WHAT you BOUGHT, WHAT you LOOKED at

[Teki04]

Just wondering, what cars were you considering before you bought your car?

Ill start off:
Purchased car: Ford Fiesta Zetec with options
Considered:
Peugeot 306 XSi 2001 model (wished i looked harder for good examples)
Holden Barina SRi (couldnt live with the beep beep image....and it was spanish built)
Mazda Astina SP20 2001ish model (hard to find in manual and good condition)
Mazda 3 Maxx Sport: Pricey...but i could have...

All in all im happy with my choice

Steven

[gtfpv]

was looking for good black man 2003 mod xr8, 2nd hand . rare as hens teeth came across 3 all had been smashed and crashed and repaired and put on the market . concluded it is too risky to buy a late model v8 performance car . so looked at new ones no runout 2004 models left looked at mk11 . loved it . seen a black gtp in show room luuurved it but toooo deeearrr . couldn't sleep for 3 weeks then ordersd new 2005 plated black gt mk11 6sp silver stripes. luuuuuuuurrrrvvvvvvve it !!!

Car bought: Clio sport
Looked at: 206 GTi and ST-170, would have bought an ST-170 if it wasn't for the price and that they cut all the otional extras that the UK model had and the clio came with.

Bought: AU XR8
Looked at: Supra RZ, I intended to buy it but the car dealer couldn't get me a reasonable trade in price and I got no serious calls after advertising the clio at the lowest price for that model for 1 month. I then traded it in for an AU xr8 since the ford dealer could offer a better price for the clio.

[Teki04]

Originally Posted by lizardmech

Car bought: Clio sport
I then traded it in for an AU xr8 since the ford dealer could offer a better price for the clio.

What model CLIO SPORT?! the 1st ones brought to Australia initially as low import, or the next model which became sold in higher numbers??!?!?! Like, are the front headlights like the current model?!?!?!? (btw, my signature.... I LOVE CLIO!)

Originally Posted by Teki04

What model CLIO SPORT?! the 1st ones brought to Australia initially as low import, or the next model which became sold in higher numbers??!?!?! Like, are the front headlights like the current model?!?!?!? (btw, my signature.... I LOVE CLIO!)

I had the newer one with the xenon headlights.

[Teki04]

Originally Posted by lizardmech

I had the newer one with the xenon headlights.

Any Pics??? If you dont mind me asking.... how much did you trade it in for?

Originally Posted by Teki04

Any Pics??? If you dont mind me asking.... how much did you trade it in for?

21,000 it was traded in for, the best the place with the supra could get through other dealers was $16,000.

[b2tf]

I looked at:

* Focus SR (wasnt keen on it)
* 2nd hand 3dr Focus Zetec (waay overpriced)
* Fiesta LX brand new (too small)
* AU2 Fairmont
* Astra (god no, awful, awful interior)
* Barina (too small)
* Peugeot (I like them a lot but a little too much $$)

Then the perfect Focus for me came in so I bought it .

[Aeron]

I was looking for a new manual XR6T in Blueprint.

Car Bought: New XR6T manual in Blueprint. The day i saw the new XR6T on the news when it 1st came out, i said to my mum, "mum, i want one of them". She said, "well, if you save up and get a small loan, you couid get one". And she was right. Then i got on the net and joined the old FF.com forum and got in contact with RATT and he did me a great deal on the car. Good old Peter Warren Smithfield. :

[smciner1]

Was considering one of three cars:-
XB Falcon GT Sedan,
XC Falcon Cobra 351,
XD Fairmont Ghia ESP 351.

Chose the XB Falcon GT Sedan in the end.

: :

[K_Man]

Wanted - R31 Skyline, Bought - R31 Skyline.

Selling the skyline tho, i went through so many different cars i wanted, holdens, ford, nissans, toyotas....ended up:

Wanting - EB/ED V8 Fairmont

Unfortunately E series V8's are still sooo damn expensive (for me anyways), this shady guy at car city was trying to talk me into an ED with 280,000 km's on it for $8k, and started to get really ****ed off when i told him there was no way i was signing anything that day. out:

Bought - ED Fairmont 6

Came up at the best price, on gas, in great condition, in the best colour e series (cobalt blue : ), just couldn't refuse. Methinks i'll stick with Ford from now on :

[SVR73]

Originally Posted by K_Man

Wanted - R31 Skyline, Bought - R31 Skyline.

