Hey guys, im new and just bought an R33

[Ruffels]

^^^^ exactly

hey it could have been worse i could have not bought this car while i was on my l's and had no experience in it what so ever, got it on my 18th birthday, got in it as a new p'plater and have no idea what im doing.

its a bit like the whole curfew idea for p-platers..... its stupid because if they dont get the opertunity to drive late at night while they are on thier p's then they will be just as inexperienced when they turn 21 and get thier opens, its not like you turn 21 and wake up with new skills and experience lol

thats also why i dont agree with power to weight restrictions, because i know plenty of people who are on thier opens who are too inmature and irrisponsible to be behind the wheel of a powerful car.

anyways people i didnt really intend for this thread to turn into a learner driver, insurance, and power to weight restriction topic, it was more a thread to intorduce myself and show my car.

so if any mods are reading this then i think it may be a good idea to lock this thread

cheers

thanks everyone!

hope to see you round, give me a wave if you see me driving around.

-Ruffels

[tmb86]

I really cannot be bothered reading the entire topic, but i have to agree with what i have read.

I am 19, on my P's and live in Box Hill (and currently making just shy of 50,000k a year).

I see alot of P platers getting away with it, but then again you just have to check like carsales.com.au or carpoint.com.au to see how many P platers are having 'urgent sales' of their skylines.

Vicroads probably dont have a clue, and alot of police officers probably dont, allegedly those 'TMU' bastards are the ones that know their shit.

That really is too powerful for a p-plater, i drive a car that is way less powerful then that, and i drive it ****en fast (140km/h down wellington road before i decided that was enough hehe :$ or 160 around fishermens bend) Not dangerously, but fast, i didnt at first, but thats how it happens, when you have a car that has a bit of zip, you thrash it

I also spend ALOT of time in knox, scoresby, rowville area, ive been 'booze bus'ed 4x in 2 months, and waved through 3x, one time a copper was checking out every detail of my car, even the rego, im not sure he knew what sort of car it was (it is legal way legal), ive been asked for my license and everything.

So yeh, odds are you will get caught, and chances are you wont be covered.

But of a waste of money really, you should have saved up for another 6 months and gotten a WRX, a bank will loan you like 20,000 (with a gurantor), and if you have 20k already then you can get your self a nice 03 wrx for 36-37k, use the rest on insurance, and it is actually legal.

you just spent like 21k on a 10 year old car, that has no doubt be thrashed before, that you legally cant drive, and that you will be lucky to keep for the full 3 years you are on your p's.

I plan to get a rex, then when im off my P's in 2 years time hopefully a R33 GTR if my gf/future wife permits ;-) Depends :-)

Anyway, i think you should have waited, quite irresponsible of your parents to let you drive a turbo car pushing out 184kW stock, that is not legal, when you are only 17.

But i admire that you allegedly payed for it and not your parents, i despise people who do that.

Edit:

Although i just said its irresponsible for a young one to be driving such a powerful vehicle, yes a rex is pretty quick, 168kw stock, but i am more into 'the look' and 'luxury' of a car, not so much into power, i will no doubt drive it quick merely from bad habbit.

[nghiagero]

tmb 86 at job u do? i wanna piece of 50k too!

lol :wassup:

[tmb86]

Work in 'I.T', hard to say waht i do, i mean what do i call my self? Im nto sure of my own title.... I.T Consultant maybe..

Its between 40-50k It is my second job, my first was at a rather large well known national company (ASX 200 listed), so the second job was kinda just a 'we'll better what you were being payed before' sorta thing, which of course i lied about. But im worth every cent they pay me.

Anyway back to cars... I know if i had kids, i would not let my 17 year old by a 6cyl 2.5ltr Turbo :| A 4cyl car would be good for a beginner :| Maybe something around 100-110 kw :|

Or if you really wanted some power at the cost of some weight go with like an XR6, 182kW and the car ways like 1580kg :|

Edit:

My gosh my spelling was bad, weigh** buy**

[SLO-032]

hey ruffels, nice car for a 17 yo! **** i wish i had a 33 when i was 17, i had to wait 4 long years till i was 21 untill i got my baby! u sound like u got ur head screwed on so look after your baby! be carefull on the streets dude, the car takes over ya!! and yeah ditch the badge looks really try hard!!! u get respect for the car for what it is , good luck dude and welcome to the skyline owners club

[DivHunter]

Work in 'I.T', hard to say waht i do, i mean what do i call my self? Im nto sure of my own title.... I.T Consultant maybe..

Its between 40-50k It is my second job, my first was at a rather large well known national company (ASX 200 listed), so the second job was kinda just a 'we'll better what you were being payed before' sorta thing, which of course i lied about. But im worth every cent they pay me.

People whinging about the IT industyry going flat was a load of bull, just had to know where to look or know someone i reckon it's just dodgy I could be doing the same thing for almost double the money in NSW or QLD but then I like where I work, my job is easy and entertaining (most would agree a hard combo to come by).

I like IT, put me in three good cars in my short driving history

I have been booze bussed in Hallam a couple of times and often go on down to Knox etc but my skyline looks very low key and hardly gets a second look. This will only change after the P comes off. :flamed:

[R33Hesh]

ohk guys, i can see this is getting quite heated,

the matter of fact is that sure everyone has done stupid things, and im sure people will continue to do stupid things, coz we all know internet threads doesnt change a thing lol.

but for the time being im going to keep my car , and im going to go forward onto my p's with a safe, positive perspective on driving.

i think thats about all i can do for now, and allthough alot of you think its wrong, and that i shouldnt have my car, i'm going to enjoy it, enjoy driving it and even washing it every week end that i do

coz its my pride and joy and i really don't want to sell it.

so thanks for everyone who has posted, i hope no one was affended, especially you starionturbo, if you though i was flaming you or having a go at you

and i hope t see you all out and about, and posibly at some cruises and meets in the future  

-Ruffels

damn rite mate, u keep ur car im with ya all theway

[TracidTrax]

Chances are it will be over the power/weight ratio.

Theres no chance about this, havnt we all just said it is over the allowed ratio?

BTW nice car Mark, where abouts in Melb r ya anywayz?

[Ruffels]

hey TracidTrax, thankx

im in the northeastern suburbs, like around greensborough way

Also just like to congradulate Foznice (rylan) for his new purchase of an R32 gts-t, he is 17 also and is a good mate of mine

-Ruffels

[paulr33]

keep the car and drive it just be sensible about it and do a driving course.

how many meters would you need to stop your car in the wet at 60km/h?

do yourself a favour and do a course and you'll find out how hard it is