Considering selling my NB to get an NA..

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TTT
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Re: Considering selling my NB to get an NA..

Postby TTT » Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:03 pm

Well wether you made your decision or not I'm heading up on the 18th.

If anyone else wants to come along I'll be leaving Samford caltex at 6:15am

Rasputin
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Re: Considering selling my NB to get an NA..

Postby Rasputin » Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:17 pm

You will miss the refined feeling of the NB.

That is all.

Mr Morlock
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Re: Considering selling my NB to get an NA..

Postby Mr Morlock » Fri Jan 17, 2014 5:25 pm

that was a good post from Nanotech- nicely put and he is right that personal preference is a big factor. Go to the top of the class.

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Re: Considering selling my NB to get an NA..

Postby manga_blue » Fri Jan 17, 2014 6:46 pm

Rasputin wrote:You will miss the boring feeling of the NB.

That is all.
Fixed that for you. :D

Actually one of the really big downsides of NAs is the absolute rarity of ABS. One of the most common moans among the NA track regulars is about the high costs of flat spotting tyres. I know of more than one case where someone has destroyed a new $1,200 set of tyres in a single braking miscalculation. If you're tracking a car often then over a few seasons then ABS alone can recover all the higher purchase costs of a late NB over a cheap NA.
’95 NA8

hejira
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Re: Considering selling my NB to get an NA..

Postby hejira » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:46 pm

hks_kansei wrote:
hejira wrote:An NB without an aircon? deleted/broken/stock?


It was an option on NBs, not standard.
As such, not all of them have it.


I've learnt something today :)

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Okibi
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Re: Considering selling my NB to get an NA..

Postby Okibi » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:53 pm

We have both NA6 and NBs, my personal preference is for the NBs but if I threw the same sort of cash/parts at an NA then it would be a tough decision to make. The NA has some classic character to it and the NB has much sexier lines both inside and out.
If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away? Neither would I.

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Re: Considering selling my NB to get an NA..

Postby sailaholic » Sat Jan 18, 2014 8:07 am

Sexier lines outside on a nb! What have you been smoking! The SE is the only nb that comes close to matching the lines of a NA.

:D


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