Your First Drive In Your New Car

[nsanity]

Hah.

Mine was somewhat rushed and hurried.

We only had the money confirmed roughly around 3pm on Friday, so we (my partner and i) booked our flights to melbourne to head down and meet Thommo that night and have a look at our potential car.

Got off the plane, found Thommo and got in. He drove to the fuel station, car was very smooth, and quiet.

One thing i've always noted about Skylines is that you have to step down into them (i'm 6"3), and hopping into the drivers seat was an awkward proposition (particularly if the person beforehand is somewhat shorter than I) however i got in an drove it.

Having never driven a Turbo car before, and getting used to how it behaves on and off boost was (and to some extent now - having done ~2000km in it - still is) a little weird, almost similar to an automatic in that you have to coerce it to do what you want rather than just do what you want, when you want.

Of course i fell in love with it.

Having been a skyline owner for little under 2 weeks now, i'm still getting the finer points down (really quick launches are still a bit wierd, I'm used to shifting around the ~100km/h mark and well, i don't want to rev it out that far in the red) but i absolutely adore the car.

Spoils you really, driving anything else, particularly on highways etc, is cumbersome and overcomplicated.

Edited September 7, 2006 by nsanity

[phunky_monkey]

mine came with 3, two not even opened! f**k yeah JDM air freshner! Although he also left me with an ashtray full of JDM cigarette butts and a card for a "massage parlour".

haha at least you know he was having fun!!

I kept the air freshener at home... one day I shall find it again... oh yes, one day

[N1GTR]

"massage parlour".

Lets hope there were no outcalls......

But here, this thread has you covered

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...t&p=1179941

[MotoMan]

My first drive will be next tuesday...

atm it feels like time is standing still.. doesnt help that im on holidays for the first time in 2 years!

Pretty much after i get it ill be heading down the Hume Hwy to my dads house.. 3 hours to get aquainted with my new love

[illusiVe]

i was shitting myself thinking.......wet road, turbo..... p plater.....heavy traffic = please dont crash... (and i didnt)

Edited September 7, 2006 by illusiVe

[gts-4 dreamer]

mine was a bit involved, trekking about looking everywhere, me an te misses both looked at so many cars, underneath, inside, under door sills etc

so after looking through a million cars and getting royally sick of it, there was this decently priced car, manual, perfect body condition, was actually running an active LSD. perfrect, got in drove it,.. f**king awsome feeling... was in shock, everything felt great. fell in love, perfect mechanicals, awsome body, handle the shiz, perfect mix of everrything, practically fully optioned model... awseom !! bargained him down to my price range and picked it up 1 week later

Edited September 8, 2006 by gts-4 dreamer

[SoFreshSoClean]

Mine was fun, bought it from a oldish man!! He told me to give it shit when I drove off because he was going to miss it so much.

Cruising along, drove past a couple of very nice ladies who both turned to stare as I went past.

"This is where it's at" I was thinking

[eMsta]

you get ladies looking at you, i get school gals lookin at mine.....What happened to all the ladies out there!!??

[funkymonkey]

Lets hope there were no outcalls......

But here, this thread has you covered

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...t&p=1179941

i've got a roof full of smoke stains... the guy musta smoked like a chimney... and he didn't even use a factory option de-ioniser! then again its a one owner car, and its one of the very very few GTS4's that weren't from a snowy region (snowy region GTS4's are almost all rusted to hell). Plus the dude bought the car, and then drove it to an Apexi shop and got em to empty their entire 1991 catalogue into it... ancient tuning tools, but it works so meh.

[Dirty32]

When i first test drove my car it was one of the best experiences ever.

Didnt help that i was still pissed from the night before.....

I had a heavy friday night on the vodka, and test drove the car saturday. I drove it home with my old man and the dealer to see if it would fit in the garage (needless to say i drove like a grandma), the dealer was prob only about 15 mins away from home anyway.

Once we took it home and saw that the garage was big enough, i took the car around the block on my own, and (with that aftermorning vodka stench filling the car) booted it down the road, redline in 1st and 2nd, eased off in 3rd.

It wanted to make me yelp with delight.

Anyways, i took it back to the dealer, said i wanted it, but had to tell him to hold it for me for 2 weeks while i got my money together...

It was the longest 2 weeks of my life...

I love the car now as much as i did then, but im used to the power and i want to do mods... What a car tho...

[Phantom32]

I was a pretty inexperienced manual driver when i first picked up mine. Stalled it twice and was pretty shaky all the way home.

But i was grinning ear to ear the whole way, and she still gives me the jitters when i drive her today.

God Bless Skylines lol

[RodMonsta]

I bought mine from a guy whose going ovrseas, he was rushing me to buy his 'line so much i thought she was stolen or something wrong.

I paid $11k a yr ago and damn i thought that was too cheap there gotta be something wrong.

