My AUIII XR8 220(wife drives it actually)

[TIC-302]

ok I thought I take some shots of the old girl, after a mate restored the wheels on her this week.

its a 11-01 built 220KW series 3 XR8 auto.
Narooma blue/silver.
we purchased the car in Jan 05 with 87000kms.
we are the second owners, it was/is only serviced by our local ford dealer.
now it has 102000kms.(so in lets say 3 years we done around 16000kms!)

factory options are;

automaic transmission
leather interior
Premium sound
Premuim Brake package
headlight protectors
Bonnet protector
XR mats
Momo leather steering wheel and T-bar knob
Nokia console kit
Engine was hand built with pride by: W Marsicano :

Cost new $540000.(we have all the original paperwork for it)

my wife drives it, it was all standard up until last week when i replaced the two middle mufflers with some high flow 2.5" ones, it has a nicer sound now.


I LOVE IT :

[Dark Horse]

Ah yes, one of the very first of the Series III's to emerge from Tickford. 16,000 km's over 3 years isn't doing the car any justice. What do you do, put it away and look at it? Nicely presented, lovely colour.

[AU2PWR]

$540000 .. Jesus thats on Bloody Expensive Ford ..

[private9]

Very nice mate!

[TIC-302]

they slugged the original owner..thats for sure!

i love buying one owner cars....I always ask for the original sales docs, it make mee feel better that i just saved more than 50% hahah.


i had a fully optioned EF XR8 which was also a one owner,
bodykit
auto
16" wheels
sunroof
1600kg tow kit
airbags

and that was 50K+ in 1995 new! i got in 2001 for $16500 hahah

[fordAU]

Originally Posted by AU2PWR

$540000 .. Jesus thats on Bloody Expensive Ford ..

Thats what they were fully optioned, you can pick them up for around 18k these days, probably less, there is no better bang for the buck imo than a 220, brilliant package and they go like the absolute clappers.

That is a very nice tidy looking vehicle mate, they are a real stunner in my unbiased opinion

[AU2PWR]

still havent caught on have you , 54000 sounds better , 540000 is a bit expensive

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by AU2PWR

still havent caught on have you , 54000 sounds better , 540000 is a bit expensive

Wow you picked up on a typo, everyone else let it go.

Very nice car, Ive never been in a 220, what are they comparable to?

[TIC-302]

bloody typo :


the manuals ran 14.6-14.8 , but has anyone seen or ran a stock auto 220??

[Dauphin]

Lovely looking car mate. I like the S3 accentuated bodykits.

[Whoosha]

Originally Posted by TIC-302

bloody typo :


the manuals ran 14.6-14.8 , but has anyone seen or ran a stock auto 220??

14.2 in mine stock (5speed) 13.7 with a few cheap mods :
luv the colours too

[FTE217]

Just like my old baby but mine was Meteorite.
Nice handling,smooth and a pleasure to drive.

[galaxy xr8]

Very nice machine, you do just as many klm's as me, I have owned mine since new and just clocked over 45,000klm's last weekend, I think we need to get out more,lol.

[clontarf_x]

*looks at all these low-km AU's*

*looks at his 5 years/188k*

Maybe I need to do *less* driving?

Bloody nice 220 btw. I regret not finding a manual 220 before buying the VCT

[TICK4D-TAS]

Very nice XR8 mate. Nice list of options too.

[galaxy xr8]

Originally Posted by Bluedriver

Just like my old baby but mine was Meteorite.
Nice handling,smooth and a pleasure to drive.

Hmmm yes I remember your old grey AU XR8, what ever happened to it, I knew you had sold it but did someone on here get it, IMO it was the nicest AU XR I have ever seen, if I didn't have mine I would have bought it as soon as you said it was for sale.

[XR8GRL]

Real nice TIC-302.

[TIC-302]

only other option I would have liked was a 5 speed and a sunroof.

but the wife is very happy with the the auto.

[F6 R-Spec]

Hey tic-302 very nice machine as you kno my mate has one exact except for the brake option , we fitted headers, stock cats and 2.5 inch system and it is a consistent 14.6-14.7 all day gtech meter and a run down calder park.

Very nice mate !!

[mr302xd]

Fantastic looking machine mate. I wish i got mine in the 220, i got the manual and all the options just want that lil extra power.
A great example of a well looked after XR. Congrats.

Frank

[TIC-302]

thanks fellas, its a real nice car, and i love it.

it did come with some nice factory options, but we are close to getting the fron discs replaced and it wont be cheap, i want the OEM part back on it, which are around $400ea+ pads :

[GK]

Lovely car indeed! Your mate did a great job repairing the wheels.

GK

[You Yangs]

Spotted you yesterday at Minchinbury on the Grt Western and later on that day in Castle Hill. I came up beside you at the lights and noticed the number plate TIC 302 and thought I've seen that before somewhere. So I did a search and found this thread that I remember reading before and I must say I am a little envious of you because you have a very nice ride!
BTW I was the Burgundy Fairmont towing the trailer.

[HLC]

Mincho?

thats close to my area.

ill keep an eye out.

im suprised more people dont see me fangin around with the amount of driving i do lol

[matty220]

I own an 01 XR8 220 these cars are aging so well somtimes I think they look fresher than the BA-BF xr series cars they just dont look like a 7 year old car. My AU has been faultless I also think these cars may become very desirable in years to come great looking car tic-302.

[matty220]

Who reapired those wheels can you give me a contact

[Werd.]

Not very impressive qtr times???
But nice car.

[TIC-302]

Originally Posted by You Yangs

Spotted you yesterday at Minchinbury on the Grt Western and later on that day in Castle Hill. I came up beside you at the lights and noticed the number plate TIC 302 and thought I've seen that before somewhere. So I did a search and found this thread that I remember reading before and I must say I am a little envious of you because you have a very nice ride!
BTW I was the Burgundy Fairmont towing the trailer.

yes , i remember you FPV or FPR plates, nice V8 fairmont, we were looking at furniture so we were driving around mincho and castle.

[TIC-302]

Originally Posted by Werd.

Not very impressive qtr times???
But nice car.

i 've never ran my car, what qtr times are you talking about?

[TIC-302]

Originally Posted by matty220

Who reapired those wheels can you give me a contact

mate did them for me