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DG: Read the forums more before posting.

This is an option on the vipers as well. Basically its if you forget to arm your car. Its bloody annoying imho

Wheres the interior pics??

Sorry corolla owners. Your cars are nice little daily drivers but I/we just dont consider them sports cars and are not in the same category as an r32 or any skyline for one simple reason: They are two completely different types of cars. People buy corollas because they are NEW, Cheap, little runabouts with a bit of poke. People buy skylines because they are OLD, Cheap, Racecars. Hey at least we have something in common.. we are both tight-arses who like our cars!

hipster, www.carsales.com.au

Yes its true that the cars they sell are way, way over average prices.. but lets not forget that these guys have a lot of overheads compared to when you import personally. Especially when you have to consider that most of their cars sit on the lot for a very long time, when they do sell the car they have to have a lot of margin or they'll go out of business. Some people like the convenience of buying frmo a dealer because you can have the car straight away and there is a warranty, but other than that the person should know better in the first place. I remember walking into a certain car yard in brisbane *cough* two years ago with an ATM bank statement well into the six figures after selling a business and looking for a new car. I was pumped to buy an R33 GTR, and I couldnt even get into one for a test drive to see what they drove like because certain car sales people where too lazy to show me one and probably thought I was too young to have any money. The guys where impossible to deal with and didnt want to know me. Not a great business attitude. And knore: 'anyone can build a car to go that fast with enough money and sponsors', theo has acheived a lot more than what most people with money and sponsors have been able to do. With bitching aside, Congratulations on getting into the 9s on Federals, theo, respect for that.

I wish bogans who know nothing about cars and 'just want to pull de chicks' and want to race everything with four wheels on the street would stay the F*** out of skylines.

Remember corolla owners, its not a sports car.. its a "sportivo"

DRUZILLA THATS AWESOME!! Interior pics?! What auction grade was it, who did you import through, how much has it costed so far? Those pics are inspirational. Damn I really want mine now

I should not make random assumptions but my mum says I'd make a good investigator

Thankyou! a reply. Is it bad not to adjust them? Would this cause the cams to 'wear' faster? My knowledge of the internal workings of an engine is strictly armchair.

hipster: Its smart to ask for the advice, selling your pride and joy can be a painful experience. I was horrified that I could only get $12500 for my absolutely beautiful '92 nissan silvia turbo. It was worth so much more in my heart. I was also amazed that I could not sell my Nissan Pulsar GTIR for anything over the $16k mark, and only just recently sold it for $15,800. Trust me: Its not worth having a car for sale for 6 months.. after about month 7 you just want to get rid of it, and then you might do something stupid like take ANY old price! I would recommend stripping the cars stereo and as many modifications as you possibly can, and drop the price down to the mid-to-high teen mark. Having these items lying around on your garage floor also makes great negotiation tools once the buyer has test driven your car and its time to talk the sphincter of the universe. Throwing in a set of speakers or turbo timer etc. is a great incentive for them to buy your car over the one down the road.. As I mentioned before, you cant expect other people to pay for your mods. A lot of buyers are looking for a stock standard example because they are believed not to have been thrashed. And as RB30 put it, put yourself in the buyers shoes.. what makes your car worth $5k more than the others in the buyers eyes? I imagine most potential buyers would rather spend the change on mods Yes, there are other Series I r33's for sale for the high teens to early 20s mark, but theres a good chance they've been rotting on the carsales/carpoint/tradingpost listings for over half a year... And if you see them dissapear that doesnt mean they got sold for asking price.

does anyone have a clue what i'm talking about? because I'm not really that sure either.

druzilla32.. REPORT!!!!

The first post in this thread is a terrific way to spend $800 on a new clutch every 3 months. Double clutching is generally done if your syncros are stuffed, or if your like me and you ocassionally do it when putting around town just to be gentle and kind to your cars gear box. Its a nice clean way to change gears and learn about rev matching.

I hate to be the one to tell you, but when buying a car people look at these things in order of PREFERENCE. 1. Price 2. Year 3. Kilometers/Condition 4. Mods / No mods Your car doesnt stack up on the first three, particularly no. 1. Even though your cars condition and mods might make up for it, you are not getting any calls because people are skipping past your ad to the late model Series II for 18 grand that may not be in as good condition as yours or have as many mods. As you should probably know, dont expect to get any money back for your modifications. Sorry to be the one to tell you.

Hey Guys, First of all, I am assuming the RB26DETT has solid valve lifters as opposed to hydraulic. If so, how often are adjustments of said lifters required?

Yikes.. get that thing fixed..

just take the wing off and get the holes filled. The little tips on each side look cool.

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Or if you look hard enough you might find one for 8 grand that has an almost immaculate body, rego, perfect condition mechanically but its an Auto. Cost to change to manual: $2k.. total cost: $10k.

People who badge their car something its not are pathetic.. Trying to compensate for something perhaps. Oh right, I guess they are compensating for the fact that their car isnt as cool as they want it to be. :Oops:

All the cars mentioned above (except for the r32 or ae86 with 10k of mods) are gutless boring cops! Has anyone owned a turbo s13/180sx? They are leagues better than the FWD brigade abovementioned. Though, echelon9, if you dont want to die as easily or have as much fun, best stick to the lancer.

if the plates you put on it are registered under a skyline coupe of a similar colour how would you get caught?

put your gtst4's plates on it