dave8888 Member 111 Member For: 12y 9m 30d Gender: Male Location: Surfers Paradise Posted 08/05/12 01:38 PM Share Posted 08/05/12 01:38 PM Hi all, just thought id share this funny story from today,..So im looking to by a BF typhoon, and there is one for sale at scarbs toyota, it was a trade in.Ive rocked up in the morning for a test drive ect, but no one can find the car?We walk around searching, only to be meeted by the manager.. he points us in the direction of the garage..Upon opening the door I notice a gearbox sitting on the concrete still semi attached..Someone came in at night and tried to steal the auto transmission!is this common? anyway they say the gearbox is fine but I think ill be veering away from this one not to mention they tried to smash the lock nuts off the dark agent rims (now damaged)Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick d Donating Members 1,594 Member For: 14y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: Melb Posted 08/05/12 02:03 PM Share Posted 08/05/12 02:03 PM I can understand how you would feel after seeing that the trans was out and that they lock nuts have tried to ne stolen aswell.I had a quick search and seen the car your talking about, looks like a neat original car with reasonable amount of kms.http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/fpv-f6-typhoon-2007-12587543?base=1216&vertical=Car&Range=Price:Min,Max~1&eapi=2&sort=default&cr=2&__N=1216 1246 1247 1252 1282 904&silo=Stock&find=bf f6|CarAllIf your interested in the car, make sure everything works get a ford dealer to check the car over as you could get a cheap F6 as they would want ti make deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave8888 Member 111 Member For: 12y 9m 30d Gender: Male Location: Surfers Paradise Posted 08/05/12 11:53 PM Author Share Posted 08/05/12 11:53 PM (edited) yeah will do, see if I can knock a bit more off the price as there were stone chips on bonnet too..Cheers! Edited 08/05/12 11:57 PM by Ralph Wiggum quote removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 08/05/12 11:59 PM Share Posted 08/05/12 11:59 PM Dave, when you are replying to the post directly above you yours, there's no need to quote it. Just put your reply in the Add Reply box at the bottom of the page and hit Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winstor Member 611 Member For: 15y 11m 27d Posted 09/05/12 02:31 AM Share Posted 09/05/12 02:31 AM Dont bother with them at Scarbs Toyota, bunch of f*cking muppets, and good luck getting them to move on price.You are better off going across the road to Lynford and dealing with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave8888 Member 111 Member For: 12y 9m 30d Gender: Male Location: Surfers Paradise Posted 09/05/12 11:31 PM Author Share Posted 09/05/12 11:31 PM No probs,Yeah, they wanted to tell me about the history of the car yard and talked to me as if I was semi retarded and knew nothing about FPV's, im no expert but my father has had 4 GT-P's in a row so I figure I know enough?Ive decided against that car, now looking at a FG F6 over east, the price is only $1000 more, less Km's and with nearly all the factory extras.. seems like a better choice!Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 16y 9m 8d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 10/05/12 07:30 AM Share Posted 10/05/12 07:30 AM and a trans still in the right place.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 21/05/12 08:32 AM Share Posted 21/05/12 08:32 AM Having just found this thread and seeing the link is still active I love the comment in the description 'This vehicle has not been tampered with!'Well if ripping out the box ain't tampering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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