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Glen Muller
Newbie
Victoria
V8

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Reg: 12-2007

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 01:48 pm, by:  Glen Muller (Doom_and_gloom) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

... and it's one of the best cars I've ever had the pleasure of driving! It will never top my mum's 2003 BMW 330i, but there's a distinct difference in price and age there!

But all in all, the Soarer is so much fun to drive, and I'm glad I finally found a Japanese car I actually like. I'm weird; I like Jap bikes and don't like their cars, and love American muscle cars but hate Harleys and Buells. But the Soarer - there's something I can dig.

A bit about me - I'm 25, from Bendigo in Vic, currently at Uni studying to become a primary school teacher, on summer hiatus at present looking for a job which will pay money to spend on the new toy! I ride bikes as well, I just sold my Suzuki GSX750F this year to put money towards a Soarer. Girlfriend doesn't want me on bikes too much anymore, because I'm a bit of a speed demon. So I just keep it to the track these days - my dad and I share a fully worked 2002 GSX-R750 to fang around Broadford and Sandown. Yet to do the Island - it's a bit of a pilgrimage from Bendigo!

Anyway, I love the fact that SMS shorthand will get your posts deleted. Not enough forums do this - END THE BASTARDISATION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE HERE AND NOW!

Cheers!
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 02:03 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Glen! It looks like you now have the Soarer Grin, long may it continue!

I also appreciate your support of our SMS policy!
Ross Spataro
TryHard
victoria
uzz31

Posts: 364
Reg: 09-2005

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 02:21 pm, by:  Ross Spataro (Thfc) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

yeah...sms sux m8....


oh....welcome...
Glen Muller
Newbie
Victoria
V8 Soarer UZZ31

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Reg: 12-2007

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 03:11 pm, by:  Glen Muller (Doom_and_gloom) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks guys!

Yes Peter, I do have a Soarer grin... just got back from a run to the bottle shop and supermarket, and man that car is fun to drive.

So easy to get around parking lots too... I'd be really keen to drive an Active to see what the difference is. Lately I've been borrowing my girlfriend's mum's Camry to run errands, and that thing has a worse turning circle than a one-ton HQ! The Soarer shreds it to pieces - so what's an Active like?
Brian Kelly
TryHard
Colorado USA
SC300 5-speed

Posts: 276
Reg: 04-2007

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 06:09 pm, by:  Brian Kelly (Whereswaldo583) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

! Great to see a new owner so happy with their Soarer!
And I think the Active's turning circle is about a meter less than a standard Soarer.
Adrain Parsons
TryHard
Qld
JZZ30 tt

Posts: 273
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 07:56 pm, by:  Adrain Parsons (Ace1975) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

welcome glen, i think most of us hate the sms speak!! i think the older you are the more you dislike it, lol( im old at 32 im told)
Enjoy your soarer everyone here does!!!
Dave Billings
DieHard
Louisiana
SC 300, 2JZE, 5 Speed

Posts: 959
Reg: 06-2007

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Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 12:23 pm, by:  Dave Billings (Waveman1717) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Glen! Haha, I thought SMS was something like a sexual act! LOL
Glen Muller
Newbie
Victoria
V8 Soarer UZZ31

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Reg: 12-2007

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Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 06:59 pm, by:  Glen Muller (Doom_and_gloom) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks for the welcome guys. Regarding that Camry I was borrowing pre-Soarer: I had to move it out of the driveway so I could take the Soarer out... what a piece of crap! I felt like I was sitting in a baby's high chair, the door was so light I was scared I broke it, and the steering was as heavy as a Mack truck! And this is only backing a car down a driveway and into a shed.

I'm not buying another car unless it's worth $200,000...
Dave Billings
Goo Roo
Louisiana
SC 300, 2JZE, 5 Speed

Posts: 1004
Reg: 06-2007

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Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 10:22 pm, by:  Dave Billings (Waveman1717) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Me too!
Anthony Butler
Newbie
SA
TT

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Reg: 12-2007

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Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 05:21 pm, by:  Anthony Butler (Butts) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well I'm only 18 and I cant stand the SMS, MSN style talk! Its fine for SMS or MSN but we are trying to have a discussion on a forum!

Welcome to the site I just joined as well!
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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Monday, January 07, 2008 - 12:00 am, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Dave Billings wrote on Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 12:23 pm:

I thought SMS was something like a sexual act!


Such as?
Will Schultz
Tinkerer
new south wales
tt

Posts: 88
Reg: 05-2007

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Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 09:25 pm, by:  Will Schultz (Johnny_dangerous) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Peter Nitschke wrote on Monday, January 07, 2008 - 12:00 am:

Such as?




I'd come up with something but you'd probably ban me from the forum!
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 01:18 am, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Kinky!
Dave Billings
Goo Roo
Louisiana
SC 300, 2JZE, 5 Speed

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Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 01:15 am, by:  Dave Billings (Waveman1717) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Peter Nitschke wrote on Monday, January 07, 2008 - 12:00 am:

Such as?


Like dominatrix or something to do w/ whips, chains, and hot candle wax...
Glen Muller
Tinkerer
Victoria
V8 Soarer UZZ31

Posts: 33
Reg: 12-2007

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Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 06:47 pm, by:  Glen Muller (Doom_and_gloom) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Those Porsches have done something to your moral fibre... :-)
Dave Billings
Goo Roo
Louisiana
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Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 01:28 am, by:  Dave Billings (Waveman1717) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I know...isn't it great? LOL
Glen Muller
Tinkerer
Victoria
V8 Soarer UZZ31

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Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 03:12 pm, by:  Glen Muller (Doom_and_gloom) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

This is why I'm in love with the Soarer - look at the paint. Not freakin bad for a bog-stock 1992 model car!

This picture was taken the day after I got her - looking a little grubby from sitting in a driveway for a few months. It got a wicked rain wash the night I picked her up, since it totally pissed down in buckets that night in Melbourne.


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Then the good weather came - so I used the Meguiars three-step system and the mother of all spring cleans in and out of the car. Used the headlight cleaning tutorial too, came up trumps!


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Geoff Wood
Newbie
Hornsby
TT

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Reg: 10-2007

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Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 03:22 pm, by:  Geoff Wood (Geoff897) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looks Nice and clean :-)

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