another car thread by me :D

by **Damo** » June 29th, 2008, 10:29 pm

Sounds like you need something like this VV
http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars/pr ... 2&trecs=47

No wait it's done 240,000 kms, so it's probably already run in. You are 17 right ? **** spending 10k on a first car, get something like this. http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars/pr ... N&__Nne=20
would make a great B&S ute with some mudflaps, spotties, stickers etc.

by **holmsy** » June 29th, 2008, 10:32 pm

hooked. i may have asked this before. but how old are you?
honestly it sounds like your young and stupid. take as little offence to that as possible. i once was the same. (still partially am)

by **krisisdog** » June 29th, 2008, 10:39 pm

burnt turtle wrote:
krisisdog wrote:hahaha... just like dumb3D.

how the **** can you say that wen he is taking everything said in and not saying "**** off and leave me alone" like others on here, and he isnt putting ricer shit in it

why cant anybody understand he has found a low k ute that he wants and can afford so he is going to buy it?

Wahh have a cry.
Its pretty obvious that nobody here thinks its a good buy, and I think these guys have a bit more experience than the newb - and you.

by **EB_GLI92** » June 29th, 2008, 11:05 pm

Why not buy a cheap xf ute and throw a new motor in it. Then mod it up abit and you'll still have cash in your pocket.

by **Hooked** » June 30th, 2008, 6:03 pm

that XF is MINT =]
3 grand, very good price, 250 000 thousand k's, not bad for such an old car. but yehhh, theres sumthin about it that says "side of the road waitin for the racv" =\

haha, annnd yehh, im 17, younge and stupid, while steadily getting wiser i hope, lol.
like iv said a few times, wat draws me to this ute is its one tonne suspension package and the low kilometers, so even tho im gonna do some work to it, i wanna keep it practicle for carrying shit, theres where the suspension package kicks in, and the low kilometers, well, even if the fords go for years, means mine will b goin longer =]

ok, iv had a look around.
havnt found much to take my fancy. like i said, we'll see what happens.

btw, haha, im not a virgin

annnd once again
AU = Fukin ugly in my opinion

by **Hooked** » June 30th, 2008, 6:11 pm

Damo wrote:Sounds like you need something like this VV
http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars/pr ... 2&trecs=47

No wait it's done 240,000 kms, so it's probably already run in. You are 17 right ? **** spending 10k on a first car, get something like this. http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars/pr ... N&__Nne=20
would make a great B&S ute with some mudflaps, spotties, stickers etc.

i saw that AU
was actually tempted to go that way, but BNS utes r usually thrashed, so i dont know if its such a good idea

by **pHaT`eL** » June 30th, 2008, 6:11 pm

Youll never kill an XF man, those things will go forever. KM's dont really mean anything, its how the car has been treated. Might have 100k on it, and thrashed since new or could be a workhorse with 500k on it but has been serviced/well looked after all its life.

by **Hooked** » June 30th, 2008, 6:12 pm

yehhh, got a point there mate.
iv had alok at some of the history on the car im lookin at, one owner, country kilometers, and id say itd b an ex tradies car kept nice.

by **pHaT`eL** » June 30th, 2008, 6:17 pm

Its been said before, its up to you. When I was looking at XG/XH utes and pano's There were HEAPS for around 5-7k and all very tidy examples. Coulda picked up a few XH XR6's for 9-10 and that was last year.
Dont rush into anything, find the right one

My tip: XH Pano

by **Hooked** » June 30th, 2008, 6:29 pm

hahah, nahhh, id rather the ute.

by **AaronEF8** » June 30th, 2008, 6:30 pm

Why didn't you say you needed a one tonner when you were asked? You realise the std load rating is still 750kg right?

by **holmsy** » June 30th, 2008, 6:43 pm

even more so. you realise you could get a ute for couple grand less and put stronger springs and basically got the exact same thing as a 1 tonner.
even more so. why put a deposit on a car when ya havent even found out if you can get a loan.
get a loan pre approved for say 10 grand. then go find a car. that way ya not fucking car salesman around. and you might actually ask opinions of people such as this forum before ya go screwing salesman around.
then again you may go buy the car altogether before getting opinions and screw ya self over.
ah well. i remember what it was like when i was younger.
i used to want a ute with bullbar n shit.
then i discovered females that dont look like horses often dont like utes like that

by **pHaT`eL** » June 30th, 2008, 6:46 pm

holmsy wrote:then i discovered females that dont look like horses often dont like utes like that

