Definately. I only now noticed that in Xpeed's pic, it's Darth Vader driving the kart thing XD

:) I wished the US Spec Ariel Atom came with the K20 Type R engine, but instead we get a lame ass engine from a Chevy, even though they say the engine is bulletproof, it doesn't make the same "VTEC kicked in yo" sound from the K20.

I'd rather get a B18 turbo, VTEC + Turbo + good looks :D

K20 is an ugly engine :(

A new mod for my car!

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Does it make the car go, "BROOOOM?"

Does it make the car go, "BROOOOM?"

Who cares? It looks cool =3

Haha, I was only kidding. It's just because my brother put a pod on his old Integra, and all it did was make a lot of noise :)

Open air filters like that make the car more noisy. I don't like them, because they suck hot air from the engine compartment. Hot air = less oxygen = lower performance. If I got a filter like that I'd tuck it away in a filterbox.

http://image.hondatuningmagazine.com/f/8786411/htup_0803_20_z+1999_honda_civic_si_coupe+jdm_mugen _intake_airbox.jpg

Like that Mugen airbox. Although I'd go for a cheaper knock-off XD preferrably a coolchamber (http://www.coolchamber.com/)

^ That is why I'm currently building my own custom-built airbox for my intake. Plus, the heat shield helps and I located the filter away from the engine block and headers to increase cool air.

You should do something about your exhaust manifold btw, it looks dirty/rust/not nice :P

^ That's because it's stock. I hate it because they used iron for the manifold, but what can I do? I don't need one so I might as well deal with it. :P

You could consider getting one that doesn't rust and als gain some performance boost from it :P Just an airfilter will make your car noisier but won't add that much to performance, to get real performance get an aftermarket header and replace your complete exhaust system :P

If I ever have money to spare, I want to get a 4-2-1 stainless steel header and a custom 2.25" exhaust front to back, with a testpipe instead of the catalytic converter for optimal performance. Add the coolchamber I posted above I should get at least 120 or so BHP from my 1.5 litre engine :)

^ I already knew the air filter won't give me much power increase, but I wanted one since I bought the car. The stock manifold doesn't rust, it's just the way the materials is colored, but it's still ugly. I wished I can find a shop nearby that will do a custom manifold for me out of titanium. That's my ultimate dream to have in my car. I can care less about the exhaust, because I'm currently saving up for a new car and future mods. *Subaru Legacy Spec B* :D


Your Honda is probably the easiest to mod though, such a big market in aftermarket parts and all. Mine doesn't even past over 10 items in the aftermarket for performance.

Oh yeah, I also custom place the stock air flow towards the intake so that only cool air will flow through it, and placed a shield near it so that the hot air won't go near it. So far, I've noticed major differences in response and acceleration after 4k rpm.

That's good :) I replaced my stock filter with a K&N replacement filter, which is the same but made of different materials. I haven't really noticed a difference though, so that was a slight let-down :( On the other hand, I never have to replace the K&N filter, just clean it once in a while, so it's still worth the money.

Tomorrow I'm going to remove the resonance box underneath the filter, which should make the car sound more grumpy :D And maybe add a slight performance boost.

^ Haha, that's a good investment. Before I got the intake, I had a TRD Performance air filter for my car, which is the same as K&N and that didn't need replacing either. Just cleaning at home is all it takes. I didn't notice any difference either but I knew cleaner air would get to my engine. XD

My friend offered to boost my car, as in turbo it out, but I prefer my 33/36 mpg over performance. :D

I do 1:17 with my car (litre/KM). No idea what MPG that is XD but it's much better than most petrol cars.

By the way, if you boost it with a turbo, you can still get very good MPG, the turbo only kicks in at higher RPM, so if you want to save petrol, keep the RPM low, when you want to be quick, floor it. When driving on the motorway, going 70 or so MPH, the turbo shouldn't be doing anything. So it all depends on your driving style, turbo or not. I'm gonna try to get as much performance for as little money as possible for my engine. I find that more interesting than a car that looks al flashy and shiney XD

Think thats just under 40mpg so you're pretty close. Bit of carefull driving and youd both be doin about the same methinks.

Angelic: aren't you from the UK? I know for certain that UK uses the mile system on the highway measurements instead of Kilometers.

I'm from the Netherlands :P Not the UK

ah icic never knew! XD

But anyway, get that boost and you'll be badass B)

Haha, I wished, my friends have already boosted their camrys and man, it's a beast. One even tried to twin turbo it, but he said that having one single big turbo was the best set up. He also owns three other cars that he boosted and one of them is a beastly Supra TT with over 900hp. XD

Went to a meeting last night, just a small one, two people took pictures:

http://s279.photobucket.com/albums/kk144/EsSieJ66/meeting%2027-03-2009/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zanthraxnl/sets/72157616023501076/detail/

I'm not in any of them :P

I spy a ring memoir, and... I guess someone who really likes dicks hovering above em?

I don't know what the story behind the dick image is XD What do you mean with the ring memoir?

Nurburgring, Nord....schleife if my spelling is anywhere near the real one, dont know how to umlaut tho :(...or even if Im spelling it right XD 4am post ftw.

Oh that, yeah, some people go there and get the sticker :P In fact, the guy who's car has the sticker should be there today, but in a rented Volkswagen Scirocco.

Thats on my todo list of things to do before im an old fart. They renting their own cars now? I heard there was tight monitoring by rental car companies cause people would drop in rent a car, tear it up on the track and then return it, which... well sucked for them.

One of my dreams is to go to Germany and drive a car on the Nurburgring Nordschleife Course.

It's about one and a half hours for me. Maybe I should see if I can go there next time some of the people I know are going.

Update, I just bought a coolchamber from someone from a Honda forum, just need to get a filter to put in there and I should get a few more HP and a much better throttle response :P

One of my dreams is to go to Germany and drive a car on the Nurburgring Nordschleife Course.

We share a common dream sir. :thumb:

Before:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/aboot/enginebay_oemkn.jpg

After:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/aboot/enginebay_waitenzo.jpg

It's quite noisy now when I accelerate fully, though still very quiet at constant speed :) I'm just waiting for my Coolchamber to arrive through the mail, and then I'll have the best of both a WAI and a CAI ^_^

Welcome to the club sir! Cheers

Today I took out the resonance box. It turns out that the air goes in through a pipe that's in the engine compartment, goes into a box behind the bumper from which it's connected to the air filter box. So basically it was sucking in hot air all along x_x can't wait for my coolchamber.

