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VFII SS UTE
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Central Coast
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your heart sank, i would have been sick to my stomach seeing that..
agree with streets about being so composed..
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2011
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Some people are only alive because it's illegal to kill them...
![]() You'd have to wonder how he managed to drive off after an impact that big. The cops would probably be very interested in it as well...thier pet hate of hooning combined with someone leaving the scene of an accident...they'd find the bogan that did it sooner or later. |
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ZF Heaven
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Geelong
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yeah it was pretty gutting I have to say... took me ages to find an XT with a 6speeder
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Fossil fuel consumer
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_______________________________________________ 2011 XR6 in Silhouette ZF 6 Sp // Have you driven a FORD, lately? Previous Rides: 1986 XF S-Pak: Red. 1st car. ![]() 1992 EBII Falcon S: Burgundy, Fully optioned 1995 EF Futura: 2007 BF Falcon XT - ZF in De Ja Vu, 2005 Fairmont Mk II |
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Fossil fuel consumer
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Decent FG XT's are around 15K at the moment but they're 5 coggers (auto) |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2007
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I used to work at a servo and got $30+ an hour on sundays and $40+ ph if i worked more than 8 hours on a sunday. as a construction worker, OT wasa also good. public service - I should have got a govt job that pays overtime. |
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_______________________________________________ 2011 XR6 in Silhouette ZF 6 Sp // Have you driven a FORD, lately? Previous Rides: 1986 XF S-Pak: Red. 1st car. ![]() 1992 EBII Falcon S: Burgundy, Fully optioned 1995 EF Futura: 2007 BF Falcon XT - ZF in De Ja Vu, 2005 Fairmont Mk II |
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Fossil fuel consumer
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This is all of course if you're running the stock cooler setup, there are kits available for the BA, and it can be adapted for the BF, unsure about the FG as i haven't heard of anyone putting one on. However i remember a recent story of an AFF member with a 30,000KM old FG XR with the ZF which failed causing extensive damage. The moral of the story - with the stock setup, it's pot luck. You could get 300,000KM out of a cooler, you cold get 3000KM. As far as the 5 speeder, it's not too bad. However the repair costs to me at least are an unknown quantity as they're a short run, and therefore rare unit at least locally. |
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ZF Heaven
Join Date: Oct 2010
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Cheers for the info and sympathy guys.
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_______________________________________________ 2011 XR6 in Silhouette ZF 6 Sp // Have you driven a FORD, lately? Previous Rides: 1986 XF S-Pak: Red. 1st car. ![]() 1992 EBII Falcon S: Burgundy, Fully optioned 1995 EF Futura: 2007 BF Falcon XT - ZF in De Ja Vu, 2005 Fairmont Mk II |
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Fossil fuel consumer
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no worries, don't let it put you off buying what you want, but it's good to have knowledge on what you can do to minimise issues. Speak to a respectable shop about a cooler for the FG.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: NSW
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Hmm I am wondering why its says Temporarily in front of Banned ![]() Anyway apparently most confiscated hoon cars are cheap clunkers. So if we use your logic of stereotyping, then that draws us to the conclusion that you, kpcart, are a hoon. There is no denying it. Your logic worked against you ![]() So on topic, I notice that if you want to insure your car for an agree value, it still has to fall somewhere in the range of its market value. So that brings me to the question if you have your car insured for an agreed value of 30k when it is new, then after 10 years it is only worth 10k, will the insurance still pay out for your original agreed value of 30k. |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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feels weird turning down double time overtime cos there's so much of it
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Melbourne, vic
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sorry to hear that mate hopefully your insurance covers you enough to get a new car
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It was more so an example,clunkers Vs new That most will do a few extra hours to pay for that newish car, than spent the same time on bandaid repairs Ive offered $20 an hour cash , for a general labourer Know what, noone turned up I dont bother anymore ,with workers I get the job done quicker myself Too many people think unskilled workers have to be paid a fortune an hour But thats another story,for another day Last edited by 302 XC; 23-08-2011 at 06:11 PM. |
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Last bloke who worked for me , at that rate,lived 30 mins away After a week, he wanted me to pay , all his meals ,and all his fuel Turned up when he wanted, left when he wanted,just got stuffed around So,he isnt here, down scaled instead |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2011
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...erm...$52.50 an hour ordinary time. Ahem. Yes it is embarassing sometimes especially when you meet old workmates on a quarter of that... Any update on the situation? Cops involved yet? Any leads on the tard that did it? How does your insurance work when you haven't got the other guys number plate...I remember my mother going through all sorts of bother after coming back to her car in a Woolies carpark to find someone had reversed into it, nailing the tailgate heavily. I seem to recall they just said "sorry, if we don't know who the other driver is to pursue them for costs, you have to pay the full excess"... |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
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ZF Heaven
Join Date: Oct 2010
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sorry guys my photobucket got deleted. when i get time i will make another one
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_______________________________________________ 2011 XR6 in Silhouette ZF 6 Sp // Have you driven a FORD, lately? Previous Rides: 1986 XF S-Pak: Red. 1st car. ![]() 1992 EBII Falcon S: Burgundy, Fully optioned 1995 EF Futura: 2007 BF Falcon XT - ZF in De Ja Vu, 2005 Fairmont Mk II |
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Go to www.hostthenpost.com (read the URL carefully, there's a specific order here in which things should be done.) Upload your image, buy selecting browse, and navigating to it, and clicking "Host" Copy and paste the "Direct URL" |
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Wait? What?
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Tassie
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Bad luck mate. My poor Falcon got written off while parked a couple of months ago. 5 years of good service to me. Insurance was great though. paid out in 3 days.... and I bought an Alfa 159 (Don't judge me).
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Traralgon, Vic
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i bought my current car for 3k.[ef wagon] the only thing i really had to do to it was change the engine,but after 400k kms they tend to get a bit tired. other than that its great, i can get 500ks on gas and 400k on petrol. i have spent a lot on it though, with just unnecessary mods. i also earn between $40-$50 an hour [120k last year] (Fitter- casual.) i really want a new car, but this thing just keeps going! the replacement engine has never had head gasket changed, so as soon as it fails or rego runs out, ill be buy a Subaru. sorry to be off topic.. also sorry to the OP about the car, but hey, at the end of the day, you have insurance, and it'll be fixed/replaced. not a good thing to happen though.
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AFF Whore
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Plently of jobs in IT that earn over $40 an hour, one of the contractors we work with is on $3000 a week before tax.
Sad to hear another car has been lost to stupidity, hope insurance doesn't try and bend you over. |
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