LOL!!

by **Dansedgli** » June 30th, 2008, 6:52 pm

holmsy wrote:then i discovered females that dont look like horses often dont like utes like that

Hence the large amount of hot women on this site.

by **holmsy** » June 30th, 2008, 6:54 pm

lol im sure our ratio of a couple to a thousand is higher then the ratio of bushpigsrus.com

by **glenneaux** » June 30th, 2008, 6:55 pm

white el xr8 with kit and el2xr8 shiz on it for $6500

$10k for a pos ute? LOL!

by **Hooked** » June 30th, 2008, 7:07 pm

ok...
2 problems with that mate
XR = massiv insurance bill
8 = illegal and loss of licence

haha
i dont need a tonner.
i just figure itd b nice to hav the option there.
and i put the deposit on it cos i know it was wat i wanted, and since iv put the money on it they hav had guys come look at it.

by **AaronEF8** » June 30th, 2008, 7:21 pm

Why are people looking at it when you've already put a deposit on it? Didn't you put a deposit on that VY ute because you also knew it's what you wanted?

Are they looking at the price tag then walking away laughing?

by **Commando** » June 30th, 2008, 7:30 pm

AaronEF8 wrote:Why are people looking at it when you've already put a deposit on it?

lol, oldest trick in the book.

*idea* As for a ute like that, do NOT get full comp insurance if you buy it, stick with 3rd party. Because the ute is worth fvck all in the insurer's eyes and if you damage it badly enough, they'll write it off anyway.

The ute's at your bosses' work you say? So if your loan doesn't get approved, you're going to REALLY piss off your boss by fvcking him around. He's got you where he wants you by the sound of it (I'd do the same to "secure" young workers)

by **Hooked** » June 30th, 2008, 7:33 pm

yehh only gonna get 3rd party.
i put the deposit on the VZ cos there was other guys lookin at it, then get it checked out the day after by my work.
it was the same with this, i went and chcked it out, got the other guys to hav a look for me, they rekond it was all sweet, and i got a phonecall on the satdy mornin sayin that if i wanted it i had to put a depsposit on it cos there was guys lookin at buyin it.

by **Hooked** » June 30th, 2008, 7:37 pm

ok, now lets just go to the part, what do u guys rekon i should waste my tax check on

im thinkin mudflaps, extractors, exaust and lowerd,
some one got some rough prices??

by **Commando** » June 30th, 2008, 7:43 pm

Before looking into B&S accessories, I think you should get a cheaper ute with higher kms on it. And then have way more money at your disposal/less debt (I'm betting it'll be the latter)

As for "extractors, exhaust, lowered"... I'm sure you could find a ute which already has all of these done to it. For less than $10,000.

Am I being too subtle?

by **AaronEF8** » June 30th, 2008, 7:44 pm

Buy a car first?

*idea* As for a ute like that, do NOT get full comp insurance if you buy it, stick with 3rd party. Because the ute is worth fvck all in the insurer's eyes and if you damage it badly enough, they'll write it off anyway.

If he takes out a car loan (as opposed to a personal loan, which have higher interest rates) he'll have to get full comp as part of the loan agreement.

by **Commando** » June 30th, 2008, 7:45 pm

^^^ that sucks!

by **Hooked** » June 30th, 2008, 7:46 pm

im gettin a personal loan, haha.
LOL, comando mate, u can stop trying now =]

by **holmsy** » June 30th, 2008, 7:47 pm

hmmm.
getting a 1 toner cause of the capacity to carry load.
then lowering it.
anyone see something wrong?

i think your tax cheque should go to me. i will use it to hire a pile of midgets to go and smack you for being an idiot.
then use the midgets to make my own army and go round smacking everyone like you.

by **AaronEF8** » June 30th, 2008, 7:50 pm

lol, you make less and less sense all the time.

In your own words, you don't have much money to throw around, so you're going for a loan with a higher interest rate, to buy an overpriced car, which then needs more money spent on it to get it how you want?

by **Commando** » June 30th, 2008, 7:55 pm

OK I'll be a bit less subtle.

