fordboy1981 Donating Members 2,075 Member For: 22y 3m 10d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, NSW Posted 23/05/04 02:23 AM Share Posted 23/05/04 02:23 AM unless you plan on stripping the drivetrain for a complete power build-up like from Nizpro, then I wouldn't touch one, as everyone else has said they get the living sh!t thrashed out of them...here's a good rule for you, if I cop won't buy one then neither should you....And I believe that we have a cop that has posted on this thread for you...Dave. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10889-pro-con-of-buying-a-ex-pursuit-car/page/2/#findComment-125632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catcha Guests Posted 23/05/04 10:07 AM Share Posted 23/05/04 10:07 AM thanks........everybody Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10889-pro-con-of-buying-a-ex-pursuit-car/page/2/#findComment-125757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slymeat Team Kickass Donating Members 1,926 Member For: 21y 3m Gender: Male Location: Albion Park, NSW Posted 23/05/04 10:45 AM Share Posted 23/05/04 10:45 AM Don't do it, 20 different drivers treated like the preverbial. In NSW they are not run in and go through 4-5 sets of tyres in the 40,000 ks. Do the maths. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10889-pro-con-of-buying-a-ex-pursuit-car/page/2/#findComment-125770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
plonky The Bionic Man - half man-half titanium Member 1,766 Member For: 22y 19d Location: Dodge Scat Pack Posted 26/05/04 01:43 AM Share Posted 26/05/04 01:43 AM I would definitely buy an ex HWP car - they are driven hard but not flogged, they are serviced all the time, whenever anything is not right with it (brakes, etc) they are sent back to the service dept. to be fixed and they are always clean. There is generally two blokes to a car and they always drive the same car.I wouldn;t even think about buying a General Duties sedan or truck. The GD's don;t look after them, never check the fluids or equipment, are driven by different people all of the time.An ex HWP car : YESAn ex GD's sedan or light truck : NO WAYAn ex Detectives car : YES because they aren;t driven very hard. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10889-pro-con-of-buying-a-ex-pursuit-car/page/2/#findComment-126811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catcha Guests Posted 26/05/04 02:08 AM Share Posted 26/05/04 02:08 AM Arn't they the same cars they use for police driver training the ex pursuit cars, or would they have a dedicated car...highly unlikely but Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10889-pro-con-of-buying-a-ex-pursuit-car/page/2/#findComment-126817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DallasQLD Lifetime Members 1,197 Member For: 22y 4m 23d Gender: Male Location: Albany Creek QLD Posted 26/05/04 02:10 AM Share Posted 26/05/04 02:10 AM I agree with Plonky:They are hardly driven at 110%. If they were they woulld actually catch people they are chasing. With pursuit rules getting tougher its a wonder the plugs dont foul up!You have to drive em a lot faster than the coppers to shag em boys! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10889-pro-con-of-buying-a-ex-pursuit-car/page/2/#findComment-126819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordboy1981 Donating Members 2,075 Member For: 22y 3m 10d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, NSW Posted 26/05/04 07:46 AM Share Posted 26/05/04 07:46 AM sorry I disagree, I had a look at ex-pursuit VTII SS's for a couple of months, to see what they were like....they were stuffed, covered in scratches, heaps of broken stuff in the interior, with holes in th dash and according to the service books, they only serviced them at 10,000km and 20,000km, there was no record of 30,000km or 40,000km....they did come with new tyres though....so as I said above, I wouldn't touch one with a ten foot poll....Dave Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10889-pro-con-of-buying-a-ex-pursuit-car/page/2/#findComment-126963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA_Turbs Member 836 Member For: 21y 8m 8d Gender: Male Posted 26/05/04 07:49 AM Share Posted 26/05/04 07:49 AM plonky said: An ex HWP car : YESAn ex GD's sedan or light truck : NO WAYAn ex Detectives car : YES because they aren;t driven very hard. Agree. Well said. I was thinking of the GD cars that I drive, no way! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10889-pro-con-of-buying-a-ex-pursuit-car/page/2/#findComment-126965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NT TURBO Member 1,128 Member For: 22y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Darwin NT Posted 26/05/04 09:39 AM Share Posted 26/05/04 09:39 AM No I dont work in Ford, but the T has been there a couple of times lol. And to my knowledge the police don't get T's up here. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10889-pro-con-of-buying-a-ex-pursuit-car/page/2/#findComment-127004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catcha Guests Posted 26/05/04 01:33 PM Share Posted 26/05/04 01:33 PM Actually I only thought that they only have the normal XR6 and not the turbo version, saw the one at last auction it was only a 6cyl non turbo Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10889-pro-con-of-buying-a-ex-pursuit-car/page/2/#findComment-127125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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