Well Well!

I guess this is the time when I explain everything about myself and pour out a great big deep and meaningful to all the folks on here... but then you'd probably automatically assume that I'm some weirdo and no one would speak to me

Anyways, first off, a big hello to everyone (and no there won't be any D and M stuff here... not yet anyways lol), you can all read my screen name, but the real name is Nick. You decided what you wanna call me.

My story in short, is that through the kind will of my grandparents, I inherited a 1990 Subaru Liberty GX Wagon in reasonable condition (few bumps and scrapes and dings... to be expected of a car of its age, and the poor maintenance traits that my grandfather adhered to). It has 180K on the clock and nearly bang on interior (i'll upload some pics a bit later) but yeah engine needed a bit of work. In the past few months of me owning it (I haven't got it on the registered yet as I don't sit my license test until February) my dad and I have done a fair bit of work on it.

Most notably being the timing belt (hadn't been done... ever lol), filters all round, brakes, new tyres, new battery and everything else that you'd expect to be done to a car thats been sitting around for 18 months to make it roadworthy and safe as a first car.

So yeah all up so far on parts and other various bits and pieces for the car I've spent about $650 which I guess doesn't work out to be too bad of a price to pay for a first car . But yeah rego costs soon (can anyone give me an approximate on how much thats gonna be 6 and 12 months?) and then insurance etc... I was considering just going solely 3rd Party.. as my income of a mere $420 a week doesn't really afford me (partly in fact because I save $250 a week so I can be in a financial position to acquire a newer nicer Gen II  or III and also a Datsun 260Z or a Porsche 944 as a weekend car).

So yeah thats my story.. some advice on what to expect in the way of repairs and stuff in the coming months would be nice and also key things I should watch out for to avoid monetary pitfalls in the form of repairs.

Well yeah thanks for reading, I'm sure I'll be seeing you all around here from time to time, and if ever a cruise is going down in Brisbane, count me in .

Cheers,
Nick.