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  1. like the stang maybe a bit on the large size again and there's far fewer of them around - 2019 Camaro from Australia. Australia because it got factory RHD done there by HSV. 6.2 NA or SC A classic is a winner for sure for beating boredom that for me no modern car can compete with. 70's camaro's are also an option there.
  2. how good would that be. price it right up there so- no more carpark roads. no more having to try pick quiet times to drive and bike.(summer weekends before waking hours) pay the toll take the ride. just like the March lockdown pandemic national street raceway and outside of that was track days. and then imagine the toll monitoring and billing authorities - hmm a Folkestone-Rye lap in hmmmm what happened the system's on the blink again !!!??? meanwhile on the other side claiming oh yeah it's official i'm #1 ! good publicity stunt and distraction from other current failures but oh well back to reality.
  3. isn't it more 'ev' is a what looks to be final piece of technical evolution of road car type personal transport. moving on from a very old cave man fossil burning technology. so then if you want the best all round for personal transport it's an easy answer. all advances and improvements the last 40 years after hydraulics are of the electric type so the clear obvious and major gain is that final propulsion bit. even more so in the sporty ones -road and race. where the design and advantage is always an electronic tweak. the beauty of the Z is that it's a throwback - manual, rwd, mid size n/a making medium power. - there's not another one out there. just need to get an ecutek and remove that pesky tc.
  4. awesome. pizza from costco! it's also the only place to buy cheddar in Japan larger than 100g and very expensive so have done a few holiday excuses conveniently passing 100km ish away to do some cheese and pizza missions there. they just aren't into cheese! i ended up bringing 10-20kg cheese from mostly lidl or whoever's on special a few times. back breaker dragging those lumps around. we always get a few large pizzas to take away. so big and so cheap. no nsx's? have been checking lately and looks like Japan still aren't letting too many tourists in would be there!
  5. ha. those bf's along with Bridgestone Desert Duelers were the most wanted the cruiser back in 80's. both must be quality product as there still around. or customers now now grown up and got the $ to re-live the days gone by i'm also rocking that 80's look on mine - I wanted bridgestone eager or yokohama 352's but they are discontinued on 13's so I went the BF's. other pic is how I use the tyres Bridgestone's on the zx6r.
  6. argh! tickets sold out. no door sales.
  7. better late than never, got back onto it and took a shot and contacted grove autos. need full dealer service history. bunch of scam artists. why would anyone do that. for rust in the door.
  8. looks like japanese magazine cover i have. yes the magazine has a cover sheet! are they su's being replaced by webers? was there a radiator cap change, themostat change or something to go with with ditching the overflow? I did similar on my 70's car and now that it dumps it on the ground rather than sucking it back in so i'm thinking what are the options. doesn't really matter as i spend more time under the bonnet than road time so i'm ok with it if just have to live with it and refil. I also tidied my washer motor and carby using vinegar to clean it. it did a good job but corrosion comes back. what's the after cleaning secret there to keeping it shiny? footwell side boards fix details isn't boring. : ) I replaced mine with american oak ply veneer.
  9. cool as. could go the factory 3000 V6 or drop a 302 or a 351 in it or keep as is: https://www.tradeuniquecars.com.au/feature-cars/1703/1970-ford-capri-1600-gt-review
  10. this would be good day all round. I had the bike on the gp circuit here day all day last Monday. Chickened out and game over late in the day when the rear got loose on Graham Hill bend. - was a bit rainy in morning and late but got a few dry ones in the middle. I practiced the lap in the days before by playing gt6 on ps3 in a black 370z - lots of bumping and grass and gravel time - only because i don't have bike game for this track. might not be in the country then though so can't commit. Would hope they got tokyo bananas on sale as as Japan not allowing entry at moment so I can't go also would need to have to have a go in the drift taxi.... now looking for ways to prolong the stay here..........
  11. I had similar. Grinding 5-6th on a similar mileage 2011. I was 2nd owner and had the car less than a year and it had come from a Nissan shop with the Nissan cared4 (factory approved used car) warranty. Repaired under that by Kaizer - non factory shop but authorised to repair and a recognised GTR specialist. Was told it could be possibly because previous owner maybe used to lean or have some rest hand on the shifter type action while in gear. As a result happier it happened as it's one of those things you can't easily check and I now have the proof of inspection and rebuild. And always been of conscious not to lean on shifter! But I already knew that as I run another car with full mechanical linkages all the way from box to shifter and a mechanical clutch so all too well experienced with how over 50 year old technology and parts and the gearbox connections and linkages wearing out and being forced to do clutchless shifting that goes with it!
  12. I have optimate 4 which is advertised and sold for bikes but is a 12v trickle/smart charger that I've used to bring car batteries back to life after a couple years non use. I also use a couple of the Aldi battery chargers that are sold to use for both bike and car. they been keeping an car aldi car battery charged for over a year that's used less than monthly and also motorbike gel batteries that gets similar use.
  13. Hi, am stuck back here passing through a few weeks back. That's not such a bad thing at all Back in the 370z is unbelievable. fun for a speedy-ish drive. Been in Australia - this is what I have there. 1977 LX Holden Torana. fully built myself way back and been parked since 98. Modern updates I put in include are electronic ignition and Toyota Supra seats. I got it running last year and licensed. fun to sit in and rev engine. I got a 2011 cbr600rr. photo taken just after I got it and first thing was to take it Barbagallo race track, Perth, WA. It's very much like a toned down Brands Hatch indy. Photo taken by me (Freddy Krueger) as seen in shadow.
  14. Hi, Are you still interested? I have a Black Manual 2011 GT Coupe. Brief summary: 2nd owner, bought as an Nissan approved dealer used car end of 2013. Full service history since, not from dealers but from what I'd consider better as done by a Nissan specialist shop who's also officially approved by Nissan to repair warranty work. Kaizer as found on this site. Slighty over 40k miles, roughly 47. Issues: It did lose 6th gear so was rebuilt under warranty by Kaizer. - which I feel is good to know has been fixed and so also inspected. Essential ( I would consider ) modifications: Custom exhaust. From a builder found on this site. With a mechanical butterfly valve built in so to have a straight thru system available. This gives the best of both worlds, I like to hear me driving and I also got nice neighbours. The mrs says it sounds better than benz gtr she played with at her work as she works for them but she also has confused for it when she saw an Audi TT or 350 on the road so maybe what she think doesn't really mean anything. Ecutek. Pops & bangs, valet, normal, fun? modes. Abbey Motorsport. Eibach sway bars fitted. low mileage MPSS tyres fitted. Reverse camera. self fitted. Uses standard built in functionality. No serious track work done- The only activity was I did a lap of Nurburgring with the Mrs, at more a Sunday driver speed. Which is how the car was used. No daily driver or commuting. As a have some fun on nice days toy.
  15. I went a couple years back. If you like that stuff, tour operator did a very good job and i'd go back again with is https://www.chernobylwel.com/ 2 day tours get to take train with the workers and stay at hotel in Pripyat 2, go see the radar area and inside the working control centre with lunch in the workers canteen and see the stray dogs wandering about the sarcophagus. If you've not played too much cod and ps4 vr zombie stuff and want some more real life walking around in drains underground stuff they also arrange an underground tour. Can also confirm super cheap beer and icecream is available I also did a solo mission to Fukushima area a year and a half ago. Interesting comparison of a totally different scene. Haven't seen the tv show. I only watch Motogp. Maybe one day.
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