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agreed. i thought I was a very patient person until now...

Still dont have my car...obviously things are taking a little longer than expected. :P

Will have it today or tomorrow at the latest. Will have plenty more to say after I get it, but for now I'm gonna keep my mouth shut.

dude youre gonna love it!!! and good luck!

but i agree about the being patient bit. i was calling up every day for 2 weeks till i got the car. feel i got the run around a bit. but its all good i got it now!

finally... thanks to RS FOUR for selling me my rear spoiler.. not bolted up yet cause the paint shop reckons it needs a day to properly cure.

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OMG I LOVE those rims. I've just found the ones I want.

Cant believe I havent posted here yet and Ive been on this forum for more than a couple of hours! haha

My precious silver bullet...

Maybe I over did it a bit... Ah well... Here they are....

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And here's my new stagea...after 2 and a bit long months of waiting...she's finally "home".

Drove it around all afternoon...wish I was still driving it!!! :-D

Enjoy...

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Ahhhh!!! now you can sleep. Great car.....enjoy.

So when do the mods start again? :P

And here's my new stagea...after 2 and a bit long months of waiting...she's finally "home".

Drove it around all afternoon...wish I was still driving it!!! :-D

Enjoy...

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Excellent stuff mate.

Very nice finish on that paint. Smooth :P

Enjoy! (Yeah, like you won't) :)

Ahhhh!!! now you can sleep. Great car.....enjoy.

So when do the mods start again? :dry:

hehe, I'm all outa cash at the moment so it'll be stock for a long while...

Either way I kinda regret modifying the previous stagea to the level I did, it never drove quite as nice as when we first bought it.

I must be getting old or something - I'm enjoying the quiet, smooth, comfortable ride in the new one and it also feels plenty fast enough for a wagon (I'm sure I'll want it to go faster pretty soon though).

But after the amount I spent on the last one and seeing what the car became, I sorta think it'll be a nicer car for a lot longer if I just leave it as is. :P

Still cant believe how nice it drives...

hahah i rekon it IS age, im ejoying the comfy ride too. and it kicks ass for a wagon, no one expects it to pickup speed like it does, especially in sydneys eastern suburbs.

hehehe,

M35: toasting BMW X5's everywhere! :P

f*ck I want one soooooooooo bad.

its faster than an X5?? im ok with that :P i havent really had an opportunity to give it some stick from the lights etc. but it moves when i want it to. i wish the gearbox was a little faster however..... still happy!!!

its faster than an X5?? im ok with that :( i havent really had an opportunity to give it some stick from the lights etc. but it moves when i want it to. i wish the gearbox was a little faster however..... still happy!!!

So yours takes a little longer to shift sometimes? I've noticed mine tends to be a bit laggy on the kickdown and if i put my foot to the floor, it feels as if its slipping pretty badly and doesn't really take off that well. I've acheived the best acceleration by easing the throttle in. Slamming it to the floor on takeoff just seemed to overload it and it made a lot of noise but wasn't that quick. Felt like something was slipping - not sure if its the clutch packs not engaging properly or the trans slipping a little. On another note, i have a guage on my dash saying "front torque" measured in N-m x 10. It only seems to make it to about 3 on the guage - meaning only 30 N-m. I'm sure the needle should go higher. I'm talking about when its in "synchro mode" - which I thought was 50-50 split (although I haven't seen the needle move at all when not in this mode - even on hard launches). Hoping my guage is wrong. Everything else seems to work however. And it does feel quick when I give it a bit of stick. :O

Took this pic the other night as I was leaving work - Looks awesome I reckon!

Pity it was only my phone camera though.

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