katohadamoto007

Had a few enquiries asking the same questions, so thought I'd answer the general ones here... Price: IS negotiable Reason for selling: to free up some cash to inject into business Last service: week and a half ago (12,000kms til next due) Rego: til 22nd Feb 05 Swaps: no thanks Rich

Hi All, I know, I know... it's not a Skyline, but hey, I don't own a Skyline and still spend heaps of time on this site, so figured there might be others out there like me too. Anyways, if anyone is interested, here's a brief description: MY00 Subaru WRX - 5 door hatch 5 speed manual Dark Blue 49,700kms All extras like power windows, mirrors, sunroof etc STI interior (factory interior in this type of WRX is black and red) 17" ROH Adrenaline rims (heaps of tread) (Original 16" alloys too - again heaps of tread) 3" turbo back Hi Tech Mufflers stainless steel exhaust with hi flow cat (only 2 months old) Pioneer Headunit Pioneer 6 stacker CD Kenwood 4 channel amp PPI 12" subwoofer Price: $29,990 For more info have a look at www.it247.com.au/wrx4sale/ or email me ay [email protected]

interesting link merli. i guess we will just have to agree to disagree on our definitions of rice. i understand your definition, but i just don't agree with it. to help you understand my perception of rice, I thought maybe I should provide some examples of what i consider rice, and what's nice..... rice: http://www.truckxpressions.com/accessoryga...pinning_rim.htm nice: http://www.gruppe-s.com/Advan/advanwheels.htm I don't agree with ... "As long as you have any asthetic modifications to make your car LOOK nice/different/unique, your car is deemed: ricey"... to me, performance is what counts, not the look. but as some point, i just think, "gone too far - that's rice".... it's quite funny / ironic really, so many ppl are trying so hard to make their car different / unique - they are no longer original - they are copying what others what other ppl do... lol

finally someone recognises what I'm saying here..... i don't think the entire car is rice, but that some of the mods are rice. i had a feeling the doors were made of carbon fibre (thus weight is reduced, power to weight ratio increased = performance increased. i'm also aware of carbon fibre heat reduction properties, but I haven't mentioned that here as I can't see the benefit of that property in doors) but carbon fibre doors could have been installed utilising the standard door operation. they did not HAVE to change to scissor doors. If anything, the pneumatics required for scissor doors would have increased weight and thus advantage of carbon fibre becomes null and void. what would the cost be to change to scissor doors? could that money not have been BETTER spent elsewhere? (e.g. better set of tyres, more tuning, weight reduction, upgraded turbo etc)

woah merli - relax.... sorry about pic not loading - first time I've posted pics in a reply. should be fixed now. I'm not going to argue effectiveness of wings. It's a pointless arguement. Focus on scissor doors.... hmmmm.....

Anyone care to shed light on how this adds performance?

franks: I didn't conveniently misquote you on anything... "100% of performance cars"? What other cars should be displayed at an autosalon? Can I enrol my parents standard magna executive at the next one? lol Merli: based on what franks is suggesting (that there may be other cars at autosalon other than performance cars) I feel that your last comment "The term "ricer" therefore cannot be applied to ANY of the cars there" becomes null and void. As such, I still think "...many of them SHOULD probably be labelled rice cars". Note: I wasn't suggesting japs COPIED aussies - just that they do the same thing as aussies - kind of disappointing really. red900ss: "So this wing is functional????" ... thanks - I haven't had a laugh like that in ages - well at least since I read the "calls of the day from ando" thread anyways! hehehe http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...light=r33deviat

ooooo - think i may have hit a nerve! I was mostly joking guys. didn't you notice the or the hehehe? "...each of the components were put onto the car for the SOLE PURPOSE of increasing performance..." maybe i'm just ignorant franky, but i fail to see the performance gain by adding red neon's under the 350???? not to mention the CHROME on a set of 20" deep dish rims. let's take it further... maybe the stickers aren't just advertising... maybe ... they add .... kws??!!! have you seen the hubcaps that rotate freely from the rims? they seem to be appearing mainly on excel's lately. That's the sort of dumb shit that really gets up my nose... the point i was making was that based on those pics, the japs are just as bad as the aussies: they've fallen into the trap of modding the LOOK of the car to make it look different rather than modding it to make it look good - I was not suggesting that those cars don't have some serious performance parts under the hood. appreciate the point you made about hks drag and blitz drift though. fair call.

AWESOME pics blitz Noticed you've made heaps of comments about "nice cars" ... think many of them should probably be labelled "rice cars" I guess I should probably be show more respect - I think the object of pretty much every pic would spank me ... including the women!!!! hehehe Those G-Ready turbos look awfully tempting...

I had a sky blue 1978 280SEL Mercedes a while back. On a trip to schoolies week the air con started to leak and made a lake on the floor of the back seat. After that it was known as "the blue lagoon". Also got the handle "beirut bus" as it's the style of Merc you see in all the beirut military movies like Delta Force. My s14 used to be called Syl (how original!) Now I've got a MY00 wrx. Any ideas what it's nick is? Rex or Rexy (once again - how original!) Occasionaly gets "it" (my plates are my business' name "I.T. twentyfour 7" = IT247) I've found that all my cars have also responded to "baby", "piece of $hit!!!!" and "biatch" too. Oh yeah, almost forgot, also had a 97 magna a while back (well was really my parents, but who's going to complain about a free ride?). Got named boomer as I had a habit of cleaning up possums in my neighbourhood with the bumper

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My '99 model s14 is now definately for sale - (sorry no swaps). Check out http://members.optushome.com.au/hulmer for pics, specs and contact info .... Price is $26,500. Drop me an email if you are interested - [email protected] Rich

Boostzor - take a look at the photo buddy, I drive a 200sx not a 'line - but I appreciate your point. Some good points made so far on this forum. A comment was made by one of the chicks on the forum "I bat my eyelids and they leave me alone" just goes to show the discrimination by the police force. Why should girls bat and eyelid, show some tits etc and get away from an infringement? Where guys have to "cop it sweet". Somehow I don't think that batting my eyelids, of showing some leg would get me off a fine lol I recognise that the majority of mod car drivers are male, but that's not to say that there aren't heap of chicks too... A friend of mine (typical blond californian babe) got pulled over speeding (not an import), flirted a bit, and one of the coppers let her off after she gave him her phone number. The no of times I've heard stories like this just defies me. I guess, it just sh*ts me that different rules apply. if a cop is going to pin a male for something, then he should pin a girl just the same. Anyways, life isn't fair, so not going to rant on anymore about it. Got to say, since I have calmed down my driving style (due to dodgy clutch) I have been left alone. I don't want to get it fixed now cause once I replace it harrassment might start again

but she was kind of cute..... lol

got followed home by the hp last night. driving home from work, sitting on prob 10 over the limit on a highway (just keeping up with the flow of traffic - 90 zone btw). I see a hp go past (other side of the road). i hit a 60 zone (where there is usually a hp every month or so) so i drop to the speed limit. HP that i had passed, has pulled a u-turn and is now on my arse. Follows me the rest of the way home in peak hour traffic - ensuring that no one got between her and me - it was 1 chick in a hp car. the entire trip i kept under the speed limit - and i take a fairly windy way home - there is no other reason for her to be going the same way as me unless she is following me - about 30 min driving. she then takes the same turn off as me and follows me into my street (backstreet in the middle of surburbia). All i could think was, she didn't get me for speeding, but now she's going to defect me for something. then she kept going. maybe she just wanted to give me her phone no, or wanted to know where i lived??? - drop me a valentine's day card or something - lol