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Postby adam_ae111 » Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:51 pm

i have a 200 rs200 6spd altezza at the moment and have been looking at getting a new car, i drove a vt 5.0ltr ss holden the other day and a 2003 ba xr6. i liked the v8 it sounded nice etc but was suprisingly very slow and thirsty and the xr6 was pretty good but i am wondering what other decent 4 door cars that arent boy racer cars or to much hassel are there for the same money ( 15k - 18k ) i was offerd 13k as a trade on my altezza tho wich i thought was pretty good.
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Postby rollaholic » Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:31 pm

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Postby Looonie » Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:45 pm

Specifically...

JZS161 Vertex Edition 2JZ-GTE VVTi Aristo or Lexus GS300.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 779930.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 543838.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 143374.htm

Or if you're looking for a more sporty sedan... JZX110 Mark2/IR-v...

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 244827.htm
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Postby adam_ae111 » Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:05 pm

that mark 2 is nice, was kinda looking for a manual but i dont mind autos to much either if they have a fair bit of power like that would
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Postby Adamal » Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:08 pm



Thank GOD wheels are easily replaced..... On all 3 counts!
Looks good in black with the spoiler though.
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Postby Bling » Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:42 pm

Just keep in mind if they are offering you good money for your car they will be charging good money for their cars :lol:
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Postby cat007 » Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:55 pm

XR6 turbo FTW :D
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Postby B_giB » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:47 am

Get the Ford, Im not a Ford fan at all, but value for money they are fantastic!! alot of car for the money
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Postby duddley » Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:41 am

i reckon an xr6 turbo. lots of power and still looks very buisness like
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Postby dnalunchie » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:29 am

I have driven a few holden ss's and also xr6's and to be honest the car that caught my interest most is the new VE commodore SV6, it makes 195 kw (more like 210 on 98 ) and its got 5 star crash rateing, a good LSD kick arse interior and looks dam staunch, they are going for around 25k atm at yards. If you liked the XR6 then you will truly be amazed how good the new gen SV6 from holden is.... seriously... drive one....
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Postby Mr Revhead » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:33 am

The new holdens (as is always the case with holden body kits) look like they were designed by the type of guy who would make a kit out of road markers....
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Postby dnalunchie » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:41 am

Mr Revhead wrote:The new holdens (as is always the case with holden body kits) look like they were designed by the type of guy who would make a kit out of road markers....


lols have u driven one?
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Postby Mr Revhead » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:42 am

no, i couldnt stop laughing long enough to ask
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Postby dnalunchie » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:53 am

Mr Revhead wrote:no, i couldnt stop laughing long enough to ask


ur missing out then mate, looks aside, they are bloody good cars to drive. and you dont scalp urself on the rear doors like you do on falcons
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Postby bbq1988 » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:53 am

Manual 5 litre SS's go well, better then GTS25T's anyway!

Buy a jap turbo. Gloria, Aristo, Chaser.

Theres a nice Leopard VQ30DET on trademe atm that i have been looking at
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Nissan/Leopard/auction-246763229.htm

Get rid of the 19's and put some nice 17's on it, polish the headlights and drive it.
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Postby Mr Revhead » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:54 am

dnalunchie wrote:
Mr Revhead wrote:no, i couldnt stop laughing long enough to ask


ur missing out then mate, looks aside, they are bloody good cars to drive. and you dont scalp urself on the rear doors like you do on falcons


yeah but anything new will feel flash if your used to older imports :wink:
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Postby dnalunchie » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:56 am

Mr Revhead wrote:
dnalunchie wrote:
Mr Revhead wrote:no, i couldnt stop laughing long enough to ask


ur missing out then mate, looks aside, they are bloody good cars to drive. and you dont scalp urself on the rear doors like you do on falcons


yeah but anything new will feel flash if your used to older imports :wink:


maybe, but im comparing it to my bosses 04 SS which i drove most weekends.... not my own rather dismal selection of cars I have owned :P
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Postby sergei » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:22 am

dnalunchie wrote:
Mr Revhead wrote:
dnalunchie wrote:
Mr Revhead wrote:no, i couldnt stop laughing long enough to ask


ur missing out then mate, looks aside, they are bloody good cars to drive. and you dont scalp urself on the rear doors like you do on falcons


yeah but anything new will feel flash if your used to older imports :wink:


maybe, but im comparing it to my bosses 04 SS which i drove most weekends.... not my own rather dismal selection of cars I have owned :P


That just shows how badly Holdens age.
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Postby Adamal » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:31 am

dnalunchie wrote:and you dont scalp urself on the rear doors like you do on falcons


I don't think I'd be driving my car from the back seats anyway? :P
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Postby Crampy » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:52 pm

I hated my mates V8 SS Commodore, it was nice to drive a big car for change, but it sucked balls for fuel economy.... Fair enough it was a big car and had a V8, it chewed gas in town sweet, but even on the open road just cruising it was bad.

If I was going to get a Commodore, I'd be going for the new V6 ones. Got good go but with reasonable fuel economy when cruising
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