PAH Donating Members 361 Member For: 16y 1d Gender: Male Posted 01/06/20 12:52 AM Share Posted 01/06/20 12:52 AM Hi Guys, My FG XR6T was 11 year years old and it it was giving me some grief in a couple of areas so I decided to jack it up and run a Kia Stinger underneath as a fix. Stinger Pro's: No driveline shunt. No transmission rollover noise. Kia Customer Care! 6.8L/100kms on the Hume to Melbourne. Runs on 91 RON (but I use 95 RON). 7 year warranty. 0-100 in 4.9 secs (fast enough for me). Can't set the auto to default to Sports Mode (and I do not use the manual paddles behind the wheel). Stinger Annoyances: Invasive automated controls such as Smart (Dumb in my book) Cruise Control. Automated intermittent wipers set their own speed (and end up running flat out for drizzle). Less roomy for back seat passengers. Back window is small limiting rear view. It's a V6 twin turbo not a V8 twin turbo. I'm not a fan of V6's. I'd rather Kia spent their $ on two more cylinders rather than counter-balance shafts but the engine is very smooth. I've got some FG XR6T bits for sale. I just tried to donate so I can advertise them on this site. I hit a snag. I notified Keith. Hope to donate soon and advertise. Items include rear bumper (BNIB), Repco rear drive shafts (BNIB), Factory mag wheel and tyre with 90% tread. PAH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,146 Member For: 16y 9m 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 01/06/20 01:08 AM Share Posted 01/06/20 01:08 AM it's a shame you're out of an XR6T... pics of the stinger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAH Donating Members 361 Member For: 16y 1d Gender: Male Posted 02/06/20 02:21 AM Author Share Posted 02/06/20 02:21 AM K31TH, Yes there's a part of me that wanted to keep the XR6T. It's an Aussie Icon. It went well. If I'd found a way to iron out the few irritating bugs I might have kept it. I'll use the new URL to make a donation and advertise my XR6T bits on the forum. I'll dig out some Stinger pics too. PAH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,146 Member For: 16y 9m 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/06/20 02:35 AM Share Posted 02/06/20 02:35 AM all good mate, we all make our individual choices. I'm sure you'll enjoy the stinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixman Donating Members 600 Member For: 20y 5m 29d Gender: Male Location: Hills District, NSW Posted 02/06/20 04:04 AM Share Posted 02/06/20 04:04 AM The Stinger is a great car, nice one! I had issues with my xr6t as well, but decided to keep it for sentimental reasons. Looked at the Stinger, but it was too similar to the xr6t - so bought a focus rs. Could not be more different to the xr6t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnas Gold Donating Members 105 Member For: 15y 7d Posted 02/06/20 04:53 AM Share Posted 02/06/20 04:53 AM VW Passat R-Line Wagon for me. Kept the falcon thou. But yeah something completely different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espoig Donating Members 249 Member For: 10y 4m 15d Gender: Male Location: Mundaring Posted 02/06/20 08:42 AM Share Posted 02/06/20 08:42 AM Golf R for me, still go the falcon as well. Just means I can build the falcon for big hp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixman Donating Members 600 Member For: 20y 5m 29d Gender: Male Location: Hills District, NSW Posted 02/06/20 10:54 AM Share Posted 02/06/20 10:54 AM Glad Iam not the only one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,433 Member For: 15y 26d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/06/20 10:59 AM Share Posted 02/06/20 10:59 AM I bought a corolla 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 2m 24d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 03/06/20 10:41 AM Share Posted 03/06/20 10:41 AM On 02/06/2020 at 10:21 AM, PAH said: K31TH, Yes there's a part of me that wanted to keep the XR6T. It's an Aussie Icon. It went well. If I'd found a way to iron out the few irritating bugs I might have kept it. I'll use the new URL to make a donation and advertise my XR6T bits on the forum. I'll dig out some Stinger pics too. PAH What colour is it. I'll just google it and post up some pics.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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