Vic Wasteland Thread - 15.0

[TiTAN]

so big week for 88e eh.
 

6 weeks is up Monday next week.

[emts]

exactly, should be volatile as Fk this week as ppl decide what to do, esp Friday

[HEKT1K]

47 minutes ago, joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo said:

Been driving to the new.job for a few months now. Gotta admit it would be f**king hard to go back to the filthy train

Ignorance is bliss

I'm still on the free early morning train..... train

[Birds]

6 hours ago, UNR33L said:

Arguments on both sides, some would say no point having a cheap daily if that's what you spend most time in, obviously if you could have a baller daily and baller weekender that's different, I'm going down that path with motorbikes though, track bike and road bike, at least they're cheaper $. 

I thought 9.5? Check out some of the Vertini, HRE, Niche etc , thewheeldeal website has some good options, I think eastcoast tyres also recently opened a shop in Bayswater (they are big in sydney for holden and ford ranger boys) 

Nah...cheap daily pros:

- Appreciate nice weekender more

- Less f**ks given if it's stolen or smashed

- Less depreciation from high mileage

- Generally better fuel economy

- No compromise made on the weekender which can have two doors and no tow bar

- Auto daily, manual weekender

All rounders compromise somewhere...in comfort or fun factor

[emts]

you know exactly what you are describing....

 

[admS15]

All in one. Daily and track hack. No f**ks given for fuel economy or if it gets smashed or stolen. Comfortable enough as long as there's no speed humps and fast enough at the track to leave some dedicated track cars with a wtf look. If I needed to, I'd consider a tow bar. R33 GTST, perfect weapon for that type of thing. Definitely a compromise but still works damn good.

[TiTAN]

But it's manual? f**k city traffic in a manual.

Also, 20 years old so it doesn't have the modern conveniences and will have more mechanical issues simply due to age.

[admS15]

Don't drive in city so no care for me. Less problems in this than my Mrs new car. They don't build them like they used to. Lol

 

 

[Birds]

37 minutes ago, admS15 said:

All in one. Daily and track hack. No f**ks given for fuel economy or if it gets smashed or stolen. Comfortable enough as long as there's no speed humps and fast enough at the track to leave some dedicated track cars with a wtf look. If I needed to, I'd consider a tow bar. R33 GTST, perfect weapon for that type of thing. Definitely a compromise but still works damn good.

This is what I'm doing now and it is one of the better cars to pick as an all rounder, but if I had the space I'd have an econobox auto daily for sure. Probably a Hyundai as their recent models are damn good value for money.

When I had a 34 GT-T auto with stock suspension, it made me appreciate the 33 manual more on weekends and vice versa.

[admS15]

This is what I'm doing now and it is one of the better cars to pick as an all rounder, but if I had the space I'd have an econobox auto daily for sure. Probably a Hyundai as their recent models are damn good value for money.
When I had a 34 GT-T auto with stock suspension, it made me appreciate the 33 manual more on weekends and vice versa.

The 33 won't work for everyone but in my current circumstance, it's perfect. I have an m35 stagea which is as comfy as driving a sofa as a back up car/workhorse but would rather daily the 33. Why have a fast car and drive a slow car everyday. It's just not something I can do. I've never driven anything slower than a 14 sec car and I'm not about to start now. Yes, there are newer tech cars out there that can do the job but then you've got to factor in depreciation, costs to make them faster and most of them don't make you feel like your really driving.

If I was you birds, I'd keep dailying the GTST and track it if you feel the need and have gtr as weekend duties mobile.

[Leroy Peterson]

Just just daily the GTR.

With $15k and some overnight parts from Japan, you could get it somewhat reliable.

[admS15]

Just buy a pulsar for daily, Leroy will donate you his

[Count Grantleyish]

10 hours ago, admS15 said:

All in one. Daily and track hack. No f**ks given for fuel economy or if it gets smashed or stolen. Comfortable enough as long as there's no speed humps and fast enough at the track to leave some dedicated track cars with a wtf look. If I needed to, I'd consider a tow bar. R33 GTST, perfect weapon for that type of thing. Definitely a compromise but still works damn good.

What happened to F-Zero winning rims Billiam? 

[admS15]

What happened to F-Zero winning rims Billiam? 

They are now the track wheels. The te37 are copies that I wouldn't trust on the track.

[Count Grantleyish]

Ooooooh she pretty. 

[UNR33L]

11 hours ago, Birds said:

Nah...cheap daily pros:

- Appreciate nice weekender more

- Less f**ks given if it's stolen or smashed

- Less depreciation from high mileage

- Generally better fuel economy

- No compromise made on the weekender which can have two doors and no tow bar

- Auto daily, manual weekender

All rounders compromise somewhere...in comfort or fun factor

I barely drive on the weekends as it is, and if I do it's to the track anyway(towbar) or to coles, fuel economy negated by having to pay rego, insurance, maintenance on a 2nd car.

I wouldn't want to spend 6-10 hours during the week driving a shittier daily to only have much less time in a nice weekender.

Auto daily and manual weekender would be nice though. 

Edited August 15, 2017 by UNR33L

[admS15]

You get the R back yet Grant?

[Count Grantleyish]

Not yet lol 

[admS15]

bastards

[Count Grantleyish]

Yeah.