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when i look at cars i ask the owner to take me for a spin.. if i'm impressed/serious about it then i'll ask for a turn myself..

Ah ok i'm following now.. thanks for that

cheers for the replies, guess i'm just being a bit paranoid the thermostat wasnt changed but what's the story with the factory oil cooler and the water temp??

hey fellas, just had my car serviced / fluids changed and a new clutch put in.. previously on the oil temp guage the thing sat barely above the 70 line.. however last night i was driving it for about 15-20 minutes, without revving it over 4000rpm, but was driving it fairly quickly (well as quick as you can without revving it out anyway).. and after the drive i noticed the oil temp had gone to 1/4 where i've never seen it before.. i have no idea how accurate that gauge is, but i'm more concerned that it's now got to a higher level than i've seen it before.. the oil was changed with the same stuff as it was running before (motul 300v 15w50) any ideas?? or am i just being paranoid

..im in the same boat dude, so im pretty keen on what anyone has to say

yea man commo's get hassled as well if they're slammed and loud.. most of the time its more how they see you drive the car.. and if they think you look like a dickhead i guess haha

funnily enough, a few years back i wrote-off my commodore that was pretty modified (inc. aftermarket supercharger, about the size of your head); all modifications were declared to the insurance co. however at no point did i get a mod plate or engineer's cert as this would've cost me a few hundred bucks and i figured if i ever got yellowed then i would pay up and get it legal at that point.. however i pranged the thing before it ever got legal, the car among other things was wayy too low (~60mm clearance) and insurance co coughed up no worries.. they didn't even realise it was blown!?

just a quick question.. is running ~15psi on stocko 32 GTR turbos asking for trouble? or is that a safe-ish limit?

the plates KOMPRESSR are hanging in my dad's bar... he's willing to get rid of them as he's got a E350 now, make an offer if you pick up a blown CLK

hahaha i know most of you guys are hard out jap fans.. but really.. a celsior and a newish clk are pretty different also there's a longer service interval on the benz's.. you're really only looking at 1 a year, i'm very sure the last couple my dad has had only need servicing every 15-20 thou.. and since you're not flogging the shit out of them like you would a skyline, etc you're not really up for breaking drivetrain parts downside is that they won't rip a doughie.. ive tried

hey mate what exactly do you want to know? my dad had a 2005 CLK he purchased new, and had it for <24 months... aside from the 60-odd % depreciation, i think the only issue he had with it was one of his keys died.. the best thing about that car was that the seatbelt was sorta 'handed' to you by this extender arm thing that automatically popped forward and then retracted having said that, a couple of his previous ones have had issues whilst under warranty.. i recall his old E class (2 generations old now) needed an entire diff centre replaced.. and they sent the f**ker from germany! imagine the cost of that if it wasn't under warranty also keep in mind small stuff can break as well.. he's also had an outside temperature sensor (that little black thing on the dash) which was reading a few degrees out.. for a car like a commodore it's probably only $20 but i bet from westpoint star spare parts it'd be $320

nice 32 you got there man are those 17s or 18s?

really? would it not reduce it's effectiveness by having 2 layers of paint covering it or am i just being a baby??

sorry i'm not really helping you out here.. but it's of similar topic i just noticed on my rego renewal paper, it states under "conditions" that the car is an imported vehicle and does NOT have to comply with australian design rules, and does not require a compliance plate... it's a bit weird..

that looks wicked, didn't think it'd come up that good cheers for posting that man

if you chuck it up on this thread it'd be awesome the forum won't let me use PMs until i've posted some more

cheers boys, pretty much the info i wanted (oo)skyline(oo) is the cooler in your avatar just the stocko one? cos that's the look i'm chasing

hey fellas, just wondering if it's worth the effort and time to attempt to polish up a stocko gtr cooler so it's bare alloy instead of the black? ..and really there'd be no way to get the paint off the face of the fins anyway would there? just wanted to ask the question, as i'm considering dropping ~1k on a pwr one, and really it's for the aesthetic of a nice shiney cooler rather than any performance gain as i know the stocko ones are pretty decent any input would be appreciated!

just looked through all 134 pages of this thread.. some pretty wicked 32s going around, good work fellas

fark man, your 4 door looks freshhhhhhhh

if you don't mind me asking, how much are they worth?

would exedy hd be alright behind a 32gtr with ~340rhp?