Hank Scorpio

Yeah thought so, cheers for the straight forward answers guys!

Thanks mate!

My right hand rear taillight (the largest one) is not working properly on my R34. It will light up when I put the head lights on however when I depress the brake pedal it does not get brighter. Because it seemed that the globe was working (as it lights up with head lights) I tried changing the fuse however this did not correct the problem (the one in the engine bay marked "Tail Lights" however upon thinking about it, had the fuse been faulty all of them probably wouln't be operational). So do you think there is a problem with the globe? And if so how do I get to the f*cker? (I opened up the carpet in the boot but I think I may have to take the whole light out somehow?) Thanks for the help on my n00bish question!

I love VR-4s, awesome cars. And I think they look better then the 3000GT. Also something about that Legnum wagon, very sexy.

Will most likely be there!

PM sent regarding an exhaust system for my R34 Coupe. I'll give you a call/text tomorrow anyway when its not the weekend.

I'll be down tonight, good luck to all the SAUWA's entering Rob, Benson, Andrew and all the rest!

x2 If someone could also point me in the direction of a good 02 censor to use in my R34 it would be greatly appreciated. Next time NA_Goodness wants to play with my car he can chuck that and my pod filter in for me!

I shall be there and if all goes well hopefully with a purdy new turbo back exhaust!

