Soarer Central: SOARER OR XR8???????

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Alen Sadikovic
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 04:19 pm, by: Alen Sadikovic (Alen87)

what would you take, the soarer shown below or the XR8??

by brother is selling his XR8 and is whiling to do a straight swap with my soarer. i love my soarer and obviously its quicker, but there is just something about the XR8.

i loved V8s ever since and his especially. he has modified intake, chip, extractors, new throdle (how ever you spell it haha) body, exhaust system and its manual.

it sounds mean and its quiet quick. so, any suggestions or opinions, is it worth it or not???
i have a month or so to think about it, what do you guys say??

Justin Burnes
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 04:28 pm, by: Justin Burnes (Justinb)

well... i love my soarer.. but i love xr8's..

i would take it in a second...

just my opinion..

Joshua Rao
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 05:00 pm, by: Joshua Rao (Soaren1)

Take his xr8, sell it and buy yourself a nice black 97 single turbo manual. Invest the remaining funds as you see fit.

Steven Nanevski
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 05:15 pm, by: Steven Nanevski (Imprestik)

Take the XR8 for sure, hands down, if not, I will swap your bro...

Dave Rose
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 05:51 pm, by: Dave Rose (Sand_groper)

If you like V8s just get a v8 soarer!!
XR8s are dinosaurs and they love petrol.

Adrain Parsons
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 06:32 pm, by: Adrain Parsons (Ace1975)

take the xr8, there worth 3 times the soarer price!

Alex Barbieri
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 06:40 pm, by: Alex Barbieri (Barbieros)

Take Josh and Dave's advice. Take the XR8, sell it- buy a single turbo and a late model v8.

Luke Burt
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 07:18 pm, by: Luke Burt (Burt)

Man, is your brother like.. mentally incapacitated?

He could sell is xr and buy a couple of soarers..

Joshua Rao
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 07:18 pm, by: Joshua Rao (Soaren1)

Alex Barbieri wrote on Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 06:40 pm:
Take the XR8, sell it- buy a single turbo and a late model v8.

Kyle Wathen
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 07:55 pm, by: Kyle Wathen (Cspot)

How come he wants to do a straight swap Alen? A $12k Soarer V $26k XR8?

I'd go the XR8

Will Schultz
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 08:02 pm, by: Will Schultz (Johnny_dangerous)

Kyle Wathen wrote on Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 07:55 pm:
A $12k Soarer V $26k XR8?

Sounds like a bloody good deal to me,and i'm damn sure not a ford man.
Whats your brother on?Must be good

John Khanh
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 10:30 pm, by: John Khanh (Bigjohn)

Something doesn't sound right here. His BA XR8 for your Soarer. I think he's pulling your leg mate!

Dave Billings
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Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 07:51 am, by: Dave Billings (Waveman1717)

I'd go Toyota over a Ford ANY day of the week.
F-fix
O-or
R-repair
D-daily

Hell, what am I saying...I can almost say the same thing about my SC, lol

Matthew Sharpe
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Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 10:04 am, by: Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt)

Sadly at the moment I'd take the XR8 - just becuase it would be much easier to put the baby in the back of it.

Alen Sadikovic
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Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 12:28 pm, by: Alen Sadikovic (Alen87)

haha there has been a bit of miss understanding, my mistake, what i mean by straight swap is that i would have to give him my soarer and add the remaining money in cash on what ever we agree on.

so its not like i swap, sell and make instant profit, if that was the case i wouldnt even think about it lol.

now his been selling it for couple months and ppl have been giving ridicules offers, the pics are bad but the car is in top condition. another thing is the new XR8 is coming this year so the value of the car would drop soon anyway.

now i have drivin it alot, and i am scared that if i buy it i'll get sick of it in a few months and i wont be able to buy my soarer back because his planing to sell it

Dave Rose wrote on Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 05:51 pm:
XR8s are dinosaurs and they love petrol

they love petrol lol

Benny Gammelmark
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Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 02:02 pm, by: Benny Gammelmark (Oldfield)

It all depends on if you plan to keep it.
If you plan to keep it, go the Soarer. Build quality is just better.

If you plan to sell it in a year or two then I'd take the XR8. Much easier to sell at a decent price.

On the other hand you probably couldn't loose much on the Soarer, depending what you're going to pay for it.

Justin Burnes
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Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 04:05 pm, by: Justin Burnes (Justinb)

Probably not the best idea to ask the question on a forum full of soarer enthusiasts.

I've always been a ford man, but i drive a soarer, if i could have found a decent xr8 at the time i was looking for my soarer i probably would have taken it.

I've driven a couple of BA falcons and they're all great to drive and when you take the price of parts into perspective the better option is probably the xr8.

Miles Baker
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Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 05:58 pm, by: Miles Baker (Milesb)

Tough choice. Those XR8s are pretty cool and it's a nice car for sure. I *would* say grab it but a panel beater showed me what sits underneath the skin on those new Fords.. the car wasn't much over a year old and it already had a line of rusty spot welds where he peeled the quarter back. I wouldn't keep one for too many years.

Ben Daniel
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Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 07:26 pm, by: Ben Daniel (Lexustt)

Do the swap, sell the XR8 for $30k and buy yourself an even better soarer

like a 1999 VVTi Black on black for 20k and then have 10k left over for mods and making it pretty

Justin Burnes
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Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 08:02 pm, by: Justin Burnes (Justinb)

Alen Sadikovic wrote on Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 12:28 pm:
haha there has been a bit of miss understanding, my mistake, what i mean by straight swap is that i would have to give him my soarer and add the remaining money in cash on what ever we agree on.

so its not like i swap, sell and make instant profit, if that was the case i wouldnt even think about it lol.

Ben Daniel wrote on Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 07:26 pm:
Do the swap, sell the XR8 for $30k and buy yourself an even better soarer like a 1999 VVTi Black on black for 20k and then have 10k left over for mods and making it pretty

theres your answer ben

Ben Daniel
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Monday, February 18, 2008 - 12:36 am, by: Ben Daniel (Lexustt)

sorry... maybe I should read the ENTIRE thread first eh ?

Fran Valdivia
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Monday, February 18, 2008 - 11:00 am, by: Fran Valdivia (Silvasoarer)

Alen Sadikovic wrote on Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 12:28 pm:
haha there has been a bit of miss understanding, my mistake, what i mean by straight swap is that i would have to give him my soarer and add the remaining money in cash on what ever we agree on.

so its not like i swap, sell and make instant profit, if that was the case i wouldnt even think about it lol.

now his been selling it for couple months and ppl have been giving ridicules offers, the pics are bad but the car is in top condition. another thing is the new XR8 is coming this year so the value of the car would drop soon anyway.

now i have drivin it alot, and i am scared that if i buy it i'll get sick of it in a few months and i wont be able to buy my soarer back because his planing to sell it

The decision is not an easy one, and it sounds like you are already thinking you'll get sick of it.
It's also quite noble that you want to assist your brother in his sale, even if you have to pay more for a car that will give you a lot less.

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