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finally looking at them (starlet is for sale.) and considering I work on 2-3 a week I know what I'm after. 33 s2 in auto rb25det STOCK.

what am I looking for when I buy one. looked at jspec already but the wife wants to look at one personally and take it for a spin. have $9k to play with in cash.

ideas/thoughts?

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ta. that side of things I was aware of. the blue plate is interesting.though all the ones I work on seem legit. never seen a engraved plate yet.

looking at sedans and not coupes.

you could import your own for 9k JUST , probably a bit more once all the real compliance and licensing costs are added , dont go by importers estimates

but for sII local you would pay more

they are great cars tho , I loved my s1 sedan , especially after it was converted to manual and had 340rwhp

best thing is cops have no idea , especially the s1 , they think its a camry or something

I bought mine here http://www.autoworx.com.au (check for pricing on sedans), not sure what you mean what to look for. I picked my SII specifically because it was manual, 99% of sedans SI or SII are auto in my own experience.

It had no rear spoiler, no rear wiper, no extra bodykit pieces ie skirts, rear pods (possibly less of a weight difference to the coupe with these bits missing). Other cars probably had more/better options than this, but im guessing they are probably the same as the coupe. Has more room in the boot than the coupe, as the battery is located in the engine bay (more room for audio gear mwahahaha).

The rest is the same as far as i can tell. Its a bit more difficult to find bodykit pieces, especially for a SII, but most front bars that fit a coupe will fit a sedan.

Apart from that, i would say all the regular stuff about buying a car, and the info the faq would suffice.

my 2c

Evil

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