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460cixy · 05-22-2003, 02:45

just wondering about how many cheap au,s are getting about after my friends purchase of a 99 au for $3000

05-22-2003, 02:50

Um yeh was it an EX taxi?

Ive seen a few for 9 - 10 grand at the auctions. Most cheap 98 Fortes are going for anything around 12-15 grand.

SM · 05-22-2003, 02:50

$3000?? Some more details please.

460cixy · 05-22-2003, 02:57

ex taxi factory lpg rumor has it that it was an asio car before it was a taxi and was only a taxi for a year body is in ok nic except for small ding in drivers door engine runs like a clock auto slips a little havent worked out why i think its somthing electronic buggering up interior needs a bit of a clean but otherwise in prety good nic was shocked when he turned up with it first thing i did was grab the keys and take it for a spin first au i had drivan was prety inpressed with how it drove

cArSiK · 05-22-2003, 03:17

look for microphones and tracking equipment under the seat.....

05-22-2003, 03:20

Yep auto box will probarly be stuffed, i work with taxi companies and yeh once they hit 500 000 kms the boxes start to shit themselves.

460cixy · 05-22-2003, 04:08

has about 750,000 i think. slips when changeing from second to 3rd but only when warm its goin to get checked out monday

AUForte · 05-22-2003, 04:41

750 000, gee! That's 10 times what mine has on the clock, if mines still running like clockwork then. . . . Well I don't want to have it for that long anyway.

460cixy · 05-22-2003, 04:53

i recon thay had to of drivan the thing 24/7 to get that many k,s on it

xr8power · 05-22-2003, 05:08

I reckon 500,000 kms is an excellent run out of any car