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Innovation drives sales, however novel or pointless it may be. LPG? Bah humbug. I sneer at your LPG. I'm building a on-demand closed-loop hydrogen generator. Run your car on tap water. THATS the way of the future people. Its proving somewhat costly but I suppose thats what happens when you innovate rather than immitate.

Yowah eh?... opals and nuts... I bet everyone asks you when you're puttin the bullbar and whip antennas on :jamie: There's no pictures of the rear.... is that cos its covered in "runs on rum" stickers? Nah jokes mate you've done well for being out in the middle of bumf@$k nowhere

Hey peeps Picked up some really cool wheels with a very unfortunate offset and I'm having clearance problems. I've machined up some spacers with the proper spigot diameters so I won't be putting extra stress on the studs but I'd prefer to have a bit more thread to play with.... All toyota studs are the same in every regard bar length so I'm wondering if one has experience or info on some longer ones. Cheers

Y'know with al this talk of petrol running out and global warming and all the rest you've gotta wonder why engines and the cars wrapped around them are just getting bigger and bigger.... did you know that global fuel economy as an average has actually RISEN since the 70's when fuel was mega cheap? Not to delve too deeply into the conspiracies but I reckon we've got plenty of fuel left and the manufacturers know something we don't... we're just getting stooged at the pump and the "oil crisis" is a fabrication to justify the price. But anyway back on topic My old man has the new turbo diesel 4wd hilux and it hauls arse... at 10L per 100ks too... I've driven the 4.0 quad cam petrol in 2wd and its an absolute weapon... NO traction through the first 3 gears its bloody fantastic :jamie: I've also heard a rumour through a mate who works at lexus that there "might" be a supercharged "sportivo" version of the petrol 4wd on its way... to be released in a couple of years to con-incide with the first facelift of the new hilux range... only a rumour though.

Whoa... dude.... easy on the rain-man-esque info spewing your brain will implode or something... :jamie: But in all seriousness... My Golf had its good points... (and yep, it was a series 5) The build quality was excellent, fit and finish were perfect and it was quite pleasant to drive, but not terribly exciting. My major beef with it was it being off the road 1 week out of 8 being repaired under warranty. Two turbos, radiator, LSD, fuel pump, rear suspension, and a plethora of miscellaneous other gremlins. Bearing in mind this was a daily driver/company car which didn't get thrashed at all... A relative of mine has a 3 month old passat which she has taken back to the dealer and demanded a refund as its given her nothing but grief as well. This new engine sounds fantastic in theory but having cruised through a few forums VW are still having reliability and quality control issues (seeing as very few are actually built in germany) and I'd be very worried about forking over bulk cash for an engine so over-technical and perched perilously close to the edge of its performance envelope. Having said that, me and aforementioned passat owner took the the VR6 for a blat... holysnappingduckshit did that little f@$ker fly...

Hey its completely up to you... but for my 2 cents I prefer the thin 5 spoke designs. I reckon the many-spoked wheels don't look that much different to the plethora of factory alloys around and as such don't stand out as much. but its your car dude.... if you like 'em, whack 'em on :jamie:

Yeah sorry I'm a bit biased. I owned a 2001 golf gti turbo. it sucked.

You're not buying a car, you're buying history. Why else would anyone fork out 450k for a bucket of shit mid 70's falcon with a pushrod V8? Case in point Phase 3 XY GTHO.

Lets not also forget the golf weighs about as much as a camry.

All fun and games until the little bitch torque-steers you into the guide rail... call me when the rear wheels do something other than hang off its arse.

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Personally, I'd be letting aforementioned hooved cumbuckets do whatever they so desired if it meant they would keep me warm and amused for the 9 MONTHS of the Norway winter, during which the SUN doesn't come up, its bumf@$k below zero outside, you can't drive fast anywhere on account of the roads being blanketed with SNOWDRIFTS that only volvos were specifically designed to plow through, and there's sod all else to do other than pray you remembered to pay your heating bill and drink Jagermeister in the company of said strumpets. And besides that, Norweigan girls are frikkin HUGE... something to do with hormones in the milk... I certainly wouldn't want to deny any request they may have lest I be dipped in chocolate and eaten, or worse still, suffocated between breasts larger than my head. I say buy a compressor and respray the roof every year dude.

well... that would most definately destroy ANY chance of sleeping with either (or both) of them.

mmm..... beige..... dashmat...... sexy. I love grandma spec. :hmm:

Dude.... thats scary shit In 15 years of exhaustive thrashing I've never had a wheel shear off, and I've almost NEVER used the proper sized rims for my hubs... I dunno if Ive just been lucky or not but I think in future I'll be getting some spigot rings made up! Cheers for the link... you never know it may have saved my life some time in the future...

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(camerondownunder88 @ Nov 15 2006, 04:43 PM) But I run it on straight kero (jet fuel) but can burn any fuel if slightly re-tuned for it eg deep fryer oil. "in other news tonight... a very silly man was found embedded in the wall of a local shopping centre carpark. Onlookers described the incinerated corpse as barely recognisable and smelling vaguely of fish and chips."

dear sweet jesus... someone is going to die VERY soon

You, good sir, are a nut. I'll bring beer to the funeral.

Tell your "mechanic" to invest in a multimeter. If he buys another banjo and a bottle of bourbon instead I'd suggest getting a new mechanic

Thats pristine.... grandma would've taken a lot of convincing to trade that one in....

Try replacing the Body Control Module. I'm unsure where its located in an 88 model but its usually behind one of the kick panels... should tell you in the service manual.

Rx3 with bridgeport. Or R32. I still own the skyline.... :lol:

Sprinter.

Last commodore I owned was a povo-pack VL wagon I picked up off some smelly backpackers on their way to the airport to leave the country. Cost me $200 and a couple of beers in the departure lounge. Flogged it around for 8 months til the rego ran out and the head gasket blew and left the bucket of shit on the side of the road where it spluttered to a halt. A fitting end for a backwards-engineered mildly-polished turd hastily assembled by ham fisted rednecks. In case anyone missed the very subtle vitriolic undercurrent in this post, I don't' hold our beloved local car industry in very high regard.