GLI is garbage... trading it in about 3 weeks...

fitftw
I was assuming if something broke, he would be able to find out the problem and fix it. Besides, there are tuner shops in every state, I'm pretty sure they'd love to get their hands on it. The owner of Pride Performance near me owns an R34...

My car and his:
74364_1453493182984_1402947049_31075598_5700488_n.jpg


Inside the shop:
150353_1453479022630_1402947049_31075591_7377886_n.jpg
Click to expand...
I'm not sure how this is supposed to help your case.
 
Are you serious? My point is someone in every state owns a tuner shop that can get whatever part you need for whatever car you own, including SKYLINES.
 
Dude, are you serious? You basically just said "when it breaks, no worries you can go to a tuner shop or fix it yourself." Do you have any idea how dumb it sounds to suggest a decade-and-a-half imported car of questionable legality and reliability for someone who is looking for a car new enough and reliable enough (and preferably with a warranty) so he doesn't have to even think about that sort of thing? And after all of the stupid grandstanding about Joey's Mini, you suggested a car that will practically demand him to overnight parts from Japan if anything ever goes wrong with it?


Do you really not grasp the universal divide between your suggestion and what the OP was talking about? The OP who specifically requested reliability practically above all else because of what is former car put him through? Is it really that hard of a concept to understand? Because now you are talking so much nonsense that I'm not even sure if you aren't just trolling.
 
Well to retort, Nissan's are reliable, and I don't give a damn what car you buy, it's going to have problems. Some brand new cars have issues the day you drive it off the lot. The Skyline is reliable, it has 40k on it, it'll last 20k minimum with just fluid changes. I don't know about you but I daily my car and put 8k a year on it, he'd be fine for over TWO YEARS depending on his commute.

Regardless, a Skyline is a better idea than a German car.
 
fitftw
Well to retort, Nissan's are reliable, and I don't give a damn what car you buy, it's going to have problems. Some brand new cars have issues the day you drive it off the lot. The Skyline is reliable, it has 40k on it, it'll last 20k minimum with just fluid changes. I don't know about you but I daily my car and put 8k a year on it, he'd be fine for over TWO YEARS depending on his commute.

Regardless, a Skyline is a better idea than a German car.
Click to expand...

Extremely rarely. And that is usually something that falls under a recall, and if not, you have a warranty.

And a Skyline just isn't a better idea than a German car. They all have predictably '90s Nissan interiors, which are plain awful (sorry Nissan fans, they just are) and the RB26 has the reputation of being extremely temperamental.
 
OVER. NIGHT. PARTS. FROM. JAPAN. For anything that ever breaks, because practically nothing in the Skyline was ever put in anything Nissan sold over here.


You lost this argument 8 pages ago when you went on a bitching spree about how much Joey was quoted to get his transmission replaced. Stop talking, because soon you won't even be able to see out of the hole you've dug yourself into.
 
If someone told me it would cost $9,000 for a transmission I would laugh so hard. There are some cars that you just shouldn't purchase unless you make $50,000+ a year, like German vehicles or anything not Japanese/American.

I have friends with VW's and almost weekly I see them bitching on facebook about their cars acting up. All I want to do is say "I told you so." German cars are for the rich and/or stupid.

Whatever the OP gets, he'd be wise to buy Japanese or American. How about a Cobalt SS Turbo?
 
I dislike VW. They have been notoriously unreliable through out their history, my dad hates them because he still thinks they rust like crazy, though their recent problems seem to be electrical. And it doesn't help that they are imports for us Americans, and therefore expensive to fix.
At least with the unreliable American cars, they are cheap to maintain. Japanese cars are usually good, though here in Canada, insurance is a really really big expense, and many Japanese cars tend to be very expensive to insure, especially Honda.
And as for the luxury brands from Europe, unless you have have a stable 75k+ annual job, don't bother, because your quality of life will go down with them.
 
Electrical problems were a thing of late 90s early 2000s. As for german cars being more expensive to fix, sure, if you compare a civic to an m5. If you compare cars from same class/price bracket, the difference is not that great.

Take a 2009 civic si and a 2009 gti. Go to autozone or advanced or whatever random parts store, and you'll see that a starter may cost more for one but an ac compressor will cost more for the other.
 
Last edited:
Skylines' legality is questionable at best, owning one would be for someone who was rich.

Anyway, I think socom is picking up something this weekend based on comments he's said on Facebook.
 
