that car buying feel

"beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard" (beardsbynelly-Rikerbeard) 10/08/2013 at 21:32 • Filed to: MR2

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I'm looking at my potential replacement MR2 on Saturday, 1990 jdm GT turbo with only 96kkm's (~59k miles). verified by Car Facts.

I got a brief surge of panic today when I noticed the ad was down, only to find that it was back up 30 minutes later with a price drop. ( yessssssssssss)

no links because I don't want someone to buy it out from under me :P

pic from wikipedia, not the actual car. though I might be getting R32 Skyline wheels as they really work well for the car and are dirt cheap.

dogisbadob > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 10/08/2013 at 21:40

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How can a JDM car be verified by Carfax?

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > dogisbadob 10/08/2013 at 21:48

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shows the history of it's km's after reaching Aus. it's been here for 18 years, with only one lapse in rego for 6 months a few years ago. (technically it's Car Facts, not the american Carfax)

The only damage was the passenger door was repainted under insurance after someone opened their door onto it in a car park.

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 10/08/2013 at 23:26

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Do it. Love the MR2s save for the spider. Takes me back when toyota was making fun cars all by themselves. And the second gen is all sorts of sexy and not very common here.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 10/09/2013 at 01:03

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I owned one for 7 years until it got rear ended very recently. I'll be buying the new one with the insurance money.

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 10/09/2013 at 09:21

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I hope she feels just as good as the old one!

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 10/09/2013 at 17:39

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thanks man, this one should be better, the old one was non-turbo.

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 10/09/2013 at 22:26

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Oh man, nothing's like boost. You're going to have a blast! lol First thing get an intake, nothing like hearing the whistling!

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 10/09/2013 at 23:35

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nah, I'll want it as stealth as a JDM mid-engine turbo can be.

I'll be putting slotted and dimpled rotors and some high temp brake fluid in first. They have a tendency to cook the brakes on the stock setup.

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 10/10/2013 at 00:05

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Aha, I drive an Avant so when people hear the turbos spool they still dont think its me.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 10/10/2013 at 00:41

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Kinja nibbled your photo. I like Avants though, I've often thought about getting a B5 S4 or something, but they're juuust a little bit outside of my comfortable price range.

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 10/10/2013 at 02:35

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Funny you should say that....(if the picture works)

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 10/10/2013 at 09:23

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haha nice.