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Official Cruise Dude
Location: liverpool
Registered: March 2004
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cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Mon, 12 July 2004 07:54
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Craig and Cassie's trip to singapore.
When we were in singapore we noticed one thing straight away, almost every car was new and they were pretty much all immaculate. In singapore cars are much more expensive than they are here, due to not only the selling price but all the taxes that are applied to them. Because Singapore is such a small island the government incourages the use of public transport by applying more taxes to vehicles to stop the average person buying one.The public trasnsport there is really effcient and well operated, it's also minimal cost.
The place we stayed in was home to alot of well paid people and that's where the shots of the Ferrari and Porsche came from. Most of the others are from when we were out and about seeing the sights. We also noticed a lot of the cars were either fitted up with body kits and nice rims or painted in funky colours like the hot pink bettle and rolla.
One of our trips took us to Sentosa , a holiday resort and tourist hot spot. I(Cassie) thought we were going to see the sights and do the tourist thing, little did i know there was a car show happening that I was dragged to. Most of the off road shots were taken here at the Autochallenge 2003. It was quite interesting how the show was organised. There was the usual show and shine in one part of the car park and then in a baracaded area they laid down gravel to cover the area to simulate a special stage rally track. Here the locals could register and show their driving ability and car capabilities to the crowd of spectators.
There were a few that stood out from the others like the black sprinter with it's home sawn of exhaust job and the Mazarati, who's owner must have been a total wack job to thrash a car that's worth that much, as much as he did.
Probably the best thing for me was that not only was there all the cars and boys stuff to do but there was also a lady there doing all the girlfriends nails, hense all the photos were taken by Craig while my nails dried.
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Official Cruise Dude
Location: liverpool
Registered: March 2004
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Club President I supported Toymods
Location: Sydney
Registered: May 2002
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Mon, 12 July 2004 09:02
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Nice work Guys.
I didn't even know Singapore had a modified car scene. mmm No celica 's ????
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Registered: June 2003
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Mon, 12 July 2004 09:06
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I like the masa and the mr2 mind you that's probably the first mazda 121 i've ever seen modified hehe
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Location: Inside a giant turbo (syd...
Registered: June 2002
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Mon, 12 July 2004 09:53
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there is some bloke driving around in a 121 in sydney with the plates SXY121, its riced up good. Dunno how someone could think thats cool......
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Club Member
Location: Sydney, NSW
Registered: May 2002
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Mon, 12 July 2004 10:42
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Hehhee... Speaking of 121's... I was in Taree over the weekend and spotted a hot pink 121... Number plates were PNK81T... No prizes for what that means ...
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Location: sunny coast, qld
Registered: October 2002
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Mon, 12 July 2004 11:08
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I love the taxis in Singapore. Ours have big taxi signs on the rooves and their's have big crazy airbrushing all over them which advertise businesses!
got any pics of the taxis by any chance to explaing what I am trying to say? I only have video
later
chris
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Location: Brisbane
Registered: July 2002
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Mon, 12 July 2004 13:55
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I'm from Singapore originally but I'm glad I don't stay there - did you ask how much it costs to own a car? Cheapest car (probably a Daihatsu) would be $100k AUD to buy along with the COE license.
And any car more than 10 years old gets scrapped or sold to other countries as the annual fees increase dramatically from there onwards. You'd be hard pressed to find any classic cars in Singapore because of this ...
Seems like Queensland ends up with all the bombs / classics ...
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Location: Adelaide
Registered: August 2003
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Mon, 12 July 2004 16:19
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Paul sings "singapore's a fineeeeeeeeee($$$)....very fineeeeeeeeee ($$$$) country..."
if u ever get the joke
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: June 2002
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Mon, 12 July 2004 19:17
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I dont get it...
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Location: Brisbane
Registered: July 2002
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Location: Carlingford, Sydney
Registered: May 2002
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Tue, 13 July 2004 01:00
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time to dig up the ke30 with huge single turbo 1jz action
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Official Cruise Dude
Location: liverpool
Registered: March 2004
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Mon, 26 July 2004 12:10
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ive got more pic if u want them let me know if u want them i will post them
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Location: Adelaide
Registered: August 2003
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Tue, 27 July 2004 07:16
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old_mr2 wrote on Tue, 13 July 2004 04:47 | I dont get it...
