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Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 3753
Reg: 09-2007
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Hey guys ive been offered either of these cars for my soarer. Both have 200,000+kms. Just wondering what sort of reliability these cars have at such high kms? I just need to run these cars as a daily for a year max. |
Joshua Rao
Goo Roo
WA
TT (for sale $5.2k), 97 Blk UZZ31, 97 JZZ30 vvti turbo white manual, 96 vvti turbo manual, Legnum VR4, MR2 sw20, Alfa 156
Posts: 2716
Reg: 09-2006
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Hey Ali, i consider you a friend but seriously I wont talk to you if you get a commodore |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 3759
Reg: 09-2007
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haha ok fine i wont get a commonwhore. just cause of you Josh. Sell me a vvti manual soon? |
Joshua Rao
Goo Roo
WA
TT (for sale $5.2k), 97 Blk UZZ31, 97 JZZ30 vvti turbo white manual, 96 vvti turbo manual, Legnum VR4, MR2 sw20, Alfa 156
Posts: 2724
Reg: 09-2006
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Perhaps I may be getting rid of the white Vvti manual. Actually letting my gen 3 mr2 go first.
Not interested in the v8 97 soarer? That will go before the Vvti. If the TT v8 and Vvti go I'll be soarer less not sure if I could live with that yet and the Vvti I love most!!!! |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 3761
Reg: 09-2007
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true true. importing might be a smarter option for me. though i do like George's 97 red V8, looks smexy with black interior. |
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31
Posts: 6538
Reg: 10-2005
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90's Audi's are often horrifically expensive to repair. I think they are fairly reliable though - and its not like you can't say the same thing about Soarers in a lot of departments. |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 3763
Reg: 09-2007
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245,000KM on the audi. i assume if you get the major servicing done, it should be fairly bullet proof like a soarer? |
David Grima
Goo Roo
WA
1JZ-GTE TT
Posts: 1304
Reg: 07-2007
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what's making you get rid of the soarer Ali? would definitely NOT get the commonwhore... |
Brett Cutts
DieHard
south australia
UZZ31 V8
Posts: 746
Reg: 07-2008
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From a mechanic who works on a lot of euro trash. Run from the audi as fast as your legs will carry you or you will be  . Bank on doing engine mounts radius rod bushes inlet manifold gaskets a radiator and a/c compressor on the commodore and it will be a good car. I keep trying to have the boss pre print job cards for these items on all vt to vx commodores as they all have have the same problems from 170k onwards |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 3766
Reg: 09-2007
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alright, what about the following with highish KMs?:
1995-2001 Toyota Camry, Corolla, Mitsubishi Magna, Nissan Pulsar |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo
NSW
TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 6589
Reg: 03-2006
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Magna will keep going , just need to remove the sump and clean out the oi pickup as they sludge up .
Can i ask why a falcon isnt an option ? a decent BA , even fairmont , even with 200+ on the clock will keep on going . Parts are easy and cheap if/when needed . Plenty of poke around town and not bad on fuel |
Dave Rose
Goo Roo
wa
uzz31 v8
Posts: 1779
Reg: 03-2007
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Old Toyotas have silly prices on them, but good cars.Magnas are good value ,Falcons still suffer the head problems if coolant has not been changed at service intervals. |
Brett Cutts
DieHard
south australia
UZZ31 V8
Posts: 747
Reg: 07-2008
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A well maintained magna would be ok otherwise they tend to get smokey also and have lots of trans problems. Camry corolla or falcon would me my choice if I was looking in that order. |
Ian Johnston
Goo Roo
South Australia
UZZ30 GT 4.0 SOLD(sort of), BA XR6Turbo Ute. 2007 VE GTS.
Posts: 1462
Reg: 07-2005
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Thats cos you have a yard full of Falcons
I have allways said the Magna is an under rated car(later V6) Old company I worked for had a lot as company cars, and had next to no problems.
