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29-08-2011, 11:28 AM | #19 | ||
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At the time, I needed a bigger car to help my mum travel interstate a lot for medical reasons. It served the purpose for a while until she ended up buying a Toyota Kluger Grande with all the trimmings you could think of, so the AU was pretty much rendered useless in comparison. It served interstate traveling well at the time, and at the time, I couldn't afford anything better.
Fast forward 3 years, what I should have done was either: 1) Bought an xr6 turbo or FPV something 2) Sold it and bought another Subaru Liberty, VW Golf, Audi etc 3) Fitted a turbo motor to the AU instead of s/c 4) Got out of the rat race and bought a 4x4 or turbo 4cyl. I keep saying 'at the time' because at the time, it was a good idea and it did the job it was supposed to. The AU did the job well, and I liked the thought of modding the AU and doing something different. Not so much now. My personal interests have changed, my drive to go faster has lessened, if anything, I would prefer better handling, better fuel economy and more luxuries over speed. What will I do with the modded AU now you say? Well the choices are: 1) Keep it in the garage and bring it out on occasions and still buy another car. 2) Part out all the good bits and sell the AU as n/a to minimize less loss 3) Sell it as is for a substantial loss and never mod again 4) Keep modding it I'd like Option 1 but the mrs is making me lean toward option 2.
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