EL Fail machine

by **LOW_XR** » August 19th, 2010, 1:32 pm

Warranty? **** who cares! Warranty doesn't cover shit! As said if you drive a ve ss you won't buy a Windsor.

by **t1MMy** » August 19th, 2010, 1:42 pm

NUT347 wrote:Did you just say you took a stock XR6T for a drive and shit yourself??

WTF?

Mangina.

by **ClassicAU** » August 19th, 2010, 2:04 pm

Yes I did say that, and yes I do have a mangina! I don’t care, at least it will keep me out of a tree or lamp post longer!

Be that as it may, I would still prefer to not void the warranty as it will look much better when it comes time to sell the car. Besides, I can strongly guarantee a stock SS would be more than enough for me anyway.

by **bentls** » August 19th, 2010, 5:43 pm

lol ev you cant sell it for 12months aswell incase you didnt know... which means if you get a loan on it you are STUCK with the loan for minimum of 12 months. employee pricing is only good if you plan on keeping the car for a while....

ford do it too, back in the day i could of got a brand new base model fg xr6 for like what people are selling them for now with 60,000km on them (was more than 10k under retail price)

by **burnt turtle** » August 19th, 2010, 11:45 pm

LOW_XR wrote:Warranty? **** who cares! Warranty doesn't cover shit! As said if you drive a ve ss you won't buy a Windsor.

stevo wrote:If you go and test drive a SS you wont be buying a windsor! Trust me!

well i know someone that owns a ve ss ute and went and brought a windsor.......

by **ClassicAU** » August 20th, 2010, 8:55 am

Yeah, I did know mate, its 11 months with this deal. So even if I do decide to sell it after a year, I will only be down the on road costs, as it should only depreciate back down to my initial purchase price. Anyway, who cares, its only money. Not like I have anything else to live for, might as well get something that makes me happy!

by **ClassicAU** » August 22nd, 2010, 10:27 pm

Back to grandpa, had a bit of a mishap on the freeway on the way home tonight. Had the cruise on at what I am guessing is 100km/h (haven't confirmed since the diff change) and went to overtake. Totally forgot about the fact that I don't have a cruise switch on the clutch, so as soon as i put it in, the revs went skyward! Went to hit the off switch, thumb slipped, then just kept bashing at it till I eventually snapped the buttons clean off! Meanwhile, this whole time its bouncing of the limiter at like 6k! Did that for what I am guessing was about 5-10 seconds. Pulled up in the emergency lane, and seemed ok. God knows what sort of damage I have done to the motor! Got home ok, but when I pulled up the temp was on the high side. So I idled it for a few mins, and seemed to go back to normal. Only different sound I could hear was loud ticking from the injectors i think. Knowing my luck, i am going to start it tomorrow morning and its going to make all sorts of noises! I can't believe i didn't lunch the engine!

Anyway, gave the thing a wash and oil change today, and took a couple of photos of how it sits now. Scrubs up not too bad.

by **KR1STO** » August 22nd, 2010, 10:28 pm

So it was a good birthday then hey....!

by **misk** » August 22nd, 2010, 11:00 pm

if my car can hack burnouts at 6000rpm, yours should be fine lol

by **krisisdog** » August 22nd, 2010, 11:23 pm

Pfff you havent hurt anything.

by **nstg8a** » August 23rd, 2010, 6:14 am

why didnt you take your foot off the clutch?

by **SNR** » August 23rd, 2010, 7:52 am

5700 rpm for ten seconds? Mine has been there over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over... you get the picture.

They have the limiter set there to protect them hitting the limited means they are stopping prior to damage point. Your engine has finally had a chance to live! Why didn't you just tap the brake pedal????

by **ClassicAU** » August 23rd, 2010, 7:56 am

KR1STO wrote:So it was a good birthday then hey....!

Haha, tell me about it mate! The bloody car got more attention than I did! Almost had more money spent on it yesterday too!

nstg8a wrote:why didnt you take your foot off the clutch?

I did mate, but I went to shift into fourth, and because the revs had shot up as soon as I put the clutch in it wouldn’t go. So I got stuck in neutral with it still revving until I managed to kill the cruise off.

Anyway, drove to work fine this morning, so hopefully there is no lasting damage. I need to pull my bloody finger out and get it over to my mechanic soon anyway, so I will get him to check it out for me. The last two services I have done myself!

by **t1MMy** » August 23rd, 2010, 8:35 am

That Diahatsu Copen is sounding good right about now.

by **ClassicAU** » August 23rd, 2010, 5:51 pm

So is your mum!! Awwww snap!

by **t1MMy** » August 23rd, 2010, 5:59 pm

So u finally landed a woman huh..? Good for you Ev.

by **Dansedgli** » August 23rd, 2010, 6:05 pm

I did the same clutch / cruise trick after I put the t5 in. I was towing a car trailer at the time. I shat bricks until I realized what was happening.

by **Commando** » August 23rd, 2010, 8:20 pm

Requesting for ClassicAU to be renamed ChaseWeirAU

by **LOW_XR** » August 23rd, 2010, 8:38 pm

burnt turtle wrote:
LOW_XR wrote:Warranty? **** who cares! Warranty doesn't cover shit! As said if you drive a ve ss you won't buy a Windsor.

