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02-19-2007, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by BillJC
Paul, entertaining but, not quite the same. I don't pay for women and I hope that my woman doesn't loose nearly the "value" that my car will loose over the next few years. ; )
..., in the end, most cars will be reincarnated into a can for my beer. And that is a fact.
02-19-2007, 05:20 PM
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Lol
Originally Posted by wombatsauce
Spoken like someone who has zero interest in cars or car history. Pretty common way of thinking though where "newer" is better than "meaningful."
02-19-2007, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by BillJC
You guys are funny.
Tell me, other than the fact that you can't get it here, what makes the skyline this super "demigod status," type car? There are other cars that can match it's performance for much less. Heck, I can out-perform it on the track in a fox body mustang with some decent suspension, motor and tire for substantially less. My point is, that yes, it may be a nice car but, I don't see why it should be any more special than any other car out there. It isn't some rare limited production Ferrari or Lambo now. It's a freaking Nissan for God's sake.
Paul, entertaining but, not quite the same. I don't pay for women and I hope that my woman doesn't loose nearly the "value" that my car will loose over the next few years. ; )
I admire cars. I still have my very first car. It's a pristine 67 mustang coupe that I have no problem cutting up to turn into an all out track car. It's in pieces now and will run some day under it's own power but, in the end, most cars will be reincarnated into a can for my beer. And that is a fact.
Tell me, other than the fact that you can't get it here, what makes the skyline this super "demigod status," type car? There are other cars that can match it's performance for much less. Heck, I can out-perform it on the track in a fox body mustang with some decent suspension, motor and tire for substantially less. My point is, that yes, it may be a nice car but, I don't see why it should be any more special than any other car out there. It isn't some rare limited production Ferrari or Lambo now. It's a freaking Nissan for God's sake.
Paul, entertaining but, not quite the same. I don't pay for women and I hope that my woman doesn't loose nearly the "value" that my car will loose over the next few years. ; )
I admire cars. I still have my very first car. It's a pristine 67 mustang coupe that I have no problem cutting up to turn into an all out track car. It's in pieces now and will run some day under it's own power but, in the end, most cars will be reincarnated into a can for my beer. And that is a fact.
02-20-2007, 01:52 AM
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Originally Posted by BillJC
You should see the tractor I drive on the weekends!
02-20-2007, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by youpers
Why are you on a car forum professing NOT to be a car guy? No one is impressed by your pseudo-buddhist ideas on non-attachment here. Bring them over to the Buddhist forums. Here we discuss cars and how much we love them (any and all cars, including mustangs). My professional opinion; I think you are searching for attention. If you want a lesson in non-attachment, don't respond to this thread anymore and you will be closer to happiness young padawan.
Don't go getting all philosophical now because that is just plain amusing. I've been a car guy since I was a kid. There are cars that I do admire and there are ones that I don't. Skylines being one of them. I don't see the point as to why it is so highly regarded.
Obviously you can't take a joke as my quote in your post was. But, as a fact. I do have a tractor as well and drive it regularly discing the field at my parents farm. Every now and then I even drive into town just to grab a soda.
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02-20-2007, 08:41 AM
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Think of it as an AWD Supra, except it looks much better, has 4 seats, and it's not attainable in the states. With a little tuning, the GT-R can do some serious *** kicking on the track. For Nissan guys, there's really nothing like it. And there might be thousands of them, but I never see them outside of the internet and the occasional car show.
If you don't care about the Skyline, I can understand. But how you can like Subaru's enough to be on this forum and not understand how anyone likes the Skyline so much is beyond me.
If you don't care about the Skyline, I can understand. But how you can like Subaru's enough to be on this forum and not understand how anyone likes the Skyline so much is beyond me.
02-20-2007, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Chrisnonstop
Eh, it looks like a honda with a bad body kit glued on. Sorry I made fun of your dream car. To each his own. But you're right, I'm someone that has no interest in cars or car history...that's why I drive a subaru and am a member of this site...hmmm.
