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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:45 AM
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Well i picked her up today and i just cant get enough of driving it lol...

I guess ill let the pictures do the talking.



This piccys a lil clearer



So as u can probably tell its an 03 350z Track...

Just thought i would share with u my new baby and my nice lil upgrade from the s14 w00t.

And yes im Australian as u can probably tell from the right hand drive...
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:49 AM
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Congrats! Does the track in Australia come w/ USDM Touring wheels? I notice the Brembo's but those aren't Rays Track model wheels.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:54 AM
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Congrats! Does the track in Australia come w/ USDM Touring wheels? I notice the Brembo's but those aren't Rays Track model wheels.
Nope unfortunately... These came on the track till 05 then they swapped over to another type of 18' wheel we neva got the Rays wheels on any of our 350s. (and the touring had the 17's till 05 i think )

Edit - These are the track wheels from 05 onwards...

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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by n00bis
And yes im Australian as u can probably tell from the right hand drive...
I could tell because you location states "Location: Brisbane, Australia"


LOL j/k

Welcome and nice car.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 06:02 AM
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CongratZ on your new purchase.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 06:59 AM
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Looks like my car minus the brembos
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 09:09 AM
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welcome
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 03:51 PM
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Welcome to the forum. There are quite a few Aussies here and some Kiwis too. With the price of the cars and gas, you have to be more of an enthusiast than most of us at the beginning.
Congrats!
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by I1DER
Welcome to the forum. There are quite a few Aussies here and some Kiwis too. With the price of the cars and gas, you have to be more of an enthusiast than most of us at the beginning.
Congrats!
Yeah it was a pretty expensive buy lol I paid $37,500 which is pretty reasonable when u look at the aussie market... Also bein a track and only having 34000ks (which is somewhere around 20,000miles) made it a lil more reasonable. But like u said fuel is a killa i put about 4/5ths of a tank in and it cost me $86 (which probably about $95 american) which is a huge jump from the $60 tank i was putting in my 200sx.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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Congrats on the purchase man! I like your first pic, looks like something out of a video game!
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:24 PM
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either your tires are REALLY bald or your running slicks.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by r_seng
either your tires are REALLY bald or your running slicks.
LOL yeah in that 2nd picture the tyres are real bald cause it was taken the day before i got it. But i just put a new set of Toyo tyres on it the day i got it.
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 05:09 PM
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Welcome n00bis from your Kiwi cousins. How much is petrol at per litre in Auz now? I know what you mean came from an S15 myself over to the 350 4 years ago.

Oh, and answering you other guys, the Rays wheels as n00bis says were not an option on Auz or NZ brand new 350's, only the ex-Japan/pre-loved ones that are now appearing in numbers.
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 05:12 PM
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sweet,love the track edition!
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by BRONZEE
Welcome n00bis from your Kiwi cousins. How much is petrol at per litre in Auz now?
Fuel in Aus is about $1.30 per/L but thats for the average stuff i put BP ultimate in... On a cheap day ill pay $1.30 on and expensive day $1.50 which sucks **** when u got an 80L tank .
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 01:11 PM
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How 'bout Puerto Rico, guys? I don't think there's many of us--most people
down here ain't bilingual, so that would explain our scarcity on my350z.com.
I served in the Air Force, & that helped improve my English skills, especially
its verbal aspect; my spelling's always been O.K. BTW, I just bought an '04
Touring Coupe, & am being unfaithful to my wife with that beast!
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 01:44 PM
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looks nice man, congrats and welcome
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by n00bis
Fuel in Aus is about $1.30 per/L but thats for the average stuff i put BP ultimate in... On a cheap day ill pay $1.30 on and expensive day $1.50 which sucks **** when u got an 80L tank .
Haha, you should try paying the $1.88 per litre we currently are, with just about to have another 10 cents a litre wacked on. Sigh.

You'll find it's pretty economical on long open road drives. Round town is a bit more thirsty.
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 07:01 PM
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One wonders WHEN these gas prices will hit the roof!---IF they ever do. Chá-
vez & the OPEC are taking away some of the fun associated with driving our
beasts, ain't they?! Still, as long as the good Lord provides the resources,
we'll just keep on truckin'!!! (Down here: $2.97/galon, on base [Ft. Buchanan, Army intallation.]; off base: $3.05-3.10/gal., depending on area/competition, etc.)

Old man from Puerto Rico
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