Revhead

As I understand it they don't issue you a defect because your car is defective, they issue it because they think your car might be defective. The trip over the pits is to confirm or deny their suspicions, at your cost and inconvenience unfortunately but that's the way it is.

Right the thread has been cleaned... can we at least try to stay on topic now?

Just when I thought it was getting back on topic... time for a cleanup Mystery kid, a word of advice - having a laugh is all well and good, and a bit of ribbing is great... but there's a not-so-fine balance between humour and irritation, which you've managed to land solidly on the wrong side of. Give it a rest.

Yep

I remember years ago I saw an Excel with huge TURBO stickers that took up the bottom of the doors on both sides of the car. He nailed it beside me and it was definitely not turbo (no induction noise and slow as hell), but it DID have one of those godawful "turbo" tips on the exhaust... It also had an enormous spoiler, and when quizzed he explained that it was for "traction off the line".

All done! We already have a SDEWYZ sorry, any other options?

Yep, done that before, I came back with some Crownies. They'll remember you next time

Shane can't find anyone who likes him so he put all those fans in the one place and tells people he has a fan club<3 Shane

Are you trying to say that painting it hot pink might reduce its market appeal? But yeah, the carpark in those pics give me the horn... but is that a VT in the second one?

Spotted rs and his Stag while getting dinner at Aspley last night (no not Maccas lol) Nice to meet you mate

What a shame, seeing such a lovely car go to waste hahahahahahahaha

I love all the references to "the land down under" and "all the way down there" etc But you're right, those pics are niiiice

Ring the towing companies and see if they'll recommend anyone, towies and smash repairers are usually pretty closely linked for obvious reasons

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Making more power is almost always going to increase the amount of wear and the risk of things breaking. It's as much to do with how you drive it and how you look after it as how much boost you run or how much power you make though, up to a point of course lol There are plenty of 33's getting around with 100k plus on them, and the vast majority have mods of some sort. I sold mine with 204,000km on the clock and the new owner has put another 30,000km on it since then, and it's still going strong. You should be fine as long as you don't go silly, but always remember that there are no guarantees with cars, particularly when modified!

All done

Could also be something as simple as a loose intake pipe, that'll make it run rough and smell like fuel, not sure if it'll flash the engine light though

Wow, what a psycho Quite a few roads in Brisbane either don't line up at intersections or merge unexpectedly so I can understand how he might have thought he'd done nothing wrong, it certainly doesn't excuse his obhorrent behaviour, and the repeated racist slurs, particularly to/in front of your mother!! It's the same mentality that the Soccer Mums have when they cut you off then abuse you for "endangering the lives of their children" lol

I couldn't agree more on the lack of focus on teaching people how to actually drive a car, the focus is on how to pass the test rather than any actual ability. They teach a very small subset, because they know that none of the other stuff is going to be in the test. I think part of the problem is that some people don't want grip. They think making the car rock hard and unstable is "setting it up for drift", and drifting is cool right? And they're not fighting a car that's a bastard to drive because it's been set up like crap, they're "taming the beast", and that's what "real" men do. I've spoken to people who have this mindset... it's a worrying mix of ego, massive over-confidence, and uninformed modifications. Then they wonder what happened when they mount gutters... but that's ok, it was drift damage, which is cool. Argh. It's no wonder that the real drifters cop shit from the general population.If only they knew that setting their car up properly would make it safer, more predictable, nicer to drive, so much quicker for a lot less effort at the track. Ever notice how the really quick guys make it look easy?

Damn... I'll keep an eye out for it as I live that direction now Nice work on being discreet with the details too Ian

I could be completely wrong, but I always thought privacy glass was legal because it doesn't affect your forward or peripheral vision while driving, or something like that? Otherwise things like vans with no rear glass or trucks with trailers etc would be screwed, and so would nearly every limo I've seen. As long as your windscreen is untinted and the side windows on the front doors are >= T35 then you're fine... or is that not the case? Are they just exceptions to the rule? Either way I've always gone T35 all round for the usual visibility at night reasons and because I prefer the look of the glass being the same tint all round, rather than different shades front and rear

Get the siren turned the other way so it doesn't hold water like a... cup (you thought I was going to say something else didn't you? )But yeah I'd be thinking hair dryer ftw, if that doesn't fix it the siren might be damaged rather than just full of water

So hot right now

Oh and I hope you enjoy it Bernard, I have some fond memories of that car and it's good to hear it's found a good home!

Nice work Cyrus quit yer whinging... you can get your speed fix on two wheels now that you're a bikie. Well, sort of