What was your previous ride??

[cbay]

Then swapped that for the M35 Stagea RX, 2.5L V6 turbo 5 speed auto.

Stagea was on my short list before the octy. love the M35 shape! I kinda still want one

[Martin]

Stagea was on my short list before the octy. love the M35 shape! I kinda still want one

Yeah - me too - but the fuel consumption, age, km's put me off
Still curious as to how they handle and what they are like to live with day to day

[cbay]

Yeah - me too - but the fuel consumption, age, km's put me off
Still curious as to how they handle and what they are like to love with day to day

The fuel economy was what spoiled it for me too - couldn't justify going to a bigger V6 (than my old A4) especially for 3 hours worth of stop-start traffic each day. But I always imagined a black Stagea would look insanely cool under my fairly obsessive detailing hands.

[zei20t]

there are plenty of them around now.

my particular one has just changed hands again.

its huge, comes with everything and comfortable as hell to drive.

I had coilovers, swaybars, underbody bracing and new brakes. it really added to the handling

fuel isn't the best, mine also had Nismo ECU (extremely rare) but bumped up the power and torque.

transmission needed a valve body upgrade, they are sloppy from factory.

I only changed because it was getting to 10 years old. never had any major issues with it

[ForceFed]

What was your previous ride??

My previous rides.

07 Subaru Liberty Spec.B. Awesome car. Comfortable and the factory McIntosh sound system is probably the best stock sound system I have ever heard.




07 Subaru WRX STi. Fast, absolute money pit. Looked and sounded amazeballs.

[Weekend-Warrior]

You Skoda guys crack me up!

[code618]

I've looked at the M35 also in the axis autech guise. Are there any particular common faults to look out for? Is sourcing parts an issue for these models?

[Creampuff]

1st - Triumph Dolomite Sprint 1976
2nd - Ford Cortina 1979
3rd - Ford Fairmont 1986
4th - Ford Falcon 1993
5th - Ford XR6 2004
6th - Audi A4 2003
current Jetta TSi 2008...best car(and fastest) of them all!!

[k_rider]

Damn fine looking A4 there cbay!

[Martin]

Need venetians... actually with Skoda's quirky styling, it might be worth checking the accessories brochure.

Go all the way and get the wood veneer panelling also!

[cbay]

Damn fine looking A4 there cbay!

Cheers mate! Was able to keep it spotless before having kids. Wish I could find the time to keep the Octy waxed that well - only got to do the bonnet before Skodafest

[Mysticality]

Well... My first car, we bought 2nd hand in 2009.
It was a black 2007 Kia Rio LX (5spd manual) with 14,000km on the clock. Still had 3 years of factory warranty on it!!

I changed a few things... Namely the speakers (front and rear), the dials got a coat of silver and had blue LED's soldered on instead of the horrible stock orange. It had a tow bar, and silver front grilles... And a butt load of lights. *facepalm*
I also put a pod filter on the little 1.4. Yes, I was one of *those* P-Platers. :p
It spent most of its time brown from mud.

Mud


Lights


Still my favourite photo to date.


This is the k's it was at when I dropped it off to pick up my Octy... Dec 23 2011. This is the best pic I can find of the dash LED conversion.



EDIT: Found a pic of the dash LED's half way done.

[Mysticality]

Around the same time, I also had a 2010 (MY11) Kia Sorento Si (6spd auto) 2.2R. I fell in love with diesel...
Didn't do much at all to it in the way of modding, apart from LED interior lights but thats a given!!
... Oh, and taking it offroad all the time.

Following a Nissan Patrol


I figured I'd take a nice photo... Of course, after I got back in, I realised I was stuck... And the tide was coming in.


Towing the camper trailer!

[The Speedfighter]

Well to start from the beginning:

HOLLAND
- 1999 Seat Arosa 1.2ltr (yes it's hard to imagine, but god I loved that car!!)
- 1981 BMW 318i (2002 m3 engine)
- 1983 BMW 325i (totally stock from factory)

AUSTRALIA
- 2008 Toyota Camry (Company car, which was horrible)
- 2009 Toyota Corolla (Company car, same as the above)
- 2010 Suzuki Swift Sport (still miss it today
- 2001 Mitsubishi Evolution 7 (awesome car, fast, but you need to have shares from Shell to afford the fuel)
- 2008 Holden Astra Coupe (written off)
- 2011 Mazda CX7 (horrible horrible car)
- SKODA

[Lucas_R]

- 1986 Ford Laser Ghia (Bubble back model). Great car for L and P plates and learning to drive.
- 1998 Mitsubishi Mirage. Purchased brand new. Did a few mods to it but cant find any pictures unfortunately.
- 1997 Nissan 200sx (S14a). Purchased from my parents who had bought it new and had only done 40,000km in about 7 years.
- 2001 Nissan 200sx (S15). Was only 3yrs old when we bought it. Sold this car to buy the Golf.
- 2011 VW Golf R. Bought this with no intention of modifying it beyond a stage 1 tune......so much for that. I've spent more money on this car than any of the others......go figure

A few pics of the S14:





A few pics of the S15:

Nismo lowered springs, 19inch Petrol rims, Spec R sideskirts, 3inch stainless steel XForce exhaust (turbo back), XR6 turbo intercooler with custom piping, intake with head shroud, 13PSI boost.





Jap spec leather steering wheel and pillar gauge. Custom leather trimmed handbrake and armrest. Upgraded stereo.



And a few pics of the Golf R: (these are old pics - car has changed a bit since then)