mY new FG XR6 falcon!

by **fpvgtking** » August 19th, 2011, 1:16 pm

Its been three weeks since ive bought my Nitro Blue FG XR6, absolutly in love with it! its my first car, and im a red P plater

heres the specs:
nitro blue
6 speed auto
15xxx k ms on her! YAY!!
everything is still in stock poistion except the mud flaps and tow pack
got her for a good price aswell, very happy
keep in mind she is my first car, and im 17!
ill post picks up very soon!
got a lot in mind to do

by **misk** » August 19th, 2011, 2:17 pm

lucky **** getting a nice car so young.
either have rich parents or a nice loan to match lol
slam it and post some pics

by **pHaT`eL** » August 19th, 2011, 4:57 pm

Ahh really dont understand the need for a brand new car as a first car, but good luck to ya!!

by **InfernalTyrant** » August 19th, 2011, 6:05 pm

Eh, if you/your parents can afford it, why not?
My cousin has an FG XR6 in nitro blue, it's a great colour!

by **nstg8a** » August 19th, 2011, 9:37 pm

i remember how i treated my first car... im glad it wasnt a nice one.

mint first car all right.

by **misk** » August 19th, 2011, 10:00 pm : **vegabass Likes this post**

lol you guys said all of the things that i wanted to...
didn't want to seem like i was hassling the guy.
first cars are destined to be raped in ways only meant for that special someone.
its like a right of passage, unless your asian, then you'll buy a camry and find that you have become the victim of said rape

by **fpvgtking** » August 20th, 2011, 1:19 am

well to tell you the truth its not rich parents or anything like that, ive saved up from working the past two years and only a little help by the parents. plus put it this way, u spend 10k on ur first car, spend another 10k on top of that, and its not worth it. plus if u can get something like that why wouldnt u? a p plater driving a 195kw car, how cant that be fun? btw NO LOAN HERE MATE lol

by **AdamF** » August 20th, 2011, 8:25 am

fpvgtking wrote:well to tell you the truth its not rich parents or anything like that, ive saved up from working the past two years and only a little help by the parents. plus put it this way, u spend 10k on ur first car, spend another 10k on top of that, and its not worth it. plus if u can get something like that why wouldnt u? a p plater driving a 195kw car, how cant that be fun? btw NO LOAN HERE MATE lol

First of all its good your happy with your first car and it'll probably last you a long time.
Does it have an lsd? is it manual? If the answer to these two questions is yes, then it will be fun.
Remember those are flywheel killerwasps your talking about.

by **InfernalTyrant** » August 20th, 2011, 8:28 am

Just don't crash it!

by **Ech0_** » August 20th, 2011, 8:46 am

InfernalTyrant wrote:Just don't crash it!

Or if you do make sure you have full comp!

by **iCER** » August 20th, 2011, 5:15 pm

congrats dude.

Enjoy the car for as long as you can! Great 1st car. Just look after it.

by **t1MMy** » August 20th, 2011, 5:56 pm : **XR_Lightning Likes this post**

Smart buy!!

by **fpvgtking** » August 21st, 2011, 12:33 am

6 speed auto, the fg xr6 dont come with lsd, only the xr6t and xr 8 came out factory lsd in the fg range. i remember the BF range, it was an option to get lsd in the NA XR6

thanks for the rest of you, take well care of it, and that was my aim, get somthing decent so i dont have to face problems :amen:

by **vegabass** » August 21st, 2011, 7:30 am

Its not the outright purchase that is expensive.....

