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and tell me why the xr6t's have the airbox on the opposite side to the turbo??? Just leads to more piping...bad design

anyway, guys at work have the xr6t on a lease and they've all had the following problems:

1) intercooler hoses blowing off

2) Engine stalling when stopping suddenly

3) Tailshaft problems

4) Coolant leaks

5) Brake shudder

6) Steering rack issues

There are about 10 guys in my team and 4 of them have xr6t's and every single one of them experienced the above mentioned problems.

brake shudder is something nearly every ford gets. my dads got a 95fairmont, and ive got a 97 futura, both get brake shudder. get in a taxi and itll probably have brake shudder. its the worst thing about fords.

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Abo Bob Grand Master

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There's not much more room in a 4 door than in a 2 door. It really isn't a people mover.

Anyway, I've done 1:15 at wakefield (with cheap shit street tyres) and around Eastern Creek one day I was all over a modified rex around the twists and then he left me for dead on the straight. He obviously had more power than stock but pretty sure his suspension was standard still. I caught him by turn 3 or 4 every lap but the bastard wouldn't let me pass. Come the straight, same story, off he went.

Demon Experienced

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DRFT33, I'm not the one with the xr6t, my work colleagues are.

There are 2 ways of leasing cars at work,

1) a fully maintained lease where u give back the car after two years or

2) a novated lease, where u salary sacrifice to own the car and have all expenses paid.

My work colleagues got the Ford XR6T on the 2 year lease option. Believe me, I wouldn't go for a Holden or Ford. I've had skylines for the last 5 years by buyinh them out right but this time round I went for the novated lease and got a 97 GTR V-Spec....

The guys at work thought that they'd get a brand new fast car....but forgot that FORD = Found On Rubbish Dump.

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Demon,

You are lucky to be able to get your GTR on a novated lease. My company doesn't allow us to get any car that is over a year old and it must have at least 2 years warranty with less than 20,000kms on the clock. This is so they don't have to pay too much for vehicle maintenance.

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Vuster: my GTR is on novated lease as well, your company shouldn't care, your LEASE company will care, most of them dont like leasing cars that will be older than 5 years at the end of the lease term.

My novated lease company wouldn't finance the GTR, but i found finance somewhere else and they packaged that into the novated lease for me. PRE-TAX is gold :P

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Vuster

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i cant wait to take on an xr6t, with a few mods.

i love them aussie guys who think they have bought the fastest car ever built.

What about asian guys in aussie cars? Buying the fastest car ever built is just plain ridiculous.

I think I've purchased the fastest practical stock car in the market for the price.

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Vuster

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Vuster: my GTR is on novated lease as well, your company shouldn't care, your LEASE company will care, most of them dont like leasing cars that will be older than 5 years at the end of the lease term.

My novated lease company wouldn't finance the GTR, but i found finance somewhere else and they packaged that into the novated lease for me. PRE-TAX is gold :P

Damn, that's really good. I guess my company has those policies to restrict us from buying exotics/old cars for cost reasons.

I would have a ball if I had that option.

An old porsche or ferrari would be great because the only reason why I wouldn't buy one of them is because of maintenance but because the fleet company pays for that kind of stuff, it wouldn't be an issue. You can get an nice old ferrari/porshe for around 50K.

My company is with Fleet Systems btw.

Anquetil Mentor

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the XR6T's are surprisingly quick, what they make is good torque to shift their heft...

I thought it was ok, I didn't expect much, and didn't receive much. In both sedan and ute.

My 185rwkw 33 felt alot zippier, but thats not a true comparo.

A piggyback, and zaust would see it come out of its shell though I reckon!

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