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Wet skidpan may entice me to come out; more appealing with reasonably fresh tyres

Make it out of that bunnings bracket shit, mine still going strong after 7 years From memory Subarus perform average at DECA skidpan in anything but the wet? Think they understeer the tighter turns...prove me wrong Leigh!

Is that the old HART place or near it Source: can't be bothered clicking the link

Not expensive, just drop one in

The barry build was started before GTR prices went nuts; I'd already spent the bulk of it before considerations of selling. Truth be told I'll probably swap a stockish RB26 back into the car when I do sell, and move off the dirty 30 to a drag nut for not that much less than it cost. I mean, as GTR prices go up so do their parts...the 26/30 will probably be worth more than I paid for it, if not already. About 6k has been spent thus far; long block form with sump. Not uncommon to pay upwards of 10-12k+ for one assembled by a known workshop.

Hmmm...do I dare go in halves with Greg...

Speaking of, I wonder how Simon is finding Narre...hopefully hasn't been collected by a Sudanese gang ?

Few more factors at play though; proximity to friends, family, services, metropolitan shopping centres and cafes, beach and mountains, general variety etc. If you can deal with rural life then it's kind of more power to you because there are some bargain buys that make city and suburban property prices look idiotic. Bendigo / surrounding suburbs and Tasmania gave me a good taste of that. Launceston had from memory 100 acres of land for about 200k 5 mins from their CBD. I'd like to invest in Tasmanian land one day and land is just one of those things that in the long investment game just mulitiplies in value. My solution when first home buying was instead to buy in a high growth suburb half hour from the city, townhouse with no backyard but next to a huge park with a playground that they'll never pave over. Got very lucky on that. 20 mins to and from work is my kind of lifestyle improvement as I believe the greatest waste of life is time spent on the road to and from work. Keeping in mind how fast the suburb is growing, we are considering a second story for it as an investment because the position is fantastic.

I think so. You can get a controller for it too, to adjust the level of split, but it's still dead weight and some drivetrain loss I think even in RWD. It's not as good as the Evo system, which is truly point and shoot, particularly the IX (from memory) which dominated Bathurst at the endurance racing and still does. The first time I experienced what you're talking about, Harsh was taking me for a thrash around Chadstone and I thought he'd lost it going around the traffic lights but it just held true to its path. Really cool, but with higher cornering speeds and traction in the wet as a catalyst, once you lose it in an AWD, you can really lose it.

For what I do as far as fun on the street it's going to be significantly better. The GTS-T is definitely better bang for your buck and as I've said before I wouldn't buy a GTR at the prices they are, which is why I'm already considering when I was sell. It's also comforting to know that I can get off the line in the wet at a reasonable pace with summer tyres cause my GTS-T really struggles on an uphill or with bumps in the wet.

People of all incomes complain about what they don't get, perhaps not understanding the purpose of the grant. Probably a lot of people wondering why people who drop 600k on a place benefit from the scheme too. Actually, isn't it up to 750 now? If you can willingly drop 800k on a house, you probably don't need the grant. If he was smart he'd go for something below the grant cut off and then sell it in a year for profits.

This doesn't make sense to me. Preference is preference but, all things equal in terms of power, a GTS-T will never hook up as good or as fast as a GTR at the 400kw atw mark and if it does it's because you're running warm slicks on a lovely dry road and you've put a ton of effort into your setup (like Luke's), or you simply don't have that much power. Post-launch it's a different ballgame, AWD starts to rob you of power, but it's never enough to negate the awesome launch...the quarter mile times don't lie and there's a reason people burn money on GTRs instead of the cheaper GTS-Ts even below 600. This AWD means I can have a 500cc increase over my GTS-T, another 125kw atw and produce essentially similar response but with even better grip. That's the goal here. Everyone shoots for big power in GTRs and utilising the last 3500rpm of an 8000rpm of powerband. f**k that. Looking forward to the response. P.S. The ideal launch in my GTS-T does not have a number given the tacho doesn't work...I now have to do this by feel ?

Does that build date mean March 2016?

You're sure debating a lot of arguments he didn't make lol

Honestly a similar response but more power and more grip version of my GTS-T would be amazing Still over the moon with how the GTS-T performs. Could probably do with another 20-30rwkw just to get a little more edge over some of the faster euros - if you don't have perfect launch or changes the CLA45 will get you. But also cbf buying the tyres to support it.

The car came with the twins It cost 11k and came with pfc, tein edfc,, greddy profec B, hks gt-ss + dumps, nismo 740cc, oil cooler, BBS LMs, plus a KENWOOD SUBWOOFER... Been one of the best investments of my life hence my nonchalance for it to sit there and appreciate while someone effectively stores it for me...lock up car storage costs more than rego and insurance

Do EFRs have much chop? I remember there being a war going on between the two in the forced induction section not long ago. At this stage though I just wanna get up and running with an induction system that is easy and reliable.

Keeping the -9s, for standardish appearance. Though the latest Garrett singles look pretty farkin good performance wise

Don't do it without a real estate agent Not hard to change agents, particularly if you have an existing tenant happy to sign on again

What would you want with an RB30DETT with forged and balanced internals, extended sump, port and polished head, titanium valve springs, Tomei type B and adjustable cam gears blah blah blah

I'm holding out until the states can import them in a broad sense. I feel like pricing will peak then. I do also think GTRs have the potential to once again depreciate when they become unaffordable to own or service - contrary to the mindset of most 34R owners, they aren't Ferraris. Unless Japan has a big hard on for their historical cars and start buying them back, I think the best time to sell would be when the USA start snapping them up. Side note - cause I wasn't into 33 GTRs until I bought one, I never really appreciated the awesomeness that is the 400R. That is a legit supercar. Do frikken want.

There's your answer for an update

Oh you had a ferry? Luuuuuxury. We had to wait for low tide and chance it with a half inflated rubber dinghy

I exclaimed to Leesh when I heard about that train line. She couldn't relate to the adolescent feels of train and bus when you grew up in or had friends living in Rowville