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Cause I can drive manual, and boss trusts me, told me to go mechanics to pick up some cars to get detailed,I got to drive a E63, M5 and a caprice with red P plates up. Dem stares you get, love it. LOL.

Other guy (24yrol) who can only drive auto was jelly.

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Unless I'm mistaken on the M5, those cars are autos lol? Or were there manuals in between?

<3 E63

M5 use to be available manual not any more

Yeh I know birds I meant more so socially go to a BBQ etc it doesn't bother me I just want to know if I can make money out of them :P

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Nah, The person going to pick up cars need to be able to drive manual because dont know what car I'm going to drive. Can't just show up and say can't drive that cause its manual. Lol. getwhutimean?

And yeah, there were manuals inbetween but they were average cars.

anyone tried BC ER coilovers?

tempted to get a set..

works out like 700$ or so cheaper than grabbing another set of monoflex..

Friend ran the ER oh his evo 7 very happy with them I'm running the RM spec on my S14 atm, (inverted front strut) and love them.

personally the step up from the model below the ER is nor really worth it the mid spec is the choice buy.

Why does my car have to be so "cute" looking, everyone says it, even mohomo.

Lol its a front wheel drive Honda civic, what you expect?

It's the common car for the common girl unfortunately, most guys who have no idea about cars usually end up with the family Ford falcon/Holden commodore/mitsubishi magna

Majority of time it's the girls searching for small hatchbacks / cars. Getz, echo, jazz, civic etc

/captain obvious

Bro tip: Cute cars get the womens

Not when it's principle place if it's rented or has been you could I think Toby will know best!

How's it going with the house?

Principal place of residence, so as I thought, nothing I can claim :( And yeah the place is great. Small, even just for me but any bigger and I couldn't be bothered maintaining it by myself. Theres a lot of things I want to do - replaster a wall, redo all the carpets and wet area coverings, replace the garage roof and put a deck out the back. But really I don't have the time, money or motivation to do any of those things right now. I want a new car instead lol. House can wait, after all it's a much longer term investment.

finish installing one of these headlights tomorrow on the bike! heaps better than the 90s style square one

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Nice! Now I don't have to worry about people looking at us weird when I ride with you :P

Principal place of residence, so as I thought, nothing I can claim :( And yeah the place is great. Small, even just for me but any bigger and I couldn't be bothered maintaining it by myself. Theres a lot of things I want to do - replaster a wall, redo all the carpets and wet area coverings, replace the garage roof and put a deck out the back. But really I don't have the time, money or motivation to do any of those things right now. I want a new car instead lol. House can wait, after all it's a much longer term investment.

Good to hear! Yeh as long as it not urgent no rush it's not goin anywhere!

Good to hear! Yeh as long as it not urgent no rush it's not goin anywhere!

I must admit I got a little freaked out watching house prices in my area drop but realistically I'm not selling it any time soon so I have no reason to worry :)

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