7shades

I'll have to add another one of everything you want for myself, bar the transaxles. :lol: I'm only really buying cars this time, and shipping RoRo cos its cheap. I'd LIKE to be buying a buttload of parts as well and shipping them with a car in a container, but I haven't quite secured that part of the network yet. Hopefully I can sort out a few more contacts and set it up for next time. I should also have a bit more coin to throw around if I don't go stupid at the auctions and buy cars I can actually SELL rather than what appeals to me... Except of course, my Chaser, which will never be sold and eventually be inherited by my as yet unborn children. ;)

AAE are an Auspost contractor anyway, and they ain't cheap for heavy items. Ground freight (well, and water in your case) is the only way to go. Tried TNT?

It sounds like a big outlay when you add it all up, but its REALLY worth getting your brakes done by the pros. Thats one part of a car I will never attempt to recondition myself or do anything dodgy on... being as they are the only things stopping you from spearing into trees or off cliffs etc...

I can't give you any other advice, but avoid "pack and send". They always go with the most expensive option.

A brake reconditioning place should be able to whack a helicoil in there for about $20... saves you drilling out the hole any bigger

Agreed... I think they will struggle to find anyone with enough personality and dry with to pull it off in true Top Gear form... I also doubt whether SBS has the budget to replicate some of the UK show's antics... Not to mention we have no real supercars, prototypes or Autobahns to test them on... Nevertheless I'm intrigued and look forward to it. Bravo SBS for taking it on.

Thinners gets rid of it with a bit of a rub... but kero just dissolves the crap into an easily removable liquid. Wipes off.

Nice one des... 74623 cars later and you're back in a FWD hatch :P Should clean up alright and make a decent daily... aircon?

oooh me likey :P

I have a red 626 coupe in need of paint, and although I'm not the biggest fan of red cars I can't be arsed stripping it to change the colour so I've been looking around for a nicer red to lay over it. I'm liking the new mazda reds... 3, 6, and RX8 have a very nice one with a gold metallic in the clearcoat and I think it would look porn on an old wags like yours.

I always carry a roll of gaffa tape, cordless drill and some pop rivets when I fly Jetstar. Also I'm not a religious man, but I find picking a diety at random to worship during the flight seems to help. This trip I'm wingin' it with Pauahtun, the mayan sky god. Indeed... respect and a sense of responsibilty are not exactly qualities I would attribute to the average credit card basher... and from what I can tell, that seems to be a disturbing percentage of the population. Last year, induvidual personal debt was something like 500Bn. That scares me. I've always believed you shouldn't spend money you don't have. Simple mathematics says you're only going to end up worse off. aaaaaanyway.... JZX100's have come down about 3-4k since I was there in March so I have high hopes :)

Heh... only a Visa debit. Credit cards are the tool of satan... I have a few extra days up my sleeve this time so I can get to more auctions... instead of ogling the cosplay girls in Harajuku :D

I'm DETERMINED to find my Chaser this time...

NOW

Time to gloat Not so much about going to Japan, more so the price. ^^^ that is for two people, including all taxes and levies, RETURN... and Povostar's cattle-spec 'video on demand' option. I'm pretty chuffed. :D

B210 is a datto 120Y over here good luck with the firesweep, looks like a mission and a half but will be sure as hell worth it.

At least they don't jump out in front of your car, although they are harder to see at night. Get a bullbar

How about something that scares roos instead... like a shoo roo

Sell the 'rona and buy a Celsior :D

Snapped this one over in the States

Having a pristine luxuriant lawn in the most lush and verdant green, but the ground underneath it being so goddamn waterlogged that the mower gets bogged. Now I have a jungle for a backyard with one mowed bit that looks like landing strip for very very small planes.

Hi there old mate.... welcome aboard. You're from the UK I assume? We never got the 2 doors down here... Wish we did! mmm. cake.

I want a Century, I have a Mazda. We work with what we have :D

Yeah curly speed control is one of the major problems I had... I used a gas regulator, and adjusted the flow rate with flat washers until it was flowing enough to be just above idle. For an automotive application I think a variable rate regulator would work but you'd probably need a small reserve 'swirl tank' just before the mani with an electronic actuator to deliver bulk gas for hard acceleration... all theory of course, I never got that far. The genny engine was tricky enough and now I've run outta talent :lolcry:

This from a man who spent 15k + on a late 70's shopping trolley with two doors. I found the build thread on that luce somewhere... dude certainly wasn't afraid to spend a bit o coin, but the end result is excellent