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 Posted: Fri May 30th, 2008 12:34 am
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IanM



Joined: Sun Apr 15th, 2007
Location: Perth, Australia
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 Hey Jo and oldskool - great selections on the VWs. I had a 2.0 Passat Turbo for a while, but the build quality was shocking. We get certain VW cars here that are assembled in every place EXCEPT Germany...  the V6s are so much more enjoyable than the 4-cylinder cars. But with petrol prices going the way they are maybe we should all be riding motorbikes!!??

There is talk of a new Sirocco - that looks good. And of course, I still get my subscriptions of e-magazines from the US - my favourite of which is "Winding Road" - do you both subscribe to that?

If you have any interest in the Australian car scene (maybe you can see where your Ponitac G8s and GTOs originated, plus the whole retail market scene here) and some interesting Ford products - you can subscribe to:

http://www.mellor.net/mellor/mellorweb.nsf/weben/E-news%20Subscription 

It pre-dates the Winding Road e-zine, but is still nowhere as upmarket as yours. Read it and be scared, very scared, of the prices - especially when the USD is almost the same as the AUD at the moment... If I relocate to the US - I am heading straight for the Audi dealer and getting myself an Audi S8 - no, not the V10, the superseded model, so I wont feel too bad doing some performance modifications to it...  :). Then I am going to start looking for a second-hand Shelby GT500KR in all black - just for something to do... I can't afford the Shelby right now - but what a terrific goal-car.

There are some interesting car shows coming to Perth, or being raced at Perth, soon. I will make sure to take photos and share.

oldskool - that was a hefty modifications list - do you still have it , or what made you sell it?

And canadajo - in my part of the world, we call that profit "watch money" yahoo.gif

Cheers gentlemen and have a terrific weekend. Next Monday is a public holiday for us here - I hope to speak with you guys again soon.