I think the big problem with Subarus is that the cars are not sold with a complimentary crying rag for when you go to buy spare parts. A mate has an RS, his method for guessing what he will get charged for a part is to think of a reasonable price and double it.
Sunday, August 04, 2002, 12:36:57 PM, you wrote: TR> Adam, TR> I agree with a passion - I would extend your comment to include the whole driveline and suspension, the latter up to a point. It did take Nissan a while to come up to the standards set by other TR> Japanese manufacturers body and trim wise, IMHO Toy and Mazda set very high standards from the early 70's but at a price to the consumer and the current day standard leader in the body field is TR> Subaru but all of the others are very close behind - you don't get many badly built Japanese cars these days. TR> regards TR> Terry TR> -----Original Message----- TR> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TR> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adam Jackson TR> Sent: Saturday, 3 August 2002 10:17 PM TR> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TR> Subject: Re: first car TR> Terry, TR> That's cos nissan has got it soo right in the engine department for so many TR> years. :) TR> cheers, TR> Adam TR> ----- Original Message ----- TR> From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TR> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TR> Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 7:44 PM TR> Subject: RE: first car >> Funny how they put Nissan engine in them - in years gone by they stuffed TR> FJ20's in them. >> >> regards >> Terry >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ben C >> Sent: Saturday, 3 August 2002 6:41 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: first car >> >> >> seems to be a fair few femini's with SR20DETs in them now >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "klay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 17:57:16 +1000 >> Subject: first car >> >> Hey, i know this is a datto mailing list.. but i just got a gemini TD TR> sedan, in fairly good condition. i was wandering if anyone could recomend a TR> good engine to put in it? also a 5speed gear box. >> the engine should have lots of power. and minimal modification to install TR> ( almost direct bolt in would be great ) >> thanks >> sorry for posting to a datsun thing, but i cant find help anywhere else. TR> lol >> >> >> >> >> -- Best regards, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
