New car for my Mrs

[barryogen]

Well on Sunday we were bored, so decided to have a read of the paper, and found that Carbase had 5 Altezzas on offer... so we drove on down, and took a nice looking very low Lexus model for a spin, got 500M down the road and turned around, the thing had adjustables and a whole heap of goodies, all set to the worst setting possible, but worst of all was a crunching noise from the engine bay(sounded expensive)... 1 down, 4 to go

the second one was a 3sge powered manual, out of the question for her, auto only.

third was a 1g-fe powered auto, in almost mint condition, barring a minor bumper scratch, and a yellowing of the spot lights.

4th and 5th were 3sge autos.

The 3sge models just sounded strained when compared to the 1g-fe, so, in the end, she got the entry level 6 cylinder IS200.

If anyone cares... it's this one.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Toyota/auction-51632023.htm

Although the 6 cylinder is down by 30kw and 15Nm of torque when compared to the 4, it is so much smoother, might consider getting an altezza in the coming years, probably a 6, and probably for engine conversion .

We pick it up this arvo, and she said she might even turn up to the meet next month.

[pidge]

I'm pretty keen on the idea of a 2jz-ge Alteza Gita myself, esp. a 4WD one...

[barryogen]

I'm pretty keen on the idea of a 2jz-ge Alteza Gita myself, esp. a 4WD one...

really? you my friend are the first person I know to like the Gita...

[pidge]

really? you my friend are the first person I know to like the Gita...

I'm yet to see one first hand, but the concept of a 2JZ-GE engine (and to a lesser extent, 4WD) is why I'm keen on it. Heck, if you could get the 2JZ-GE in RWD in a Altezza, without an engine conversion, I'd problably jump at it - an IS300 is a bit too much $$$. Then again, I've not specifically been looking for an IS300...

[rolla_fxgt]

nice car dave.

Carbase are good guys to deal with, i got the fxgt from there. you didnt happen to see if they still had the orange one there that was in a week ago did u?

[barryogen]

nice car dave.

Carbase are good guys to deal with, i got the fxgt from there. you didnt happen to see if they still had the orange one there that was in a week ago did u?

4 silver ones, and one not yet prepared... we didn't look at it, so it may be orange.

on a sad note, I have two flat tyres... massive screw(head is 14mm across) in one, and nail in the other one, noticed them at lunch and so collected the mrs car from home.

[cozmoid]

Looks Sweet!
Ever noticed that all chicks dig altezzas!
Its incredible!

[Alex B]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y213/pyro_sniper2002/Cars/tehrims2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y213/pyro_sniper2002/Cars/tehrims.jpg

IM sorry adam but this car just turns me on




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[MasCam]

barryogen wrote

Well on Sunday we were bored

Thats worse than us. We went to have a look at a microwave oven at harvey norman and ended up leaving with a projector.

[Mr Revhead]

i like gitas too!!

i borrowed one from work, white 2jzge 2wd, very cool could quite honestly see me owning one oneday.

[MasCam]

Lots of room for goats

[Mr Revhead]

not as much as an st246

[MasCam]

Oh come on revhead I'm from southland originally


so that'd be sheep then

Oh and Dave a 6 cylinder auto.... you just wanted to keep her slower than the Runx.

Chris

[barryogen]

Oh and Dave a 6 cylinder auto.... you just wanted to keep her slower than the Runx.

actually to 160ish(on closed road of course ) it's pretty close, behind, but close, after I hit lift in 4th, I'm away.

btw, you could probably fit more sheep in the RunX than in the Altezza... the seats fold up giving a fairly large "boot", you could even stack them if they were willing.

/me thinks that someone is going to quote the above, and change "stack" to something else.

[Steelo]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y213/pyro_sniper2002/Cars/tehrims2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y213/pyro_sniper2002/Cars/tehrims.jpg

IM sorry adam but this car just turns me on




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Yeah Im quite a fan of it myself, even though I see it everyday haha.

C'mon Dave, your Mrs' Altezza is screaming for 19s

[barryogen]

C'mon Dave, your Mrs' Altezza is screaming for 19s

she had the mag book out prior to picking up the car... it'll have to wait, I'm getting that damn Supercharger before she gets mags.

and yeah, the 19s(?) look very nice, thats my favourite colour for the altezza too... mmm, burned orange kinda colour...(red mica metalic?)

[Mr Revhead]

runx for fun, gita for everyday/holidays.

sounds good to me!

[pidge]

hehe, the RunX is another car on my list of possibles.

That and a Fielder for the wife (to replace the Sunny )

[barryogen]

hehe, the RunX is another car on my list of possibles.

That and a Fielder for the wife (to replace the Sunny )

The Allex is the same as the RunX aswell... atleast I can hardly tell the difference... about the only things I've notice have been things like fake chrome on the door handles and back door handle thing. There is an auto Allex at carbase... it's not quite as fun as the manual, but still alright.

[DRFTIN]

btw, you could probably fit more sheep in the RunX than in the Altezza...

yeah they have the most useless boot for a wagon ever, and back window size...
usually when im trying to reverse in mums one i end up hanging out the door to look back cos there

nice car though. i laughed at dad when he said he was buying one cos i hated them that much, but its grown on me