Nice. If you were not getting a coolchamber, investing in a good heat shield is a good investment. So far, my gas mileage as increased ever since I installed it. :P

I got my Coolchamber yesterday. I actually ordered it before buying the rest of the setup :P

So far my car's been thirstier, but since this setup is new to me, I've been driving a bit more... restless :heh: Now my engine only gets cold air, so I'll have to see if the mileage actually gets better. I kind of do want a B16 throttle body though, since it's 60mm instead of the 58mm I have now, which apparently gives me more torque and makes the gas response a lot better. Then again, I'll first see how the current setup holds up :P

Nice. Although, I would like to have a EG as a project car, but I prefer to have a DC5 or a NA2 as a nice little project car. :P

DC2 > DC5

NSX is way too cool to just be messing around with.

But Spoon showed the world it can be beyond cool. Cooler. XD

BTW, I'm playing Gran Turismo 5 Prologue with other people online and they are some stupid bastards. I'm lucky enough to even cross the finish line in time after what they do to me during a race. -_-

I don't PS3 games :P I did play Project Gotham on Xbox360 though, my friend had some Ferrari and I beat him with an NSX :D

BTW, I'm playing Gran Turismo 5 Prologue with other people online and they are some stupid bastards. I'm lucky enough to even cross the finish line in time after what they do to me during a race. -_-

:thumb:

Gran Turismo is the only game you'll ever need. XD Over break, my friends and I went to Best Buy and played the Prologue all day in front of their best TV and surround system. "Our car broke down." :lol:

Gran Turismo = Eww. It has such a major flaw, which really turns me off it. Unlike many other racing games, when the AI avoids wacking into you when your taking their line, Gran Turismo's AI simply follows one line, and one line only. If your in the way, it'll whack into you. Now would that ever happen in real life racing?

I think not.

Let's not talk about racing games here - this thread is for real cars. If you want to discuss racing games you can open a topic for that in the game forum.

Gran Turismo = Eww. It has such a major flaw, which really turns me off it. Unlike many other racing games, when the AI avoids wacking into you when your taking their line, Gran Turismo's AI simply follows one line, and one line only. If your in the way, it'll whack into you. Now would that ever happen in real life racing?

I think not.

Actually, they fixed that problem in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. The AI now avoids you if you're in their way and they drive around you if you're too slow for them. :heh:

Yeah, back on topic now. I was watching Top Gear about their challenge with 18-wheels rigs. Pretty damn funny.

http://i2.bebo.com/046b/19/medium/2008/11/12/04/3313166204a9398742924m.jpg

With one sun-tanned arm XD Rig stig rules.

*bump*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/aboot/air_intake_coolchamber.jpg

Crappy camera pic.

So I went to a friends house the other day to use his car computer to find out why my check engine light came on (my car was running lean so I put some fuel injector cleaner in the gas tank first to see if that will solve the problem. If not then it could be something like a vacuum hose leak). I noticed something for the first time while looking under my hood. My '98 Ford Contour runs on a distributor. That seems pretty funny to me as distributors were being phased out in the early '90's if I remember correctly.

You mean a timing belt? Or did you get the word for carburettor spelt wrong? :P

Nope. A distributor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributor). Modern cars use direct ignition. Here's a little animation of how it works http://auto.howstuffworks.com/ignition-system4.htm.

Oh, that. My car has that to. I think new engines developed in the nineties don't have them anymore (usually) but keep in mind that some engines are around for over 20 years. My civic uses a D-series engine (D15B7) which was used up to 2002 if I'm not mistaken, but the first one was from the mid-eighties.

edit: I was mistaken (from wikipedia): The D-series was introduced in 1984 and ended production in 2005 with the introduction of the 8th generation Honda Civic

That's a lifespan of 21 years, and up to 2005 they had distributors.

Hey Neko, here are some nice Civic engines to look at.

This took place around my neighborhood.


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Sweet! Gotta love the clean engine bay in the 2nd picture

I finally decided to wash and wax my car even though it was 33 celsius outside. >_<

Still it was fun and well, my car is nice and smooth.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a48/xspeed/Camry-05.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a48/xspeed/Camry-06.jpg

Oh and saw this today, some rich kid's car.
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whats up with your headlights? they look murky in the middle? or is it just me.

It's oxidized, i'm getting new headlights soon.

Why do you have hubcaps?

DOMO!

I've tried to get into cars but I just can't get the pasion of it. I don't get how guys do it so naturally without effort. -.-" It's too hard for me. Although I do know what I like and I definatley like this... Just not the colour.

My uncle used to own a porsche. It rocked. Then he sold it :(

Why do you have hubcaps?

Because I don't know how to steal rims from other cars. :P

Haha, no, I am planning to get some enkeis soon. I'm going to keep them till I need new tires and then buy the rims all together. :sweat:

Oh yes, here some new pics

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a48/xspeed/DSC02106.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a48/xspeed/DSC02105.jpg

Now I need to wash my other car. :D

I spy a reflection!

What kind of gas mileage does your car get xspeed?

about 33 city/ 40 hwy.

How much did it cost you?

I bought it back in 2005 for $18k-$19k US for the LE package, which is inbetween the cheap CE and the luxury XLE and Sporty SE.

The new ones cost more now.

Just came back from a small Honda meeting, no pics though. There were only about 6 cars anyway, but had a good time :P

I want an awesome car.

^ Get a used Subaru or Nissan 240, make them into track cars. XD

Subaru should only be used for rally driving.

True, but not any more since Subaru is not longer competing in WRC.

That's beside the point. 4WD > Rally driving. No discussion possible.

My car failed its APK (Dutch MOT) today :( all rubbers in the suspension are completely busted and need to be replaced.

oh wow, that sucks. How much is that gonna run you?

Oh man....that really sucks, but hey! A great reason for you to get coilovers. :D

What would coilovers do for me to prevent this problem?

Replacing your suspensions for better handling type? Or get better ones that'll pass the test for you.

Lol, not that part of the suspension. It's the rubber rings that are all around the trailing arms and such under the car.

