hi all have spent a great deal of time enjoying reading posts in here. recently bought 2000 as200 done just over 50Ks. i know i went for the for 'mature' altezza as200 the reason being it suits my personality as being laid back no fuss no dramas kind of guy. i have to say though am happy with my purchase took a look at a lot of altezzas and although being a fuzzy person i am very very happy with the condition of the car, it looks and drives like new in fact! i decided to buy as thinking this is my last chance being we are now flooded with crap altezzas in NZ. worth every $15K i paid for her, car is really mint in and out!

anyway i think for crusing around you should definitely get as200 auto

it is a sin to buy rs200 auto you should get the manual(shooting myself in the foot here :blink:

hey mate

welcome to the club

where are u from?

thanks mate

am from auckland

btw this is my second as200!

Hi and welcome!

Mainly just a daily or plans in the future for it?

Hi thanks for the welcome xnickx your car is mint it hurts to look at it!

mainly just a daily otherwise would have gone for rs200 manual lol contradicting myself now

will post pics when i get the chance to

Welcome to the club. :D

thanks again

wow nice looking yellow tezza there YellowRS200 is that manual lol was looking to buy one from there welcome bay rs200 auto done 92K however seller was not really keen getting car inspected was selling for $9750 but it seemed really dodgy re the inspection thing

anyway was really glad didnt go for it in the end as my tezza is M-I-N-T! lol

Welcome to the Club! :)

thank you

looking at forums want to change stock HU - head decks cheap as chips nowadays, now i only need to find someone who can install properly ie use existing amp

Hi and Welcome :lol:
You joined just in time for the mega meet in Wellington. There are a few slipway spots up for grabs and it's only $25 :woot:

Correct!

Feel free to join us on August 29th down to Tauranga!
Details here (2 pages)
http://z4.invisionfree.com/lexusaltezzaclu...?showtopic=8945

Mega Meet on September 18th to the 21st in Wellington, Altezzas from all over the country! Would be good if you could join us.

Mega Meet Details:
http://z4.invisionfree.com/lexusaltezzaclu...?showtopic=8375

Mega Meet Discussion (5 pages):
http://z4.invisionfree.com/lexusaltezzaclu...?showtopic=8080

AS200 is a really slow 4 speed auto so cruising around is all it's capable of doing :P

Did you test drive an RS200 5AT? i test drove both manual and the auto RS and for a daily driver the RS200 auto is perfect.... ;)


anyway glad your happy :)

welcome to the club mate

*carefully removes bullet from foot whils't in mouth* :D

he he he, if i racall Xero has a 5AT ?, Me also and there are a few more rs200's 5AT's in the club

X2 XnickX

Good choice! The AS200 is a much more civilised car around town, while the RS200 only shines on a country trip. The RS200 is very buzzy and short of initial torque for traffic work.

Now that my son has a job he's talking of replacing the free Daewoo he was given, and his choice came up as BMW or Subaru. Strange I thought, 5minutes on Google showed that an IS200 made more power than a Liberty here.

...and that was before a supercharger kit or a 1J fitment! I think an AS200 can be made into a smooth but quick car fairly easily, 150KW with more torque than the RS shouldn't be hard.

heya

Noel - /did test drive rs200 auto found it to be on the noisy side lol i know i know however what i wanted was a daily cruiser that looked great and is on the stealth side.

caveman - would love to join however have got kids that i look after on weekends :( so it would be very very difficult to say the least

will sort out the payment for vip membership though looking forward to goodies

anyway am an old fart when it comes to cars all i really care about is cruising

would have to say though looking at tezzas around here made my dick hard hahaha

My mrs has an EJ25 powered Legacy Outback auto & its a land barge. I've never driven anything so slow in all my life. 0-100 must take about 15-20 seconds LOL

Noisy? When I've got the windows up in my manual RS200 it's very quiet & I've got a Kakimoto exhaust as well. Was driving from Greenlane to Grey Lynn via the motorway today talking to the mrs on the ph & she didn't even know I was driving, said it sounded that quiet in the background.

Oh well lets hope we don't see you asking how to make the 1GFE faster in the near future then aye :P Enjoy the new car.

yeah drove manual rs200 once was really quiet however auto ones i found are noisy - just my personal opinion though - i suppose when i want a pocket rocket i use my mrs golf v5 - they are really nice to drive!

The RS are really buzzy, more than noisy. The difference was quite noticeable when I was looking, just like the power... :P

lol ;p maybe should have gone for 03 rs200 but it was $22.5K oh well could drop new motor with that kinda money - guess am granny driver lol

Did you consider an IS300? auto/ refined and a bit of poke... i'd have bought one of these in a flash but road tax on 3lt over here is 2,311.19 AUD (1345 euro) per annum :(

anyway welcome and put up some pic's :)

ouch...no did not quite rare here unless you wanna go for gita but stationwagons not my cup of tea, although having said that we did use to own a 99 Odyssey which are just butt ugly(sorry if 've offended anyone if i have then you shouldn't be here anyway :P )

will post pics this weekend hopefully weather clears out

on a side note the wifey wanted to do the dirty business in the tezza - said HELL NO! lol :lol:

:woot: Haha!

Must admit it's not the most spacious of cars in the back seats though :ph43r:

:ph43r: lol /agree

ROFLMAO ... ditto x2

hehe, compared to an r32 skyline it is a 'double King' rofl

you could use the ski hatch for an arm or leg rofl rofl rofl rofl

hahaha true!?
poor guy!

took pics of my slow as molasses :D altezza today









quality not good could not capture her shine :D

and here is my previous altezza which i sold for a profit of $500 - then later spent $3K to get another one! where's the logic in that??? to be fair my current tezza is way way nicer than this :lol: i reckon she got her speedo wound back i paid $11500 for her done over 43K but she sure did not drive as well as my current






they sure look the same though :blink:

"they sure look the same though "

ha ha sure do, both are very clean looking examples though. :D

yeah they are - you can tell them apart from pics by looking at their calipers - i painted older one black and current car came painted in silver :rolleyes: