2006 eclipse encounter

[qr25sentra]

when i think about havin bikes race cars i think its pointless.. my friends wont race bikes or my friends with bikes wont race cars.. its another league all together.. my friend did race a boss hog recently with his 02 R6 and got smoked. lol but anyways about the new eclipse..

he doesnt kno how to drive.. from what i heard he hasnt raced from a dig and ran a wrx from a roll and didnt pull at all.. (wrx has 3 inch exhaust and a boost controller) still i think with a good driver and from a roll the eclipse should win.

and he was talkin about racin this boy with a 2003 gli from a roll only.. i mean come on now he has another liter of engine.. if he has trouble with that then he really should trade his car in. and get a geo metro or something.

[TatII]

Originally Posted by sirsmiley

damn the z is 3200 lbs? that thing weighs more than a gtr34 and its not even (single) turbocharged....what a joke....at least edmunds.com has spyshots of the 2007-2008 GTR (looks like a Z with a wing, i hate the curvy body nissans, i prefer the boxy skylines and silvias)

errrr actually the R34 is 3500 lbs as well, the R33 is around the same weight but is alittle larger then the R34. the R32 is 3200 lbs being the smallest ones. the twin turbo Z is 3500 lbs. so 3200 lbs is not that much for the 350Z.

esp compared to a FWD eclipse that weights 3500 lbs. i have no clue why its so damn heavy, i think the engine is made of led or something.

[BlackGT2000]

Lots of people don't like the 350Z, I dont know why. I like it alot though. I think its a really nice car.

[clawhammer]

Originally Posted by BlackGT2000

Lots of people don't like the 350Z, I dont know why. I like it alot though. I think its a really nice car.

Take it for a test drive. It might change the way you feel about it. It did for me. Before I thought it was a really great car, just from looking at the specs. Than I drove one. It was really loud even at 60 mph. Noise was mostly coming from the tires, and when you turned the music on, it seemed to get much louder. I wouldn't buy one after that.

[BlackGT2000]

Originally Posted by clawhammer

Take it for a test drive. It might change the way you feel about it. It did for me. Before I thought it was a really great car, just from looking at the specs. Than I drove one. It was really loud even at 60 mph. Noise was mostly coming from the tires, and when you turned the music on, it seemed to get much louder. I wouldn't buy one after that.

I drive a mustang haha, refinement isn't really a top priority to me. However I do not want to discredit your opinion. I will test drive one as soon as I am back in the states. The specs are decent, nothing mind blowing though, but it is just a cool looking package.

[drftk1d]

notice how everyone assumes its a v6 eclipse.

it might be the 4 cylinder one.

[King Of Crunk]

Originally Posted by clawhammer

Take it for a test drive. It might change the way you feel about it. It did for me. Before I thought it was a really great car, just from looking at the specs. Than I drove one. It was really loud even at 60 mph. Noise was mostly coming from the tires, and when you turned the music on, it seemed to get much louder. I wouldn't buy one after that.

i hate how the clutch like jumps back out at you....when drove one it the clutch had no feel to it.....it grabbed well but it just felt like driving a cavalier.....my mom had one....the 5 speed was fun back in the day...hehe

[TatII]

i've driven a few and i love them. the car is waaaay quieter then my car, the interior is a perfect driver's car interior. the only grip is that there's almost no 3/4 rear vision so the blind spot is hugh. the tranny is alittle notchy but it still has decently well defined gates. the clutch is soft and springy but so are all BMW clutches. you can't even feel the catch point on the bimmers but it allows you to drive very smoothly like the bimmers. the tire noise i can understand becasue thats strictly an alignment problem along with the tire choice they used for the car stock. not a big deal.

i still love that car to death.

[TheStang00]

man my clutch is stiff as fuck... i drove a focus and i couldnt even feel it after driving my car. but anyway, i dont see how a fwd car can be that heavy either, and i dont see the point of making a car with an engine like that fwd either. maybe they made it heavy so it could get some traction...

[BlackGT2000]

Originally Posted by TheStang00

man my clutch is stiff as fuck... i drove a focus and i couldnt even feel it after driving my car. but anyway, i dont see how a fwd car can be that heavy either, and i dont see the point of making a car with an engine like that fwd either. maybe they made it heavy so it could get some traction...

Thats because the mustangs till 05 had a cable to open the clutch rather than hydrolic fluid. Put a clutch quadrant and aftermarket clutch on there and you will have a whole new meaning of heavy clutch.

[TheStang00]

its cool tho cause i like it that way

[qr25sentra]

Originally Posted by BlackGT2000

I drive a mustang haha, refinement isn't really a top priority to me. However I do not want to discredit your opinion. I will test drive one as soon as I am back in the states. The specs are decent, nothing mind blowing though, but it is just a cool looking package.

i kno this kid, he works at the same place i do, except hes temporary.. and its definitly a V6.

[youngvr4]

yeah the eclipse is pretty quick. fastest eclipse yet.


in the right sitiuations the eclipse could take out those cars. since i've seen all those cars, exept the 350Z run at the track and some of the srt-4's were running high 14s

[BlackGT2000]

Originally Posted by qr25sentra

i kno this kid, he works at the same place i do, except hes temporary.. and its definitly a V6.

Sorry I don't understand, could you explain this one to me again?

[Ace$nyper]

meh didnt feel fast to me and god the steering was downright scary

a friend of mine also took one out she said same thing about it nearly word for word and her car sucks!