Gives me a good excuse to get a kit like this:

http://www.fullcartuning.nl/images/fotos/7171-Energy-Suspension-HYPERFLEX-SYSTEM-Complete-Master-Bushing-Set-Honda-Civic-8891--.jpg

Oh....then be more specific. :D

New plans. Civic's going, another car's coming. I'm tired of this thing XD

A clue A clue!

/me hopes for something german, with a v in it!

Lol. Neko won't get anything with more than four cylinders in it. You should know better than that Luis.

Neko should get a Hummer H1....that will help the environment. =D

Haha.

Get an NSX!

Lol. Neko won't get anything with more than four cylinders in it. You should know better than that Luis.

I'd never get something American. I'd love to get the new Honda Legend, which is an I6, if I had the money for it.

But I'm thinking of getting a Honda Accord at some point.

Ermm....the Honda Legend doesn't come with a I6. It's a V6. =| All Japanese car companies stopped making Inline-6 engines because it's no economical and fuel efficient to today's market. :D It's a shame since I loved the RB26DETT and 2JZ-GTE I-6 engines. Also BMW I-6 were nice but even they stopped making I6 engines.

EDIT: Erase that, BMWs still make I-6 engines. I was confused where they don't make V6 engines. =P

I'll be damned, you're right XD

Ah well, as long as it's Japanese or European I'm fine with it. Japanese for performance, European for luxury. American cars are all plastic and lousy performance :bleh:

edit: Oh yeah, tomorrow I'm gonna trade in the Civic for a Concerto:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/aboot/concerto.jpg

That'll make a good temporary car until I get some money to buy an Accord :)

Mmmm, if I had 30K to spend on a car I'd get me a 2010 Ford Taurus SHO :drool:


The 3.5L EcoBoost™ is the first North American production twin-turbocharged direct-injection V6 engine. And Taurus SHO is the first and only vehicle in its class* to feature the EcoBoost engine. This engine provides better fuel economy** and fewer emissions than a V8. EcoBoost combines two different technologies – turbocharging and direct injection – to deliver the performance of a much larger engine with the fuel economy of a smaller engine.** It churns out 365 horsepower and 350 lb.-ft. of torque across a wide 1,500 – 5,000 rpm range. And it does all that with an estimated 17 city/25 highway fuel economy.** Compared to a naturally aspirated engine, the 3.5L EcoBoost twin turbocharged direct injection V6 engine provides higher performance, better fuel economy** and fewer CO2 emissions: • Improved transient response enabled by the direct injector reduces “turbo lag,” overcoming the traditional disadvantage of downsizing and boosting • More efficient fuel consumption is the result of a high compression ratio enabled by direct injection, which provides air charged cooling *Class is five-passenger Large Car. **EPA-estimated 17 city/25 hwy (AWD).

Ford.

Lulz

Well compared to Chrysler and GM (Now known as Government Motors), Ford barely asked any loan from the government let alone go bankrupt. Ford is actually doing a pretty damn good of a job to gain profits instead of cry and go to Uncle Sam for money and still end up losing all that money.

Don't grade a car's capabilities by the history of its administration team. Grade it by the production history. After all, the only reason those companies became government owned was because their human resource and financial departments were run incorrectly.

A car visualizer such as yourself should understand that better than anyone.

I think Ford makes really boring cars :mellow:

Don't grade a car's capabilities by the history of its administration team. Grade it by the production history. After all, the only reason those companies became government owned was because their human resource and financial departments were run incorrectly.

A car visualizer such as yourself should understand that better than anyone.

I did, I was stating with GM's past lineup of cars, the number of brands they owned and brand re-engineering (Having the same model car that is used in 3-4 of their other owned brands), is the reason why GM were losing money fast. Instead of selling off the brands that didn't do well, like Hummer, Oldsmobile, Saab, and Pontiac, they were risking too much money in such a broad market. They didn't have much variety in their lineup. The only brands that were making money for them was Chevrolet, Cadillac, and Saturn, but even then they weren't making cars that people wanted in the market, they kept on building trucks and cars with big engines.

Even though GM finally came out with great products since of last year, it was already too late. They ended up getting rid of Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab, and Hummer. They should of sold Hummer right away because nobody wanted a car that guzzles gas 2 gallons a mile. Oldsmobile was sold too late for having no new products, and they sold Pontiac because they said it had no reason to keep it, even though Pontiac started coming out with great new cars, like the Solstice, G8, G6, and maybe even more in the future if they allowed it. Saturn was sold off to Penske only because Penske saw the potential Saturn had in the future. The Volt is taking way too long to go in production, and it's a bit too late for them when they started the Hybrid trend.

Ford on the other hand, like you said, had good people in the administration. I now believe Ford is coming out with cars that people actually like, instead of just their trucks, people are now buying their other cars and suvs.

My $0.02.

The problem with most Americans is that it took them a very long time to realise there's nothing wrong with a 1.6 engine, or with diesel. Those who think there is something wrong with them aren't the brightest kind.

American car manufacturers finally seem to realise that instead of carburettors they should have direct injection, turbo chargers and wotsnot :P

Volkswagen had a version of the Sharan (one of those people carrier vans) with only a 1.4 litre engine, with a supercharger bolted onto it for the low RPM regions, and a turbo for the higher RPM's. Basically the engine was constantly boosted, giving it a lot of power for such a small thing. But it takes people in a country where large engines are generally frowned upon to develop such a thing.

If the high fuel prices have done anything good, it's promoting fuel efficient motoring. Of course, only in Europe and Asia.

^ I totally agree. I seriously think that American companies should start offering diesel engines to their cars as they do in European markets. The only problem is that we Americans are so into big engines to compensate our little egos, we frown upon diesel engines in cars, but we love diesels in big trucks and pick-ups. Even some SUVs maybe.

I don't think it's an ego problem, it's just that large engines are generally smoother than smaller ones (and petrol is generally smoother/quieter than diesel), however with modern cars it doesn't matter that much anymore. Diesel engines are becoming less noisy and smaller engines run much better than they used to.

If you drive a Volvo S80 with a 2.4 litre petrol engine, you'll never miss that 4 litre V8 again.

