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				Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 8th, 2008, 8:43 am 
				by bigdude101
				I've been looking around the forums lately after finding you guys on the Google. I have fond memories of family and friends with E-series', my last one was of my friends grandparents from Germany who sold theirs for more than they bought it. Unfortunately I don't own a car yet but am planning on buying one soon after I do a car restoration course at TAFE. If anyone can help me find a reliable car, feel free to tell me about it and will think about it.
thanks
bigdude101
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 8th, 2008, 8:50 am 
				by wolf
				
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 8th, 2008, 9:28 am 
				by butcher
				BUY MY CAR ITS A GOOD ONE
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 8th, 2008, 10:04 am 
				by mike1989
				DON'T DO IT IT'S A TRAP! 
Welcome to the forums 
 You say you want a good car, you've come to the wrong place, this is shitboxville 

 
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 8th, 2008, 8:10 pm 
				by [D1SCNT]
				buy a holden;)
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 8th, 2008, 8:16 pm 
				by butcher
				mike1989 wrote:DON'T DO IT IT'S A TRAP! 
Welcome to the forums 
 You say you want a good car, you've come to the wrong place, this is shitboxville 

 
lol worth a try
 
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 8th, 2008, 8:30 pm 
				by G3R3N
				
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 9th, 2008, 8:01 am 
				by bigdude101
				I didn't expect this much welcome from this forum, even without a car. Though the people I live with drive a 2003 Avalon and they take me to work in it if I need to. (I expect lots of flaming but it wasn't my choice) To avoid starting another thread, what are some ways (apart from LPG) to save money on petrol with these cars? I need the space of a large car but with rising costs of petrol, I don't know if I will be able to afford it. How much would it cost to convert to manual? I'm writing this here to avoid making short threads everywhere.
Thanks for your cooperation
bigdude101
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 9th, 2008, 9:38 am 
				by butcher
				try one of these should save fuel. But you have to feed it

 
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 9th, 2008, 10:15 am 
				by lostprophet99
				They pop good wheelies  
 
 
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 9th, 2008, 2:18 pm 
				by butcher
				hahaha
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 9th, 2008, 3:15 pm 
				by mike1989
				Eseries are not good cars to conserve money with... unless you just buy a shitty EA for 100 bucks, drive it till it blows up and repeat, even then you'll probably be spending 100 a week... if not more..
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 10th, 2008, 12:08 pm 
				by BI6TIM
				That's not really true.
You can pick up a decent EB Spac or similar for, what, $1500-$2000?  Lower it, put an exhaust on it and a K&N filter or something and theres a pretty enjoyable daily driver for well under $5000.
Plus parts are cheap and they're easy to work on, what more could you want?
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Hi from a n00b
				
Posted: 
August 10th, 2008, 12:30 pm 
				by krisisdog
				BI6TIM wrote:That's not really true.
You can pick up a decent EB Spac or similar for, what, $1500-$2000?  Lower it, put an exhaust on it and a K&N filter or something and theres a pretty enjoyable daily driver for well under $5000.
Plus parts are cheap and they're easy to work on, what more could you want?
If you buy it for 2k, with your mods you'd have change from an extra 500 bux, if you're smart.
But if your getting an auto and swapping it later pick up an EF futura for cheap. better on fuel than EA-Ds. For $2k you should be able to pick a half decent one up.