knaps New Member 11 Member For: 14y 2m Gender: Male Posted 05/01/11 08:47 AM Share Posted 05/01/11 08:47 AM Hi guys,I'm getting a little bit frustrated, I'm on a hunt for ba xr6t and I can't find anything decent here in Melbourne!All the cars I checked were from dealers and all of them were just dodgy.One was complete misunderstanding, GT bonnet, GT wing, blue, looked very nice... BUT! The engine was completely worn out, my AU falcon was flying better than that one... and it's not even a turbo!The other one had completely ruined interior, like holes in the leather, scratches on the dashboard, seemed very bad as for the car with 77k mileage - didn't even want to take it for a test drive.Of course all of those dealers are chasing me back with awesome deals, saying that they will fix everything etc. etc., but I'm just looking for a nice car in a good condition with leather, preferably premium sound, of course turbo and with decent mileage.Are all cars from dealers like this? Is it common for cars from yards to have backed up kilometers (I.e. they did more km's than the clock says)? How did you find your xr6t? Did it take long? What mileage would you consider as good (I know Ford engines can handle a lot, I've heard like up to 400k, but not sure how about turbo ones)?I guess I just gotta be very patient and take my time.Oh, btw. my budget is about 17,500 - 18,000.Thanks,Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsd112 Donating Members 604 Member For: 14y 2m 24d Gender: Male Location: Penrith Posted 05/01/11 09:46 AM Share Posted 05/01/11 09:46 AM Hey mate,You just have to be patient I looked for 5 months and wanted a bf and a budget of 23k and a few things changed and the budget went to 19k and I ended up findind a 05 BA one owner with sunroof, premium sound 70000kms full service history, immaculate for 18k. If you are buying from a yard go to a large dealer the cars they have are usually trades that they keep because they are good. Got mine checked out yesterday from a sponsor and very happy with the report, mechanically near perfect. A few tiny thing that they will fix under the 3 month warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottay Member 366 Member For: 14y 7m 5d Posted 05/01/11 11:13 AM Share Posted 05/01/11 11:13 AM Mate I looked for over 6 months, had to trade in my old car aswell because I needed a straight swap as I need my car for work. Spent a bit over my budget but got an immac 07 bf2 xr6t.It pays to wait as much as it kills wanting to get into one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebxmple Member 1,322 Member For: 16y 9m 29d Posted 05/01/11 11:19 AM Share Posted 05/01/11 11:19 AM We just sold a one owner,Blueprint, 04 BA turbo for 20k drive away. Thing had done 78,000km and drove like new. Front bar was touched up from stone chips but drove really well and interior etc was mint.. They are out there,just gotta keep looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knaps New Member 11 Member For: 14y 2m Gender: Male Posted 05/01/11 11:22 AM Author Share Posted 05/01/11 11:22 AM ebxmple, did you advertise it on carsales or somewhere else? I'm basically limiting my searching to carsales and there are not many new things coming up recently (not turbos at least) :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 6m 3d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 05/01/11 11:33 AM Share Posted 05/01/11 11:33 AM There's a quality bf in Doncaster mate, nearly bought it myself but just couldn't bring meself to buy another B series. Worth a look but. Breeze fully optioned 55k, maybe get em to 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 6m 17d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 05/01/11 11:50 AM Share Posted 05/01/11 11:50 AM Mate they're out there and even found one on ebay the other day which had PIT LANE PERFORMANCE written all over it and had a lot of good stuff on it - mainly Nizpro. It would have had a flogging (most have) but had a fresh-ish engine and was making 360rwkw - built for 400rwkw. It was around the money you're talking about. It was orange I think. I'm sure Mick at Pit Lane would know the car. Good luck - don't rush it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 6m 3d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 05/01/11 11:54 AM Share Posted 05/01/11 11:54 AM That would be greenys car (YPURV4) I'm guessing, farkin beast. Buy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 6m 17d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 05/01/11 09:42 PM Share Posted 05/01/11 09:42 PM Yep, I remember seeing that plate on it. Couldn't find it on ebay last night though so maybe sold - don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angry trev Member 82 Member For: 16y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 05/01/11 11:30 PM Share Posted 05/01/11 11:30 PM I have an o4 phantom with the luxury pack auto 19's 305rwkw 132k's going to put it on carsales in the next couple of days for $15 or $16k and im in adelaide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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