With our generation in America, we are seeing a transition to car with 4-cylinders instead of 6. My parents are older (one a senior citizen lol) and they used to tell me that they would buy a car with a V6 because of performance in the winter time, on highways, and climbing mountains. They used to be convinced that 4-cylinders would leave for more to be desired in these conditions. I think they are seeing things differently now though I can personally see their concerns as I drive a 4-cylinder 1998 Ford Contour. I do notice a lag in power during the previously mentioned conditions compared to their 2005 Buick Rondezvous. In more modern 4-cylinder engines, this noticability is significantly less.

As for the mentioned more use of diesel, I would highly doubt that we would ever see diesel become as popular as it is in Europe. For this to happen, the price of diesel fuel would have to fall below that of petrol for it to catch on. Also, because of the strange smell that comes from a diesel engine, people believe it to be dirty (when in fact it is not). Also, we are working to find a new source of energy such as hydrogen to power our cars. Personally, at the monent I see compressed air as more promising then a hydrogen car. For hydrogen cars to really take off, it will take the work of an entrepreneur with a big pair balls will to risk it all and a team of engineers to produce a clean, cheap, an easily accessible way of producing pure hydrogen.

Another thing that bothers me is how, at least in America, car companies seem to only play to the baby boomer generation. They targeted them when they were young with awesome muscle cars and they tempt them today with more luxurious models. What about us, the internet generation!?

^ That would be cars with turbos and rwd. As for diesels, the price of diesel right now is far below that of petrol fuel. Plus the new diesel engines from VW, BMW, and M-Benz don't even give of that putrid smell and it burns lot cleaner than decades ago. Technology has indeed grown. Plus diesel powered cars tends to have higher mpg compared to a petrol car with the same amount of power, but diesels have higher torque so it makes up in performance wise. I still think we Americans should try to attempt to start buying diesel powered cars now but we still hunger for performance over economy right now.

As for diesels, the price of diesel right now is far below that of petrol fuel.

:huh:

Looking out my window at the gas station across the street, I see Unleaded 87 as $2.579 / Gal and Diesel is $2.859 / Gal. I'd say that's pretty above the price of petrol the last time I checked my math skills. :heh:

The diesel in my area is $2.62. That's why I stated it. Guess it's different everywhere else. I live in California so petrol costs more than diesel.

Ah, that explains it. California has tougher standards with their fuel emissions so I guess the extra chemicals they put in drive the price up. It's still weird that diesel is $0.23 cheaper over there on the west coast.

Question for my American friends XD

My car has an automatic transmission (not by choice, I could get this car or no car at all) and I'm just wondering, is there anything I can do to make it quicker? XD My friend says you can't get more performance out of it since the automatic gearbox won't like it, since it's set to a certain amount of BHP and everything.

Anyone knows anything on this? :P

I believe the short answer is no.

The last I recall, the automatic transmission still is basically a mechanical system that uses hydraulic pressures to shift the gears. Over Drive, which should be standard in automatic transmission now, helps to improve the performance a little bit. Besides that I don't think you can unless replacing your AT fluid with one of a different viscosity would aide in this.

Some things you may want to know if you never really driven an AT before would be when you park, you should also engage the hand/parking brake. Park in an AT only puts a pin in one of the gears so you could be asking for trouble parking on steep hills without the parking/hand brake. Use Over Drive unless your hauling a trailer, it's better for your MPG. Besides that, enjoy the fact that you are no longer driving but pointing and aiming and getting less fuel economy than a MT! :heh:

^ That last sentence may be true a decade ago, but today, automatics are getting the same or even better mpgs than cars with manual transmissions.

As for performance, you can make your car go quick without changing or worrying about your transmission going out. I know a person that has a 500+hp camry V6 with a huge T62 turbo running on stock auto transmission. That car pulls and his transmission hasn't given away yet. It can also depend on the type of transmission the car has. Some are designed to take abuse, some don't. Do some more research behind your car and see if there were any people that has modded it. My only suggestions to make your car quicker would be to take everything that's useless out your car to make it lighter. :D

I don't wanna make my car lighter, I like the interior XD

Then loose some pounds fatty. XD J/k.

Or stick a really big spoiler on it. You'll go so fast! :lol:

Whale tails ftw.

So, I'm taking a small engines class this semester, in which I'll be overhauling my lawn mower engine =P. Then I'll be able to take an automotive class next year! Woooooh.

Did they really show this on UK TV!?

Warning. This video contains a graphic representation of what can happen while texting and driving and is not for those that are faint at heart. Viewer digression is advised.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o54ikTsaLsE

So after seeing this video, is something of this magnitude need to get the message across to teens?

It doesn't matter how graphic the videos are. Teenagers who text and drive are the teens who have the mindset "Oh, it'll never happen to me." Though, I guess if those kinds of videos save one life, they're worth the money. Honestly though, I don't think they help much.

I've seen a similar video in the UK for keeping to the 30 mile speed limit within town borders. Quite graphic. I'll see if I can find it again.

edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvja-PA5Egc

^I saw an american version of that once. Except it was like "Hit me at 25 and there's a 80% chance I'll live, hit me at 35 and there's a 80% chance I'll die." Something like that anyways. I remember it having an 80% live and die, and that the speeds weren't too far off.

I picked up some steelies today, and the shaking is gone, wheeeee.

Some quick phone pics :P
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/aboot/IMAG0014.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/aboot/IMAG0015.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/aboot/IMAG0016.jpg

Burger king ftw :D

tuned a budget air intake (thing used to suck in only hot air from the engine bay, wasting my MPG rate x_x )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/aboot/IMAG0012.jpg

left hand drive just made my head spin for a few seconds.

Didn't know you were from a country where they do it wrong :P ;)

I looked at your speedometer and had to pause for a second "Oh yeah, that's km/h not mph." XD

Nice man. How's the automatic transmission working for you?

It's okay, it's not fast but I get around (it could be quicker but I'd have to use the kickdown and I think that's a waste of petrol).

It seems to be more responsive now that I've installed the airbox though, since it sucks in cold air now (used to be hot air from the engine bay - and I mean HOT air.

That's a clean car Neko.

