200SXY's Story

The time had come to trade up to a new car - I'd moved from the NT to Victoria and the 4WD just wasn't needed anymore.  So I trawled through magazines and websites looking for a new car.  The first sight of the black S15 GT advertised on the Nissan website had me entranced!

So I rang up Geelong Nissan and booked a test drive.  I turned up  on a busy Saturday morning for my drive  ... I nudged the S15 out f the yard with the words "she has a full tank and we don't close until 5pm, so have fun!" ringing in my ears.  Would I take this new car for a test run in peak hour Saturday morning shopping traffic??? Nah, I'll be safe and attempt to cross six lanes of traffic to turn right and head for the 'burbs!

Hmmm six lanes of traffic. me patiently waiting, and waiting, and waiting to cross - eventually a tiny gap and I gunned her (just like I would the 4WD I just jumped out of) .... and oh dear, I forgot this thing had a turbo and promptly I left two black strips across six lanes of traffic as I hooked it out of there.  Nevertheless I loved the car, but was a tad embarrassed returning it to the yard as they had seen me remove a deal of tread from their tyres!  The big cheesy grins from the Nissan team let me know they were cool with my "oops", but I was still in shock!

This Car is Not Just a Show Car!

I decided to order the new GT (which little did I know was about to have production ceased in a few days, and little did I know that the production of S15's would cease in a few weeks!)  Six weeks later it was built, and delivered, and was one of the last into the country.

Amazingly I could have sold the car before I even took delivery of her, as a guy from Geelong desperately wanted a black GT Spec S .... and no more could be ordered.   The dealership rang several times to let me know he wanted to buy the car, and in fact he even turned up on the day I collected the car to try and convince me in person - unfortunately for him I was about 30 minutes early and drove off before we could meet.

The car started it's life as my work vehicle and was regularly seen bashing around a dairy farm - did you know cow's love looking at their own reflections ... and a black bonnet was the ideal place for their wistful gazes!  I moved to WA with her in 2003, and started the modification process.  She's had some ups and downs but always been an awesome car,

She did her stint as a country girl out in the Goldfields of WA (and annihilated a couple of kangaroos in the process ... S15=2 > Kangaroos=0)!   But now she is a city girl and loving it!