bonzelite

--emasculated *****-whipped. it is unfashionable today for a man to act like a man.

yes to all of this. excellent post.

how about this: has anyone got pics of getting married in the skyline? maybe someone here has a story about how the 'liner got them hitched. anyone?

i like "road full of lines." i feel your overwhelmed surrender. one can go nuts thinking about it. tis true.

i have done lots of variations of this whole thing: i have shown up alone, walked with no car, and had the girl the same night. i have shown up with friends, a group, flirted and got nowhere. i have had a bait date, a woman friend, had her talk to females, then introduced me to them, result: zero. had that again and result was lucky. i have shown up alone, with cool car, got nowhere. i have shown up with only men, got nowhere. i have shown up in a group of women, got nowhere. i have shown up in a group of women, got lucky. i have shown up at party of familiar people, older, business people, got nowhere. i have shown up at a party of familiar people, older, business people, got a date thereafter, ultimately went nowhere. i have shown up alone, said nothing, hit on nobody, did not initiate flirt, drove a boring car, got lucky. okay. now. if you do not need any help, then that is great. actually, i am glad again and again because to be the other way, the loser way, is painful. so some people do need direction. actually, i think many people do. a big possible flaw in my little posts is that i am generalizing and being extreme, bordering on sarcastic. but there is a mountain of truth in it. there are some guys who are naturally magnetic and confident and charming and have that special magic to engage in conversation, "get real" easily, car or not. and they can gain others' trust rather quickly. then there are the other kinds of people: the socially awkward, not-confident type. perhaps they are good-looking, but lack some special quality of engagement. these types of people can be any age and have loads of cash or not. your bringing up of other viewpoints makes me think of this: if you are with anyone, man or woman, and are unable to carry a conversation anyway, then nothing will help you. a car will not, nice threads, a bait date will not, nothing. i do agree with you that just playing it real, no b.s., just straight-up simple talk is efficient. if that is the kind of person you want attracted to you anyway, then that is the best way to be. if you are not real to begin with, then how can anything thereafter be real? i still stand by what i said in earlier posts. i feel that what you offer does not necessarily negate what i said, rather, it adds to it. and i am glad you added to it, as i support what you say. you have enriched the conversation and brought it down to a non-sarcastic tone.

right. that is what i said. you are repeating what i stated already. if you have a spouse, are exclusive, are commited, you can get more dates/chicks quite readily. the woman, if remotely interested, will project herself into the position of the female that is by your side, whomever she may be. if you arrive alone and single, you are a stranger, a stalker, a murderer; not attractive.

yes and no. she will describe how "fun, sexy and cool" the car was to her friends more often than "it is a 1997 R33 GTR." and this leads in to another chapter of the book: you must win the approval of her friends because you are automatically a rapist or a stalker. therefore, it is best to arrive in the skyline, to the party, already with a "bait" date: a girl who you are not shagging but are with as a publicity signal. the ante is raised further when you are with an "older hottie." this will tell the prospective girl you want to get with that you are okay with your mother. and the relationship the man has with his mother becomes more and more pronounced and center-stage the closer you get to the core, ie, the girl. so you are even more likely, then, to score if you already have the apparent trust of another woman working for you. it is like advertising and marketing - the woman will project herself into the position of the woman you are already with. she will want herself to be the older hottie, rather, in her spot. if you have money, you can make more and get more. if you do not have money, you cannot get credit and cannot make as much as easily had you more money. love and romance and dating is the same. if you have women around you, you can get more women, especially if you are married or exclusive. if you are single and arrive alone, you are a loser and a murderer.

no. i just figured out things. how do you gather i'm a homo based on the things i said about the sexes? oh. it was the "how she looks at his hands, how he drives..." bit. right? no. i'm no homo, but i tell you that is what females respond to. it is more of a "know the other side" than a homo bit. after i figured out how to pick up, rather, present myself to, girls, i didn't need to do it anymore. i have a girlfriend now. maybe i'll write a book to help other pathetic un-laid guys.

ask the question again in another way.

