cars cars cars

[hcraver]

had a ca18 silvia, that beast would love to rev
pissed all over mates 180 sr20
black tops are killer though

[s u b u r b a n]

got a rack for the jeep - needs some paint on the rack itself and the bazookas - good for lugging tent poles around in when i go camping




time to fab up the patrol diffs and chuck them under the jeep, then another 1" of lift and 35's

[Sneeza]

Just sent an email off to a guy with a workshop in Bunbury to see if he wants to buy the skyline... he came to look at it when I was going to the dodgy wreck sell while it was still encumbered.

I said $10K firm - registered as is. I kinda hope he says yes so then I dont have to go through the process of getting it detailed and advertising it. But then... she's my baby. The amount of tears I have shed over that car... IT OWES ME. haha I was listing all the stuff on it to him and I forgot I had done so much to it..

[theloadedjuggler]

Got any pics Sneeza? Few mates are sometimes lookin'....

The wife has decided she wants a Stagea so we are on the hunt for a decent Autech for under $35K.

Bit worried about the gas guzzling tendencies though.

[Sneeza]

Got any pics Sneeza? Few mates are sometimes lookin'....

The wife has decided she wants a Stagea so we are on the hunt for a decent Autech for under $35K.

Bit worried about the gas guzzling tendencies though.

I'll take some on the weekend for you.

The car has been set up for motor kahna racing and has been regularly serviced and maintained by Hyperdrive. Price is 10K Firm. It hasnt been detailed or anything.

1995 gtst-t. Series 1.5. Black. Some panel minor panel damage
It's just been serviced and has had the o2 sensor replaced. So fuel efficiency is HEAPS better.
225000km on the clock..
HKS FMIC
K&N pod filter
DBA slotted front rotors
Ferodo DS2500 front pads
EBC green stuff rear pads
Newish toyo T1-R tyres. All 4
31/2" cat back zorst
Bilstein shocks
King springs
whiteline sway bars
whiteline front strut brace
(suspension all by Wilkinson - basically like the whiteline superpro kit. Set up for Motor Kahna)
Extreme 9puck cushion button clutch
HKS lightened flywheel
Beltronics in built radar detector - sensors are hidden under bonnet and at the back. Control Unit is set under the CD player and turbo timer. (still deciding if I am going to take this out or not).
HKS Turbo Timer
Interior is in really good condition for a car with its kms. No rips in the seats etc
Pillar mounted Boost Guage (Type X)
Momo gear knob
Nismo floor mats all round.




Stagea/skyline... same engine. My car gets about 400km to a tank and thats driving up to the hills etc. Which I think is pretty good. Depends how you drive it though...driving it on boost all the time will give you around 350km to a tank. Drive it normally and you'll get heaps more.

[Matt-F]

If you can be arsed why dont you part it out sneeza? Especially if its got a few battle scars. Theres plenty of mods there that people will want too....

[Sneeza]

If you can be arsed why dont you part it out sneeza? Especially if its got a few battle scars. Theres plenty of mods there that people will want too....

Don't have the equipment to do that and dont want the left over shit that no one wants. I want the whole car gone for a lump sum. I'll spend the bits I get here and there!

[Matt-F]

Fair enough the price is right anyway

[Sneeza]

Fair enough the price is right anyway

Yeah I want to leave it FIRM because that's what I need to pay the loan off etc. It's still cheaper than any other gts-t out there. Also... the only thing wrong with it is it needs is a couple of dings hammered out and a re-spray if really wanted. Look at the fully worked r33's out there for around 13-15K that have probably been thashed to fuck, not maintained.... unless its backyard job mods. My car has been treated like a princess. It's just the fuckers with trolleys in carparks that didn't treat her nice.

[s u b u r b a n]

needs another instrument cluster


some nice fruit on there sneeeeeza

[Smiley The Ghetto Crack Child]

I'll take some on the weekend for you.

The car has been set up for motor kahna racing and has been regularly serviced and maintained by Hyperdrive. Price is 10K Firm. It hasnt been detailed or anything.

