The GTHOFAN adventure is over

gthofan · 30-11-2006, 06:21 PM

hey all, sad day

i have had it with my car. it has to go. too many problems to justify spending more money on it.

i went to a car yard today and saw a nice car. i have asked for finance on it as im broke, so ill hear back tomorrow about that.

so if it is approved, my car is going to a wrecker as soon as possible.

if its not approved, ill have to find the money from somewhere to fix the essentials.

problems include, diff, noisy, horrible in reverse.
engine- bottom end noise when i start it (rattling)
gearbox (suspected by ford and a local mechanic near work.

i am just so frustrated cos of all the time and work to get it to where it is now.

all will be revealed after i find out if ive been approved for finance.

cheers
scott

efgiar · 30-11-2006, 06:23 PM

are you keeping the kit off it? id take everything off and sell/put it on the new car

Allen · 30-11-2006, 06:24 PM

Its a shame your letting it go, esspecially after all the work you put into it recently respraying it...

But if it isn't viable to spend money on it for no real gain, then it only makes sense to upgrade.

What are you buying? e-series still?
Good luck with getting finance and getting your new ride

LUXO_8 · 30-11-2006, 06:26 PM

good luck with whichever way you go scotty:P

gthofan · 30-11-2006, 06:27 PM

all i will say is ive enquired about an e-series!

i just hope to christ the finance is approved

**Professor Farnsworth** · 30-11-2006, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by gthofan

all i will say is ive enquired about an e-series!

i just hope to christ the finance is approved

i'm guessing it'll be one of the following:

1) ef/l xr6
2) ef/l xr8
3) ed sprint

but which ?!

30-11-2006, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by mrcrackers

i'm guessing it'll be one of the following:

1) ef/l xr6
2) ef/l xr8
3) ed sprint

but which ?!

if he is broke then all those options are not cheap especially the last one :P

**Professor Farnsworth** · 30-11-2006, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by John_xr6

if he is broke then all those options are not cheap especially the last one :P

but..

Quote:

Originally Posted by gthofan

...i have asked for finance on it as im broke, so ill hear back tomorrow about that.

finance is the miracle cure for all brokeness, i should know, i had two B series. That CERTAINLY made me broke.

30-11-2006, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mrcrackers

but..

finance is the miracle cure for all brokeness, i should know, i had two B series. That CERTAINLY made me broke.

true, i dont have enough for a VY SS so ill be borrowing about 10k...LOL

XR6TickfordBoy · 30-11-2006, 06:28 PM

Big question! E-series????

crannersEL · 30-11-2006, 07:16 PM

Sad to see the orange machine go mate, good luck with the finances!

-jjM- · 30-11-2006, 07:35 PM

vl turbo mate...omg....u can buy my eb if u want it....lol gotta sell it to someone

Damo · 30-11-2006, 08:39 PM

don't go with a finance company they will rape you. Get a personal loan. And lol @ EA! Too much reving not enough clutch dumping scotty. It's probably for the best, that paint job was a shocker mate. ;)

XRated · 30-11-2006, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Damo

It's probably for the best, that paint job was a shocker mate. ;)

Hahaha!

Scott, I know the feeling when you want to throw the towel in.

But if you're broke, how is it viable to get a financed E-Series? You must be bloody mad.

I'd be inclined to drop in a low km AU engine (can pick them up for app. $500), a decent gear box (always a cheap one floating around the forums) and a cheap second-hand diff (stuff-all). The body/paint-job you can live with.

mcflux · 01-12-2006, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Damo

don't go with a finance company they will rape you. Get a personal loan.

homad is right Scotty, an ex-mate of mine went thru a finance company for a then-7yo Hyundai Excel which he stupidly purchased for $12k in a caryard in 2003. The then-new Hyundai Getz was $13k drive away! Anyway, the intrest was 30% p/a and the payoff scheme was over 5 years.

That turned a $12k Hyundai into $21,458 Hyundai (his initial purchase deposit was $5k, meaning $7k left over plus the 30% p/a). It ended up getting repoed.

:

Karma rocks.

snypereb · 30-11-2006, 08:43 PM

He wont sell it he loves that car. Scotty ill come ova and help you!! Dont stop now you have done to much.

Damo · 30-11-2006, 08:49 PM

send it to a wrecker where EA's belong, except Sundeep's, Rmyers, Dougs old EA, Turbo tonys, any factorys turbo EA, SVO's etc etc.. the rest should be at wreckers...

30-11-2006, 08:51 PM

no big loss, i say we rip some burnouts in it before it goes!!!!1

snypereb · 30-11-2006, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by John_xr6

no big loss, i say we rip some burnouts in it before it goes!!!!1

He had awesome plans for the car though.

30-11-2006, 09:12 PM

yeah but its beest to start with one in decent condition as it will be cheaper in the long run. you can pick up clean EA's for peanuts now.

gthofan · 30-11-2006, 09:24 PM

the cost to repair the car is not worth it, cos i could spend $2000 to fix it all, and in the end of the day its still an 89 ea half done project, with heaps more to be spent

**Polyal** · 30-11-2006, 09:25 PM

yeap better off picking up a nice clean EB or greater for a bit more than that.

Kenaz · 30-11-2006, 09:28 PM

Get a EL Ghia. They are the best E-series you can get.

EFFalcon · 30-11-2006, 09:28 PM

sad to see Scotty.. was lookin forward to seeing how it all turned out.
but if you've got something else on the line then i'm sure it'll be just as interesting

Good luck!

gthofan · 30-11-2006, 09:39 PM

the car ive seen is a
bluey green eb series 2 s pack
manual
sunroof
xr seats (i think)
and clear indicators

**Professor Farnsworth** · 30-11-2006, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by gthofan

the car ive seen is a
bluey green eb series 2 s pack
manual
sunroof
xr seats (i think)
and clear indicators

ok i was way off the mark - i'm guessing it's 'peacock' in colour - similar to everglade. how many km's on it ? price etc ?

mark_TD · 30-11-2006, 10:00 PM

Thats sad to hear Scott. After time spent and it was starting to look good. I have been looking at EB 2 s pack too as a daily

Damo · 30-11-2006, 10:01 PM

EBII s-packs are gay, especially is they are manual. Gayer than finance companys.

LTDHO · 30-11-2006, 10:28 PM

Scotty.

Don't waste ya money by buying from a yard.
Drive the EA until one comes up on here that you like. Ya should've thought of this before the respray and bought John ED!

Dezza · 30-11-2006, 10:28 PM

That's sad to hear Scotty. I've had similar thoughts about my car, but the T5 conversion has restored my faith in the car. I've got squeaky suspension, noisy brakes, squeaky wheel bearings, it had major oil leaks, the engine sounded rattly (it has the occassional rattliness now), and my auto was slipping like mad, but the new transmission has fixed at least one of those problems. Just gotta hope the engine keeps going, so the money I've put into the car doesn't go to waste. It's a shame, they're old cars now. Hope you can get the problems sorted.