mate has a 2year old 350z, it has a new gearbox in it old one started to shit itself, clunky diff and occasionally an engine whine from somewhere....
mums vectra has had the triptronic gearbox replaced in it, 2 years old too, just had timing belt done at 60k, found a leaky water pump so replaced that too...
misses mazda 2 had major cv noise when you turned right, farken thing only has 15tho on it!
talk about beat up ford thread, i dont see alot else come out of australian dealers with such good bang for buck.. 45k gets you 240kw in a 4door sedan... dont give me r34 because they arent local, and holden have just jumped in the ballpark too....
my point, everycar has its weaknesses..... i dont think that most of these cars spit a piston out the side crusing along the highway at 100kmh, you buy an xr6t to hammer around the city, belt down the freeway, if you wanted to go slow and carefully then youd buy an xt or plain xr6....
Look at howmany fords have been sold since the release of the BA, the power they put out stock, cost and engineering.....
go buy an audi 1.8 or a 318i for typhoon money, yeah it might be a bit better inside, but goes like a pulsar...
good on ford i say... hope the development continues!