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I have a suspended slab carport with a 2m drop behind it. No way do I want anybody driving in too far so I just dyna-bolted a length of 4x4 to the floor to bump the front wheels up against.

I agree. I did the same thing. In fact I will never buy an all new model of any car before it has been around for at least a year ever again.

I remember reading that review and, soon after having to replace the Dunlop 9000s on my AUII XR8. I rang my local tyre places looking for the FM901s but couldn't find them. Until one place had them but recommended another Dunlop tyre which was superior to the FM901. He said that in fact this tyre had the same grip and handling characteristics as the 9000 but had less road noise and was quite a bit cheaper. In fact he showed me the Dunlop training charts and diagrams. Needless to say I fitted the tyre he recommended and would have to say after 25000km on them I thought they were as good as the 9000. That tyre was the 3000a - the standard XR6 tyre.

Punch Don't just take the word of guys that own one. What really convinced me (other than a test drive) was the overwhelming number of positive reviews in the motoring media since the launch of the T. In every comparison the XR6T has come out a winner including: Several comparisons with the SS Comparison with the WRX Wheels COTY A Motor mag comparison of all Aussie performance cars (including HSVs & FPVs) and 3rd outright in Motor mags Performance COTY (behind 2 very expensive Mercs I think)

I ordered mine on Friday 2 Jan and picked it up the following Wednesday. But I was looking for a fairly standard car (leather the only factory option)and one just happened to be available at another dealer. When you finally get it you will love it.

I think it will work on the drivers side but on the off side I don't think there is enough room to just add the T. The XR6 loge finishes pretty close to the rear wheel end of the side skirt. Or don't any of you guys ever get in the passenger side?

The XR6 has generally had more power than the standard Falcon 6. It has also been a better performer than the 8 at times too. The XR6T fills this niche nicely.

AUII XR8 manual sedan - traded for the T because my wife needed an auto. Still drive an Alfa 147 Selespeed (sequential manual)

My business partner has an Alfa 147 in Red (the only colour for an alfa) with the number plate RED 147. It is subtle because it's just a normal plate but still gets second looks and comments from people everywhere.

It depends on a lot of factors as to whether the options are worthwhile or not. I tend to only keep a car for 2 - 3 years and in my experience I have found that money spent on options does not hold it's value as well. If you have spent an extra 10% of the base cost on options you don't get 10% more at trade-in time. Secondly I have found that for most of the miles my car does, the standard brakes and tyres are more than adequate. In fact there is little difference in the 100kph - 0 braking distance of the standard and premium brakes. Where the premium brakes have it over the standards is with repeated hard braking, the standards will fade away. So if you plan to drive really hard then you would think about the premium brakes. I drive fast at times but it is usually a fast cruise rather than really hard driving with last second braking into corners. The same goes for the 18" wheels. For most driving you will not notice the difference in performance. All I'm saying is - horses for courses. Choose the options if you feel you need them, or even if you just really want them. For me I don't see the value in them, but other guys on here do.

Simmo With the doors closed push and hold both the lock and unlock buttons for 5 seconds. The blinkers will flash and that key has been changed from one mode to the other. You can do it for each key.

Guys I actually am impressed that she likes the car and driving it so much and don't have a problem with it for several reasons. 1. She was quite happy with the NA XR6 and couldn't see the point of more power. After 1 days driving now she can! 2. She drives more than I do. I catch a train into Sydney each day, she drives to work. So the final choice of the car was really up to her, with my guidance. I'm just glad to have the car. 3. It has her custom plates on it (BIANCA) that we have had for years. I quite like the irony of having 'girlie' plates on a 'blokie' car. 4. When we go anywhere together I usually drive except if I particularly want her to (like coming home after having a few drinks ). On the topic of colour, I think all the colours look great and left the choice up to Bianca. She had narrowed it down to a few and we found there was a HgAg available so we chose it. We test drove on Sunday 28 Dec Negotiated with our dealer and another dealer Came to a verbal agreement on New Years eve Signed the paperwork on Friday 2 Jan Picked up the new car on Wed 7 Jan 10 days from test drive to delivery! Between my wife and I we have done nearly 400km in the first 24hrs and haven't really gone anywhere. And I can't wait to get home each day so I can go for another drive.

Hi everybody Ever since the day the xr6t was announced in the media I have wanted one, however we owned an AUII XR8 that didn't really need replacing. Anyway my wife had to have surgery on her left foot in November and hasn't recovered as well as she had hoped and was having trouble with the clutch in the XR8. The solution to the problem was obvious to me; upgrade to an XR6T auto. So yesterday we picked up our mercury silver, auto, leather, tinted XR6T and my wife loves it. In fact she just rang me at work to say she's ditched the kids and is out for a drive along Bells Line of road with a friend and she just can't manage to stick to the speed limits. I knew I should have taken the day off! I knew I would be happy with the car but for my wife to be that impressed it has to be good.