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wish I'd kept mine,awesome fun car.:-)

What model did you have? seems to be nothing but good words on them for a cheap run around.

Onyl issue is the dash rattle and the diff whine

89 model,3ltr Nissan motor can't kill em with a stick.

my son put a big turbo etc on his 4 years ago goes like the clappers.Oh an

if the one your gonna look at check out the exhaust tips if there still the pea shooter tips you might

have found a gem,take for a test drive check under bonnet is might be real,check if the trip meter works as well. :-)

89 model,3ltr Nissan motor can't kill em with a stick.

my son put a big turbo etc on his 4 years ago goes like the clappers.Oh an

if the one your gonna look at check out the exhaust tips if there still the pea shooter tips you might

have found a gem,take for a test drive check under bonnet is might be real,check if the trip meter works as well. :-)

Cheers, yer ive been trying to talk my self out of a turbo'd one.

I know as a cheap daily i should probs go non turbo as its cheaper and less to go wrong, but then again...... turbo is just more fun

Cheers, yer ive been trying to talk my self out of a turbo'd one.

I know as a cheap daily i should probs go non turbo as its cheaper and less to go wrong, but then again...... turbo is just more fun

Na is heaps of fun trust me :-) ,post up the one you found owned by pappy.:-)

i had one as a daily. cant fault the motor and the body is strong, drives well, pretty reliable and comfortable, but...

borg warner diff sucks, only real fix is a new centre, which is pricey

the seat backs are flimsy and will break

crappy trw steering rack will most likely piss power steering fluid

odo will break if you reset it while moving

door trim vinyl peels and looks like crap

some plastics dont like the sun, go white and shatter

live rear axle is not great, needs lowering and phat wheels to look decent

electronic box on series 3 cars kicks like a mule from first to second, only way to get around it is to hold the revs higher

basically, all the stuff that was added or changed from the jap spec cars while they were built in oz, sucks badly

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