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The only way to offload one of these in 5 years time will be with a tin of mower fuel and a rag....

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A high number of RS4s were stolen back in the day, I always wonder if the cheaper ones on car sales have a checkered history....

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No way they they will do 2.7 sec to 100. The one I drove didn't feel any faster than my SS ute away from the line, just less step out from the rear.

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Perhaps - but when I helped my mate go through the process 3 years ago we had no luck sourcing anything local or cheap. That included speaking to all the local online brake sellers etc....

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New disks and pads all round: Dealer quoted $8,500, local "specialist was more like $6k. Cheapest option was via a US website ended up just on $4k.

They chew tyres like a fat kid eats...

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Its not a supercar.

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When you say "knock it back" I assume you mean give it another knead?

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A mate has an 2007 model, IMHO its not impressive and the cost of keeping it on the road would make your eyes bleed.

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Move on guys, the part that fucks up is very separate to the part where you actually insert the key. Hard to explains other than to say ford designed a very complex but fragile secondary system that interacts...

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Wrong part, the bit that fails is the separate electrical contact switch on the other side of the column. The contact switch is theoretically not replaceable and requires a whole new steering column....

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Waiting till next April for the release of hybrid Subarus and Mazda CX30....

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Why did Ford do such a shit job on the Territory?...

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I thought the whole problem is it's not possible to replace the barrel on my model territory as the steering column is all one piece, costs $2000 and NLA....

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Fixed it using the kit yesterday. Took me about 90mins, could have done it in 30mins if the instructions weren't missing a crucial step.