Daily Dreaming - what are you looking at?

[Jader1973]

Does anyone need a Volvo 240?




http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/V8-Supercar-Volvo-Displ...

[Pommygranite]

Hahahaha... Pass.

[ezakimak]

Still for sale, down to 57,900. some one tell him he is dreaming......

ezakimak said:

59k, definitely dreaming.

[ezakimak]

also checked R34 GTRs, feek me, 60k to 100k wasn't expecting that!

[200bhp]

I must be getting old...

Last night I was comparing Toyota Kluger and Mazda CX-9 thinking "Hmmm they're quite nice"

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Toyota-K...
Vs.
http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Mazda-CX...

Kluger Grande of approximate 2012 vintage is currently ahead of the CX-9. Mainly because I currently have a Mazda 6 and have had a few electrical gremlins. Having said that a comparable spec and age CX-9 is $5-$7k cheaper.

The other less sensible choice would be this

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Jeep-Gr...

But they're not nearly as big at the other two so I'd gain little in terms of "child accessory storage"

Edited by 200bhp on Wednesday 22 July 22:20

[Pommygranite]

200bhp said:

I must be getting old...

Last night I was comparing Toyota Kluger and Mazda CX-9 thinking "Hmmm they're quite nice"

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Toyota-K...
Vs.
http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Mazda-CX...

Kluger Grande of approximate 2012 vintage is currently ahead of the CX-9. Mainly because I currently have a Mazda 6 and have had a few electrical gremlins. Having said that a comparable spec and age CX-9 is $5-$7k cheaper.

The other less sensible choice would be this

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Jeep-Gr...

But they're not nearly as big at the other two so I'd gain little in terms of "child accessory storage"

Edited by 200bhp on Wednesday 22 July 22:20

Middle age creeping in!

Speaking of SUV's I've got a 2011 Nissan Murano - only cost $24k and full of kit. Goes ok as well.

Was quite surprised to open the boot mat up and see a Bose sub in the middle of the spare wheel hub!

[Pommygranite]

200bhp said:

I must be getting old...

Last night I was comparing Toyota Kluger and Mazda CX-9 thinking "Hmmm they're quite nice"

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Toyota-K...
Vs.
http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Mazda-CX...

Kluger Grande of approximate 2012 vintage is currently ahead of the CX-9. Mainly because I currently have a Mazda 6 and have had a few electrical gremlins. Having said that a comparable spec and age CX-9 is $5-$7k cheaper.

The other less sensible choice would be this

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Jeep-Gr...

But they're not nearly as big at the other two so I'd gain little in terms of "child accessory storage"

Edited by 200bhp on Wednesday 22 July 22:20

Middle age creeping in!

Speaking of SUV's I've got a 2011 Nissan Murano - only cost $24k and full of kit. Goes ok as well.

Was quite surprised to open the boot mat up and see a Bose sub in the middle of the spare wheel hub!

[robm3]

Pommygranite said:

Was quite surprised to open the boot mat up and see a Bose sub in the middle of the spare wheel hub!

Nice!

[Pommygranite]

robm3 said:

Pommygranite said:

Was quite surprised to open the boot mat up and see a Bose sub in the middle of the spare wheel hub!

Nice!

Yeah pretty well thought out. When the dogs in the boot it's fun to turn the bass up

I've only got the ST model(series 3) but it's got a bit of kit on it and the sound systems very good.

For the money 2nd hand not sure much else comes close tbh.

[PomBstard]

200bhp said:

I must be getting old...

Last night I was comparing Toyota Kluger and Mazda CX-9 thinking "Hmmm they're quite nice"

You might be right - those are two of the few cars that make my Volvo seem exciting...

Have friends with both - my money would be on the Mazda as it seems better thought out inside in terms of kid carryingnessability, which is really all that these cars are about.

[200bhp]

Other than being the "poor man's land cruiser" what's the Pajero like? They seem $10k cheaper than the comparable Cruiser for no real reason.

