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Location: Perth
Registered: October 2004
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Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update
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Thu, 01 September 2005 08:30

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I chose the Sportivo over the Clio Sport, 206 GTi, Integra Type-R's (DC2 and 5), 2ZZ Celica's, going for a turbo, and finally, modifying my ST162 for lots of reasons.
I love the image and its performance, but Clio Sport Cup 182 is too small, has depreciated very quickly and being European, is expensive to maintain. The Purgeot suffers from the same price and maintainence premium over the Sportivo.
The Integra and Celica lack the practicality of the Sportivo hatch, which is really important for me.
While I could get an SW20, ST205, S15, a WRX (would love a wagon!) etc for the price of my Sportivo, high revving NA power appeals to me more than the fuel bill and the maintanence of a turbo. I want to get a kick out of my daily driving without frying tyres, fuel and my licence.
I like the unique styling of the ST162 and I would love to build a killer FWD NA car out of the 3SGE Beams platform, but unfortunately it isn't the 'sensible' thing to do. Even if I sink $10,000 into it, it will only ever be worth half of that.
The Corolla has huge aftermarket support, an advanced engine, is cheap to buy and run, is very practical - and personally, I really like the styling. And because I'd be taking on the car under a novated lease, it keeps the boss happy too.
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MR2 4AGE | Sun, 28 August 2005 03:31 |
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buck naked | Sun, 28 August 2005 08:13 |
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berad | Sun, 28 August 2005 08:28 |
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MR2 4AGE | Sun, 28 August 2005 08:38 |
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kingmick | Sun, 28 August 2005 22:16 |
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MR2 4AGE | Wed, 31 August 2005 11:42 |
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MR2 4AGE | Fri, 02 September 2005 13:12 |
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Shraka | Sun, 28 August 2005 11:45 |
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berad | Sun, 28 August 2005 12:05 |
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kingmick | Sun, 28 August 2005 22:25 |
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buck naked | Mon, 29 August 2005 08:47 |
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shovelnose | Mon, 29 August 2005 11:14 |
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BigWorm | Wed, 31 August 2005 14:47 |
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esk34 | Wed, 31 August 2005 15:08 |
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kingmick | Wed, 31 August 2005 21:41 |
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MR2 4AGE | Wed, 31 August 2005 23:15 |
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kingmick | Thu, 01 September 2005 03:39 |
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buck naked | Thu, 01 September 2005 03:53 |
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illuminatus | Thu, 01 September 2005 06:21 |
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kingmick | Thu, 01 September 2005 05:31 |
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kingmick | Thu, 01 September 2005 05:34 |
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buck naked | Thu, 01 September 2005 08:30 |
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rthy | Thu, 01 September 2005 08:46 |
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esk34 | Thu, 01 September 2005 12:19 |
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