Falky100 Donating Members 305 Member For: 13y 3m 6d Gender: Male Posted 27/10/12 02:31 PM Share Posted 27/10/12 02:31 PM Dealers are the worst place to go IMO unless you are buying brand new. U dont know what your buying. Atleast when you buy private, your usually buying someones beloved toy, that has hopefully been looked after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z2TT Member 714 Member For: 12y 8m 21d Posted 27/10/12 03:38 PM Author Share Posted 27/10/12 03:38 PM (edited) What's the price they are asking for that car?What options does it have? Edited 27/10/12 03:39 PM by Z2TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 3m 2d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 27/10/12 08:14 PM Share Posted 27/10/12 08:14 PM U dont know what your buying. usually hopefullyStripped back to the essentials...it works both ways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDaifu Cruise Whore Moderating Team 5,130 Member For: 19y 6m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 27/10/12 08:34 PM Share Posted 27/10/12 08:34 PM Yeah - have to be careful no accident damage. That can be a prime reason for selling low. Can't believe they wound sell a 2011 low just because of kays if it still presents well (which it should bring a 2011) !!!I have a tendency to buy private though - mainly cos I can see the owner hopefully and get a feeling for whether he would have maintained the car well (but accident damage caveat always there).There are plenty of threads on how to detect accident damage - paint over spray, paint finish rough/bubbly, paint mis-match, screw heads/nuts showing they have been undone as paint around base of them disturbed, the ol' run the magnet over panels to see if it don't stick due to putty, unexpected weld seams, rear turbo badges not aligned like normal indicating rear ender patched and the list goes on. Suggest you double check things with a brand new Ford at a dealership if you suspect anything.Good luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaton Donating Members 537 Member For: 12y 5m 20d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 27/10/12 10:14 PM Share Posted 27/10/12 10:14 PM There are a lot of cheap ex ford cars out there to be had at low price and Kms.They turn them over very quickly so they can sell as demos and it also helps get there sale figures up. I've been a spray painter for 15 years. The one I bought is as good as new. But yeah, it's the main thing I looked for. No major accidents.Anything else will be covered by warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broke Donating Members 229 Member For: 13y 4m 2d Gender: Male Posted 28/10/12 12:06 AM Share Posted 28/10/12 12:06 AM yeah too many klms for the age of the car in my opinion. keep looking around I'd say there's good deals to be had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z2TT Member 714 Member For: 12y 8m 21d Posted 28/10/12 02:50 AM Author Share Posted 28/10/12 02:50 AM $23,500 isn't Actually too bad for The Price, but it's done lots of KM for the Year I guess that would be out of Warranty now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z2TT Member 714 Member For: 12y 8m 21d Posted 28/10/12 03:00 AM Author Share Posted 28/10/12 03:00 AM (edited) Hi Benny Cheers for that tip.I'm new to this, my previous Turbo cars did not have a boost solenoid unless I Put a boost controller on them.Basically I take it is it pretty much like a Factory Boost controller that the ECU Controls?Would be pretty shocking for something like that to go faulty on a near new FG, mine only has about 10,000km.I take it the solenoid would be near a Vac line going from the compressor housing to turbine? All I can see is a huge Heat Shield covering the rear part of the turbo.I was definitely thinking of removing the battery clamp for about a minute and putting it back to try reset things.At the moment it definately isn't slow, did some runs from standstill to 100km/h and it does get a little bit of wheelspin,not lighting the tyres up style and sending me sideways, but I let off the gas a bit during wheelspin, seems to get to100 pretty quick stock, I reckon it wouldn't be too much slower than a stock VE SS. Edited 28/10/12 03:14 AM by Z2TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAZY6 Member 620 Member For: 20y 2m 26d Gender: Male Posted 28/10/12 03:06 AM Share Posted 28/10/12 03:06 AM What is the warranty specs?Mines still got 2years but unsure of the km limit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Member 1,869 Member For: 21y 6m 11d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 28/10/12 04:24 AM Share Posted 28/10/12 04:24 AM Yes the solenoid is controlled by the ecu. With only 10000k's you may not see an improvement from cleaning and lubricating it but if you want to do it anyway it's located near the battery. Follow the hose connected to the front of the compressor housing, this should lead you to it.One way to check your car's ability would be to get along to a dyno day when one comes up and compare it against other standard cars. I wouldn't worry though and suggest to get yourself some parts and head along to a tuner and crank that bad boy up a bit, lol.Benny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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