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hey guys soon il be doing a fair few upgrades to my car, and will mainly be using it for track, and driving it on weekends or i might be stupid with it, i was wandering what you guys would recomend as a daily car, sumthing between 5-12 grand not looking at spending much sumthing decent, gets good economy but doesnt look to shabby. here are my ideas, non turbo silvia, holden astra, for focus any thoughts would be good guys

cheers sam

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the thing is with a car like a silvia, u say that it will be ur daily, but it wont, u'll put a exhaust on it, decent intake, then rims, then a turbo, then suspension etc etc etc etc

something like a civic, old lancer, laser, astra, excel all that sortg of stuff

stuff all on fuel, plus you dont really car if it gets dinged up a bit

plus a sr20de can be pretty thirsty depending on the way you drive :)

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I drive a 1991 Nissan Pulsar to work, cost stuff-all in fuel and I don't care if anyone steals it or smashes it :yes:

Me 2, well i think thats what it is. I would be grumpy if someone stole "Nana"... The 14 yr old in my house hates it. "Can i have a lift".."sure i'll get the keys to Nana"..."dont worry" ha ha ha :wub:

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