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People that slam doors are usually one or more of the following: - Don't have a car - Cannot afford a car - Don't know anything about cars - Have a car with rooted doors, so they slam doors out of habit - Generally people that talk BS - Generally rough with anything they hold. - Usually messy

I got pearl white on my R34. I use the Meguiars tech wax 2.0, after a claybar - works well. Trick is multiple light coats of wax.

+ 1 works a treat.

Yeh - true. Wishes will remain wishes... At the same time the S chassis (S15) would be good to bring back especially since all the R&D has been done. Maybe find ways to make it cheaper/lighter and put a different shell, engine and safety features to suit. Profit! They jam enough equipment into your typical Toyota Yaris/Mazda 2/Nissan Micra I'd rather a pov spec RWD car anytime

Amen. My dream version would be something like (obviously using modern bits and to keep it cheap): - Small light weight sedan, coupe, ute, wagon - say roughly the dimentions of a modern Yaris sedan - RWD - 1.6L to 2L alloy engine with direct injection, with an option for a low boost turbo setup. - 6 speed manual from an S15 (light weight tranny) - 5 speed auto option with tiptronic from 350z (still keeping it light weight) - Minimal sound insulation (keep it light and cheap), but with option for people that want it. - All alloy components where possible and plastic to reduce weight and cost - Front and side airbags (whatever the minimum to meet regs.) - VDC, TCS and ABS etc... (whatever the minimum to meet regs.) - Brakes from R34 non-turbo (aka Maxima/300zx brakes) - R200 LSD - Basic interior with A/C - Manual window winders, with an option for electirc windows if people so desire - Premium sounding 2 speaker audio setup, with Single DIN AM/FM, aux in, DAB+ and USB - no need for CD, extra speakers or subs. - No other un-needed electrics.

Nissan pearl white QT1

Rich drivers - They are one of the worst offenders (cutting in and out of traffic and forgetting to use their indicators grinds my gears), paying the bill is just an excuse for them to drive worse and think they own the roads. I think everyone must take a re-test every 3 years. With an eye test and basic reaction test. Everyone gets 3 chances. 1st time pass - You get a discount on your rego and the test is free. If you fail you get a 2nd chance. 2nd chance - If you pass you stll get a discount on your rego but pay an "admin/re-test fee". If you fail you get a 3rd chance. 3rd chance - Go to any registered driving school and learn until you are deemed competent and re-test. You pay full rego and another "admin/re-test fee". If you keep failing repeat "3rd chance" until you are competent. Then drive around with P plates for 1 year.

Wow - Thanks for the heads up. Yeh, no V8s allowed which is a shame - especially since the LS400 isn't that quick - they should really put it in the excepetion list. You get SV6 commodores that are faster. Stupid.

I'm going to revive this thread My cousin is looking to buy his 1st car. He isn't into any sporty cars, more of a cruiser/luxury car. I've looked at small cars and they don't seem to offer good value for money. eg. a 1996 Pulsar with high Ks is almost the same price as larger and more equiped Maxima of the same year. His budget is around 5K and is willing to stretch the budget to 7K if the car is in mint condition - he is a student and on his Ps at the moment. The car has to be reasonably modern, aircon, automatic with airbags and ABS. Preferably Japanese. I've narrowed down to 2 cars which seems to fall in the price bracket. Lexus ES300 or Nissan Maxima J32 Has anyone had any experince with these cars? Are there any other cars recommended?

I'm guessing little knowledge... Don't know. One thing to keep in mind is Nissan engineers (any car manufacturer) that work on power trains have unlimited dyno time and are highly trained/educated. Joe Blow thinks a pod filter is better and bolts it on.... Funny thing is pod filters are actually cheaper than all the complex piping and airbox systems.... So why would Nissan bother putting such an expensive and complex setup if it was crap in the 1st place....

If you are taking to a shop to get done, might as well do the timing belt, water pump and tensioners.

