Originally Posted by
minikomi
thanks for the comments... no super high praise, so i think i will stick it out and go the used route. However, it's a little hard to find something in the price range i'm aiming at and I found a shop which has a gios connection of some kind so they can drop the price below 60,000 yen.
i do love that blue though

Are you in Tokyo?
While in Tokyo, I put together a complete NJS Makino for way less than the cost of that Gios.