Selling the skyline tho, i went through so many different cars i wanted, holdens, ford, nissans, toyotas....ended up:

Wanting - EB/ED V8 Fairmont

Unfortunately E series V8's are still sooo damn expensive (for me anyways), this shady guy at car city was trying to talk me into an ED with 280,000 km's on it for $8k, and started to get really ****ed off when i told him there was no way i was signing anything that day. out:

Bought - ED Fairmont 6

Came up at the best price, on gas, in great condition, in the best colour e series (cobalt blue : ), just couldn't refuse. Methinks i'll stick with Ford from now on :

Ah yes cobalt blue the ultimate E series colour. My friend has an EF tickford xr6 wagon that colour and I even like it more than galaxy blue that my first AU (RIP) was and current Tickxr6 AU is

For me

Sep 98 - looked at what holden had to offer and even european mid-large sized cars
Was interested in a Probe at one stage but the engine type put me off
Invested some good money in a tricked up S1 I6 forte which I then tricked up a bit more

Aug 2004 - nil, wanted to upgrade to a S1 or S3 Tickford XR6 or 8.
The cars at dealerships were disgusting with lots more Km's than I wanted my car to be at
Found an ad for an S1 in the local rag, investigated the car, test drove it and did RAA check, a couple of things repaired and bought it. Since then I've done extreme detailing of the interior & exterior to lift it to beyond the standard of the first one.


Lowered his asking price by a few thousand as well

[Yaw]

Well I reckon I'm gunna get hammered here.

I was not actually looking for a new car when we bought ours.
I knew the time was comming in the next 6-12 months though.
We had a 93 Pulsar LX hatch that was showing serious signs it was time.
Anyway I had heard all the hype about the new Magna's with the warranty that sounded pretty good so we went off to Zupps at aspley to check them out, I swear we were purely window shopping.
We walked around and found in the new section 8 Magna AWD all of them in white and auto. But they were the ONLY magna's we could find on the lot, and all identical. We walked into the showroom, got ignored, we started looking at other things for about 15-20 minutes and still got ignored. During this time we looked at an Outlander. When the sales man finally came over to 'help' us we asked about the magna's and like we already knew he pointed us to one of the 8 identical ones and said "they are the only ones we have and we don't have any brochures due to handing them all out at the motor show, You can download the options and spec from the internet."
We asked about the outlander and the only thing he told us was the price.
For an expensive dealer with a reputation I was not impressed so we left as I am sure any one of you would.
We both liked the outlander and this was a suprise as neither of us had ever really considered a cross over vehicle. I said well if we are seriously gunna look at an outlander we should go and check out the territory since all the rave reviews it was getting. So off we went to Byrne Ford at Chermside.
We found a white XLT escape in the corner and started looking at that, within 2 minutes a salesman had come to us and offered assistance, We told him what we were looking for the Territory and he was about to walk us to them and I pulled him up asking about price first, as it turns out about $10,000 more than we could afford brand new. So he suggested the escape we were looking at and the mrs did not want white. He took us over the road to look at another escape that had not yet been detailed or serviced it was just traded the previous day. We took it for a test drive and fell in love with it. Funniest thing is is that it is everything I said I never wanted. Its Red (always said I would never have a red car due to the fading pigmentation of red) Never wanted a 4WD, did not want colum shift auto ever, did not want electric windows again. It has all that and mate I love my 2001 Ford XLS Escape

[Biggoggs]

Wasn't looking at anything at the time. My ol' man told me about a Falcon wagon a friend of his was going to sell. It was about that time we realised my Telstar was starting to show a few signs of age after it was tuned up a bit (blowing a bit of smoke on take-off). The Falcon had everything I wanted, with most mods already done to it. The initiative was taken, and all I need to do is get rid of the Telstar to fund additional repairs & a decent stereo
The only thing I was concerned about was fuel and size, but I've found as long as I keep it out of city traffic I'm fine. I've always preferred the versatility of a wagon though.

[EFFalcon]

Wanted: EB II S Pack on LPG.
Got: EF II GLi on LPG.
deffinately happy

Bought: AUII XR6 VCT ute

Looking at: XR6T ute ($$)
VU SS ute (Nicish ute, but a holden nonetheless)
AUII/III XR8 ute ($$ insurance) < I prob should have bought one, but anyway
VS Maloo Ute (had a drive, was disappointed)

It was always going to be a ute, just a matter of what kind...

