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lol my old man still has the factory doileys with "cefiro" in lace, which my mum hand washes every fortnight for him. there's a grand total of 2 aftermarket parts in the car, one's the "magic stick" gear knob, and the other is a blitz filter panel in the intake box. everything else is showroom standard, including the optional BBS wheels. Got it with like 50,000 genuine k's (previous owner had it from new, and was in his 50's too).. now its rocking close to 130,000kms, and my dad services it religiously every 5,000 kms at Bel Garage with genuine nissan parts (cos he doesn't believe in aftermarket parts... don't get me started on that).

Ben, one of the other guys at J-Spec got his mum a Ceffy about 3 years ago with a genuine 15,000 kms on it, with full logs and service history. Literally the car was used to go to the city from the countryside once a month for shopping etc, and from the house to the workshop.

my brother just got a ceff with alleged 23000 genuine k's for 6k landed

got logs as well, last one is 20000k service - can't tell when it was done though

not in as good condition as that though :P got the typical dash lifting above cluster and some heat damage

did come with factory optioned TV though

Ben, one of the other guys at J-Spec got his mum a Ceffy about 3 years ago with a genuine 15,000 kms on it, with full logs and service history. Literally the car was used to go to the city from the countryside once a month for shopping etc, and from the house to the workshop.

hahaha, when i got mine Ben sent an email to a colleague upon being informed of my purchase...

i believe his words were... "tell Jim, my grandmother drives a cefiro..."

jokes and jokes. even funnier is he got it for his mum.

off topic aside, that Taxi is fkn immac. if not ludicrously priced.

fk me mines a shttr but i'd rather drive a shttr with a rb25 for a shitload less than 16.5k.

You have a fridge in your glovebox?

Has anyone got the full list of factory options???

Mine doesn't have a fridge in the glovebox, but I heard it was a factory option?

Also heard that there was an electric rear view mirror (same idea as electric side mirrors, uses motor to adjust angle instead of your hand).

ermmm... what?

no rly...

..wtf?

like, what?

no.

that's not "rare" that's not "different"

it's a gaybox.

my cefiro was genuine 47000km was DE and is still auto but so what? that doesn't increase the value of the car at ALL.

infact, my cefiro, was purchased FOB, freighted, complied, taxed, registered, for $6400.

... NOT 16.5K

and if it's so "new" then why are the carpets so STOMPED DOWN. mine weren't like that? mine were plush and fluffy still? (and still are)

i call shenanigans.

yes, rare cars are expensive for a reason. that is a cefiro. it is not a rare car. it is not a "nismo" edition or ANYTHING

GOD people shit me.

ermmm... what?

no rly...

..wtf?

like, what?

no.

that's not "rare" that's not "different"

it's a gaybox.

my cefiro was genuine 47000km was DE and is still auto but so what? that doesn't increase the value of the car at ALL.

infact, my cefiro, was purchased FOB, freighted, complied, taxed, registered, for $6400.

... NOT 16.5K

and if it's so "new" then why are the carpets so STOMPED DOWN. mine weren't like that? mine were plush and fluffy still? (and still are)

i call shenanigans.

yes, rare cars are expensive for a reason. that is a cefiro. it is not a rare car. it is not a "nismo" edition or ANYTHING

GOD people shit me.

well yeah maybe not worth quite 16.5k but definitly worth close to it, this is a mint factory manual turbo we talking bout ere that hasnt been killed beforehand

Nothing special about factory turbo, it was a lower spec engine compared to the R32 RB20DET. I can understand paying a little extra for factory manual, but not that much. My car was pretty mint when I bought it for 5k, sure it had some scuffs on the bumper but what car doesn't have bumper scuffs.

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