Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

hey,

One of my mate is getting a skyline in the next week (he has already bought it but something is getting done to it, not sure i think it might be nonturbo getting a turbo install on it or something alone those lines)

Now he spent about 15k on the car, he isnt going to get insurance and just going to spend like 1k on an alarm.

I am heaps worry becuase, he is only 18 and really doesnt have the best attitude to be driving a skyline or any car with alittle bit of power. He uses to own a magna and he did exhuast etc (all those ricers type mods) i went out driving with him and all he does it speed and try to drag everything on the road. He is also talking to me now about drift and all that type of stuff.

is there anything that i can do to knock some sence into him, like i have been tring to tell him to get insurance (as with his last car he hit someone and was sued by the person insurance company cuz he wont pay and now he has to pay like $30 a week) but he is like its $4000 and i go yes i know that maybe u should get 3rd party just incase you hit a $100,000 car but he isnt listening :S

now atop of that, my real worry is he is going to crash the car (its got fmic, exhuast, air filte and i think bleed value which mean its should be running in the 210+ mark area) i dont want to see him hurt, but the way he drives and always tring to drag people and now the talk about drift it doesnt look good :P

is there really anything i can do or should i just let it go...?

thanks michael

hey bully, cheers for the reply.

Just car does 3rd party + firer and thief (up to a given value) that is what i have at the moment costing me $600 a year which isnt too bad. full cover is like $4100 a year (and i know only just car would do me when i was 17 and he is only 18)

I am heaps worry becuase, he is only 18 and really doesnt have the best attitude to be driving a skyline or any car with alittle bit of power. He uses to own a magna and he did exhuast etc (all those ricers type mods) i went out driving with him and all he does it speed and try to drag everything on the road. He is also talking to me now about drift and all that type of stuf.

thats u Mikey.. ure the same type of guy.. he's 18, ure 17.. he talks abt drifting and you brag abt it in Whoretown :bonk:

bam, i am not the same type of guy, one u dont know me in real life, so u cant make that judgment i might talk myself up on the forums, msn , mirc etc but be a really chicken shit when driving (who knows could be ture but u dont know). i didnt brag in whoretown just said i like to do abit and again thats another story (for one i know my limit and dont push it) he doesnt, when i went cruise with him and his friend all they did was drag at every traffic light and i couldnt keep up (i was doing speed limit and i lost them nearly everytime they would have been doing 110+)

im looking for some advice bam with my friend not me. i think i can handle my car 180rwhp, 1year now and no accidents (not even come close) i learnt from mistakes of speeding fine etc.

I am tring to help my friend in the best way i can, i dont want to see him hurt or worst hurt someone else

if you've advised him on what you think he should do and he aint gonna do it then there aint much else u can do i'm afraid...

he's pretty ignorant to not take ur advice anyway, he doesnt seem to think much of u then (sorry if it sounds a bit harsh but it's true)

thanks for the reply guys :D, its funny if he takes my advised, he always ask me to do it for him.

Like i said atlest get 3rd party insurance, and then he goes "whats 3rd party?" "got any website for insurance places?"

stuff like that it worries me as, he didnt even know wat 3rd party was untill i told him hmmm, then again its going to be funny to see how the car turns out he wants a sub 10second car as he say but also using it for drift, the funny thing he said to me was he wanted a "r34 gtr 6spd box, with trust top-mount intercooler and fmic"

ahahha

Dude, unless you're filthy rich and can afford to pay for his insurance yourself, you did everything you can do.

Personally i'd slap him in the back of the head, HARD, then tell him to ****ing wake up.

He is going to end up either:

1) Getting his car stolen or;

2) Writing the car off without a 3rd party or with a 3rd party (and being in debt) and

(i) a paraplegic

(ii) in the morgue

(iii) being ok but killing his mates.

His choices arent so good.

On an brighter note, i get first dibs for parts when this guys stacks it :D

all i have got to say is than (add here whomever-you-believe-in) that he is getting it in the summer months, if it was winter i would give mine 4 weeks till he smashed it.... now i give him 7.

Hi. I have seen a couple of things work when a good friend is acting like a dickhead. From what you say it seems his knowledge of what is required legally, the types of insurance or anything else is pretty poor. Not surprising if nobody has told him - we aren't born with this knowledge! Try this:

Get two or three other mates - sit him down and all of you tell him what's what.

If that doesn't work, if your parents know his parents, tell your folks you are really concerned and let the message get passed on by that route.

The guy sounds like he is still pretty immature, so some parental guidance may be what he needs! The alternative seems to be to let him kill himself, maybe some of his mates and possibly take some passers-by with him as well. If he doesn't kill himself, he will ruin his life with, at best, having to pay off a huge compensation payout to whoever he hits and, at worst, paraplegia. Tell him that. The other stupid thing about his position, is that every time he gets another notch on his driving record, he makes it harder and harder for himself to afford insurance (or get any at all!). So tell him that too!

Hope you have some success with him. We will all be better off if you get the message through!

Cheers. :)

Let your friend live his own life ...... when i got my first turbo car it went around amoungst my friends i was going to kill myself too but im still here ..... having only had one recent accident that was my fault.

Do you just not want him to get a Skyline cos you have one?

Its his business leave the poor guy alone and let him have some fun in his life ....... there are P platers dying in Lancers ...... if he drives like a dickhead no matter what he drives he'll end up with the same result.

My 2 cents.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Ahhh, I need the whole head unit. I definitely needed to roll back through and review your setup, ha ha! Neat setup they have going on. I just need a full double din head unit. But I want good and responsive. I might have to review what the likes of pioneer have out these days.
    • Ok so after much research and talking with knowledgeable people I've got my turbo conversion done and it's all running great other than 1 small issue.  Car has remained auto with the na auto and tcm, I've used a stagea ecu with. NIstune board and everything is great other than my gear selection on the dash. It illuminates park, reverse, neutral, 3rd and 2nd. But nothing drive or what gear your in when you pop it into tiptronic.  I'm sure there is may e 1 wire in the ecu plug I need to move to rectify this. Dose anyone here have any ideas?   Cheers guys
    • Sorry I haven't been following all the detail, so you may have tried this. Does it idle with the tiniest bit of throttle you can add? You've mentioned the IACV, does it have an AAC valve and have you adjusted it at all (ie, screw the idle adjust screw all the way in, then back it out a couple of turns until idle is stable)?
    • My bad, I unplugged the one underlined in red instead of yellow before. With the car started, after unplugging the IACV (the one underlined in yellow), it idled at around 400/500 for 3 seconds before stalling. Attempting to start the car without the IACV will not start the car.   It does stutter and sputter for around 5 seconds before dying. However, immediately after starting it, you can already hear some slight sputters from the exhaust.   It won't start with the AFM unplugged. If it is when the car has already started, it stalls in a few seconds.   Yesterday, I did take some logs using Nistune of 3 scenarios. Car idling till it stalls Car idling and unplugging the IACV Car idling and removing the AFM I also have some previous logs of when the Car is idling till it stalls and when driving and it cuts. I am not really knowledgeable enough to understand what to look for. After every test, car idles rougher and rougher, until I have to stop. It will be fine the day after.
    • There is no difference between a 17x8 and an 18x8. The total diameter of the tyre needs to remain +/- the same (so you don't mess up the gearing, speedo reading, and clearance when turning front wheels..... so you just need to use a lower profile tyre on th 18 than you do on the 17. /rocket surgery.
×
×
  • Create New...