Its the servicing and upkeep costs that tip you over the edge. But hey have fun with it and remember when your mates say "oi cvnt do a skid" you should be a sad sack and say no it will only accelerate the wear and tear and I cant afford that.

by **mezza18** » August 21st, 2011, 8:22 am

does sound like a fair bit for a p plater, but each to their own, enjoy it mate there a bloody nice car, so just treat it well, dont flog the shit out of it!!!
how much did you pay if you dont mind me asking? im not gonna give you shit just curious cause they have been getting cheaper:)

by **XR_Lightning** » August 21st, 2011, 4:26 pm

who cares how he got it and how he payed for it, there a nice car, and very easy to maintain as not much goes wrong, so there a perfect car for a young person. Its a new trend anyway, alot of young people are snapping up newer cars and taking advantage of the way car market is at the moment, cost of living, fuel prices etc... Even new FG XR6's are relatively cheap at the moment

by **fpvgtking** » August 21st, 2011, 10:55 pm

thanks again, yes taken good care of her. i paid 26k, extremely happy, the only mark that was on the car was a small chip on the bonnet which was touched up and u dont even notice unless pointed out, and even the front end had absolutely no scratches, car is immaculate outside, and not even a mark inside. its pretty much brand new, wheels not even a mark and on original tries.

by **XR_Lightning** » August 22nd, 2011, 9:12 pm

fpvgtking wrote:thanks again, yes taken good care of her. i paid 26k, extremely happy, the only mark that was on the car was a small chip on the bonnet which was touched up and u dont even notice unless pointed out, and even the front end had absolutely no scratches, car is immaculate outside, and not even a mark inside. its pretty much brand new, wheels not even a mark and on original tries.

sounds like a good pickup dude!

by **misk** » August 22nd, 2011, 10:37 pm

XR_Lightning wrote:who cares how he got it and how he payed for it, there a nice car, and very easy to maintain as not much goes wrong, so there a perfect car for a young person. Its a new trend anyway, alot of young people are snapping up newer cars and taking advantage of the way car market is at the moment, cost of living, fuel prices etc... Even new FG XR6's are relatively cheap at the moment

sorry but thats complete bullshit

cost of living and fuel is more than ever, wages has not risen to match and a new car is not the perfect car for a young person lol
i'd love to hear your thoughts on how its very easy to maintain

by **XR_Lightning** » August 22nd, 2011, 10:57 pm

misk wrote:
XR_Lightning wrote:who cares how he got it and how he payed for it, there a nice car, and very easy to maintain as not much goes wrong, so there a perfect car for a young person. Its a new trend anyway, alot of young people are snapping up newer cars and taking advantage of the way car market is at the moment, cost of living, fuel prices etc... Even new FG XR6's are relatively cheap at the moment

sorry but thats complete bullshit
cost of living and fuel is more than ever, wages has not risen to match and a new car is not the perfect car for a young person lol
i'd love to hear your thoughts on how its very easy to maintain

hear my thoughts? just come and work for me for a day at a Ford dealer

, Falcons are more reliable than ever, the FG is a highly reliable & refined car. And with the cost of living and fuel, I doubt he has a wife & kids to support, familys are not buying large new or newer used cars anymore, hence the massive drop in the large car new & used low km car markets, especially the Falcon at the moment. And buying into this market is now more accessible than ever to younger people, and alot of them are taking advantage of them, and good on them, wish it was like that when I was that age

by **misk** » August 22nd, 2011, 11:14 pm

so you didn't answer my question did you lol

if this kid can't do any of the work himself, and pays you **** at ford to fix anything, then he won't be able to afford a girlfriend or kids.
the massive drop in car value will continue also, so unless he offloads it in a few months, he will only lose money.

anyway, as you said, easy to maintain and not much goes wrong, perfect for a 17 year old

by **XR_Lightning** » August 22nd, 2011, 11:36 pm

misk wrote:so you didn't answer my question did you lol

if this kid can't do any of the work himself, and pays you **** at ford to fix anything, then he won't be able to afford a girlfriend or kids.
the massive drop in car value will continue also, so unless he offloads it in a few months, he will only lose money.

