The GTHOFAN adventure is over - Page 2

dansedgli · 30-11-2006, 10:35 PM

pfft noisy diffs, shit trans', and crap motors are what owning an EA is all about. harden the fu** up, pull out some cable ties and fix the fu**er.

**Professor Farnsworth** · 30-11-2006, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by dansedgli

pfft noisy diffs, shit trans', and crap motors are what owning an EA is all about. harden the fu** up, pull out some cable ties and fix the fu**er.

that reminds me, i actually need some cable ties! mine's virtually an EA anyway.

Browney · 30-11-2006, 10:47 PM

Sad to hear mate, but best of luck with whatever decision you end up making mate.

NZ · 30-11-2006, 11:00 PM

I say stick with the devil you know. I'm guessing this car is going to be around the 4-5k mark from the dealer? I don't know what the finance details are but if your broke then you'd be looking at minimum repayments over a long loan period and paying back far more than you orginally loaned?

Why dont you keep driving the car, disipline yourself and set a goal. Price up an engine and 5 speed and diff , add a bit more for the extra stuff you'll need, use the money you would have been paying on the loan. Theres no point getting all screwd up if you have no money, you must have a job or they wouldnt consider you for a loan, and a new car is going to cost the same to run as your old one.

When you know how much you need work start saving and watch it grow every week. Even put the cash in a shoebox somewhere at home so you can watch it physically grow lol. I'm saying all this because i fear you'll be worse off with a loan and its going to be the ame age car with the same problems.

Damo · 30-11-2006, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dansedgli

pfft noisy diffs, shit trans', and crap motors are what owning an EA is all about. harden the fu** up, pull out some cable ties and fix the fu**er.

not a truer word could be spoken frog

: I have an EF and have pretty much experienced all the problems you have scott, except i didn't half **** spray paint my car orange. :P Just drive it into the ground.

ON_DUBS · 01-12-2006, 09:27 AM

financed BA XT FTW, can pick em up cheap as 13k now

keep the EA in the garage

dansedgli · 01-12-2006, 09:28 AM

Why have the EA taking up precious space. Burn it FTW

**Polyal** · 01-12-2006, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by dansedgli

Why have the EA taking up precious space. Burn it FTW

BWHAHAHA

Yeah no point hanging onto it.

If you really love it, but a mpfi T5 wreck and take the goodies and transplant.

Kenaz · 01-12-2006, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by FAIRMONT4.0

financed BA XT FTW, can pick em up cheap as 13k now

Still have to pay for servicing and insurance on top of the repayments.

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.

Rmyers · 01-12-2006, 01:47 PM

Get yourself a cheap but reliable daily, pull the EA off the road and turn it into a project

Sundeep · 01-12-2006, 01:53 PM

I'm with everyone else I gotta be honest the EA looks shagged. Needs to at least be rubbed back and clear coated, and the springs need to see to some serious grindage... and you're gunna need some 20" bling blings to get it looking anywhere near what I would call respectable.

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Originally Posted by dansedgli

pfft noisy diffs, #### trans', and crap motors are what owning an EA is all about. harden the fu** up, pull out some cable ties and fix the fu**er.

L.
O.
L.

Also finance company's and loans are for homos! Save the cash and spend what you have. Save the financing for buying a house or business or something that will actually be worth it *puts on flame suit*

I agree with Ash as well.. EL Ghia's are the best

Especially cheap as ones that are fking mint but the engine pings but it's still good still good.

Sundeep

EA2BA · 01-12-2006, 01:54 PM

I would be willing to bet you told me to keep my car and rebuild it when the engine died and I was close to giving up. SO SAME TO YOU

, fix it, keep it, finish it.

EFFalcon · 01-12-2006, 02:02 PM

lets keep this on topic and not resort to abusing his car.

Sundeep · 01-12-2006, 02:04 PM

I'll just add that the EB won't be worth it either it'll be in the same condition as the EA in a couple of years no matter how good car you take of it. If you're going to get finance (although I'm against it for a car unless it's for like business purposes) just get something newer like a EF or EL or even a AU. All are dirt cheap now and will give at least another 5 years of trouble free running.

Sundeep

**Professor Farnsworth** · 01-12-2006, 02:06 PM

yeah EB's suck...

Jason[98.EL] · 01-12-2006, 06:13 PM

scotts ea might just be staying in the e-series fold

enough said

jason

Jason[98.EL] · 01-12-2006, 07:30 PM

im saying that if all goes well for scott the ea WILL stay in the e-series fold

it will get finnished to what scott would have liked to see it

jason

Damo · 01-12-2006, 07:39 PM

cool thanks for the update.

