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Yep. NZ new too according to Carjam. Registration * Registration status: Active * Vehicle usage: Private Passenger * Cause of latest registration: New * Date of first registration in New Zealand: 1999, February 12th * Date of last registration: 1999, February 12th * Was registered overseas?: No Plates history Plate Effective date AMA800 2002, February 21st XT8712 1999, February 12th

Interesting piece on Campbell Live tonight. Advanced driver training at Manfeild in an Impreza WRX.

$10k for a Trabant ! There was a cool little Suzuki 360 at last weekend's trackday.

Rego papers at dawn ! Agreed. Seller has his head so far up his ass he'll never see daylight again. [quote name='TURTLE said: They will go up when there is only 2-3 left. Yep. Rare is not always reflected in price. A Trabant is rare in NZ but would you pay more than 50c for one ? A Type R may hold its value but it won't be an investment for another 10-20 years. ;D

Castrol Magnatec is a fine oil for the impecunious.

MY04 is the best looking Legacy ever. The 2010 models look like a Korean POS, a la Holden Cruze etc.

Ditto 110%, the only thing that stiffens is the delusional driver's third leg.

Abortion, aberration or abomination. Abortion can also mean a stunted or deformed creature or thing ...Oxford Modern English Dictionary.

Every few months someone starts a thread on these abortions... FYI it was a MY99 limited edition (5000), 1.5L NA, auto only, 2 or 4 wd. It was still available a year after release.

I find most of them more aesthetically and philosophically attuned to my automotive needs. ;D Japs usually win on VFM though. Only half of them. [quote name='keltik said: Go drive a passat for a month and say that...actually thinking about it - that thing was goooood Passat is a good, unexciting repmobile. A (possibly) mutual acquaintance in the audio trade has used one for years.

Fool's Gold. A little Renaultsport Megane R26, FWD with a piddly 169kW is one of the finest driver's cars ever, easily out-handling most production AWD's, including the current STI and EVO.

Mountains, molehills and general lack of comprehensive skills abound. :

For you youngsters who don't know any better. http://autospeed.com/cms/A_111396/article.html

Would love to see a Lego VTEC spin to 9000rpm.

Pedantically true. ;D

Yep, No. 10 on FV. Not HD but widescreen with stereo.

;D Click link for video http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/31/video-dont-call-it-ocd-dude-builds-32-valve-dohc-v8-out-of-le/

Good call. Frankly 99% of these after-market bolt-in cages are nothing but expensive crap. Cusco et al probably do test them but under less stringent rules than say Porsche, Lotus or Renaultsport, whose optional cages meet tough German TUV and FIA rules.

In the real old days cars did use the same grade of oil in engines and gearboxes. Modern cars use separate grades. Engine oil is designed with a much shorter service life than gearbox oil. Best check with a specialist Subaru service provider for specific recommendations.

Another defiled Euro. This c ock has seen that Lotto ad too many times. If that was my 911 (see TM pix) I wouldn't want this POS so close to my car. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Jaguar/S/auction-236797969.htm

Apparently the V8 is the better balanced car. Haven't seen that EVO, what issue is the test in ? I'm not keen on the look of the latest 997.5 cars. The very latest EVO has a list of the top 100 driver's cars, sure to start a lot of arguments. ;D

Ugh that poor car. Gmax rims on a 50k+ car.... And not even good ones You can pick up some of the older 2.7L turbo S4s for mid 20s as a private sale, so thats always an option - although Im not sure how reliable they are? Evo 7 is another option, although most of the ones under 25k on Trademe are abused looking wee things. Reliable if well serviced. But like most Audis not much fun to drive and not that fast, might be as quick as a BE Legacy RSK.

Crap performance, if you can even call it that but probably the best handling car of the bunch. All those cars have negative factors so I would keep looking.

Exactly. Gravity casting is cheaper than forging and 7.65kg isn't light. Advanti ain't Rays or BBS that's why they are copying the wheels off a third rate team like Toro Rosso instead of McLaren or Brawn. Also why the wheel in the ad looks more like OZ copies than an F1 replica.

That's a BMW Z10 development mule. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/13/rendered-speculation-bmw-z10-ed-to-tackle-audi-r8/ Or the owner has a bad case of BMW envy, dunno why as the R8 is better than any current BMW. ;D http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/22/audi-r8-the-ultimate-driving-machine/#comments