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Thats fine, someone has to have the poor cousin
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I was obsessed with these when they came out, I think I was 12 and the old man worked at Holden. Can remember wheels or motor did a comparison with the Jag XJR. |
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FTE - Just as a quick aside, how has your brother found the ownership experience of the S-Type? These have always piqued my interest, but I've always admired them from afar and never been quite game to take one on.
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4990mm long and 1794mm wide for VR/VS 5170mm long and 1847mm wide for WH Doesn't have the Serena Williams bum look that the VT/VX Commodore has. You can notice the extra length and width in the back seats, my aunty had a WH Statesman w/LS1 as her daily, fit me and my cousins in the back no dramas ![]() |
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What was Ford's response, the 5.4L 3V and 4V boat anchors? They're the Alloytec of the Ford world ![]() Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 07-03-2023 at 08:32 PM. |
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In my final year at school i was a car groomer at one of the Holden dealers. Moved a lot of LS1 powered VT and VXs around the yard, and I think more suffered piston slap than Holden claimed. A lot of them were knocking/ticking when cold. |
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I had a mate with a statesman back then used to crap on about how much better his ls was than my windsor. Poor bloke didn't know his crappy motor sounded like a diesel it was slappin harder than will smith.
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You are forgetting the little brother in the Ford range....
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Prices still crazy, nobody wants to sell, just trying to milk out every last covid tax dollar (or cent). Absolute muppets
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This only got to 15k last night. I know of two manuals that sold for 35k and 33k respectively with 100km on them mid covid. Granted this one doesn't look perfect, but shows the current market.
https://www.grays.com/lot/0001-20074...94Vbg90_WLq7eY
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My bro wants to buy a manual 2013 fg xr6 na ute . dealership asking 26k drive away with 170k ks lol. Reckon same car wouldve been $16,000 at the start of 2020. What you reckon he can get it down to ? From past experience dealers don't drop much holding out for the silly bastard who is in need of a car fast. $26,000 is turbo prices lol
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Cheapest manual fg xr6 ute with ok kms is $21k on carsales. He wants a manual as hes scared of the zf milkshake and the 5 speed auto is a sh*t box. He is a painter and decorator, I told him to get a van but he loves his utes
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Sounds like he'll need to get his wallet out then. No way I'd be paying over 20k for an FG N/A ute, but that's me. Good luck.
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Im seeing more toys being off loaded now compared to the covid tax.
How long can the tax last for as i am already seeing the drop |
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I see the interest rate hikes are starting to bite and prices are starting to fall.
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Moving on STypes arn't much better, what he's had it for over 20yrs now, its in perfect nick looks wise giving it a look over but he's had his issues that I can't recall all but I'll have a chat with him to get a brief and report back. I know being a 20yr old Jag or about mid/late last year he was chasing a replacement gearbox for eg.....
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Talking "volume" typical 2hand popular I still see the market pretty good due to new car waits from 6mths to 18mths depending the brand and price bracket. I just was hunting for a low k euro not wanting to wait so long for a new one and I couldn't believe my bad luck last Thursday, 2 cars went from under my hunt/watch within an hour or so that morning. Next day another went before I knew it. The new car shortage/or more so slow supply sure is keeping the 2nd hand market turning over very well. Sure pricing isn't to what it was not long out of covid but its still pretty strong with buyers here there and everywhere having had discussions with dealers.
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There's been some work put into this old car...
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![]() It's not original and it's not a coupe, absolute bastardisation, knock off $20K-$25K IMO. |
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Agree, it's kind of stuck in lala land being a steel bumpered classic but with an unknown/unwanted motor that's only a 4cyl. Shouldn't matter (as it probably still goes like stink) but it does. |
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However you don't get to have interesting outside the box conversion AND high resale value ![]() That car is stuck between two worlds Millennials would appreciate it for what's under the bonnet but they generally don't value steel bumpers. Boomers value steel bumpers but the nostalgia has been wiped by the bastardisation under the bonnet, even if it was the original six it would be worth more to them, they're not the one continuous eyebrow shututu brigade. |
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Personally I disagree, in fact it's a retromod classic I would love to do, having thought about it many times. The XP would not be my personal choice, prefer earlier examples and even better for me would be an early MK 11 Zephyr.
I'm nearly 70 and can only see real benefits of such a conversion. Steel bumper classic with modern power and economy, drives, stops and handles much better than a V8 conversion, with a very modern 6 speed auto. As to value, he might be reaching, but doesn't everyone? And think, FG EcoBoost's wrecks don't grow on trees, it would have cost a lot of $ and time to do and get engineered. I say, good on him and well done, I hope a few more follow his example. I reckon it's the way of the future for meeting all emission requirements and having a real classic that performs under the radar (so to speak). |
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