FairmontEL · 01-12-2006, 08:41 PM

meh all eseries break down u want a reliable car get something else ive got an el ghia in 8 months im on my 3rd diff done a head gasket, and the auto is no good.. i drive it accordingly so maybe thats why stuff breaks but ull have the same problems i look at other peoples cars ed's and so on and they have the same problems then mine even tho mine is newer.. so i doubt u will escape ur problems buying a 2 years newer eb thats my opinion anyway.

Sundeep · 01-12-2006, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by FairmontEL

meh all eseries break down u want a reliable car get something else ive got an el ghia in 8 months im on my 3rd diff done a head gasket, and the auto is no good.. i drive it accordingly so maybe thats why stuff breaks but ull have the same problems i look at other peoples cars ed's and so on and they have the same problems then mine even tho mine is newer.. so i doubt u will escape ur problems buying a 2 years newer eb thats my opinion anyway.

It's more probably how you treat it and drive it! My old lady's old EL Ghia never let us down besides the standard stuff. The coil and water pump died at around 130km but other than that, we owned it for 30,000km and it never missed a beat. I never caned it, I ripped a **** of a standstill at a cruise once but I didn't even get the rev's up.

The motor wasn't really willing to rev out was one of the problems, was still tight. When I sold it the guy wanted to do a compression test, each cylinder churned out 150 pounds! That's like brand new! So there's your tightness.

Don't cane it = Don't stuff it!

Sundeep

frost · 01-12-2006, 09:31 PM

Tell you what GTHOFAN best thing I ever did was sell my EA!

**Professor Farnsworth** · 01-12-2006, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Dose

It's more probably how you treat it and drive it! My old lady's old EL Ghia never let us down besides the standard stuff. The coil and water pump died at around 130km but other than that, we owned it for 30,000km and it never missed a beat. I never caned it, I ripped a **** of a standstill at a cruise once but I didn't even get the rev's up.

The motor wasn't really willing to rev out was one of the problems, was still tight. When I sold it the guy wanted to do a compression test, each cylinder churned out 150 pounds! That's like brand new! So there's your tightness.

Don't cane it = Don't stuff it!

Sundeep

lol you're a classic

my el ghia I6 was a bit of a pile of nuts, but it felt like it was flogged in a former life. It went through coil, leads, radiator, few electrical items, front discs etc... and i only owned it for 3 months. Come to think of it i only owned the EL V8 for 3 months too. Few other things still needed to be changed too, solenoid, shocks, pretty much all bushes. Ah well. but yeah treat the car within its limits. i like to give a car a squirt, but only when it tells me i can (ps i'm insane and hear car voices)

FairmontEL · 01-12-2006, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Dose

It's more probably how you treat it and drive it! My old lady's old EL Ghia never let us down besides the standard stuff. The coil and water pump died at around 130km but other than that, we owned it for 30,000km and it never missed a beat. I never caned it, I ripped a **** of a standstill at a cruise once but I didn't even get the rev's up.

The motor wasn't really willing to rev out was one of the problems, was still tight. When I sold it the guy wanted to do a compression test, each cylinder churned out 150 pounds! That's like brand new! So there's your tightness.

Don't cane it = Don't stuff it!

Sundeep

My el pulled 175 in all cylinders can ask john i think a few were 170... where is the fun in not caning it hehehe i really dont thrash my car that much but anyway

Kenaz · 02-12-2006, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Dose

It's more probably how you treat it and drive it! My old lady's old EL Ghia never let us down besides the standard stuff. The coil and water pump died at around 130km but other than that, we owned it for 30,000km and it never missed a beat. I never caned it, I ripped a **** of a standstill at a cruise once but I didn't even get the rev's up.

The motor wasn't really willing to rev out was one of the problems, was still tight. When I sold it the guy wanted to do a compression test, each cylinder churned out 150 pounds! That's like brand new! So there's your tightness.

Don't cane it = Don't stuff it!

Sundeep

I drive mine pretty easy most of the time, but I've also done more than 50 passes at Heathcote. Apart from replacing the Balancer, Water pump and brake switch everything else has been fine. Oh and I've replaced about 734 globes since I've had the car, but that doesn't worry me. I've owned mine since 112,000 and it's just done 154,000.

FordGirl · 02-12-2006, 12:56 PM

any word on whether the finance was approved or not?

Jason[98.EL] · 02-12-2006, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by FordGirl

any word on whether the finance was approved or not?

not yet he finds out on monday

FordGirl · 02-12-2006, 02:02 PM

Aaah, good luck Scotty!!!

**Professor Farnsworth** · 07-12-2006, 01:38 AM

not sure what's happening with your finance mate but i just noticed this thread you may be interested in.. it's a lot cheaper than the prices you were quoting earlier..

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=76953

LTDHO · 07-12-2006, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mrcrackers

not sure what's happening with your finance mate but i just noticed this thread you may be interested in.. it's a lot cheaper than the prices you were quoting earlier..

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=76953

Like I sadi scotty, well worth your while to replace your veh with a club vehicle and not get ripped at a yard!