frosty Member 25 Member For: 22y 19d Location: Melbourne Posted 03/01/03 08:12 AM Share Posted 03/01/03 08:12 AM Hi All,Just ordered my XR6T today from a local dealer in Melbourne.They have no demo turbos avalaible to test drive :( I told sales guy I wont buy one unless I can test drive one..Guess what he found one out the back for me to test drive :D so if you need a test drive just tell them no drive no deal and you should get a ride..Went for Blue print in Manual - Sunroof & Premium Sound system - saleguy tells me about 4 weeks delivery (they have 2 XR6T manuals in stock but not the colour I wanted)Also he tells me a 1% price rise is on the way for any Feb03 onwards built cars.. that means about $800 increase..I cant wait!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 03/01/03 08:17 AM Share Posted 03/01/03 08:17 AM .... saleguy tells me about 4 weeks delivery...Also he tells me a 1% price rise is on the way for any Feb03 onwards built cars.. that means about $800 increase..Congratulations.....I assume you are not fleet then if you can get one in 4 weeks.As for the price rise, is that on top of the 2% rise that was suposed to be effective 01/01/03? making a total increase of 3% since launch......Are Ford trying to dampen demand here or just plain greedy?That Expensive Daewoo is looking better every second Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJF077 The Noble Leader Administrator 4,786 Member For: 22y 3m 10d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Australia Posted 03/01/03 08:34 AM Share Posted 03/01/03 08:34 AM Congrats mate and welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosty Member 25 Member For: 22y 19d Location: Melbourne Posted 03/01/03 09:15 AM Author Share Posted 03/01/03 09:15 AM Hi..Could not be bothered waiting for the Fleet discount (July-Aug delivery) and was told it would only be about $2400.. and with price rise of 1% it only works out to about $1600 saving..Not sure about the 2% rise you mention from Jan 1st - list price on paper work is shown at $43695 - is this the release price? ThanksFrosty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superoo Member 340 Member For: 22y 2m 21d Gender: Male Posted 03/01/03 01:01 PM Share Posted 03/01/03 01:01 PM Hi..Could not be bothered waiting for the Fleet discount (July-Aug delivery) and was told it would only be about $2400.. and with price rise of 1% it only works out to about $1600 saving..Not sure about the 2% rise you mention from Jan 1st - list price on paper work is shown at $43695 - is this the release price? July-August delivery for fleet?1% from Feb 03?I GIVE UP! :cussing: :banghead: This whole price increase has been handled poorly. Dealers have no clue on how much and how it applies (every one I ask gives me a different answer) and the range of delivery dates quoted is so large that it may as well be ignored. Next Christmas Santa? $43965 is RRP for the manual (release price with no increases).BTW, fleet discount should be a fair bit more then $1600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 03/01/03 01:06 PM Share Posted 03/01/03 01:06 PM Could not be bothered waiting for the Fleet discount (July-Aug delivery) and was told it would only be about $2400.. and with price rise of 1% it only works out to about $1600 saving..Fleet discount should be MUCH more than that! At least 10% off the pre GST price inc options which should add up to about 13% discount on the drive away price due to GST and stamp duty savings.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxx Power Want E46 M3 Member 327 Member For: 22y 21d Location: Adelaide Posted 04/01/03 05:07 AM Share Posted 04/01/03 05:07 AM Congratulations mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosty Member 25 Member For: 22y 19d Location: Melbourne Posted 04/01/03 11:36 AM Author Share Posted 04/01/03 11:36 AM Hi All, Thanks for wellcoming me the Forum..I just cant wait to get my XR6T - I ordered Blueprint and will have to wait 3-4 weeks to get it - but my dealer has a Phantom in stock but it doesnt have the 18" wheels on it which I ordered with the Blueprint..Is it just matter of changing the 17" to the 18's or is some speedometer recalibration needed for the different size rims?Perhaps I should get the Phantom Also the Phantom doesnt have the sunroof in it which dealer says he can get fitted locally - any difference in factory fitted sunroofs against no factory fitted ones?Any thoughts from you guys what I should do?ThanksFrosty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMoffat Member 744 Member For: 22y 1m 15d Posted 04/01/03 11:43 AM Share Posted 04/01/03 11:43 AM Hi Frosty,Starting with the wheels. The diametre of the overall tyres and wheels doesn't change between the 16,17 and 18 inch rims.What changes, is as the diameter of the rim increases - the size of the side wall on the tyre decreases accordingly. Hence the lower the profile of the tyre the larger the wheel rim diameter.So, in the trade, plus 1 is one inch larger rim/lower profile tyre. Plus two is two inch larger rim/lower profile tyre. Plus two means rubber bands or strips of liccorice for the tyre.On the sun roof. Depends if you trust the warrenty of the local guys. I want a Fords warrentied job so will wait longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJF077 The Noble Leader Administrator 4,786 Member For: 22y 3m 10d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Australia Posted 04/01/03 11:44 AM Share Posted 04/01/03 11:44 AM Is it just matter of changing the 17" to the 18's or is some speedometer recalibration needed for the different size rims?I have been told by FOMOCO that they do need to do a recalibration of the speedo for 18" rims. So if you do decide to put them on later your speedo will be out by a bit.any difference in factory fitted sunroofs against no factory fitted ones?The factory sunroofs are the webasto brand. As FOMOCO had delays with sunroofs back in November/December last year. City Ford (where i got my car from) were still getting the cars in with no sunroof and fitting the same brand in the car. So literally they were exactly the same. However I got mine done at factory. Make sure that your dealer does put the same model in to keep it looking original if they cant get it for you from the Factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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