[custardtart]

I had a Pajero and the differences I noticed between it and it's obvious rival the Prado were the following:
Monocoque chassis on the Pajero vs ladder chassis on Prado means the Paj is more car like to drive on the road with the Prado being more like ute/truck. If you're road driving the Paj is a much nicer car.
Off road the Paj suffers cabin boom over corrugations whereas the isolated chassis on the Prado does a better job of dampening the sound.
Off road there's not much between them but the more extreme you get the more suited the Prado's chassis is at soaking up big hits.
Also, the Prado has a much greater range of accessories available if that's your thing.
Another plus for me was the size of the flat floor when you lay the rear seats down in the Pajero, it means that two can sleep in the back on an air mattress if you don't want to pitch a tent.
However, the heat insulation around the passenger footwell is not great so in hot weather it takes a good few hours for heat soak to leave the vehicle.
hth

[robm3]

Rather like this:




And these guys know their stuff pretty well.

Here's the ad:

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Porsche-...

[Google [bot]]

That really is rather lovely.

Notice it's on historic rego though. Not a restriction I'd be happy with (in NSW), I suspect because the '92 motor means it can't conform to the applicable ADRs for full rego.

[ezakimak]

ADR 37/01 was superseded by ADR 79/… for new vehicles as from 1 October 2006.

http://rvcs-prodweb.dot.gov.au/index.html


therefore the 1992 motor would potentially be under ADR37, im not sure how it works in NSW. from what i understand for individually constructed vehicles, you would need to submit the vehicle for an IM240 test, which is free in NSW. given that its a 964 engine, it would be 4 valves per cylinder with injection in the inlet manifold. you would need to check that it does not have a lumpy cam, and that a good quality cat converter is installed. if that is all good then providing the compression is not to high it should be easy to get it to pass. high compression will increase combustion pressure and temperature which will potentially put some of the gasses tested out of range unless a very good tune has been applied.

there is a good series of articles on the tests and effects of different parameters and tunes here
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&tit...

Ryan

[ezakimak]

As a second car/weekend car do you think something like this would make a good investment?
something in the back of my mind says that its not going to go down in value much?

robm3 said:

Rather like this:

[Jader1973]

ezakimak said:

As a second car/weekend car do you think something like this would make a good investment?
something in the back of my mind says that its not going to go down in value much?

robm3 said:

Rather like this:

I really don't see what makes that a good buy. It is a 1976 car made to look like a 1973 car with the wrong engine fitted. I'd be asking which bits have done 18k kms - doubtful a 1976 car would only have only done that many by the time it grenaded itself in 2004.

There is a genuine 1972 car for sale in Vic for $3k more - I'd be buying that one (if I had the money and liked 911s).

Having said that I don't get the whole 911 backdating nonsense that seems to be fashionable these days, however it may mean good original cars hold their value well.

In 20 years time there will probably be a whole industry devoted to returning messed about with 911s to their original condition

Edited by Jader1973 on Tuesday 28th July 09:19

[robm3]

Jader1973 said:

ezakimak said:

As a second car/weekend car do you think something like this would make a good investment?
something in the back of my mind says that its not going to go down in value much?

robm3 said:

Rather like this:

I really don't see what makes that a good buy. It is a 1976 car made to look like a 1973 car with the wrong engine fitted. I'd be asking which bits have done 18k kms - doubtful a 1976 car would only have only done that many by the time it grenaded itself in 2004.

There is a genuine 1972 car for sale in Vic for $3k more - I'd be buying that one (if I had the money and liked 911s).

Having said that I don't get the whole 911 backdating nonsense that seems to be fashionable these days, however it may mean good original cars hold their value well.

In 20 years time there will probably be a whole industry devoted to returning messed about with 911s to their original condition

Dunno about that, I like it cos' it's Orange.....

[200bhp]

Continuing on from my thoughts about a Kluger earlier in the thread, I've noticed a few of these knocking around that seem well priced:

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Land-Rov...



Am I mad to be considering one of these outside the UK??

Probably not as mad as the person who ends up buying this! http://www.carsales.com.au/bncis/details/Mahindra-...

Edited by 200bhp on Monday 3rd August 05:08

[PomBstard]

Why wasn't this for sale 3 months ago???

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Holden-...

Gen-F HSV R8 Tourer with...



Yup, manual box. And 340kW upgrade. Its averaged 800km a week for two years, so should be run-in... Have since committed cash to the house, otherwise I'd have that.

In other news, I'm growing a mullet and have a penchant for listening to Barnsey whilst chewing a stubbie.