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Car: R33 gts-t

Cons: +1 rock hard suspension on bumpy roads

+1 cant see who's behind me properly cause of the wing!

other then that, Ive had zero problems with my car at all.

wouldnt swap it for anything.

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Rant about my R33 GTS-T Auto

The 2 wind screen water spray thingy, the hole in those things aren't lined up properly to my windscreen & it shoots water on to the top of my car rather than on the window screen.

Whats so great about putting the battery in the boot? I want more boot space!

The auto shift points for the auto transmission is set too high for normal driving even without the power mode. When it is in 2nd, it won't change by itself to 3rd until I'm going at 70km/h. Have to 'manually' change the gears with my foot. Thats not very "automatic" at all! They should have a "granny" setting for the auto transmission (with normal & power settings), where it goes changes gears at 20, 40 & 60km/h like the camry.

Radio reception is crap, even my mum's old VN without extending the antenna gets better reception compared to this car with the antenna all the way up.

Finally not a big fan of climate control A/C units, more senors, more complex means more easier to break & more stuff to break & more costly to fix. I still haven't got around in fixing mine. Bring on the old style A/C units, were you either get full heat or full cold :P I don't need or care about fine adjustments on temperature, when it gets too cold I'll just turn it off!

End rant.

EDIT: Having ranted all that, its still the best auto car I have driven in the <$10k range & I won't change it for anything else (other than a better conditioned skyline, if I can find one) in that price range.

Edited by Mayuri Krab

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