Hi all,
I currently own a new Alfa Romeo 147. It's a nice car. it's got a Selespeed gear box. A true clutchless manual (unlike an auto box). And I love the thing, especially downshifts as it blips the throttle and damn the engine is revvy and sounds great but it's only got 110kw. It loves corners but just needs more power (The GTA version is 250hp V6 but $70k!!!).
I have always loved Skylines and decided to test drive an r34 tiptronic yesterday. I got it sideways by accident. Freaked me out a little. Obviously not used to rear wheel drive and so much power. I was quick to crrect it though! LOL! The car didn't feel so fast and this is probably because shifting from 1st into 2nd with the tiptronic gearshifter was soooo slow (the Alfa shifts faster the higher the revs). Downshifting was OK but nowhere bear as fun as the Alfa (the blipping throttle sounds so good on the Alfa).
Overall I still walked away loving the Skyline. I want a clutchless. Shame the R34 isn't a true sequential. But it was still fast. Does anyone here at all have 0-100km/hr times for the R34 GT-T tiptronic. I have searched everywhere for this information and couldn't find a thing. I am scared of buying a 2nd hand car. Especially a turbo and a skyline at that. Surely the previous owner had absolutely fanged the damn thing to death like I surely will? Do these cars hold up well? I mean, are they tough?! I expect them to be tough.
Any advice, thoughts would be appreciated peeps. I am THIS close to putting the money down.
PS Toby19. I've read a few of your posts with interest and would like to talk to you about your car before I run out and buy mine. It would really help me out. If you could email me at:
[email protected] that would be great. I can then reply with a few questions I have.
PPS: My current ride pics if you're interested:
