Mitsubishi 380

[sneakey pete]

only ever had 1 thing go wrong with my parents in 10 years of owning it....

Depending on what you want the car for will determine what you buy, i suppose. a $8000 buck 2003 verada is way better bang for buck than a 22K Aurion, as long as you can get over the fact that its not stupidly fast. But hey that isn't the point is it?

[sneakey pete]

Posting to late at night makes double posts happen

[*LOACH*]

Out of interest why no Commodores - for 20k you should be able to get the 6.0L VZ (not as great as the VEs L98 but still a great engine). Fuel consumption might be a concern around town but if you are doing a lot of highway kms then it shouldnt be too different especially if you were originally looking at Ford Turbos.

[Mayuri Krab]

Didn't expect so many responses.

Cheers people.

Don't get anything less than an VRX, there is a big difference between the bottom two (ES, SX) and the top two (VRX, GT) spec cars.

Forget about tuning though, the ECU is so far unchippable/flashable and only one piggyback "works".

Nice car, just need to chuck a transmission cooler on it

Care to explain more in detail on the differences between VRX/GT vs ES/SX?

Dam about the tuning though... bummer.

Why do you want a depreciating big nose heavy FWD V6?

Seem to be the majority of the bunch in my budget. Car will mainly be used for a 50/50 driving to work duty (shared with the Skyline) & then long distance driving.

Fast in gear acceleration is pretty much the only 'performance' requirment at this stage.

What about a skyline 250,300 or 350 gt sedan?

Trying to avoid imports this time.

The BF xr6t autos are all 6 speed.not 4 speed and you should be able to get a decent one for 20k. I'd love to get 20k for my 06 with 75k on it but I just wont. I know being over west changes the market a bit though.

You're right, noob mistake I made there, the 4 speed boxes were all BAs (I somehow saw the MK II behind the ads & assumed it to be a BF, that & I can't see much difference between the 2 from the looks).

Prices in WA seems higher in general. Majority of XR6Ts that is well below my budget are all BAs with a few BF MK 1s sitting at the $20k mark.

I read somewhere that the MK 2 BFs had stronger engine internals (used FPV stuff) & hence better potential for squeezing more killerwasps from?

Maybe I should buy a BF MK2 over the east next time I go over for a holiday or something, & then drive it back... LOL

toyota mark 2 jzx110 would be my choice. do not go the ford route ...be fixing it every week. lol

Those seem to be really rare, & I'm trying to avoid imports this time & just buy something local.

Out of interest why no Commodores - for 20k you should be able to get the 6.0L VZ (not as great as the VEs L98 but still a great engine). Fuel consumption might be a concern around town but if you are doing a lot of highway kms then it shouldnt be too different especially if you were originally looking at Ford Turbos.

I did look at them but the biggest let down for me is that besides the current VEs, all the past SS commos came with an old 4 speed box without tiptronic function.

I like the car to have a more modern 5/6 speed auto with tiptronic (one of the main reasons I was looking at Ford in the 1st place as the 6 speed ZF is considered to be one of the best atm).

I'm lazy 95% of the time & would just leave it in D & just floor it if I need to overtake anybody, but for that 5% when I feel like playing around with the gears I like that option there.

Otherwise I quit like the SS commodores styling over the similar year Falcon/380/Aurion.

Left field...

http://www.carsales....ice:Min,Max~0.5

Cheers for that, I somehow always assumed Liberties to be more expensive than that... hmm might look into it.

[jiffo]

Never met a 380 owner, but anyone who's hired cars will have at some time driven one.

Always the same response.

Likes: Great highway cruiser, comfortable, power to spare, economical.

Dislikes: Window sill's are a bit high, appearance is a little slab sided, definitely need reversing camera.

Don't know how many gears the auto has, lost count, must be 5 or 6.

All up not a bad sort of car.

[10 4]

Buy my 94 LS400 for 5k

[iamhe77]

Didn't expect so many responses.

Cheers people.

Care to explain more in detail on the differences between VRX/GT vs ES/SX?

Dam about the tuning though... bummer.

Equipment options, quality of interior trim/seats, dash etc, body kit, muffler....

Never met a 380 owner, but anyone who's hired cars will have at some time driven one.

Always the same response.

Likes: Great highway cruiser, comfortable, power to spare, economical.

Dislikes: Window sill's are a bit high, appearance is a little slab sided, definitely need reversing camera.

Don't know how many gears the auto has, lost count, must be 5 or 6.

All up not a bad sort of car.

5 speed auto with a +/- gate that actually works the way they should, unlike Nissan's delay-o-matic

I'd agree with those responses except the reversing camera... sensors are enough (but if you need one, they are pretty cheap on eBay).

Edited May 17, 2012 by iamhe77