+1 IMHO - The K&N or any quality high flow panel filter will be more than good enough. Even on a lightly modded turbo model the highflow panel filter will still be more than enough. I was a student when I bought my R34. Panel filter and a high flow cat gave it a bit more perk in the mid to high range. No difference in the low end.

Coil packs. Prone to give issues on R34 that have done roughly 100,000k.

See if you can change to another regular combination.... No point ruining your car just to fit a number plate IMHO

My heart rate is high in the rev range (from the heart rate monitor on the treadmill and eliptical trainer). I'm probably rated as "un-fit" Going hard I can easily reach 185bpm. Going all out I've hit 200bpm - with sweat gushing from every pore. Heart rate is usually at the gym is around 175~180bpm My work colleague is much bigger than me (obese) but much more fit hits only 150bpm, barely breaks a sweat.

Thanks I'll give it a try. Might get a mate to watch me initially, I may faint

I'll definately try dieting more, I just love my food too much True about processed food - That's probably my stumbling block. I'm going to try going for no booze for the next 2 to 3 months see if it makes a difference, even though I've cut back heaps. Self control is damn hard.

Currently weighing in just under 80kg, was at 88kg. I'm ~5'9" Trying to get down to around ~75kg, but my main objective is to be more toned and get rid of the lose flab around the mid section.

