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I got excited and fist pumped a fellow Skyliner and he stared at me blankly Not feelin' the love in Cardiff yesterday arvo!

Good old West end of the 'Nock mate! See your car about a fair bit these days, that and the elusive white back of Woolies carpark 34! Should meet up or something!

South as in down the back end of Vincent St sorta way? (haven't been here for too long!)

That was me Thought the same about your car! Which end of the 'Nock are you mate?

Keen for a Newy meet for sure!

Maroon 33gtst @ Cessnock RTA, I was in works Prius

Grip on putty is awesome, used to frequent it on the bike. Only taken the Skyrine once but it didn't want to let go on the hairpins and probably wouldn't (with my near standard power anyway) without doing something silly or taking a much more aggressive line / drive style.

Possible inners! All the roads are fine until you get close the Cessnock after Broke. Low, firm coilovers don't much like it!

Always see that white 34 at the back of Woolies!

BN-R34 Silver 34 GTR stock rims @ Jerry's Kulnara maybe 4pm Yesterday?

Hey mate, I didn't sift through all 7 pages.. Just wondering if you have the sun sensor for the climate control, the one that sits on the passenger side of the dash. Apparently mine has died.

Mine are red

In Cessnock myself, keen nonetheless!

Im pretty keen to get some mainly from seeing it in action from Mitch's work and hearing other great results. When are you planning to get some?!

Might have left, new DP in the place just before I started apparently shifted quite a few staff about, I need local Skyline friends

I work @ Cessnock Toyota, no GTR's about . Second car of his? Nobody has mentioned a liner around the place Just my dirty, dirty 33gtst!

I had my heart set on a 32 for the longest of times. Went with the 33 mainly due to age, looks grew on me and the engine. It's comfy too!

BEN ##R - White R33 GTST yesterday morning about 7 in Toronto. I was in my Camry Nice sounding pipe!

AVS T5's in copper / bronze I may be biased though..

Thought I should add a pic of said beast. Still has about a year or two of dust on it even after a decent scrubbing down - waiting outside the garage for another bath or two to get rid of everything. Never had to clean a stored car before.. Can't wait to be able to drive the thing!