[Casper]

Bought: AUI XR6 VCT

Looking at: AUI XR6 HP & AU1 XR8

[ssj_jaypee]

Considered: VS Commodore V6
Bought: EA Falcon

Considered: EB GT Conversion for EA
Bought: EF Falcon w/ manual tranny

I'm happy!

[Kenaz]

Bought: EL Fairmont Ghia V8

Looked at: Not much else. At the time I was driving a VS Berlina and after wasting thousands on mods I still wasn't happy. I wanted to come back to the Blue Oval. My brother and I were out that day and stopped by Car City for a look. After seeing not much we spotted this Gunmetal EL Ghia with "V8" plastered across the windscreen. We had a good look, and it had the right k's, the right condition and a test drive sealed the deal. Best decision I ever made

[philstoj]

Bought - AU2 XR8 UTE

looked at buying the same...

[chippa6]

Looked at EF/EL XR6
AU I Forte/ Futura

Bought AU II XR6 !

The extra money was worth it ten times over - couldn't be happier

[Jamie XR6]

Bought: XR6T

Looked at:
WRX
WRX STi
BA GT

Looking ahead in the future: Liberty GT

I always had the heart set on the XR6T but I had a look around first. Didn't like the WRX or STi. They are nice cars but very plain and plasticy inside which I didn't like.

Seriously considered the GT but couldn't see the justification in paying that much for very little performance gain over the XR6T. Never considered the XR8 as they have never done a thing for me.

So it was the XR6T with various options and upgrades to take it to the price of the GT and I couldn't be happier.

[FordFan86]

Bought: NC II 302
Looked at: XD 351's, XE Spac EFI's, ZK/ZL fairlanes
I was planning on saving and buying outright, but the NC came up pretty cheap considering options, sound system, just fully tuned and serviced, rear window motors replaced (someone took them out :S), paid $5k for it, my cousin paid $5,500 for it, talking the dealer down from about $7,500 then added all his sound gear as well as an alarm/immobiliser ($1k of my own money, $4k loan)

[FNQracing]

After a lifetime of Ford's, it was time for a change. The EF XR6 had to go and a replacement was sought. Had to be an Auusie V8. Seeing that late model Falcon V8's left ALOT to be desired performance wise (not including BA) an LS1 powered Holden was the only real choice. Besides, AU's are UGLY.

Ended up in a Black Calais 5.7 which I think is the ducks guts right now, and uses less fuel than the XR6.

[LuvinmyEB]

Was looking at a 1990 black Camaro whilst looking at the EB II GLi. Got a price for a window seal for the Camaro ($250- each!!!). Kept driving the EB, kept looking at the Camaro and started picking flaws in it.

Bought the EB II GLi and all was good. _2:

[Gabbs]

Bought: New ba xr6
Originally went looking at second hand xr6s but I ended up going for a new one cause their wasn't much of a difference in price. Im now kicking myself in the foot not going for a turbo but you live you learn.

[xr8ute]

i was looking for a black AU XR8 ute

i bought a black AU XR8 Ute ;)

[MotherNatureVer2]

I was in the EA & knew her roadworthy lifespan was coming to an end .... drove past a mates house & the EBII wagon was jsut sitting there ........ Made him an offer & the deal was done .........

So.......

Looking for : nothing :P

Got: EBII Wagon :P

[loxxr6]

Bought : AU XR6 Series 1

Considered : EF & EL XR6 + XR8, AU XR6 (inc VCT) + XR8 in a series 1 or 2, Skyline turbo.

Insurance prices and petrol costs helped make the decision. I wanted the 8 but the evil half wouldn't have been able to cover the costs of fuel so we went the 6.

The EF/EL's were also quite a lot more pricier than the AU's in insurance.

An AU2 is what I would have liked. There was an awesome silver AU2 VCT model just staring out at me on my way to work each day but the trade in prices they were offering were crap.

In the end the car had to be manual and black with a sunroof as a really nice finishing touch. In the end one of the cars we were trading in ran out of rego so we had to make a quick decision and ended up with the AU XR6.

[dansedgli]

I wasnt looking and ended up buying a turbocharged AU1 XR6 with a TS50 and pursuit ute body kit, a shitload spent on the engine to handle 25psi of boost, 19 inch fury's, worked trans, AP racing brakes all round and custom leather!

I am very happy!!