What car v11ty billion +1. Alternatives to XR6T

[GSRman]

i actually testdrove an SS wagon not long ago - it was much better than i expected.

[Spoonfed]

XT forester?
Failing this- buy a Maloo

Not sure if serious.............

[bigshipengine.jpg]

Agreed that XR6Ts are pretty boring after awhile.
Had a BF XR6T 6 speed auto with all the Process West gear, Staggered rims for a tad more traction etc and other than blowing 99% of the cars away off the lights there pretty dull at everything else.
There great on a long trip and so on but not really inspiring to go for a spirited drive in.
I live about 10 minutes from Macquarie pass and in most of my previous cars i have always enjoyed going for a blat on the weekend (Datto 1600 with CA18DET, R32 GTS-T, Pug 205 GTi and now my V6 Mirage)
and i can honestly say i did it once in my XR6T.......That Kind of says what it was like at anything but fasts.
Havent had mine for about 12 months and dont miss it.
Having said that as a Family wagon it will do what you need for sure. Just be prepared that you may not be madly in love with it after awhile.

[Evaku8]

Hmm, thanks for the advice. Food for thought.

An XR6T can't be any more boring than the nopics 2006 Corolla auto.

The other option would be to buy a weekend car for myself and get something a bit bigger for the nopics. Shes not overly keen on driving a car as big as a Falcon and only drives auto. Good thing she redeems herself in other areas.

I travel to the city each day by bus though so when I own cars they generally sit in the garage depreciating all week nd I usually get annoyed and sell them after a while.

Maybe I'll go test drive a couple over Easter and see if they do it for me. I had a mk vi GTI and even that bored me with a dsg. Maybe I'm bound to a life of boring cars until the little ones grow up. Then again it'll be hard to buy a manual car in another 5 -10 years.

[Gassed250]

all cars get boring after a while

[Hypo]

R36 Passat

I know I just sold mine but.

13.9 ish standing 1/4 mile.

Heaps of room in a wagon.

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/de...&cr=2&__N=1246 1247 1252 1282 4294962746 4294962490 1216&silo=Stock&find=r36|CarAll

Or sedan with extended warranty

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/d...&cr=2&__N=1246 1247 1252 1282 4294962746 4294962490 1216&silo=Stock&find=r36|CarAll

[Captiva Fan]

Maybe I'm bound to a life of boring cars until the little ones grow up. Then again it'll be hard to buy a manual car in another 5 -10 years.

That'll just force you to build one - with your little ones.

[Captain_Slow]

The other option would be to buy a weekend car for myself and get something a bit bigger for the nopics. Shes not overly keen on driving a car as big as a Falcon and only drives auto. Good thing she redeems herself in other areas.

They can be educated My nopics mentioned the other day that she doesn't like driving the Vectra...why not? Because it's automatic and the steering is too light so she doesn't feel like she's in control of the car. I thought she'd prefer the smaller, easier to drive one with better visibility but no, she'd rather drive the SS!

[Sebstar]

not to be gay or nothing but what about 4wd esque car so you don't need to break your back everytime you put the kid in the seat?

[da9jeff]

Beemer? 330i sedan?

[WRXCunt]

Why not a 2nd hand FG or VE? Let somebody else cop the majority of the depreciation.

[Captain_Slow]

not to be gay or nothing but what about 4wd esque car so you don't need to break your back everytime you put the kid in the seat?

Because it's not worth being miserable every time you go for a drive just for that little bit of convenience...

[Captiva Fan]

Why not a 2nd hand FG

Yep, agreed. A worthy alternative to a used XR6T!

[WRXCunt]

Yep, agreed. A worthy alternative to a used XR6T!

New xr6t - 40k

Used FG F6 - 38k

[Rona]

You didn't say F6 in the previous post though did you:p.