1. What is your name and where are you from? Mark - Melbourne 2. What is your occupation? Systems Engineer 3. What is your date of birth and blood type? March - type O 4. What are your hobbies? Cars, Gadgets, Women, Snowboarding 5. How many years have you had your license and what license type are you? 5 Years 6. How many accidents have you had (your fault) and how many traffic violations have you had? None 7. What was the car you owned before your current one? 910 Datsun Bluebird - Still keeping it 8. What is your current car and it's mileage? R34 - 136,000km IS200 - 180,000km 910 Bluebird - 280,000km+ (ODO stopped working 10 years ago) 9. Is the car Auto or Manual? R34 - Auto IS200 - Manual 910 Bluebird - Auto 10. What part of your car is unique that no one else has? Dunno 11. Do you own a motorbike? Soon - Just got my motorcycle licence? 12. Biggest trouble/problem you've ever had with a car you've owned? R34 - Coilpack failure IS200 - None 910 Bluebird - Used to have a stalling issue 13. Do you have an in-car navigation system? R34 - Blaupunkt New York 800 headunit with nav. IS200 - eBay sat nav 910 Bluebird - eBay sat nave + Melway 14. Do you have an e-tag/electronic toll unit? What are your thoughts on the system? R34 - eTag - great IS200 - none 910 Bluebird - eTag - great 15. Do you have a particular route or road that you enjoy driving on? What is it? Great ocean road and black spur 16. Do you have a meet point that you prefer? What is it? Yarra boulevard 17. What petrol do you use? Why do you use it... Brand, Price or Convenience? R34 - 98 Shell - Dockets IS200 - 98 Shell - Dockets 910 Bluebird - 98 Shell - Dockets 18. What is your favourite engine oil? Don't have one. usually the better stuff from Castrol or Mobil. 19. How often do you change the oil in your car? 5000km all of them. 20. What make is your tyre, and what size is it? R34 - Taiwanese brand - 17/225 IS200 - Chinese brand - 16/205 910 Bluebird - The land of goat sphincter rings brand - 14/??? 21. How much tread is left on your tyres at the moment? R34 - 90% IS200 - 80% 910 Bluebird - 90% 22. Do you use winter tyres? No 23. How often do you wash your car? R34 - Rarely (always in the garage) IS200 - Weekly 910 Bluebird - Rarely - engine is in peices 24. What magazines do you read/subscribe to? None. But I like buying Option (TW) and HPI if there is something interesting. 25. What music do you listen to while driving? Any 26. Do you listen to the radio in your car? If so what station and/or show do you prefer? R34 - Usually MP3 or DAB+ (digital) radio - MIX, Fox, Nova, Radar, The Edge, SBS PopAsia, Koffee IS200 - MIX101.1, 101.9 FoxFM, 100.3 Nova 910 Bluebird - 101.9 FoxFM (analogue tuner, CBF station surfing) 27. When you are stuck in traffic, what do you do to pass time? R34 - Radio, TV series, Youtube educational vids, UHF radio IS200 - Radio 910 Bluebird - Radio 28. What products can you simply not be without in your car? Spare radiator hoses, spare coolnt and spare oil. Club lock. 29. Do you prefer to take the highway or the scenic route to places that are between 50 to 100 km's away? If it's twisty - The scenic route. 30. Does your significant other prefer to accompany you on your drives in the passenger seat? Forever alone. 31. What is your preferred tuning shop? My garage or my mate's 32. What is your preferred second hand parts shop? SAU Forums 33. When you see the sticker "Baby On Board" what do you do or think? Dangerous driver. 34. Do you like the Nissan models that have been released since Carlos Ghosn took over as CEO? Yes. R35, V36, 370z - OK 35. Although the R34 Skyline has been replaced by the V35, do you consider it a valid successor? Yes, But maybe not with the "skyline" name. Needs stove tops. 36. What are your 3 most favourite Nissan models, excluding the one you own? All RWD models... 37. What are your 3 most favourite non-Nissan cars? Anything RWD 38. If you were to buy a new car now, what would it be? V36 Skyline 39. Although its not Nissan, do you like Rotary Engines? No. 40. What quality do you feel your car lacks? R34 - needs another gear or two. 4 speed auto is not enough. IS200 - A stronger engine. 910 Bluebird - Manual trans 41. What generation is your Skyline? ?? R34 is 10th right? 42. Is your car RWD or AWD? RWD 43. Why did you choose to buy your car? Has the space and wow factor. 44. When you chose your car, what other models did you also consider? Holden Commodore 45. When you bought the car, what condition was it in? Normal or needed some work? Excellent 46. How many times do you drive your car in a week? R34 - Rarely - Sunny days/long drives and when I know I'm not going to park in public. IS200 - Daily 910 Bluebird - Never - engine is in peices 47. If you had to coin a catchphrase for Skylines, what would it be? 48. What car would you say is a rival model to yours as far as features are concerned? Toyota Chaser 49. What is in your opinion, the best features of your Skyline? Wow factor, RWD, stove top tail lights, perfomance per dollar 50. What parts of your car don't work like they should? Left mirror does not fold. 51. Have you ever dreamt of your car? Give an example. Yes - but cannot remember why. 52. What do those close to you (family, partner etc) think of your car? They all love it. 53. What spec would you class your car as? Drift, Drag, Circuit, or Cruiser? Cruiser 54. Which is more important to you about your car? Appearance, Performance/Power or Comfort? Appearance 55. What seats and steering wheel do you have in your car? R34 - Stock cloth seats and factory leather steering wheel IS200 - Stock cloth seats and factory leather steering wheel 910 Bluebird - Stock cloth seats and factory fake leather steering wheel 56. What brakes does your car have? (Including disc/hub) R34 - Front: Ventilated disk Rear: Ventilated disk IS200 - Front: Ventilated disk Rear: Solid