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And this is how it begins Looking forward to see where you'll take it. I have a feeling this will see a supercharger being bolted on eventually

Hah, I was just joking. Fingers crossed the new one works!

Agreed. OEM all the way for the bits that are just meant to be replaced. That's good to know, thanks guys! I tend to get OEM parts online from the usual places and then pass them on to the mechanic. I guess dealers won't show stock online so probably a good thing to keep in mind as an option.

Just out of curiousity, when you say you are talking to Nissan, who are you talking to? A local Nissan dealer? I've never tried it, but always imagined if I talked to anyone at Nissan in Australia about getting something for a 25+ year old imported car they'd just laugh at me.

Haha, well, see this is what happens when you go cheap Personally I don't think $200 is a big ask for a working replacement key. Not having to lock/unlock the car with the key in the door all the time would be worth more than that to me. And they do state that they offer a full refund if the key doesn't work. And if the non-OEM outside is a problem, just swap the PCB over to the old key. What might help: I had the key on my watchlist and sitting in my cart on ebay for a few days without actually purchasing it and the seller sent an ebay offer with a 15% discount.

Hey @Hafidel36, there's an Australian seller on ebay selling replacement keys. See this listing for example. Might be worth a try for you. There is an alternative R34 listing depending on key type. It's worth messaging them to make sure to get the right one. I ordered a key for my Stagea and they responded same day and stopped me from getting the wrong one. Programming mode doesn't work on my car currently so I haven't been able to try it, but the key itself looks fine. Seems fine on the signal analyser as well. I'm not convinced it's an OEM one as it didn't come in the Nissan packaging and doesn't have the Nissan logo on the back. But feel and quality-wise it's no different. The actual board in it looks the same as well. This is how it came. The right one is my original. I was only going to mention it after actually trying to pair the key but I'm not sure when I'll get around to it. I have the annoying door chime disabled that comes up when opening the door with the key still in the ignition. So much better without it, but I think the car doesn't detect the key in the ignition anymore and hence the routine to get into programming mode doesn't work either.

Might be worth pinging @admS15 who is currently putting an engine together in his build thread.

I'm pretty sure @Duncan mentioned this in one of his build threads. Can't remember what the verdict was though.

Oh wow, it is beautiful when it all comes together though. Gives me goosebumps. Thanks for that clip!

Oh wow, that's some serious distance! That's an easy half a year worth of driving for many. I'm glad to hear it made it okay. I wonder if the soot could also be from the exhaust setup. There's a highflow catalyst on mine that does pretty much nothing and smells terrible. I have been blaming the gunk on the bumper on that. Not sure though.

Hah, yes, I agree. My post sounds way more negative than I intended. There is nothing wrong with the Yaris. It's practical, economical, reliable and gets you from A to B. But from what I have seen it doesn't really bring any emotion to the driving experience. With a manual Honda this likely changes. And there can be actual joy had in driving it.

The Honda has got to be so much nicer to drive than the Yaris! The only emotions I get from the shitbox rental Yaris's I have driven have been frustration and anger. I haven't driven the Accord but other older NA Civics were a joy to row through the gears and drive out. Not fast, but feel good.

Hah, the best I've seen in my wagon and RB25 is 11.3l/100km or 20.8mpg and that was pretty much highway only. In the city it's around 17l/100km or 13.8mpg. What I find interesting and didn't expect is that having fun and boosting it doesn't make much of a difference to the fuel consumption. Like doing a run through the twisties and it stays pretty much at highway levels. It's the start and stop city driving that kills it. Of course my driving is 90% city. Would rather be delivering tofu in the mountains but oh well.

Re 1), I think that's normal. Don't have that on mine either. Like Duncan said, the backlight comes and the clock in the dash dims when you turn on the lights.

Nice one, looks very clean! I always much prefer the boxy more aggressive look of the S1 over the S2.

Could you elaborate? I don't remember it being mentioned much in the forums.

Photos are online now as well: https://www.saunsw.com.au/gallery/november-2023-cruise-evening-kebab-run

This coming up tonight!

I wonder if this is the kind of thing where you'd be better off buying a 10 year old second hand Bosch than a new one. I wouldn't be surprised it they are riding on brand recognition and going cheap on parts as well nowadays. Saying that as someone who has a Bosch dishwasher in the apartment but has never used it

Same when looking at user profiles. It doesn't show any posts since last week. Something's going on.

Hey, not sure if it's just on my end but it looks like the recent activity feeds aren't working properly. Is this just on my end or same for others? See: https://www.sau.com.au/forums/discover/unread/ and https://www.sau.com.au/forums/discover/ The second link works even when not logged in and shows the same. See screenshot below. It hasn't been showing any of the new posts since last week. cc @PranK

Ooo, we haven't been there before. Looking forward to see what it's like!

From one fool to another, I'm sure you'll be fine. Do you have any photos of the car?

Holy cow, this makes it quite real!

Man, that sucks. I hope you get it back. You must feel violated having this happen at home. What was the situation? Was it an open car park or in a cage? Any security on the car? Immobiliser, GPS tracker or so? Apartment living can be a bit f**ked like that. A colleague of mine had his bikes stolen. Camera footage showed people coming in with a van at 2am or so in the morning. Not wasting any time. Going through with a bolt cutter opening cages and taking whatever is easy to grab. Apparently covering the cage to hide the contents would have been enough to make these guys skip it. I presume with a car it's a bit more targeted though unfortunately.