08-24-2011, 05:35 AM
Well, my Wife and I (common-law) are tying the knot for real in a month from now, and while planning everything surrounding the wedding, we've been trying to think of interesting little things to make our wedding a little more unique, but on a small scale. It's mostly up to me to take care of music, alchohol, and vehicle logistics for the weekend our wedding takes place, and taking that into consideration, I've been wondering if I should get my hands on something a little more interesting than our Escape to leave the wedding venue with to go to our recption dinner with/in. I mentioned I should ask one of my co-workers if he'd lend me his car for that weekend, or rent it to me, and my wife said to go for it, if it's something I wanna do. So, I spoke to him jokingly at first, but he said that he'd be fine with it, just to give him some cash to "Rent" the car for 4-5 days (asked for $100), and then another bit of money to put gas in it. He decided to let me drive it from work to his house after his shift ended, and I don't know what to think.
The car in question? It's a JDM Tangelo Orange 1993 Nissan Skyline R32 gts-t. It's RHD, black/charcoal on the inside, has a GTR front clip and headlight conversion (with elipzoid beam headlights), Bronze Volk Rays rims shod with Sumitomo tires, HKS exhaust, Blitz and HKS engine management bits, etc. It also has a half roll cage inside it as well.
It felt so strange using the gearshift on left, and sitting on the right side of the car to drive, and lets put it this way...in the street canyons that are downtown Ottawa's streets, it's LOUD! The exhaust, even with a baffle installed on the exhaust, is really loud when driving with the windows down. The turbo and wastegate let the world know that you've got more than rice burner under the hood, and the suspension...there's virtually no compliance. The throttle is either on, or it's off...I don't know if you can actually drive the car gently (well, why would you want to anyways, right?). I can't believe the amount of thrust the car has, even off boost, and how it just doesn't run out of breath, even upto 7000 rpm. It was an absolute riot to drive across town.
It's almost a street-legal weekend racecar that rides super-stiff (but has steering and handling reflexes that are pure magic), is quite loud, and even it's Tangelo Orange paint and bronze rims scream get out of the way!
Truth is, I can understand why, even after only driving it for 20 minutes, people are seduced by Skylines so easily. It's an absolute sledgehammer of a performance car, that can be had for pretty decent prices.
I'll have to let the wife know I drove it, or bring it home sometime and let her check it out for herself...though I don't know if she'll hate it, or if she'll like it's something I'd like to do, and that it's colour scheme actually matches our fall wedding theme...
What do you think?
The car in question? It's a JDM Tangelo Orange 1993 Nissan Skyline R32 gts-t. It's RHD, black/charcoal on the inside, has a GTR front clip and headlight conversion (with elipzoid beam headlights), Bronze Volk Rays rims shod with Sumitomo tires, HKS exhaust, Blitz and HKS engine management bits, etc. It also has a half roll cage inside it as well.
It felt so strange using the gearshift on left, and sitting on the right side of the car to drive, and lets put it this way...in the street canyons that are downtown Ottawa's streets, it's LOUD! The exhaust, even with a baffle installed on the exhaust, is really loud when driving with the windows down. The turbo and wastegate let the world know that you've got more than rice burner under the hood, and the suspension...there's virtually no compliance. The throttle is either on, or it's off...I don't know if you can actually drive the car gently (well, why would you want to anyways, right?). I can't believe the amount of thrust the car has, even off boost, and how it just doesn't run out of breath, even upto 7000 rpm. It was an absolute riot to drive across town.
It's almost a street-legal weekend racecar that rides super-stiff (but has steering and handling reflexes that are pure magic), is quite loud, and even it's Tangelo Orange paint and bronze rims scream get out of the way!
Truth is, I can understand why, even after only driving it for 20 minutes, people are seduced by Skylines so easily. It's an absolute sledgehammer of a performance car, that can be had for pretty decent prices.
I'll have to let the wife know I drove it, or bring it home sometime and let her check it out for herself...though I don't know if she'll hate it, or if she'll like it's something I'd like to do, and that it's colour scheme actually matches our fall wedding theme...
What do you think?
A guy can dream....