1995 gtst-t. Black. Some panel minor panel damage
It's just been serviced and has had the o2 sensor replaced. So fuel efficiency is HEAPS better.
225000km on the clock..
HKS FMIC
K&N pod filter
DBA slotted front rotors
Ferodo DS2500 front pads
EBC green stuff rear pads
Newish toyo T1-R tyres. All 4
31/2" cat back zorst
Bilstein shocks
King springs
whiteline sway bars
whiteline front strut brace
(suspension all by Wilkinson - basically like the whiteline superpro kit. Set up for Motor Kahna)
Extreme 9puck cushion button clutch
HKS lightened flywheel
Beltronics in built radar detector - sensors are hidden under bonnet and at the back. Control Unit is set under the CD player and turbo timer. (still deciding if I am going to take this out or not).
HKS Turbo Timer
Interior is in really good condition for a car with its kms. No rips in the seats etc
Pillar mounted Boost Guage (Type X)
Momo gear knob
Nismo floor mats all round.




Stagea/skyline... same engine. My car gets about 400km to a tank and thats driving up to the hills etc. Which I think is pretty good. Depends how you drive it though...driving it on boost all the time will give you around 350km to a tank. Drive it normally and you'll get heaps more.

so you're a dba with a r33 gts-t, you were meant to be a guy or you're and alien

[mc68]

i didnt know the datsun had that much gear sneeza...if so, thats an incredibly good buy

best of luck with it.

[sketch]

just got back from an awesome day/night out in the new 4x4 and toys









LOL then this happened, whoops









we got it down after about 2 hours of digging, then about an hour more to dig it out of the holes we dug to flip it back up, haha

[Matt-F]

It's not called a rollux for nothing Sketch

[mc68]

those china mini bikes are so much fun for the money

[Sneeza]

i didnt know the datsun had that much gear sneeza...if so, thats an incredibly good buy

best of luck with it.

hahah GO THE DATTO!!!!

It hasnt got alot of 'go-fast' fruit on it... well it's not "go fast" until you add a powerFC or something. It's mainly handling mods and the lightened flywheel helped with MC to get some better acceleration from 1st to 2nd. She spools up pretty quick. 'woooooooohsa'

[Birt]

So I thought I would post up a few happy snaps from last weekends Wine Country Classic.















Now the decision is should I go to Nascar?

[Dogma]

nascar is retarded, although i would go just to experience the retardedness

[Birt]

nascar is retarded, although i would go just to experience the retardedness

I would sort of agree with you, but I am actually secretly really wanting to hear the roar of those engines, play the cheeky tourist and try and score as much free stuff as possible.



Oh and try and meet ex F1 drivers.

[Dogma]

ex, bitter, f1 drivers who have sold out for money and been relegated to playing scaletrix

[Sneeza]

nascar is retarded, although i would go just to experience the retardedness

lol... and the rednecks

[Dogma]

i see retardedness as encompassing both the "race" and "those who have paid good money to see the race". it's like one giant bowl of retard soup with a dash of crap beer and a corporately sponsored bowl.

[Sneeza]

i see retardedness as encompassing both the "race" and "those who have paid good money to see the race". it's like one giant bowl of retard soup with a dash of crap beer and a corporately sponsored bowl.

Did you see that top gear episode when they each had an american gas guzzler car and they graffii'd each others cars to see who could make it from one side of... I think it was texas.. or some other redneck state without being killed. I think Jeremy Clarkson had 'NASCAR SUCKS' on the side of his and they pulled into a petrol station and this lady comes out going 'you got nascar sucks written on your car?? What the fuck!! I'm getting the boys' Then all these rednecks come out of nowhere in their trucks chasing them down. Fucking LOL!

[Birt]

i see retardedness as encompassing both the "race" and "those who have paid good money to see the race". it's like one giant bowl of retard soup with a dash of crap beer and a corporately sponsored bowl.

That's it, I'm sold!

Here is me thinking you might have got excited about the BMW's, the 959 or the plethora of Shelby Cobra's....

