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Why not to buy a Ford... From PARRAMATTA ROAD
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Mon, 09 May 2005 13:17
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Well here is a story for some. Very interesting and gives a bit of a bad point about Bega & Parramatta Rd car dealers. Enjoy
First day:
Bought Ford Fairlane ZL from Paramatta Rd for a bargin of $1200 with 6 cyc EFI, 3 speed auto.
Second day:
Grab mate and decide to go for a drive to wherever, get to Cronulla, refuel ( 75L tank ) and
of down south we head. Well time just flu and so did the Km's lol.
Playing around with the computer with shows all types a stuff, anyway when we had a look at the
Km's left, it stated 55Km's.
Now i knew there were no servo's open 55k's back and the nearest main suburb was Bega ( yes time flu
that quick lol) which was 60k's down the road.
To cut a long story short were counting the k's left to go and the predicated k's left in the tank
( crossin our fingers ). Made it to bega! Wow that was a mirracle, 1km left in the tank... woohoo.
Go to the servo but it's shut so while were thinking wtf to do next, guess who turns up? The police, breath test yadda
yadda and told us where a 24hour servo was, which was 2k's down the road.
Only just making it there with it coughing and splattering, we fill the thing up ( $90 !!! ).
Yippie lets get the flying %&%^ out of this place. 40k's down the road the dash flickers and volts go to swfa. Knowing that
there was a new battrey and terminals i sniffed a reason for it being the price it was. I assumed the allternator.
Well anyways, head back to Bega back outside the servo and decide to let it idle a bit, volts went up which i found weird.
So we decide the dc the battrey to see where the problem was, well that was just the best $#%% idea of all lol. Car died
and it wouldn't fire with the battrey.
So we end up spending the night in Bega, ( in the car ) whilist only wearing shirts. I tell you what, it's one of the coldest
$#^%ing holes in the universe. 
After a cold night, and up walking down to the mech, he can't help but just says there's a auto electricin 5k's down the road.
Great what to do next. Walk next door spend $80 on a new battrey and popped that in. It burnt a earth wire?!
So i replace the earth wire with a screw driver and walla it starts. ( why would it burn tho? )
Get down to the auto elec and he says he can't help, try this place insted which was another 3k's. Went there and got it
fixed. ( had to sit around till 1pm). Turned out the alternator bracket had vibrated f, apprently had being doing so for some
time.
Left at 3.30pm buggered and anoyed lol.
Ok it's not the worst but hey it's something different lol. 
[Updated on: Tue, 10 May 2005 14:04]
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Perth
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July 2004
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Re: Why not to buy a Ford...
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Mon, 09 May 2005 13:30
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its called a funky adventure!!
sounds like you had fun!
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I supported Toymods
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Perth, Western Australia
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December 2002
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Re: Why not to buy a Ford...
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Mon, 09 May 2005 13:39
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how old was the old battery?
My reason TO BUY A FORD: Get trailer whipped off the road in Albany 400+Kms from home,(due to a combination of things - faulty tyr on the trailer, bent drawbar on the trailer, ...), write the front end sheet metal off in the process, wlak out of the crash without a scratch, look at the car embedded in the bush and think - "Fuck, we're not getting out of here without some major damage!", ..., get snatch strapped out by the passing Ranger, retie the Crown ute that has come foward (breaking four tie down points to do so) onto the trailer, and drive the fucken thing back home!!!
The car still has the scars to prove it!
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Sydney
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November 2003
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Perth
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July 2004
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Re: Why not to buy a Ford...
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Tue, 10 May 2005 06:54
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I wouldn't call a loose alt mount fuct...
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Templestowe, Melbourne
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January 2005
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Re: Why not to buy a Ford...
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Tue, 10 May 2005 10:08
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First day:
Bought Ford Fairlane ZL from Paramatta Rd for a bargin of $1200 with 6 cyc EFI, 3 speed auto.
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You bought a bargain car from a shady dealer and decided to go on a long distance trip the next day before getting the car checked properly and blame Ford when it breaks. You jackass
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Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: Why not to buy a Ford...
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Tue, 10 May 2005 10:16
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errr when a car gest that old it is hardly the fault of ther manufacturer more the owner that has been driving it around and not giving a shit about maintenance. But for christs sakes you paid 1200 bucks for a car and complain when something goes up shit creek, what do you expect a mint condition car serviced to a tea and handed to you on a platter.
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Melbourne Eastern Suburbs
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October 2002
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I supported Toymods
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Sydney
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April 2004
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Re: Why not to buy a Ford...
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Tue, 10 May 2005 14:02
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Couple of things:
Yes it was the car yard with the building that looks like a outside loo. ( blue hut )
Door lock is playing up but i fixed it, he recomend me tying the door on and drive there, if i got defected i get no refund so i gathered wtf is the point of going to the tribunal.
Second of all im not that stupid, yes i did check the engine. Mind you the fu*ckhead had swfa oil in the thing but it's all good now.
Also for $1200 i expect a *tad* better as a good one is only $2000. I expected some problems tho.
Also the story of 202 in my name has nothing to do with 202's . Started out as checkers2002 then got down to checks202.
Overall the car is good now, for the extra $900 i'll spend i'll be lucky to get one for the same price.
Ie:
All electronics work ( this took a little of fiddling )
Icluding power everything + sunroof
Has less than 270,000 ( which i admit is alot but from what i hear they last a bit? )
Gearbox has been changed at 236,000 k's.
New air conditioner comresser and so forth with fairly new radiator.
I serousily don't think i got *that* bad of a deal. ( When i tought about it )
Serousily, i don't thinkg you can find a top notch zl fairlane with the efi motor an 7 months rego for $2000?
Also the steering circe is the worstive seen, i think a magna would be able to do better by a long shot.
Another thing, a check wouldn't of fixed that problem as it was the bracket! Not the alternater itself. But both had to be replaced.
Anyways i'll live and never forget the day.
Fixed the company name
[Updated on: Wed, 11 May 2005 00:11]
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Rocky Mountains, Canada
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May 2002
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