Some dude from Sweden spent 20,000 hours putting together this awesome Batmobile replica.
The 700-horsepower Batmobile was built on a 1973 Lincoln Continental chassis, took 3 years to build and costs $1 million.
According to dvice.com it is loaded with cool stuff like machine guns (replica), video cameras (rear view) and plasma tv. A small video clip below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OIEcfNmiv4

Damn that's amazing! Although I reakon that's only a show off thing... WHY WOULD YOU SPEND $1 million ON A CAR?!?!?! -.- I just dont get it.

probably because they can? lol

Which is always the best reason to do things. ^_^

My first car. I am beyond proud with what I found.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6670/golf1n.jpg

1997 Golf CL, 5 spd manual. I only messed up once and put the windscreen wipers on instead of the indicator, but only once. :)

I am officially in love.

Congrats on your first car :P

Sorry to hear you're joining the volkswagen league though XD Already speeding excessively?

I'm not sorry to hear it.

And not just yet, the policing authorities in victoria are extremely strict about speeding. If I do, then I don't plan on doing it on any main roads. And I only just bought it, I'll probably wait till I've paid it off then take it off the clock and blow the engine ect.

Which look better on my car?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/aboot/welkevelgen.jpg

Top: Honda OEM Del Sol VTi 14"
Bottom: Intra something 15"

Did you... photoshop rims on your car? :lol:

I like the bottom ones.

Yep, to get an idea of what they'd look like :P

Bottom ones would be cool if they weren't in a fruity color.

Bottom ones

Second one. Seem to fit better the car's style.

Bottom ones would be cool if they weren't in a fruity color.

They aren't, used used a bad image to shop them on

Oh, then, the bottom ones for sure.

bottom ones ftw

Bottom ones were gone. So I went for the top ones instead :P

It's the tyres I care for most.

So I was wondering, my car is 12 years old. How often should I put fuel injector cleaner in my tank? Is there any other little things of maintenance I should be doing because of its age?

I personally don't think those injector cleaners really do anything. Just a waste of money.

I've heard the same thing too, except that its only the cheap ones that don't really work. You need to buy the more expensive ones. I did it last June when my check engine light came on and the computer said that the fuel mixture was too lean and I noticed my MPG go up about 3-4MPG and the check engine light did not come back on. Now it seems to be settling back to where it was.

Do you always wait with getting petrol until the fuel light comes on? Because that might cause residu from your petrol tank to get in your fuel system.

I used to always top up when it gets to half, but now that my injectors are shot I only have it half full at max until I get it fixed. Baby's going to mechanic on friday

I normally fill up when I'm between a quarter and empty tank.

that should be fine then.

I sometimes fill her up when there's only like 5 litres left :P (though usually I have 10+ litres left)

Since I no longer have my camry, I now drive my second car, which is actually not really a car, more like a in-between a car and suv.....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/FX-04.jpg
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I miss my camry....it had twice the cargo space than this. lol

If you guys didn't know what happened to me this past December....this is what my car looked like after.

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Mmm, Burnt Orange is delicious.

Nissan = Japanese Opel XD

that begs further explanation? *curious*

Explanation for what?

How your other car rolled.

Uneven road, misjudged curve on the road, slick road conditions, fishtailed, swerved to avoid head-on collision with other cars, took the full hit to myself to prevent other people from hitting me when my car fishtailed and slid sideways towards a steep cliff wall, car hit the wall sideways at 30 mph, wheels got caught on the loose dirt, car started to flip over two times and the car stopped laying on its side. Lucky for me, the car didn't end up on the road while it was flipping so it avoided involving other drivers.

I only said two words during the whole thing: "Oh Shit!"

The car engine was still running and I started to see smoke rising out from the front, so I quickly put the car in P gear, turned it off and took my seat belt off. I was literally hanging sideways inside the car.

'__' I only got a sprained left hand and bump on the head. I had to climb out from the car through the passenger door, which was jammed halfway so I barely got out. The ambulance ride is very uncomfortable. I hope that would be my last.

1. Nice story + without any real harm.
2. I meant Angelic lol.

@Xpeed: Most important is of course that you're okay :) cars can be replaced, bodyparts are generally a bit more difficult... Still sucks though :(

@Luis: Opel is a German car brand and during the nineties and early 2000's they were known to be of less quality than most German brands like Audi and Volkswagen. Nissan used to have the same reputation amongst Japanese cars. They were good but often had these little issues that other Japanese cars didn't have, and slightly less build quality.

Although I doubt that really matters nowadays.

You wore your seat belt. Good man! :thumb:

People who don't wear their seatbelt deserve to die, natural selection and such.

So does that mean people who take the bus need to die? Then again, it's a rolling coffin.

No, bus is different, there usually are no safety belts there.

Then again, who would ride a bus? XD

Me, obviously >:O

Buses don't crash, they're too heavy. :P

True, in a normal city bus you normally can't even crash, because the bus is a lot heavier than all the other traffic XD It would just bump cars out of the way. Of course, you might be unlucky enough to encounter a truck, but meh.

Tour buses usually have seatbelts though :o

speeding honda... sit in the middle of bus... look out window... POW

Also I ride the friggin bus everywhere dude, screw you XD

Like, all the country coaches (yes coaches, no normal buses cause we're worth it :P) now have seat belts. I've noticed some city buses have them but not much though......stupid city peoples...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXwEmzVm6Sg

Top gear showed that racing buses are fun and which one is appropriate to get around London the quickest.

At TG they generally don't do what you'd do with a vehicle under normal circumstances though :P

That was pretty epic. :lol:

Lol, if you think that's epic, you've not seen anything. Look for the Africa challenge, the Vietnam challenge and the one where they try to cross the English Channel with their self-built amphibian cars.

^ now those were Epic. I also liked their Arctic circle special.

Awesome advertisement.

http://deansbmw.smugmug.com/Other/Deans-Misc-Pictures/image001/825298579_rLNMN-L.jpg

...that's not a really good advertisement...

just LOL-worthy :P

http://www.bmwblog.com/2009/04/13/billboards-war-bmw-vs-audi/

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd263/carversation/840.jpg

I love those adverts. Of course, BMW makes the better cars.

^ There were a series of those ads around that time.

Since yesterday we had nice weather me and a friend thought we'd hit the road to take some pics of our cars together. He has a 1991 Rover 216 GTi, which is basically a three-door version of my car with a slightly more powerful engine (and in this case, a lot more rust).

