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by **Adydas** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:56 pm

Just like anything tho, Its allways worth excatly what the buyer is willing to pay for it, oH and im willing to pay whats been asked..

i dont need to rely on it day to day use so why the heck not.. Its only money after all. and ya cant take it when you go,

by **CEvans** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:14 am

All_Fours wrote:not quite. I consider them to be worth a bit, but they're generally very difficult to sell for what I, and most of the owners of them think they're worth. IMO a good RC should still be atleast $10K, but many have trouble selling them at that price and less....

yeah due to the fact that all car prices have dropped so even well sort after valuable cars are cheaper due to the degrading economy .

by **peas** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:24 pm

I sold my ST185 for those reasons. Fuel use (weight and 4WD), reliability and the major... cost of repairs. I am mechanically minded but didn't have the time/money/patience/resources to do the car justice. It was coming up on 230k so you would have to expect things to start to show signs of wear. The GT-Z is much better on gas, quicker, and way easier to work on.

I still have a soft spot for the GT4's but I don't think that I will be going back to them.

by **WeNdY^cLeAr** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:37 am

The RC cost us $60ish to fill which is alot easier on the wallet than the Supra!

by **Lanius** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:00 am

$60!? My ST185 cost me almost $95 to fill up with 98. Please tell me you're not running it on 91

by **WeNdY^cLeAr** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:24 am

96 (or 95? I cant remember what station it was)

by **Lanius** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:41 am

Strange ... shouldn't have been that much of a price difference. When you said "fill it up", did you mean top up, or fill from empty? :wink:

The petrol tanks are enormous in those things (70 litre iirc). If its running higher than factory boost (or anything over 10psi), you don't want to use anything less than 98.

by **WeNdY^cLeAr** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:53 am

It was almost empty, like in between 1/4 and empty.
So it'll probably be around $70ish to fill?
Do RC's have slightly smaller tanks?

MY KE70'S · by **pervert** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:57 am

CEvans wrote:
All_Fours wrote:not quite. I consider them to be worth a bit, but they're generally very difficult to sell for what I, and most of the owners of them think they're worth. IMO a good RC should still be atleast $10K, but many have trouble selling them at that price and less....

yeah due to the fact that all car prices have dropped so even well sort after valuable cars are cheaper due to the degrading economy .

Incorrect, well sought after cars are going up in price...look at the KE series cars at the moment...

A car is only worth what someone will pay for it...

by **BR0Z** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:04 am

I'd say something might be wrong with the fuel guage. The RC's have a 68lt tank & it costs me around $90-110 depending on the price of 98 to fill the tank from empty (red light)

Cheers, Mark

by **Punter** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:19 am

WeNdY^cLeAr wrote:The RC cost us $60ish to fill which is alot easier on the wallet than the Supra!

$60 / $1.44 per litre = 41.66L

Your tank wasn't empty

by **barryogen** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:59 am

EVL20V wrote: they are one of the more thirsty 2l turbos i have used.

ever driven a WRX? now they're thirsty.

by **Lanius** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:19 am

barryogen wrote:
EVL20V wrote: they are one of the more thirsty 2l turbos i have used.

ever driven a WRX? now they're thirsty.

I was getting roughly the same mileage as a 5.7 litre V8 in my GT-Four (compared figures with a work associate with a 2002 Commodore). That was just before the old engine blew up.

With the new engine / turbo, I was getting roughly 375 to 425km per full tank ($90 to $100 worth of fuel).

by **barryogen** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:56 am

Lanius wrote:
barryogen wrote:
EVL20V wrote: they are one of the more thirsty 2l turbos i have used.

ever driven a WRX? now they're thirsty.

With the new engine / turbo, I was getting roughly 375 to 425km per full tank ($90 to $100 worth of fuel).

heh, I consider that to be bad... I used to drive a curren(~180HP?), and got 500km off ~50L round town(~700 on trip)... changed to a Legacy GW(169HP), got 350-400 round town(~550 on trip) off ~55L, have now got a RunX(180+HP 1.8 vvtl-i Corolla), and get ~520 of ~45L round town... can't wait to take it on a decent trip.

Website · by **AJz** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:15 pm

ahhhh Lunchies GT Legacy

240km's from 60 litres........those were the days :twisted:

by **Lanius** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:26 pm

barryogen wrote:
Lanius wrote:With the new engine / turbo, I was getting roughly 375 to 425km per full tank ($90 to $100 worth of fuel).

heh, I consider that to be bad...

Me too ... I'm getting 450km from $50 now. Better performance from the car too, ironically enough

by **Leon** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:02 pm

V12 Jag 5km per liter on open road 100kmh cruising.

Ouchies.

Worst week of motoring, ever. 120 liters + of ultimate between Wellington and Auckland.

by **Adydas** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:57 pm

it wasnt BONE dry but i wouldnt have thought the gap left on the guage represented such a huge amount left, But must be. Some cars 1/4 of a tank = like 30ks before Light comes on. This musnt be the case here.

No no 95 was put in it at present, i was whoreyish in the ST165 but not in this. Gahh..

Still not bad echonomy ( typoooo )..

130ks = 15 litres or there abouts.

by **Lanius** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 3:53 pm

Easy way to find out ... run it til almost dry then fill 'er up from empty. And use 98

by **no_8wire** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:03 pm

changed to a Legacy GW(169HP), got 350-400 round town(~550 on trip) off ~55L,

Fathers B4 Legacy(280BHP) gets 10km/L around town.....

while I get about 13km/l in the aw11

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