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#142
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I went back and actually read some of the longer written sections and the cops there seem really like to give tuner cars ****. That sucks man, but it seems like its worth the hassle to be able to drive such an amazing car. Also shitty with all those fuel problems from the FM fuel sys. Whatever happened to the FD diffuser?
#144
I think most of us just try to fly under the radar and hope we won't get defected. Cops here really don't look at understated MX5s when there's plenty of obviously defect-laden Nissans, Mitsubishisi and Suburus.
#147
I went back and actually read some of the longer written sections and the cops there seem really like to give tuner cars ****. That sucks man, but it seems like its worth the hassle to be able to drive such an amazing car. Also shitty with all those fuel problems from the FM fuel sys. Whatever happened to the FD diffuser?
The returnless setup may work ok for the v8 swaps but for a fuel setup that is meant to have a return line they should have stated that. Would have solved a lot of dramas if i had known that in the beginning and saved me a lot of money.
The diffuser i sold off ages ago. i never fitted it correctly and there was no point keeping it on the car.
Update time
Sooo saturday i went out to a meet to chill for a bit and advertise that my car is for sale. So yes i am looking to sell it but untill then ill just drive it and keep having fun. Drove there and back no issues which is always nice. Got a couple of cool pics too.
Scrapping splitter lol. Dont mind the tires. There just worn down nt01's
Monday came and it was time for the first track day of the year . Was good fun. Ended the day with a pb of 59.7 which i didnt think i would do on these tires but stoked that i did. No issues as well and drove awesome all day. Scary going through the kink at the end of the straight almost hitting limiter in 6th lol
This is a cool pic of the car parked next to me. Was so clean and stock. Like beauty and the beast haha
Only pic i got on track for now.
Will post the video when its uploaded soon
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY! I would quite literally give my left nut for this car. My gf started giving me **** for looking at this thread for so long and called me a stalker. Then she said, "I bet you'd suck a d**k to for that car." Not gonna lie, I had to think about it.
#151
If it were mine and the price was right, I'd sell. I enjoy building as much as driving and if I could actually "make" money on the car and move on (or up) to something else, why not? I've got several friends who have successfully worked their way up by setting a price and sticking to it. Eventually a person comes along that "must" have the car.
typical family car in Australia:
qft
typical family car in Australia:
qft
#154
Everything goes for more in Australia. We have a buddy that comes to the states a few times a year to ride his motorcycle and do some sight seeing, he asked how much we payed for our 2011 WRX. I told him it came out around 32k. He said holy **** that's cheap, he said one like that would sell for 50k in Australia.
He has a co worker that buys Harley Davidsons in the states and has them shipped to Australia. Buy a Harley here for 15k and sell it for 30k there.
My boss went last year to Brisbane to visit his daughter who is married to a Royale Airforce pilot. He came back and said he wants to move there, I have always wanted to go check it out.
Sorry for the thread jack absolutely badass car though!
He has a co worker that buys Harley Davidsons in the states and has them shipped to Australia. Buy a Harley here for 15k and sell it for 30k there.
My boss went last year to Brisbane to visit his daughter who is married to a Royale Airforce pilot. He came back and said he wants to move there, I have always wanted to go check it out.
Sorry for the thread jack absolutely badass car though!
#158
I dont doubt this at all. At the end of the day i had achieved everything i wanted with the car. Ive learnt many things and met a lot of people throughout. But the main reason was to go back to a more streetable car.
The way the laws are over here its not easy driving something like this around on the streets. It was an awesome car and i dont think ill ever drive anything like it again but its just time to move on.
It will be missed.
One more pic
The way the laws are over here its not easy driving something like this around on the streets. It was an awesome car and i dont think ill ever drive anything like it again but its just time to move on.
It will be missed.
One more pic