LA is definitly the place to see it all!, I need to buy a camera... Options

[Chrobis]

Los Angeles, CA, USA:

Today as I was driving down the same freeway I drive everyday to work I see a flatbed towtruck with a right hand drive Nissan Skyline! Beutiful! also on a trailer there was a very fine candy red Supra, with a very wide racing wing, kinda like in Gran Turismo... Icouldnt get a look in to see what side the drive was on... Both cars had exterior styling (eg hoods, kits, Rims, etc...) and both had very sizable mufflers. Obviously the cars were for some show and had just been imported, atleast thats what I think considering the freeway ends at the los angeles dock.

Previously on the same freeway I saw a brand new Lotus, also on a flatbed, it was going towards beverly hills, prolly a dealer. I see Ferrari's all the time, 911 Turbo's and occasional GT2's. Lamborghini (speeled wrong I think) only at the dealer, which I pass often. Many of those new Mercedes SUV's, the box shaped ones. So many beuatiful cars!

On the topic of Celica's I have seen only 2 hooked up 6th Gen's. One was half silver, half blue (at night going other way, didnt get a real good look) But it Sounded and looked Beuatiful! The other was a totaly Yellow 6th gen, the guy had everything painted yellow, it had a kit and rims, all yellow, even the windshield wipers! I dont know about yellow but it was very nice!

Man I really need to invest some cash into a digital camera...

[stelica85]

no matter where you are its rare to see a skyline. ( BTW those are badass cars)

[bojangles_8686]

I live in Maryland and I saw a Skyline and needless to say I almost needed to change my pants

[hata]

Gumball 2003 was last weekend...

[No0bOne]

Skyline is bada$$? it losted to a stripped ITR(local, i was there.)! well yea i agree to some extent. They do look nice and smooth though.

[HILLuZ]

hehe, its weird reading the words 'rare' and 'skyline' together in one sentence. i live on the gold coast in australia and you can't go 10km's without seeing a skyline. Speaking of i just got home from a cruise with my mate in his R33 and on the way home saw another r33 rolled into a ditch :'(.

We can get them imported over here pretty cheap, my friend imported his himself and it cost him about 18k AUD all up. I was concidering getting one, but insurance is a pain in the a$$ :\.

[zigy]

every weekend bunch of Skylines roll up to ChinaTown @ Chicago...


but they get spanked either by Porsche T, Turbo DSM, or CRX....

but those Skylines are stock as well



(FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS DRIVE STOCK!!!)

[HILLuZ]

Yeah, if you ever come to the gold coast, take a trip to the "Broadwater Carpark" on a saturday night. Thousands of cars there, jsut about any jap car you can think of. I'd have to say one of the most amazing sites i've ever seen is at midnight hundreds of these cars travelling up the highway doing rolling drags for miles. Awsome!!

http://www.icegreen33.boostcruising.com/ <---- my friends skyline. Never seen another one in that color, i've seen a 6th gen in a similar colour on these boards, also another one in a car yard around here. His mods include pod filter, front mount intercooler, 3" exhaust and soon electronic boost controller Wish it was mine. Did a run tonight, 0-100 in 5.77 seconds

[Inferno]

Aren't ALL Skyline's in their stock version Right-hand Drive? . Bleah, anyways, it must be awesome to see one. A guy about 15 minutes from my town has a green and yellow Supra Twin Turbo. Very nice.

[Guest_Matthew_*]

QUOTE (zigy @ Apr 25, 2003 - 6:06 AM)

every weekend bunch of Skylines roll up to ChinaTown @ Chicago... but they get spanked either by Porsche T, Turbo DSM, or CRX.... but those Skylines are stock as well (FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS DRIVE STOCK!!!)

crx's beat skylines?

umm i doubt those are actually skylines. maybe 240sx's with the kits and stuff but not skylines

[95STCelica]

there was a Porsche GT2 the other day..it's not ever day you see a 465 HP AWD Turbo charged car..with a book value of $182,000 in New Jersey!!!

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

A guy down the road from me has a red Lamborghini.....i never see him drive it though, only when he waxes it in his driveway Another time i was going to Philly and i saw a red Ferrari Modena(i think thats what its called ) That was by far the most gorgeous sound ive ever heard in my entire life. Thats the best ive seen in New Jersey before.

[No0bOne]

Yup LA is the place. I many hot cars every single time.

[XE_Nathaniel]

I live in long beach and drive around alot. I see the higher end porshes every freakin day...I also see vipers everyday...I saw a black R33 Skyline everyday untill the guy who owned the car shop at Cerritos Mall moved his shop somewhere else...I see ferraris every other day (most of them red) I pass by MKIV Supras everyday on the way picking up my bro at his middle school. I see the same yellow Lotus Espirit everytime I go to downtown longbeach and sometimes I see this one lamborghini Diablo.....I'm guessing its a kit car.

-Nate

[XE_Nathaniel]

Oh yea I think you saw the Supra and the Skyline because today is the International Auto Salon in L.A. Convention center =P

-Nate

[95STCelica]

I saw an Rt/10 viper today in Atlantic city... GORGEOUS. I just rolled down my window and asked him to light them up...never seen something so mean in person.

