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It's also to meet things like regulations regarding headlight height, rollover protection, pedestrian safety etc etc etc as well as cooling requirements for the engine...

PM me stat.

On call 24/7 eh?

lol at the haters, seriously Cowboy your a fair f*cking whinger seeing you've never laid eyes on one let alone driven one. Dino's account on Speedhunters (one of those reports you said didn't exist) says it all. Just because it makes reference to the AE86 in its name doesn't mean it's destroying the history. That's no more stupid than saying the R35 GT-R ruined the reputations of all the GT-Rs before it. Toyota are forging their own path and making what everyone has been screaming out for since the demise of the S15 - a low-cost RWD sports car that can be used as a daily and punted around a track on weekends. Toyota Oz have long been spouting a target sale price of $35K - even if it ends up closer to $40K it will become a cult classic here in Oz, as it will everywhere else. Remember that the S15 was more than $40K when it was released back in 2000, hell the first WRXs were considered performance bargains at $40K when they were released in 1994! If I don't get a chance to drive one in Japan, I'm gonna be banging down the door of my local Toyota dealer for a test drive when they get here.

+1 some of you guys need to get down off your high horses. High beams and seatbelt are fairly minor in the scheme of things, I'd be asking for an exemption in your circumstances, although as HOSTILE suggested, you'll need a lawyer if you want a magistrate to take you seriously.

Props to you Wigout for going into this armed with all the information. I own a rather lovely R34 GT-R (and I also have a wife, a mortgage and three kids at private school), but I would've owned it probably 5 years earlier than what I did if I had used all the money I tipped into my RX-2 (around $30K, not including a couple of personal loans along the way) and had gone and bought a house instead. Sure property is looking shaky as a short term investment at the moment, but it won't keep going down forever, either will shares if you prefer to take a bigger risk. In fact now is probably almost the perfect time to buy either. I'm with Marlin, use your 50K as a deposit on a house, you'll end up a long way in front in the long term. Smart investors know that it's not just about having money, it's about using it to its full potential - that usually involves maintaining a 'healthy' level of debt. Added: get yourself a financial adviser and explain to them what your goals are, then you can map out a course that will use your money more effectively and still allow you to get your GT-R

Seeing Jase didn't bother to correct my response via Twitter , I was referring to manual PM35s, which, to the best of my knowledge, no-one in Australia has. I'm sure if I were to buy an auto PM35, the guys at Northshore Prestige would be able to comply it for my customers, same as they can for any of the other brokers.

This thread is less of a "reality check for sellers" and more of a "look how cheap I bought my car/how big my e-penis is"...

lol @ the keyboard warriors saying it's boring, slow, could've gone faster etc etc. Get off your high horses and get out on a track, or even better a rally course where one mistake can cost you your life, then you will understand what a truly amazing effort that drive was.

Random factoid - for all the work Nismo did for the R1 conversion (a package specifically designed for the track) on my R34 GT-R, they don't replace the factory fan setup, they just upgrade the radiator. I've driven it in traffic on a 40 degree day and it didn't skip a beat, never got above 90 degrees. It coped in the heat far better than I did...

^^^What he said (or is inferring)...supply and demand, pure and simple. If people are paying that money, that's what the dealers will charge.

Dude. It's a computer chip. On eBay. What could possibly go wrong?

One of the most sensible posts I've ever seen you write!

QFT

Dude you have no chance. None.

The council's last chance to cancel it passed about 2 hours ago, so it's going ahead unless we cop 100mm of rain tomorrow.

The weird part is they brought in the checks for radioactivity about 4 months AFTER the reactor dramas - it wasn't the Japanese govt feeling like they had a responsibility to the countries they export cars to, it was as a result of the unions of the dock workers in Japan kicking up a stink about them possibly copping regular exposure to nuclear fallout. I've heard stories from Japan about cars being knocked back (and the level they've set for what's no good is ridiculously low), but none of mine have been, touch wood.

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There will be staff in hi-vis vests walking around with jerry cans collecting a gold coin donations from spectators - given that the event is effectively free, please don't be tight arses, it's to raise further money for victims of the Japanese tsunami and earthquake. This is a not-for-profit gig, so once our expenses are covered, everything goes to charity. There's a small chance of showers but 24 degrees is the expected temp so it should be pretty good, certainly a big improvement on last time! We've had a last minute rush of applications, so bear with us. Applications have gone well past 250 now, so with last minute drop outs, 250 should be the go I reckon. See you all Sunday!!

It would want to be a REALLY good R33 to be worth the hassle...

Did anyone else spot the expected 10 sec quarter mile??