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SkyDragon

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I have reached that stage in life where I need a 4 door auto. Sticking to my skyline roots I am considering an R34 GTT sedan. I need it for practicality, but will modify for a bit of fun too.

What are these cars like to drive on a daily basis?

How is the auto box? What's it like when you have ~300rwhp? Responsive?

What's the handling like?

Any issues I should know about specific to this model?

Looking for general feedback

Cheers!

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I am importing one at the moment. I am in the same boat, love my skylines but i want something i can just get in and drive and not bother with gears, so i can taxi the kids around easily enough. Will be upping the power a little too, not sure about 300rwkw though haha.. that'd be nice.

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I imported a 2001 R34 GT-T in 2009 after ordering it blind from a used car yard in Osaka where it was built and lived. I'd just seen Eric Banners "Love the Beast" and decided my Magna no longer cut the mustard.

When i got it I drove over 15,000km's in the first four days - it was that nice to drive (and I had to get home.) Since then I've put another 60,000km on it as my daily driver and loved every minute. I've dealt with some common issues such as coil-packs and cracked plastic radiators but the skyline has never missed a beat. Then I went mental and changed the front bar - put a front mount and a Garrett 3076r in it.

Telling the truth it really didn't need it. Stock it was fine but I got a little carried away. You know how these things happen sometimes?! Anyway what your really thinking is "Tell me about the gearbox!" Right? Well, I got your basic pewter GT-T with the 4 speed triptronic auto that features awesome push button gear changes on the steering wheel. In sports mode it is fairly responsive and has an added bonus of not dropping any boost during a change. In stock form it also has a boost step up at 5,000k rpm that takes takes boost up to 7psi and it screams right up to the bouncy bouncy rev limiter.

I think I'm putting out around 260kw at the wheels (unsure on exact number - I need to find someone who can really do a proper tune) and the car can sometimes be a little slow to respond. It is not a super responsive car power-wise - faster than most of the things on public roads by a long way but it lends itself to open road driving where it can really stretch its legs. You put the foot down and the revs climb but you don't get the punch of some turbo cars - more a wave of power that keeps on rolling. I took it up to the speed limiter once in stock form. I just jammed it in drive and let it do its own thing and third gear ran out just as the limiter kicked in and scared the shit out of me. It will easily do power stands if that's your thing and the handling is pretty good. It really hugs the road and inspires confidence.

It really feels special every-time I get in it and if that's what you want I'd suggest it.

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