Thinkin Of A Change

[Dagabond]

Jezuuzz I thought Grudgee was back for a minute there....

[Harpoon]

Hi

Currently driving XR5 from Sydney to Canberra twice a week.

I think my stint in Canberra will extend fro a while (2-4 years)

Methinks that I will trade in my 2007 XR5 (Non Cruise control) next year for the FG XR6 Turbo. The 5 is nice and I love it but nothing is like a bigger (rear wheel drive) car on the road.

Harpoon.

[MaNiaC]

nothing like a big ass boat to stick your harpoon in eh?

werent you a member on xr5turbo.com briefly?

and whats wrong with smaller RWD? or AWD?

[dswiders]

There's nothing wrong with the XR5T, it's a good all round package. It might not have the power of the bigger brother, but it does love going through the twisties.

Had an XR6T with 285rwkw, there's a bit of savings with fuel by going to the XR5T but it's not worth changing over if that's the only reason for the swap. Either way, both cars are great.

[Pube]

XR6T + LPG

[IBOO57]

I agree, if your basing it only on running costs then I think you would be disappointed.

The XR5 is still a heavy assed thing for a FWD Hatch and being Turbo the economy wouldnt be that great anyway

and factoring in the $ it would cost to changeover it sounds like a false economy to me.

Besides no one is impressed by FWD skids :3gears

A wise man once said "2 to turn and 2 to burn"

[XR68UZ]

if you want a hot hatch that is good on fuel, dont look past the gti golf. I worked for vw for 3.5 years and they are VERY good cars.

[ExAreSix]

Bum draggers are terrible. Simple as that.

And an XR5T is just about as bad as it gets. FWD is designed to be cheap and fuel efficient. XR5T is neither of these. The only positives of FWD, and it has NEITHER.

Anyone who calls a FWD car a performance car is kidding themselves, and a victim of 'progress'. If people keep buying FWD 'performance' crap, that's all we're going to have in the future.

Go something AWD. Fuel efficiency suffers a little, but there's options in the category much better than a XR6T for efficiency. And will still satisfy your performance itch.

RWD fuel efficient options are limited, and exxy.

[Harpoon]

  On 01/10/2009 at 3:56 PM, MaNiaC said:

nothing like a big ass boat to stick your harpoon in eh?

werent you a member on xr5turbo.com briefly?

and whats wrong with smaller RWD? or AWD?

In order of questions

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Yes, not briefly but for a long time !

Which ones do Ford make ?

Harpoon