1. What is your name and where are you from? Lachlan from Perth (However born in Wollongong) 2. What is your occupation? Student/Tyre Salesman 3. What is your date of birth and blood type? 20th December 1989. Warm blooded. 4. What are your hobbies? Pro Wrestling and Cars are the two bigguns. 5. How many years have you had your license and what license type are you? 3 years, C Class. 6. How many accidents have you had (your fault) and how many traffic violations have you had? One accident, 3 traffic violations. 7. What was the car you owned before your current one? Dark Green 1993 Lexus ES300 8. What is your current car and it's mileage? Nissan Skyline R34 GT-T Coupe - 126,000kms 9. Is the car Auto or Manual? Auto/Tiptronic 10. What part of your car is unique that no one else has? A gay scratch below my Skyline logo at the back? 11. Do you own a motorbike? No 12. Biggest trouble/problem you've ever had with a car you've owned? Bad starter motor, very tempremental. 13. Do you have an in-car navigation system? No 14. Do you have an e-tag/electronic toll unit? What are your thoughts on the system? No 15. Do you have a particular route or road that you enjoy driving on? What is it? From Scarborough beach rd. up to Beaufort St, Perth. 16. Do you have a meet point that you prefer? What is it? Not particularly 17. What petrol do you use? Why do you use it... Brand, Price or Convenience? Caltex Vortex 98 or BP Ultimate 98. Both good price and convenient. 18. What is your favourite engine oil? Motul 4100 Turbolight 19. How often do you change the oil in your car? Every 5,000kms 20. What make is your tyre, and what size is it? Ling long *hangs head in great shame*, 225/45R17 21. How much tread is left on your tyres at the moment? 90% 22. Do you use winter tyres? No 23. How often do you wash your car? Once/Twice a week. 24. What magazines do you read/subscribe to? Unique Cars, Powerslam 25. What music do you listen to while driving? Metal/Hip Hop 26. Do you listen to the radio in your car? If so what station and/or show do you prefer? No. I do in the work car; 99.3, Trile J. 27. When you are stuck in traffic, what do you do to pass time? Listen to music. 28. What products can you simply not be without in your car? CDs. 29. Do you prefer to take the highway or the scenic route to places that are between 50 to 100 km's away? Highway 30. Does your significant other prefer to accompany you on your drives in the passenger seat? Yes 31. What is your preferred tuning shop? Tim Slacko's West Racing; O'Malley St, Osborne Park. 32. What is your preferred second hand parts shop? Japanese Performance Centre 33. When you see the sticker "Baby On Board" what do you do or think? "And why should I give a shit?" 34. Do you like the Nissan models that have been released since Carlos Ghosn took over as CEO? Some. 35. Although the R34 Skyline has been replaced by the V35, do you consider it a valid successor? Yes and No. Great cars, good performance but I believe a turbocharged varient should have been supplied. 36. What are your 3 most favourite Nissan models, excluding the one you own? R34 GT-R V-Spec II NUR R35 GT-R Skyline R30 RS-X Turbo 37. What are your 3 most favourite non-Nissan cars? Ferrari F50 Mitsubishi Legnum VR-4 1968 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport 38. If you were to buy a new car now, what would it be? Nissan R35 GT-R 39. Although its not Nissan, do you like Rotary Engines? Yes 40. What quality do you feel your car lacks? Quiet, subtle ride. 41. What generation is your Skyline? R34 42. Is your car RWD or AWD? RWD 43. Why did you choose to buy your car? Good performance, good looks, modding potential, rarity. 44. When you chose your car, what other models did you also consider? Mitsubishi Legnum/Galant VR-4, Toyota Aristo, Nissan Stagea, Lexus LS400. 45. When you bought the car, what condition was it in? Normal or needed some work? Normal 46. How many times do you drive your car in a week? Daily 47. If you had to coin a catchphrase for Skylines, what would it be? Both super AND awesome. 48. What car would you say is a rival model to yours as far as features are concerned? Toyota Supra 49. What is in your opinion, the best features of your Skyline? The tailights 50. What parts of your car don't work like they should? Whole dash doesn't light up. 51. Have you ever dreamt of your car? Give an example. No 52. What do those close to you (family, partner etc) think of your car? Mum and Dad - Too fast, too expensive. My brother thinks it's a "beast". 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? Appearence/performance. SImilar levels of each. 55. What seats and steering wheel do you have in your car? Stock wheel, stock grey/black seats. 56. What brakes does your car have? (Including disc/hub) Stock. 57. What exhaust does your car have? Stock. (Soon to be a 3" turbo back) 58. What headunit/stereo is in your car? Eclipse Navi/TV/CD Player 59. What gauges does your car have? Stock e.g temp, oil, boost etc. 60. What aftermarket suspension parts does your car have? None 61. What structural reinforcement parts does your car have? Engine strut/brace. 62. What intake/cooling parts do you have on your car? Stock (sson to have pod fitted) 63. Anything else you have replaced on your car? New Alarm/Immobliser. 64. How many km/l do you get out of your car on average? Dunno. 65. Do you think you'll be driving the same car in 5 years? Quite possibly. 66. Would you purchase the car you own if it was new? (ie you'd be the first owner of the car) Maybe, yeah. 67. If you were given the choice between your car and your partner, which would you choose over the other? I see what you just tried to do! 68. If the Skyline you own did not exist, what would you be driving right now? Mitsubishi Legnum VR-4 69. A lot of Skyline owners are changing to Evo's, what do you think of them and would you change? They aren't necesarily stupid but they may lack some style. I probably would not change. 70. Which headlight do you prefer, projector or non projector and HID or regular? HID 71. If you were to respray your car, what colour would it be? Trigger Mauve 72. What is the first mod that you would do on a stock version of your car? Exhaust 73. Is there a mod in particular that you would like to never see done to a Skyline? RWD -> FWD 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? Occasionally in the wet, but I like it. 75. Have you ever considered your car awkward or uncool? Why? Nope, its awesome. 76. Do you have any brochures for your car? Where'd you get it from? No. 77. Do you have a service manual, log book and owner's manual for your car? Owners Manual. I have created my own Aussie log book. 78. How do you feel about the price of Skylines on the market now compared to the price you paid for your car? A little under-valued ATM. 79. If money was not an issue, what tuning mods would you make to your car? Exhaust, Suspension, Brembo brakes, FMIC, BOV, Boost Controller, ECU, Forged Internals, 2.8L stroker kit... 80. Would you upgrade the hub assembly of your car? (eg 4 stud to 5 stud) No, already 5/114.3 81. Would you upgrade the air-con system in your car? (eg manual to climate control) No, already have CC 82. Have you made any parts for your car, or any DIY mods? No 83. Do you own any spare parts for your car that aren't needed yet? No 84. If it was feasible to own a second car identical to yours, would you? Sure, why not? 85. How much have you spent on repairs to your car? $0 86. If you see another Skyline which has been modified differently, do you pick faults in it? Yes 87. Have you ever watched Initial D, and do you think your car would have beaten Takumi? Yes, no. 88. Would you buy a scale model of your car, and how much would you be willing to spend up to on it? No 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, $65.88 90. Has your car ever been in a magazine? If so what and which issue? No 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? [NUR], [2LV8ETR], the guy with the Blue R34 GT-R with grey decals. 93. Would you do a face swap/upgrade (ie R34 front on R32, C33 front on A31, etc)? Perhaps an R34 GT-R front on my R34 GT-T 94. What would you consider the locally produced equivalent of your car? There is none. 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, my car is almost factory standard! 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 Auto 97. If you were to grade yourself as an expert on Skylines, what would you be out of 100? 53 98. What is the purpose your car serves in your life? Daily driver 99. One word that describes Skyline owners in the country and the rest of the world? Smart 100. Other than "that was long and tiring" do you have any comments? Blah!