You guys in the US have it much cheaper than the rest of the world, and we Canadians are included. I lived in the US for a year, and for us what it cost to insure our car was basically chum change compared to what we paid in insurance for the same car up here.
To start, Americans can get a initial purchase price at thousands below what we canucks get. You guys also have lower taxes than us for the most part. Insurance down in the US is not as expensive as up here. You guys also have gas cheaper. I am also going to assume parts and labor is much cheaper. You guys have it good down there.
 
Eunos_Cosmo
A great deal of VW's are actually made in North America. Sort of a grey area as far as import/domestic
Click to expand...

It seems like that's the root of the problem ones. German made ones seem to have more reliability than the Mexican ones.
 
Who needs a 20 year old Skyline when you can get an Evolution or an STI of less than half that age for less money, with no legal hassle, a wider availability of parts and easier upgradeability?

Sure, you can't tune either car to a bajillion horsepower, but if that's all you want, then Supras are also cheaper and more legal.

But we're talking about dependability and ease of use? To hell with it all. Buy a first-generation Honda Fit and turbocharge that sucker. A 1.5 liter Fit with a 170whp (yes... wheel) HKS turbo-kit is oodles more fun than you need a car to be, even at half the speed limit... and it doesn't break the bank.

And if you ever suffer temporary insanity modder's itch... you can carry spare engines for your garage queen in the back of the Fit.
 
I don't know if I trust many Evos/STIs under $15k (which was only the highest bid, though...). And Supras? Haha...$25k for one that might be okay.
 
An Evo or STi with a knackered gearbox or broken drive-axles is still 100% more road-legal in the USA than a Skyline. :D

EDIT: on second thought... you would have to get on the road before road-legality starts to matter...
 
niky
Buy a first-generation Honda Fit and turbocharge that sucker. A 1.5 liter Fit with a 170whp (yes... wheel) HKS turbo-kit is oodles more fun than you need a car to be, even at half the speed limit... and it doesn't break the bank.

And if you ever suffer temporary insanity modder's itch... you can carry spare engines for your garage queen in the back of the Fit.
Click to expand...

You know why my name here is fitftw? :) I didn't have it long enough to afford boost though. I know a guy with a K20A Fit. That's 220hp or ~200whp. Absolutely sick. Here's a video of a SUPERCHARGED K20. That's probably around 250whp in a car that weighs under 2,500lbs. It's definitely no Miata, but it's alright :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXepvlCweS0

I agree the OP should get a Fit. Base model because it has the same engine, just weighs less due to no flashy bodykit/spoiler/cruise control/foglights. Kraftwerks makes a supercharger for it http://www.kraftwerksusa.com/kw_products.php?categoryId=4. And you can probably still get a warranty for an '08. And it would be WAY under $20,000
 
Last edited:
fitftw
I was assuming if something broke, he would be able to find out the problem and fix it. Besides, there are tuner shops in every state, I'm pretty sure they'd love to get their hands on it. The owner of Pride Performance near me owns an R34...

My car and his:
74364_1453493182984_1402947049_31075598_5700488_n.jpg
Click to expand...

The R34 is almost without a doubt illegal.
 
fitftw
You know why my name here is fitftw? :) I didn't have it long enough to afford boost though. I know a guy with a K20A Fit.
Click to expand...

There's a couple turbocharged first gen (USA) Fit's around in my area.

mustangGT90210
The R34 is almost without a doubt illegal.
Click to expand...

Probably. Just like my friends R32 GT-R. Shhhhhhh. :lol:

Edit: He might want to blur out that license plate in photos....
 
This thread needs to be locked. Too many insults and stuff. Also, have you guys noticed that Socomplayer has not replied in a week now? Stop arguing and bitching at each other and let the man make a decision before throwing a gazillion options on the table. And fitftw, the more you blatantly and chauvinistically argue about the Miata being the god of all cars, the more people lose respect for you and the car.
 
Someone want to explain why the R34 Skyline is illegal? I believe it's because of emissions and safety standards, right?
 

Similar threads

H
How is it possible GT7 multiplayer is this garbage?
Replies
0
Views
1K
HornetX1
H
kjb
Favorite car in GT7 and why ( It is open to any car whether road or race)
Replies
23
Views
5K
Pesselles
Pesselles
The359
Coast 2 Coast Tire Roast
Replies
1
Views
2K
AfraidRacer
AfraidRacer
Scaff
Sim Racing In VR - Let's See What All The Fuss Is About
Replies
3
Views
1K
Scaff
Scaff
George Jakob
My final goodbye to GT Sport (A GT Sport retrospective) .
Replies
4
Views
2K
George Jakob
George Jakob

Latest Posts

Back