senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 01/02/08 05:07 AM Share Posted 01/02/08 05:07 AM (edited) not if it is an NAOh, and there are no rebates to customers, ford give the dealers "Factory Bonuses" so we can make the cars cheaper... Edited 01/02/08 05:09 AM by senna_T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-SPEC You are a dead set goose Silver Donating Members 3,968 Member For: 19y 1m 17d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 01/02/08 07:40 AM Share Posted 01/02/08 07:40 AM The BA MKII Turbo's and XR8s had a 6 speed, where as the BA XR6 MKII's had the 5. BF XR6 was the first to have a 6-speed.I've driven both, and I have to say that the 5 speed is one of the smoothest gearboxes I've driven. The 6 speed was clunky and sucked ass.Besides, there's no point having a 6 speed in an NA XR6. It's a waste of a gear and would probably chew more juice at such low revs on the hwy than a 5 speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiresquire Member 266 Member For: 20y 1m 21d Posted 01/02/08 10:21 AM Share Posted 01/02/08 10:21 AM (edited) ....and I have to say that the 5 speed is one of the smoothest gearboxes I've driven.... Perhaps it is smooth as long as you don't need to change gears or use the throttle in anything than on or off position. Or maybe the gearbox is great and just the rest of the driveline that totally sucks.... Heck, maybe you got the lucky perfect one.I've been driving T5s for > 10 years, and the only thing I've got to say is that I've learnt to drive around the diff clunks, long throws and other crap. ws Edited 01/02/08 10:27 AM by wiresquire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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