* big_d sold his mp3 R34 GT-R V-Spec and went across to the SL55 AMG. He said he's quite happy and rarely misses the GT-R (although I don't think Derek went to the track in it)
* I'm not sure about the V8 M3, but when our eldest son Mark was alive and was a service advisor for BMW, he often came across M3s that had become sluggish.
> the BMW technicians warmed up the cars > checked the DMEs for fault codes and history > gave the cars a thorough thrashing (including NRL coach Ricky Stuart's) > performance was immediately better (according to the owners who asked, "what'd you do to it?")
* Me personally Anthony; for a contrasting performance car, I've been happy with the EVO 8MR (with Bilsteins). I mentioned that to Bob eh, at Casula one morning.
> it's chuckable
> after removing restrictions > replacements; like the lower FMIC pipe, hot turbo pipe & 3" Invidia exhaust
> much more seamless acceleration, bottom end power and midrange
And it was a damn cheap Grade 4.5 (with full Japanese history) through JLM
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Mitsubishi paint is frightfully thin at 120 microns tho'