anyway, as you said, easy to maintain and not much goes wrong, perfect for a 17 year old

even if it does still drop, he still has an almost brand new car, which isnt going to give him much trouble, if anything does go wrong, it will most likely be covered by warranty anyway, a new car warranty is quite flexible, and at 15,000km, consumables such as tyres & brakes wont/shouldnt be needed for a long time, and Ford servicing is now cheaper than ever with capped price servicing anyway. The price of servicing at a Ford dealer has been much cheaper than places such as Ultratune for many years now also. And I am around these cars all day, everyday, and there has been a large increase in younger people owning newer cars in recent times, it shows if your smart with money, its really not a hard task to purchase & maintain a car like this, is that so hard to believe??

and think about this, if this car came in for a service the most it would probably need would be wiper inserts or a rotate & balance of the wheels. If an e-series came in with 200,000+km's on it, and it had a page and a half of items wrong with it (which happens pretty much all the time) costing a few thousands dollars, I know which bill id be happier paying, an older car like an e-series are harder to maintain than an almost new car like an FG, in the sense and bearing in mind that not everyone knows what there doing when it comes to cars

by **misk** » August 22nd, 2011, 11:58 pm : **XR_Lightning Likes this post**

thanks for actually answering my question...
must be great for ppl still living at home lol i guess, dunno. continue on...

by **OMY-747** » August 28th, 2011, 11:16 pm

this thread needs pics lol.

by **kocho** » August 29th, 2011, 12:35 am

wpn_ef wrote:this thread needs pics lol.

was thinking the same thing

by **fpvgtking** » August 29th, 2011, 7:43 pm

by **kocho** » August 29th, 2011, 10:29 pm

looks good mate;)

by **Eb Barbie** » August 30th, 2011, 8:19 am

Good pick up, hope you realise how lucky you are to have that as a first car!

by **fpvgtking** » August 30th, 2011, 3:32 pm

thanks yess i do

ended up pulling the wheels off last weekend and painted the break calipers red, gives a nice touch to it. very pleased to how they turned out:

by **Troutman** » August 30th, 2011, 6:21 pm

Looks good mate, that's my favourite model in the FG range styling-wise.

by **wombi90** » August 30th, 2011, 7:00 pm

Troutman wrote:Looks good mate, that's my favourite model in the FG range styling-wise.

Seriously? The G6E looks so much better

by **fpvgtking** » August 30th, 2011, 9:22 pm

wombi90 wrote:
Troutman wrote:Looks good mate, that's my favourite model in the FG range styling-wise.

Seriously? The G6E looks so much better

The XR's look tought and sporty, the g6e looks tough but classy which is good. black ones, which i think, sit right up there with the styling of bmw's and merc's :good:

by **falcon4life** » August 30th, 2011, 9:47 pm

Im sad now, my 2nd car isnt even this neat and in regards to first cars costing 10k then 10k spent on it my first car was 1000 and over 2 years its cost me maybe 2000 including servicing

But back on topic Im jealous haha just look after it and leave traction control on in the wet

by **OMY-747** » August 31st, 2011, 11:53 am

Fg traction control turned off the car still won't let you go sideways with all the safety features they have. I personally couldn't spend that much on my first car without a loan. Everytime I looked at it I would be thinking that was a deposit for a house

.

But they are a nice car

by **fpvgtking** » August 31st, 2011, 1:45 pm

wpn_ef wrote:Fg traction control turned off the car still won't let you go sideways with all the safety features they have. I personally couldn't spend that much on my first car without a loan. Everytime I looked at it I would be thinking that was a deposit for a house .

But they are a nice car

Actually you would be surprised, even with traction on and perfect conditions, it can/will go sideways

by **falcon4life** » August 31st, 2011, 6:02 pm

Yer my BF allows it were not.talking about commodore traction control systems lol

by **OMY-747** » September 1st, 2011, 7:13 am

Just going by what my mate that works at ford told me. Said with all the stability control and what not. You can't hold an fg sideways. Bf's are older and different. My mum has a fg. Dad tried getting it sideways once just to see what it'd do and nothing. I'm not talking about a little kick out though. I mean decent angle and held there.

by **fpvgtking** » September 5th, 2011, 10:41 pm

fair enough, yeh depends how long/how wide i guess