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Hiys, had a SAU Sth Australia cruise yesterday (Sunday 19th), I was the sole Stagea out of maybe 30+ Skylines. Nice.

See the SA section, sticked thread title Feb Cruise, pages 17 onwards for photos; I left a tad too early so was only in the 1st lot of photos down by the Victor Harbor foreshore.

Nice to have a Stagea there in the pack tho heading down to Victor from Adelaide, overtaking Porche's & all that!

Seriously considering a Autech 'GTR' Stagea now tho! Sell the bike & wifes car & inport another Stagea (2 for the family), lol.

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Id make it a 3 seater as such, extend the seat rails & put in the smallest sized 'legal' steering wheel possible.

Id fit that way, and if the knee ever gets too sore Ive got the Auto Stagea sitting in the garage - that'd be the main family car, and the Autech would see maybe 5000kms a year.

My right knee has had 6 surgeries (3 MAJOR) and the left knee has had 1 cleanout so far (due for another).... so I could possibly get away with it.

Yeah, itd hurt the legs now & then, Terminal, but hell after seeing like 6 or more GTRs in opperation, well, I wanna Stagea version of one now, LOL, even sacrificing my ultimate pleasure of bike riding to do so.

Aim: within 2yrs maybe?

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Pg 19, 3rd post, final picture.

Sorry, I left earlier than the others. So missed out on more photos :w00t: wife was REAL narky so I was lucky to even get there.

Ive got a heap of pics on my mobile phone.... I'll see if they are any good.

Hhhmmm, maybe I'll be ok with $3k on a hiflow, injectors & retune, $3k for full suspn package & some front rotors, and $1k for 17inch rims & tyres... and do without a Autech for a little while.

YEAH, bugger it, want 200-220awkw, with handling & braking to match. Bike is going to have to go!

$12grand for sale, with 7k going onto the Stagea

OR sell wifes car & bike for $12k each and borrow another 25k against the house for an Autech GTR Stagea, with no more mods happening to my current Series 1.

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YEAH very true AlexCim....

$7k of more mods (once bike is sold - Im CONVERTED!!) would be just nice.

That way would handle well, stop OK, and go faily alright with a GT30-internal hiflow from ATS.

But I reckon owning 2 Stagea's would be the bees-knees. One GTST based and one GTR based.

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