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| chenka |
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Hi there, first off, thanks for the tip on starting my EF with a sharp slap just above where the left knee sits(BCM)...husbands workin away and car is ready to retire but got me out of trouble. Planning on upgrading with about $3000 to spend and lookin at ex taxi BA for $2200 with RWC but like AU's better so any experiences, suggestions would be appreciated
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| TROYMAN |
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i think you would be better of with a non taxi au over an ex taxi ba...
an au in your price range would have around 200-250'000km and an ex taxi ba would have close to or more than 500'000km on it.. we picked up our au2 fairmont for my mrs with 185000km for $3000 private sale and its an awsome car.. |
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| twase |
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BA would be better however the Taxi bit you would at least need to budget for some costly maintenance on top of the purchase. $3K would be better spent on the EF or the AU.
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| Falcon_92_EB |
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Well i paid $3000 for my AU on road with 6 months rego and good km's (it's pictured in my signature)
My dad used to have an EA ex-taxi he paid $300 for it, then spent $2500 repairing it and sold it for $500. ex-taxi's are not worth the trouble. Last edited by Falcon_92_EB on Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:01 pm, edited 1 time in total. |
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| Dansedgli |
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Dont get an excab if you can avoid it or unless you plan on fixing the lot anyway.
BA parts are cheap as s**t anyway so I'd likely still go a BA if you are intent on only buying an ex cab. |
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| chenka |
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Thanks for all the input...apart from the k's, why are taxis so bad...thought they had to have regular inspection/maintenance .The Ef recently has started having the domino effect starting with head gasket and trans, radiator, aircon(twice in one year) so I'm over it and feel like a change anyway
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| DormanAU |
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taxis generally just get a flogging where ever they do and arnt treated with much respect.
plus the really high Ks mean there very rough and falling apart. plus a higher model AU interior or even just a forte will be much nicer then the ba taxi pack interior.
_________________ Au factory 5sp, rolling on 20'z, full custom extractors, redback cat and back. has a new motors, only 27,000ks |
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| chenka |
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yes, I'm always on Ebay etc so hope I get lucky
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| Falcon_92_EB |
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DormanAU wrote: plus a higher model AU interior or even just a forte will be much nicer then the ba taxi pack interior. Very true the EA ex-taxi had vinyl floors, bench seat, column shift and holes in the interior from the meters. |
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