The South East Queensland Chat Thread

[typhoon_freak]

You aint got a car and I havnt got a license!! We should form like Voltron.... You can drive the Hiro Mobile, and I'll be your worst passenger ever.

I'll have to take u up on that offer

[_Spin_]

Got a manual licence, G?

[Trucka]

hey J-me what type of cruiser ya got? and how much was it / where'd you pick it up from? Thinking I might trade my turbs in as it's costing me too much at the moment.

Edited 26/03/10 08:22 AM by Trucka

[turbo.vixen]

I got a 1991 GXL 80series with the 4.2TD , it came with a few goodies, cost $15k privately off a guy from brisbane.

Hows this, one of my headlights blew so I was searching for a new one. Went to autobarn looking for the right bulb, when I couldnt find it I asked the guy and he went to look it up. I found out that they had a sealed beam and will have to replace the whole light, when he looked up the price he nearly fainted when he told me that its $380. I told him no way and walked out.

Thought id ring around and get some prices so I rang toyota, he quoted me $450, he laughed and told me to buy an aftermarket one. I agreed.

Rang repco looking for an aftermarket one and he quoted me $58 and I thought that sounds a bit better. Told him to order it in and ill pick it up the following day.

Being a very impatient person, I didnt want to wait that long so I thought I try supercrap.

I was absolutely shocked that 1. they had one on the shelf and 2. the price of it..... $5

that's not a type-o, it was $5.

With a saving of $445, I dont know how that can be justified, but im glad I rang around

[Trucka]

well I s'pose Toyota have got to pay for all the recent legal costs and compensation claims coming outta the US atm from the prius recalls.

$15k's alright that's around the model I'm looking at but I might get the ute version, but they're pretty hard to find with the TD engine. mind you I've only been looking for the last couple of days.

[tab]

Great...another one losing the friggin plot

[turbo.vixen]

Yeah there are a few around, but the utes are a bit dearer and have leaf springs on the back

Are you gonna bring it in the mud with me???

[BensXR6T]

Keep the coon and buy a 4by ... that's what I did and now have the best of both worlds

Replacing the xr6 with a 4by ain't really gonna save you much money, specially if you are looking at the 4.2 cruiser ... still 6 cyl, so rego costs the same, 3T car, so fuel costs are higher, you might save a little bit on insurance, but that's about it.

My '05 pajero 3.2TD will get about 12 - 14 /100 which is about the same as the falcon ... don't believe the hype, diesel ain't gonna save you money to run unless you buy a modern 4cyl buzz box that's gonna set you back $30k +

Edited 27/03/10 05:17 AM by BensXR6T

[turbo.vixen]

yeah mine uses alot of diesel, get about 600km out of a 95L tank, but they are great fun

[Trucka]

It's not the fuel I'm looking to save money on, it's the finance repayments. I should save at least $200 - $300 a month on the finance repayments, also in my particular situation I should save quite a bit on fuel coz I don't live too far from work and the T never gets off the warm up cycle. I'm lucky to get 400k out of a tank around town.

I'll get back into a T down the track, but at the moment the repayments are killing me. Also looking at doing a bit more camping from now on so a ute will be good. I'll b talking to my bro-in law who owns a cruiser and knows anything that's worth knowing about them. In any case nothing will probably happen until after easter, I'm doing the research at the moment before I make the final decision on what to get.

Yeah once I get everything sorted wouldn't mind having a play in the mud and christen the new beast.

Edited 27/03/10 06:34 AM by Trucka