Wed, 02 Apr 2008 3:59 PM
New Car
Michael Dale
We'll I purchased my first car today!
It is a Honda Accord 1998 V6-L and has only done 25,000km. Cost me $4k.
It has been sitting in a garage for the last two years so it is at the mechanic getting a major service and a timing belt change.
Comments
On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 at 9:05 AM, Josh wrote
Haha you should do this next:
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show-off-your-project/116754-honda-accord-v6-l-98-a.html
V6 = fuel guzzler? Honda have made pretty fuel eff. cars for the last few years, but V6 anything is still gonna have a fair bit of go (both in accelleration and consumption senses!) I'd think!
Looks cool :D I'm tossing up between buying a car and a bike in the next few months, but finding it hard to justify the cost of either (just not driving enough). Bike would change that, but it'd probably get me killed, too...schmeh!
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Haha you should do this next:
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show-off-your-project/116754-honda-accord-v6-l-98-a.html
V6 = fuel guzzler? Honda have made pretty fuel eff. cars for the last few years, but V6 anything is still gonna have a fair bit of go (both in accelleration and consumption senses!) I'd think!
Looks cool :D I'm tossing up between buying a car and a bike in the next few months, but finding it hard to justify the cost of either (just not driving enough). Bike would change that, but it'd probably get me killed, too...schmeh!
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On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 at 9:22 AM, Michael Dale (of michaeldale.com.au) wrote
Yes I agree, I wasn't looking for a v6. I was actually planning on buying a Saab 900 (1994-1995, Manual, 2lr 4-cylinder).
But this car came up and it was too good to turn down, its only done 25,000km. It's like new on the inside.
I do a bit of driving with work + going shopping without a car is a pain! :)
I'll hunt down the photos of the inside...
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Yes I agree, I wasn't looking for a v6. I was actually planning on buying a Saab 900 (1994-1995, Manual, 2lr 4-cylinder).
But this car came up and it was too good to turn down, its only done 25,000km. It's like new on the inside.
I do a bit of driving with work + going shopping without a car is a pain! :)
I'll hunt down the photos of the inside...
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On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 at 9:29 AM, Michael Dale (of michaeldale.com.au) wrote
Photos:
inside
back seats
engine
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Photos:
inside
back seats
engine
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On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 at 12:16 PM, Josh wrote
Oh cool... looks really nice, too (haha certainly not as ugly as Saabs are... sorry, personal bias :P)
Shopping IS the winning argument, unless you're trolley-pushable distance from a supermarket!
(Btw, all 3 of those photos were corrupted but still viewable for me... something funny with server/memory card/camera?...or IE7/vista? heh.)
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Oh cool... looks really nice, too (haha certainly not as ugly as Saabs are... sorry, personal bias :P)
Shopping IS the winning argument, unless you're trolley-pushable distance from a supermarket!
(Btw, all 3 of those photos were corrupted but still viewable for me... something funny with server/memory card/camera?...or IE7/vista? heh.)
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 at 11:49 AM, Stuart wrote
Nice find sir Dale. Are you going to do any modifications to the interior, namely putting in a new sound system, or are you reasonably pleased with what you have?
It looks great mate.
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Nice find sir Dale. Are you going to do any modifications to the interior, namely putting in a new sound system, or are you reasonably pleased with what you have?
It looks great mate.
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 at 12:41 PM, Michael Dale (of michaeldale.com.au) wrote
Thanks. No I'm pretty happy with it, I may end up replacing the head deck at some stage, but it currently sounds awesome :)
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Thanks. No I'm pretty happy with it, I may end up replacing the head deck at some stage, but it currently sounds awesome :)
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On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 at 11:12 PM, Stuart wrote
Oh yeah. Leafguards are pointless. I had one on my car but I got rid of it because there's no point.
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Oh yeah. Leafguards are pointless. I had one on my car but I got rid of it because there's no point.
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