maximum_velocity Lemming No #5 Member 1,991 Member For: 19y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: Endeavour Hills, Victoria Posted 04/05/05 12:48 PM Share Posted 04/05/05 12:48 PM Give us an initial review of quality, pre delivery, problems, drivability, how many heads has it turned so far etc, what do you think of the torque, sound etc. Just the other day I had 3 monkeys in a magna hanging out the window at 100kmh on a freeway taking photos with their cameraphones from all angles, anyone'ed think they'd never seen one before.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ok here goes:Quality:Quality is about on par with series 1 maybe a smidgen better as far as the interior goes. The seating feels and looks a lot better and more expensive than what the XR6 Turbo had and the luxuary pack really fills out the dash nicely. Love the starter button too Pre Delivery:Customer service from the dealer wasn't exactly great. Had to do a lot of chasing up to see when the car would actually arrive. But since the car arrived, they have been very good.Problems:Only real problem to mention is when the car went in for it's rust proofing, paint protection, interior protection and window tinting, the guys managed to break the bonnet release off the fuse box I have no idea how they managed that but Ford are going to fix it free of charge at it's first service. The only other thing is the drive line clunk but I think most people have accepted that as normal. It only happens if you don't shift super smooth. Not really worried about it at this stage. If it starts to bother me, I'll report it.Drivablitiy:This is probably the biggest difference that I have noticed. With my XR6 Turbo, when the revs were low you always felt like it was a bit sluggish. I don't know if this was only because it was auto or this is normal for them. The GT though pulls beautifully down low and really starts kicking at around 4000rpm. The other big difference that I have noticed is that the turbo really didn't accelerate that quickly between 100 and 200 kph. Not a great issue on the road but when doing track days was a bit annoying. The GT just keeps pulling hard even at high speed.Head Turning Ability:It turns heads like the XR couldn't. When driving on the highway, people just move over for you .. it's great The car has an awesome presence on the road and I just can't get enough of it!!The car now has nearly 500km on it and is getting better everyday. Don't know if I could go back to a stock XR. It would have to be modified to get me back in one I would think. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Great to see your happy mate.... Top car and a top colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercturbo Member 696 Member For: 21y 7m 22d Location: Geelong Posted 05/05/05 02:25 AM Share Posted 05/05/05 02:25 AM Give us an initial review of quality, pre delivery, problems, drivability, how many heads has it turned so far etc, what do you think of the torque, sound etc. Just the other day I had 3 monkeys in a magna hanging out the window at 100kmh on a freeway taking photos with their cameraphones from all angles, anyone'ed think they'd never seen one before.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ok here goes:Quality:Quality is about on par with series 1 maybe a smidgen better as far as the interior goes. The seating feels and looks a lot better and more expensive than what the XR6 Turbo had and the luxuary pack really fills out the dash nicely. Love the starter button too Pre Delivery:Customer service from the dealer wasn't exactly great. Had to do a lot of chasing up to see when the car would actually arrive. But since the car arrived, they have been very good.Problems:Only real problem to mention is when the car went in for it's rust proofing, paint protection, interior protection and window tinting, the guys managed to break the bonnet release off the fuse box I have no idea how they managed that but Ford are going to fix it free of charge at it's first service. The only other thing is the drive line clunk but I think most people have accepted that as normal. It only happens if you don't shift super smooth. Not really worried about it at this stage. If it starts to bother me, I'll report it.Drivablitiy:This is probably the biggest difference that I have noticed. With my XR6 Turbo, when the revs were low you always felt like it was a bit sluggish. I don't know if this was only because it was auto or this is normal for them. The GT though pulls beautifully down low and really starts kicking at around 4000rpm. The other big difference that I have noticed is that the turbo really didn't accelerate that quickly between 100 and 200 kph. Not a great issue on the road but when doing track days was a bit annoying. The GT just keeps pulling hard even at high speed.Head Turning Ability:It turns heads like the XR couldn't. When driving on the highway, people just move over for you .. it's great The car has an awesome presence on the road and I just can't get enough of it!!The car now has nearly 500km on it and is getting better everyday. Don't know if I could go back to a stock XR. It would have to be modified to get me back in one I would think. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Thanks, dont you just love the note? One of the spine tingling things that one never gets sick of or bored with or used to is that big V8 roar, another thing I love is watching my wife come home or pick me up in the GT seeing and hearing it turning a corner then coming down the road, its/they are just such sexy tough looking beasts, I just can't get enough of em, I just love em to death, hopefully your's will continue to perform well, congrats again and good luck, welcome to the defectors club!!! hopefully you'll stay a whileCheers Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 21y 11m 26d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 05/05/05 02:38 AM Share Posted 05/05/05 02:38 AM Thanks, dont you just love the note?Shuddup Rob ....7 month's to go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drcook Member 752 Member For: 20y 2m 21d Location: leonay Posted 05/05/05 03:32 AM Share Posted 05/05/05 03:32 AM when your sick of it mbjunior99, you just give me a call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercturbo Member 696 Member For: 21y 7m 22d Location: Geelong Posted 05/05/05 04:45 AM Share Posted 05/05/05 04:45 AM Thanks, dont you just love the note?Shuddup Rob ....7 month's to go....<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Till what Darren? Are you joing the club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 20y 9m 8d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 05/05/05 04:55 AM Share Posted 05/05/05 04:55 AM Well that's what I got told when I went and ordered the ute. They have dropped Mandarin and Envi.its still available on their website only been out for a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 21y 10m 17d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 05/05/05 08:47 AM Author Share Posted 05/05/05 08:47 AM MercTurbo: The V8 rumble is awesome. As soon as you get up around 3000rpm it makes a sound that just keeps getting better DrCook: I don't think that's going to happen for quite a while ... nice try though !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 21y 11m 26d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 05/05/05 11:24 AM Share Posted 05/05/05 11:24 AM Thanks, dont you just love the note?Shuddup Rob ....7 month's to go....<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Till what Darren? Are you joing the club?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Not quitePursuitMalooor a SubbieStill tryin to decide...miss the rumble to much, so one of the first two are lookin likely...dont get me wrong I love the T but that eartherl growl just aint there, it's like theres something missing in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 21y 10m 17d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 05/05/05 12:13 PM Author Share Posted 05/05/05 12:13 PM Go the pursuit ... it actually sounds like a V8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyturbo Member 500 Member For: 20y 7m 25d Gender: Male Posted 06/05/05 08:05 AM Share Posted 06/05/05 08:05 AM (edited) Go the pursuit ... it actually sounds like a V8 <{POST_SNAPBACK}>agreeded. Unbiasly I believe boss engines do sound more strong/tough than any gen3 or LS2 Edited 06/05/05 08:06 AM by andyturbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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