B4Cruiser wrote:

Welcome mate.  Manual variants would always likely have more power than the autos. Its personal choice but most of us would prefer manual over an auto.

Love the manuals, its kinda sad that i enjoy hopping into mum's old 121 bubble just to have a run haha

B4Cruiser wrote:

bit confused about your wording but if you're intending to transplant a manual in lieu of your auto box, don't bother imo. Its not worth the $$ for a few extra killwasps in a GX.

My old man was a subbie mechanic for a good 20 years, he suggested if i want a manual that badly, buy a cheap manual regardless of the k's, and chuck in the almost new motor from the current car, cause all the works already been done, reconditioned heads, gaskets, etc.

B4Cruiser wrote:

its your first car. Keep the auto as is and make whatever small mods you want to keep you satisifed till you have enough $$ to get a new more powerful model in manual form; if power is what you're after

Definatly interested in the RS libs, b4's and the rexys, but thats a long way off untill i'm off my p's haha

Thanks for the input, appreciate it : )

Haha, I remember i was driving the 121 for a bit before i purchased my lib, one night dad comes up to me and he was like, "Stop doing burnouts in the 121" I promptly told him that i wasn't doing anything of the sort, he soon told me not to mess with a mechanic that has ECU diagnostics hardware, loss of traction codes came up haha

Well to be honest, a few times were accidents, that thing was ridiculous in the wet, specially when picking gaps in traffic, would only stop spinning once you either let off entirely, or got up to third. I really didn't feel safe in that car when it was raining. But all the other times, well, thats a different story all together : D

Can say one thing, AWD is where it's at : )