Any good reason to stick with 1st Gen?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

In Auto, I downshift using the paddles primarily for passing on the highway (I double or triple tap it) because it's faster than letting the auto do it by itself.

On occasion I'll downshift to reduce speed in areas where the speed limit goes from say, 55 to 45 then to 35 just because I can.

I do this with the paddles in my wife's Outback all the time. It is the 2.5 engine so passing can be a bit interesting if waiting on the CVT to decide to "shift".

[OkieSnuffBox]

Originally Posted by wheelspeed

I feel the need to share here that, I don't get all the conversation about interiors in general from the sports car enthusiast community. Every article or vid that goes on and on about interior makes me die a little inside. WTF, if you claim you're a car enthusiast but talk a lot about the interior, then that tells me you're not a real car enthusiast. People will say they like to be comfortable, but that's not a "driver's car" thing, that's a Mercedes thing. Get an old Town Car or Mercedes or something.

Not a specific rant here... just hating all the verbage and text in vids and magazine articles about lame-ass interior conversations. I think it's so common because it's so easy to do... any you-tuber can go to a car show and sit in a car and give a "review" that has no useful comments on driving dynamics of a sportscar. And we're all interested in a sportscar for driving dynamics.

The one I never get is, "The dash isn't soft touch."

Do you sit on the dash? Do you caress the dash while driving?

[Jegan_V]

Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox

The one I never get is, "The dash isn't soft touch."

Do you sit on the dash? Do you caress the dash while driving?

There is one place I would massively appreciate having soft touch in the interior...any panel under the steering column. As someone who's no tall and has to sit up closer, that would've saved me some bruises when they do some stupid design, Dodge Caliber being the absolute worst here, that definitely gave me the most injuries to my knee.

[Sasquachulator]

Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox

The one I never get is, "The dash isn't soft touch."

Do you sit on the dash? Do you caress the dash while driving?

It gives off a sense of quality.

If you sit in say a Scion TC, the entire dash uses some brittle hard plastic. Even with the relatively nice looking design, the material choice makes it feel like trash on the inside.

Even if the graining is the same or similar to one used on a softer touch material, you can look at them beside each other and one is just going to look and feel better (the softer one)

In the first gen twins, that big plastic (fake carbon fibre look) panel on the face of the dash was replaced by either the granlux or the leather/leatherette material. That by itself made the interior feel a bit higher quality instead of plastic fantastic.

[Sasquachulator]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I do this with the paddles in my wife's Outback all the time. It is the 2.5 engine so passing can be a bit interesting if waiting on the CVT to decide to "shift".

when i had my Honda Fit, if i had a passing opportunity on the highway come up, i'd drop it into S "sport" mode, and then just floor the pedal, let the CVT do its thing, and then i would make a move. I would have to do this a few seconds before i decide to actually make the move though because the car has no power and the CVT doesnt really help. It honestly didnt feel all that much more powerful vs regular drive though aside for the slightly more immediate throttle response lol.

[CockpitCruiser]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Well, you had me until this. How is the way a car looks (basically external design) not a part of an adult decision? Even if you are in a pure race environment where form follows function, typically a well performing car has some level of "eye pleasing" design built into it.

How many adults bought a Nissan Skyline for the way it looks? just look at those lines

I bought the GT86 because of the way it performed. I didn't need speed, I needed a responsive car that had a very minimalist interior and I didn't do a huge amount of research before buying it. I just drove it. Toyota nailed it.

[soundman98]

i'd buy a skyline just to look at it...

i actually want a r34 4-door. because it's got all of the styling, and it's semi-functional. it's also not the norm.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by CockpitCruiser

How many adults bought a Nissan Skyline for the way it looks? just look at those lines

Can't see your photo so not sure which Skyline you are referring to, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I would guess a lot of the ones sold were sold partially because adults that did not care one wit about the performance liked the way the car looked.

Hey, but it's OK if you prioritize one thing over everything else. One truth about being an adult is you don't have to explain your preferences if you don't want to!

[x808drifter]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i'd buy a skyline just to look at it...

i actually want a r34 4-door. because it's got all of the styling, and it's semi-functional. it's also not the norm.

Get a Stagea.
4 door wagon but in the right trim its a GTR.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by x808drifter

Get a Stagea.
4 door wagon but in the right trim its a GTR.

I would buy that in a heartbeat!

[Robertw]

Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox

The one I never get is, "The dash isn't soft touch."

Do you sit on the dash? Do you caress the dash while driving?

I personally don't want soft touch materials everywhere. My 99 M3 had them, and that interior did not age well at all. Meanwhile my 96 miata's interior has held up exceptionally well, all the hard plastics and rubber arm rests.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by x808drifter

Get a Stagea.
4 door wagon but in the right trim its a GTR.

only 1 model looks right to me.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by soundman98

only 1 model looks right to me.

[wbradley]

I bought my '13 brand new, deposit paid in April '12. The total incl tax was around $31,500 CD.
Subsequently over the next few years I spent at least $20K more for the supercharger, tune, body kit, complete exhaust, Ohlin's, wheels, tires, brake upgrades, etc.

The car has 77,000 kms (46000 mile) on it and has never seen snow. The last 4 digits of the VIN indicate it was probably around the 1800th unit assembled.

If I sold it I'd expect to get a very small fraction of the cost back. And I should note that I tried to be very frugal, buying all the bigger mods lightly used.

So, I can get maybe less than 1/3 my cost back and to do the same thing again this time around would probably cost me in the range of $70k all said with similar performance in the end. I don't need more than the 300 or so hp I have now.

The only real sacrifice to me would be not driving the latest style, but since I consider these cars to be future classics that doesn't bother me much.