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Kinja'd!!! "lonestranger" (lonestranger)
08/16/2015 at 23:27 • Filed to: car and driver, corvette, skyline, gt-r, jdm, brah

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For a while now on-and-off, I’ve been looking for an old U.S. magazine article about the Skyline GT-R. It was my first real exposure to the car, long before Gran Turismo came out. I used to subscribe to Car and Driver, so I figured it was in C/D. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

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Anyway, at the time I found the weird JDM Corvette to be almost as interesting, what with its weird split red/amber and red/white taillights, reflectors in the bumper, amber side markers, and even fender flares to ensure proper tire coverage. Yet, it’s still LHD.

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DISCUSSION (19)


Kinja'd!!! TheOnelectronic > lonestranger
08/17/2015 at 00:12

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My first thought was “That supra looks odd without the giant wing.”

Didn’t have to read far to figure out why.


Kinja'd!!! LongbowMkII > lonestranger
08/17/2015 at 00:19

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I want an R33. I’ve read/heard that they aren’t as sharp as the R34, but the R33 is the only skyline I want in GT-R trim, the R32 and R34 I’d rather than in GTS-T trim (or whatever the RB25DET with RWD is)


Kinja'd!!! TheOnelectronic > lonestranger
08/17/2015 at 00:19

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My second thought was it’s really funny to read them rave about the C4 corvette in this article compared to how panned it seems to get these days.


Kinja'd!!! Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD > lonestranger
08/17/2015 at 00:46

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That is probably one of the best looking C4 Corvettes I have ever seen!


Kinja'd!!! Sneaky Pete > LongbowMkII
08/17/2015 at 01:50

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Seriously. The R33 is such an awesome car, but living in California makes owning one essentially impossible. 


Kinja'd!!! Flavien Vidal > lonestranger
08/17/2015 at 02:17

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The funny thing in all this is how people see the LT1 C4 today considering it as a “slow” car because it’s not an LT4 or an LT5, yet, at the same time, consider the R33 GTR or the Supra as “fast” :)

And it doesn’t matter how close all 3 cars are in reality!!

The ignorance of people is pretty awesome though as it allowed me to own a 1995 C4 for next to nothing :)


Kinja'd!!! Flavien Vidal > TheOnelectronic
08/17/2015 at 02:20

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People who say the LT1 C4 is a “slow” car and that only the LT5 or the LT4 are worth anything have obviously never even driven a LT1 in their life :)

It’s a fast car. One that you can also happen to own for next to nothing thanks to the ignoramus everywhere haha


Kinja'd!!! Flavien Vidal > Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD
08/17/2015 at 02:23

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I’m horribly biased, but I prefer mine ;)

Those wheel arches are kind of weird...

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I miss it... terribly...


Kinja'd!!! Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD > Flavien Vidal
08/17/2015 at 02:37

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Yours is quite nice! I’m sorry, but I do kind of prefer the JDM one. Those split tail lights and the wheel arches!


Kinja'd!!! Flavien Vidal > Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD
08/17/2015 at 02:39

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Yeah the split taillights is pretty cool :)

But after seing a JDM Corvette in person (I live in Japan), it looks really really weird due to the wheel arches... It’s just way too big for it.


Kinja'd!!! lonestranger > Flavien Vidal
08/17/2015 at 02:40

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1995 Corvette

PMY

Japan

This post had your name written all over it!


Kinja'd!!! Flavien Vidal > lonestranger
08/17/2015 at 02:55

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It’sa slightly different yellow, but yes I actually learned to love yellawesomeness of my car lol


Kinja'd!!! LongbowMkII > Sneaky Pete
08/17/2015 at 03:05

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I’m pretty sure that all ‘95 maximas came with RHD and AWD Twin turbocharged powertrains. (/lies you can get away with where I live)


Kinja'd!!! DoYouEvenShift > TheOnelectronic
08/17/2015 at 08:16

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Looks cleaner IMO


Kinja'd!!! Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD > Flavien Vidal
08/17/2015 at 11:58

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I wish I could find some better pictures of a JDM Corvette to know exactly what you are talking about. Perhaps I do need to see it in person.


Kinja'd!!! Flavien Vidal > Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD
08/17/2015 at 21:59

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It really looks ugly as fuck... Look at that massive gap on the ffront wheel in the first picture lol...

Not even a real ZR-1 btw...


Kinja'd!!! Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD > Flavien Vidal
08/18/2015 at 20:43

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Not in love with the gap, but I am in love with the tail lights and the flares above the rear wheels. Not a real ZR-1 though? Ooooo..... and the exhaust pipes look bad. 6/10. Thank you for the pictures, by the way!


Kinja'd!!! Flavien Vidal > Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD
08/19/2015 at 02:12

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No, not a ZR1, it’s a basic LT1, like mine (but this one is automatic... :( )

Zr1 have a wider rear fender, different wheels and a third brake light on the top of the rear window :)

And yeah, those exhaust look like shit... Japanese and their custom exhausts all the time... Annoying :)


Kinja'd!!! Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD > Flavien Vidal
08/19/2015 at 10:50

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Autotragic. 5/10.

I may have seen a real ZR-1 the other day then. Five spoke wheels, right? Also, they were really wide to the point of almost sticking out past the quarter panels. I saw a badge on the lower end of the rear bumper, but I was skeptical about it being real.