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Was that true grit or fake grit?
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Rope-Pusher wrote:Was that true grit or fake grit?
True Grit. I heard from afar somebody bellering "fill your hands, you son of a b----."
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tankinbeans wrote:
Rope-Pusher wrote:Was that true grit or fake grit?
True Grit. I heard from afar somebody bellering "fill your hands, you son of a b----."
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ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
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I would have the girlfriend asking "So what am I, Chopped Liver?"
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Rope-Pusher wrote:I would have the girlfriend asking "So what am I, Chopped Liver?"
chopped and processed figs wrapped in bread is more like it.
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Is a 25 year old Nissan Pulsar something that's worth the expense of importing? I think I just saw one, right hand drive, at the petrol station. Not positive as there wasn't any badging on it. Could have been a Pulsar GTI, but I'm not certain. Either way it looked weird.
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tankinbeans wrote:Is a 25 year old Nissan Pulsar something that's worth the expense of importing? I think I just saw one, right hand drive, at the petrol station. Not positive as there wasn't any badging on it. Could have been a Pulsar GTI, but I'm not certain. Either way it looked weird.
By any chance was this the hatchback GTIR? Those are pretty cool but I still don't know if worth importing.

On a side note as I've been out pretty often- when I took re-delivery of my car from a week ago it came back with cosmetic damage around the roof/driver side C-pillar. It honestly looks like someone tried to use a screw driver or some sort of sharp wedge around that area with a blind fold on. Scratches were deep enough you can stick a finger nail into and here a "click"... Went to the body guy and estimated around $3,000 to repair the "right way". Service center is claiming those were there which is funny because this is literally more damage to my car then I've done in 2+ years then they had it for 2 weeks. Pretty upsetting but I can't see myself fixing it as the scratches are light but they are so deep and the C panel runs pretty much the entire body of the car.

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Teamwork wrote:
tankinbeans wrote:Is a 25 year old Nissan Pulsar something that's worth the expense of importing? I think I just saw one, right hand drive, at the petrol station. Not positive as there wasn't any badging on it. Could have been a Pulsar GTI, but I'm not certain. Either way it looked weird.
By any chance was this the hatchback GTIR? Those are pretty cool but I still don't know if worth importing.

On a side note as I've been out pretty often- when I took re-delivery of my car from a week ago it came back with cosmetic damage around the roof/driver side C-pillar. It honestly looks like someone tried to use a screw driver or some sort of sharp wedge around that area with a blind fold on. Scratches were deep enough you can stick a finger nail into and here a "click"... Went to the body guy and estimated around $3,000 to repair the "right way". Service center is claiming those were there which is funny because this is literally more damage to my car then I've done in 2+ years then they had it for 2 weeks. Pretty upsetting but I can't see myself fixing it as the scratches are light but they are so deep and the C panel runs pretty much the entire body of the car.

Sigh VW...
That socks bro. I’d’ve put up a stink about that. Threaten bad reviews too, or just write one. They seem to deserve it. Based on our Pulsars, I don’t think it’s be worth it to import one, unless it’s way more powerful than the ones we had...
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With no badging, the Nissan in that vintage that would probably be considered most worth importing would be a Skyline.
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IMBoring25 wrote:With no badging, the Nissan in that vintage that would probably be considered most worth importing would be a Skyline.
I've seen a few R32s and know it's not one of those. This was a weird little hatchback that sounded really sick.
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Please tell me all your thoughts on taco trucks and jeep wanglers. In particular the new ones.
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tankinbeans wrote:
IMBoring25 wrote:With no badging, the Nissan in that vintage that would probably be considered most worth importing would be a Skyline.
I've seen a few R32s and know it's not one of those. This was a weird little hatchback that sounded really sick.
Have you seen R30s and R31s? There were several generations in the '80s.
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No, I've not seen those. However, looking at the pictures indicates that that's not the one either.

I'm almost positive after viewing pictures that it was a Pulsar of some sort.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/K57gXtPcvmCLV8KP2

That's most similar to the car i saw.
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tankinbeans wrote:
IMBoring25 wrote:With no badging, the Nissan in that vintage that would probably be considered most worth importing would be a Skyline.
I've seen a few R32s and know it's not one of those. This was a weird little hatchback that sounded really sick.
I saw an R32 today. It was stranded on the side of the road and the owner was nowhere in sight.
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