Bit Of A Sad Day Today..

[Dillz]

A similar sort of situation has been playing on my mind as well mate, it would be sad to see it go but unfortunately lifes about priorities and owning a nice fast car isn't always at the top of the list. I'm sure you will be back in a Turbo Falcon one day and look back at this and know you did the right thing.

Good luck with it all.

Dillon

[F6 RAPID]

I know how you feel mate................ about to go through a similar thing and not bt choice.

[JimmyXR6T04]

the more I think about it, and the more I drive the fairmont - the more I realise I made the right decision! in saying that, I got no doubt that if I had a MKII 6sp XRT, and I hadn't have had the accident, then I think I would have kept the T. I thought about trading it in for a newer T, but then it would be another 5yrs of higher repayments. This way, I got rid of the 'problem' and into a decent car, whilst saving the extra dollars.

Seems like a lot of us are giving away our Ts and moving onto something different!

Flukey - what are you planning on getting?? just need a change?

F6 Rapid - good luck with whatever the new car purchase will be! hope it makes you as happy as your beast did!

[JimmyXR6T04]

  XRTPSI said:

A similar sort of situation has been playing on my mind as well mate, it would be sad to see it go but unfortunately lifes about priorities and owning a nice fast car isn't always at the top of the list. I'm sure you will be back in a Turbo Falcon one day and look back at this and know you did the right thing.

Good luck with it all.

Dillon

It's a hard to make the decision! trust me, I've been thinking it over and over for the past year or so.. I kept it till september this year because my bro wanted to use it as one of his wedding cars.. otherwise I may have got rid of it earlier! Part of me wanted to keep it, the other part kept niggling away in the back of my mind.. "T5 is gonna blow, paint job is crap, T5 is gonna blow, paint job is crap)

At the end of the day, I couldn't justify keeping a car that I wasn't overly happy with! Sure I was happy with the power, and the way it drove, I loved its looks etc... but that little voice in the back of mind, telling me it'll never be the same again!

I guess we all have our varying reasons to sell, or trade up/down etc.. mine was a culmination of things.

Good luck with your decision though!

[Flukey]

I bought an a 2 year old 3 series coupe. My car needed needed money spent on it and I didnt want to wait for Orion. I looked at Phoons and a Force 6 but they were too similiar to my T so I decided for a complete change.

It will keep me happy for 2-3 years and then I will probably be back for a GT or Phoon

[JimmyXR6T04]

  Flukey said:

I bought an a 2 year old 3 series coupe. My car needed needed money spent on it and I didnt want to wait for Orion. I looked at Phoons and a Force 6 but they were too similiar to my T so I decided for a complete change.

It will keep me happy for 2-3 years and then I will probably be back for a GT or Phoon

sweet! I'm guessing that's what I'll do... this will keep me going, and get me around for a few years and then I'll look at another T or phoon some time before 2010.. maybe even get one of the new V6 twin turbos.. depends on what they're like. That way I'll have options of run out orions, new V6 turbos, or an older low km BF MKII.. either way, I'll end up with something good!

[G6ET8U]

It will be sad to see it go Jimmy but you are right when you say that when the time is up... the time is up.

As you know I'm selling my car too... and it's hard mate. I love it. I want it... really bad, it's everything I ever wanted in a car. But with my priorities changing it is time to sell. I remember having a long conversation with BCL on the phone earlier this year it planted the seed in my head that maybe spending ALL my money on my car wasn't the best use of that money. What we talked about is now ringing true and the first thing to go is the car. Luckily for me I own my car so anything I get for it I will pocket. But it doesn't go anywhere near the money I have spent on it. But my god I've had fun doing it. It has been a great learning experience that has also bought me some great new friends and brilliant times.

It really is an emotional decision, I don't want to see it go. As I imagine you don't want to see your's go... but it's time.

Good to see you are getting along in life mate, with the right priorities too mate. I can't believe your boy is 8 months old... it seems to have gone so quick. I remember PM'ing you about it at the start of the year. It has gone so fast.

Good luck mate, if I sell mine then I will still be around... boost is very addictive.

Jack

[Dillz]

Hey Jack I'd love to go for a spin in yours before you sell it as it's pretty much where I'd like to see mine in the not to distant future. I think I use to go past ya a bit when I lived in Noble Park and that's one sweet ride mate

[JimmyXR6T04]

  XR6T8_U said:

It will be sad to see it go Jimmy but you are right when you say that when the time is up... the time is up.

As you know I'm selling my car too... and it's hard mate. I love it. I want it... really bad, it's everything I ever wanted in a car. But with my priorities changing it is time to sell. I remember having a long conversation with BCL on the phone earlier this year it planted the seed in my head that maybe spending ALL my money on my car wasn't the best use of that money. What we talked about is now ringing true and the first thing to go is the car. Luckily for me I own my car so anything I get for it I will pocket. But it doesn't go anywhere near the money I have spent on it. But my god I've had fun doing it. It has been a great learning experience that has also bought me some great new friends and brilliant times.

It really is an emotional decision, I don't want to see it go. As I imagine you don't want to see your's go... but it's time.

Good to see you are getting along in life mate, with the right priorities too mate. I can't believe your boy is 8 months old... it seems to have gone so quick. I remember PM'ing you about it at the start of the year. It has gone so fast.

Good luck mate, if I sell mine then I will still be around... boost is very addictive.

Jack

Time certainly does fly!! Seems to be the older one gets, the quicker his time shall go!

For me, the decision was pretty easy though, as I never really wanted it after the accident! By keeping it, all I was doing was paying absolute dead money on it! Knowing I didn't want it, but still paying for it didn't make sense (add the T5 factor too). I figured I'd drive around in a normal car, get closer to the age of 30 and then hop back into a turbo/F6/XR8 down the track a little.

I'd imagine your decision would have been a lot harder mate.. I guess the hardest part to give up is that turbo rush and the awesome acceleration.. overtaking just isn't the same anymore! One thing I really regret is not having a mate take me for a spin in my car. It ALWAYS felt faster when the missus was driving, but she would never give it full boost! So it was always like a little tease.

Lucky for me, there's a few 300+ and a near on 400rwkw phoon that I'm sure would be happy to take me for a spin when I need that turbo rush.. *nudge nudge Max*

But, life goes on... and with a fragile T5, a sub standard paint job and the increasing cost of insurance the decision in the end was pretty easy! I guess it's one of those things, where you just know it's the right thing to do, and in the end you don't regret it.. sort of like when I bought it! I knew the debt I was in, but there was not one bit of regret. I was young, and I certainly had my fun! As much as I'll miss that turbo rush and the joy of driving the XR, I'll certainly welcome the extra money.. might even spoil myself with a 50inch TV with the spare cash I've now saved

Good luck with your sale Jack, hope it goes smoothly for you! What plans do you have now?? just a normal car for a while?

Again, time certainly does fly... I can't believe I owned the T for 3yrs!