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did anyone else go to the motorshow?

i was a bit surprised to see a genuine NISMO 350Z s-tune there. only had a quick look did they say anywhere that they would be selling it here?

yep, i went and had a look, the general feedback i have had from most that went was dissapoinment.

That Nismo S-Tune was my favourite car at the show!

it was a dissapointment, i thought the motorshow would be a bonus thing to do after the hills fang the night before but then of course it rained so no driving and then the motorshow had only a few nice cars.

i got a photo of that s-tune at home somewhere, ill grab it at some stage.

the astin martins were nice too !

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got our first XR5 Turbo in to day!

doesn't look to bad - nice interior with recaro's. haven't been allowed to drive it yet though.

the salesmen keep on trying to tell me how much better it would be than my car (they don't like imports) it's got 166Kw at the engine, weighs 1400kg and is front wheel drive. not to mention its $35, 00 plus all the on road stuff so more like $40, 000, will have to take it for a drive hopefully tomorrow, then we'll see if i'm impressed

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