Here's some of the pictures :D

First we found a nice field along the road:

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Then we went to a more industrial area and found an abandoned warehouse. Shame we couldn't get in:

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Since yesterday we had nice weather me and a friend thought we'd hit the road to take some pics of our cars together. He has a 1991 Rover 216 GTi, which is basically a three-door version of my car with a slightly more powerful engine (and in this case, a lot more rust).
Hahah, always good to get out when the weather's nice. Looks like you had fun. =)
Btw, my Corolla would smoke either of your cars any day. My monstrous four-cylinder engine gets my car moving 0-100kph in under forty seconds. XD
For my next car, I want something small and peppy. It looks like your car might fit the bill, actually. I want something that handles well and accelerates at a decent pace...and my old Honda scooter is pretty awesome, so I'm thinking Honda for my next car.

JEW-A-GAS!

..couldnt help myself.

Nice pics tho. Any chance you´ll be able to clean u the car tho? Not hassling you, just assume it bothers you asmuch as it bothers me lol. Money and Time are hard to come by tho. :S

Hahah, always good to get out when the weather's nice. Looks like you had fun. =)
Btw, my Corolla would smoke either of your cars any day. My monstrous four-cylinder engine gets my car moving 0-100kph in under forty seconds. XD
For my next car, I want something small and peppy. It looks like your car might fit the bill, actually. I want something that handles well and accelerates at a decent pace...and my old Honda scooter is pretty awesome, so I'm thinking Honda for my next car.

What year is your corolla? Cos this car is bigger than all the Corolla's I've seen up to the 2000's.

And it's not very fast, cos it's an automatic. :P

@Luis: What do you mean? I actually cleaned the car two days before making those pics and I washed off the dust just before taking them. If you're talking about the NL sticker on the bumper, it won't come off. My friend tried but the paint seems to come off rather than just the sticker.

What year is your corolla? Cos this car is bigger than all the Corolla's I've seen up to the 2000's.
It's a 2010 (leasing, hahah). It's not really terrible at handling or acceleration, it's just that I could do with something a bit faster and tighter turning. I used to have a Mustang, and that thing felt like a go-cart (in a good way). It accelerated fast, and the suspension wasn't...floaty, like the Corolla's is.

Too bad mustangs generally know only one direction though, which is straight on :P I always wonder why they bother putting a steering wheel in there.

Too bad mustangs generally know only one direction though, which is straight on I always wonder why they bother putting a steering wheel in there.
Whaaat? No way, it handled great, from what I remember. Maybe my memory isn't so sharp though. It was my first car, and that was like six years ago. I remember it being more responsive than most cars I've driven, though.

Well, I've never actually driven a mustang, but aren't muscle cars known for only going straight ahead? Aren't they SUPPOSED to do that? Isn't that part of what makes them muscle cars? XD

Too bad mustangs generally know only one direction though, which is straight on :P I always wonder why they bother putting a steering wheel in there.

Well, I've never actually driven a mustang, but aren't muscle cars known for only going straight ahead? Aren't they SUPPOSED to do that? Isn't that part of what makes them muscle cars?

Lol, I'm sure HC wasn't trying to take tight turns at high speeds with his Mustang. That being said, there really isn't anything wrong with buying a Mustang. That's like saying there is no point in putting a steerable front wheel on a Hayabusa. Some people just prefer to go as fast as they can as quick as they can (which takes just as much skill to do as does circuit racing).

Anyways, Mustangs are the cheapest muscle cars, you can't expect everything.

I was just kidding anyway ;) Mustangs are my favourite American cars, especially the '69 model.

I have a friend who has a Mustang, just missing the front and the money to restore it.

The new Mustangs are actually pretty good at handling. The new Challenger is a monster on the track if you opt for the SRT model, but other than that, they're boats on wheels.

On a side note: My current car was considered the fastest production SUV when it first came out in the market. Sadly, Porsche took that crown when they introduced their Cayenne Turbo. Wankers. lol

Ah, maybe mustangs do have bad handling, then. I've only driven a few cars; the Mustang seemed to handle better than most of them, but I'm no car expert, hahah. =D

Sadly, Porsche took that crown when they introduced their Cayenne Turbo. Wankers. lol

:)

Mustangs are cool, but I think I'd rather shell out for a Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 or a Ford GT if I was looking to buy an American toy.

Ah, maybe mustangs do have bad handling, then. I've only driven a few cars; the Mustang seemed to handle better than most of them, but I'm no car expert, hahah. =D

If you've driven it and liked the handling, then for you the car got good handling, lol.

:)

Mustangs are cool, but I think I'd rather shell out for a Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 or a Ford GT if I was looking to buy an American toy.

The only American car I would buy isn't even offered in America. It's the Focus RS. :D

That's German though, Ford USA and Ford in Europe have nothing in common :P

^ Same American company. But I agree, built in different country. You Europeans get all the good stuff, diesel engines too. We want diesel engines in our cars in America, but no, we're energy wasting SOBs that don't want diesel that can take us further on a liter of petrol. :P

Erm, Ford Europe may be a division of Ford USA, they make completely different cars for the most part. Ford Europe cars are designed and build in Europe for as far as I know.

It's not a division of Ford. A branch yes. A division of a car company is whole new brand that is owned and backed by the main company such as Lincoln from Ford, Lexus from Toyota, Infiniti from Nissan, Acura from Honda, etc. Ford Europe is just a European branch of Ford USA so it's still an American brand company. Most cars that Ford sell in Europe were given the thumbs up by executives in Detroit. That's my point. =)

Okay, used the wrong word. Still, Ford Europe cars have little to do with Ford USA cars, and you often can't get cars from one side of the ocean through the official dealers so you'll have to import them yourself :P That's my point.

Ford is one of the first American companies that figured out we don't want big petrol guzzling pickups :heh:

^yup because you Europeans don't have the space for them. haha :P Remember that one Top Gear episode where Jeremy Clarkson was test driving the Hummer H1? He couldn't even get around half of England in that thing. LOL

Obviously, in Europe we've realised a long time ago that bigger isn't always better :P

Obviously, in Europe we've realised a long time ago that bigger isn't always better :P

*insert pun here* :P

*sigh*

Can someone give me $124,900 USD to buy a 2005 Ford GT? :heh:

In other news, I restored my headlights! Now maybe I can see farther than 10ft at night. XD

And could anyone recomend something to fix/stop rust?

