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  1. Whilst a clean low km original car may be worth bookoo coin the modified rust repaired variants will still be only 5 figure cars. People will pay for clean OEM's, like every other classic, but modified is less desirable. The yanks have over inflated the prices for these cars because of their love of F&F, once the dust has settled, like every orher massed produced classic the price will stabilise. The time now is the sellers market. Remember the GTS, GTHO and Shelbey prices 10 years ago, what are they worth now? Don't get dragged into to futures markets with cars unless they are "limited edition" type cars. Meh, my VX SS is currently (apparently) worth 100% more than what I purchased it for.......LOL, luckily for me I have all the parts to return it to 100% stock, which is what people are looking for. IRT my SS, It will be worth the sum of its parts when I'm finished with it because I use it like a dirty bitch. LOL at the people who treat their cars as investments and don't truly enjoy them. Do a maaaaaaaaaad skid for baby Jebus ya maaaaaaaaaaad karnts. Lets race!
  2. Because I like the casual drive an auto gives. I loved manuals in small sporty cars, and I wouldn't use anything other than a manual on a circuit, but now I don't play race car driver anymore, I want something that is effortless to drive in traffic and fun at the drags. As for the autos giving horrendous performance, it depends on what you use it for, the old slush boxes are fairly reliable and robust, cheap to replace, and importantly, cheap to modify. Stock, yes a slush box has some issues, but from my experience they come into their own with some minor modifications i.e shift kit, cooler, high stall. And as an avid car abuser, they are cheap, how much does a DCT or CVT cost to replace. A for around $5k you can get a slushbox that can hold over 1000hp. They slush box seem to be working well in the new Zupra. Meh, each to their own.
  3. Z06 LS7, YES PLEASE, I'll take an auto please. I'm old and am enjoying LS slush box life. Those Corvettes are legitimate weapons and sound boss when your on the loud pedal. I cannot understand the yanks fascination with the old RB's, yes they were good, but compared to stuff that the yanks can get local for a typical price??????? Meh, the grass is aways greener.
  4. I only wish I could piss away cash. I would buy it, daily it for a while, then track it until it broke, then, rebuild it, boost the bejebus out of it, and then, typically, I would crash it... Then buy another one to rinse and repeat.
  5. Some of it has to do with dying baby boomers and redistribution of wealth. At my age (55) I know quite a few people that are now getting inheritances consisting of multiple properties and other large assets. A couple of my friends are in this boat, mum and dad invested well, and now the kids, who are now in their 40-50's are riding high. One guy I know well from my youth ended up selling/cashing in all the assets during the settlement and became instant multi millionaire. He now owns a heap of classic cars and bikes, he basically found the best condition stuff he alway wanted and dropped the cash. Now his biggest concern in life is needing to buy a bigger house because the current one has run out of places to park up all the stuff he has and the other stuff wants. Good on him, because you cannot take it with you.
  6. Is this one of the "rebuilt by NISMO" cars, fully stripped down and rebuilt in Japan? There was a purple 34 a while ago that some aussie guy had rebuilt there, cost was apparently, alot... Meh, rich people and their toys #IwishIwasrich
  7. Oil cooler was a little tricky, but it is on and doesn't leak...yet.... Still don't have a temp gauge for it, I'm looking for a dip stick oil temp gauge. The bike did get well hot in traffic though, air cooled bikes and traffic jams are not good bed fellows. Adds about 200ml to the system In other news, my jacket is being held up by COVID "apparently", hopefully no #becauseCovidexcuse for my high stall
  8. LOL I actually liked the look Until....... What has been seen cannot be unseen Hopefully the police bike that watched me riding down the breakdown lane on the M5 yesterday cuts me some slack due to my bikes COVID-19 PPE compliance..
  9. Apples and oranges really. There will never be the hype for the new Z like the cult status of the 80-90's early 2000 Japanese hi-po Nissans. Plus you would be able to park the Z in the city and return 4 hours later and it would still be there, unlike a R32-33-34 GTR. The Z is a nice modern sports coupe which I would love as a daily, the Skyline GTR's are next level, but, require a lot of sacrifice.
  10. Works a treat Excellent quality Awesome price Do recommend Dart fly screen https://www.dartflyscreens.com/
  11. I don't like you and you don't like me because I'm not like you and you're not like me. #carbuddies4evasmileyface #didIgrammarright?
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  13. Excellent I see no downside to that at all. Blasphemy
  14. Nothing, there is only a limited supply, which gets shorter as time passes. Rust never sleeps.
  15. I've used them with my 25/30 build. IMO it has a better breather system and you can jam in some Mines baffles to improve it further.
  16. Nah, cannot be right, my VX SS weighs 1648kg
  17. Just looked at some side by side images with the Zupra. This makes the Zupra look like a Honda Civic boy racer car. How much to get into one, 60-65k???
  18. Tell them what it weighs son
  19. Found a R33 GTR, been sitting in the same spot at work for the last year, the owner has left NSW apparently, I've spoken to the local authorities about it, they are unable to contact the owner, it is getting close to being classed as abandoned and getting removed for disposal. If you own it you better take it, if you know who owns it, you better tell them that there are eyes on it. Mine included......
  20. Needed to spend some coin, so..... I ordered a billet high stall to suit the car. Told them 90% street 10% drags. After sending them my estimated hp/torque(360-337),cam (223 228), tyre (25.7") and gear ratio (3.91) they came up with some 2800+-ish locking stall converter thing with a clutch made from unicorn poop, all for $1130 fun tickets delivered to the workshop. Apparently it drives "pretty much" like a normal converter, until you hit the loud pedal. It is also alot more efficient at multiplying the torque, so, if all the unicorns line up, it should equal more power to the rear.......apparently The converter manufacturer was recommend by my local auto transmission guy in Liverpool, his shop is full of angry looking drag cars and muscle cars. Only down side is the 6 to 8 week delivery time, but, as it will be getting a trans cooler, but, transmission guy is still doing some homework on what is really required, rushing in isn't really to my advantage. Total budget???? About $2.5ish, drive in drive out, done and dusted. Shhhh, don't tell the Mrs.
  21. I've seen it at the finals at Eastern Creek. As for penalties, it depends on who you are from my experience.
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