What car do you drive ?

[steelsnake00]

Ah good point, may get one from there. The new style logo looks pretty cool though. So, any timing/footage involved? How are they for noise-testing at the minute?

I didn't time really, but as a passenger in the M3 we were trying to break 8.10 and fell short. Theres some footage from my mates helmet cam but he's away on buisness so I can't get my hands on it yet.

As for noise testing we didn't have problems with the bikes but a Z06 got denied entry earlier on the Friday.

[Carcrazy]

I've got a question for you Silvia S14a drivers...

...how much gas mileage do you get on it?
Also, does anyone know the safety specs? I haven't been able to find them either... (if there are any.)

[Texhnolith]

hehe my milage isnt that bad imo.
Driving through city's, so stopping a lot and accelerating from lights etc, i get about 30mpg.
On highways i get about 38mpg. So pretty reasonable with a lightly tuned ride like this.

Untill i floor it ofcourse. I dont know how much it uses then but more along the lines of 15mpg or less i assume

Safety specs.. Mine has airbags (driver and passenger), abs (never felt it though Oo) and a very large nose to absorb any crash

[Carcrazy]

Wow... 30/38?

Wow, I was guessing 25/28 or something along those lines lol.

Thanks man!

Also, I hope I'm not being a bother, but can someone PM me a few pics of the interior? I heard the seats were kind of uncomfortable, and that the S15 seats were a simple bolt on swap... thx!
(I'm also just curious to see a stock dash lol)
Image quality doesn't matter to me, I don't want to sound picky asking a favor lol

[TheStig]

luckely you can now clearly see and feel if a seat is comfortable with the latest digital pictures....
I just love technology

[PSZeTa]

hehe my milage isnt that bad imo.
Driving through city's, so stopping a lot and accelerating from lights etc, i get about 30mpg.
On highways i get about 38mpg. So pretty reasonable with a lightly tuned ride like this.

Wow, for some reason, I really need to put a '' '' here. Never knew it had a reasonable gas mileage.

But keep it mind that there's a US gallon and a imperial gallon.

[baumaxx1]

It's a 4 cyl... It's probably better than what our big sixes do.

[PSZeTa]

Still a turbocharged 4-cylinder with a good amount of power. (For European standards..)

I know cars that do worse, lacking a turbo and with less power. Even diesels.

[Felixkissa]

Also, I hope I'm not being a bother, but can someone PM me a few pics of the interior? I heard the seats were kind of uncomfortable, and that the S15 seats were a simple bolt on swap... thx!
(I'm also just curious to see a stock dash lol)
Image quality doesn't matter to me, I don't want to sound picky asking a favor lol

I don't think the seats are uncomfortable. I'm quite a big fella almost 2m tall and I'm fine with the seats. They are better than averige family hatchback seats, but nothing special.

Here's couple pics of the interia:


EDIT: About the mpg.

I calculated U.S.: ~24mpg, UK: ~29mpg. That's driving nice and easy in the city. As soon as you floor it you can see the fuel gauge needle drop

[Carcrazy]

Oh, were you counting liters?

And as weird as this sounds, I love black cloth seats....

[Felixkissa]

In Finland we use the metric system. So I converted the numbers from litre/km to mpg.

[Supra-man]

I just bought a '97 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST. Black! I love it! Still waiting for it to be shipped however.

[TheStig]

Is it me or haven't you been here for ages....

[Supra-man]

Yeah. I have been here forever but have not been here for a while. At least not on the forums.

[xHaZxMaTx]

...Is that an iguana between the seats in the last pic?
Does it come with the car?

Very nice. Would certainly kick my Eclipse's bum.

[Supra-man]

Haha, yeah. But it doesn't come with the car. Don't know what was up with that. But I am signing the papers today so it will be mine, officially! It has been a long process though.

[Koenigsegg_Rox]

Hot dang thats a nice Eclipse. Never actually seen an Eclipse in the metal, plenty of FTOs though.

[RedCarDriver]

Hot dang thats a nice Eclipse. Never actually seen an Eclipse in the metal, plenty of FTOs though.

Oddly I've never seen an FTO in the metal, seen plenty of Eclipses though

And yeah, looks great.

[baumaxx1]

Nice eclipse... would look brilliant with a different set of rims. Lol... plenty of DTOs down here... but I don't think eclipses were right-hand-drive... I think FTO is Jap/AU... and Eclipse is for America.

[Morty]

Nice eclipse... would look brilliant with a different set of rims. Lol... plenty of DTOs down here... but I don't think eclipses were right-hand-drive... I think FTO is Jap/AU... and Eclipse is for America.

And Europe. I saw 2 or 3 Eclipses yesterday, they're pretty usual around here. Don't think I've ever seen an FTO tho.

[Supra-man]

Yeah. I'm thinking some lovely black rims. Looking into Konig. I love black on black.

[speed_man]

Yeah. I'm thinking some lovely black rims. Looking into Konig. I love black on black.

Black rims would look greaton it!!

[taz947]

The Sparco seats fits the car well.


And btw,how much did you spend on it?

[Supra-man]

It wasn't a bad price actually...but I had to spend 1,400 dollars to have it sent from NY to Idaho. Nearly all the way across the country! It shipped yesterday and will be there tuesday. But then I don't get to see it till I move back to Idaho in a week and a half.

[TheStig]

1400 for the car or just the shipping?

Cause 1400 for shipping I would fly over there and pick it up and drive it myself, even if it takes several days.

It is btw a very nice car, what kind of seats are that, they fit well, are they Sparcos or just the seatbelts?