animalxr6t Member 186 Member For: 17y 1m 14d Gender: Male Location: riverland south aus Posted 03/04/08 07:18 AM Share Posted 03/04/08 07:18 AM hi all. im tryin to find my girlfriend a good little first car. she has found a 1998 starlet just the stoky not the gt and was wondering wat they are like before I go have a look at it. wat to look out for and stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iTec TEAM BA Donating Members 1,755 Member For: 20y 2m 17d Gender: Male Location: North of The Bridge Posted 03/04/08 02:59 PM Share Posted 03/04/08 02:59 PM Starlets are the gun.. me and my bro both learnt to drive in one, other then having no power and zero leg room in the rear they are the shizznizzle and do fully hectik burnouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 22y 24d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/04/08 09:16 PM Share Posted 03/04/08 09:16 PM The rear mains leak like a fcuken siev, which is fairly expensive to fix. IE gearbox out.Other than that, not a bad car. You kinda cant go wrong buying Japanese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-SPEC You are a dead set goose Silver Donating Members 3,968 Member For: 19y 2m 25d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/04/08 10:07 PM Share Posted 03/04/08 10:07 PM Go a Pulsar! They are awesome. I had an N13 and an N15 while on my P's and never had one problem. The SSS was a standout and you can still pick one up with around 100,000ks for $10,000 to $12,000. They're bulletproof with an SR20DE in em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2000 Member 259 Member For: 21y 9m 10d Location: riddells creek Posted 04/04/08 12:48 AM Share Posted 04/04/08 12:48 AM hi all. im tryin to find my girlfriend a good little first car. she has found a 1998 starlet just the stoky not the gt and was wondering wat they are like before I go have a look at it. wat to look out for and stuff like that.nothing wrong with these...I've done nearly 300k since I bought new in 99...I commute 160klms daily to & from work and have only replaced rear wheel bearings..still on the original brake linings, other than normal routine servicing nothing has failed...3 other people at work also use them for commuting & no-one has encounted the rear main seal leak that someone mentioned earlier. something to consider is the fuel usage which is outstandingas I regulary get in excess of 740klms per tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang3 12" member Donating Members 2,107 Member For: 19y 8m Location: Perth WA Posted 04/04/08 02:17 AM Share Posted 04/04/08 02:17 AM Go a Pulsar! They are awesome. I had an N13 and an N15 while on my P's and never had one problem. The SSS was a standout and you can still pick one up with around 100,000ks for $10,000 to $12,000. They're bulletproof with an SR20DE in em.and easy to whack a drift spec silvia turbo on ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHR BOOST Moderating Team 5,698 Member For: 21y 5m 19d Gender: Male Location: Southern Highlands NSW Posted 04/04/08 04:56 AM Share Posted 04/04/08 04:56 AM Arent they a rebaged Daihatsu.I recently bought a 97 mazda 121 (Bubble type) and its great. 1.3 injected. Plenty of room and f*cking great on fuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animalxr6t Member 186 Member For: 17y 1m 14d Gender: Male Location: riverland south aus Posted 04/04/08 05:49 AM Author Share Posted 04/04/08 05:49 AM thanking u all for your feed back. u have once again been a great help. as we arent rolling in money she only has 4 grand to spend so a sss is I little out of reach although I do agree they are nice. I think they could be a rebadged charade they are a very similar shape and I dont think she well be doin to many hektic skids cos shes pretty hectic on the road as it is. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_89 Member 51 Member For: 17y 8d Gender: Male Posted 04/04/08 06:10 AM Share Posted 04/04/08 06:10 AM Go a Pulsar! They are awesome. I had an N13 and an N15 while on my P's and never had one problem. The SSS was a standout and you can still pick one up with around 100,000ks for $10,000 to $12,000. They're bulletproof with an SR20DE in em.Very true.My SSS N15 was and still is bulletproof. Never had a problem with it.$10,000 is about right. that's what I just sold mine for. 115,000km on the clock.We had basically the same car mate...mine was same colour too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-SPEC You are a dead set goose Silver Donating Members 3,968 Member For: 19y 2m 25d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 04/04/08 11:55 PM Share Posted 04/04/08 11:55 PM I loved that car! It went like stink! I stuck a pod filter on it and it screamed louder than my VTEC Euro!After me and the Mrs had our first, it had to be replaced the XR6 I just sold, but yeah, fantastic little car that one! Nissan seem to make some pretty bloody good cars, and engines. I'll be getting a Twin Turbo V6 next, but it sure as hell won't be a Ford! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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