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    The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo

    Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!

    Fast And Furious S14 Nissan Silvia 240 SX

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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    11/22/09

    In reply to The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo
    closed road.

    not professional driver... hence the lack of sliding through corners.
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    Image of Vkoslak Vkoslak
    11/22/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: I saw sliding, but it was coming from the wrong end of the car.
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    11/22/09

    @Vkoslak: yeah, that is not sliding through corners... that is sliding beyond the end of a straight....
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    Image of Joe-Btfsplk Joe-Btfsplk
    11/22/09

    In reply to The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo
    Do you think that the babe is still "hot" after 30 years?
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    günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi promoted this comment Joe-Btfsplk was starred Joe-Btfsplk was unstarred
    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    11/22/09

    @Joe-Btfsplk: she's british enough that her hotness might be questionable anyways.... she is an automatic-driving euro-girl... what's great about that?
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    Image of smrtypants44 smrtypants44
    11/21/09

    In reply to The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo
    Why does he keep turning on/off the lights while traveling through the tunnels
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    that ain't the way to have fun, son promoted this comment smrtypants44 was starred smrtypants44 was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/21/09

    @smrtypants44: Might have had auto-headlights.

    I know the auto-lights on my '99 Grand Vitara turned themselves on and off when going from sun to the shade of a cliff. This was on US285 in CO, and it bugged the living hell outta me. This wasn't at dusk/dawn, either, but middle of the afternoon.

    Disconnected them within a week of ownership. DRL's followed shortly thereafter.
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    Image of smrtypants44 smrtypants44
    11/22/09

    @that ain't the way to have fun, son:

    #tips 1985 seems a bit early for dusk sensing headlights, but this is Europe so who knows...
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    11/22/09

    @smrtypants44: The '85 RWD Fleetwood I used to own had both auto-headlights and a really poorly-conceived idea on automatic high beam use.

    The theory was oncoming traffic lights would shine on the sensor, telling it there's oncoming traffic. However, this sensitivity was adjustable by the "driver", and minimum sensitivity required a 500,000 CP Q-beam held six inches away to make it dim.

    /now understands why cars of that era have high beams on all the time
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    Image of Clown Shoe Pilot Clown Shoe Pilot
    11/22/09

    @smrtypants44: my 1986 200sx doesn't have automatic lights, but it does have rain sensing wipers. there's a little piezo sensor on the trailing edge of the hood. before the car was LeMons-ized I drove it as a daily for several months, and the rain sensing wipers worked pretty good, probably at least as good as the more complex system in my '05 mini.
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    Image of tonytaylor85 tonytaylor85
    11/21/09

    In reply to The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo
    i love how the second thing google finds on the TVR 280i is one that has burst into flames.
    [www.google.com]
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    Image of Drew and not U has Twin Turbots Drew and not U has Twin Turbots
    11/21/09

    In reply to The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo
    Does this mean I can buy a new one? Please?
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    skaycog was here promoted this comment Drew and not U has Twin Turbots was starred Drew and not U has Twin Turbots was unstarred
    Image of skaycog skaycog
    11/21/09

    @Drew and not U: You want a Nissan Silvia Turbot?
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/21/09


    @skaycog was here: Here's the Turbot version...
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    11/21/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: Mmmmmm, squishy!
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    11/21/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: Good one! I'm still giggling.
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    11/21/09

    @bygeorge: You should have been at yesterday's fishfest with that comment. ;)
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/21/09


    @skaycog was here: Or here, try the Export version...
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    Edited by HoonThatFerrari at 11/21/09 6:48 PM HoonThatFerrari was starred HoonThatFerrari was unstarred
    Image of skaycog skaycog
    11/21/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: Perfect..that's a riot! You are really entertaining me this afternoon. Is that hard to do?
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/21/09


    @skaycog was here: What, you mean combining images like that? No, it's not difficult at all for simple stuff like this, but for more convincing/realistic things, you have to have some pretty good skills at it (which I don't).
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    11/21/09


    @HoonThatFerrari: Turbot Kid.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    11/22/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: Turbot Kid.....I love it! I guess this is photoshop? I've never looked into it. I think I spend too much time on the internet as it is.
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    Image of Drew and not U has Twin Turbots Drew and not U has Twin Turbots
    11/22/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: How did you get my picture?

    @skaycog was here: The Turbot version also came with special gills on the side that allow you to drive in lakes when pelican watching.
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    skaycog was here promoted this comment Edited by Drew and not U has Twin Turbots at 11/22/09 10:49 AM Drew and not U has Twin Turbots was starred Drew and not U has Twin Turbots was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/22/09

    @skaycog was here: No, It's not Photoshop in this case... it's Microsoft Image Composer, which came free packaged in with something I bought - can't remember what. Maybe some version of Office. But, yeah, most people do use Photoshop for this sort of stuff.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    11/22/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: Okay, thanks for the information, photos and amusing me. ;)
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    11/22/09

    @Drew and not U: Buoy, this is getting roughy.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/22/09

    @skaycog was here: You Betta it is. OK, I'd better Goby fore this becomes a real pain in the Bass, so I'm gonna leave now & go Tuna piano just for the Halibut.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    I liked, and still do like, the later version of this car with a four-headlight treatment.

    Gotta love a 2-door car with not only the requisite A- and B-pillars, but also C-, D-, E-, and possibly F- is you want to get picky.

    Always like the tail light treatment on the later ones, too. Everything was angular, but not in a CTS-sorta way. #1979
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!

    They called it 200-SX so we Americans would think of sex...
    Had they kept it Silvia, we'd have pictured Sylvia Miles from "Midnight Cowboy"... #1979
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    GM's legendary but rather old-school styling chief Bill Mitchell hated small cars. He once said that styling them was like tailoring a midget. The Japanese proved him wrong.

    Nissans and Toyotas of the 1970s were like shrunken American cars with an extra serving of whiz bang. The 200-SX is a good example, because it looks a whole lot like a 1968-72 mid-sized GM coupe but with exaggerated features such as an exceptionally sharp fender crease, extra-large stretch pants taillights, and a swept-back C-pillar with requisite "head wound" plastic vent.

    Sure, the 200-SX was awkward and overstyled, but it helped prove that small cars could be as baroque as big ones -- and that the Japanese could dish out cheesiness even better than the Americans. #1979
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    11/08/09

    @DrLemming: But even in the seventies, did anyone find that kind of styling sexy, or did it really need the little extra -SX in the name? #1979
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    Image of 62imperialcrown 62imperialcrown
    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    OK, Toyota was looking at the Mustang when they designed the Celica in the next post - what was Datsun looking at when they designed this, the Avanti? #1979
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    11/08/09

    @62imperialcrown: I'm thinking more along the lines of Citroen or something. #1979
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    Imagine pitching a car to the general public today with "5 forward gears." Of course, back in the day, a 4 or 5 speed = "sporty," no matter how tiny the mill was. #1979
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    It was a hard time for cars of all kinds. This was a fairly good attempt for the era. #1979
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    97hp + 2300lb is positively driveable by today's standards, really (not fast, but in real-world driving, you'd never notice). A bit more compression and less emissions controls could probably make that Datsun a lot of fun. #1979
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    A turtle with bad knees? Weird. A hyphen does not make me think about sex. But it probably will from now on. #1979
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/08/09

    @skaycog: Though, it might have if the hyphen was between the "S" & the "X". #1979
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    11/08/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: S-X? Maybe. Well, actually, probably. But, of course, it would depend on the context of the sentence. There is SIX, SAX and SOX. #1979
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