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Old 04-13-2003, 01:20 AM
subafan subafan is offline
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i miss my svx

i miss my svx

its been almost a month since its at the the shop getting the 5spd swap...

although i got a mr2 to use in the meanwhile, and although i do enjoy the rear wheel drive w/o power steering and all,

i miss my svx....

i just hope that the next time i see it, it'll be a 5spd svx ready for some upgrades hehe (my apt looks likt autozone now, with all the mr2/svx parts i've been gettin...)
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always looking for a reliable 5spd svx...
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Old 04-13-2003, 02:33 AM
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You miss yours and I wish I had one...
How much did you pay for the 5 speed swap?
Good luck with it...It makes me think of an operation.
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Old 04-13-2003, 02:57 AM
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i hope you find one soon...
although i hope you don't have to go through the tranny thing as soon as i did....
i really don't know how much the whole swap is going to cost me... yet... i'll find out when i pick it up... but i'll let the board know as soon as i get to pick it up (i'm hoping next weekend... i know i've been saying this for the past like 3 weeks, but the shop told me that they're only waiting for the clutch now... once the clutch is there.... i should be done)

i hope the drive back from chicago, with the manual working the h6, will be superbly amazing....
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svx: the most effective diet (distant memory)
mr2: diet on the diet (on the chopping blocks)
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mrspyder: gotta have a drop top in cali...

always looking for a reliable 5spd svx...
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Old 04-13-2003, 04:03 AM
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I feel for you my friend I bought my car like 2 months ago and have driven it a totla of 4 times since then it has been sitting at a garage patiently waiting to be restored. parts should be here soon.
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Old 04-13-2003, 07:06 AM
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SVXDriver.....great thought about the troops!
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Old 04-13-2003, 12:25 PM
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i hope you find one soon...
although i hope you don't have to go through the tranny thing as soon as i did....
i really don't know how much the whole swap is going to cost me... yet...
Thanks...I'm hopefully getting Pittkid's car and with that, I shouldn't have any tranny problems as it was already replaced. Definitely keep me informed on the cost of that swap. I'm really curious because that's what I really wanted (5 speed).
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Old 04-13-2003, 12:28 PM
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If that's what you really want just purchase a low mileage SVX with a burnt up tranny from Ebay, then get it converted. Cheaper that way.

- Rob
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Old 04-13-2003, 02:13 PM
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Thumbs up

Wow, that's a really good idea!
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Old 04-13-2003, 02:45 PM
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Not if you have the money

Why spend 4k on a manual tranny - if you can't spend 6K to get a car with low miles.
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Old 04-13-2003, 03:06 PM
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Umm that didn't sound right did it

I just meant for me right now - the SVX did two things.
Put me in a nice LOOKING car and was cost effective (I hope).
Personally I don't have the funds to do a tranny swap and estimate that a six speed swap with exhaust or turbo or something will cost me 6k.
Geez I don't have the funds to go to a dealer for a windshield
So thats what I meant - no offense to anyone
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Old 04-13-2003, 09:53 PM
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Re: Umm that didn't sound right did it

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Originally posted by iyamwutiam
I just meant for me right now - the SVX did two things.
Put me in a nice LOOKING car and was cost effective (I hope).
Personally I don't have the funds to do a tranny swap and estimate that a six speed swap with exhaust or turbo or something will cost me 6k.
Geez I don't have the funds to go to a dealer for a windshield
So thats what I meant - no offense to anyone
if you can get a 6 speed swap and a turbo for 6k let me know where...the line starts behind me.
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Old 04-13-2003, 10:09 PM
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Thumbs up good answer

Yes I suppose it is worth it - if you have a low milage very good condition car -- it is definitely cheeper then buying a porsche but - isn't the STi coming out at around 30- with prolly zero percent financing ?
Thats 300 ponies right there
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Old 04-13-2003, 11:34 PM
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I wouldn't expect the STI to be 0 percent financing. And I wouldn't expect to get an STI for much under 35k, but that is my guess. Personaly if I had 35k to spend on a car Id send MY SVX to COBB and tell them to have a real good time doing the things they do to Subies. Then when I got it back I'd paint it the same yellow as the new Lambo. And Id be 10x happier than I would be in the STI, no offence to the STI cause I would love to have one.

OH and by the way...I still miss my car.
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