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Over the past six weeks I have been without my line and it has been pure HELL!!! I have been driving a range of other cars from VX commondores to Pulsars :) Anyway I have come to realize just how addicted I am to the skyline. I cannot see myself ever being able to drive a normal (non-performance) car such as a Holden or Ford. Do you guys feel the same way or is a car just a car? I came across a thread by Zdenko about getting a V8 SS and most of you guys had a similar opinion to mine about this. Well anyway can you do away with your Skyline?

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Must admit that this is my first turbo car and the thrill of it is awesome. Before deciding on the Skyline, I drove a few NA Supras (as I loved those when they first came out) and was disappointed as there was no real oomph, like you get with a turbo.

I drove my old Celica (still waiting to find a buyer) the other day and it felt really slow, etc whereas until the Skyline, I thought it was great.

It will be hard to go back to a non-performance car now that I have tasted it.

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about the same... in the dry in a str8 line...

wet is different... plus the WRX handled better around corners but nothing major i found. not enough to warrant me wasting my money on such a limited car.

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man the stock rex i had at my last work wasnt that crash hot... even my lowly 32 has beaten a few stockies with no mods other than an exhaust.... mind u the drivers were all male menopause (sp?) so i dont think its the car i think its more the driver :spank:

dont worry danny.... one day u'll be a real boy.

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im not talking STis btw.... theyd eat me

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I was driving Dents R33 (DentonR33) Skyline down the princes a few nights ago and a brand new STi pulled up and had a go at us. Off the line he pulled a car length and by the end of second I was next to him and from there on we just keep pulling car lengths. Dent’s car is stock with zorst, filter and a bit more boost!

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I'm feelin' you, I wouldn't last a week without stressing out, even when they had my car for a couple ofweeks trying to figure out the cam shaft! Although I mainly drive the car at night, afterhour. I think most people will agree, but I enjoy driving it most at night when traffics is at a minimum.

About the STi and most WRX in that matter, I always let them blew by in 1st, catch them up in 2nd and blow by them in 3rd. I hate it when I they pull up next to me at lights, I hate drag racing...

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Hmmm. Yeah, i really don't know what else i would want to drive. other than a skyline and coming from an R31 i'm glad i went with another skyline rather than a rex or soarer, or others i considered. Now that i own one, possibly a porsche or something like that, but not much else. Short of more than 80k nothing comes close! I dunno, maybe a GTR but I'm not sure what i'd ever want after this. Nothing will come close to power/performance/looks/price.

I'm getting some shotgun launches going now, and its like the car is just skipping over the road - when i get it right its like the other car is just standing still. I'm at 60 in what feels like less than 2 seconds, then its just time to slow down before i get too carried away :) That always brings back the excitement of owning a great car.

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Steve, I'm with you all the way. I'd only trade up my Skyline for Nismo's or Mine's V-SPecII N1. Either way (R32 or R34) would be fine by me. I wouldn't mind Top Secret's R34, either... LOL... I'm dreaming in the office, now!

And yes, for some reason I'd prefer track race or road race than drag races. And I think it is such as waste to build a Sklyine for drag race as the car is engineered for a tract weapon in the first place.

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Hey Steve,

its Mark how are you? Hows everything wit your engine going??? I hope you get your skyline soon so you can relax a little bit. I feel sorry for you. I remember when I stacked my lancer and had to drive a shitty old bluebird I felt crap and that was over a lancer! I couldn't imagine if I had to go without my 32. I fixed that bogg prob, I replaced the air flow meter and now it drives much better. Im getting it dyno'd on Monday so hopefully everything goes ok. Let me know any updates on your car, I can't wait to see it when its finished.

:burnout:

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