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16-12-2006, 07:09 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Merrylands Sydney
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Yes as the title suggests..for me the best value for money of a car ultimately is how far it can go before it goes bung. I am the first to admit that spending money on a car is a waste in the end. So for value for money I am gonna drive this car until she wont go even with a hip in my hand.
 : I sometimes think this is the best way for it to pay for itself..is not my wife..hahah :Reverend: What are your view on this? Should we pray to lord ford every night or just give it stick to the end?
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16-12-2006, 08:07 AM
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Its Resonating!
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sydney, NSW
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Im running mine still it goes ca-put
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16-12-2006, 08:25 AM
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MMM gees Stav you do way to much thinking :yeees:
no dilema here ..let me see.. brought car new = cost way to much ..mods = way to much + on going ..70ks in 6 years x my driving life expectance = 280000ks Dam if the boys want it when I"m gone it will need a rebuild cause no one is getting it before then ........... :evil_laug
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16-12-2006, 08:36 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Merrylands Sydney
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Probably right...woke up at 4AM this morning and was brainstorming.Funny how I thought this idea. The best value for money car I have ever had was one that cost 1000 dollars xe panelvan.I painted it with a gun 400 dollars and then only put petrol in it for two years.Then it went bung!! Ironically for a junker it had done a great job and kept business going well. I am not thinking too much..just not allowed to do the lawns at 4 am in the morning.So what the heck..I am a blokes bloke and the car while we love em are just cars...
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16-12-2006, 09:04 AM
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Walking with God
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Melbourne
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16-12-2006, 09:30 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I tried to kill my old Eb before getting the Au. Had it for 5 years, trashed the **** out of it but it wouldn't die, suspension was shot, it leaked oil from every possible spot it could but the day I traded it in, it still ran as good as new.
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16-12-2006, 10:31 AM
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16-12-2006, 11:08 AM
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Living the dream
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: NSW
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Run it into the ground mate, its the way to go I reckon. Commodores/Falcons should be worth 15 years at least.
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16-12-2006, 11:22 AM
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Location: North America
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Running my Escort to the ground as we speak
Rocker panels started to rust out and I got tired of my shoes getting wet so I bought a can of expanding insulation foam & filled them. A few minutes with a body file & can of spray paint...good for another few years! |
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16-12-2006, 11:26 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Sydney.
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mine is staying til it dies a horrible death. so in the mean time, ill spend money making it how i want it!
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16-12-2006, 12:23 PM
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Stingray Car Security ph 0414445444 Single din radio fascias for fg to fgx fords Australia wide . FG 1 2 and 3 gauge holder in stock now! https://stingraycar.com.au/shop/ Site Sponsor See Sponsor Stingray Car Security 😍👌✌ AU wagon 6 14.241@96.75 1/4 mile sold.Octane fg xr6 turbo!! 12.312 112.21 mph home tune f6 injectors gone ..now in nitro fgxr6t ready to go again
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17-12-2006, 02:01 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Canberra
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Only replace what's required with something that will do the job better next time = mods :P
If it fulfills the role required of you, why change car?
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17-12-2006, 02:22 AM
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lpg = big boom!
Join Date: Oct 2006
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i literally drove my XF into the ground...
it was a X-Taxi to start with over 1 million on the clock but it ran well and handeled like a dream.... i had purchased my el and decided to see how badley i could tread the old girl... 2 trips to qld... it was still running... a month hooning around NT on a farm... still running... at this stage is was 40xxx since its last oil change... at this stage i was getting pretty ****ed with it not dying and decided to take it out rally style on some tracks... a few dings later and over 100 liters of fuel it was still running.... we then decided to spend 100$, yes 100$ on fual additave to a 60l fill.... 10 x 750ml bottles later she ran like a ****EN DREAM... would spin its wheels off the line and all... was GREAT... about 2 days after it started bogging down and then just lost it and wouldent start.... out of deperation to see if she had any left i kicked it over into LPG... and a frikkne mirical it started.... blocked fuel filter... to this day its full of rust and hooni around with a chopped top around a farm near ulla dulla...
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17-12-2006, 02:23 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2006
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I didn't wash my eb for over 2 years, as you all might of gathered, I had some discontent for that car
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17-12-2006, 07:13 PM
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Living the dream
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Location: NSW
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 e That actually had me laughing out loud! Quote:
 I washed my VN runabout for the first time in about 4 months, it actually came up alright for a VN  :
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Driving it into the ground value for money!!
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