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That's a testament to them holding their value. It is also just plain stupid. What other Australian car is worth $8 grand as a 5 year old write off?
When they were first released I planned on waiting a few years and then buying one for $12 grand. I am amazed that the base models are still over 12 grand most of the time for 6 year old cars with 250k on the clock.
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http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 500wt_1156
this might work? Is the XR6 unit the full ICC?
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You know the little things that annoy you?
In my FG ute there is a silver painted feature strip across the dash. When the sun reflects off this it is blinding. What moron thought this was a good idea? Come on! We have been making cars for long enough to know that reflective dashboards are a bad idea? I wonder if they test drive the designers schemes before production? The other thing was the reflection from the bonnet scoop on the XR8. I had been in it 2 minutes and was blinded by the morning sun reflecting off it. This needs to have a matt black strip on it. This is fitted to the FPV etc but not the standard XR8. This could cause an accident.
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I looked at the Ford website and there is a TS special edition out now. It has leather, side steps, 7 seats, 6 disc CD, roof bars etc. Good buy for a new car
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No No I cannot afford another new car... But then I am trying to get work to give me an allowance instead of the ute.
I would love to get a Terry instead 
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Having a ute as a work vehicle forces me to need a second family car. In the past i have had a panel van, an ED wagon, a hilux dual cab, and a rodeo dual cab. My current employer has 2 seater vehicles. we have utes now but as they get replaced they are buying diesel VW Caddy's which are even worse. I was offered a new caddy but I knocked it back to keep the FG ute. I have said several times I would prefer an allowance.
I could then get rid of the two old heaps and get a newish Terry on LPG.
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Chevvy eh!
How much did you bid for it? I have just been driving a lot in the Terry the last couple of weekends. We went up to Tallangatta and Adelong last weekend with the dogs and no kids.. ite was weird not having the kids with us. As always the Terry ran like a freight train and ate the 1500 klm with ease. We even drove into a massive storm and i had to slow down to 60. Everyone was pulling off the freeway but as I slowed down I was happy enough to see ok so continued at half the speed for 10 mins until it eased up. We are off to Cohuna tomorrow for 4 dog shows. I saw a diesel terry outside the Ford factory at Broadmeadows last week too. It was being driven by an engineer and was no slouch. I took a couple of photos with my phone as it was beside me at the lights. I haven't uploaded them yet.
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The dog trailer is light to tow but a huge wind drag.
The car uses about 20-30% more fuel at freeway speeds. I am lucky to get over 350klm from a gas tank of 63L which is terrible. The old wagon gets about 500 klm on a country run from 70L. I think we get about 450-500 klm from a tank without the trailer. I tried going slower to see if the instant consumption changed on the trip computer. It was negligible on flat ground between 100-110. I was wondering if it would use much less to do 95 instead but on a looooong trip it adds half an hour to the trip so we gave up trying.
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There is a dealer here in Melton that imports F-trucks.
They used to be a Ford dealership but Ford delisted them 2 years ago for bad practices of some sort? http://www.harrisonmotoringgroup.com.au/
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Richard is the guy who I used to enginneer the Mav.
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Glad to see you like the beastie and that you took the whole family for your outing
 Will look after as best I can for parts to get her all spruced again
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Is it on gas Ash? Thought the spare lived under the back. My Bro in Law and Sister just bought a Ghia AWD in the same colour, seems like a nice car. How many kms yours done? What problems you had?
Looks positively Arctic there. Not shaving keeps your face warm hey? 
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Hi Ash,
yours eats tyres? Ours got 87k from the first set no problems. We had the rear bushes done under warranty but it is the exhaust that is the worry now. The dealer service guy let slip that there was a revision to the front pipe which should have been replaced under warranty. Too late now it's 4 years old. Apparently the manifold needs to be loosened and re-seated. There is also the crack I have found on the centre muffler. We are up to 98k and the gas injection is great. That spare wheel issue is a bugger though! I carry a tyre repair kit but a stuffed tyre would be a major problem as I dont carry a spare round town.
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For info Ash, Our work Terry has 30k on it, and still on the original tyres.
I reckon we may get 40=50 outy of them. Brett
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