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 My AW11 in High Performance Imports Mag!!
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Tue, 24 August 2004 05:24
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I grabbed the latest copy of Zoom yesterday and it was Bundled with issue No43 of High Performance Imports. There was an article about sub $10k cars and I thought, "there MUST be an AW11 in this article". I leafed through and sure enough, a white over metallic grey AW 11 SC. "Looks just like mine" I thought........hang on! It IS mine  The author raved about the acelleration, assuming the car was stock but I can tell you it's far from stock! As bought it has a 175mm pulley, factory LSD, helper fan under the 'cooler and the BOV mod. I fitted a boost gauge and she's pushing 12lb so that beats 8lb stock. The article states that the brakes felt worn out but no mention of the shot suspension and the dud synchros in the gearbox. Still, it's the only car i've ever owned that has been featured in a mag  wow!
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Re: My AW11 in High Performance Imports Mag!!
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Tue, 24 August 2004 05:40
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nice.....but i don't understand how you didn't even know that your own car was featured in a mag? 
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Re: My AW11 in High Performance Imports Mag!!
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Tue, 24 August 2004 05:49
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| joorsh wrote on Tue, 24 August 2004 15:46 |
My guess is that it was featured in the mag under "good cars to buy" *before* Audioslaver actually bought it, right?
-J-
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EDIT EDIT! you mean 'Benno'
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Tue, 24 August 2004 05:50
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The article was done before I bought it It also says in there that the car was for sale in Kirrawee for $10K which is way more than I paid for it 
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Tue, 24 August 2004 06:15
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| Benno wrote on Tue, 24 August 2004 15:50 |
The article was done before I bought it It also says in there that the car was for sale in Kirrawee for $10K which is way more than I paid for it
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thats so cooL!
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Re: My AW11 in High Performance Imports Mag!!
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Tue, 24 August 2004 06:46
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Sounds like a nice little AW11. Do you have any piks?
-J-
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Re: My AW11 in High Performance Imports Mag!!
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Tue, 24 August 2004 07:07
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Yup, heres some montage pix
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Ballarat, Vic.
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September 2002
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Tue, 24 August 2004 08:56
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Looks like im not the only person who's had their Aw11 in a aussie import mag.
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Tue, 24 August 2004 10:12
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sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet its better than getting in the readers ride in hot 4s BRO ItS FULLY SIIIIIIICK
anyways yes im a bit weird
i want a aw11 soooooooo bad
maybe one day or maybe ill get a GT starlet which ever comes as a better deal when i actually have the money for it
right now im stuck to looking for a ae82 twin cam or a cheap st162
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June 2002
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Tue, 24 August 2004 10:48
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get rid of the stock airbox setup !! hah and whack a turbo on it! much nicer than the 175mm pulley
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Adelaide
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February 2004
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Tue, 24 August 2004 12:56
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i think i saw that article, was that the one that had the aw against the starlet and some other car? where the reviewer says that "its too hard to get the aw11 into 1st gear, I kept starting off from 3rd" or some crap. and this bloke is supposed to be around cars all the time.
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Tue, 24 August 2004 18:07
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I've had trouble getting the mr2 into first approx 5 times in 6 months.
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Wed, 25 August 2004 01:44
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Was it also the article that they put shit on the driving position of the AW11?
Import cars under 10 Grand or something... And they like the 86 best.
The guy said that the steering wheel was off centre to the driver... on the AW11. Either the author was pissed or it has an aftermarket seat that wasnt fitted right or had some kind of debilitating back deformity.
Yes, the centre console and door are a little off skew to the sterring wheel but in retation to the seat the steering wheel seems in the middle to me!!!
2c
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Wed, 25 August 2004 05:00
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Yeah, I was going "what??" when I read the steering wheel offsed comment. Maybe the guy is a gimp or something, there's no byline on it. I have the MR2 book by the English guy, Noble, and the amount of effort that went into making the AW11 a fantastic, inexpensive, real sportscar is amazing. To think they'd put the steering wheel in with major offset is stretching the imagination a bit far. Anyway, I've noticed no such offset and hey!! it's MY car 
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June 2002
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Re: My AW11 in High Performance Imports Mag!!
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Wed, 25 August 2004 09:51
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Dude the rims look good but put some lightweight 15's in and she'll hammer
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Wed, 25 August 2004 21:43
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dont beleive everything the media tells you
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Wed, 25 August 2004 23:35
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the reporter obviously had a bung arm from spanking the salami over his driving skills too much!
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Wed, 25 August 2004 23:36
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oh and that gearknob ROCKS
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February 2004
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Re: My AW11 in High Performance Imports Mag!!
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Thu, 26 August 2004 12:22
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| Clown wrote on Wed, 25 August 2004 03:37 |
I've had trouble getting the mr2 into first approx 5 times in 6 months.
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the guy in the article was saying that when he would start off he would be trying to start from 3rd cos it was too difficult too find first or sumthing retarded like that
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The guy said that the steering wheel was off centre to the driver... on the AW11
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yea this guy must have been a retard, or too much spanking, like you said Spanktown!
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