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yeah organise a group buy someone - i missed out last time, so i miss out on all the crap-talking on the air while on cruises...

even thats a gamble, your going to have to spend $$$ to get it back to stock, then you still have to find a buyer.. and then you have to sell all your parts etc....

Taken from: http://www.fcai.com.au/ethanol.php/2004/11/00000001.html

I have a BP, Mobil and Caltex cards so i'm ok Interesting about optimax extreme... wonder if eth really is that bad for your car? ... some info from shells site: http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId...ut_extreme.html

that movie is crap, and isn't scarey at all. I wanted my $15 back after seeing it.

haha yeah, I recon i know more about it than our novated leasing officer. And your right, evo9 or sti would be a good choice, brand new, warrenty, no suprise expenses

ahhh your birthday hey... happy birthday mate...

This is the first constructive thing they've done in a while... I just hope there is no other motives behind it....

No probs dude. It may or may not work out better for you... depends on your sitch i guess Any more questions, im happy to help.

Alan: haha nope not a bean counter... just did my research before getting into it... no point doing it if it wasn't going to save me $$... As for your kms only being 15k a year... let me put it this way.. the lease company never actually view the car... at the end of the FBT year you are made to fill out a form saying how many kms are on the odo..... and i put in the odo when i fill up with the fuel card.... think about it Probably not much point doing it if you're going to be in the 20% FBT bracket.... one tank of petrol per week would be around $3000, insurance you said $600... your servicing is pretty cheap at only $300, but what about when you need new tyres? there's $1000 give or take... add rego another $500.. thats nearly 6k right there which you wouldn't be paying GST and would be pre-tax.... Also insurance is usually cheaper via a fleet policy.. just cars wanted 2.5k for me with my GTR, i pay 1,100 via the fleet policy so theres more money saved... You should really do your own figures to work out if it would be better for you (or ask an accountant if your still not sure)... the calculators on gefleet.com.au and nlc.com.au and dspack.com.au are very handy to punch in some figures... Mean_R34: yep right, there is usually an admin fee, mine is no where near $400 a year tho i don't think, maybe 100-200, can't remember... as for the km's thing, read above... be creative

Ben from Racepace does them.

I'd be in for it, but i may or may not have my car back on Friday....

Yep, Duncans right about tax brackets... but you don't need to be in the highest tax bracket to have it work out better. Mean_R34 is right as well, if you do less than 25,000ks in a FBT year you pay 20% FBT, if you do 25000-40000 you pay 11%, anything over 40000/y is 9% FBT.... saff_cossie, The sites probably didn't include all the maintence you would use - that would all be pre-tax and GST free Like i said, mine saves me a few grand a year.... I even bought my new gearbox via the least... so that would of cost me $3300 out of my pocket if i didn't do it through the lease, but since i did, i got the GST back ($300), and it was pre-tax, so lets say i was in the 30% tax bracket, that would save me another 30% since its paid for pre-tax... so it now cose me closer to $2,000 rather than $3,300.... saves me $1,300 right there.... if your in a higher tax bracket, you'll save even more.... As for the others who asked how you get it, your company has to offer novated leases - its a bit of paper work and hassle for them, and most companies would probably say 'no, its to hard'...

Well i'm guessing the one you bought from carmate is fibreglass, the original nissan ones are a plastic. Fibreglass will be destroyed the first time you hit it, the original nissan ones can take a beating...

Hey mate, can't belive your getting rid of your car already, and after all the trouble you went through. Unfortunatly i think R33 GTR's don't bring 40k+ anymore. Being a series 3 you'll get more than the rest of the S1's out there... Depends how desperate you are to sell it, if you hold out for the right buyer you could probably get low 40's?

NLC is who got me my finance on my GTR for my works novating leasing company. They were very helpful. As for modifications, wouldnt' you call that 'maintence' - i do "ohh my exaust broke, i need a new one, maintenence" "my wheels were buckled, o well need a new set" only thing you need to watch out for is insurance, like any other insurance policy.

Beat me too it Would be good to have a spare set incase one goes missing.

My R33 GTR is on a novated lease. I had trouble getting it on the GTR tho. THey didn't want to do it because they had a rule of 'no car older than 5 years at the end of the lease' or something along those lines. I did manage to drag out of them that it was just the finance part they didn't want to do. So i asked if i could find external finance, they said yes. I found external finance via NLC via maquarie... they rigged it all up and off i go... thats the short version it was a little bit more of a struggle than that, but i got it in the end. 4 year lease... all lease repayments/maintence/petrol/insurance pre-tax... but yes i do have to pay FBT, it still saves me thousands of $ per year. QuickR33: your figures are a bit wack, if your making less than 58k per year, then you are in the 30% tax bracket, not the 47%... so your comment "In simple terms $10,000 repayments in one year only cost the employee $5,400 in “take home income”" should be "In simple terms $10,000 repayments in one year only cost the employee $7,000 in “take home income”' etc... it depends on yoru tax bracket. most lease companies have calculators on thier website for novated lease. There is also a novated lease WITH ECM (employee contrib meathod), which i'd recommend taking over a normal novated lease.. you'll save a bit mroe money again....

Get another person with an S15 to go down to nissan with you, and ask why thiers isn't as noisy. I certainly wouldn't put up with it. Also don't forget warrentys are nationwide so you can try another dealer.

4:45!!!! your nuts, i'd get rid of her j/k

Greg: what are you talking about? when you say your 'speedo' wobbles? think you may be talking about something different.

Yep due back in the next week or two hopefully hanging out for it.

I don't know that much about power figures with the 3litre bottom end. But i'm a bit confused, your putting a RB25DET head on? these are single turbo not twin. I'd probably go for a single turbo, specs i wouldn't have a clue. stock GTR turbos make around 250rwkw on the RB26, but thats pushing thier limits at 1bar, so i'd think they'd struggle to make 280-300 even on a 3 litre bottom end... you'd need something bigger.. you've got the displacement to spool it up

If i had of seen this yesterday i would of offered you mine for a couple of days - car is at Bens anyway. o well

Tried getting your wheels balanced by another place? if you still have steering wheel shake after having the alignment/balance you should be able to take it back and ask them these questions.... they are teh experts Dont see how it could be your front drive shaft - it shouldn't be moving if your cruising on 110-120, there should be no front drive. Check your attesa fluid - should be a plastic cup filler in the boot for it. Maybe its low...