dean.humphries

Hi, Interesting reading your responses to my sad admission to buying an SS. Some of you will need to read the BF specs (without your rose tinted glasses) coz XR6T and XR8 are both limited to 1.6 tonnes braked, while SS is 2.1 tonnes braked. (At least that is the limits in New Zealand.) Fuel economy is miles better. Though I'd love to see the new towing capacity of the FG. Have you guys read anything on that ?. And to be honest I've seen the full pictures of the new FG, and they haven't got the front looking very agressive at all. Maybe they'll sort that in the MK II. I'm still a ford man at heart and I'll probably be back. Have a great easter....

Sorry - never been a fan of the Territory. Or any SUV for that matter The XR6T as you know is a heavy car, and you certainly get feedback through the tyres as to whats going on between you and the road. The SS is somewhat lighter, and it masks the road feel. Given the poor condition of our roads over here in Northland (New Zealand) I'm still in two minds as to whether this is a good thing or bad thing. But with quad exhausts - it does sound great launching off on heavy throttle. Well?. This is the new 'Kapow' colour. In bright sunshine it is a deep blue (bit like shockwave). However in overcast conditions it goes mauve, and at night it does look purple. The colour I hope you are putting down - is holdens 'morpheous'. That is a real candy purple. I'm sure I'll be back. We still have our ford ute alongside the SS in the garage.

Hi, Bought my XR6T back in Dec 2003, 119,1000 km later, I traded it for a Expensive Daewoo SS at the end of November 2007. Main reason for the great leap to the other side?. Neither the XR6 turbo or the alternative of an XR8 would tow my boat which weighs 1.9 tonnes on the trailer. Picture of new car and boat attached cya guys

Hi, I have had a set of 17" GS-D3's for a couple of months now. Brilliant tyres in the wet. Not too bad on road noise either. Cost me $240 each (New Zealand $) which included fitting, balancing and a full wheel alignment (all 4 wheels). cheers, Dean

hey thanks, Must be close to being the oldest member here

Name:Dean Age:47 - but in 2 weeks 48 Sex m/f:m Location city/state:Whangarei, New Zealand Occupation:IT Manager Current Drive: HgAg 04 XR6T Married:yes with children

I too am on a company car scheme, where they pay me a wad of money each month have a new vehicle. In my single days I had little sports cars, and then the inevitable marriage and kids and suddenly everything has to be practical Well 10 years of practical and I'm due for another car upgrade. I spent 18 months shortlisting and evaluating cars. Mid way thru I had a weekend long demo of a normal XR6. Surprisingly the wife made it easy by putting the XR6 at the top of my shortlist. Then Ford had a special deal going on the turbo that made it the same price as the standard XR6. (Only at the time the XR6 NA was being specialed too, but the wife didn't need to know that ) And 3 weeks later we had the beast sitting in our garage. Every time I see it in the garage or at my car park at work, I smile, coz that means it's time for me to drive some more

Oops - If it's true Unlucky guys. You can always join team HgAg the next time around :hiwelcome:

Congrats Matrix, Excellent colour choice. Right Ken, We might now have the numbers to top that colour poll. Here in NZ amongst the local XR6Ts, Mine is HgAg, my brother-in-law has HgAg, and one of my mates here at work has HgAg. There's another XR6T here at work which unfortunately is BluePrint, but it's a ute, so it only counts as a 1/2

Of course I am ... I drive HgAg. Now 4,000km's of brilliant driving. Only vehicle left on my shortlist - nothing else comes close. I'm with Ken, team HgAg through and through.

Jees.... Kenny! You sure know how to keep a thread going! I think you're absolutely right. Put up your hands all you young proffesionals who have chosen a colour (such as HgAg) because you want to feel more responsible and mature and blend in with the age set of the managers/partners etc. and Hands Up all you ol fogey's who have bought a vibrant young colour to shake off all those feelings of being your real age. :o as I meekly put up my wrinlkled arm And how about those guys (and gals) who love the image of being dark, mysterious, possibly a bit of a "bad boy" / "bad girl" who have silouette..... And then there's all us schizo's (me included) who have several cars of different colours so we can blend in with groups of differnt types depending on how we feel. What does the forum think..... openly and honestly now..... PS this topic is better suited for Chit Chat on a weekend after a few glasses of Red! Geez. How do you guys get away with all these colour fights. I just mentioned I had window switch lighting as standard in my T and a moderator killed my thread stating it had been done too many times. Back back to this thread. Yes I'm over 40 and I have nothing left to prove (car wise). So HgAg is my smug colour. Understated (not in ya face such as blood orange, blueprint and citric acid) But underneath lurks a SS beater.