So having an account on i-club and driving a Subaru means you are interested in cars? Hmmm... Now THAT is funny.
02-20-2007, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by BillJC
Who says I'm not a car guy? I don't believe I've ever posted that anywhere. Maybe you should take a class on reading comprehension instead of philosophy and psychology. My point was very clear. I don't understand why everyone hoists the skyline up to the top of the automotive heap like a god. That is all. Do you need me to spell it out in bold letters? For me, to see one get crushed does nothing for me. It's just another car. There are thousands of them.
Don't go getting all philosophical now because that is just plain amusing. I've been a car guy since I was a kid. There are cars that I do admire and there are ones that I don't. Skylines being one of them. I don't see the point as to why it is so highly regarded.
Obviously you can't take a joke as my quote in your post was. But, as a fact. I do have a tractor as well and drive it regularly discing the field at my parents farm. Every now and then I even drive into town just to grab a soda.
Bill
Don't go getting all philosophical now because that is just plain amusing. I've been a car guy since I was a kid. There are cars that I do admire and there are ones that I don't. Skylines being one of them. I don't see the point as to why it is so highly regarded.
Obviously you can't take a joke as my quote in your post was. But, as a fact. I do have a tractor as well and drive it regularly discing the field at my parents farm. Every now and then I even drive into town just to grab a soda.
Bill
Had it been, lets say a 93 Cobra - R Mustang in the wrecker, I'd most likely go, "that sucks" then move on with my day. So I can see where you're coming from. It is true that with the exception of very few cars, almost all have the fate of the wreck yard or stuck in a museum never to be enjoyed that way they are meant to, on the open road.
What I still don't get is why crunch a car into a ball when as, parts they're worth so much more.
02-21-2007, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Chrisnonstop
No offense, but the styling of those cars is soooo out dated. If I saw that next to a honda, I wouldn't be able to distinguish them at first glance. Performance is one thing, (with enough money you can make a lawn mower perform well) but if I'm spending a GRIP on a car it better look the part as well.
02-21-2007, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul@dbtuned
By the same notion, a woman is merely a receptacle for my seed.
So why bother looking for the most bestest receptacle for my seed?
Why do us men do 90% of **** that we do just to attract a "suitable" mate when a Rosie O'Donnel would do just fine in baking my seed into a demon?
So why bother looking for the most bestest receptacle for my seed?
Why do us men do 90% of **** that we do just to attract a "suitable" mate when a Rosie O'Donnel would do just fine in baking my seed into a demon?
02-21-2007, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by BillJC
It isn't some rare limited production Ferrari or Lambo now. It's a freaking Nissan for God's sake.
Thats why everyone loves them.
And if everyone here had a choice of 1 JDM car, im sure only 2 of 10 would pick a skyline for the money.
When someone with money buys a mediocre brand car (STi,Elise,M3), it says to the world "im a rich yuppy *** but i can still drive" not like the posers that DO buy the lambos and ferraris and throw there money away in hopes of instant racer cred.
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no offense to anyone...i only read thru page 2 and i got tired of it.
i JUST got back from japan...and skylines there are BORING! i saw at least 50 of them in the 5 days i was there....what i didnt see was more than 10 hondas put together!
In japan they look at skylines as another civic or integra here...and hondas as the nicer car....so to each their own and you always want what you cant have......end of story!
side note....Subaru Forster STi FTW...so pretty! only saw 1 STi which was the 555 car and then TONS of legacy wagons and sedans along with a bunch of imprezzas.
i JUST got back from japan...and skylines there are BORING! i saw at least 50 of them in the 5 days i was there....what i didnt see was more than 10 hondas put together!
In japan they look at skylines as another civic or integra here...and hondas as the nicer car....so to each their own and you always want what you cant have......end of story!
side note....Subaru Forster STi FTW...so pretty! only saw 1 STi which was the 555 car and then TONS of legacy wagons and sedans along with a bunch of imprezzas.
