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  1. Well I have had my ute (2014 MkII) for 6 months now and done 40K on some of the best roads in NSW, so I thought I would give a bit of a review on its performance as a work horse. The main reason for buying this ute was 1 - Barra Longevity - I just sold a Triton MQ with 140k on it as it scared the crap out of me with possible motor problems and the price tag for replacement. 2 - Power - Down here we don't have a great deal of overtaking lanes so overtaking is the name of the game. All the farmers and tourist just potter along and when they do get to an overtaking lane its on for young and old. So to have something that cracks from 70kph to 150kph in no time is imperative. The only car that came close was a worked 850R Volvo I had as my service crate 15yrs ago which really was a weapon. Loved putting those SS's to shame with a volvo with ladders on top. 3 - Handling - Something that is predictable and you know what its going to do in all situation as well as the wet. 4 - Comfort - Sit back - listen to the favourite music on a 4 hr drive to a job and don't fell as though your crippled with arthritis when you get out. The cars review after the 6 Months: Extra Load So the Car at present has about 500Kg on the back with the canopy (tray/aluminium with lots of wind drag), tools and ladders (lots of humming). The car handles the extra load fairly well although beefing up the bloody poor rear suspension for a Ute is mandatory. Extra spring and air bags sorted that. Had to also change the rims to 17" with tyres to match, the original rims just kept blowing tyres. Petrol I like to drive a car and with the mountain passes, lots of good very quick flowing roads the ute gobbles up the K's. I have tried all the different petrols on a weeks basis and the best bang for buck is 95. E10 will give me 14.7 L/100K, 95 - 13.4 L/100K, 98 - 13.1 L/100K. E10 certainly cuts the power by about 10% at least from my experience, although I have noticed the any pinging as others do. Handling When you are pushing it the Traction Control needs to be turned off (not recommended if you don't know what your doing), it takes the predictability out of the car when braking. This brings me to another point - the brakes. Who in hell's name put these brakes on a car like this. My BF service car's brakes are way better than this. Anyway this will be my next improvement. Apart from that, the car handles well and once you get use to the what the power does to the chasis not many cars can keep up to you. One thing that did take me by surprise was the whip motion when going from full thottle to braking and turning at the same time as the body movement/roll can get you into trouble. Sliding in the wet is predictable - Not like the previous Triton MQ. Car operation Bluetooth has a hissy once and a while and you need to delete and reconnect your phone. Manual Gearbox is very tight and you have to be on your game when changing quickly. For a service vehicle I like a manual verses an auto due to weight. General Maintenance is fairly easy, except I have had a heater core leak the last few days and not looking forward to pulling that out. Good storage behind the seat for those expensive test tools and computers. Cabin is noisy. No two ways about it. From 110 - 160 you have to turn the radio up and people find it hard to hear you on your phone. Two many buttons on the console - BF is easy, you can remember where the buttons and dials are without looking - Good luck with a FG. Best part is the progressive power and ease at which it comes on. From 90kph onwards, 4th does a grand job of smooth overtaking/accelerating. 6th is good for cruising and at just over 2000rpm (bit over the limit) gets most gentle hills under its belt but 5th is really better and give decent acceleration. Overall I find the ute probably the best car for what I do and gives that driver in you some release to embarrass some of those BMW would be's. All thumbs up.
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  2. only to try swoop fluff
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  3. Isn't that what you use car forums for anyway freaky?
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  4. yeah, custom water loop is so cool (pun intended) my Ryzen runs hot, I see it hit 70° occasionally when gaming, idles at about 45°
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  5. BEFORE - Stock engine bay (Only put the growler induction kit on) AFTER - A couple of modifications..... Still more to come. Chasing 750HP next :D
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  6. Under normal circumstances its fine. Running a silent profile with the 3 ML120 rans it rarely exceeds 70c. Running full blown burner test on all 16 threads it can hit 90, so I am tempted to go back to a custom loop. 9900KS likes to run hot. Edit: the Evolv is better than the original version but the airflow is seriously lacking compared to my last case Corsair 750d airflow edition.
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  7. Havent really done much lately, been busy with work. Decided to buy the Haltech ECU Will try and start her up this week but will be another 3 or 4 weeks before she sees the hub dyno at Corsa
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  8. Intel Core i9 9900KS EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Edition Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X DRGB Tempered Glass Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro CMW32GX4M4C3200C16 32GB Corsair AX850 Titanium Modular 850w PSU 3 x SSDS + 3 x HDD (Total 10gb storage) Bunch of random lighting and cablemod cables Mainly because it was a pain in the ass to maintain and change anything out. Also coming home from work one day to see a very slow leak straight onto the top of my gpu backplate was the final straw. I still have all the equipment sitting in my wardrobe I should probably sell it haha. All EKWB gear except for the pump/res combo. Previous platform was an i7 6700k which is also sitting next to me.
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  9. Recently upgraded my PC late last year. Waiting for the next gen of nvidia cards to upgrade my aging 1080. Bonus picture of my old custom watercooling setup featuring my cat that likes to keep warm.
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