About 10 years ago, I owned a red TX5 Turbo. it was my pride and joy and brought me many hours of joy building, driving and upgrading the car.
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| My First TX5 Turbo |
Unfortunately though, it was written off as someone ran into the back of me at the traffic lights. Since then I have always been on the look out for a Red TX5 turbo to replace it with. I've had a few cars that never really had the same appeal as the original one. A black TX5 turbo, a turbo converted sedan, 2 late model wagons with turbo running gear, etc.
In my usually weekly search for a replacement, I came across a car for sale on gumtree located in Sydney. It looked to be fairly tidy and very low Km's for the age, at only 110,000km.
The car was basically standard, save for some cheap pedal covers, a turbo timer and a cat back exhaust.
The car was a bit of a rare thing, as it has a dealer fitted bodykit made by the now defunct USC - United Sports Cars. Not only that, it was build plated!
An Arrangement was made with the owner and I traveled down to Sydney to get it. When I arrived in Sydney, it was dark and I didn't get a good chance to go over the car, but I had decided to go ahead with purchasing the car regardless. I spent a week in Sydney for work and drove home on the Friday. The old girl made it back to Brisbane with no issues.
