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Old 19-02-2006, 11:50 PM   #1
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Hey,

I just done 200,000 kms today! A lot of kms there! I braught the car at 198,000 roughly so a lot more traveling too go! :eclipsee_

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Old 20-02-2006, 12:09 AM   #2
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haven't had the car long then huh , ive clocked up 2000km within the first 3 weeks of owning it easilly ) .
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Old 20-02-2006, 12:16 AM   #3
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haven't had the car long then huh , ive clocked up 2000km within the first 3 weeks of owning it easilly ) .
LOL, where did you drive too?

I thaught i had done heaps of km's in the 1 or so month i've had the car!

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Old 20-02-2006, 12:17 AM   #4
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Old 20-02-2006, 12:18 AM   #5
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lol another one that cant pull over to take a pic...

hows she feeling at 200,000ks?
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Old 20-02-2006, 12:24 AM   #6
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lol another one that cant pull over to take a pic...

hows she feeling at 200,000ks?
Yeah! LOL i had the camera in the car for this special moment!

She's feeling great for 200,000ks! The only thing is, it's having problem starting on gas a lot!

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Old 20-02-2006, 12:31 AM   #7
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LOL, where did you drive too?

I thaught i had done heaps of km's in the 1 or so month i've had the car!

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Mate when we got our car we drove it everywhere , and becuse the missus uses it to it's been constantlly driven . All up now we got it about 5 weeks ago , have done about just over 3000km ourselfs now. Oh - and extra well done in advance for ya if ya engine makes it to 300,000
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Old 20-02-2006, 12:48 AM   #8
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300,000 bah, its only just getting run in, these taxi's last forever lol
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300,000 bah, its only just getting run in, these taxi's last forever lol
I was going to say, there's more than a handful of decrepid ones running around with more mileage than the digital odo can accomodate.
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Old 20-02-2006, 01:04 AM   #10
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Mate when we got our car we drove it everywhere , and becuse the missus uses it to it's been constantlly driven . All up now we got it about 5 weeks ago , have done about just over 3000km ourselfs now. Oh - and extra well done in advance for ya if ya engine makes it to 300,000
Oh ok! How much you pay for the XR6? Thank's for the extra well done!

LOL i'll let you know when it's done 300,000kms!

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Old 20-02-2006, 01:06 AM   #11
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300,000 bah, its only just getting run in, these taxi's last forever lol
Yeah lol our taxi's last for ages! That reminds me i need to steal the black inserts that go on the front bumper bar off a AU taxi :
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Old 20-02-2006, 01:07 AM   #12
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Congrats. Mine just clicked 170000 and feels great. Bought it at the end of Augustwith 157000 on it.
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Old 20-02-2006, 09:18 AM   #13
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I was going to say, there's more than a handful of decrepid ones running around with more mileage than the digital odo can accomodate.
So what exactly happens with the digital ODO's when they reach 999,999 KMS? Do they just freeze or reset?
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Old 20-02-2006, 11:23 AM   #14
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So what exactly happens with the digital ODO's when they reach 999,999 KMS? Do they just freeze or reset?
Go ask a taxi driver lol...

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Old 20-02-2006, 01:07 PM   #15
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I had an XF on gas. Bought it at 205,000 and sold it at 315,000 klms. Never put a spanner to the engine....I was waiting for the valves to burn out on it but never happened. I saw it just before xmas and it has 335,000 on it now....

It had digital dahs electical problems which caused the temp gauge to go into the red every now and again. It didn't have a thermostat when I bought it and I never put one in it. I suspected that running cold could have helped it as it wasn't being stressed by 'warm up - cool down' cycles. Never leaked oil either...great car....miss it a little
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I had an XF on gas. Bought it at 205,000 and sold it at 315,000 klms. Never put a spanner to the engine....I was waiting for the valves to burn out on it but never happened. I saw it just before xmas and it has 335,000 on it now....

It had digital dahs electical problems which caused the temp gauge to go into the red every now and again. It didn't have a thermostat when I bought it and I never put one in it. I suspected that running cold could have helped it as it wasn't being stressed by 'warm up - cool down' cycles. Never leaked oil either...great car....miss it a little
I've got a XF ghia on gas which i use to get to work (140km round trip 6 days a week) with 290,000 on it, had it for 3 years & done stuff all to it & it gets a hiding.. It also has the same problem with the temp guage, i've been meaning to put a vdo guage in, those older ford digital dash's can be a bit dodgy, the speedo says some funny things sometimes too... gotta expect it for a 21yo car tho..
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Yeah! LOL i had the camera in the car for this special moment!

She's feeling great for 200,000ks! The only thing is, it's having problem starting on gas a lot!

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The dash looks different ... must be a Series 1 thing.
In regards to starting there's a few things that need to be checked.
Is your's dual fuel or factory dedicated???
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Old 20-02-2006, 08:47 PM   #19
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The dash looks different ... must be a Series 1 thing.
In regards to starting there's a few things that need to be checked.
Is your's dual fuel or factory dedicated???
My car is dual fuel!
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The dash looks different ... must be a Series 1 thing.
In regards to starting there's a few things that need to be checked.
Is your's dual fuel or factory dedicated???
Series 1 wasn't available in dedcated form.
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Old 20-02-2006, 09:41 PM   #21
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cool ... wasn't sure.
Could be a number of things when it comes to hard starting ... especially when it's a duel fuel setup.
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So what exactly happens with the digital ODO's when they reach 999,999 KMS? Do they just freeze or reset?

reset, i saw a series 1 au taxi with original 20,000 clicks ..........over 999,999 lol yeah i was talking to the bloke, and was tinking of buying it respraying it fit some series III panels and sell it like new. lmao.
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i have never had that spanner come up in my car for some reason??dunno why? at what intervals does that come up??
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Old 21-02-2006, 11:59 PM   #24
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i have never had that spanner come up in my car for some reason??dunno why? at what intervals does that come up??
The spanner means that it needs a service, i think FORD can set when it come up next or it come up every 10,000kms!

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