smoke'm Member 104 Member For: 17y 6m 2d Gender: Male Location: adelaide, SA Posted 14/07/08 01:06 PM Share Posted 14/07/08 01:06 PM well I hate to say it but im thinkin bout selling the xr6 turbo. as much as it hurts its just gettin to costly to run. lookin at a xr5 turbo wondering is it worth it? fuel economy wise and drivability is it still a raw performer like the 6 tu and is tourqe steer a prob? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grudgee Every Mod's Favourite Member Member 1,496 Member For: 16y 8m 21d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 14/07/08 01:22 PM Share Posted 14/07/08 01:22 PM I've heard they're gutless in comparison (obviously) and don't have the easy-power with minor mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDOSE Member 1,195 Member For: 16y 10m 28d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 14/07/08 01:26 PM Share Posted 14/07/08 01:26 PM compaired to a territory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 9m 19d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 14/07/08 11:27 PM Share Posted 14/07/08 11:27 PM ^^^ Good call, especially with that emoticon! The XR5T is a fun little car and they can be tuned similar to our T's. We have a guy that got approx. 200kw at the engine up from 166 stock. It goes hard and sounds the biz for a small car. Handling is great too, but you wont have the same torque as the T obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qik1 Silver Donating Members 2,720 Member For: 16y 6m 16d Gender: Male Location: Loitering in SEQ Posted 15/07/08 03:19 AM Share Posted 15/07/08 03:19 AM a mate of mines got one, did about 16sec down the 1/4(I think). looks tiding sounds sweet as, but im sorry it doesnt have a pinch on the T. a nice alternative with potential. can still have fun. will double check on what it did down the 1/4 to give you some comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom XR6 Member 1,460 Member For: 21y 7m Location: Geelong Victoria Posted 15/07/08 09:12 AM Share Posted 15/07/08 09:12 AM Do you think the small difference in fuel economy is going to cover the price difference it will cost you to purchase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosixty Member 11 Member For: 16y 4m Posted 08/08/08 10:38 AM Share Posted 08/08/08 10:38 AM .I'd imagine the Focus XR5 Turbo will not be much of a fuel saving on the XR6.Had a Zetec Focus wasn't as good a car as I'd thought it would be was usingabout 10.3L/100KM, not real good in the efficency stakes. FG XR6 TURBO isabout 11.6L/100KM and when priced against XR5 is more bang for your bucks..My thoughts only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smicky Go Pies!!! Donating Members 2,852 Member For: 16y 9m 10d Gender: Male Location: Vic Somewhere - Sometimes NSW Posted 12/08/08 09:49 AM Share Posted 12/08/08 09:49 AM Mate, now having a XR5, and a F6, I can say that if you going to give the XR5 a bit of stick... keep the XR6.... Fuel isnt much better, then what im hearing the XR6 is... when we took the XR5 up to the blue mountains on the weekend, and gave it a bit, came back with an average of about 13lt/100km...The F6 would have been up around the 19lt/100km for the same trip but...Not sure on the XR6, but guessing its not that far behind the F6....Tourqe steering is a little bit of an initial reminder that your in a front wheel drive car, but after a bit of a run quickly got the hang of it and found the line the XR5 likes and doesn't like... cornering around the 80km+ is not an issue on a trip like the blue mountains... and around town not that much of an issue after a few trips to the shops...As an around town'er, I think the fuel reduction should be greater when being a easy does it drive... I guess we will know soon enough as its still less then 5 days old...For the money- compaired to the others in the same range - Civic Type R, Audi A3, etc.. It got our vote!Hope this helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grudgee Every Mod's Favourite Member Member 1,496 Member For: 16y 8m 21d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/08/08 10:02 AM Share Posted 12/08/08 10:02 AM compaired to a territory I only got a read of this post just now. You can be so mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulpes Member 24 Member For: 15y 4m 6d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 22/07/09 06:26 AM Share Posted 22/07/09 06:26 AM im a neewbie here but I have only three words to add to this discussionFrontWheelDrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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