Honest Gaza

In reference to the earlier comment that all petrol is the same......occasionally, my Megane RS250 struggles for the first 30secs when it has been parked outside during the day. I only use Shell and Caltex (98 RON). I have only encountered this problem when I have filled up with Caltex. I cannot recall it ever happening with Shell. A couple of Months ago, my Son borrowed the car and mentioned that he filled up the tank for me. During the following week, I had the issue of rough idling on cold start. I asked him if he could tell me which fuel he used....you guessed it...Caltex. So I find it hard to believe that they are the same fuel.

VixF6 - Ken would have welcomed you into the HgAg Club. We ruled back then.

When I was looking at F6's in Oct / Nov I had the same feeling...asking price was too high (or there was an unwillingness from the Dealer to negotiate on price). Key to this was the fact I was looking for an "FPV"...F6 or GT We had a 2010 FG XR6 to trade in (but not a deal breaker) with approx. 51,000 Ks on the clock...and in good nick. Looking at Cars Sales I figured I could sell it privately for $15K..and was generally offered $11-$12k by the Dealers. Examples of what we looked at (all had similar KM's of less than 20,000ks) : 2013 White F6 $56K (plus on-road costs) - Dealer didn't even try to move on price 2013 Petroleum F6 $53K (plus on-road costs) Warwick Farm - Dealer may have moved slightly but Manager didn't appear interested in actually selling it...this is the one we would have purchased 2013 White F6 $53K (plus on-road costs) - ruled itself out through poor results of test drive...modded 2013 White GT 69K (plus on-road costs) - Dealer came down to $60K (plus on-road costs)...but probably indicated it was over priced to begin with 2013 Petroleum GT $59K (plus on-road costs) Rockdale - This is the one we purchased. From the beginning, this Dealer looked like he wanted to sell a car. He asked if we had a trade in and we declined as we said that a Dealer would not offer what we considered would be "reasonable". He responded with "you might be surprised"...so while we took his GT for a test drive, they looked over our XR6. Then ensued a 3Hr period of friendly banter, negotiations, umming and arring...and claims of "we can't do it for that"...etc etc. My Wife was interested in the F6...I was interested in the GT, but would have been equally happy in the F6. They asked us for a price that would close the deal, and my Wife nominated a figure which even I thought was "too low". Anyway, they came to a figure which I would have taken, but the Wife held out as she wanted me to take the F6 for a test drive before making a final decision (she had already taken a test drive in it). The Dealer could see we were serious buyers and they wanted to do 2 things : * Sell the car * Stop us from leaving and buying one elsewhere. So the end result ? We drove off in the GT (14,000kms on the Clock), they organised Finance there and then (5.89%), we left behind our XR6 as a Trade-in...and the change-over price (Drive Away).....$40K. You can make your own valuations on what component was trade in and what was the car value...changeover is all that matters. Got to be happy with that...and we are. (As a side note...the XR6 has since been placed on Car Sales by the Dealer for $19,990 plus on-road costs)....what were those famous words from that great Aussie Movie ?... :-) )

Thanks PA...certainly looks better than the original Yellow and Black plates that came with it.

Just got 335-FRD on FPV plates for my for my 2013 GT...pretty happy with that :-)

???? Mine was in for a Service on Thursday (15,000Ks)....no mention of an Engine Recall

Yep...good times those Buf-Phoon...remember the weekend well. While I'm pretty sure my car is in the second shot, I know it isn't in the shot on the Dam Wall. We had a Son who was not taking kindly to the windy roads and fast braking and acceleration...and was chucking up at that point. We had to watch about a km short of the Dam while everyone was lined up for the photo.

Very nice. Agree with the earlier comments...F6 and White go hand in hand.

Sorry to tell you BB2020...but that loose hose cost your dealership a sale. My original preference was an F6 (in White)...but went with a GT

50 - 2013 FPV GT

Ahhhhh...the memories of XR6T cruises The highlight being the one to the Snowy Mountains when all the different coloured XR6Ts were lined up on top of the Dam....good times.

And here is a teaser of the newly washed FPV GT

Nice. Was looking for an F6 in White myself but went with a Petroleum GT. The white looks good on the F6.

2013 August Build, Petroleum Grey (with Hockey Sticks), Auto, Leather, 13,500ks on the clock. (would have liked the Sat-Nav but oh well) Why the F6 over the GT ? Well to be honest, the Dealer offered a deal that the Wife and I couldn't refuse....so the GT it was. Pics to come but I have to make sure they are worthy first...not some cheap-arse camera-phone shots

Well it doesn't matter now...today we picked up a 2013 FPV GT

Well I took it for a test drive and was less than impressed. Turns out it is not stock and has had some modifications which we were told about when we got to the Dealers. The centre exhaust has been removed which made it sound like crap (but probably music to a younger person's ears). There was obviously something wrong because when I put the foot down, it made a lot of noise but absolutely no acceleration whatsoever. The Salesman who came along for the ride agreed that something was amiss. A week later and I got a call from the Dealer and was advised that they had found an issue with the intake hose and all was good now. I know nothing about cars (just like driving them) so don't know if this makes sense or not. Anyway, not really interested in a modded car (especially one that drove like that), but they are planning on taking it back to stock if no-one buys it in its current form. Maybe I'll try another test drive once returned to stock, but a little apprehensive now.

Anyone have any background info on this car ? Located at a Expensive Daewoo Dealer so assuming it was a Trade-in ? Wondering if it used to belong to a member here and what sort of value the Dealer gave to the Seller.

In case anyone is looking for Tinting in Sydney I can confirm that Bob the Tinter is still running about. Had my Wife's XR6 done today. He's even happy to show you the tricks (correct way) of the trade. Really an eye opener to see how the back window is done.

Yep....never trust a man that drives a car with a bra (well he used to on his HgAg XR6T)

When someone asked "who is the Wog ?" This was the reply from a Moderator : Nick is the wog XTC Australia. A tuning company down in Melbourne. Very nice guy, will do anything to help out. Not my call to say if this is a recommendation or not.

...and according to the bowels....that also included at least one moderator

Why ? Looking for an XR6T with freshly built transmission ? ELN Ford Tuggerah NSW.

Well we paid for the repairs....and then went and looked at the Demo cars available in the yard. Traded the XR6T in for an FG 2010 XR6....so will never know how well the repairs were done.

2003 BA Mk1 Turbo Auto has completed somewhere around 165,000kms (will need to check). Anyway, on Sunday the Wife took it for a drive up to the Central Coast from Sydney and when she turned off the Freeway and slowed down at a round-about, she heard a noise which in her words "sounded like a kid's bike with a piece of cardboard stuck in the spokes". The noise persisted (very loudly), so she stopped at the shopping centre and called the NRMA. They determined it was a possible Transmission and/or Diff fault, and arranged a tow to the nearest Ford Dealer (where they had great difficulty getting the car off the truck because they couldn't engage reverse) Ford Dealer looked at the car on Monday and advised the Transmission needed a rebuild and quoted a repair price of $2,990. Not like I could get a second opinion, and to be honest, we expected worse so 3k seemed "reasonable". Anyway, picking it up tomorrow and will hopefully have a nice "new" transmission.