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Um, stagea is only 1680kg's, and not over 1700kgs as previously stated.

I used to own a stagea, and I have spent a bit of time in Mitch's as both passenger and driver. Now *dons flamesuit* I have to say that I would prefer the leggy myself. The thing is, the stagea is NOT a sports car and never will be - its a luxo barge. The leggy FEELS much lighter when you are driving it, it has a bucket load more kick from a standing start and the triptronic is light years ahead of the stagea IMO. I also dont believe that you can point at them and say they have crap gearboxes. I think, also as previously stated, that it is more of a maintenance issue than a reliability issue, but no matter what car it is, ALL imports share the same risks in this area.

A S2 ("facelift" model) S type would be my pick - but def try and get the hi-vis dash at a minimum. They are teh shizz.

RS4 is kinda in a slightly different price range.. lol..

the other car that wagon lovers might want to consider..

Caldina

here's a few someone prepared earlier

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Too Bad you cant get the new shape for that price

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190kw standard.

lighter than the others in this thread.

toyota over engineering.

gen 3 3SGTE motor

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yeh not a big fan of the caldina either...the shape doesn't look right...reminds me of a extended toyota starlet...the newer one is o.k but then i think i would want a m35 instead.

see also carmen imports here in brissy. he has two of them that the ENTIRE MMCS system works :P ( I know this because I did them.)

kristian,

you speak my language.

NM35->EC5W- WGNC34 ->ST246

RS4 is kinda in a slightly different price range.. lol..

the other car that wagon lovers might want to consider..

Caldina

here's a few someone prepared earlier

p1.jpg

p1.jpg

p1.jpg

p1.jpg

p1.jpg

Too Bad you cant get the new shape for that price

p1.jpg

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190kw standard.

lighter than the others in this thread.

toyota over engineering.

gen 3 3SGTE motor

Thats feral

M35 > EC5W > WGNC34 > ST215W

my lineup is a bit different...

EC5W > WGNC34 Series 1 > M35 > WGNC34 Series 2 > ST215W

the S1 stag's can look awesome with a good set of rims and lowered.. the S2's are just ugly all the time. :)

The more i see the more i like of these things haha.

Jake get a VR4 :)

lolz man i'm considering if i sell the r32...if not a legnum i will buy a galant...i like the practicality of it. heaps of space, power and rare. maybe if i can find a good priced manual i might get one.

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