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Wife's R33 Is No More.

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Well, a couple of weeks ago the wife was driving back from Sydney and was going into the M5 tunnel at Botany when the stop barrier in the center island of the road came across and hit the late model Merc in front of her and with the rain and other cars involved there was no hope of saving it. The cooler was jamed tight into the front of the engine and everything forward of it was buggered. End result ? Writeoff.

This was probably the cleanest series one in the land with TV & CD player. She is as you would expect very sad. We are now on the hunt for a replacement. So if anyone is in the know of a very clean series 2 or R34 Automatic please feel free to PM. We have around $15,000 to spend.

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Well, a couple of weeks ago the wife was driving back from Sydney and was going into the M5 tunnel at Botany when the stop barrier in the center island of the road came across and hit the late model Merc in front of her and with the rain and other cars involved there was no hope of saving it. The cooler was jamed tight into the front of the engine and everything forward of it was buggered. End result ? Writeoff.

This was probably the cleanest series one in the land with TV & CD player. She is as you would expect very sad. We are now on the hunt for a replacement. So if anyone is in the know of a very clean series 2 or R34 Automatic please feel free to PM. We have around $15,000 to spend.

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Maybe an EVO GTA is coming soon. Guess that means we won't be skylinecouple any more, is this an infringement of forum policy ? Took one for a drive and let me tell you they are the ultimate track weapon. Fuel consumption can be savage though. To drive they are medium suspenion where it seems to soak up the pot holes yet sits flat around corners. And yes it will remain standard. I am not particularly impressed with the way it goes but it isn't for me so standard it stays.

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