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Newcastle
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May 2002
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Tumut
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July 2004
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Re: Caldina - Opinions Wanted
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Sat, 27 November 2004 08:17
 
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dude the caldinas are orsm. As for parts most are interchangable with the camry or Celica and if they dont have them then toyota does have a listing of most parts anyway. The only problem you may have is body panels and even then there not to hard. Im on the gold coast and when i broke thwe front of mmine it took me about 2 hours to orgnise the panels (thats front bar and bonnet). Some places can get parts from kiwi land fairly easily
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Location:
Perth
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February 2003
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Re: Caldina - Opinions Wanted
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Sat, 27 November 2004 10:55
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Dont get me wrong Caldina's are cool but why pay the ridiculous amount insurance you have to pay for imports for a boring every day driver? Go the camry, the 2.2 would probaly by much nicer to drive in a car that size anyways...
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Location:
Melbourne
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March 2004
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Re: Caldina - Opinions Wanted
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Mon, 29 November 2004 03:10
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They're a good bit of gear, they handle surprsingly well for what they are. Just don't get the 2 litre diesel, they're a fucking slug. My dad recently got the auto tranny in his serviced and the kiwi guy who did it (and has worked on a lot of them in NZ) said that you tend not to get much more than about a quarter million ks out of them, so you might wanna get a low milage one, if you can.
My dad pays less than 500 for comp insurance too, i believe, so they're not that bad.
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Toymods Vice President
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Caldina - Opinions Wanted
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Mon, 29 November 2004 05:05
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Body parts are definately hard to come by for the Caldina. One of our members has one that had a front end repair and it ended up wit ha different bonnet due to availability issues I believe.
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Location:
Sydney
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January 2003
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Re: Caldina - Opinions Wanted
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Mon, 29 November 2004 22:42
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Caldina's are certainly not slow(although I admit the diesel wouldn't be too fast), the GT-T version for example. I'm also pretty sure some Caldinas come with the BEAMs Blacktop. I've always wanted one of these babies, since I went to NZ last and the GT-T's are everywhere, the are damn hard to get in Australia though, not many around.
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Location:
Tassie
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: Caldina - Opinions Wanted
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Thu, 02 December 2004 11:14
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if u want a car to take surfing then a suburu is the best car as it's 4X4 but is still a car.
I've had my friends call me hundreds of time to go pull them out cuz their car got stuck in the sand.
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