Marc

I have owned two toyotas in my car history:

#1 - 1984 Silver Corolla Wagon 5spd:

This was my first car and was an absolute trooper. It took me from Penrith to Frenchs Forrest for work regularly. When it finally had problems it blew a head gasket before the tolls on the M2 and still managed to take me the rest of the way to work and then all the way home that evening (Granted it did use 5L of oil on the way home)

#2 - 2005 Red Corolla Sportivo 6spd:

This is my second car and somewhat of an upgrade from the vintage wagon that I first owned. It has been my baby for nigh on 2 years now and the first car I've put any mods into. What else is there to say about them but sporty and still being economical. I think all sportivo owners have fallen in love with 'Lift' from the moment they felt it.

That's all kinds of awesome

It's a brand new car it should be perfect.

If the car has a scratch already it means the value is decreased if you decide to turn around tomorrow and sell it. If they fix it will they do it properly? Are the going to use touchup paint or will they replace or respray the whole pannel. It's a whole lot of hassle for such a small thing but I would not accept it in anything less then 'Showroom condition'

There is a silver 04 rolla parked in my street right now.

Gold Rims, Clear Tail lights and TRD Badges. I've never seen it there before and now I'm curious about who's it is :P

Hi!

Is there a way to remove the water marks?

I want to remove them from my spoiler and some on my bonnet especially.

I read that theres some stuff which removes water marks on chrome. Can I use it on the paint?... hmmm i doubt it.

cheers,

mic

Have you tried a good polish/buffing?

I am soooo not watching Top Gear Australia...

I thought it was going to be Clarkson/Hammond/May, joined by whatever bogans would make great TV down here, reviewing the Australian/Asian versions they don't get in the northern hemisphere.

Now I find out its just 3 Australian dudes doing the same format of the show.

Take away Clarkson/Hammond/May and the show's appeal is lost...

Clarkson probably should lose his job (not that I want him to, though)... the problem is actually proving he did it. Legally, thats just hearsay.

I'll still read his books though... ;)

Seems a bit like The Simpsons without Homer...

man..thats hella fast ey!!!!

wtf does it have under its hood!

I cant seem to find much else about it other then it's an 8.3 second drag skyline. :( He doesnt have anymore videos of it up there which is a shame. I'd love to find some proper specs for it.

I've always been such a fan of gold rims on a white car. This is another shining example.

Yeah I think you've made a great choice with these. I see so many bad rims on all types of cars it's very refreshing to see something nice for a change :)

There really is no better way to destroy your handling then cutting springs :(

I need to get some new tyres for my car Conquest running on 16" Sportivo rims.

Obvious problem, my car has a load rating of 88V, most 205/50/16 are <87V.

Proxes 4 are rated 91V, so this looks like one of the few choices (unless i decide to ignore the load rating or got 205/55/16.

Anyways, does anyone have any recommendations for tyres, i personally did not like the dunlops that the rims were shipped with because the traction wasnt great, but at the same time, they did last quite a while (approx 40,000 km for me).

Any other tyres that come close to lasting that long but with good grip, dont want to be replacing tyres every 20,000km.

If you guys got any suggestions that would great!

Thanks!

I have a set of these (205/55/16) on my '05 Sportivo. They are around 5000 k's old and I can say I would highly recommend them thus far. They have a nice grip to them and not alot of road noise.

WTF WAS THAT ! man look at it accelerate!

It's an 8.3 second drag skyline aparently. There is a part two I will post in a second where he plants it while already moving. It's awesome :)

I'll agree irresponsible, but really who cares everyone has sped before. But I get the feeling he would have been stirring the pot as he would have went through a million speed cameras being that it is England.

While sort of on topic, the winning entries for TG Australia are on the SBS website.

http://video.sbs.com.au/player/news/index....12&tabid=17

Yeah there is also the issue of hypocracy from those who are calling for blood. They can't say they've never sped before and 190km/h over the limit is no worse then 10km/h because speeding kills right?

I can think of nothing worse then smoking in a car >_< It must smell so terrible. Then again I suppose you don't notice it when your a smoker...but still.

Typical kneejerk reaction from over conservative people.

meh, nothing suprising. Many people have made working engines that run only on water. However all have been ruined and driven to exile by the government. Free energy = no money for government.

I think people's outrage over petrol prices will eventually overpower the governments need/want for money and cars like this will become the 'norm'

The links speak for themselves :D

http://www.mat.fi/project1929fordmodel-a.htm

http://www.mat.fi/video_aford.htm

Incredibly awesome and further proof that people have too much time on their hands :P

Ah stalker of course :P (Don't mind me I was at work and wasn't quite with it.

Most FPS I pull around 80 - 90 FPS with all the setting cranked. I may have to grab a copy of stalker as it's sounding quite nice and I need something that will really work my PC as WoW is somewhat wasted on it lol

Yep I'm definately in :)

--EDIT--

Noticed after posting that there was the link to the other thread. Registered and posted the order in there ^_^

I'm interested in this as well I'm in Sydney, I will check my finances and let you know in the morning.

I get 60 - 150fps on mine depending on where I am :P

I'm aiming to hit 70 within the next month. Shouldn't be too much trouble either ^_^