Try Electrocharged paint.

or just some sandpaper and normal paint ;p

This might come as a shock to some, but I'm actually looking for a new car :P

Get a Ford F150.

Get a Ford F150.

Why? Just why?

Get a Ford F150.

With my current car I'll spend €4500 on tax and petrol a year (if I go to uni next year). With your F150 I'd spend €13,125 on just the petrol, and probably another 2000 a year on tax.

No thank you. I'm looking for something that runs on Diesel and does at least 18 KM to the litre.

Bad points about Vauxhall/Opel Zafiras?
My mum wont get rid of hers :|

Why? Just why?


With my current car I'll spend €4500 on tax and petrol a year (if I go to uni next year). With your F150 I'd spend €13,125 on just the petrol, and probably another 2000 a year on tax.

No thank you. I'm looking for something that runs on Diesel and does at least 18 KM to the litre.

Yeah but you get more towing capacity! the Ford F150 is the only smart truck on the road.

...18 KM to the litre.

42 miles per gallon? Just don't buy a Toyota Prius. More pollution goes into making the batteries for them in third world countries then the car would ever generate in its life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGT6alnrg7I

@Whiplash: I'd rather get myself a Nissan X-Trail with diesel engine then. But I don't need it.

@Porsche: Prius is too expensive and I'd never get on in the first place.

@Gekkeiju: Depends on the year, around the 2000's Opel/Vauxhall was in a saving-money mode which lead to poor quality on the cars around that time. Still, the Zafira should sell okay if the price is right, it's a perfect family car.

Why don't you buy an original Hummer?

I will never understand why people do this

42 miles per gallon? Just don't buy a Toyota Prius. More pollution goes into making the batteries for them in third world countries then the car would ever generate in its life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGT6alnrg7I

Plus, diesel engines produce less CO2 emissions than a Prius because all that black smoke you see pluming out of the exhaust of a diesel engine is actually soot and just falls back to the ground as dust. Don't buy a Prius, get a diesel car such as a BMW 318id. They are capable of going 1000miles on a single tank without hypermiling.

BMW is a bit too expensive for me I think. I'm actually considering a Volkswagen Bora or Passat.

That may be a good fit. Why not a Jetta?

^ The Bora is the Jetta in Europe. =)

Yeah, I guess the VW diesels are good too. The M-Benz Bluetec diesel engines are really quiet. I had a GL350 Bluetec drive beside me today and I didn't know it was a diesel until I heard that classic diesel engine whining noise.

Actually the Bora is the Jetta's predecessor.

I don't like Mercedes and they're too expensive so they're out :P

Mercedes are old people cars.

Neko are you looking to get another car? o.O

Can you read? I said so a few pages ago didn't I?

I'm looking into the following cars right now:

Volkswagen Golf IV

http://www.eagletuningenkitcars.com/images/Volkswagen%20golf4.jpg

Volkswagen Bora

http://www.volkswagen-auto.ru/photo/c/vw_bora_01.jpg

Volkswagen Passat:

http://img3cdn.adoosimg.com/0e3ba82c706a80156df7773094d0-1-3.jpg

Citroën C5 Break

http://images7.speurders.nl/images/49/4910/49108447_1.jpg

Seat Leon:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/dajmin/Car/2002%20Seat%20Leon/2002_seat_leon_front01.jpg

Seat Toledo:

http://images03.olx.es/ui/1/99/54/9409554_1.jpg

Don't think that's a great diversity of cars though, all the Seat and VW ones have the same 1.9 TDi Turbo-Diesel engine and the Golf, Bora, Leon and Toledo are practically the same car. What can I say? VW makes the best diesel engines in the world.

The Citroën is just there because I've seen a nice one at a local garage, and they offer a lot of luxury for a very reasonable price. Most comfortable cars in the world.

Yet, we Americans are too dumb to conceive the efficiency of diesel because we like to waste resources and laugh at the world.

seat leon...very similar to golf but cheaper? i heard that somewhere...top or 5th gear maybe?

Dont Citroens break down a lot...?
And silver is a boring colour, have green!

Or you know, some snazzy black or something. Silver is so passé.
I like those green fiestas :D

Citroëns used to be quite prone to breaking down but nowadays they're okay... I'll probably end up getting on of the others though, the C5 and Passat are kind of on the large side.

Don't like Opel or Vauxhalls?

My mum used to have one and it broke down all the time. Just negative feelings because in general they're good cars and actually more affordable than anything from VAG.

New Vauxhalls are crappy, the bit where the radio is and stuff look like theyre made of lego :|

Ahh now you make me sad i drive a new vauxhall :(

And theres nothing wrong with the bit where the radio is. it's stylish

I might end up buying a Ford Focus. Gonna check one out near my house tomorrow after work.

I just bought a silver focus. Yay.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/aboot/0007042443.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/aboot/4.jpg

<3
i always always always wanted a gold one.
My parents wouldnt buy one though :(

I thought you had something against Fords. :huh:

I bought a saturn aura \o/

The Saturn brand officially discontinued a few months ago. /o\

^ You're actually driving a Opel/Vauxhall Vectra. :P

My goodness. I really don't understand all the European and American car brands @_@

And speaking of Vauxhall's (Holden's down here, which are much superior), I must remember to post some pictures of my new car :think:

That Saturn brand looks quite remarkably similar to Holden. Anyway they look quite interesting, the aura looks like a fair prim and proper type car.

........damn you Top Gear for getting me into cars. Now I've got another thing to try and filter my money through :heh:

Lol, why on Earth would Holden be superior? Sorry to burst your bubble but they're the exact same cars XD

well, except for a model or two but the models that are the same, are... well, the same.

My goodness. I really don't understand all the European and American car brands @_@

And speaking of Vauxhall's (Holden's down here, which are much superior), I must remember to post some pictures of my new car :think:

That Saturn brand looks quite remarkably similar to Holden. Anyway they look quite interesting, the aura looks like a fair prim and proper type car.


Wait...what? Most Holdens ARE Vauxhalls/Opels/Saturn elsewhere. GM basically pulled their badge re-engineering skills. The new Caprice Police Cars that will be sold to Police Departments are based off the Holden Commodores.