1. What is your name and where are you from? Mitch - Hunter Valley 2. What is your occupation? New car Salesman 3. What is your date of birth and blood type? 10th July and red 4. What are your hobbies? Staring at my car, wastime time on the PC, photography and motorcycles 5. How many years have you had your license and what license type are you? almost 5, Full Moto, P's Car (fulls in July...) 6. How many accidents have you had (your fault) and how many traffic violations have you had? 3 bike accos (One write off, poles hurt) I have 1 point left. 7. What was the car you owned before your current one? 93 widebody Camry! 8. What is your current car and it's mileage? 93 Camry 114kms 95 R33 GTST 114kms 9. Is the car Auto or Manual? Both Manual 10. What part of your car is unique that no one else has? Camry.. low kilometres? Skyline... There's a weird air purifier on the parcel shelf that came as a factory option or something.. (NFI what it does, if anything) 11. Do you own a motorbike? Two of them 12. Biggest trouble/problem you've ever had with a car you've owned? Camry not being a Skyline 13. Do you have an in-car navigation system? Only when I plug my phone in 14. Do you have an e-tag/electronic toll unit? What are your thoughts on the system? No, great if you drive through them alot. 15. Do you have a particular route or road that you enjoy driving on? What is it? Most of the roads around Hunter Valley, throw in Putty Rd for good measure. 16. Do you have a meet point that you prefer? What is it? Usually Maccas, EVERYONE knows where Maccas is, regardless if they eat there or not 17. What petrol do you use? Why do you use it... Brand, Price or Convenience? United 98 Premium, if it's good enough for work it's good enough for me! 18. What is your favourite engine oil? Haven't gotten that far with either car yet, must search forums! 19. How often do you change the oil in your car? Camry will be every 10, Skyline every 5 20. What make is your tyre, and what size is it? Camry has 18 x 225 (lololol) Not sure on Skyline, only picked it up last night. 21. How much tread is left on your tyres at the moment? Camry 50R 30F Skyline 90 all round 22. Do you use winter tyres? No. 23. How often do you wash your car? Once a week if it's not bloody raining all the time! 24. What magazines do you read/subscribe to? AMCN, used to read HPI alot too 25. What music do you listen to while driving? Dubstep, metal or rock. 26. Do you listen to the radio in your car? If so what station and/or show do you prefer? No 27. When you are stuck in traffic, what do you do to pass time? Bash out a furious perfectly times beat on the steering wheel 28. What products can you simply not be without in your car? A quick detailer, microfibres and some interior cleaner 29. Do you prefer to take the highway or the scenic route to places that are between 50 to 100 km's away? Scenic, corners are where it's at! 30. Does your significant other prefer to accompany you on your drives in the passenger seat? My significant other is my camera bag, yes. 31. What is your preferred tuning shop? Haven't found one yet, more research needed 32. What is your preferred second hand parts shop? As above 33. When you see the sticker "Baby On Board" what do you do or think? "And you still drive like a f%#kwit?!" 34. Do you like the Nissan models that have been released since Carlos Ghosn took over as CEO? Not particularly 35. Although the R34 Skyline has been replaced by the V35, do you consider it a valid successor? No 36. What are your 3 most favourite Nissan models, excluding the one you own? R32 GTR, R34 GTR annnnd S15 Silvia 37. What are your 3 most favourite non-Nissan cars? My old Camry, it's my first car and it's impressed a few people that though it is an old family car its not a bucket of crap / sentiment. Supra TT and Toyota Chaser 38. If you were to buy a new car now, what would it be? hmm... without going stupidly exotic keeping price somewhat reasonable I'd probably say a Suby STI or an Evo 39. Although its not Nissan, do you like Rotary Engines? Yeah, done right they sound awesome and go damn well too. Was always a sucker for RX7's 40. What quality do you feel your car lacks? Camry, power and handling. Skyline... it needs a wash so cleanliness! 41. What generation is your Skyline? 1.5 I think >< 42. Is your car RWD or AWD? RWD 43. Why did you choose to buy your car? I have loved skylines since I first saw them, was keen to get a 32 but saw this 33 and fell in love 44. When you chose your car, what other models did you also consider? R32 45. When you bought the car, what condition was it in? Normal or needed some work? Great condition, just needs a service (who doesn't do that after purchasing?) front bad needs a slight touch up and that's about it 46. How many times do you drive your car in a week? can't drive the line for 5 months daily otherwise 47. If you had to coin a catchphrase for Skylines, what would it be? Skyline, don't knock it till you've tried it. 48. What car would you say is a rival model to yours as far as features are concerned? Supras, Chasers anything quick that handles I suppose 49. What is in your opinion, the best features of your Skyline? The engine! 50. What parts of your car don't work like they should? Window washers. Have to sort that out 51. Have you ever dreamt of your car? Give an example. After viewing my car for the first time before purchasing and having my mate test drive for me I dreamt about driving it myself that night. 52. What do those close to you (family, partner etc) think of your car? Mate with 2010 SSV "that's fkn quick! I should have got one of those!" Everyone else loves it, even Mum! 53. What spec would you class your car as? Drift, Drag, Circuit, or Cruiser? Well ideally, cruiser / circuit 54. Which is more important to you about your car? Appearance, Performance/Power or Comfort? Blend those all together, in the end it's going to be performance though even though the seats are comfy as hell and it looks amazing but you buy a performance car for performance. 