KrasH

sept/03 BA XR6T, still stock. 107,500km and still going strong. Replaced the clutch about 5,000km ago. Car goes like new and I still drive it like I stole it.

When I got the car (09/03), I had a disappearing oil problem. Not much went missing but it would slowly go. But after about 10,000 to 15,000km the problem went away and engine oil level stayed the same ever since. 92,000km on the clock so far.

What Ford_Power said. Even the BA's have the variable speed wipers depending on the speed of the car. For those who don't know, select the intermittent wiper setting and you'll notice the gap between wipes change depending on your speed.

I thought I'd dig up this old thread about World of Warcraft. I am still playing the game and reading through the stuff I wrote in this thread from the early days, I am quite embarrassed about how little I really knew about the game back then. Anyways, the characters I currently have are as follows. They are all still on the Uther realms server, spread over 2 accounts. Yep, I 2 box the game sometimes. krashhed - Level 70 Human Warrior. The Original character I talked about in this thread, but currently retired. Krasht - Level 70 Tauren druid. Yes, I switched to the other faction with this druid. Was awesome to play all the way to 70 and was a regular starter in the old High Warlord groups back in the pvp grinding days. This druid is semi retired now. Krashtoo - Level 70 Tauren Shaman. My current character, which I play the most, though I don't play nearly as much as I used to. I usually log in, play a few bg's and log out hen I have spare time. Krashnoheals - Level 49 Undead Priest. This is my 49 twink, which I play when I feel like melting faces. The other bg character that I play when I get some spare time. Also have multipal other characters of varying levels. Yep, I still play WoW.

I got my XR 6 turbo in September 2003. Still have it today. Total distance driven so far, 91,000 km's.

When I drive any vehicle, I personally don't tailgate. If someone is hogging the right lane, I usually go to the left lane, turn up the music and cruise along. No use getting agro over some other idiot on the road. In regards to other cars on the road tailgating me, It happens a lot in the car, but when I drive the work truck (little mazda E2000 thing) I see the tailgating increase by an insane amount. I'm thinking, the tow bar on the truck is a magnet of some kind.

Hello, Anyways, took my XR6 Turbo (BA original) into the dealership for a service and for them to fix my heating. They have to pull out the dash for that, so that's nice and fortunatly under warrenty. Anyways, I got a call from them saying that I have to replace my front pads and rotors. I have the Premium Brakes and the quoted price they gave me was $1800 for front rotor and pad change. I understand that I have to replace the pads, but the bloke who called said that the mechanic noticed a little "bobble" (whatever the hell that is, and no not the game) on one of the rotors and they said both front rotors have to be changed. Thus, the $1800 quote. I obviously said no and will be taking it to the mechanic we use for the other cars. If indeed it will cost $1800 (which I doubt), I'd rather pay the family mechanic rather than the dealership. I haven't noticed any brake shuddering, vibration, pulse or anything that would suggest that the rotors have to be replaced. The cars only gone 67,000km and it's in Canberra, so not exactly alot of braking involved on the average trip around town. What are some prices people have paid for a similar thing (2 front rotors + 2 pads and grooved premium brakes)? BTW, good to be back on these forums. It's been a while.

My first car (was actually the family car) was a Falcon XF. My second car was the first car I owned and it was a 1998 N15II Pulsar SSS. My 3rd and current car is the Falcon XR6 Turbo By far the best of the 3.

I've had the same sound every now and then. For me, it's a backfire. They can get loud sometimes (my brother actually heard it once, while following me on an enthusiastic drive) and when you're concentrating on the road it sounds like something else and louder then it actually is. It happens quite rarely and I can't replicate it, which would be good. Bit like in the movie Uncle Buck, but minus the smoke.

Unfortunatly, due to last minute changes to plans, I have to pull out of the cruise :( Have fun all.

I filled up in Cooma with Vortex 98 @ $1.22 per L. This was about two months ago.. I'll come along.. This Gull?!?! Is that past the Queanbeyan Ski club boat ramp? Can anyone post a map with its location...(I'm new to Canberra).. The gull is on the Monaro Highway. It's in the industrial suburb of Hume, so if you are going to cooma it's on the left at the set of traffic lights in the "middle part" of hume.. I think it's the only turn into hume from the monaro highway. I hope this isn't confusing.. Anyways, it's been a long time and I think I'll have time for a cruise... Count me in for now cro s

Mine went through oil until about the 25,000 mark... Then the oil usage just stopped.

hehe... well, some rubber thingity jig in the back end... he said there were apparently 3 stages and he could take one stage out, but that would be "illegal" or some rubbish like that. I will still keep on pesturing them until something is done..

Long time no type on these forums, so I may be out of the loop bit.. I also have vibration issues under accelleration. I can actually feel it by myself, but with load it's pretty bad... It is getting prograssivly worse... My car was actually in for 2 days a few months ago and they had to basically take out the whole rear end to change some rubber or something on the back of the diff.. The vibration was gone for maybe a few days after (couldn't really test it with alot of people in it etc), then it came back again. The next time, the shop manager went for a drive with me and said something about the "butt stops" maybe hitting and causing the vibrtion.. anyways, no go.. I have noticed however that there is less vibration when TC is off.. Is this a driveline issue related to the motor? I can feel it in the gear stick.... Anyways, great to be back..

Ahhh, that audi (the blue thing) is from the mischief dvd's (mischief 3000 I think). That bloke got pulled over dozens of times..... But they didn't have this bit on the DVD's however...