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06-05-2007, 11:05 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Hey! I drive a Commodore and intend on keeping it but being a 5 litre it's a little bit thirsty for the long drive down the highway to work, I also use it for street class drag racing and I'm not fair off making 13 second 1/4 miles but it gives me a bit of drama trying to juggle working on the car to make it faster and also needing it to be running again come Sunday night so i can get to work in the morning.
The point of the story is I need a car to get to work cheap and that wont break much but I still need a little bit of power to be able to pass the odd B double and tractor, well ok maybe I'll retire from passing B doubles and I think it's going to be a Falcon on lpg. Then I can leave the VP in the shed and take my time on spanner work I need to do on that. I drive a AU a bit at the moment but it's really the only model I've driven and it seems quite good really, I don't care that it's a fairly slow car in comparasion to my VP because it's still fast enough to pass a tractor fairly safely and that's all I need  and it handles pretty good.So I wanted some advice about what other options I have and how they compare to the AU or should I just go and buy a AU and be done with it ? |
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06-05-2007, 11:09 PM
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The 'Stihl' Man
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: TAS
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AU on gas FTW!
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06-05-2007, 11:13 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Adelaide
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Any 6cyl falcon on gas
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07-05-2007, 01:32 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2006
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My aunt drives a gassed VX commodore. It's been very reliable and has decent punch for a 3.8L V6 LPG. That being said, an AU should be just as good.
Btw, I've seen a few of your drag racing vids on youtube .
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07-05-2007, 03:39 AM
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Supercharged Mang-mobile
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Behind the wheel
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I'ld personally look at EL's and series 2 & 3 AU's. Aswell as 5spd if possible.
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07-05-2007, 09:54 AM
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V8 Powaah
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD
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Au on gas all the way baby. Its why i bought mine.
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07-05-2007, 01:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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Why not just buy a vp 6 on gas that way you can fix whateva breaks by yourself
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07-05-2007, 02:00 PM
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Falcon Unbelievable!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Uncle Henry's Garage
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My personal thought is get a Corolla if all you need is a set of work wheels they're indestructable and still have enouh to get the job done
 : My Corolla's got 203ks the AU 133ks and the Corollas 10 years older and it will probably still outlast my AU.  :Depends on how much driving your doing though I guess if its a lot of highway stuff prolly AU be careful though the AU Virus is very contagious and once infected is very hard to get rid of. |
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07-05-2007, 02:09 PM
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Back to Le Frenchy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Back home.....
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Since you said you do a fair bit of hwy driving I'd say stick to the large cars, a lot easier to drive long distances in. I'd go either an AU or BA on gas.
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07-05-2007, 04:08 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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AU or late E-series on gas ;)
Cheap yet not too long in the tooth. BA's are still a tad pricey to be considered as a "cheap" work car in my opinion. |
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08-05-2007, 01:23 PM
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Can't go around corners
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Radelaide
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EX taxi, that simple
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08-05-2007, 01:27 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: NoBLe ParK NoRth
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EL or AU Cheap look decent if ur in da city and gas obviously
I think u should just gas ur AU and ur done =)
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