Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

For those of you that don't know me I have been working in the Finance area of Govt for the last two years while studying. This week I applied and successfully got a job in the Finance Dept of McDonalds Australia which I am estatic about!!

The package for my position includes a car either in a Novated or Operating lease arrangement.

I unfortunetly must buy new or close to new as I was reading the contract with an R34 in mind!

I have a budget of around 55k max and it looks like I wont be able to get an R34 with low enough km's to satify the conditions of the contract.

I have a few options in mind so if you know something about the following cars from personal experiance then let me know:

WRX Sti

XR6 Turbo (Mk2)

Maybe an Evo8 depending on availability and price.

The other thing is I just brought an R32 which I have been spending big $$$ on restoring to mint condition. I might have to sell up!! I really love driving the little bastard though but I really wont need it.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/67004-advice-on-a-work-car/
Share on other sites

For those of you that don't know me I have been working in the Finance area of Govt for the last two years while studying.  This week I applied and successfully got a job in the Finance Dept of McDonalds Australia which I am estatic about!!  

The package for my position includes a car either in a Novated or Operating lease arrangement.

I unfortunetly must buy new or close to new as I was reading the contract with an R34 in mind!

I have a budget of around 55k max and it looks like I wont be able to get an R34 with low enough km's to satify the conditions of the contract.

I have a few options in mind so if you know something about the following cars from personal experiance then let me know:

WRX Sti  

XR6 Turbo (Mk2)

Maybe an Evo8 depending on availability and price.

The other thing is I just brought an R32 which I have been spending big $$$ on restoring to mint condition.  I might have to sell up!!  I really love driving the little bastard though but I really wont need it.

conrats on the job!

surely for 55k you could gt an R34GTT with low kms these days? how low do the kms have to be?

i like the idea of an XR6T but they are common as all hell these days...

if you like drifting then don't bother considering the rex. totally different car.

you should either keep the R32 as a weekend thrasher or sell me your turbo kit before you sell the car!

Get a Forrester XT Luxury pack... about 44k on road.

Just tell them to swap the wheels with the current model WRX wheels cause the wheels and tyres on em are average.

My gf is thinking of getting one now she has a new job and a salary sacrifice

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Ok glad you clarified on the frenchy’s options , I was worried about if my oem hoses would fit the new compressor or not if I just bought the bracket/compressor kit ,  didn’t realize they also sold a larger full conversion kit. Hmm may just go oem in that case then to make it easy only because I plan to sell this car to upgrade to a 32 GTR or 34 GTT.
    • Right, here's a video of the basic operation at least.  This is what you can expect day to day when you turn the car on and it boots from standby.  The only thing from a media point of view I haven't gotten working is for it to autoplay plexamp when it turns on from standby (it works from cold boot) but that's more of a plexamp problem as it will autoplay other music players.  Also attached is my one stray cable.  It's part of the screen's wiring adapters but there's just nowhere for it to go in my car.  I've just now done a bit of research and found a matching port on a 2010-2014 head unit with BOSE.  Mine has no BOSE so that's that case pretty much closed I think.  Plugging in the Infiniti AC panel basically did nothing for me, so that's a dead end as well.  Next port of call is to mess with this CANBUS module and see what I can find from it.  I found this resource containing the DBC files for a 2010+ G37 : https://github.com/icecube45/Dash_InfinitiG37/blob/master/InfinitiG37.dbc I'll now have something to go from when I try to extract my CANBUS data so I can see if the HVAC Mode, Fan Speed, Temperature, etc. match and also the gear shifter position.  It's a pretty big assumption that it's just mismatched CAN signals but considering all the devices in the CAN network are talking to each other (AC can be fully adjusted just with no info on screen) it might be a safe one.  I will report back WhatsApp Video 2025-02-26 at 12.49.10.mp4
    • Thanks for that Paul.  Do you think if I posted a picture you'd be able to remember where it went? 
    • Sorry Duncan, I didn't get a notification for the replies.  Thanks for responding!  It's a full Android device, but does allow you to use CarPlay/AA as well.  This is the one I bought from NaviRS on AliExpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006368602668.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.111.59aa1802JDzQ0E - the 2K 8G-256G CAM variant but it seems to have gone up by £170 since I bought it!  My purchase was £307.14.   It's not the fastest thing in the world but performs perfectly adequately.  It stays on standby unless I disconnect the battery and let it power down, then it's just a fairly standard Android bootup time from cold.  The DSP Equaliser is very nice and made the standard stereo system sound pretty decent compared to the stock screen.  Perhaps I can take a video of it when I get a sec. It *allegedly* supports the reverse camera, but I'm yet to get that working.  It has options for reverse cam (a camera unit can be bought separately) or 360 cameras (also bought separately).  To be fair it doesn't seem to detect that the shifter was put into reverse but I'm working on a theory about this as well.  At the moment I'm going without which is a bit annoying considering the car is an absolute canal barge but so far I haven't caused any damage I'll grab a picture of the wire I'm missing later today when I can get outside.  My theory, by the by, is that not only is the head unit different, but the CANBUS network has different signals for the different years.  I think this because I have a spare AC panel from a newer Infiniti G37 (as opposed to my Nissan panel) which wouldn't control anything except the volume when I had it wired up with the stock system.  I'm going to throw it back in and see if the screen will respond to it.  I've just ordered an arduino CANBUS module so I can have a look at the signals going around the car and see if I can spot anything.  I'm thinking if I can work out what it's expecting vs what it's getting I might be able to translate and relay the signal back but so far just a theory anyway. I also found this on my travels, so far the only one that specifically matches my car: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002822934280.html?spm=a2g0s.imconversation.0.0.33433e5fgttovi If you look at the picture of the before, it has the card reader slot, and the picture of the head unit is exactly the same as the one pictured in my original post.  I asked if they sell the cables separately but sadly they won't.  I didn't want to just buy this one because it's a super old Android version and only dual core - likely slow as hell. 
    • As above, you did refill the coolant and burp the system before running it again didn't you?
×
×
  • Create New...