Newbie from Scotland

[Dunc]

Hi there guys and gals.

I've seen a few AE86's and I just love the look of them (espically the coupe version) but have very little knowledge of them and am looking for soem non-complicated advice about:

What to look for when buying?

Am I best to import?

Whats the better models?

etc etc!

Hope you guys can help!

[nmwisima]

OMG, you want us to write a book?????

Man wellcome

Knowledge requires sucrifises, so go to the General section and start reading :wink:

[Apolan]

Hi! Welcome to the comunity (hopefully). Im sure you have quite some nice hachis over there, so finding one shouldnt be a problem.

Your primar concern should be the body, usually these cars turned into rustbuckets by now if they werent repainted before..

You should look for a nice runnner, all the typical stuff, good engine, the basics. Unless somebody already overhauled the whole car, you will be lookig at the work yourself. A hachi is not so much of a blast to drive if everything is so-so. But throw in a dime or two (figure of speech ) and you can have a car that drives better thean most modern hot hatches out today.

Models are pretty much the same. You would want to get one w/ a LSD. The stock unit is pretty fine if overhauled.

All in all, the hachi is a great car, i love it, we love it. It has great spirit, lovely sound and its a kickass ride w/ some love and atention.

Are you looking for a project car, or a completed car?

Grettz!

[JonT]

You could always pop up to aberdeen in the new year to have a look at my spare one....

[Dunc]

Im looking for a project car that I will be able to have ready come the summer... if I can get a completed car all the better but want to make something thats mine, if you know what I mean!

JonT - you have a message mate