disk 910 Bluebird - Front: Solid disk Rear: Drum 57. What exhaust does your car have? R34 - Stock + high flow cat. IS200 - Stock 910 Bluebird - Custom replacement 58. What headunit/stereo is in your car? R34 - Blaupunkt New York 800 and Pure Highway DAB+ tuner IS200 - Stock (Fujitsu 10) 910 Bluebird - Stock (Philips) 59. What gauges does your car have? R34 - Consult IS200 - None 910 Bluebird - Aftermarket tacho 60. What aftermarket suspension parts does your car have? R34 - Tokico OEM replacement - 1/2 inch drop IS200 - Stock 910 Bluebird - Suspension from S2 Bluebird 61. What structural reinforcement parts does your car have? None 62. What intake/cooling parts do you have on your car? R34 - Trust high flow panel filter IS200 - Stock 910 Bluebird - Stock 63. Anything else you have replaced on your car? List goes on. 64. How many km/l do you get out of your car on average? R34 - 11L/100 IS200 - 9.2L/100 910 Bluebird - 10L/100 65. Do you think you'll be driving the same car in 5 years? Yes. 66. Would you purchase the car you own if it was new? (ie you'd be the first owner of the car) R34 - Yes IS200 - No 910 Bluebird - Yes, but if it had manual. 67. If you were given the choice between your car and your partner, which would you choose over the other? Partner. 68. If the Skyline you own did not exist, what would you be driving right now? IS300, Supra or Aristo 69. A lot of Skyline owners are changing to Evo's, what do you think of them and would you change? Good for them. As good as the EVO is, it's not my type. No I'll not change. 70. Which headlight do you prefer, projector or non projector and HID or regular? Don't care. I prefer HID for looks, but HID suck in wet weather IMHO. 71. If you were to respray your car, what colour would it be? I love white cars so all my cars are white. 72. What is the first mod that you would do on a stock version of your car? High flow air filter. 73. Is there a mod in particular that you would like to never see done to a Skyline? Rice. 74. If your car is RWD, is there any time when you wish it was AWD? Or if your car is AWD, is there any time when you wish it was RWD? When its really wet and I want to drive it fast. 75. Have you ever considered your car awkward or uncool? Why? R34 - Not as low as I'd like IS200 - Bit old man spec 910 Bluebird - Noisy 76. Do you have any brochures for your car? Where'd you get it from? R34 - Yes, from Japan via eBay IS200 - Yes, local. 910 Bluebird - Yes, Garage sale 77. Do you have a service manual, log book and owner's manual for your car? Yes. all of them. 78. How do you feel about the price of Skylines on the market now compared to the price you paid for your car? They are overpriced, for what they are. But still my love does not die. 79. If money was not an issue, what tuning mods would you make to your car? R34 - RB26/30DETT engine with hollinger sequential. IS200 - 2JZ-GTE 910 Bluebird - LZ20ET 80. Would you upgrade the hub assembly of your car? (eg 4 stud to 5 stud) R34 - Already 5 stud IS200 - Already 5 stud 910 Bluebird - 4 stud, but don't care 81. Would you upgrade the air-con system in your car? (eg manual to climate control) R34 - Built in climate control IS200 - Built in climate control 910 Bluebird - nope doesn't even have A/C 82. Have you made any parts for your car, or any DIY mods? R34 - Some minor CF bits for style IS200 - Under tray mounts - stock ones keep snapping - I fixed it permanently 910 Bluebird - Built up electronic ignition system. 83. Do you own any spare parts for your car that aren't needed yet? R34 - yes heaps... IS200 - none 910 Bluebird - yes heaps 84. If it was feasible to own a second car identical to yours, would you? Nope. 85. How much have you spent on repairs to your car? Don't know - I don't watch the money when it comes to maintenance 86. If you see another Skyline which has been modified differently, do you pick faults in it? Not really - everyone has different tastes. 87. Have you ever watched Initial D, and do you think your car would have beaten Takumi? Yes for sure :P 88. Would you buy a scale model of your car, and how much would you be willing to spend up to on it? Yes $50 tops 89. Would you buy a remote control model of your car, and how much would you be willing to spend up to on it? Yes $100 tops 90. Has your car ever been in a magazine? If so what and which issue? No, but featured on the interwebs on my Facebook 91. Have you ever participated in a cruise or attended a meet for Skyline owners? Yes 92. Is there any other forum members' car that you idolise or was very impressed by? Yes - the ones with GTRs 93. Would you do a face swap/upgrade (ie R34 front on R32, C33 front on A31, etc)? I drive an R34... so no. 94. What would you consider the locally produced equivalent of your car? R31 Skyline or VE Commodore 95. You are offered to pick straws, one straw will get you free mods of your choice and track time to test them, the other will see your car returned to factory standard. Would you pick straws? Yes 96. You are to attend a track day, however your car gets damaged, and have the following choices: - run the same model as your car, but with a fully tuned RB20E engine. The car has done 150,000kms, and the engine has done 50,000kms. - run the same model as your car, but with a RB20DET auto. The car has done 500,000kms, and the turbo has done 60,000kms. - run your damaged car What would you do? RB20DET. 97. If you were to grade yourself as an expert on Skylines, what would you be out of 100? 75 98. What is the purpose your car serves in your life? R34 - W*nk value/Sentimantal value IS200 - Daily + w*nk value depending on the lady I want to impress. 910 Bluebird - Sentimantal value 99. One word that describes Skyline owners in the country and the rest of the world? Bros 100. Other than "that was long and tiring" do you have any comments? Given me time to reflect

