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G'day all. Time for the upcoming new daily to get a thread all of its own.
The old venerable H6 gen3 waghoon has gotten to a point where it requires more money than its worth to get it running properly again.
So after enjoying the sheer amount of stuff I can get into the wagon chassis due to baby stuff, it was time to start looking for a newer one. Gen4's are now in the same boat as the H6, with way too many kms on them for the price. So enter the wildly unpopular gen5! All the aussie delivered turbo versions have sunroofs, which essentially rules them out for my ownership.
Also been wanting a proper legacy for a long LONG time (I'm looking at you S401!), so I knew this was probably going to be my one and only chance to get myself into one. Did a few checks around and found the 2.0 DIT was on the SEVS list. Even got so far as looking through the auctions, and talking seriously with Iron Chef Imports, only to be stopped in my tracks by the bank, who deemed importing a car as "outside their risk profile".
I didn't want to deal with interest rates for a secured loan at around 15% (which seemed to be the going rate for lenders that would allow importing), so the next step was to find someone selling one locally, that already had australian rego on it, as this would be acceptable by my local financial institution, and get me into the 7 to 8% interest rate range that I wanted.
So, as luck would have it, one popped up in Melbourne a couple of weeks later. Took a while to be able to actually get some time to go and have a look at the car, but I can happily say that everything is going well, and it should be in my driveway tomorrow.
Is a 2013 BRG Legacy, with eyesight. Stock pretty well everything. Still has the japanese ETC thingo even.
Pretty sure its got the DVD/HDD/Navi head unit in it, thats likely not going to be changed, despite being in japanese, as its all been hooked into an Alpine roof mount monitor as well. I'll figure out what does what on it and leave it at that probably.
In the mean time, I've been doing my usual browsing of Yahoo Japan, and found a few nice additions for it...
Full black interior pieces and roof lining.
Full set of wagon tS black leather/alcantara seats with red stitching.
Full set of tS door cards to match the seats
tS steering wheel and STi logo airbag
This lot should be fitted in a month or 3, depending on how much time I get to the shed of course...
Also bought a Japanese 2013 Legacy FSM as well, as the international/US FSM's don't include any of the FA20 details. Not cheap, but almost an essential item.
There will be further bits and bobs for the exterior and mechanical sides ordered in the coming months, but for now I want something to make it appear more modern and comfortable inside.
So that's the new daily.
Cheers,
Ben