BASIC FINANCE MATHEMATICS

EXAMPLE 1) Bog stock ute, low kms, $10,000. Add $500ish for an exhaust, add another $500ish for suspension, although going by your purchase intentions I'm sure you'll get dicked for a $1000 exhaust system (redback polarizor with graphite aluminium titanium nickel metal non-metal muffler & chrome alloy magnesium piping), and dicked another $1000 for suspension (Kings Lows supposedly made from the same metal the T1000 is made from), not to forget your nolethane or urethane (sp) bushes. So we're up to $12,000. And we haven't even looked at your stereo, which once again you'll probably score a $1000 package for close to $2000 because someone else was looking at buying the same headunit, amp & speakers. Oh noes! So you're up to $14,000. 3 months after buying it it'll do its head gasket, you'll be talked into fitting a new head and a $50 radiator cap plus the head gasket caused a parker globe to blow so it'll cost $2000 to replace, instead of $800ish elsewhere...

EXAMPLE 2) Another base model ute including exhaust, stereo, lowered suspension, but with higher kms (200,000... oh noes!) for $7,000. Head gasket has most likely been done 30,000kms ago with the head decked, proper bolts & an AU MLS gasket so it'll pretty much never let go again.

That's SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS difference. You could get TWO utes for the price of ONE here.

by **Commando** » June 30th, 2008, 7:57 pm

and that's not including the interest you'll be paying back for either case.

by **Steady** » June 30th, 2008, 8:02 pm

Still think you should get a VY LS1 Tonner.

by **Commando** » June 30th, 2008, 8:05 pm

for a cheap $30,000 drive-away, 20% interest, 5 year repayment plan.

Lower the VY LS1 Tonner and get dicked for having non-light truck tyres on it when you swap the steelies for 18s. And discover that your 1-ton payload has been reduced to 400kgs due to lowering it & fvcking with the one-tonne suspension.

Best plan ever. Well, 2nd to getting a base model XH for $10,000

by **Hooked** » June 30th, 2008, 8:18 pm

hahahahah
relax guys, i wanna hav a casuall chat, not an all flame me and point out the flaws in my idea. hahah
ok
i was actually just about to ask wat sorta drawbacks would lowering it have, lol, now uv pointed that out to me i dont need to ask it.
ok,im not gonna go spend a **** load of cash on it, so bugger off this best of the best crap with numbers i dont even understand, i want it to look good and sound good and be reliable for gettin me around.

by **Commando** » June 30th, 2008, 8:27 pm

I'm putting it to you in a pretty casual manner

so bugger off this best of the best crap with numbers i dont even understand

Evidently... google a finance calculator and figure out how much you'll actually be paying for that XH ute with a loan. I'm predicting that $10k purchase price will actually be closer to $15k when you've finally paid it off, even if it does look "attractive" at $50 a week installments...

That 100,000km ute will probably be less reliable than you think, it's done about 8,000kms a year so far, and if you start driving it heaps (I'm presuming you don't live too far from work either), it's original head gasket is going to give up on you within 3-12 months. Meanwhile the higher-km utes which have most likely done their gaskets already (and let's assume that their history is up to scratch & they've been properly fixed) will be more reliable for you to run around in.

by **Hooked** » June 30th, 2008, 8:31 pm

yeh u got a point
haha, numbers i dont understand meaning the brand name things. lol.
ahwell, i was thinkn if the gasket goes i might bang a tickford head on there at the same time

by **AaronEF8** » June 30th, 2008, 8:33 pm

Hooked wrote:so bugger off this best of the best crap with numbers i dont even understand

I think this says it all..

Don't argue with morons, they just drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

by **Commando** » June 30th, 2008, 8:36 pm

Hooked wrote:ahwell, i was thinkn if the gasket goes i might bang a tickford head on there at the same time

$coupla-hundred for the head... $800ish for the actual job to be done. So you're looking at another $1000 thrown at the ute...

by **Hooked** » June 30th, 2008, 8:38 pm

the boys at work were sayin i could get labour for free, i just needa pay for parts. besides, i can always do it in my backyard for nothin i spose. lol.

by **AaronEF8** » June 30th, 2008, 8:47 pm

But you just said you can get free labour at work. Why would you need to do it at home?

by **John_LS1** » June 30th, 2008, 8:54 pm

just buy it and learn from your mistake

or be smart and dont buy it.

id personally go for an AU ute any day over an XG-XH. easier to find lower kilometer examles, better engine/trans, series 2 models have half decent brakes, interior doesnt feel like an XF and they look better, if you dont like standard front put on XR front. also you have the option of fitting a tray back/ tradesman boxes or regular tub onto it where as your limited to a canopy for XG-XH.

by **Commando** » June 30th, 2008, 8:58 pm

I'd love to see him deck a head in his backyard

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