And I must say, a lot of Falcons with well over 300,000ks. |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 3767
Reg: 09-2007
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no Falcon purely for economy reasons. Jap cars are just too good on fuel! Cheers for the responses guys |
Brett Cutts
DieHard
south australia
UZZ31 V8
Posts: 748
Reg: 07-2008
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I hate to tell you this but my other halfs V6 magna used to be a lot heavier on fuel than both my Tickford 6 Fairlane and the Au V8 fairlane that I replaced it with.  . My V6 wide body camry that I used to use as a loan car was almost as bad but better than the falcons by only a small margin. My V8 soarer driven gently gave me the best milage out of the lot of them sadly. I used to average 100kms a day with both in traffic and freeway driving. Also for reference AU and BA falcons don't have the head issues of the earlier falcons. They do however blow radiators apart about as regularly as v6 common bores do |
Dave Rose
Goo Roo
wa
uzz31 v8
Posts: 1780
Reg: 03-2007
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One in every four AU falcons comeing through the car yard, had some sort problem with head corrosion !.One car yard I know drained every AU and put in stop leak ready. |
Brett Cutts
DieHard
south australia
UZZ31 V8
Posts: 749
Reg: 07-2008
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what are they using for coolant battery acid !!!!
I have personally owned 13 au's with between 90k and 700k on them and 2 mates wreck and rebuild them regularly and the only reason the heads have ever come off is for oil leaks. I just pulled a head of a 235k au I am wrecking to put on a customers el at work with a coroded out head. It still had a steel shim gasket and had zero corrosion. I have worked in 6 workshops in the last 10 years and falcons up to el are shockers for heads but apart from the odd welch plug plenty of radiators and a few water pumps we never touch the cooling system of au's and ba's |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo
NSW
TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 6591
Reg: 03-2006
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I personally would look into a nicely looked after AU on gas . Duel fuel , cheap to run around town and as Brett has stated , they only use radiators and the odd water pump ( should know, i own one  ) . |
Dan McColl
Goo Roo
Victoria (The Nazi State)
Pretty Red Thing and The Black Rattler
Posts: 3211
Reg: 07-2005
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BA is ten times the car of an AU for not a lot more money. |
Dan McColl
Goo Roo
Victoria (The Nazi State)
Pretty Red Thing and The Black Rattler
Posts: 3212
Reg: 07-2005
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Just keep the Soarer?? |
Brett Cutts
DieHard
south australia
UZZ31 V8
Posts: 750
Reg: 07-2008
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Ive had both AU'S and BA'S. BA's look and go better AU,s drive 5 times better and the seats are a lot more comfortable just a shame they are butt ugly. I can't drive a BA for any more than 15 minutes without getting a back ache. |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
Nothing yet :/
Posts: 3776
Reg: 09-2007
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Dan: Plan on buying a vvti in a few months
i have bought a 94 honda accord with 149,000km. anything to look out for on these? dont plan on keeping it for more than a year though |
Brett Cutts
DieHard
south australia
UZZ31 V8
Posts: 751
Reg: 07-2008
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As long as the timing belt is done and you keep an eye on the oil level and don't let it get low should be trouble free to 200000 would not want to own it past that though. Only common honda problem I have run across is the large rubber bush at the front end of the rear lower control arm can split and cause the car to rear end steer quite badly. This design was in most but not all of the hondas from the late 80,s to the early 2000,s |
Dan McColl
Goo Roo
Victoria (The Nazi State)
Pretty Red Thing and The Black Rattler
Posts: 3214
Reg: 07-2005
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Regular oil changes, and make sure the timing belt is done, Like Brett said.
I'll have to disagree on the BA/AU. I absolutely hated driving the AU but would go all day happily in the BA. |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
Nothing yet :/
Posts: 3783
Reg: 09-2007
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thanks. Also agree with Dan on the BA v AU thing. never gave me any back pain :p |
Ian Johnston
Goo Roo
South Australia
UZZ30 GT 4.0 SOLD(sort of), BA XR6Turbo Ute. 2007 VE GTS.
Posts: 1468
Reg: 07-2005
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Never driven an AU, but have had 2 BAs, and crap seats. Maybe its a mechanics back thing, I dont know. My leather FG seats in my BA are good though. |
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