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F6 as I said poorly built car plagued with mechanical problems. All well and good when its under warrenty.

Audi hahah......shudders. Working in the Automotive industry and for a company heavily involved in the german Marques, I would not touch anything european unless it came with a FACTORY warranty and mind you, they dont do the usual 3 year 100,000 km thing either.

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Id go this

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AIMGAIN Chaser rolling on 20 inch Carlssons. Probably hide a T04Z 1.5 JZ combo under the hood. Give the E55/M5 crew hell.

Leather the works droooll.

Probably could do something like that much less than the cost of a FPV and have a better looking, faster and more unique car. My uncle had the FPV falcon as hes last company car and he said it was one of the worst moves he made it cos it was such a bucket of shit, always with mechanical failures and just poor overall build quality. I know many FPV owners who said buying the car was a big mistake.

To do something like that on a rough basis.

1999 Chaser Tourer V high km example - 17k

Rebuild + engine mods - 15k

Paint -6k

Kit 3k

Wheels -8k

Interior 4k

ICE 3k

Extras - 4k.

Look on the bosses face when youve destroyed his 400k Merc? Priceless.

Thats a whole lot of car for under 60k. Or you could get a stock Evo/FPV. I know what id choose.

Sounds like you have something against all FORD's..

Check out the Fordforums.com, the owners of a the new BF F6 Typhoon are doing mid 13's quarter mile (6 speed autos) in a stock form.. They seem to love every inch of their cars and NO problems with it at all.

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Id say go with the F6, you cant go wrong with 600nm torque.. These engines are an animal and with some minor mods you can gain hell of a power.. And most importantly, you can insure them with no problems with most major insurance companies.

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the f6 seemed to be good bang for your buck, but I would rather get someting not quite as common as a ford. lol i just go rid of mine...

I would be look at a car thats 2-3 years old and had the majority of the deprciation hit already - but still turns heads.

As for the car allowence, make sure you work it our correctly i.e. don't spend it all on the car itself and find u need to spend money post tax on stuff if you can avoid it.

The chaser is too old for a novated lease, aswell as being an import. It looks to me as if it's out of the question completely as the car is needed for a tax break from what I gather.

Drive some HSV's and the Typhoon/GT/GT-P and see what you think.

Yeah I will be going down to a FPV dealer in the next couple of weeks to check out the typhoon and the GT also.

Typhoons are rare, bugger all on the road compared to a xr6 turbo.

As for luxury and shit I already have my lexus ls400 for that, full leather interior and more electronic gizmos that you know what to do with.

Driven a brand new XR6 for about 1 month up in qld for work. Main problem i found with it was the excessive amount of road noise when crusing at 100km/h.

Seriously the BA/F platform has been out now for a fair while as well I just dont think its anything special, also it has 550nm of torque not 600.

If I had to, Id get a VX GTS 6 speed. Whack and exhaust + chip and they are one seriously violent machine.

The XR6 is boring in comparison.

F6's aren't comman at all.. They are not like XR6 Turbo's or R33's

I dont know about you guys but when ever i do get the chance to see a F6, i always check it out.. it's a head turner!

They are too much like XR6s thats the point.

everyone talks this and that when have you seen a 300 kw F6 cut a 11 second time or absolutely rip you on the street? Never. 300rwkw. Wouldnt be nothing special, with driver and passenger, the cars weighing in at 2 tonnes. Thats a lot of weight.

A mate I knew back in Perth modded an XR6 turbo extensively the first year they came out, got 350 + rwkw but with a flat unispiring engine. The thing made enormous torque, but didnt Rev. Was quick but not exactly the best drive.

Dont get me wrong, I like the falcons, they look nice and all, I just dont think there worth the money they command. Its an undeniable fact that they are problematic. I work in the Mechanical and Panel industry and can see this first hand, what some falcon fans say on a public forum really means little. Go on any forum relating to a particular car and they will talk it up.

XR6 turbo with just capa ecu flash can have 250rwkw, exhaust, intake, injectors 300rwkw according to xr6 turbo forums.

Freind has one, need to change springs, get a front intercooler ,doors don't shut properly,on and on.

Stay away, look at the holden ssv (VE) at least it will look new in 5 years. A VX or BA will just be another car.

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