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*THINKING* of getting into a clubman - Caterham, PRB, Westfield etc. Wanna go faster on the hillclimbs and track days. :)

Also picking up an old R31 to just run around in, park on the street and not worry about it all the time etc.

Still just tossing ideas around.

Not sure on price yet... not expecting to get the money from the mods back (usually not how it works) but would like the transition into a decent Lotus Seven replica to be at least a financially neutral affair... >_<

I'll probably post a proper "for sale" next week if you guys reckon it's worth a try on here.

meaning. advertise on carsales.com.au

and im also interested in ur GTT. how much u selling it. why not have another R34.. they are getting rather common. saw 4 R34 today one R34 GTR wannabe white with GTR badge. and 3 R33.. are they taking over?

whatever you do don't advertise on boostcruising...all you get are dreamers who will offer you 10k cash :laugh:

Having said tht, it won't be easy selling a 34 nowadays..every seller out there is one more that is helping to bring the prices down :(

Yeah its a tough market as I am finding out first hand. I cant sell my clean 94 33 for 11k :(

What is it with people offering swaps lol. I have had 5 seperate people from carsales contact me offering me swaps ie. a R1(moto), vs commodore, silvias etc I think that definatly says something about the second hand car market, at least as far as imports are concerned..... its DEAD>

ill say. but i got 2 new calls from carsales today. and 1 sms. i dnt reply to sms but he made a good offer how could i refuse..

anyway. sold my GTiR on carsales. brought my GTR on carsales. brought the R34 on carsales and selling the GTR on carsales.

John at GMR in fairfield, just goes on about you car mate, was saying how good a tune it has !!!..so if you have such a nicely sorted R34 - hmmm...why bother selling it to a market that is quite surely DEAD :laugh: ...

hehe yeah he loves me because i've funded his kids' dental bills i reckon. :laugh: plus he gets to drive it occasionally.

rob from chiptorque did an awesome tune for me, i couldn't believe the difference, not really in outright numbers but just how well it comes on boost now. mental.

it's a combination of things really, during the week i drive this awesome car through boring traffic and leave it parked all day. i'm totally paranoid about leaving it elsewhere despite having a paging alarm system (eg. on the street in the valley or something) and don't have a second car.

the other factor is i do want to keep racing, and to go any further with this car and get it going genuinely fast will involve a full engine rebuild, forged bits, 2-way LSD, pulling weight out of it, bigger turbo, half cage, fuel system upgrade etc etc and it all just gets very very very expensive.

i'm not 100% sold on the clubman idea yet, still have to get my arse into one and see what i think, but i get the feeling the 34 will feel like a bus after i drive one. they're so light! so the theory is to sell the 34 to fund getting a clubman, and have an "ordinary" car that i won't be tempted to modify and spend $1000's on to do the daily driver stuff in.

in theory. :)

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