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[commonkiller]

Hi everybody, first time poster long time viewer. Youse guys have got one of the most comprehensive forums on any car I know off. I am looking at buying a XR6T soon and I have a few questions first of all, I have found these two cars and would like your opinions, sorry about the size of the links. Thanks in advance for your responses.

http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars/deale...matchallpartial

http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars/deale...matchallpartial

[seventytwo]

If you can afford the 41 thou I would go the bf just for the 6speed auto.

[mbjunior99]

I would get the BF over the BA. Love the 6 speed auto

[commonkiller]

If you can afford the 41 thou I would go the bf just for the 6speed auto.

Yea I was thinking that, the only thing I was thinkin is with the BA its got a few more options and with the money saved there would enough for a few mods, on the other hand is the 6speed auto that much better?

[seventytwo]

In a word, yes

[ZAP]

Yeah the ZF IS that much better.

If you bought the 4speeder, you would only be complaining about making the wrong move. Getting the BF is a great base to build from and save for any mods.

[djgelling]

That BF has been for sale for since around the middle of January, so they are having trouble shifting it. I think they started at $43.5k.

There are unfortunately very few BF T's for sale in South OZ at the moment, but I would have thought that in the next few months or so that more should start hitting the 2nd hand market. BA wise the market seems to hover at about 20 ~ 30 for sale at any one time.

Just for your comparison I picked up one of the few 2nd hand BF's that I have found back in January for $36k. (Bionic, ZF 6speed, luxury pack, Nov '05, 20,000kms). That was from Jarvis Ford Norwood.

I can thoroughly recommend the ZF box over the old 4 speed. And the Twin Climate control Luxury pack is worth trying to get over the Leather/premium/manual aircon combo.

Good luck.

[BFchaser]

Although I am having issues with the auto shift in my BF, which is just a faulty mechanism in the lever, I recommend the 6spd box. I had only 1 condition on buying a T, and that was this box. The 4 spd auto and 5 spd manual in the BA are good for around 350kw at the fly, but problems will arise if you push the envelope. And lets be honest, after a few mods you will be past this figure anyway. If you can afford it then buy it.

[AzMahoony]

I recently upgraded from a BA 4 speed to a BF 6 speed and mate I'm telling you I've never looked back, the gear box alone is worth every cent