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VR4WGN
25-01-2009, 08:13 PM
for a gal friend of mine in auckland is looking for a good reliable car round $3k,im hoping to get her into a galant gdi or lancer or something,she is not worried bout kits and mods,just wants a good reliable nanna car lol,pm me if you have anything
Goku
25-01-2009, 10:22 PM
You said reliable and GDi in the same sentence.....

Never ever get a GDi if you want a cheap reliable car.
scott.mohekey
25-01-2009, 10:24 PM
Never get a GDI ever?
VR4WGN
26-01-2009, 12:34 AM
guys i say that confidently lol,i have great confidence in the 1800gdi,bulletproof,the 2.4 onwards are the stay away froms lol
Goku
26-01-2009, 02:45 AM
There are exceptions to the rule, but trust me when I say, Never buy a GDi of any size.

They have a habit of throwing pistons out of the block, cos out fuel isn't good enough for them.
Johny
26-01-2009, 04:31 AM
20,000 km and i havent had a single problem... other than the oil going black after 500 km lol
OnBoost!
26-01-2009, 04:59 AM
There are exceptions to the rule, but trust me when I say, Never buy a GDi of any size.

They have a habit of throwing pistons out of the block, cos out fuel isn't good enough for them.


Yep gonna have too agree with that,had a couple of mates with heaps of problems on the 1.8 Gdi....
woodeye
26-01-2009, 07:58 AM
hey i know a mate of mine that has a 1993 mivec lancer in primer for sale for a similar price LOL :happy:



for a gal friend of mine in auckland is looking for a good reliable car round $3k,im hoping to get her into a galant gdi or lancer or something,she is not worried bout kits and mods,just wants a good reliable nanna car lol,pm me if you have anything
VR4WGN
26-01-2009, 08:15 AM
lol,i wonder who that kud be lol..... um i think he sold is as of tomorrow tho,lol
woodeye
26-01-2009, 08:21 AM
Oh! bugger/Grrr



lol,i wonder who that kud be lol..... um i think he sold is as of tomorrow tho,lol
taupodrifta
30-01-2009, 08:05 PM
would she be interested in a 96 diamante 2.5 itw lowered with 17's and a couple of guages but I can take it back to standard if thats what she would prefer
VR4WGN
04-02-2009, 08:47 PM
nooo too big for tha gal,she wants something nice n standard sized lol
Johny
05-02-2009, 03:57 AM
a hillman hunter?
bradc
05-02-2009, 04:40 AM
pmsl

Q didn't say she had mechanical skills to rebuild the engine and repair it every 50 metres!
Johny
05-02-2009, 05:40 AM
why would she need to rebuild the engine?

and after paying 600 she could spend the other 2400 on it and itd be back to new hahaha
bradc
05-02-2009, 05:51 AM
because it is a hillman and therefore will NEVER work
Johny
05-02-2009, 07:30 AM
you've obviously never had one lol
VR4WGN
05-02-2009, 09:48 AM
lol,you guys are NOT funny,but im laughn... ps go look in pictures for the wide body pictures(roughly )
DefeXion
07-02-2009, 03:40 PM
I got a skyline R33 RB25DE auto that she can have. I was looking for around $2000 for it, but I will do a CVR4 special of $1600. That's about what it cost me to acquire plus fuel pump, a touch up guy for some dents, a damn good cleaning by yours truly and factoring in that I have to pay to update the wof and reg. It's on hold atm while I was doing it up.

I got the car cheap because it wasnt going. replaced the fuel pump and bam, she roared back to life :). It's running really well. There was a small issue where it would stall if you sped really fast then slowed down all of a sudden, it would stall. The afm wasn't adjusting fast enough for the low rpm. That was easily fixed by a does of injector cleaner.

There is a rattle in the exhaust, but I have the old bigbore from my legnum which i can weld on.

Gotta love people who don't spend the time to figure out what's actually wrong with their car. You can get some awesome bargains that way.