Saturns are rebadged Opels. Some Holdens are rebadged Saturns and Chevys. It's a mess if you take a look at the GM family.

The only original Holden is probably the UTE and the Maloo.

Okay, just got a question for anyone. Currently looking to buy a car of my own (family is leasing one from dad's workplace atm).

So what would be a good first car? I would like a sedan, but mainly just need something with a lot of space and a bit of power. Not something like a 300bhp V6 or a V8, but most of the hills around my area are quite harsh and I'll be transporting quite a bit of heavy music gear. I've noticed that most 4 cylinders do struggle a fair bit around my area with the tricky hills combined with tricky corners and especially when carrying weight. (think of it as mountainous).

I know it seems like I'm asking a lot but to sum it up, I need a car with a fair bit of power and that's spacious (being cheap to run would be a great bonus as well with petrol prices as they are)

So yeah, any suggestions?

Your best bet would probably be a Falcon or Commodore of some description. They're cheap, spacious and have the power you need to lug around speakers. It will be a lot easier to find one of these than a European sedan. It's a shame that living in Australia makes buying and maintaining European cars more costly.

The down side with a Falcon or Commodore is that they are heavy drinkers. They aren't designed for economy. If you have a bit of cash (and I think I remember you mentioned your dad being able to score some mates rates) then maybe a new Holden Cruze? If not, then a '98 VE or VT Commodore would suit fine.

What you need to do is spend a weekend broswing carsales and drive. You're bound to find what you want, even in rural Victoria.

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=8995200&__Qpb=true&Cr=1&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal |1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=&__N=1216%201282%204294965857%204294965745%20429492 8636%20903%20442&silo=1011&PriceTo=442&seot=1&__Nne=15&trecs=28&__sid=12A162F23A7F

Took me three seconds, it was the second result. Happy hunting!

I was thinking of something like that, but I really only have like $3000 Australian, max to spend.

You just need a slightly larger engine. Get something around a 2 litre petrol engine and you should be fine (unless you live in the bloody alps or something)

You just need a slightly larger engine. Get something around a 2 litre petrol engine and you should be fine (unless you live in the bloody alps or something)

Well, sort of like the alps. This is Australian bushland, but with more rocks and more hills and more trees. I live in a place where you are constantly either going up or down a hill. The corners are exceptionally nasty in most of the roads too. So that's why I said think of it as mountainous.

You might say I over exaggerate but you'd be surprised how many cars have trouble, my region actually accounts for 1/3 of the states crashes just due to the difficult roads.

Just thought I'd point out but I'm an absolute noob when it comes to cars, so I don't really know anything about the technicalities.

I know what you're talking about. I haven't driven much in rural Vic, but what I have seen is pretty nasty. It gets very steep and considering you said you were lugging around heavy stuff, that won't help.

I'm still sticking to my guns and say you get a Falcon or Commodore. It might be hard to get a decent one under 3k, but there's no harm in trying.

Well thanks for your help anyway, at least I know what to look for now, rather than just by going off what I can afford.

If you can afford it, get a Subaru (they come with teleport buttons). Their tires are a kick in the nuts though when it comes time to replace them.

So for my engineering capstone project my team is building a miniature formula one car. I'm trying to find some data on the air pressure drop across a car radiator versus some sort of air flow rate. I can't seem to find this kind of data. Anyone have an idea where I could find this kind of data?

I'm thinking of putting front fog lights on my golf. It's a '97 so it already has the dud lights at the bottom, underneath the regular lights. It comes standard with fog lights at the back.

Thoughts?

Why? :huh:

It looks cool.
When we drive to the snow it gets foggy.
And I want to give something back to Charlie

That reminds me. I need to hurry up and buy new bulbs for my foglamps. One blew out. =( And it's hard to find ion yellow bulbs that matches with my other working one. Might as well get a new set or new color output bulbs. Maybe some HID foglamps would be nice. Matches with my headlights. haha.

HIDs ftw. I plan on gettin a car soon. More particularly a Honda Prelude (pretty much the only honda I like other than the S2K), I really really really wanna get a Nissan 240sx. But they are so hard to find more particularly the 95' and up. Either they're beat up or just plain expensive, same for the older models. But getting that and a SR20 motor swap and I'll be good until I get me a good ole' Nissan Skyline R34 hahahah! Man can dream.

I've got my eyes on a Nissan 300zx right now though. The guy's letting it go for like $2000 and the only major defects is that it needs a Clutch master and slave cylinder replacement. Also there's a gash in the rear driver side fender from where a trailer apparently backed into it. It's pretty bad back there and potent to a trunk leak, and seeing as the 300zx is one of those cars where pretty much the whole entire rear end of the car pretty much opens up in the trunk (Most coupes if I'm not mistaken), then it'll probably set me back aways to replace in terms of find a trunk and getting the labor done. But it's not really bad otherwise. And 300zx's are really nice cars some even say they're better than the newer 350z's.

If you can afford it, get a Subaru (they come with teleport buttons). Their tires are a kick in the nuts though when it comes time to replace them.

Nothing says Chav like a blue subaru :P

Also, whats a VW EOS? or a VW Tiguan? Saw both over the last few days while i was visiting my cousins, i'd never heard of either :S

I think the VW EOS is a convertible, dunno the specs though. No idea what a Tiguan is though.

Anyway been shopping around some more for a first car and have been seeing a few Nissan Skylines in my price range, anyone know much about them? Engine type, fuel usage etc?

Tiguan is a small version of the Touareg, so it's a smallish SUV.

. And 300zx's are really nice cars some even say they're better than the newer 350z's.

Actually, the 300ZX had problems with their vacuum seals and gaskets cracking. Plus those engines were known to be hungry for oil a lot. There were some major problems to the car if you didn't know how to maintain the engine correctly. As for the 300ZX being better than the 350Z.....all based on their opinion. They're probably relating it as the 300ZX came with twin turbo VG30DETT engines and had potential but the engine was too big and barely had room to work around with in the engine bay. The 350Z is all NA. But that's not too bad. It still punched out over 300HP without turbo. while the VG30DETT rated between 255-280hp.

I would assume that most praised them so highly just because they were ahead of their time in design as I've researched. I think they were on the top 10 cars in motor trends for a couple years in the 90's.

But I'm just baffled by the fact that they sound more like a muscle car than an import.