stevo wrote:If you go and test drive a SS you wont be buying a windsor! Trust me!

well i know someone that owns a ve ss ute and went and brought a windsor.......

wow. why?

by **Dansedgli** » August 23rd, 2010, 8:40 pm

Maybe the VE was too fast?

by **LOW_XR** » August 23rd, 2010, 8:44 pm

Dansedgli wrote:Maybe the VE was too fast?

by **67rce** » August 23rd, 2010, 8:46 pm

Commando wrote:Requesting for ClassicAU to be renamed ChaseWeirAU

Maybe Ev is only telling us his name is Evan so we don't realise the truth!

by **private9** » August 23rd, 2010, 8:58 pm

Dansedgli wrote:Maybe the VE was too fast?

Mid 13s scare me everytime too :lol:

by **ClassicAU** » August 23rd, 2010, 9:09 pm

Fkn ROFL @ Dave!!!! :lol:

Just cos I'm not made of money like the rest of you blokes seem to be! Maybe if I could afford a fast car I would be used to it!

So yeah, i'm not buying a VE anyway. Sif have a $40k loan for a friggin car! I'll make my Windsor sound like its that fast anyway!! :cool:

by **burnt turtle** » August 23rd, 2010, 9:11 pm

LOW_XR wrote:wow. why?

ask him yourself.......as a daily, coz its owned outright

by **LOW_XR** » August 23rd, 2010, 9:13 pm

ClassicAU wrote:So yeah, i'm not buying a VE anyway

lol so why talk about getting one then? :scratch:

by **LOW_XR** » August 23rd, 2010, 9:14 pm

burnt turtle wrote:
LOW_XR wrote:wow. why?

ask him yourself.......as a daily, coz its owned outright

ah ok , but he didnt buy it over the ve tho. i was talking bout getting rid of a LS2 for a windsor.
who we talking about mate?

by **ClassicAU** » August 23rd, 2010, 9:20 pm

LOW_XR wrote:
ClassicAU wrote:So yeah, i'm not buying a VE anyway

lol so why talk about getting one then?

I considered it, but couldn't justify it, despite how good of a deal it may be. Not worth it unless I intend to keep it for a while, then i am stuck with a massive loan. Worked out that I would still be down money even if i sold it after 11 months.

by **burnt turtle** » August 23rd, 2010, 9:30 pm

LOW_XR wrote:
burnt turtle wrote:
LOW_XR wrote:wow. why?

ask him yourself.......as a daily, coz its owned outright

ah ok , but he didnt buy it over the ve tho. i was talking bout getting rid of a LS2 for a windsor.
who we talking about mate?

seth, no......aswell as a ve

by **Sunboost** » August 24th, 2010, 9:49 am

I'm pretty bored at work, so I searched Ev's last post.

Entertainment provided. Many thanks.

by **ClassicAU** » August 24th, 2010, 10:53 am

NP. Will post again.

by **ClassicAU** » August 25th, 2010, 8:55 am

Busted my LSD already!! What a sic kent!! :cool:

Went and spun the car around a few times in the rain like a tool last night, now it singles everywhere. Seems like second gear circle work isn’t a good thing after all! Ah well, it was fun while it lasted. All two weeks or whatever its been!

by **Sunboost** » August 25th, 2010, 9:20 am

Awesome!

by **ClassicAU** » August 25th, 2010, 10:43 am

LOL, thought you'd like that one Sunny!

Seriously though, pretty sure it is fvcked, or was fvcked to beging with. Not to worried though, as I would rather rebuild a factory unit than get a "new" one build for me, and have it die anyway like last time!

by **xrghiawagon** » August 25th, 2010, 11:13 am

"2nd's nice

2nd's also underrated as a gear"

:lol:

by **Dansedgli** » August 25th, 2010, 11:58 am

Is that a year 9 in joke?

Don't put another LSD in it! Get a locker, it won't wear out.

by **Sunboost** » August 25th, 2010, 12:32 pm

It's probably not even worn. A lot of the time they just only work as an LSD if you treat them in a certain way. With a few of mine, if I was going to try and do doughies I'd start of in an epic standstill, rather than throw the car sideways from nothing - because it'd usually single if I did that.

My first LSD in my old EA would only kick out going to the right or while doing a standy, never to the left.

Just Ford LSD's. They are shit. Just like all Ford diffs.

by **ClassicAU** » August 25th, 2010, 12:32 pm

LIES!! I recon I could kill a lokka, plus I would need my pegger diff back for that anyway. I think about the only diff that could put up with my shitty arse driving style is what the WA boys are using! Full 9” conversion with a Detroit Tru-track FTW!! Since I don’t have $3k for a diff though, I’ll just rebuild this one instead.

by **67rce** » August 25th, 2010, 12:35 pm

Evan, you WILL NOT kill a Lokka, NUT managed, but that was in a Big Block Jeep!

by **Sunboost** » August 25th, 2010, 12:36 pm

Just don't bother lol.

I could prob get another 10 years of fulfilling LSD use from the diff in your car now, you just seem to exaggerate every problem your car has.

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