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1 minute ago, admS15 said:


I whole heartedly agree with this statement, lol.

I'm still playing Counter-Strike with teenagers...shit is just fun and I've decided that's what life is for

Mind you, some of them respect it when someone nearly twice their age can beat them at it...others rage up...

1 minute ago, Birds said:

My Calibra is you with your Mustang, but worse because it's worth f**king nothing and it's got thousands of dollars in it like a $1500 Quaife LSD that I can't use in anything else lol

lets start with a 19K buy in.....plus lots more spent..

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I hear you. The GTR is an appreciating asset though. You can hold onto it and occasionally drive when the bug bites and sell it for more later. That's a pretty unique situation to be in with a car. Maybe the das needs to be culled and replaced with a cheap runabout.


That's the issue I'm having right now.

Do I sell the Skyline or the Golf?

I like them both, admittedly I wasn't expecting to like Das Golf that much but it's quick little car and I can park it anywhere without fretting whether it'll be in same spot when I get back.

Mind you, I had a garden variety Golf before Golf R, I sold garden variety Golf cos I can't handle slow cars, absurd I know!

If I somehow manage to get a job with a secure parking space, I know what I'll do...


That's the issue I'm having right now.

Do I sell the Skyline or the Golf?

I like them both, admittedly I wasn't expecting to like Das Golf that much but it's quick little car and I can park it anywhere without fretting whether it'll be in same spot when I get back.

Mind you, I had a garden variety Golf before Golf R, I sold garden variety Golf cos I can't handle slow cars, absurd I know!

If I somehow manage to get a job with a secure parking space, I know what I'll do...

Thats a tough one. I know how you feel about slow cars. Ive never owned anything slower than a 13 sec car abd for those 13 secs or less im free.

only car I reget getting rid of was my RA65 Celica.

lunched a engine and had no idea at the time about engine swaps and such, sold for scrap with a sub 1000km 1500$ set of tires on it.

 

started shopping for one again now to LS swap chuck on club rego


Thats a tough one. I know how you feel about slow cars. Ive never owned anything slower than a 13 sec car abd for those 13 secs or less im free.


Yep.

Good thing I've plenty of shit to sort before I put my attention on the Skyline at the moment. So I've plenty of time to ponder and fix a couple of things while I'm at it.
9 minutes ago, emts said:

lets start with a 19K buy in.....plus lots more spent..

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9k buy in...20k worth of modifications...that's 20k saved from stacking shelves for $14 an hour...and 1000 hours poured into the project itself

Worth about 1k these days...once finished? I reckon I win/lose...

Just now, admS15 said:


Is that the same stang in your sig pic?

TL;DR

I bought a shit car  spent too much effort/cash on it

 

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so the pic in the sig was as I bought it.

turns out worst mustang in australia.

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after this we were trying to do a wheel alignment and they could not get it within 6 "inches" of aligned on front end..they had then cocked the rear end so it was actually crabbing down the road.

It had had a big front end hit and was a dodgy fix, I had had a "reputable" company that I found in unique cars inspect it and they found nothing.. thus why I use stateroads now instead

 

so I found an old school panel beater put it on a jig and got all the corners into alignment.  we then also did some cosmetic work to the front end. suspension overhaul plus some engien work and I was happy for a while

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then engine started smoking, we were going to do a quick engine swap and decided to use it as a wedding car as I had just got engaged, so pulled engine and gave it a quick media blast, only to find so so much bad work. rust holes, (but no current rust) dented panel, panels hammered out of the way to fit conversion then bogged over.

 

basiclly nothing that I would want to half arse fix.

 

so its stat for the past 6 years in primer as first pay for wedding, honeymoon then house.

scary enough it is still regoed and insured, however think it time to drop that as this will be a long build as I want to do it myself so need to learn skills and that will take time


by end of this year will finally be at a point to start looking at fixing it up

 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Birds said:

9k buy in...20k worth of modifications...that's 20k saved from stacking shelves for $14 an hour...and 1000 hours poured into the project itself

Worth about 1k these days...once finished? I reckon I win/lose...

yes to both

TL;DR
I bought a shit car  spent too much effort/cash on it
 
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so the pic in the sig was as I bought it.
turns out worst mustang in australia.
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after this we were trying to do a wheel alignment and they could not get it within 6 "inches" of aligned on front end..they had then cocked the rear end so it was actually crabbing down the road.
It had had a big front end hit and was a dodgy fix, I had had a "reputable" company that I found in unique cars inspect it and they found nothing.. thus why I use stateroads now instead
 
so I found an old school panel beater put it on a jig and got all the corners into alignment.  we then also did some cosmetic work to the front end. suspension overhaul plus some engien work and I was happy for a while
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then engine started smoking, we were going to do a quick engine swap and decided to use it as a wedding car as I had just got engaged, so pulled engine and gave it a quick media blast, only to find so so much bad work. rust holes, (but no current rust) dented panel, panels hammered out of the way to fit conversion then bogged over.
 
basiclly nothing that I would want to half arse fix.
 
so its stat for the past 6 years in primer as first pay for wedding, honeymoon then house.
scary enough it is still regoed and insured, however think it time to drop that as this will be a long build as I want to do it myself so need to learn skills and that will take time

by end of this year will finally be at a point to start looking at fixing it up
 
 
 

Wow, im sure it will all be worth it in the end. Dropping the rego is a good idea.
9 hours ago, Count Grantleyish said:

Just show up and have a hoot.

Tis what I did with the wrx while adding another driver at the last minute. 

I got no speedo, oil temp, oil pressure or coolant temp.

aint goin nowhere near a track until my race dash is installed.

34 minutes ago, Leroy Peterson said:

I got no speedo, oil temp, oil pressure or coolant temp.

aint goin nowhere near a track until my race dash is installed.

Just do it.  

Go to track days without gauges. 

That's some mad impulsivity^

Indicative 2 cents on 88E...could we have hit the floor of the sell off for now? Bought a packet at 1.8 yesterday.

No question the share will ramp up a cent or so prior to the 6 month return from sabbatical...if not short and sharp, then maybe even a slow crawl to that over the 6 months. So there's money to be made short term...just need to determine where the floor is.

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