tooslow

As the others have said already, in the current economic market 25K is too expensive for a BA Mk-II. Have a look on carsales.com.au and there are a few in there. I would personally go for the BF over a BA any day even if it costs a few K more just to have the better engine. The brakes as I.B. said probably need to be upgraded anyways.

I couldn't agree more. About 2 years ago before I got my xr6 turbo I did quiet a few test drives. A couple were an XR8 and an XR6 Turbo ex cop cars , same age as the one I ended up buying and similar Km of around 50,000km. however the ex-cop cars were a mess. The entire dash rattled at the first sign of a pot hole. The V8's rotors had visible cracking indicating very hard braking regularly, when I pointed that out to the sales guy he offered to replace them but I declined buying it because it just showed how much that car had been thrashed and how hard a life it had lived. That car was around 3K cheaper than the non cop car, but for the sake of a few grand it was far safer to get a non cop car that hadn't be pushed to its maximum limits most of its life. I couldn't tell about the engine but its a fairly good assumption that it was stressed a lot more than a family owned xr6 turbo car would have been. Think about it how many times can a regular road user push that hard and not lose their license? And 2 years later I have had no issues yet with the regular family owned 2nd hand xr6 turbo that I bought. (touch wood)

Daily driven for me. IMHO there is no point having a great car only to leave it in the garage and taking it out to wash on weekends, while driving a sh*t box every day. Worried about theft, hail, scratches and accidents? that's what insurance is for.

Upgraded from a modified 98 wrx to stock BA xr6 turbo (company car). lots of more torque, similar horse power but the handling just does not compare. maybe its time for some mods

BA XR6 Turbo got 104,000 km on it now, car still going strong, feels solid compared to my previous one, love it. -tooslow <Still too slow>

Hi all, First time posting. Just stumbled onto this forum. I bought a 2nd hand BA XR6 Turbo about 2 years ago. Used to own a modified rex before this. Been around turbo cars for about 7 years and had a EB Falcon for about 4 years before I had the rex. This site looks very informative and friendly. Just though I would post and say hello to every one. -tooslow <Still too slow>