just_grouse

Called them yesterday after being informed that the existing policy I have with JLT was going to be cancelled in a week (big story there). I'm over 30. Heavily modified R33 GTS-T Series 2 (97)... $1800 on a %60 NCB and $2400 on a %40 NCB. $1000 excess. My recent bingle will put me on %40 unfortunately. I didn't mention the 10% discount for Skylines Australia members to her. Just Cars quoted $2800 and $4000 excess last year. Sounds like the go me thinks. Only concern was the 8000km/yr limit someone mentioned...I do 25k/yr. Must ask about that when I call them again.

Now let me tell ya about my little gem that's now sitting in at the repairers after a lovely little fishtail in the wet the other week... 3" exhaust, bigger turbo, bigger injectors, Apexi Power FC ECU, Apexi BOV, Apexi boost controller, sports clutch and a bigger HKS intercooler kit. All that on a 2.5ltr GTS-T series 2 and the kind dyno man gave it a 230.6kw rating at the wheels (1.1bar 6400rpm). Previous owner told me that it was really fun in the wet! Uh huh! Boost set down to .5 bar and it still let loose at the rear in the wet. By the time I had the foot off the accellerator the rear had gone 45 degrees out to the left and I found myself going straight into a concrete barrier in a split second. Airbags must be packed with a Chinese firecracker as the thing was full of smoke and I couldn't see a god damn thing as the car went into a spin after the impact. So is the car totalled?...find out tomorrow after the assessor has finished testing the framework for faults. So to answer anyone's doubts about whether the GTS-T is powerful....with the right mods it sure is but at the risk of turning it into the car of death. Every week I travel 720km to commute to work and back so the risks of something going wrong are higher. I love driving it but the power can be a little unpredictable at times. I'm sure the grey hairs I've accumulated over the last few months are because of this car. I looked at a traction control kit but that requires a car with ABS. Guess who doesn't have ABS? Now if it had four wheel drive...hang on, that's a GT-R...hang on I don't have a spare $45k+ lying around! I know guys...I should be a better driver! Time to go on one of those wet road training courses or something? Bitchin' !!!