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Old 01-12-2010, 09:41 AM   #1
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Exclamation My GHIA V Rental FG XR6

The missus and I rented an XR6 from a major car rental company. What a POS !!
The car had 50,000kms on the clock. If I took FORD up on their offer "come and compare" I wouldn't buy one. It had vibration thru the steering, passenger got jolted over minor bumps, doesn't drive as smoothly as my GHIA. Auto box was a screamer.And it got 100kms per tank less than my GHIA. My Fez Zetec has firm suspension but nothing like this XR6. I would hope the car had been regularly serviced etc. I did complain about the condition of the car, on return.
I just hope this is an isolated example and not typical of the XR6.

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Sport suspension vs. luxury suspension?
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The missus and I rented an XR6 from a major car rental company. What a POS !!
The car had 50,000kms on the clock. If I took FORD up on their offer "come and compare" I wouldn't buy one. It had vibration thru the steering, passenger got jolted over minor bumps, doesn't drive as smoothly as my GHIA. Auto box was a screamer.And it got 100kms per tank less than my GHIA. My Fez Zetec has firm suspension but nothing like this XR6. I would hope the car had been regularly serviced etc. I did complain about the condition of the car, on return.
I just hope this is an isolated example and not typical of the XR6.
HAHAHA your comparing a 50,000 km old XR6 rental thats never had a service in its life to your personally owned Ghia??

You must be joking..

My FG's smash my BA and BF's, the FGs are quicker, steer better and are more composed on the road.

I think ill go back to bed. While I do that how about you go drive a G6E Turbo and compare it to your Ghia.
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Old 01-12-2010, 10:10 AM   #4
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I rented an FG Xr6 up on the Gold Coast two weeks ago, 6 speed auto. Approx 12,000 on the clock. Didn't want to give it back it was that good.

The car you hired has prob been driven over gutters, median strips, cattle grates, wombats and kangaroos. Keep it real please!
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agreed, you cant assume all FG Xr's are the same as one that has had the guts flogged out of it for 50,000kms....
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probably hit a gutter giving you vibration. Not the cars fault...
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i used to think
"why buy an FG when you can get a BA at half the price"

then i drove an FG lol they dont compare!!
the FG has it all over the BA BF.
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Old 01-12-2010, 11:10 AM   #9
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I just handed back an FG XR6 to Hertz on Monday, it's the third one I have had from them now. I have also driven every Toyota they have, VE Calais, SV6 and Focus....the XR6 was the better drive of all of them as far as I am concerned. Followed by a very close second by the SV6. The SV6 was just far too slow off the line and the dash doesn't do it for me.
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sounds like rentals are a lottery. i've only had toyotas when renting, both were in good condition, but so boring to drive, it was hard not to nod off.
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HAHAHA your comparing a 50,000 km old XR6 rental thats never had a service in its life to your personally owned Ghia??

You must be joking..

My FG's smash my BA and BF's, the FGs are quicker, steer better and are more composed on the road.

I think ill go back to bed. While I do that how about you go drive a G6E Turbo and compare it to your Ghia.
Spot on there. Durrr my GHIA MORE BETTER it's probably been driven to within an inch of its so far short life and by the way has sports suspension compared with luxury spec in your GHIA
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Both FG's I have had from the same rental company in the past 3 months have been excellent - a black one with 30ks and a blue with 12ks. I reckon you just has a bad example unfortunatley :(
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The missus and I rented an XR6 from a major car rental company. What a POS !!
The car had 50,000kms on the clock. If I took FORD up on their offer "come and compare" I wouldn't buy one. It had vibration thru the steering, passenger got jolted over minor bumps, doesn't drive as smoothly as my GHIA. Auto box was a screamer.And it got 100kms per tank less than my GHIA. My Fez Zetec has firm suspension but nothing like this XR6. I would hope the car had been regularly serviced etc. I did complain about the condition of the car, on return.
I just hope this is an isolated example and not typical of the XR6.
If i was to walk in to a ford dealer and compare. Id be taking a test drive of an FG xr6 that probably has 800kms...not 50,000kms. also it would have been driven the same route by maybe 10 other people. Not multiple routes by multiple families for thousands of kms.
I can garuntee that the one at the dealership wouldnt have a steering shudder from warped brakes, the trip wouldnt be long enough to compare fuel usage.
The gearbox would have new oil, not burnt black oil in a typical 50,000km car (especially one driven by people with "its not my car attitude" for 50,00kms).

Just remember when ford state in their commercial "come in and compare" they mean in a ford dealership, not at AVIS ;)
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Mate i love my BA and will keep it for many many years longer...
But i have driven company cars at work G6E, XR6 & XR8 that are in our fleet...
they all have upwards of 40,000k;s and man id take any of them in a heartbeat..Smooth, comfortable and awesome to drive..Our cars are regularlly servcied and well mainytained..It seems the one you got wasn't...
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Come drive my FG - its got 72,000km on it..still drives like new. Hire cars can be a lotto..most of the time with Hertz i get an FG..all but one have been sweet. The one that wasn't was due for wheel balance and it was only I had requested it over an Aurion
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Rentals ! haha
take 1 well made car
put it in the hands of lots of people with a care factor of 0
footwells conveniatly shaped like ashtrays
special suspension designed for running over curbs,culverts,wildlife. no wonder they dont last long
(not saying all people treat them that way )
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WOW!! Guess the verdict is in. Personally I love the FG, my standard 6 is pretty damn close to the 02 XR6T I used to have in speed and is a world ahead in ever other aspect, feel, handling, quietness, interior (maybe not exterior style but hey). $34,000 brand spanking in 2009 was the best money I ever spent.. I look after it, it looks after me.
In totally unrelated news, I saw Geelong get spanked by Adelaide on a bad day in the AFL.. does it make Adelaide the superior side??
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My FG XR6 has 100,00 and still drives like the day I picked it up , you just got a thrashed and bashed one .
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Very funny thread!
So all FGs are crap then lol
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lol

look at all that pwnage.
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Ummm, never judge a car by a rental.
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So all FGs are crap then lol
Yes bro, they are no good those FG's..

I just got out of a BFII Taxi and it wasssssssss noo where near as good as my mint condition AU Series III Fairmont Ghia V8 5.0 Tickford special option spoiler delete pack clear side indicator limited edition. What a bucket of bolts those BFII's are let alone those newer generation BFII lookalike FG's..
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I hired a G series last year. It was awesome. Solid and fuel efficient, went well. Loved it. I could have happily kept it.
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I just hope this is an isolated example and not typical of the XR6.
Test driving an new XR6 with ZF is the only way you'll get closure......
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What's the old saying?

Rental cars. The only true all terrain vehicle
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I once saw a Mini Moke that doubled as a sugar cane harvester when driven by a mad kiwi, it was returned sans exhaust system.
Said Kiwi wanted to charge the hire company for making it go better...

The moral is, don't judge a model by hiring one.
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Yes I have fond memories as a 16 year old back in 2000 driving a brand new VX Commodore hire car around our farm that one of our friends had visited in.. Certainly taught me how to drive!!
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Cant wait for AVIS to start hiring out Coyote's it would be an interesting 50 000km report card ....
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I have had numorous FG's for hire car's, it's the luck of the draw, some have been very good, and some very bad, but you can tell which one's have had a hard life, the last one I had was only 5,000klm's old but those 5,000klm's were done hard.
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I've had 2 rental G6's for a week each. One had 13,000ks the other had 30,000. Both were awesome, apart from the average A/C and the horrible interiors.

Chassis/engine wise - unbeatable for the price.
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