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Old 01-03-2006, 03:19 PM   #91
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'Sport' models of cars that have little to no performance advantage over the standard model...
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Old 01-03-2006, 03:45 PM   #92
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funny being a member of V8 forums and also 4cylTurbo forums - U get to see both sides. im lucky enough to enjoy turbos and v8s, owning one of each.
So stupid to see people argue how much better V8's are than 4cyl turbos - horses for courses. my baxr8 nails my evo in a straight line, but my evo nails the xr8 everywhere else. Theres exceptions to every rule - like when Jeff Watson dusted Victor Brays dragster with an FJ20ET infront of 50,000 people at calder park in the mid 90's (twice). Im afraid that had the V8 boys mouths shut for a very long time. Seems to me, everytime turbo cars beat V8's they get banned - or thrown into their own class. its happened in motorsport throughout the world.
ill keep my baxr8ute for the highway and carting ИИИИ to the tip - occasionaly some broad side action and a burnout...but i use the evo to get my rocks off ;)
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Old 01-03-2006, 04:55 PM   #93
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'Sport' models of cars that have little to no performance advantage over the standard model...
BA XR6? :P
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Old 01-03-2006, 04:57 PM   #94
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the diff would make a pooftenth of a difference

I am prettys sure n/a's still get the LSD....
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Old 01-03-2006, 05:04 PM   #95
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AU s1 (the base model) witht hat s***y grille. VN commodores. and pretty much any korean car.
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Old 01-03-2006, 05:22 PM   #96
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The car i would mostly get sick of seeing are the honda civic espeically hoons in them and pretty much any holden

But i got to add im not sick of seeing the XR's series they still look good
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Old 01-03-2006, 05:42 PM   #97
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I'll second VTs with monaro lights and standard boot garnish.

I'll nominate Hyundai Excels/Accents and any other vehicle where the driver feels compelled to switch on their fog lights just to prove they have 'em.

Oh, and Vivas with lions instead of griffins! :
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Old 01-03-2006, 06:05 PM   #98
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funny being a member of V8 forums and also 4cylTurbo forums - U get to see both sides. im lucky enough to enjoy turbos and v8s, owning one of each.
So stupid to see people argue how much better V8's are than 4cyl turbos - horses for courses. my baxr8 nails my evo in a straight line, but my evo nails the xr8 everywhere else. Theres exceptions to every rule - like when Jeff Watson dusted Victor Brays dragster with an FJ20ET infront of 50,000 people at calder park in the mid 90's (twice). Im afraid that had the V8 boys mouths shut for a very long time. Seems to me, everytime turbo cars beat V8's they get banned - or thrown into their own class. its happened in motorsport throughout the world.
ill keep my baxr8ute for the highway and carting ИИИИ to the tip - occasionaly some broad side action and a burnout...but i use the evo to get my rocks off ;)

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Old 01-03-2006, 06:12 PM   #99
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Can I add to the list off most hated cars VT commodore Executives with Tacky Clubsport Kits and HSV badging. Damn they look stupid.
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Old 01-03-2006, 06:19 PM   #100
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A lot of cars bore me, but I wouldn't say im sick of many. Kids with their 4cyl and garbage bin exhausts are ok, they are young and will grow out of it one day.

What does annoy me though, is the popular mod of putting a Silvia front on a 180sx or vice versa.

That bugs the ИИИИ out of me as S15 Silvias are probably one of the ugliest things Nissan ever made. I know 180sxs are basically the same car, but they look better :S
do you realise what a S15 silvia is? because they have nothing to do with 180sx, S15s are very stylish cars built around 1999-2002 and where imported by nissan as the 200sx, 180sx's were made around 1988-1994

the cars im sick of seeing are commdores with bodgy HSV lookalike kits on them, especially those VY hsv kits on fugly VNs, also sick of hearing fart cannons on lancers too.
basically im sick of seeing most commodores with young drivers, because most of them simply drive very dangeous, even in car parks
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Old 01-03-2006, 06:22 PM   #101
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Old 01-03-2006, 06:26 PM   #102
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Id like to add the new minis to my list. The old 70's models were minis, they were small. The new 'minis' are as wide as my XF, if not wider. They deserve the name sh-it beetle or something, they arnt minis.
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Old 01-03-2006, 06:38 PM   #103
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do you realise what a S15 silvia is? because they have nothing to do with 180sx, S15s are very stylish cars built around 1999-2002 and where imported by nissan as the 200sx, 180sx's were made around 1988-1994
Gah! I meant to type S13. No, your right.. I like S15 Silvias... even S14s are okay. Its S13's that annoy me.

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Old 01-03-2006, 06:46 PM   #104
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ROFL @ that VX.....