Took it to chaser for an inspection and everything is good, RTA also good not stolen etc.

Later i found out he had to leave the next day after i picked up the car talking about disorganised lol

its black, first time the guy took me for a drive i knew im in love with her and ahh that psshh sound.

She made me happy then and still makes me happy now... for quality and performance the line is trully best bang for your buck

[funkymonkey]

note to self: to sell car easily wind up the boost to make it seem powerful and make it make pssht sounds.

gotcha

seriously... this thread is awesome coz you can gauge what people are really looking for when they buy their cars.

[R-sanichi]

6 years ago, I drove my 1969 Datsun 1600 to Carrum Downs to pick up my clean, new un-modifeied HR31. I remember taking off down the highway back to Melbourne. The car was so smooth, quiet, and comfortable compard to my L-series engined Datto with a flat spot in the webber carby and always waiting for that cam to come on. The HR31 was a different car to the Datto in so many ways. The 1600; rough L18 engine, skyline struts, brakes, gearbox, and diff. The Skyline; smooth power delivery, comfy seats, direct streering, a luxury compared to the 1969 offering of Datsun.

And by the end of the year I hope I'll be driving an ER34. A whole new story.

[kursed]

this thread is awesome coz you can gauge what people are really looking for when they buy their cars.

I like it because it makes me feel not so strange having so much time spent thinking about a freakin object. 99% of my friends think their cars are purely transport - I just can't see them that way! This thread makes me feel like its worth all the time money and effort (did i mention the money?) of owning a skyline

plus there seems to be bugger all modded cars around the chats - hornsby suburbs, just not as popular with the peeps round here I guess so its nice to have something a bit different (although i must admit an r33 isn't that rare in oz anymore!).

[mitchy_]

when i bought my 33 2 years ago, i had never driven a skyline before..

first test drive, the owner was driving, i was in the passenger seat.

he babied it around for a good 10-15 minutes, and then we turned from some side street onto a main road, of which he babied it around the corner at probably ~10/15km/h in first gear, straightened up... and then buried his foot.

i got thrown back in my seat not knowing what the hell was going on, and had a grin from ear to ear.

this was the be the car i own!

after all that, he pulled over and we swapped seats.

i started her up, clutch in, put it in first gear, and stalled it.

ok ok.. lets try a second time. stalled.

third time lucky? stalled.

fourth? stalled.

fifth has to be the one! stalled.

sixth (i dont want to hit double digits!!)? OFF WE WENT!

(god i hated that OS Giken twin plate from the first day, but the 300rwhp is was harnessing made me want it regardless of a stiff clutch!) after about 15 minutes i had the heavy twin plater under wraps, and we were back to sign the paper work and hand over my $21,000.

2 years, and another ~$9000 later, it doesnt feel as quick as it did that day, but i still love her!

[stink]

hey all,

Thanks for all the posts, looking like next weekend will be my pickup date and then the long drive from Brisbane to Townsville.

Anyway keep em coming.

Cheers Stink

[N1GTR]

i've got a roof full of smoke stains... the guy musta smoked like a chimney... and he didn't even use a factory option de-ioniser! then again its a one owner car, and its one of the very very few GTS4's that weren't from a snowy region (snowy region GTS4's are almost all rusted to hell). Plus the dude bought the car, and then drove it to an Apexi shop and got em to empty their entire 1991 catalogue into it... ancient tuning tools, but it works so meh.

Yeah, cant complain with free goodies

Now bring it to a NSW trackday

[dan cohen]

Remember getting in my R33. It was raining, just started to actually, with a few weeks of road grime getting all wet on the road. New tyres had just gone on for compliance also. They had that silicon oil stuff on them that a lot of new tyres come with. Like having teflon tyres in the rain.

Just what you need when you are getting on boost out of the corner for the first time in a skyline. Good to learn these leasons early. I remeber it was hard to get an idea of what it launched like, just kept getting wheel spin! What everyone says is true though, nothing seems as quick and slick ever again.

[qikstagea]

well my FIRST drive of my stagea was not that good. After bringing it over, it had the whole chem clean done etc, with the engine bay hosed out.

Water had gotten under the coil pack cover, so it was shorting and misfiring, making for an experience that truly understated the cars potential.

My SECOND drive was... holy hell... well i went from my first car - an 85 falcon, lowered kings with pedders, and a 4.9L straight six with OOOODLES of torque but SHODDY handling. NO traction, feather it out of corners sort of thing, dont drive it in the wet. - to the Stagea. Stagea RS4's arent REALLY a performance car, but with 49,500 kms on the clock, turbo AWD... sounded, smelt and WENT like a new car. The grip out of corners was brilliant... in the wet, you could stall it up, drop it and take off spinning opposite wheels. Id been in the car in japan (as an exchange student - my host family owned the car), but never driven it. Will never forget. haha if only they could see the car now.... lol