New MPS6 owner in Perth

[MadAussie]

G'day people..
Thought I'd drop in and say hi.. Have been lurking a bit prior to purchasing my new car, and seems to be a good resource of info here.. So thought I'd post up a few pics of the new land barge for all to see..

Completely stock '05 model





On the list of things to do (in some sort of order)

-Debadge the arse
-Badge-less front grille (Thinking auto-exe carbon grille)
-AEM intake ex USA ($250-odd, looks like decent quality)
-rear sway bar, rear boot brace, nolathane bushes throughout
-Cusco/Tein coilovers
-BBS meshies

I've got some Jap trinkets coming for it too - got the Cactaur and a Domu-kun for it at the moment, but it'll become a dirty jdm cruiser soon...

Anyway, hope to catch up to the occasional cruise when I have half a moment to scratch myself.. But till then, G'day, and hope to get a decent education in Mazdas while I'm here (I'm a Nissan convert..)

Cheers!

Aaron

[Toddy22587]

Wow so many new WA members lately.
Welcome, looking forward to meeting you on the next cruise.

[guitar69]

Hi Aaron.

Welcome to the happy family of WA MPS6 owners.
Is that Chris' old car by any chance?
Or the one the was for sale in Brigadoon?
Or maybe the pearler that John Hughes had about 6 months ago?

There have been some beauties available recently, so I'm sure you've got a real gem.

I just de-badged the front of mine today (thanks Nuliaj for the C.F. grille!!) and it looks the business.
I'm not sure about de-badging the rear. I want to make it more subtle, but not bare...maybe some strategically placed vinyl tape for me.
It looks like you've been doing a lot of homework amidst your lurking, so please come and show us the results of your diligent study at our next cruise.

Take care,

Pete.

[dmwill]

This looks familiar from AL...

[kmh001]

Another person with impeccable taste. Welcome.

Sounds like we need another cruise already.

[MadAussie]

Cheers for the comments guys Definately keen to go on a few cruises.
Yeah dmwill, I'm a bit of a forum whore...
Guitar69, this one was the one that's been at Honda North in Osb. Park for a few weeks. It was first rego'd in 2007, so it sat in a showroom for a while, but the previous owner serviced it every 5-10,000kms, full log book and apparently nothing that's gone wrong with it..

[Chuckie Cheese]

Hey mate!

Stoked to see another WA cruiser around,

[guitar69]

Cheers for the comments guys Definately keen to go on a few cruises.
Yeah dmwill, I'm a bit of a forum whore...
Guitar69, this one was the one that's been at Honda North in Osb. Park for a few weeks. It was first rego'd in 2007, so it sat in a showroom for a while, but the previous owner serviced it every 5-10,000kms, full log book and apparently nothing that's gone wrong with it..

Hi Aaron.

I saw that one in the paper recently.
Low k's, great price.
It was originally advertised as an auto, I think??

Top score Aaron.

ENJOY.

KMH001- bring it on!!
Recce to Albany via Nannup?

[rogwick]

Hey Aaron and welcome to ozMPS!

Great to see another VR 6MPS. I've been missing Chris' since he sold it. Such a stunning colour! Mods sound good, but by the sound of it looks like it may end up looking just like Chris' as he had similar mods! Yeah definitely catch up with us for a cruise sometime! Let the modding begin aye! Welcome to the land of MPS6 owners, WA has huge support for the 6!

Chris' car before he sold it, give you some idea on what it could look like...

[MadAussie]

Ah well seems like this Chris bloke has good taste :-P

Question about the car however, with the 'remaining fuel' indicator on the dash, it seems to show like 60kms left when I'm at quater of a tank - Does this reach 0 when it hits its reserve? And how much does it hold at the bottom of the tank once its at the E?
Not that I'm a stingy prick, it'd just be nice to know how many k's it has if I'm stuck on a long trip...