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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by soulcrew,Feb 23 2009, 11:42 AM
No body mentioned your car.Unless you own a m5 or rs4 all of a sudden like.
You've missed the point in your rush to agree the toss

Mark, mentioned gizmos and implied they was two types of people, some like old skool feel and others like cars full of tech, I'm in the former camp and I used my current purchase as an example of that, nothing more
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Subaru2000,Feb 23 2009, 11:35 AM

My current car feels entirely old skool and only has basic traction control
perhaps it was that statement.

so your car is more like the vxr8 than the m5 ,rs4.see.


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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 03:01 AM
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assuming we ARE talking about the Holden at
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 03:03 AM
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Also i have stated that i am interestendin getting the evox.

I think that has a few gizmo's which also interest me.

i just like cars, with or without gizmo's.

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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by soulcrew,Feb 23 2009, 11:59 AM
perhaps it was that statement.

so your car is more like the vxr8 than the m5 ,rs4.see.


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$hit, you've got me there
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 05:59 AM
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[QUOTE=gaddafi,Feb 23 2009, 12:01 PM] assuming we ARE talking about the Holden at
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by soulcrew,Feb 23 2009, 02:59 PM

but the m5 does not suite me and visa versa.I dont think i would feel comfortable driving one.
A genuine question

Why not?

Do you think that every one who sees an M5 driver automatically thinks,
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by gaddafi,Feb 23 2009, 12:01 PM
but the M5 is not only better than the Holden, it's probably one of the top three performing saloons in the world

total no-contest


But one is a
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 08:11 AM
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[QUOTE=Subaru2000,Feb 23 2009, 03:16 PM] A genuine question

Why not?

Do you think that every one who sees an M5 driver automatically thinks,
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 08:29 AM
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60k car bought for 30k will always be a 60k car to run.

This was something I had to think about when I bought the M3. You can pick up an M3 for 10k but it's still a
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