Nissan Skyline R34 gt-r v-spec 2 vs. Ferrari 360 modena

[crayzayjay]

OK numbers do mean something. Its obvious. You can get some information from them, sure you can. But what? How fast the car goes in a straight line? If thats what cars are about why do they have steering wheels? OK numbers are the easiest things to post but if we wanted to compare cars just like that things would get pretty boring... if you have any additional information that you know of the car then you should say it.

I'm sure the car's you've ridden in performed somewere around were the numbers said they would.

no no no... what was pleasing about these cars' performance wasnt straight line speed, but entertaining handling, great balance, good steering etc etc... numbers had nothing to do with it... unless you're going to take each car around a specific track and put its time with its acceleration and top speed figures... i guess the Old Nurburgring is the closest we have to that, but lap times are hardly going to be used to advertise a car.

i hope you see what im trying to get at

cheers,
jay

[USA Racer]

Sheesh. Are you guys still on this??? Still can't see how anybody would take the GT-R over the Modena.

[Gonthrax]

Originally posted by crayzayjay
OK numbers do mean something. Its obvious. You can get some information from them, sure you can. But what? How fast the car goes in a straight line? If thats what cars are about why do they have steering wheels? OK numbers are the easiest things to post but if we wanted to compare cars just like that things would get pretty boring... if you have any additional information that you know of the car then you should say it.



no no no... what was pleasing about these cars' performance wasnt straight line speed, but entertaining handling, great balance, good steering etc etc... numbers had nothing to do with it... unless you're going to take each car around a specific track and put its time with its acceleration and top speed figures... i guess the Old Nurburgring is the closest we have to that, but lap times are hardly going to be used to advertise a car.

i hope you see what im trying to get at

cheers,
jay

I completely understand what your getting at, all the numbers I could find were just accel and 1/4 mile accept for the boxter It would have been better if I could have found some skidpad and slolom results, but I'm bad at finding these sorts of things

[Gonthrax]

Originally posted by USA Racer
Sheesh. Are you guys still on this??? Still can't see how anybody would take the GT-R over the Modena.

If it were a choice of some one giving me one of um... Ferrari please

But if I'm buying it, or if I'm betting on which would win in a track race, GTR all the way.

Like I said before it all boils down to personal preference, and I'm just a Skyline lover.

[THE4TH]

dude the 360 has a glass roof on the engine bay.. for the love of god if that isn't cool enough then ... well nothnig is ..

[Gonthrax]

Originally posted by THE4TH
dude the 360 has a glass roof on the engine bay.. for the love of god if that isn't cool enough then ... well nothnig is ..

How about being able to sidestep the clutch at redline, and your rear wheels only spinning two revolutions before torque is split to the front and traction grabs?

[TatII]

or how about playin with that really cool computer on the dash of the R34 swwwwwweeeeeeeeettttttt~

[crayzayjay]

throw in as many computers as you like, but it will still be a nissan. the other guy, on the other hand, will be driving a ferrari. i know which i would choose

[lloyd_nickens]

Man this was a long post. I must say alothough I would love to drive a Ferrari (it a friggin Ferrari) I would rather own a Skyline. Why? Cause in the end I still want to be able to dirve my car inconspicuously. If you look at the R33 it doesn't look like anything special. That is, it doesn't look like a car worth stealing, scratching etc etc to all the wrong people. To all the right people (those that know what it is) it is revered and would never be mistreated (same for the 360, hopefully). With a Ferrari you don't get that. Park it in the wrong place and boom its gone. Anger the wrong girl and boom you need a new paint job (I assume it would cost more to paint a Ferrari than a Sky). If the car get love tapped (ie hit) it will cost you an arm and a leg to get it fixed (then you insurance goes up as it it wasan't high enough already).


Like I said in the beginning I would give my right arm to drive a Ferrari 360 but would rather own a Skyline (I want 1 R32's 3 R33's and 2 R34's).


IMHO

[Polygon]

But look at it this way. If you are rich enough to own ANY Ferrari, getting a dent out, painting a quarter panel, and insurance are a drop in the bucket. However, theft is all together another story.

[Gonthrax]

Originally posted by Polygon
But look at it this way. If you are rich enough to own ANY Ferrari, getting a dent out, painting a quarter panel, and insurance are a drop in the bucket. However, theft is all together another story.

Quite true, quite true. I've thought of that on a few occasions before.

I donno, I think this thread has become a dead horse that we are kicking the shit out of IMHO

[Wes Moran]

I much rather have a Skyline.

[Wes Moran]

New Question.

Toyota Supra Twin Turbo or 360 Modena?

I know I much rather have the capabilty of getting in the 600 - 1000hp
range with the Supra.

Also peep this link of a 1015 hp Supra.

http://www.suprastore.com/guil19hkspre.html

[TatII]

thats definitly a nice supra. but how bout this for thought? how about a the top secret supra that has the skyline engine? now that is something to drool over.

[Wes Moran]

U most be refering to the one in Super Street . Yea I do like that
but I much rather have it with the 1015 hp engine in it.