got a new toy

[ctrlaltdelboy]

Hi all

not really NSX related, but I thought I'd share this with you, I just got myself a new toy (well 'company car' to be more accurate) see here (http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/showthread.php?t=24049) for more details

I'm lovin it!

p.s. the NSX is going nowhere in case you were wondering

[Kevin]

Great! Love to have a ride in it sometime. The Skyline is probably one of the only cars I would change the NSX for. Tell us how it compares to drive. We like to think that the NSX gives a better driving 'experience', but then I have never been ina Skyline. I would like one just for the monster power.

[BrownBear]

Me too, please Darren! - been looking on the GTR site for a 32 or something like that for the winter (!) - There seems to be a couple of NSX forum members there bidding for Skylines.. :)


I may wander past the GTROC tomorrow at Santa Pod while I'm there - just looking, of course :)

[ctrlaltdelboy]

it's early days for me to comment on Skyline ownership (had it for 24 hours so far!) but I get the feeling that it is the tool for brutal straight line performance, but it'll never replace the NSX (for me) on the track.

this is what I intended anyway - the NSX is my baby for use on the track, the Skyline is my everyday road car.

I'll be taking it to Thruxton tomorrow (spectating) if anyone's around

[Kevin]

We're all off to Santa Pod tomorrow. The Japanese Performance show. Probably be lots of Skylines there.............

[Pande]

What about the running cost of a Skyline

I dont beleave you can jump into one everyday like an NSX and just drive it. Only time will tell but from what I have been told by many Skyline owners is that they require very large amounts of money to be thrown at them regularly. Engines bust regular and so do bank balances.

I spoke to one very dedicated Skyline owner who moved to a Porsche 996GT2. He has never looked back and probably will never put money into a Skyline again.

Remember.. a Skyline out of the box will get destroyed by an NSX in every area.

[Kevin]

I would of thought a standard Skyline would be fairly OK. I agree a 600bhp monster may need more work.

As for the Skyline vs NSX debate, sorry to burst your bubble, but the first NSX released was beaten by the standard Skyline of the day.

When Honda produced the Type R versions, the NSX got the upper hand.

Information from Best Motoring DVDs, where they did a head to head race between Skyline and NSX.

[ctrlaltdelboy]

for my part, the NSX vs Skyline thing is irrelevant. Since they each have their own strengths & weaknesses in various areas and that they are each stronger/weaker in different areas from one another I have opted for the best choice - both.

This way I can enjoy the awesome straight line grunt of the skyline and the sublime circuit performance of the NSX without trying to kid myself that one is better than the other overall - horses for courses I say.

[Welshman]

Kevin

When Autocar tested the new shape NSX against the Skyline in early 2003, it was the Skyline that got its ass kicked. It didn't need a Type R to do that.

[Pande]

Thankyou

The skyline did get beat by a standard NSX. Maiby in the early years the Skyline did have the upper hand but today its a differnent story.

Dont get me wrong the Skyline is a fast car. But in America 450bhp NSXs take out 600bhp Skylines regularly. Both need the same amount of money to be spent to get to them bhp figures.

Anyway enjoy the ride...........

[modarr]

Funny but I found chasing a supposed 400 bhp Skyline round Bedford quite easy and the NSX seemed faster through the corners....both tail out action but more effective in the NSX. Straight line is obviously a different story but if you start the straight with more speed, it really does nullify HP figures.

I'm still horribly jealous though.

Mo

[jaytip]

nice one Darren.to quote a line from the life of brian "you lucky lucky b*****d :D

[ctrlaltdelboy]

cheers Ivor

sometimes I lie awake at night dreaming of being spat at in the face

:lol: :lol: :lol:

how's your building work going? do you have a release date for your imprisoned NSX yet?

[lharring]

Funny but I found chasing a supposed 400 bhp Skyline round Bedford quite easy and the NSX seemed faster through the corners....both tail out action but more effective in the NSX. Straight line is obviously a different story but if you start the straight with more speed, it really does nullify HP figures.

I'm still horribly jealous though.

Mo

For what its worth I raced a skyline down the strip at santapod in my 1991 3.0l standard NSX and won. :D . Don't know the spec of the sykline though. Might have only been a single turbo version, but it was heavily stickered up, so I guessed it wasn't a standard version.

One of my friends had two Skyline GTRs an r33 and then an r32. He finally got rid of the last one due to high running costs. Both fantastic cars though. Had passanger rides in them at several track days.
Would have thought a skyline's fancy computer controlled 4 wheel drive system would make it faster round a track than an NSX?

[modarr]

I would have thought so too, however the car was sliding around a fair bit and slower round the bends... I've never been passed by one. I think the weight kills the handling. Its nothing compared to an Evo when it comes to corners. A well driven Evo will leave the NSX for dead.

[Kevin]

At amatuer track days, driver skill plays the most important part. Mo, with respect, you have been going to Bedford for years, and are very quick. You drive your car like you stole it. You can lap your standard NSX round there faster than I managed in my semi-modded one, on my second visit to Bedford.

[jaytip]

how's your building work going? do you have a release date for your imprisoned NSX yet?
the building work, slowly :( doing the inside at the moment and then the outside after the inside is done.im probably going to run out of money before its finished as well,so the car is going to be locked up untill next summer at least,
the audi a4 is a nice enough car but jesus am i missing the NSX :cry:

[modarr]

If you're calling me a joy rider then your damn right.

[ctrlaltdelboy]

At risk of getting this thread back on topic here's some piccies of the beast

http://www.darrenferneyhough.com/images/skyline/nearside2-600.jpg
http://www.darrenferneyhough.com/images/skyline/offside1-600.jpg
http://www.darrenferneyhough.com/images/skyline/front3-600.jpg
http://www.darrenferneyhough.com/images/skyline/rear1.jpg
http://www.darrenferneyhough.com/images/skyline/nearside3.jpg
http://www.darrenferneyhough.com/images/skyline/nearside4.jpg
http://www.darrenferneyhough.com/images/skyline/nearside5.jpg
http://www.darrenferneyhough.com/images/skyline/engine2-600.jpg
http://www.darrenferneyhough.com/images/skyline/exhaust.jpg
http://www.darrenferneyhough.com/images/skyline/wheel1.jpg

[BrownBear]

Very Nice 8)