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yeah..there's a song made by some singaporean comedians..in a cd...the lyrics is saying that every single little errors u make in singapore..u get fined ($$)...in other words..its sounds like singapore is a fine(nice) country..
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Location: Perth
Registered: April 2003
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Tue, 27 July 2004 15:12
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I dont quite like the flat chested yokohama girls..
But then again.. i dont mind seeing more of em.
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Location: Adelaide
Registered: August 2003
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Tue, 27 July 2004 16:34
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u can buy Bree's fish fillets for extra feel..
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I Supported Toymods
Location: melbourne.vic.au
Registered: May 2002
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Wed, 28 July 2004 00:00
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Owning a car in that country and only drive within Singapore is about a house morgage there
I am surprised to see the old Mitshibish Galant there as it would have been destined to be cubed as the cars there don't have a long lifespan.
Cheers.
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Official Cruise Dude
Location: liverpool
Registered: March 2004
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Tue, 05 October 2004 05:47
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GOT MORE PIC
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Official Cruise Dude
Location: liverpool
Registered: March 2004
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Location: Brisbane
Registered: July 2002
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Tue, 05 October 2004 06:02
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puzzle man wrote on Tue, 05 October 2004 15:49 |
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go the evo's...
why is it so expensive?
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I supported Toymods
Location: Perth
Registered: May 2002
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Tue, 05 October 2004 07:00
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They have massive taxes on the cars to encourage people not to drive.
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I supported Toymods
Location: Ryde, NSW
Registered: April 2004
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Tue, 05 October 2004 08:43
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Satoshi: is that CD u referring to called "its ok lah"? do u have a copy of it if so can u burn a copy for me plz. just PM me.
yeah my family is from singapore, ah-ya i didnt know they had a modded car scene there. Must talk to da my aunties lah.
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I Supported Toymods
Location: melbourne.vic.au
Registered: May 2002
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Tue, 05 October 2004 10:54
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Why would you want to drive a fast sports car on Singapore? It's an Island! It's cheaper for you to walk or live in Malaysia then it is to get a car from Singapore and drive that around *From what I heard*...
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I supported Toymods
Location: Sydney, NSW
Registered: February 2004
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Mon, 15 November 2004 22:01
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ZZT231 wrote on Tue, 05 October 2004 20:54 | Why would you want to drive a fast sports car on Singapore? It's an Island! It's cheaper for you to walk or live in Malaysia then it is to get a car from Singapore and drive that around *From what I heard*...
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Gots impress the ladies..
how long is the island? 30km?
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Location: Canberra
Registered: October 2004
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Tue, 16 November 2004 02:34
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Back onto 121's...wouldn't 1 be cool with a 13BT and a massive rice spoiler on the boot? I think it would be cool.
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I supported Toymods
Location: Adelaide
Registered: July 2004
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Tue, 16 November 2004 03:25
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74gt wrote on Tue, 16 November 2004 13:04 | Back onto 121's...wouldn't 1 be cool with a 13BT and a massive rice spoiler on the boot? I think it would be cool.
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yeah in FWD that would be hektik
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Location: Canberra
Registered: October 2004
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Tue, 16 November 2004 03:30
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Hey...it's just food for thought
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Location: ACT
Registered: September 2004
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Wed, 17 November 2004 07:50
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cool!!! (^o^)v
thailand is very similar too...got evos, gt4, ae86 and lots of cefiro for some reason. its good how they sell tuning parts in their malls...so cool!
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I Supported Toymods
Location: south Melbourne/KL
Registered: June 2004
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Re: cars of singapore heaps of pictures
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Wed, 17 November 2004 16:13
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Dodgy_Haro wrote on Mon, 12 July 2004 23:55 | I'm from Singapore originally but I'm glad I don't stay there - did you ask how much it costs to own a car? Cheapest car (probably a Daihatsu) would be $100k AUD to buy along with the COE license.
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AUD$100K?!?!? That better be a daihatsu and not a kancil!!
i have kancils for breakfast
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