from the moment my arse hits the seat because there's still some sort of sportiness to it. And when I took my mates mazda 3 mps for a drive I liked it before I'd even turned the key. It was even just a nice place to sit.
If going a new car, and thus ruling out most of the current turbo hatch models at the moment, I'd at least try and go the sports version of it means you get better seats and a more sporty ride, as that will make it more enjoyable than how fast it if
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I just can't stand van gisbergen, regardless of whether he can drive or not.I agree with everything you said apart from Van Gisbergen. The dude can steer and deserved a win (apart from monging out and stalling).
I'm happy to see that Mostet got a win. It's always good to see some fresh blood up on the podium.
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I'm glad van gisbergen and Winterbottom didn't win. Can't stand those 2 guys. A little bit unhappy paul Morris got up on the podium. He's a dopey f**ker and I can't stand him either. Good to see mostet up there though. Was really a case of last man standing to get on the podium though, which is how the Nissan got up there. I'm also glad that it wasn't Rick Kelly's Nissan up there. Can't stand that little nancy.
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There's another story link at the bottom of that story that just shows how they are playing up Schumacher's improvement. The other story says "he'll soon be able to lead a normal life" despite the fact that he's still unable to move or speak, and his son says in the first story that he's only "waking up" very slowly.
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I think it was last year during the enduros they were talking about in during the telecast of one of the races. Lower tier team will pay about 50k. Top tier team will pay up to around 150kFor example? Be interested to know.
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It's crazy how much a top tier team pays for a co driver. Even the drivers for the lower teams will make a more than a lot of people make in a year.
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It was a massive impact. He was going properly fast when he left the track. It definitely brings into question the whole thing of just having to lift off through the flags. maybe they need to introduce some sort of speed limiter in the same way that a pit lane limiter works, and the driver must activate it for the duration of the sector that the flag is in until such time as they join the queue behind the safety car. This is better than just bringing the safety car out as the drivers still fly through sectors with double yellows until they catch up with the safety car. This could also be used for cars that have pitted from behind the safety car.
I think it's going to be a while before we find out if he's actually ok, or just on the same sort of level of "ok" as Schumacher (awake and out of hospital but a vegetable)
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Hope bianchi is ok, but I can't really understand how it could've happened. Well I can, but there should've been double waved yellows slowing the drivers down.
Jones is a fkn nugget though. "I can't understand why the jcb was there.....". Cause it was removing a crashed car so another car couldn't hit it. Unfortunately the worst happened and another car came off and hit the jcb.
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so you are expecting most of the first 10 cars to crash out with the 2 Volvos only suffering minor suspension damage, where they can continue racing, but with reduced pace?haha early start this year!
I am of course putting my money on Nissan 1,2,3,4 followed by 2 Volvos!
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