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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby XSVWGN » Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:15 pm

SOLD IT! Corolla is gone. Money in the bank and the new owner collect her tomorrow. I have had XSVWGN/XSVTOY for the last 8years so it's sad to see it go but all good things come to an end.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Mr Ree » Sat Mar 29, 2014 9:06 am

Good luck for the new project, Matt :)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby thegreatestben » Sat Mar 29, 2014 10:32 am

Picking up this AE101 I bought off trademe, hope I can get it loaded onto a trailer without too many problems.
Gonna party so hard if it fires up after chucking a decent battery in it.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Dell'Orto » Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:47 pm

Bought a Primera, it's sparkly blue and has chrome wheels :lol: Pretty sure I entered a time warp
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Boosted_162 » Sat Mar 29, 2014 1:14 pm

Dell'Orto wrote:Bought a Primera, it's sparkly blue and has chrome wheels :lol: Pretty sure I entered a time warp


Please tell me they are G-Zeros or Shurikens.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Dell'Orto » Sat Mar 29, 2014 1:48 pm

Sadly not that baller, just some random 7 spoke things

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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Boosted_162 » Sat Mar 29, 2014 4:26 pm

I have a soft spot for Primeras. Get a decent amount of performance for the price!

You should put a T28 on it.

Oh and to keep on topic: Got a wof on the Fuga this morning. Always makes it easier when the mechanic likes your car! :lol: :lol:
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Mr Revhead » Sat Mar 29, 2014 5:24 pm

Those wheels would actually look pretty sweet if not chrome

Nothing on my own car, washed and polished the Mrs MX5 though. Means I get to drive it properly later :twisted:
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Stott69 » Sat Mar 29, 2014 7:01 pm

I should really go start and drive mine since rebolting the turbo down. Hopefully no more leaking.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Dell'Orto » Sat Mar 29, 2014 9:01 pm

Boosted_162 wrote:I have a soft spot for Primeras. Get a decent amount of performance for the price!


They go ok, nothing really to write home about. Probably on par peak powerwise with a blacktop, though so much more torque. Do like how they handle though!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Boosted_162 » Sat Mar 29, 2014 9:33 pm

Yeah, the torque is sweet. Nothing compared to a V8 tho :lol: :twisted:
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Dell'Orto » Sat Mar 29, 2014 9:45 pm

Man I love it, compared to a 20v it's amazing. Even compared to the Commodore it's pretty good, easily goes over the Haywards in 5th
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby ch4ng » Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:26 pm

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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Leon » Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:21 am

Dell'Orto wrote:Man I love it, compared to a 20v it's amazing. Even compared to the Commodore it's pretty good, easily goes over the Haywards in 5th


They go well. Pretty hard on gas if you're just using them around town though :)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby thegreatestben » Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:05 am

Got my AE101 home. Pretty happy with my purchase, Loading it onto a trailer by myself sucked.
Definitely has a rooted battery. AFM wiring has been chopped off by the diagnosis plug, one wire has been joined to something else (I only had 5 mins to have a close look) which I will assume is for the fuel pump relay.

Needs a good clean, paint is shabby.

More investigations today.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Dell'Orto » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:10 am

Leon wrote:
Dell'Orto wrote:Man I love it, compared to a 20v it's amazing. Even compared to the Commodore it's pretty good, easily goes over the Haywards in 5th


They go well. Pretty hard on gas if you're just using them around town though :)


I suspect it will still be substantially cheaper than the commodore!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Bling » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:46 am

Oil change on the daily, didn't even need a jack. 8)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Mr Revhead » Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:09 pm

Good isn't it! #4wdlife
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Grrrrrrr! » Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:47 am

New best and worst open road fuel economy figures. Managed 18.4km/L just cruising and not overtaking anybody maintaining more than 75kph, then I decided I'd rather get back home before midnight and back to my normal 14-15km/l driving style.
Also managed a 40km stint on one of my favourite roads on the way down and the trip computer was down to 6.2km/L and still dropping when the brakes decided they didn't want to play that game anymore. :)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby loudstealthGT-Four » Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:03 pm

Managed a 2nd in 4wd class (out if 15) and 6th overall (out of 46) at local sealed autocross, was a awesome flowing course and car couldn't have run better.
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