Newbie Question

[crisso]

tyre comments are from my 15 yaers as a trye store owner) Hope this helps.

sport,

I guess it pays to know someone like you if you upgraded to the 18's

XR6Turrbo.

if you go manual, momo shifter is a nice feature as is the sports steering wheel...try it out first though, some find it a little thick.

[Superoo]

the 18" tyre is a technically superior tyre which will grip better in the wet, is Japanese V aus. for the 17" hence better quality

For double the price, you'd hope they were better.

I have heard that the SP9000's on the 18's wear relatively quickly. Anyone with the 18's care to comment?

[Guest XR6Turrbo]

Thanks guys !

I definitely will get the sports steering and Mono knob, it's very nice when I had a test drive with an auto. Waiting for the dealer to source a manual. They are even able to put FPV alloy pedals if I want !

Jason

[voy74656]

ooooooooo another T owner in the midst....I spose I'd better ask 1st...

"What ya wearin" ....noone has talked about what colour the bright chap will be getting......

[GlennAUII]

blueprint hopefully! nah, jk, not even my favourite.

VIXEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! or BLOOD ORANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest XR6Turrbo]

Yeah, though of the acid rush and the bright purple, made up my mind for mercury silver, thought of black but never seen any, so maybe it doesn't look good.

btw would you guys regard the T as the Oz version of the M3 ??

[Guest]

Yep

vik

[sixfan]

Get the premium brakes.

you won't regret it.

If I could have only afforded on option,

it would have been the brakes.

It's not a BMW, it's a modified Falcon.

A very well modified one, but it's still a Falcon.

(Nothing wrong with that!)

[sharkey]

It depends on a lot of factors as to whether the options are worthwhile or not.

I tend to only keep a car for 2 - 3 years and in my experience I have found that money spent on options does not hold it's value as well. If you have spent an extra 10% of the base cost on options you don't get 10% more at trade-in time.

Secondly I have found that for most of the miles my car does, the standard brakes and tyres are more than adequate. In fact there is little difference in the 100kph - 0 braking distance of the standard and premium brakes. Where the premium brakes have it over the standards is with repeated hard braking, the standards will fade away. So if you plan to drive really hard then you would think about the premium brakes. I drive fast at times but it is usually a fast cruise rather than really hard driving with last second braking into corners. The same goes for the 18" wheels. For most driving you will not notice the difference in performance.

All I'm saying is - horses for courses. Choose the options if you feel you need them, or even if you just really want them. For me I don't see the value in them, but other guys on here do.

[GDH]

Good advice there...pick the options you want, because you want them. Come sale time, a car with premium brakes, premium sound, 18" wheels etc will be easier to sell than one without, but will not sell at anything like the premium you've paid over the base car.

My options? Premium sound (because I'm in the car a lot), metaliic paint (just because...) and mats all round (because interior carpet gets really 2nd hand really quickly without them). Would the car be better with all the other options? Almost certainly. Is it worth an additional $5-10K to get them? For me, no.

GDH