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Fair enough. Although I still reckon for a newbie driver, they're fine. Fun comes later once you've driven a bit more... but then I could also argue the Terios was "fun" in a way.

330D is the current gen one yeh? Bimmerforums will do. There's like forums for e46's, forums for 1 series, etc... And JDM Yard is too far lol. We're having a TLM meet this Sunday at 9pm (17th May) if you're in the area. I drive a white Lancer.

Pretty much summed up my viewpoints on the topic. But at the end of the day, I think non compulsory participation is potentially exposed to abuse or exploitation similar to other countries. What we need is ease of voting- e.g. online forum polls!

I'd be happy with any of the easy numbers- 20%, 25%, 30%... see? I'm not that picky.

Re: What is the most powerful car you have driven + details of most memorable drag ba Aren't you from North Sydney? There's always some around the area... I've come to realise I see at least five or so Lambos a week in just my normal life (wedding cars presumably by the ribbons), a bunch of...

LOL the Corolla will do fine. You're a new driver. Live and learn. Once you start moving up you also develop badddd habits (e.g. late braking) and then when you go back to a less well endowed car you get cranky :)

Fair enough. Must be doing crazy amounts to get $42k profit whilst <18 due to capital constraints (unless provided by family/parents at non-arms length) and capital gains tax, etc... impressive.

Please don't use UNSW. I don't get why high school students love using university libraries...

Year 12 student and saved up $42k from working? Or red packets & pocket money? LOL.. doesn't count as 'his own money' if that's the case. And if he did manage to save up $42k whilst in high school... it's bewildering actually. Can't figure out how (and I'm secretly very envious)! Either way...

You could just drive something in between such as a modern Civic, Corolla, Lancer, etc... a lot of cars are in the 100-120kW category. Even a Golf GTI is only 150kW (I found it to be a bit slow but a lot of people swear by it). ps. You are the only person I know who uses "fwkw" to quote...

They're reliable, they don't handle spectacularly or put the power down that quick, but for the majority of the population they do the trick. The 100kW Rollas aren't that useless... big improvement over my Terios and even comparable to my Civic. Haha just drive and keep on driving. More...

A corolla 1.8L isn't too bad... definitely not underpowered at all. I can see what you mean by the personality thing but for a first car, it's not that bad either. Same issue as the C200 Kompressor.

Haha you get over it. I survived it- you can too. But yeh, T/C and cylinder numbers was stupid. That being said, P Platers shouldn't be driving 350z/370z's when they're newbies either hence the power to weight would've been far better.

I can think of quite a few guys who dechrome their Bimmers actually.. looks better in black- more stealthy.

On the other hand an underpowered car forces you to give way a lot more often and it helps "calm the nerves". With a bit more power you may get a bit tempted to gun it more often but regardless, I can see why they have power restrictions. Even now I'm on my fulls and have moved on to various...

I do like the whole sleeper aspect of Bimmers though which have been debadged. ps. Baulko eh? :)

Oops I misread his Q as what to buy with $20k... and yeh, there isn't really a threshold. Keep in mind that as a newbie driver, chances are you will **** up and if anything, underpowered cars are a great way to learn how to drive 'properly' and not rely on electronics or technology (or power) to...

Wait and see how the market goes at year end... I think there's a lot more imported vehicles which are trying to be sold on from their initial importation but noone wants to buy. Maybe get a good deal on a 350GT (or are these prohibited?)...

Why oh why must everyone want to change our company tax rate :( Up or down... it makes life difficult for accountants who can't count!

Electrical issues can hit pretty hard (e.g. that cool red-ish LCD on the dash from Bimmers of that generation had lots of issues as they wore out) and gauges become inaccurate. That being said you never know... only the lemons make it to the internet.