Andrew from Sydney

[Sleepyvr4]

Welcome mate. Good to see ANOTHER NSW member

Spunky little ride you got too. I dealt with Edward Lee's once. I don't think I would buy from them again, but I didn't have tooooooo many issues with them. I did have to blue with them to get what I wanted though

Yeah I wouldnt deal with them again not that there has been any issues so far but they talk a lot of bs and take there sweet time doing anything.

 

[Sleepyvr4]

Dont think Ive ever been so excited about a new car before perhaps because Ive driven nothing but my stock mazda 3 for the last 6.5 years.

Still waiting on rego info so I can finalize loan and insurance hopefully should be all ready monday morning.

Dont know how you guys go waiting months for them to come over I dont think I could manage lol.

Tuesday is looking like engine and a/t fluid flush and fitting at a/t cooler and giving everything a good check over.

 

[lathiat]

Haha awesome dude, yeah the wait is killer, I gotta wait 2 weeks for it to ship to perth, a lot better than 2 months from japan though!

 

[Sleepyvr4]

Haha awesome dude, yeah the wait is killer, I gotta wait 2 weeks for it to ship to perth, a lot better than 2 months from japan though!

Yes thats for sure Ive never been very good at waiting for things ... no paitence.

Hoping to hit up a motorkharna on the 20th but should be a good test for the car will have to get used to driving a awd never driven them much before always been fwd or rwd cars before now.

On a skid pan but so should help with getting the arse to come out hopefully.

 

[Sleepyvr4]

Cant get the grin off my face right now

Got 3 bars of ayc tonight addictive putting that much power down and the car just staying online and barely any wheel spin.

Also pulled the silencer out the back of the exhaust system sounds great now.

Had a bit of a look at springs / shocks looks like KYB shocks and some bright green coloured springs.

Will try and get a better look at them tomorrow when I change the oil.

 

[Guest]

excellent, glad you've enjoyed it so far. they really are very pleasurable cars. chuck a transmission cooler on it ASAP as well!

 

[lathiat]

argh, jealous! gahhhhhhh

 

[Sleepyvr4]

Oh yeah trans cooler and wave spring replacement are first things on the list

 

[pu-11-me]

Cant get the grin off my face right now

Got 3 bars of ayc tonight addictive putting that much power down and the car just staying online and barely any wheel spin.

Also pulled the silencer out the back of the exhaust system sounds great now.

Had a bit of a look at springs / shocks looks like KYB shocks and some bright green coloured springs.

Will try and get a better look at them tomorrow when I change the oil.

Awesome

The springs will most likely be Tein's if they are green!

 

[Sleepyvr4]

Amazing how much difference proper tyre pressures make.

Idiots at the compliance centre only pumped the new tyres up 2 22psi no wonder it wasnt feeling right and the tyres where squeeling like little bitches when giving it some.

 

[king_panther]

Good to hear. Unfortunately, idiots & compliance centres go pretty much hand-in-hand.....

 

[Sleepyvr4]

Yeah coming to realize this have heard some real horror stories.

 

[Guest]

Good to hear. Unfortunately, idiots & compliance centres go pretty much hand-in-hand.....

More like idiots and the general public, go hand in hand!

 

[Sleepyvr4]

Set about today removing my little asain lady friend that says hello everytime i start the car and also pulling out the Computer to see which version I had.

Well was I in for a suprise when I pulled the carpet back from the front footwell.

No wonder the front passenger footwell looked so lumpy.

And found out I have a 7202 computer which is very good news.

 

[unclepaulie]

wow

 

[PeteGT]

Ah, the Japanese tradition of never cutting a wire.

 

[Sleepyvr4]

Just weighed the 2 units and all the wires 2.6kg's lol

 

[Sleepyvr4]

Just got back from Mini Car Club Motorkharna training day and got a few crappy pics and videos.

Really fun day learnt a lot about the handling the car on slippery surfaces.


Grass and dirt on the roof ... you know your having a good time.

Aftermath ... really should have closed the windows but nothing a good vacuum wont fix.

2 crappy phone videos very windy and the phone really didnt like that much.
[video]http://youtu.be/llI4Lihic-0[/video]
[video]http://youtu.be/DRU8aS4i5T4[/video]