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Old 01-16-2018, 01:24 PM
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Here is the answer!

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Old 01-16-2018, 04:52 PM
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Awesome. How is it then that GT buyers on this forum thinks they all blow up at 25k miles?
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The owner of that car put a thread up on this forum about his car a while back. 80,000 track kms, a couple of engine and gearbox rebuilds in there. Still amazing.
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Awesome. How is it then than GT buyers on this forum thinks they all blow up at 25k miles?
If that were true my GT3 would have blown up five times now.
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A KM milestone in late November before being laid up for winter

This one was reached a month earlier

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All I can say is; "Wow"!

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