Had mine since 20th December (early christmas prezzie) Just gone past 3000km on the clock. What a brilliant car, the exhaust sound as you floor it is intoxicating. Just have this little problem with work getting in the way of "drive time". Roll on the weekend. cheers, Dean

... and knowing this, they still bought Purple???? I'm with you Ken. Team HgAg through and through. It's a "smug"colour coz we know what we've got without having to force it down everyone elses throats which is what the bold colours intend to achieve. Mind you I was dead keen on Blueprint just leading up to ordering the T just for that very fact (plus is a cool colour ). There's a mate of mine at work with an SS in red. Blue is FORD, red is holden. But the wife disliked Blueprint and Merc Silver gives you that smugness. (Back to where started ) But back to purple - ooops sorry Phantom. Over here (in NZ) the Cadbury Chocolate bars are wrapped in purple paper and their delivery vans and rep cars are all painted purple. No one in their right mind wants to look like a chocolate bar :lol: my two pennies worth

Frodo, 3 weeks of driving the T and I'm still smiling. My other half insisted I get the T. Good idea that subliminal messaging. Merc Silver for me, but Acid Rush was a close thing, hides the dust off of our unsealed country roads. cheers, Dean

Oh you guys are going to hate me even more. What with illuminated electric window switches as "standard" Here in good old New Zealand, and 130kms away from our major city Auckland (where everything goes missing !!). All up insurance for the XR6T - NZ$506.00 per annum

And another for team HgAg

Hey guys, I recall an earlier thread where it appeared that the light switches on the XR6 T's weren't illuminated. Just had my lights on for the first night drive last weekend (nearly a whole week with my new XR6T and no night time drives ) And guess what - mine are illuminated. (white light only though). Are those who recently got new cars also finding that their window switches light up when the lights are on ?. Or is it unique to us here in N.Z ?

Hi, Brilliant cars aren't they. I've now had mine 10 days and 1300km's and I can't wait for work to finish so I can get in and drive some more. Good luck and have fun.

Hi again, Two of us here at work have XR6T's. My mate was after a method to protect the low driving lights. Apparently the dealer has a plastic coating that they can apply which absorbs some of the impact of stones etc. Has anyone else tried anything similar/different ?

Hi, I picked up my XR6T last Saturday. But I've noticed on certain tarseal surfaces the tyre noise really drones through into the cockpit. Any of you guys picking this up?, or do you just turn up your sound systems, or open the back windows to listen to the engine playing tunes through the exhaust ?

Hi, Travelled down Friday after work as planned. 340 km's later arrived in the little township of Otorohanga. As the motel was just down the road from the dealership, we stopped on the way and peered in through the showroom windows - and there it was sparkling in the street lighting, plus my existing vehicles lights once I had repositioned it so it was at right angles to the show room window . After dragging myself away, it was off to the motel to book in and try to get some sleep before opening time in the morning. Next morning - 8:07am at the dealership (wife taking her time !!), raced through all the final paperwork, the obligatory walk through the cars internal functions, features and other stuff that I already knew inside out. A few handshakes and off we go taking the country roads, sweeping corners, overtaking lanes and later the great Auckland motorway on the way home. The car is just brilliant, the performance ???, well I'm supposed to be running it in, aren't I?. So gentle on the go pedal (mostly ) Took it to work this morning (for the first time). Just sat in the office with a smile on my face. Waiting for knock off time, so I could get back to the car.

Hi, Now only 4 days left until I collect the XR6T. The dealership is opening the doors at 8:00am on the Saturday. Since I ordered mine, one of my work colleagues has now got a mercury silver XR6T and then on Friday I found out my brother-in-law has had a mercury silver XR6T sine May 2003. Maybe I should have gone with Blueprint . Nah !!. Just can't wait......

And one for us guys One man's revenge I've never quite figured out why the sexual urges of men & women differ so much. And I've never figured out the whole Mars & Venus thing. And, I've never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart. And, I've never yet figured out how the sexual desire gene gets thrown into a state of turmoil, when it hears the words "I do". Anyway, one evening last week, my wife and I were getting into bed and just as the passion starts to heat up, she comes off with. "Sorry. I just don't feel like it right now. I just want you to hold me". I said, "WHAT?" Then she says the words that I and every husband on the planet dreads. She says that I'm just not in tune with her emotional needs as a Woman. I'm thinking, "Did I miss something here? What was her first clue"? I finally realised that nothing was going to happen, so I went off to sleep. The very next day we went shopping at a big, unnamed department store. I walked around while my wife tried on three very expensive, top notch outfits. She looked the business in each one and she couldn't decide which one to take, so I said "go on, take all three". Then she said that she wanted some matching shoes worth £200 each, to which I said "OK, I can handle it." - well Visa can anyway. We then went to the Jewellery Dept where she got herself a full set of diamond earrings with matching necklace. Eureka! I'd found it, the way to a woman's heart. She was so excited, she must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck, but she was too happy to care. Maybe she was just testing me when she asked for a tennis bracelet, because she doesn't even play tennis. Even so, she nearly had a heart attack because I said yes to that as well! She was obviously aroused by all this and her face just beamed when I said, "Right, let's go to the till." I could hardly contain myself when we go to the checkout and I said, "Sorry. I just don't feel like buying this stuff right now." You should have seen her face then. It went completely blank. Then I said, "I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while." And to top it all, I added... "You're just not in tune with my financial needs as a Man."

Hi Paul, I have a nice christmas bonus coming in my pay on the 20th of this month. It's my foot in the door, and why I opted to go the extra for the Xr6T over the standard XR6. Plus for some strange reason my wife wouldn't let me get anything smaller. Funny how it sometimes works out. In sympathy - heres one for all the other halves. Joke of the day A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. The man realized that he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight to Chicago. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (AND LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 AM." The next morning the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and that he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. It said: "Wake up. It's 5:00 AM." Men are just not equipped for these kinds of contests.