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So, let's get our chit chat on shall we? :)

There's not a lot of it going around the NSW public are (there's heaps in the members area *hint hint* ;) )

I propose a question:

What is the best car you have ever driven, and why?

For me it's pretty easy I reckon. I haven't driven a whole heap of exotic italian cars, and the one's I have driven were pretty meanial. No, for me, the best car I've ever driven would have to be:

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Dave's R34 GTR VspecII Nur - Quite modified too!

It feels confident on the road, not twitchy, has plenty of power on the foot and sounds like sex! Not to mention all the cool things you can fiddle with in the MFD :). Seats were comfy too!

Engine wasn't drony, stereo was good, car felt responsive to everything I did.

Only 750 Nurs in the world, less are VspecII's, and even less are in Millenium Jade.

Honorable mentions go to:

Lotus Exige: Too hard to get into, uncomfortable, not enough creature comforts and not enough power (haven't driven a supercharged one, but have felt it, it's pretty good!)

PRB Clubman: Fun little road car, semi slicks in the wet aren't fun, dogbox on the road is kind of annoying, not enough car for a stereo :happy:

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Merc C63...

absolute animal of a car and you can even fit your wife and 2.3 kids :happy: When you're spending $150k you expect big things and i personally think it delivers on all levels including the note it gives off when you plant it!

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Agree with the C63 an amazing car for a 4 door sedan, even the noise it makes when you first start it up is amazing.

The most nimble and responsive car i have ever driven would have to be a EVO 6 TM edition with Ralliart computer etc. was putting out 250kw at all 4's. It wasnt the smoothest car in the world but it was dam quick off the mark.

Out of the cars I've driven which include:

- Evo 8

- VW R32

- Holden Monaro

- Civic Type R

- Evo 6.5 TME (modified)

- R32 GTR (my own, modified)

- Mazda MX5 NB (my own, unmodified)

Out of those would be the TME. This particular car was tuned by Ralliart UK and was a replica WRC car. Power delivery was amazing and the few suspension mods it had made handle awesome without causing spinal injuries. A close second would be the MX5. The GTR ranks in at a distant third, due to the ridiculously hard springs the car came with, and twin plate clutch. For the track its an absolute animal but I haven't properly tested it out there yet as all I get from the car is grief :happy:

road car...

Ive been pretty boring when it comes to road cars....

Morgs' old r32 GTR was pretty insane back in the day - around 370awkw

for track...

http://www.dubaiautodrome.com/general/content.aspx?id=15812

in terms out of the 7 cars Ive owned....each had their good and bad parts.

my VT commo was great as it was ls1 powered and 6 speed and looked like a detectives car!

the r33 was great for its bolt on power

mx5 pwns at the track!!!

Pizza Dave's car is "quite modified"? I didnt know that, unless he hasn't told me what he's done lately

Nah, he probably still hasn't changed the injectors :happy:

Also, 'quite modified'... for a Nur... most people (besides the white one in Melbourne) tend to keep them standard.

A particular car comes to mind. Eric AKA Pezhead's R33 GT-R on "low boost" in 2WD mode...

f**k

ME

SIDEWAYS

Stalled it on take off as apparently twin plate clutches aren't that close to standard, but when I finally got to a road I gave it a gut full. Before boost kicked in I was thinking "yeah, it pulls pretty well". Then came boost... Tyres squealed. Slight opposite turned. Warp speed obtained. Bricks shat. Apparently there is a significant difference between 145 rwkW and 290 rwkW as my car doesn't kick that hard in second in the wet, let alone a warm dry afternoon.

I was also suprised how much more nimble it was in comparison to my GTS-t... I'm starting to think all the times I have been told "Cass, get some f**king coilovers already" that it might not be such a silly idea :happy:

Second mention would have to go to my stock standard R33 GTS-t when I got to bolt some full racing slicks to my car at the end of a day at Wakefield. The transformation was like comparing my old R31 wagon with f**ked shocks and 10 year old cheese cutter tyres to my R33 GTS-t... My only regret with the racing slicks that the aditional grip it gave me was too much for my brake rotors, causing them to overheat and get many, many stress cracks. That and full racing slicks being illegal for street use :)

Can't say i've really driven anything of this sort of calibre...

best car is probably Terry's R34 GT-R...then again...was too scared to do anything in it because it was wet and it was the first time i'd even met him.

Under that, my old R32 GTSt :)

I've driven a few v8's (Monaro CV8 and a VE SS-V)

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For the street cruising, ZD Fairlane, yes its a Ford and yes it is a boat, BUT, with a 351 3 speed auto and a big exhaust, slammed with big rubber on 12 slotters, there isn't much else out there that is as tough IMHO (slow and low), wish I never sold it. :D

For the street spirited, XR6 Turbo, friend at work has one, comfortable and quick, huge potential. ;)

For the track, My car, no one else is stupid enough to let me drive their car on the track, LOL....Bang for buck you cannot go past a import. :D

Every thing above is under $60,000.

Im sad now thinking of my old ZD, must open the subject with the missus seeing though Im in the good books........

She had a white body, black vinyl roof with bench seats :)

even as beening a mechanic i havent driven really any high end cars i did have a drive of a v12 jag that was pretty kewl but as a red p plater apprentice i didnt give it any stick. My favorite customers car would be a chevy c200 ute with a 454 big block with abit of work the nosie and the torque that thing had was abosulate porn. But i still have to say my favourite car is my gtr and when i finish off the motor and fix the niggly things i will be happy as a cop in mud

For the street cruising, ZD Fairlane, yes its a Ford and yes it is a boat, BUT, with a 351 3 speed auto and a big exhaust, slammed with big rubber on 12 slotters, there isn't much else out there that is as tough IMHO (slow and low), wish I never sold it. :D

Was it a bit like this Mark?

Reminds me a bit of the 1965 Buick Riviera, which I think is an awesome design: http://imcdb.org/vehicle_156657-Buick-Rivi...49447-1965.html ;)

Was it a bit like this Mark?

Reminds me a bit of the 1965 Buick Riviera, which I think is an awesome design: http://imcdb.org/vehicle_156657-Buick-Rivi...49447-1965.html :D

Yes mate but without the new style rims, gotta stay circa.

Riviara-river-boat-lol-r33-LOL.......

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