[frogman]

Did you see that top gear episode when they each had an american gas guzzler car and they graffii'd each others cars to see who could make it from one side of... I think it was texas.. or some other redneck state without being killed. I think Jeremy Clarkson had 'NASCAR SUCKS' on the side of his and they pulled into a petrol station and this lady comes out going 'you got nascar sucks written on your car?? What the fuck!! I'm getting the boys' Then all these rednecks come out of nowhere in their trucks chasing them down. Fucking LOL!

Alabama

[Sneeza]

Alabama

ahh that's right.

[Turbo]

What do people recommend someone to buy with $30,000 if they wanted a car that needs to fit into this category

1. Cheap on fuel
2. New - 5 years old

Are my basic requirements.

[Tension]

your search for cars has come back with 102, 455 models

please refine your search parameters

[frogman]

What do people recommend someone to buy with $30,000 if they wanted a car that needs to fit into this category

1. Cheap on fuel
2. New - 5 years old

Are my basic requirements.

How big do you need it to be? 4 door? 2 door? family sedan?

Toyotas are generally good on fuel, though you might want to look at a VW golf TDI as well. Decent fuel economy, and they are fun to drive.

[Tension]

had to get my front brakes overhauled, new braided lines & new pads
$900

modified cars: economic fail.

[theloadedjuggler]

So I thought I would post up a few happy snaps from last weekends Wine Country Classic.















Now the decision is should I go to Nascar?

Wine country?

Napa?

[amelia]

What do people recommend someone to buy with $30,000 if they wanted a car that needs to fit into this category

1. Cheap on fuel
2. New - 5 years old

Are my basic requirements.

what about a prius?
or some other kind of hybrid?

[hcraver]

prius are so so slow with the same fuel eco as a yaris
plus battery life is still an unknown except the prive to fix them.........over $5000

[amelia]

prius are so so slow with the same fuel eco as a yaris
plus battery life is still an unknown except the prive to fix them.........over $5000

my uncle has one (but its top of the range...dont know if that make a difference) and its great. fine speed, he fills up maybe once a month.
Dont know about the batt though...but all he had to say about the car was good things.
its also quite nice to be driven in.

shame theyre so ugly.

[nigel]

nice snaps birt

i considered a hybrid. the prius is junk and would fall apart with the motorway miles i do. uk has a few of the now defunct honda hybrids, again, peices of crap.
the lexus rx400 hybrid is nice, but still only returns 25mpg, figure that one out.

i bit the bullet this week and bought a new ride. 2003 525 diesel

[Polski Beach Bum]

nice 1 bruce

sorry to be crass, but how much does something like that go for in the uk? do bmws depreciate to shit after a few yrs over there?

[Smiley The Ghetto Crack Child]

nice snaps birt

i considered a hybrid. the prius is junk and would fall apart with the motorway miles i do. uk has a few of the now defunct honda hybrids, again, peices of crap.
the lexus rx400 hybrid is nice, but still only returns 25mpg, figure that one out.

i bit the bullet this week and bought a new ride. 2003 525 diesel

nice! time to take it for a trundle out in the ye ole country side hehehahae

[nigel]

nice 1 bruce

sorry to be crass, but how much does something like that go for in the uk? do bmws depreciate to shit after a few yrs over there?

11k sterling

thats exactly the opposite of what they do, and the main reason i didnt buy a saab.
in 2 years time the saab i was looking at would be worth half or less
in 2 year time a beamer is worth 3/4 what you paid for it

smiley : yeah i bought it off a posh farmer in cambridgeshire, he said it was ra-ther nice to drive around the villages

[hcraver]

my uncle has one (but its top of the range...dont know if that make a difference) and its great. fine speed, he fills up maybe once a month.
Dont know about the batt though...but all he had to say about the car was good things.
its also quite nice to be driven in.

shame theyre so ugly.

agree with the ugly comment!!
when the car ages the cells becoming weaker causing more strain on the motor
was looking at importing one from japan but was a no go, however prius III is meant to be a massive leap in technology

[nigel]

cant find one in oz with the same specs, but it would be like 35 grand or more there
does my head in how cheap cars are here compared to oz
my 2000 volvo s40 is worth 1500 quid here, maybe
in oz its a 15 grand car

bizzarro

[GoOsH]

cant find one in oz with the same specs, but it would be like 35 grand or more there
does my head in how cheap cars are here compared to oz
my 2000 volvo s40 is worth 1500 quid here, maybe
in oz its a 15 grand car

bizzarro

yeah, basically because of the crazy car finance deals you can get on new cars here, makes second hand a lot less attractive, you know the 5 yr interest free loans etc.

