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    WRX STi's

    Just picked it up from the car distributor company, trucked from nelson to auckland. Its got THE worst cheapest respray done to the front/right. Looks like total sh*t. Over spray everywhere, its a total different shade of white to the rest of the car. Rear bumper is held on with cable ties, and the sideskirt just f**ken fell off! Called the dealer. he told me to f**k off (in more words...) Called the indepedant inspector I paid, he told me the lighting wasnt great Read the consumer gaurantees act. Called the dealer, he told me he's not admiting anything, but to go get a qoute to fix it. Went and got two qoutes. $1600 to respray front and RH side of car (one of the painters actually cracked up at the paint on it!) Called dealer. told "no way" Asked for refund "no" Hung up. Called motor vehicle disputes tribunal. f**k! That is all. I wouldnt have touched this thing with a barge pole had I seen it personally before handing over $9500 cash. My other car is now sold and picked up (this morning), and this goatf**k is going to court. Am I still able to drive the vehicle?? Is it wise, not wise? Need to get to work in an hour...
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    Gran Turismo 5

    Anyone running V2 yet? Saw the download today.. But 1.2gig's from the PS server is an over night job. Im still playing this game, it has staying power Favourite car is a toss up between the AW11 mr2, and the Suzuki GSXR4 (which is 1300cc of zonda killing weapon)
  3. This is ripped from another forum, but is brilliant and sums the state of NZ up nicely... From another forum (Wings Over NZ) : The response was even better:
  4. I know a guy who got 38,000 km out of Re11's on the road, daily driving, thats impressive for what must be a soft compound.
  5. Who's the head monkey in charge of the clean up from day one? Fire his ass ASAP, in fact boot him out of the country for being an epic fail. What the bleep happened to "can do". Screw OSH etc, use commonsense and fix the bleeping problem quick. Then once its been dealt with, FINE the bejebus out of the idiots who caused it. I grew up in the BOP, Moved from ohope/whakatane/the mount/tauranga. Hopefully it doesnt turn into a *total* balls up due to red tape and people unable to take decisive action for fear of screwing up right before an election. I have absolutely no experience with salvage big ass ships, but I can still think of UMPTEEN different ways of handling it quickly. There are plenty of heavy lift heli's in the south pacific, They shouldve been there from hour one lifting containers off it.
  6. That is one crazy low liability I have 10 million liability cover while flying RC planes!
  7. How does an RE11 compare to a re050?
  8. Have they said how the dumb shits hit the reef yet? How does that even happen in 2011? I hope they fine the hell out of em, as well as make them pay for the damage to tangrang and the mount.
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    WRX STi's

    Bought a tidy white 98 wagon with 116k on the clock, not an Sti sadly, but getting a stock un fuct with one was higher on the list for me than going fast (I hate the noise subaru's make with big cannon exhausts too!). its cranking 160psi on the front two, 158psi on the back, and looks damn near new. Have receipts for cambelt/waterpump/idlers/rocker cover gaskets/plugs and a service came to $1200 for the lot, not too bad. Hopefully it last long enough to build the E30 wagon
  10. Word is the new 002 are as good as RE001's, but with better wet performance. Any one got em? Can someone point me at a central auckland tyre place who can hook a honky up with a set of them at a sharp price, or possibly RE11's in a 205/50/16
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    MR2

    Yeh, enzo fella is a mate being a d*ck Getting heaps of watchers, hopefully it sells or it'll have to be parked on the road until it does. It costs me $60 a month for 5k insured, and uses damn near half the gas of the M50'd e30 on the run to work everyday, without being as snot boring to drive as your average corolla etc. $100 would fix the little issues its got, slap some cheap sticky tyres on it and your away.
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    MR2

    Yeh, I had a look at the competition before pricing it Its the cheapest manual f/l on tardme, its really not in a too bad a condition, just that black makes the blemishes stand out, ive seen far worse ones driving around. Ive also listed all its niggly problems, im sure half the others have the same faults but dont mention them. Dunno if that was wise!
  13. And this is awesome too
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    MR2

    My NA MR2's up for sale, was bought as a "gap filler" to get to work when my E30 died. Its in pretty good condition, a few cheap fixes would make it 100%. These things get a lot of grief about being girly as, and they probably are, but theyre seriously good cheap fun to drive. Find a nice twisty road and I dont think you'd find much else that'll make you grin so much for so little $. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=413861206 If you make me a firm offer before anyone bids, over 2200, Ill take it. I paid more 2months ago for it, in worse condition, but it's gotta go
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    WRX STi's

    I am learning this the hard way. The reason for the $1500 theft excess (with dual immobilisers) has been proven!
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    WRX STi's

    The blue Sti one is out of the question for the moment, dont ask, terrible luck. Pity as looked like the only original one with a decent service history. After a stock standard hasnt been f**ked with wagon, which counts the trick centre diff out as it was only on the TypeR coupes. Have booked a normal 98 wrx wagon in to be inspected. If it comes back clean ill probably get it, it looks like new and has silly low k's on it and is again totally standard. Pity so many muppets drive/steal WRX's, wreck them for everyone else
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    E30 Touring

    Whats out there? Ideally, MINT, well looked after 325 manual. No rust. But lower spec'd E30's would also be considered as long as theyre minters. There was a white 1988 on tardme for awhile seems to have gone now though, is it still out there?, I wouldnt mind having a look at it in person if its still for sale. No BS Cash buyer, but am after the right car (if it exists )
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    WRX STi's

    Aparently its normal for them to smoke initially after a few days sitting, oil seep into the bores made worse by the forged internals. Any idea if this is true? Its got service history from http://www.mapc.co.nz/ since it was imported, 5k oil changes and all the other work. Hopefully the it passes the check's without anything major showing up, am keen to drive it after reading about em!. 0-100 in 5seconds sounds fun
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    WRX STi's

    Talking to a subaru guru last night, he thinks its probably a good buy. I was looking at some low k's (100k) 98-99 WRX hatch/wagon's, and he'd put money on a well maintained Sti being more reliable than an unknown lower k's wrx. Aparently the drivetrains in the Sti's are much more bulletproof than the WRX's. Aparently if you miss an oil change or spread one out, youve got a good chance of destroying it next time you change the oil. They like to sludge oil, and if you clear the sludge out with fresh oil you get bad stuff happening. Not keen on the newer versions, fugly (not that any wrx is pretty!), and they got much heavier. Insurance is barely anymore than the bimmer! Crazy. Over 25 and a clean driving history. Ill wait to see what the VTNZ/AA say
  20. Anyone know WRX's? Whatya think of this http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=410298638 ? K's are highish, but it looks to have been well looked after, am tempted pending an AA/VTNZ check..
  21. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=246214463
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    HB Chris (Jacko)

    Chur. Am in Miami at the moment, saw a new B7 doing ~100mph up the freeway, followed by a semi doing the same! Screw the themeparks, driving here is way scarier!. Got me a rental dodge challenger to play with, 400hp of bi-winning
  23. Rapido plate on a e36 100m from my house in onehunga And an E36 coupe in sandringham, with shark grill vents glued to the doors.... Too keep the electric window motors cool...
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