55. What seats and steering wheel do you have in your car? All stock. 56. What brakes does your car have? (Including disc/hub) RDA slotted rotors at front QFM A1RM pads all round (squeaky sqeaky!) 57. What exhaust does your car have? Good question, sounds great though 58. What headunit/stereo is in your car? Didn't bother looking at the stereo to be honest, something lame without ipod integration 59. What gauges does your car have? All stock minus an unmounted boost gauge and turbo timer 60. What aftermarket suspension parts does your car have? Whiteline adjustable F+R swaybars 61. What structural reinforcement parts does your car have? Nill? 62. What intake/cooling parts do you have on your car? homejob CAI and pod filter 63. Anything else you have replaced on your car? Nothing... yet! 64. How many km/l do you get out of your car on average? Absolutely no idea 65. Do you think you'll be driving the same car in 5 years? I can only hope so 66. Would you purchase the car you own if it was new? (ie you'd be the first owner of the car) Heck yes 67. If you were given the choice between your car and your partner, which would you choose over the other? Partner if I had one I'd imagine, cars aren't very good for sexy time! 68. If the Skyline you own did not exist, what would you be driving right now? Camry still, would have kept saving for 5 months! 69. A lot of Skyline owners are changing to Evo's, what do you think of them and would you change? Haven't driven one myself but was considering one but they are quite exxy. 70. Which headlight do you prefer, projector or non projector and HID or regular? Projecter looks awesome, HID's when done right look awesome too. 71. If you were to respray your car, what colour would it be? Black again but with an Amethyst pearl through it 72. What is the first mod that you would do on a stock version of your car? either the boost solenoid mod / boost controller or turbo timer 73. Is there a mod in particular that you would like to never see done to a Skyline? I think most things nobody wants to see done to them has already been 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? 75. Have you ever considered your car awkward or uncool? Why? no, camry yes :> 76. Do you have any brochures for your car? Where'd you get it from? nope 77. Do you have a service manual, log book and owner's manual for your car? trick question? 78. How do you feel about the price of Skylines on the market now compared to the price you paid for your car? I did well :> 79. If money was not an issue, what tuning mods would you make to your car? Everything needed to run 240 - 250 rwkw as a daily 80. Would you upgrade the hub assembly of your car? (eg 4 stud to 5 stud) heck no 81. Would you upgrade the air-con system in your car? (eg manual to climate control) climate control already so no 82. Have you made any parts for your car, or any DIY mods? not yet 83. Do you own any spare parts for your car that aren't needed yet? nope 84. If it was feasible to own a second car identical to yours, would you? Sure, one as a tracky / drift 85. How much have you spent on repairs to your car? nill (so far) 86. If you see another Skyline which has been modified differently, do you pick faults in it? If it's in bad taste, but eah to his own 87. Have you ever watched Initial D, and do you think your car would have beaten Takumi? I has more boost! 88. Would you buy a scale model of your car, and how much would you be willing to spend up to on it? 200-300 89. Would you buy a remote control model of your car, and how much would you be willing to spend up to on it? up to 400 90. Has your car ever been in a magazine? If so what and which issue? nooo 91. Have you ever participated in a cruise or attended a meet for Skyline owners? ask me again when I can use it 92. Is there any other forum members' car that you idolise or was very impressed by? Not as yet, not saying they aren't amazing 93. Would you do a face swap/upgrade (ie R34 front on R32, C33 front on A31, etc)? Feck no! 94. What would you consider the locally produced equivalent of your car? Most likely candidate would be the XR6T 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? first one, car is essentially stock 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? Depending on damage, if it was undriveable fully tuned RB20DE 97. If you were to grade yourself as an expert on Skylines, what would you be out of 100? 15/100? 98. What is the purpose your car serves in your life? it keeps my garage full 99. One word that describes Skyline owners in the country and the rest of the world? Winners 100. Other than "that was long and tiring" do you have any comments? Thanks for making time pass

I can't wait to have one in at work and take it for a spin, it's about time Toyota made another RWD car. No doubt there will be a plethora of aftermarket engine enhancements to get this thing really moving!

That's it hey! It's my own fault though, I got too caught up in riding bikes instead and decided I didn't need a car because I was out every weekend and the girlfriend had a car at the time.. Going to clear out the shed, park it up and keep it nice and shiny with the occasional jaunt with a trusted mate behind the wheel. Could be worse though, I could always not have a Skyline to look forward too!

Hi All, Been lurking for a while and finally decided to take the plunge and purchase a Series II R33 GTST. Worst part is the 5 months I have to wait to drive the thing The beasty has FMIC/Pod (needs to be replaced) Manual Boost controller set to 8psi and that's really about it. Goal is most likely once I get used to both turbo and RWD to mod to 200kw and leave it there for as long as it shall serve me! It's going to be hard having to drive the 93 Camry with such an amazing car just begging to be driven in the shed though... Looking forward to meeting up with some other local enthusiasts in the future! Mitch