They do look pretty good. And the engines certainly have a lot of potential as Hoony said. They are a little heavy but they are also AWD. The thing I don't like about them is that their engine bay is reminiscent of the 300ZX, there is not much room in there! They wouldn't be the easiest cars in the world to mod but from what I have seen they have some real tuning potential and IMO are pretty cool rides if you've got a little bit of patience, money and want to be slightly different.

In the words of Jim Morrison to Wayne Campbell "If you book them, they will come". Just figure out a map and a time, give us a little bit of notice and your cruise will be full of people! I'm down for a cruise on the 30th!

WGMG paying a speeding fine and now having little to no money when I just got a quote on a kickass price for an exhaust!

Why Don't You Get a Job? by the Offspring

I never watch FTA either. Mondays 7:30pm SBS (Channel 104 on foxtel is where I watch it). I have it series linked even!

I think after a bit more time it will get better, remember when Top Gear had "Insider Trading" (ugh!), shows grow! In saying that the show is still lacking (not knowing the anme of the Ford GT and not being able to pronounce Murcielago properly) and wheres the R35 without the speed limiter!?! And next weeks show doesn't really look wonderful. However they got rid of the rubbish what were you thinking segment, that can only be a good thing!

Yeah sorry, bout that. Saw you turn up and I got a map off the guy you were with but you looked busy so I thought I'd say hi later when you weren't handing out maps. Then I went to speak with some people and ended up leaving the cruise! Ah well, next time I guess, we shall share some R34 awesomeness.

Looked like a good cruise and some simply awesome pictures taken too, looked very well thought out and organised. Glad to see some V35 love here in our great city!

Still open to other Skyline drivers? MIGHT be in for this if you guys don't mind.

I wouldn't mind doing it on a mid-90's 500SL, I love those cars, wonderful fun to drive. Cruising with the top down with a nice blow off valve sound would be great IMO.

And just like that the dream is over! Ah well.

A Galant/Legnum VR-4, 'tis my dream!

Good turn out I thought. Saw all the usual crew there (except for Robert, where were you hiding mate?) and a few others (met Bubba for instance). Went to pick up Jess33 before rendeavousing at the first meet point, got to her house realised I was pretty tired and then saw the epicness of the first stage (yeah, I got a map!) and we decided not to cruise. Cruised with a few guys on the Grahame Farmer, so that was at least fun. Next event I shall be there and shall stick the whole night out!

Been playing GTA3 again, smart move that was!

True. But then again people fall in love with their cars and in the modified car world its hard to be different and unique. If you have the cash, why not? I sure as hell would love to. But then if you were to think about it from a calm and rational point of view, then yeah, you probably would get a GTR!