[No0bOne]

Richlings are in LA.

[97sccelica]

QUOTE (95STCelica @ Apr 25, 2003 - 8:57 PM)

I saw an Rt/10 viper today in Atlantic city... GORGEOUS. I just rolled down my window and asked him to light them up...never seen something so mean in person.

i see one every day, it's my friend's. 1993 rt/10 (1992 carry over). i love that car, it just looks really really mean. it is my favorite american car.


as for skylines losing to crx's and a stripped ITR, BS. that integra had to be more than stripped, it would need a turbo, and to turbo an ITR you need to re do all the internals. and a crx, same thing goes for that one. and the second the owner of the skyline turns up the boost, its all over. i got a friend that claims his GSR is faster than a 2002 camaro z28

skyline r34's run 13's stock. and the r33's are a little slower. no chance in hell can a stripped ITR beat one. even bolt-ons wont help an ITR that much, the engine is already maxed out.

skyline vs supra tt, i still cant decide which i like better.


and oh yeah, GO SOCAL!!!!! i see all the good cars but a skyline is by far the rarest(sp?)

[KAMiX]

It's sad that you guys in the US dont get to see the skylines - I'm almost bored of them the amount there are around here.

As for supra VS skyline they're different cars. Supra would win on straights, skyline around corners. the skyline engine has more potential though.

[97sccelica]

QUOTE (kamixZR @ Apr 26, 2003 - 8:14 PM)

It's sad that you guys in the US dont get to see the skylines - I'm almost bored of them the amount there are around here. As for supra VS skyline they're different cars. Supra would win on straights, skyline around corners. the skyline engine has more potential though.

no, i didnt mean it that way, im just not sure which i like better

[sirrahtap]

vancouver has some sweet cars
i was up there for 2 days last summer and saw just about everthing. 911 turbos, 360, f40, lamborghinis, and if it isn't one of those its a nice bmw or mercedes. probably very similar to places in socal, but very very different than minneapolis

[Chrobis]

bmw's and mercedes are as common as honda's here, I see ferrari modena's all the time, just on friday night I was in hollywood and I saw 2 Lamborghinis (doors open, very sweet) 3 or 4 of those boxy mercedes suv's, and countless other cars... I also saw a truck equiped with those keep rollin rims that make it look like there still moving after you stop (featured in MTV's cribs, some going for as much as 10k a wheel) needless to say they are pretty nice.

[Chrobis]

Everybody has heard of cruising and has probably done it once in their driving life, but cruising down sunset blvd in hollywood has got to be the best place ever to go cruising, there is everything to be seen there.... If your ever in L.A. on a friday or saturday night find sunset blvd and drive down it (from downtown go west, and obviously from the coast go East). Some of the richest people in the U.S. cruise and go to clubs on that street...

[mywhite94celicag...]

i would have to say cruisin down A1A at Daytona beach Florida is the the best place to cruise. Was there for spring break 3 years in a row when i was active duty army in georgia. That was where i met a guy that has a 9.00 sec flat Grand National. one of the sweetest cars ive ever seen. he has a 36 psi turbo that ran him $6k and he ran his 9 sec flat on semi street slicks that had 2 slots going down the middle.

[Rivo]

Yo XE_Nathaniel, where abouts in Long Beach are you? I lived there for 11 years (live in WeHo now ) but I'm in LB every weekend doing car work and whatnot. We're actually changing the suspension on the celi this weekend

[dcgoalie312]

i got you all beat i live in OKLAHOMA and in one day i saw a viper gts, a modena, and a nsx within a few hours of each other !!! That was one of the best days of my life

This post has been edited by dcgoalie312: Apr 29, 2003 - 7:46 PM

[sirrahtap]

QUOTE (Chrobis @ Apr 27, 2003 - 7:03 PM)

Everybody has heard of cruising and has probably done it once in their driving life, but cruising down sunset blvd in hollywood has got to be the best place ever to go cruising, there is everything to be seen there.... If your ever in L.A. on a friday or saturday night find sunset blvd and drive down it (from downtown go west, and obviously from the coast go East). Some of the richest people in the U.S. cruise and go to clubs on that street...

yeah, sunset blvd is amazing. i was in LA last october and i was on sunset on a friday or saturday night. ferrari's, porsches, lamborghini's. the coolest was a techart 911

[Chrobis]

QUOTE (dcgoalie312 @ Apr 29, 2003 - 5:00 PM)

i got you all beat i live in OKLAHOMA and in one day i saw a viper gts, a modena, and a nsx within a few hours of each other !!! That was one of the best days of my life

Vipers, modenas and nsxs are pretty common here, along with any porsche except gt2s... have not seen to many of those here. Ferrari's are actually common (especially modena, it being the cheapest one) I see most of these cars daily, but the skyline was a once in forever sighting, and lambo's are pretty rare unless you pass the dealer in beverly hills...