[nigel]

yeah
but fuck owing money in the current ecomonical climate, or ever
all the car owners i know have 30k cars with 300 quid a month repayments
frankly that terrifies me
pay 9000 for 3 years on some lease agreement then give it back or swap it for another one .. and keep paying
whereas in 3 years my ride will be worth 4 or 5 grand still
me = winnar

[Birt]

11k sterling

thats exactly the opposite of what they do, and the main reason i didnt buy a saab.
in 2 years time the saab i was looking at would be worth half or less
in 2 year time a beamer is worth 3/4 what you paid for it

smiley : yeah i bought it off a posh farmer in cambridgeshire, he said it was ra-ther nice to drive around the villages

Farmers ALWAYS have the nice diesel estates, generally a BMW or a Mercedes, I think it has something to do with all that bulk diesel they can buy at a non-taxed rate.

I knew you would end up with a BMW good choice all the same.

NB Yes Wine Country, Sonoma at Infineon Raceway.

[GoOsH]

yeah
but fuck owing money in the current ecomonical climate, or ever
all the car owners i know have 30k cars with 300 quid a month repayments
frankly that terrifies me
pay 9000 for 3 years on some lease agreement then give it back or swap it for another one .. and keep paying
whereas in 3 years my ride will be worth 4 or 5 grand still
me = winnar

yeah but they wanna drive a new £30k car around at all times I guess.
Meh, I just have no possible use for a car in london, otherwise I'd think about getting one.

[frogman]

nice snaps birt

i considered a hybrid. the prius is junk and would fall apart with the motorway miles i do. uk has a few of the now defunct honda hybrids, again, peices of crap.
the lexus rx400 hybrid is nice, but still only returns 25mpg, figure that one out.

i bit the bullet this week and bought a new ride. 2003 525 diesel

thats sexy.

If it was up to me, I would swap all the chrome for matt black pieces instead, and throw some matt black rims on. I love that effect.

[Dogma]

if by the chrome you mean the grille, then no, that's against the law.

ps yay bmw, boo diesel.

that said if i was in the uk i'd have a diesel too.

[amelia]

cant find one in oz with the same specs, but it would be like 35 grand or more there
does my head in how cheap cars are here compared to oz
my 2000 volvo s40 is worth 1500 quid here, maybe
in oz its a 15 grand car

bizzarro

i think it has a lot to do with the fact you can import what you like over there?? (if you still can.)


my cousin bought a bmw maybe 2 or 3 years older than that, for 2000pounds at the end of last year.
Insane.

[nigel]

diesel does 45mpg which sold me. i totaly agree about the black. got my eye on a black grill.

[nigel]

i think it has a lot to do with the fact you can import what you like over there?? (if you still can.)


my cousin bought a bmw maybe 2 or 3 years older than that, for 2000pounds at the end of last year.
Insane.

you can only import a car here if its for sale here too. if they dont retail it in the uk it must be 10 years old before you can import it.

so any weird japanese cars that they dont sell retail here are outta the question until they're almost too old to bother with

european market cars are all sold here anyway so they're not imports. they're also all left hand drive so that doesnt help much :P

[Denver]

Blarggggg


project 33 has been moving, all be it slowly...

bought this for it the other day tho, second hand, but still blingy as hell



1 x AP racing floor mounted pedal box, wooteth!

i ws hoping to have the damn car running by now, but shits been getting in the way, ironically there isn't much to make it happen, just pulling my finger out of my ass and screwing everything together and sorting a few trivial locally souced bits, im just being anal about a few things, like buying nearly 3k worth of intake manifold and throttle body, it doesn''t really need, but i want for that extra poothenth of response and power delivery

so until i get that im usuing it as an excuse to not stick the new motor together, trivial yes..