First Car - Page 2

908 · 09-06-2009, 08:13 PM

Thanks people.

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This car is good for a comfortable ride. Hope to keep it until I finish Uni, which is a while away (5 years or so).

If it can last that long, i'll be pretty happy.

After uni, FPV! - F6 if they are still around then.

I am getting LPG installed this Friday. Does anyone know if it will fit with the current extractors. I remember reading that someone had a similar problem.

grandpa_spec_F6 · 09-06-2009, 09:36 PM

My first ride was an '84 vk commodore, trust me the au will see you through uni mate, I remember when Mr Hardware got his and we all paid him out, god what a surprise I got when I finally drove the thing!

Even more so when I bought my ghia!

Congrats on the car, welcome to the club.

908 · 09-06-2009, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by grandpa_spec_au

My first ride was an '84 vk commodore, trust me the au will see you through uni mate, I remember when Mr Hardware got his and we all paid him out, god what a surprise I got when I finally drove the thing!

Even more so when I bought my ghia!

Congrats on the car, welcome to the club.

Thanks mate. The car is sooo comfortable! They are pretty awesome. I'm still getting use to how big it is. Parking still needs abit of improvement. Hahaha.

908 · 09-06-2009, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by naughtyfalcon

don't worry about the burnt *** end,,i've seen a few cars that have the engine bay burnt a bit and still been repaired,,if the *** was prepped properly before being sprayed then it should be fine.

my ex brother in-law is a spraypainted and resprayed alot of partially burnt cars, never had a problem of paint peel or anything like that.

nice pick up for a first car, my first car was a clapped out 65 toyota, the box went before i got 3 kay's up the road..

Cheers. *fingers crossed* Looks pretty good now though. Hard to imagine anything popping up there.

Only 3km? Did you buy a different car after that lol.

908 · 09-06-2009, 10:17 PM

I always thought it was normal to have a crappy first car. Apparently having an AU is good now. Yay! So i'm grateful.

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Still, having a car is good. No more public transport

. Or getting my mates to drive me around. Although most of them have jap cars, which are prettyyyyyy fast, but not safe

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I am pretty speed hungry at the moment. I already want another car

Mr Hardware · 09-06-2009, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by grandpa_spec_au

My first ride was an '84 vk commodore, trust me the au will see you through uni mate, I remember when Mr Hardware got his and we all paid him out, god what a surprise I got when I finally drove the thing!

Even more so when I bought my ghia!

Congrats on the car, welcome to the club.

Yeah i sure taught you ya young wipper-snapper.
"err falcons are $h!7 falcons are $h!7"
yeah right

alter_EGOXR · 10-06-2009, 02:09 PM

congratz on a great first car...au's are great..they will run forever if you take good care of them....my first car was a crappy charade, i got 4yrs ago when i was 17..that thing caused me nothing but headaches...dont worry about the paint, whats important is that everything has been fixed..and you def got a bargin...ill tell ya that!

908 · 12-06-2009, 12:02 PM

Thanks people

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Dauphin · 12-06-2009, 02:08 PM

Great first car mate, and it has a sat nav!! Hope you enjoy it. Why don't you bring it along on the Daylesford cruise on July 11?

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Originally Posted by SIKSIX

yeah buddy looks clean, but sorry to say but i would check accident history
because its just fresh rego plates missing badges, got a grey airbarg (should be black) they are a few signs of what looks like a repairable write off. If it is just make sure it has been fixed properly so you know you a driving a safe car.

Mine has an off-black cover and I checked with two different Ford parts places to see if there is a black one and they said there has never been a factory black air bag cover.

Has anyone got a full black one on their car???

908 · 13-06-2009, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dauphin

Great first car mate, and it has a sat nav!! Hope you enjoy it. Why don't you bring it along on the Daylesford cruise on July 11?

Mine has an off-black cover and I checked with two different Ford parts places to see if there is a black one and they said there has never been a factory black air bag cover.

Has anyone got a full black one on their car???

My airbag is really what you described as off-black as well. During a normal sunny day, it doesn't look grey.

Dauphin · 13-06-2009, 12:40 PM

Here's two photos I took of my original colour, then the black-painted version about half an hour later. Thought you'd be interested to see:

908 · 13-06-2009, 04:43 PM

Looks nice.

What product did you use for that?

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ozymcl · 13-06-2009, 05:03 PM

That looks nice mate! who cares if it had been damaged, it's your first car, hell if my first car which was a 87 XF GL had leather interior and sat nav i would of been stoked...lol. I would of bought it for that price!