chipa_12 Member 182 Member For: 19y 14d Location: Canberra Posted 22/02/06 11:10 PM Share Posted 22/02/06 11:10 PM I took my XR6 T to the dealer to get some of the interior fixed and in return they gave me the "LOANER"... Standard BA XT... what a bucket of WOW I can not believe the difference between my T and this ..thing. No wonder lots more people like Holdens over Ford... I thought the BA was supposed to be this new amazing car.. Obviously the XR's and FPV are a class above but the average schmo that would get the standard BA XT would be so dissappointed I reckon... The interior is all in the same place as the XR but it looks cheapo and plasticie and I have seen Taxi's that look better.I dunno maybe it was just a special case but I was very dissappointed with it.. I cant wait till I get my T back. In fact, my El XR6 (now the missus car) has a better interior.* I apologise if I offend BA XT owners but I just couldnt believe the difference * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvyk Member 1,070 Member For: 19y 11m 23d Location: The North Cooma End of Canberra... Posted 22/02/06 11:17 PM Share Posted 22/02/06 11:17 PM The pove pack holdens are about the same level as well... (IMO they can be worse...)I've driven XT's before (work has entire fleet of them) and they didn't seem that bad, (a family car, with a bit more get up and go than most), but your right it's certainly no where near the standard of the XR's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipa_12 Member 182 Member For: 19y 14d Location: Canberra Posted 22/02/06 11:23 PM Author Share Posted 22/02/06 11:23 PM I guess its not really fair to compare the two... I was just surprised by the difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPV 521 FPV521 Member 989 Member For: 20y 5m 19d Gender: Male Posted 23/02/06 01:11 AM Share Posted 23/02/06 01:11 AM I had a drive in an SV6 a whils back and it wasnt anything like an SS, and I guess the same can be said for the XRs and XTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvyk Member 1,070 Member For: 19y 11m 23d Location: The North Cooma End of Canberra... Posted 23/02/06 01:36 AM Share Posted 23/02/06 01:36 AM Yeah it's not really fair to compare the two considering the price difference...Also the SV6 is an strange sort of car, it has the look and feel of a pov pak, the get up and go of a snail, and yet the price of an XR... I was not impressed, you really had to go up the food chain in the Expensive Daewoo camp to get something that was compairable (look and feel wise) to the XR's...I still found it amusing that a mate of mine who has an SV6 challange me to a race, right up until the point I took him for a spin in the XR... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipa_12 Member 182 Member For: 19y 14d Location: Canberra Posted 23/02/06 02:17 AM Author Share Posted 23/02/06 02:17 AM Also since it is a "loaner" , I imagine that it has been hammered around a bit..How big is the difference between the N/A xr6 and the standard BA XT?performance wise? My old EL XR 6 that I had, had only a little bit more power than the standard EL's, just wondering what the difference is in the XR models.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrboss8 Member 156 Member For: 19y 7m 25d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 23/02/06 02:31 AM Share Posted 23/02/06 02:31 AM (edited) performance wise the xt is probably quicker, acceleration wise, due to it being lighter than an xr, but the drive line in an xt is exactly the same as the n/a xr6. Better suspension in the xr though. Edited 23/02/06 02:34 AM by xrboss8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 10d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 23/02/06 02:49 AM Share Posted 23/02/06 02:49 AM Having had a loaner XT for a couple of weeks while waiting for the F6, and then having a Executive crumpledore for all of last week, I can say the XT wins hands down.A stock XT feels heaps faster, handles better and also stops better.The car I had last week was a VZ with only 20,000km on the clock, but it felt like it had 200,000.The car rattled and shook, made bad noises from the diff and gearbox. I was reluctant to thrash it as I thought it would break. The drivers side locking button came off in my hands.I am going to change form Avis to Hetrz just because I am sick of getting holdens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtRmn8 570Nm @1800rpm Donating Members 2,441 Member For: 21y 5m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 23/02/06 03:38 AM Share Posted 23/02/06 03:38 AM I read this so many times about how the XT interior looks "so" plastic in comparison to an XR or Fairmont or Fairmont Ghia. Blah Blah Blah........ All the interior plastics in the XT, XR's and Farimont's is the same! The only difference between the models is the seats and trim. Apart from the additional features in the higher specs cars like Fairmont and XR with luxury pack the rest is all the same. So I do not understand how someone can say that an XT interior is so much worse then their XR?? If you have a base XR6 or XR6T, your car is based on a XT Falcon anyway! Like I said before other then the trim, leather seats, leather wheel and the premium ICC if you have it all the other bits are identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRBloke Donating Members 1,219 Member For: 21y 7m 29d Posted 23/02/06 03:56 AM Share Posted 23/02/06 03:56 AM Pfft the XT is a nice car for the price, add a set of alloys and they are a good daily driver...I think you need to go drive an VZ Executive, its like driving an EL! They still run on 15 inch alloys and only have 175 kw, they are gutless and have cheap ass instruments, atleast the XT has a nice velour trim like the Fairmonts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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