girls also will tend to like a "fixer upper man." a good bet is to drive a 1957 chevrolet. this will create a fantasy of "sexy work in progress." not only will it turn more heads than a skyline, it will create a fantasy image for the woman of a man who is different, ie, one to watch. and women work off of fantasy frequently. men tend to use straight porn. yet the female fantasy world is porn for her. it is just another type. think of family circle magazine, "chick flicks" like sleepless in seattle, etc, as "female porn." talk shows about emotional issues and fashion is "female porn." for example, driving a sedan may appeal to the female's fantasy of settling down with a family - "female porn." and the dressing/smelling well man will appeal to her hygienic side, as well as her self-image side, as she will be projecting her own socialized sense of vanity upon the man. that is, the pressure to look good is very high in women, as magazines and hollywood, other women, perpetuate this. she will project that upon the man, feeling that if he looks good, too, then he must have ambition: a key in being the fantasy man "provider." this, too, is female porn. so stealthy yet on the surface is female porn, that men overlook this basic principle that gets the sexes together. the problem is that, typically, not always, but typically i tell you, men are too busy projecting their OWN vanity and idea of porn, their own fantasy, upon the woman. and that leads to the car issue: women usually will not respond to any particular make or model of car as they are seeing a broader issue - the fantasy man. and they will respond to "different/sexy" before they respond to specific make or model. so, then we have: men = "1995 BCNR 33"; women = "cute sexy car, quirky and fun" now, every person has their own idea of different, but we are left only to generalize here for sake of argument. were the skyline painted candy-apple purple - that is the fantasy man image of "fun and sexy"; that is "different." were it a candy-apple purple SEDAN -- wow for her again. that is not only different and sexy, that is "family man," "cool," "funny," "sexy", "daddy" etc... be the obnoxious and funny owner when she meets this fantasy man (that is, YOU) at the party with the candy-apple purple skyline or 1957 chevrolet and the man is on the way to getting laid. :aroused:

i like "pod," "skyline massive;" "murder of skylines." so we arrive at this naval lore-ish sing-song jargon: "looky 'ere, matey, theres a fine murder o' 'liners in a pod." how about that?

breaking into the car cannot be prevented unless you james bond it with a break-glass detonator. seriously, regarding black-market parts, this is the goal of most thieves. they want to strip the car and sell the parts. and they want a fast and clean getaway. so don't give them the luxury of getting anywhere. use layers, as one guy suggests: get a quick-release steering wheel. get a remote fuel pump switch. disconnect the battery. remove the plug wires. acquire a wheel "boot" and put it on the car. not enough? thief wants to spend time fixing all of this? thief has a tow truck? well: remove a wheel. park near a light post, chain car to post. drive skyline only to friend's houses or valet parking malls. figure it the f%ck out.

imo, women typically cannot differentiate one car from another. they are not good with names of cars, specifics of any kind. they don't care about stats, race history, year model, trim package, engine choice, all of that stuff we have created an entire forum about. females typically respond more to HOW the man drives the car, how the car sounds, how it smells, what color it is, the texture of the seats, how it feels. of course, having a sports car helps because it can allow the driver to be sexier. a rusted out ford sedan will not cut it. i think a typical female response to the skyline would be that it looks like a honda or toyota or something other than what it is. if you said "oh. this is a skyline," the woman would not be able to remember that name the following day. were she interested in the man, she would remember his voice tone, how his hands looked, how he smelled, the way he walked to the car, the way he shifted the gears, etc. the car would just be a "vehicle" for the more meaty issues that charm the female. conversely, some men equate or regard the skyline as higher and more interesting than the female, ie, it replaces or is the female. at least easier to manage. the ideal world would be having both the skyline and the female in harmony.

i would stay 2.5" with the pipe. it is not necessarily only the pipe diameter that creates what it is you are looking for: it is more in how the components of the exhaust system are set up. for one, you may want to try a resonator. this is an in-line component that will keep the phatter exhaust pipe from sounding tinny. also, the choice of cat will affect the sound, as will the initial pipes leading off the engine (exhaust manifold). you can get a high-flow manifold, header, and that will dramatically change the sound quality. next is the muffler itself. the larger the bore, the deeper the sound; the smaller the bore, typically, the higher the note. there is no "right" exhaust system or "wrong" exhaust system. it depends on how much money you want to sink into it, and what is available to you. and it depends upon the number of cars you personally research and listen to. people tend to like greddy; i have magnaflow. check out random technologies cat.

craig, are the rims still available?

are those GTR or GTS-t? you can't possibly be selling GTRs for that low.

thanks

mr rb20, thank you for the clarification. the wheels, the whole car is special. i hope it finds a good home.

zman, right. wondering if he still has them.

wow. i was also going to suggest that the front end looks, harkens to, the now defunct camaro design. so my remarks are "on the mark" and i didn't even know it! nor did i know that they are going to reintroduce the el camino (how embarrassing as i am american). camaro dead. el camino lives again.

saw the site. those wheels on your car, on the r32. those are tommy kaira wheels, or are they another brand that kaira puts their name on? i have seen wheels like those before. they are nice. i wish i had a set. they look like modified r32 stockies.

thanks. i have PS2 with GT3. i will have a look.

who is tommy kaira?

what kind of vehicle are those wheels on? i'm in the states. we don't got nuttin' lookin' like dat. looks like a small el camino-ish thing.

are the wheels still there, and, if so, are they the 5 spoke type, the r33 skyline GTS-t type?