I change my oil every 5000km on all my cars. Very true about not driving the car often. The R34 sits in the garage and only taken out on some sunny days, now the suspension is slighlty noisy, streering sometimes groans. Once I use the car for a few days in a row - no squeeks or groans.

Hi all, I'm in the progress of getting my self into shape (I'm not intending to go bulky and full of muscle), just to lose some excess fat and tone up. I've been at it for nearly 4 months, excluding the christmas/new year holidays. Initially it's been great I lost nearly 6kg in my 1st 2 weeks. However I seem to have levelled out quick - I'm realistically not shedding anymore weight, I've only lost roughly another 2kg for the last 3 months. Total weight loss is roughly 8kg at this time. I have 1 hour lunch break and my workplace has a gym onsite - So I spend 30min working out. My routine is quite simple - I do this Monday to Friday. 15min cardio - either bike, treadmill or eliptical trainer (depends which machine is available) 15min light weights I go bike riding or play basketball on weekends. I've tweaked my diet, but not changed it - I'm still a foodie. - I eat less at dinner and try to reduce my carbs at dinner time. - Eat out much less - No longer go out drinking every Friday So basically - is my 30 min gym workout worth it? ie. effort vs. gain. Cheers

1996+ Pulsar would be better IMHO. No timing belt to worry about and the 1.6L engine will give you a little bit more torque especially if you run the a/c.

Thanks for the info. Very informative. I was actually thinking/aiming more conservative. Around ~150rwkw The car is used mainly for long distance driving (road trips) highway runs and through the twisites. My main reasons. - I'm on a budget - Less complexities - so I can convert it back to an n/a easily (if i so desire) - My car is an auto, so I'm not too keen with putting too much power through the stock trans. - I plan on retaining VCT functionality - I have no intention (unless I really have to) of upgrading to big brake kits or beefing up the driveline. I got a few more questions regarding my "proposed" setup. - With my lower power requirements - does this mean I just get my current stock N/A ECU remapped *or* must I go for a remapped GTT manual ECU (due to running an auto)? - Will my AFM need changing? - Does this mean I can run lower boost? (ie. no need to run 6~7psi, can I get away with running 4~5psi?) - Will the stock GTT SMIC be enough or will I need to get an FMIC? - Will a stock GTT turbo be too big?

Thanks for that. I've passed on the info.

Hi all, Thread revival! I have a close family friend who has the same issue. He has V35 premium coupe with factory 6 stack Bose/Navi system. It has the same error as the OP mentioned. The CD system makes a "grinding" sound and eventually stops. Radio and AUX seem to be OK. Just wondering who would be the best contact in Melbourne to either fix the HU or replace it with an aftermarket one if need be. The issue is rather sudden - there were no tell tale signes before the problem. We have tried doing the reset etc, with no avail. We are not confident to pull apart the dash ourselves - So we prefer a "one stop" shop to perform the job.