Picked my FD up on Saturday

[Lil-Steve]

All I can say is wow!

I have driven a lot of good cars and had a couple myself but I can\'t believe how good the FD is. It\'s far better than I had expected, the brakes, the feel and power.

You can approach corners at a ridiculous speed and still have a lot to spare on the brakes, and the powersteering is weighted perfectly, the pedals are the right weight and it all feels incredibly well put together. I had no idea it was going to be this good.

I was under the impression they were supposed to be a bit twitchy and wayward, it is maneuverable and darty but not unstable. Yes, both ends of the car have broken loose on me but in such a communicative way. I am genuinely impressed I have never gelled with car like that ever; 5 minutes it took me to feel comfortable and within the day I was pushing about 90% of my ability. The car is much better than me still.

The only way I can describe it is S2000 chassis and controls, FC on the limit handling, GTR straight line power and all wraped in an oil painting of a body.

I just can\'t believe it. It\'s nearly bought tears to my eys a couple of times it\'s that good.

Spent my first £74 on petrol yesterday, but I\'ll tell you what it was worth every single penny
 
Also I\'d like to say a massive thank you to Miguel & Gareth at Newera for their fine work in sourceing and preparing this car. :Thumbsup!

[gmogle]

This thread is worthless without pics !!!!!!!!!!!

[peterwolds]

watch your rear end in the wet too many have gone to the scrap yard being over zealous.
enjoy though & welcome

[aeseaton]

Welcome.

The FD tends to do that people. You only really appreciate its amazingness when you get it round a track. Such a beautifully balanced chassis and it talks to you all the time. I love the way that when you stick the back end out it just sits there and waits for you to give it some more! So easy to control in a drift and such great fun watching porsche drivers cry as you fly past them round a corner! :WaveBye

Just be careful in the wet if youve got Jap compound tyres on. They are made slightly harder for the differnt tarmac on Jap roads so are useless in the wet. Make sure you get a good set of Brit tyres on there.

Have fun.

[nikp]

Just be careful in the wet if youve got Jap compound tyres on. They are made slightly harder for the differnt tarmac on Jap roads so are useless in the wet. Make sure you get a good set of Brit tyres on there.

Never a truer word spoken. I crashed mine (Minor crash) 3 months after getting it due to it\'s rubbish tyres. I was only doing about 20 round a slightly damp corner, too!

[Lil-Steve]

Pictures as requested, not great yet as I\'ve not mastered the camera just yet and I\'ve had to srink them to about 25% of the original!
 

 

 

[RedRummy]

looks sweet...

But be careful in the early months of ownership... its easy to get complacent about how well you think you know the car... then it bites...

[evolutioncheng]

looks lovely mate

[Lil-Steve]

I appreciate your concern guys, don\'t worry though I\'m a RWD turbo veteran :bandit (veteran hat). I used to have a Supra (MA70) with quite a few bits done for a few years and have driven or owned GTR\'s S2000, RX8, FC etc. From the feel of it so far this is not a car you could ever become complacent in full stop.
 
I\'ve made most of my mistakes already but will still be learning for the next few months. I can make it dance quite a bit already just getting used to the sequential system while exiting corners and the amount of temperature the tyres and brakes need to perform. Fairly certain the brake pads are not stock, or they are and they\'re really good.
 
But thanks guys I look forward to spending some time on here and getting to know you all.

[Nik da Greek]

Welcome and all that! Looks like a lovely clean car you have there, dude, no wonder you\'re so chuffed. Hope for your sake the pads are standard, or you\'ll be crying over your mullered fingertips cleaning brake dust off those lovely white Enkeis every other day !

[Warthog]

Hello and welcome mate .... enjoy.:Thumbs-up

[Jono FD3]

if she is a fresh import watch out for the tyres... especialy in the wet as the jap tyres don\'t realy like the UK roads & it could all end up in tears!!

Nice car though, hope you keep on enjoying it like you are for years to come... I know I am

Jono

[chrisJDM]

welcome to the club, awesome looking car

[RobbieRX-7]

I love the way that when they stick the back end out, they just sit there and wait for you to give them some more!

Have fun.

Yeah, i\'ve had a few birds  say that to me too

[karl_tate]

looks very nice, welcome.

it still makes me smile when i get into mine (not daily driven) had it on the road around 4 months but had the car around 9.

what is the spec on the car??