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IS200 manual sports-luxury - comes with an LSD

Slug off the lights, but once its running and you throw some corners it's a sweet car, just be prepared to shift lots - the close ratio 6 speed needs to be worked to get the most out of the engine.

Handles, brakes and rides well.

1g-fe sounds awesome at high RPMs

Economical and easy to park.

Requires a diet of 95RON+

Fun car + some luxury bits if you are into that stuff.

I'm biased though :P

hamiltonau Grand Master

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this thread is pretty awesome. just sayin..

oh and i drive an R33 i paid 9k for 3 yrs ago, apparently worth 6-7k now even with all my mods. Probably best bang for buck in terms of performance (though some of the civics,non del sol CRX are nearly as fast) but its a thirsty beast. Im lucky to get 400kms out of a 60litre tank :(

oh and a Xalmon on these here forums just bought a manual Soarer he likes very much, again though turbo, heavy and probably quite thirsty.

As much as i hate to side with the FWD crowd if your after fuel economy they are hard to beat...

cannabiscorpse Mentor

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Lol- As soon as i saw the letters FWD being spoken of negatively, i knew it would only be a matter of time before warps chimed in. I swear he must have a cold chill come down his spine whenever fwd is mentioned!

To the op, i think the thread has come up with some awesome suggestions, just a matter of preference.

Nee-san Grand Master

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this thread is pretty awesome. just sayin..

oh and i drive an R33 i paid 9k for 3 yrs ago, apparently worth 6-7k now even with all my mods. Probably best bang for buck in terms of performance (though some of the civics,non del sol CRX are nearly as fast) but its a thirsty beast. Im lucky to get 400kms out of a 60litre tank :(

oh and a Xalmon on these here forums just bought a manual Soarer he likes very much, again though turbo, heavy and probably quite thirsty.

As much as i hate to side with the FWD crowd if your after fuel economy they are gay

FYP mang.

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