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    Getting 1st car soon

    Hey,

    Im going to buy my 1st car soon.
    I live in australia and have around 25k to spend. I was thinking about buying a corvette and importing it from the USA but i think that dream has die coz the cost looks too high for me.

    I was thinking of getting a Supra 1994 or 1993 model or a Holden v8?

    You got any other ideas?


    (P.s wat would be the easies car for me to tune?)

    Thanks

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    Here in the U.K a friend of mine has a 1995 Surpra Twin Turbo. This is the Uk spec which gives out 320bhp the import gives 280bhp i think. Wonderful car...plus a chip and exhaust can give more improvment on the turbo charged car compared to a naturally aspirated engine.

    i think after 1998 they had a Variable Valve Timing (VVti) engine which can produce even more power.

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    Tell me, what laws regarding insurance etc does your country have? Reason I ask is because any of the cars you mentioned are far from the kinda thing that British drivers could have as a first car without paying massive insurance premiums which would go into thousands, or.......... insuring it through someone else, which means they get the no claims discount and not you.

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    originally posted by Hybrid
    which means they get the no claims discount and not you
    Or lose it :/
    No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride...

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    The car would be put under my dad name and then i will be place as second driver, that drives the car 50% of the time so the insurance would not be high.

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    Trouble with doing that is you will not build up your own no claims discount.

    Why do you want such a fast and expensive car anyway??
    I thought your first car was supposed to be something a bit naff that you didn't mind if you scratched it or had a little bump in it! I know mine was

    Anyway each to his own...

    Supra's can be tuned to massive bhp's but I don't know how easy it is..

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    I want a fast car, coz all my mates give me shit saying there crappy cars will beat mine, and i want a Beast to piss all over there cars (like a 10sec car AHA)

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    Just get a twin turbo supra then, I'm sure thats quick enough to see off most things..

    What cars do your mates drive????

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    My mates drive, BMW (not sure wat it is 1990 model i think), crappy jap cars like lancers and shit.

    I really want a v8 but im not sure if i could tune it too be a very fast car like a supra

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    So................you want to buy a car for one reason only? to beat your mates? According to your previous posts you work in McDonalds and you were 15 when you posted on 26-07-2002 15:24, so I can only assume you can drive from 16 yo there, right? Do you even have a license? Can you drive? legally? Your father would be failing in his duties as your parent if he even considered letting you loose with anything more than a mini, let alone ANY of the cars on your wish list. Your previous posts also imply you want a "six pack" too, yes? So, U are no more than 16 yo, work in Mcdonalds, want the body of Adonis and a supercar as the first car you'll own? You have $25k to spend and your father is willing to insure you as a named driver on HIS policy ? Yeah right! Dream on!

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