100 Series Cruiser

Price is 15k I take it thats all they are giving him for trade in. Regards Steve M

sounds like a top price...

Go for it

Sorry there Nick I'm a di@k head forgot to put in the price didnt even realize sorry. 15k is his price. Regards Steve M

All suspension sags, what cracks?

Hi there Nick is yours petrol or diesel ?? If petrol on an average how many litres per 100 would you use around town and also on the open road say with out towing anything. This is really my only main concern, I know you are going to use more in a big petrol motor I realize that but to what extent, does 18/20 sound realistic or would you say more ???. Also I didnt realize the petrol diffs are stronger than the diesel what is the reason for this.Dont want to rave on but trying to add up the differance's between running the petrol over a diesel, eg more frequent oil changes, dearer diesel at the pump and so forth. Regards Steve M

Also what size tanks do they have. Are they the same as the 80 series where you pull the lever and it diverts to the reserve tank. I think for memory the 80's have 90L main and 40/50 reserve. Regards Steve M

Gday Stephen,sorry we have a diesel.Apparently the petrol models have a stronger gear box(5 th gear) and stronger front diffs,dont know what it is about them though.If I had known this before we got our diesel I would have got a petrol for sure.
About the same size tanks but ours(not sure on petrols) has two filler holes in the one cap.In all our touring(mostly outback) we've done, me old man has been tagen along in a petrol 80 series auto and getting fuel hasnt been a problem,they ave 6.5km/lt(very light footed).When we drove the Duncan rd from here to Halls crk and round our fuel consumption was near identical.We had our camper on, they had there tent and camping gear, no trailer.Both around 7.5km/lt.

By the way, price sounds good.

Says who garrycol? sounds like you got that info straight out of a mag which may or may not be true for IFS cruisers but the one he is looking at is a beam axle front end. never heard of specific problems for them

Steve

You could do your self far worse favors by not snapping that up. If it is in as good a nick as you suggest I wouldn't think twice

Hi there Terra Firma, thats my main thought at the moment is fuel, I know they will use more and so forth but I'm thinking of the costs if fuel happens to jump back up to the $1.50 mark again it will cost me around the $200 mark to fill it. Not sure yet what Im going to do, having a good look at this arvo but yes fuel is still in the back of my mind, the only other option is to drop back to an 80 series diesel base model (DX) and whack a turbo on that but then that will push me back up to the 20k mark so would then be looking at a GXL 80 series factory turbo diesel. Decisions, decisions, if it wasnt so cheap I wouldnt even be thinking of it but at the end of the day I have to look at what I will be usuing it for and 80% of that time it will spend on the tar to and from work. I will make my mind up by tonight. I just had a new clutch and new rear brake shoes and rear main seal whacked the old girl today, its just been so reliable to me that I really dont want to part with it but power is now an issue with the camper behind now. Regards Steve M

At $15k even with fuel prices you will be ahead because you bought it so cheap. Also you won't be exposed to resale value issues at $15k. So yes it will use some fuel, but you will be $5k ahead to begin with.

Use this as an extreme example. If you spend an extra $50 per week on fuel with this vehicle it will equate to $2600 per year, so it would take 2 years before you consumed just over $5k, which is how much cheaper this vehicle is. This would also work in reverse with the diesel model, you'd pay $5k more and use lets say $50 less per week, give or take.

If you smoke, give it up and the money you'll save will easily pay the extra cost in fuel, say 3 packets per week at $45.00 plus $5 here and there for the Lysterine mints to keep smelling nice.! LOL

Finally if you really want the vehicle, remember this, you only live once.! Live it up and enjoy..

Maybe you should pull your head in and you are just jelous that you payed a sh@t load for yours and its worth jack sh@t now due to fuel costs. The vehicle actually got sold at luch time for $16,500 as the owner told him I was coming to have a look at in the afternoon so this bloke went out had a look at it and offered him an extra $1500 for it and the owner accepted his offer which is fair enough, I wouldnt expect him to be waiting for me till the afternoon so yes I missed out on a top vehicle and I still went and had a look at it incase the other bloke pulls out on the deal for some reason. Full 12 months rego and 4 new all terrain tyres fitted to it as well. Had the woodgrain around the air con vents and also down on the arm rests near the electric window controls. So yes it was a bargain of the century and I missed it so my bad luck. So no not taking the bleep or full of sh@t and not a sh@t box either just a 100 series in excellent condition with full log books service history and a bloody top vehicle. Maybe I can give you the number and you can ring him for yourself and he can tell you the details and the sh@t load of money that you will lose on yours when you go to sell it. Steve M

For starters , I work as a wholesaler , so NO , I wont loose heaps on what i bought, and dont stress I do ok

My enfisis is on how cheap the car is , so maby you can pull your own head in and read my reply withought emotion,

Just trying to indicate how cheap it was , was good wasnt , who cares the price warrants a second look, I am sorry that you missed it , for that money you can only get mizzed boxes. By the way , dont stress on fuel cost , it hasnt brought the price of petrol 4bys down at all , if anything , they have gone up due to gas been a good option

better luck next time bloke

Hi there Rock Crawler, you must admit that if I had replied to you with the same sort of reply you replied to me implying that I am full of sh@t you would be a bit pi@@ed off as well, but if you didnt mean it that way then I apologise to you for my comment. Anyway at the end of the day I missed out on a bargain due to thinking too much about the running cost of the vehicle.And yes you are correct for that type on money I doubt I will ever get that type of vehicle again on offer. I did think of the gas option but also didnt want to lose any of the main or reserve tank but have since had a reply stating that you can get 2 narrow tanks while still retaining the original tanks. At the end of the day its all over with now and no bad feelings. Have a great day. Regards Steve M

Steve
I just sold my 4.5 auto 80 for 8400 dollars...just b4 the gas option was put out, and fuel was $1.30....u couldnt sell one....dont think things are going to get much better either.....so yeah...a 98 100 is worth about 15k....i was offered 6 trade in...i dont know if he is being offered 15 or not, but the 4.5 100 is a gr8 4wd, the front diff does go bang...but the best improvement is a front locker, and paying such a good price for one....it would be affordable to add 2k to the price to get this plus bearings/discs/oils etc done at the same time.
Andrew

Hi Andrew , in October last year, (the start of the fuel hike) you couldnt give a 4 wheel drive away. People were dumping them like there was np tomorrow . Since June this year, there is a shortfall in 100 series cruisers and there making big bucks. I stole mine in Octuber Black on Black 100 with roof and 90 k on the dial for $21k , Every time I drive into a yard today , I get offered $25,000 to get out of it . They know I aint selling , but the stur me up anyway.

I would put my hand up any day for a 100 with low 100kms for 15 k , there is plenty of wholesale profit left in that today.

4.5 80 series cruisers have come up as well , there was a blac on black 97 with 70,000 kms had a roof and wholesaled at 17 k last week .

Things will change as they always do , but whilest its a little dry for stock , the price is up