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yup i wanna get rid of it... just a few things i wanna tidy up before selling it... i really love it to death... its such a good car but i want something newer... for the moment im going to buy me (awaits bashing) a WRX and drive it around for about 6months and then get an R34 :) well thats the plan... i change my mind everyday.

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i just want a change... i want to try something different. at the moment there are a couple of nicely moded ones at a reasonable price which i wouldnt mind driving for a while.

i cant wait 6 months for something else im too impatient

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Nooo Nark, ok something new but not the Rex, get EVO 1 or 2 instead, GSR....or Familiar Gtr any of these on my list will nail a Rex easy.......oh yeah Godzilla Junior the Pulsa Gti-R..

Don't know why i hate the Rex but yeah i drove me mate's one before and they goes alright but not midrange and top end though.

Anyway sad to see you leave OUR SKY but like you said you'll be back.:)

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hehe i would love an EVO4 thats the evo i reaaaally like but they arent that easy to come by and they arent that cheap... plus they are getting on a bit... im going for something no older than 5 years so that pretty much rules out most imports i love that i can actually afford.

its just a phase im guessing.... time to try other things for a little while until i get another liner :)

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so u get beaten by josie, now ur gonna buy a wrx! lol

nah shes kool man, as long as its got a turbo its worth it :)

ur changing like me tho, after 8 months i feel the time is right to move onto something else

and spend more money on that!

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just keep the 32!! the WRX aren't that crash hot. I've driven one, cheap feeling throuughout - but they do go ok, and are quite fun. I think it would get a bit dull after a while though driving every day. They make a lot of noise which makes them seem faster than they are, but they're not as fast as a skyline I didn't feel (well a nice 33 anyhow :))

why waste the time or money on a rex just for that short period of time if you really want a 34?.. a rex will still cost you at least $20k anyhow, insurance costs will rape you, etc

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the wrx im looking at has quite a number of mods on it already... but yes dave i did say this a while ago when i wanted to get a GTR but decided against it and kept my car... i will miss it ive got quite attached to it.

wouldnt mind an S15 for a while.... bit more expensive but i wont be keeping it for long so wont lose much on it when i sell :)

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yeah go the wrx, because you'll buy it for a certain price with whatever mods, then in 6 months you will lose say around $1000 when you sell so it really doesnt matter, unlike if you were to buy an s15 with say exhaust bleed valve whatever, it'll lose more value quicker than an older my 98-99 wrx

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yeah well if i cant sell my car in time to buy this rex then i wont bother and i will look at buying something else in the mean time til i find a car i want to keep for a little longer.

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Ok Nark has decided i think, oh well instead of loosing a SECOND to Josie, now TWO :( ( with the Rex ) only kidding.

DONT forget their Tranies are very FRAGILE Nark. The guy at my work has pump out 220@wheel but along the progress he has about 3 tranies go walk about.

You can't launch them Hard either, after all Nark, PULSAR GTi-R man, quad throttle, chain driven, attessa. Bolt on some HKS blower or even a T04E and you'll run 12.

Consider man.:D

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lol west yeah i know how quick a GTiR is but they are also butt ugly and old... defeats the purpose of something new :(

dont worry i know the WRXs have a shite drive train and u cant launch it hard but im not going to be using it for drags.... i want to take it around my uncles farm do a bit of 4WD rallying and drive it up thru the hills.

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Originally posted by inark

hehe i would love an EVO4 thats the evo i reaaaally like but they arent that easy to come by and they arent that cheap... plus they are getting on a bit... im going for something no older than 5 years so that pretty much rules out most imports i love that i can actually afford.

its just a phase im guessing.... time to try other things for a little while until i get another liner :(

That's just like me... i can't decide b/n Evo6, MY04 WRX, GTR 33 or GTT 34..... Not that I'm in a rush, but I want something new, yet affordable and powerful.

The Skylines are at the top of my list though:bahaha:

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