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Thanks for the warm welcome

We look forward to meeting everyone... sounds like a lot of fun..

We'll be up for anything.. just give us a little notice so that we can drop our kiddies off at their nan's

Cheers,

Anna + Brenton

Hey guys has anyone done there water pump and timing belt.

Got a quote $700-800 is that right??????????

holy jeebuz!

You know you could do that yourself.. save you hundreds... I'm sure someone would be willing to help...

Partner and I are gonna do it ourselves. next time we have a few days off..

yes 700 or so is about right for a 100k service, sometimes its more like 1000 depending on where you go.

definitely change turbos in the car, 2 days max instead of a week if you pulled the engine

and yes i still had an awesome day jess :laugh: looking fwd to another

firstly like to say hi to the new ppl, brenton + anna, and marko r1.

secondly, the go carts we're awesome except the times i spun off cause of some slow poke in the group :)  very sore yesterday but well worth it...

thirdly, i vote cruise too, kangaroo valley sounds good, but theres no where really to chill down there, is there?

fourthly, mr 33, you poor bastard, i feel sorry for you, i got no room man i couldn't even pull mine out when it blew, but if u need a hand my offer still stands dude.

all in all, i think this threads going pretty well.

p.s another thanks to joeys folks for the great bbq :D

Hey guys has anyone done there water pump and timing belt.

Got a quote $700-800 is that right??????????

i did mine myself but i got a quote of 300 if you have the parts




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