Space Ace

I cannot believe that the word "Lessbian" (minus the second s) got censored whereas dickead doesn't???

The reason why everyone is in a rush in Sydney is to be first in line at the Gay & *beep* Mardi Gras...not that there's anything wrong with that. And here comes the abusive torrent......

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll be taking it in for its 3000k service in about a month. If its still evident I'll try and get the dealer to fix it - we'll see how good their after sales dept is? If not, I'll just hammer the thing and not cruise under 30kays.

Any way around this or is it a warranty issue?

I noticed yesterday while I was cruising under 30kays (thanks to the traffic on Citylink) that 1st gear has a slight jolt to it when going at snails pace. Is this a common thing?

You hit the nail on the head mickq. My missus had imported a Honda Prelude 94 model through a family friend who had contacts over there. It was specced up to a ST vervsion and had full electric interior as compared to the local delivery one. When it came time to insure it, we told ZURICH that it was an import with blah, blah, blah on it and that it was first registered in 99. This, you would think, would make it obvious to everyone. Anyway, I had a huge stack in it a couple of years ago. Got T-boned actually by a dickhead who ran a red and the last thing I remembered was the grille of an Fairmont heading straight for my head as the Prelude was lowered - anyway, that's a different story alltogether. As the dickhead did not have insurance, I put the claim through in order to get the valuation dollars. That's when the sh*t hit the fan. Oh your car is an import, they say. Of course it is, and it was insured that way. Ah, we don't insure imports, they say. Luckily we had a friend in the insurance business who got stuck into them, (like isn't every overseas car technically an import) and as it turns out we eventually got our money. So the morale of the story is, do your homework with insurance first and then source the car your allowed.

Great Stuff space ace! Did you try to launch the way I do it? Rob... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Rob, Yeah, had the traction off and got it to about 2000 and noticed a bit of wheelspin so went down to about 1800-1900 and this was in auto mode. It went pretty good. I'll be keen to try it in sports mode next time around. SS - I just killed one...

Boys, let me set the scene. Footscray Rd, about 5.45 just past City Link off ramp. My T and a and I think it was a VT SS. I thought hell lets try it. Got it to about 1800-1900 revs. SS boy was keen. Lights go green. T pulls hard, very hard to about 120km/h and in front by about half to 3/4 of a car length. See something susupicious in the distance. I pull up, SS keeps going by now. Get to the next major lights (just before the bridge for those of you playing at home) and there was the GTO cop car with all the striping waiting for someone to have a chat to. Didn't pull us over but he could tell what was going on. Get over the bridge and SS boy looks over and nods with approval. Who's next???..ah only kidding.

Geea Mr Turbo Thanks for the advice, I'll be trying it in a few minutes.

Just got my T on Sat and was wondering whether the experts out there could tell me which way is best to launch with sequential shift and how far up in revs to hold the gears - keeping in mind it is still stock. (Sorry if it seems a stupid question).

Picked up my black beast on Sat and have only 386kms on it. Cannot get the grin off my face and cannot sleep either for fear someone might key it or steal the wheels or etc.. Did any of you guys go through this in the first few weeks? I nearly punched someone out at the supermarket carpark the other day as their old combi came within a bees dick of cleaning up the drivers side - bloody hippies.

I'm with ya Russ. Why the f*ck would you want to win tournaments when you can shag all the good looking women out there. Not bad for a Greek boy from Williamstown. Look at Safin, finally gave up the entourage and now he's won an event. What was he thinking??? Hewitt is the typical Aussie battler, tries hard as f*ck and goes home second best with a pig by his side...maybe he should give the Poo a call so he can hook him up with some real talent.

When I was looking for my T a couple of weeks ago, I went into City Ford and noticed the Typhoon you were talking about - its the Shockwave one isn't it? - one of dealers (a young dude who was pretty honest) told me that the clutch was ratsh*t and he hates taking out potential buyers in it - gee I wonder why???

Hey Doc, I think I know what your problem is - its the build number. I'd ask for a brand newie straight away. Space Ace

What pisses me off about FPV is, that if all the after market guys out there can do a great job on modifying a T, how does FPV miss the boat completely with the F6 (same goes for the GT) when it has more resources and money??? It makes no farken sense...(and I know some of you are going to kill me for saying this, but HSV will always do better than FPV because of the bozos that run Campelfield HQ).

Have any of you looked at putting the Typhoon kit on instead of the GT one. Saw one the other day and it looked pretty spec and much better than the GT... What I also saw the other day was someone with side stripes on a T...arrgghhh

I know exactly what typhoon is going on about, as I just bought my T on Monday after a real sh*tty experience last week. I was negotiating with a dealer from the Eastern suburbs - who I will not mention just in case I get the STRAPP... anyway, the were quoting me a drive-away price for the whole week, which was the best by far out of all the dealerships in greater Melbourne area - trust me I called them all - and last Friday I called them to let them know I was going in on Sat morning to sign up. Had a great big smile on my face for about 10mins and then the phone rings - ah sorry mate, we forgot the GS(farken)T - WTF. You could imagine my anger and if I could have reach through the phone to strangle him I would have. After I had cooled down about half an hour later, I called their manager and gave 'em an absolute pasting. They called me on Sat morning to apologise and all the other crap. Not interested. They even offered to reduce the ‘new’ price by a couple of hundred dollars (even though the upped it by close to $4K the day before). Not interested. This is where the story gets better. Another dealer called me up on Sat as well - very lovely girl. I told her what happened and she reckoned they should have given me the car at the original quoted price. Anyway, she asked who the dealer was and I told her. "Great" she goes, "we use the same stock controller, let me see whether I can get my hands on the exact car and I’ll call you on Monday" (this is because it was the only Black T with premium sound). She calls me on Monday - "Guess what? I've got it". "Great, now if you knock off a couple of hundred more off the other dealers “new” price and I'll sign up with you today out of principle” I go. The strappy dealer finds out a couple of days later that the car is gone and calls me “have you found the car?” he asks. “Yes I have, its your one, only cheaper through another dealer” I reply and hang up the phone. And the rest my friends is history.

Thanks for all your comments guys... I had a feeling they were trying to rip me off (that's why I asked whether it was $14.95) with that sh*t after I screwed them right down on their sale price. By the way, they called me up again today - and yes it was some bird who judging by her voice obviously works for a 1900 number company outside of 9-5 hours - and I basically told them I'd rather spend it on the many speeding fines to come my way...ha, ha..

G'day all, I'm new to this site as I recently purchased my silhouette baby on Monday. Really excited about getting behind the wheel and giving it hell. However, I got a call yesterday from the dealer wanting to know whether I want to take out Ford’s paint & leather protection (which also gets me the tyre & wheel protection) for $1,495 (I jokingly replied $14.95 - sign me up now - they didn't see the humour). Anyway, have any of you guys had this done by Ford and has it lived up to its expectations? Obviously, there would be others out there that would also do it at a cheaper cost. Let me know how much and where and if you are happy with the job (which is the most important). Space Ace