But there is a nice eb xr8 for sale in geelong that has a pearlecent pink paintjob, darker than that and its actually not bad.
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Old 01-03-2006, 06:52 PM   #105
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Honda VTech Civics and Accords that have exhausts so big, you could smuggle a small mexican in them. Ontop of that, dont the owners realise N/A engines lose power when they put massive exhausts on them? : On top of that, they sound horrible droning arround town...no wipe that, they sound terrible full stop. I saw an older model accord today in the City with a big body kit, massive spoiler, 17' wheels and Two big cannons in the centre of the back skirt...rediculous
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some chick at work has a Mirage with a fat cannon muffler. went on 2 days aftrer she bought the car. a big pink "MissiИИИИИi" sticker on the back window and pink playboy seat covers, if she wasnt hot, and i wanted to ruin any chances of me "dating" her, id slap her stupid. : but at least, hopefully she'll listen to me rather than her friends, who are trying to get her to put a pod filter on :|
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Old 01-03-2006, 07:06 PM   #107
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I hate seeing really old beaten up rust box of a civic with a sticker on it saying my other car is a rolls royce
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Old 01-03-2006, 07:13 PM   #108
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What bout cars with Playboy stickers on the back window and when you get close there's a fat ugly chick driving it...??
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EA-ED ИИИИboxes, they are everywhere, 1980's mag wheels, dents and faded paint.. FFS they give Ford fans a bad name... If you can't afford to fix a cheap up a ar$e E'series so it atleast looks tidy ... catch the bus :P
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Old 01-03-2006, 07:29 PM   #110
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If you check the first post i put a pic of a VL, it has a playboy sticker on the back and a fat chick on the left.
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A lot of cars bore me, but I wouldn't say im sick of many. Kids with their 4cyl and garbage bin exhausts are ok, they are young and will grow out of it one day.

What does annoy me though, is the popular mod of putting a Silvia front on a 180sx or vice versa.

That bugs the ИИИИ out of me as S15 Silvias are probably one of the ugliest things Nissan ever made. I know 180sxs are basically the same car, but they look better :S

You mean the Onevia and the Sileighty?




Personally, I love those cars (: Not much around.

Lol, google images

ps: weren't there late production 180sx's around? up till `99? they had different tail-lights or something

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Old 01-03-2006, 08:38 PM   #112
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I hate seeing Territorys, millions of the bloody things. When I brought mine there were not so many and people used to come up and ask about it. Now all I get is "Oh God not another bloody Territory!" LOL

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Daewoo's annoy me. Also anything that hasnt been looked after, like oxidised bonnets on newer vehicles. That ИИИИes me off. And the 'p!ss on FORD or HOLDEN' sticker. Absolutely stupid imo. I think its gay-er than Molly Meldrum & Julian Clarey put together! Very homosexual! :ymca:
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Lancers that have been riced up, so many around.

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whats not to like about minitrucks?? im also into trucks as they are a cheaper alternative to hotrodding.. here is a pic of a fullsize, but generally minitrucks follow the same similar styling and mods as this truck.. airbag suspension,suicide doors, body drops roof chops thats what real minitrucking is about! u should see the amount of work that goes into alot of the minitrucks that get around.. puttting on a set of wheels and a monster tacho is NOT minitrucking... ill try find a pic of a modified chassis on one of these "lowluxes"

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EA-ED ИИИИboxes, they are everywhere, 1980's mag wheels, dents and faded paint.. FFS they give Ford fans a bad name... If you can't afford to fix a cheap up a ar$e E'series so it atleast looks tidy ... catch the bus :P
I must agree with this.

Its a shame because there are a few nice EAs-EDs around where I live but ive noticed a increase in sh*tboxes around.

Its usually some bogan P Plater trying to act hard and boot it around the corner, worse thing is the all sound f***ing sh*t like alot of the Commie V6s, which is also a shame because on a average the EAs-EDs sound so tough with a good exhaust.
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Old 01-03-2006, 09:48 PM   #117
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Full Sick Lancers with OFF THERE NUT BODY KITS and 13" Scrap alloys, Vn- VZ Commoz with crud sounding pipes any thing that has a holden badge and an RB30, rusty Kingswoods with missing hubcaps and bald tyres yet still dont gain a Canery... anything else
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ps: weren't there late production 180sx's around? up till `99? they had different tail-lights or something
Those are the ones!!

Yeah, they made series two ones... I dont know what they changed apart from the brake lights though (which i liked better form v1 anyway)
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I'll tell you what I'm sick of seeing- people doing burnouts in any car. Nearly every car can do a burnout what's the big ИИИИИИИИИ deal about it that every moron has to do one. It screws the car up and annoys everyone else!
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here is some pics of the rear clips on some minitrucks from america granted there arent many in australia running such sophisticated setups but alot still have pretty close to this minus having IRS fitted

idk if u guys are interested or can appreciate it but might be interesting to have a quick look!
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