Looking To Jump Into A Ba Xr6 Turbo, But Dont Have Alot To Spend

[GUN16V]

Hi guys,

Let me start off by saying have been reading and searching these forums every night for 2 weeks getting as much knowledge as I can to prepare me for a purchase.

The mrs and I are looiking at getting into a 4 door car,(she calls it a family car) and I want a car with some poke, so I really only have 3 options

BA XR6 turbo

BA XR8

VY SS ( ill leave the qeustions for the right forum)

Now I bugdet is tight, real tight infact 15K is all we have and I might be able to stretch it to 16K, I have noticed on carpoint sub 15K T's popping up but the kms are way to high(180,000+). Ideally I want to pick up a car with no more than 140,000kms, and leather is a must. 02,03,04 I dont really care.

Over the last 2 months a few cars pop up priced between 15 and 17.5K that suit my needs. Are these cars going to be reliable? how do these cars hold up with those kind of kms on them? (100-140,000)

Would you suggest we steer clear of cars in this price range, are they more trouble than there worth? I do realise we a scraping the bottom of the BA barrel here!

Next qeustion, I have read countless threads about the gearbox problems, obviusly we cant afford a BF at a minimum id like to have around 240 RWK, what gearbox will hold this power more comfortably, the 5 speeds break but I dont place much faith in the 4sp from what I have read.

Sorry for the long winded post but having owned nothing but toyota's im really worried what sort of car we can get for our budget..

Dave

[JETURBO]

dude nufin all that wrong with the 4speed especially at low rwkw

out of the 3 cars u mentioned ull get best bang for buck outa the xr6t any day when u want a little more power it ant that expensive and gains are large vs the v8 senario dollar/power

140+kms is ok if its std and has had a good service history

[GUN16V]

So for the power I want, would you take the 4spd over the 5?

[Snaps]

This might sound sacrilegious but with a budget of what you have, Id personally be looking into a vy ss. With the VY/X a hell of alot of em have leather and you could get a t56 gearbox! You should pick up a vy ss for about 15,000ish

The only exception to this is if you manage to fine a low K smick model that has been treated like a baby.

Cheers

[GR8XR6]

So for the power I want, would you take the 4spd over the 5?

In short yep! If you want leather NP. Definately get premium sound gives you more options on audio vis upgrades later. For choice the T is the best out of the 3 IMO. Why? Spend just over a little over a K (flash box and custom tune) and you get the car to around 240rwkw. Spend more get more, best bang for buck upgrades in comparison to other vehicles. In Melbourne there are plenty of T's going for sub 15K mark. Get one for less and do some upgrades. OK forgot to ask where are you based. Vehicles priced very different from state to state. Some people even take them across borders (pain in ass imo but may save some money)

Edited 20/07/09 11:09 AM by GR8XR6

[GUN16V]

This might sound sacrilegious but with a budget of what you have, Id personally be looking into a vy ss. With the VY/X a hell of alot of em have leather and you could get a t56 gearbox! You should pick up a vy ss for about 15,000ish

The only exception to this is if you manage to fine a low K smick model that has been treated like a baby.

Cheers

To be honest, I really like the VY and the leather interior is to die for, but stock for stock the XR6T is way in front(performance), plus they seem to be better on the gogo juice. Had a read on LS1 forum even after a mafless most SS drivers are struggling to match the economy that and edited Turbo can achieve

Most SS around $15,000 have well over 150,000km, $17-19K can get a car with around 100,000km but then I have to haggle to get the car within my budget

Im in NSW btw.

It seems I always find a nice T with low kays etc and its always in Melbourne, I have purchased from there before and its no drama

[JETURBO]

yeh stay away from the 5speed man get a turbo with a edit done ull get way better economy if u drive it that way than a v8

[Kenaz]

This might sound sacrilegious but with a budget of what you have, Id personally be looking into a vy ss. With the VY/X a hell of alot of em have leather and you could get a t56 gearbox! You should pick up a vy ss for about 15,000ish

The only exception to this is if you manage to fine a low K smick model that has been treated like a baby.

Cheers

I agree! The turbo is definitely a better car, but in this price bracket you'll probably find what you're after in the Commodore. Apart from the T56, they also have standard 18s and you're more likely to get one with niceties such as leather and/or sunroof. The XR8 sounds pretty good, but they're slower and thirstier than the other two.