Want to buy an F6 - advice needed

[hawlass]

Yep. Arronm is a top bloke. He really knows his stuff.

[Puffwagon]

  On 23/09/2016 at 9:51 AM, arronm said:

Not as well as 440 or 540

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0 to 60 means little to me as I live in the sticks so I'm more concerned with xx to xxx times.

 

More lag with a daily in the city could well work out to better fuel efficiency...

 

Strokes for folks ay.

[EvilDaifu]

When I was looking - one of my criteria was low mileage.  No matter what anybody says if the car has done 150k it will show it in the bushes, drivers seat and so on no matter if its only 2 years old or 5 years old.  Things just break due to use.  So look for something with lower k's.  And get something you luv to look at no matter what your persuasion - BA, BF or FG.  For me I loved the panda eyes on vixen so it was always gonna be the FG F6 Vixen.

 

Also get out there and drive as many as you can to get an idea of how they handle.  I really liked the stability of the FG over my BA.  And there are also sorts of car conditions out there for the same year.  Some owners garaged their cars and kept them spic whilst others park theirs outside under trees and let bird sh*t droppings damage the paint work.  So drive plenty of them.   Getting one that drives well will ode well when it comes time to mod or further mod.

 

I drove a keenly priced FG F6 but farrk me if my BA felt like it had better acceleration.  I just walked away.  Then I found one from some bloke who bought his as a retirement present as he'd always wanted one.  Farrken garaged it and hardly drove it (had a dickie knee) - it was the one  

 

ppsr is your friend (as you probably already know - get the receipt within 24 hours of your intention to hand over the cheque to protect yourself against 3rd party interests in the car) and make sure you meet the actual owner (not always the same person as advertised seller "selling it for my partner" yeah right)  and get as many actual receipts for all servicing and work carried out (best to ring the garage shops whilst you are still with the owner as sometimes places don't like to reveal to much if the receipts are not in your name).  Service receipts as cryptic as they can be sometimes like a doctors prescriptions can really tell you a lot about the history of the car than the owner is willing to reveal - even if some are missing (just use deduction to put 2 and 2 together looking at dates and mileage listed on the receipts).  Stay away from "to good to be true" priced cars as there is usually a reason they are priced so that way in my opinion.

 

Anyways - good luck in the search mate. I firmly believe you've come to the right place for unfettered advice - no friendlier helpful bunch of car fanatics you'll find on here all with an interest in the Fords your looking for 

[Puffwagon]

This is the best place for ford advice hands down. I have gained so much xr6t specific knowledge from here it is amazing.

 

Not only have I saved money but I have saved time in the buildup and tuning of my xr6t.

 

Just this post above me could save someone from heartache and thousands of dollars...and all just to help a stranger.

 

[Box stock T.]

Amen to that ^^^

Top place to home is ford xr6turbo.com.

[Box stock T.]

Edit: Top place to call home...

[Dominus]

Thanks guys, the advice has already been fantastic, especially yours Evil - thanks mate, I'll make sure to use ppsr. Will report back after I have a look at the car tomorrow!

[hawlass]

  On 23/09/2016 at 10:36 AM, hawlass said:

Yep. Arronm is a top bloke. He really knows his stuff.

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Hmmmmm, appears to be written by me but isn't, just as my notifications disappear...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arronmtherussianhacker?

[k31th]

ay-double-r-onm was just exploiting the known issue, it seems

[Ale]

Drive line slack and clunks are part and parcel of these cars. Much more evident in manuals thus will flog rear end bushes quicker.

Only thing in my old BF that was better than in my FG2 is the known driveline shunt after a hit in a FG.