Quasi

I'm in a similar position at the moment. I have been a V8 die hard for 30 years (I did own a couple of sixes along the way). I have wanted a BA XR8 (and now BF of course) since the model range was announced. Mind you, I went into the ford dealer the other day and had two of the salesman trying to talk me into getting an XR6T rather than an XR8. There are things to consider, such as price difference, and 'Bang For Buck'. In fact I'm well aware that spending, say, $1500 on performance enhancements on an XR6T will reap MUCH bigger rewards than on an XR8. In addition, there is only 15 Kw difference between the two, in the BF range, now, making the turbo an even sweeter proposition for the money. If you bought a new XR6T and spent half the price difference on things like flash tune, and air induction changes, I believe the difference in performance to be astounding......and something a stock XR8 could not hope to keep up with. As much as I hate to admit it, I think an XR6T is in my future, not the big 8. In fact, I may not even buy a new car, and am just as likely to see what good ones are on the pre-loved market. This would make it an even more attractive proposition, as getting one at a substantyially lower price leaves more financial headroom for aftermarket suspension, wheels, and tuning. By the way, as this is my first post I suppose I had better say "G'Day!"