TerryinAustralia
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- Melbourne Australia, Mate!
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- 1998 Ford Explorer
G'Day everyone, my name's Terry and I've just become the proud owner of a very clean 1998 V6 Explorer, so of course I thought I better find an owners forum so I could pester everyone here with questions they've probably heard, and answered, 100 times already! Well, I promise I'll check out the FAQ's first, before I annoy anyone here.....
I'm 55 years old and have spent the majority of my life in the Military. 24 years in the Regular Army, then I retired in 2001, got a "real" job (Defence Contractor) and transferred to the Army Reserve. Late last year I transferred to the Inactive Reserve, then changed jobs again, and now I work for a company that repairs/maintains/downloads aircraft Flight Data Recorders, ****pit Voice recorders, Underwater Locator Beacons etc for both the military, and civilian airlines here and all around the world.
As a Defence Contractor I always had a company car, (Ford Ranger) but with the new job I became car-less. Well not quite, I've got an old Subaru Liberty (Legacy in the US) that I bought on Gumtree (like Craigslist) for 450 dollars, as I needed something to drive on weekends that was easier to manoeuvre in tight car spaces than the Ranger.
I bought another Liberty, but this one was special, it was the all wheel drive variant, with the bonus of a 280 BHP twin turbo engine. It had quite a few problems though, and I only just had it registered and road legal, last week. I love it, but my son loves it more, so I sold it to him over the weekend and started looking for another car.
My other son has an Explorer, a 2002 XLT. It's currently off the road and parked in my back yard, but not due to any fault of the car. Rather, he had a minor collision and couldn't afford to repair it, so it sits in my yard, and I start it once a month, and drive it around my back yard, just to keep it in some sort of serviceable condition. What impressed me about my son's car is that he was never able to destroy it, regardless of his disinterest in basic maintenance, and even now, it's willingness to start after sitting idle for so long.
While I was thinking about cars I'd like to own, I did an eBay search, and found what appeared to be a very clean 1998 V6 Explorer with 140,000 miles on the odo for about $1260.00 US. I contacted the owner who invited me around to check it out today. He'd told me that he bought it from the original owners, and was only selling it because he had 6 other cars in his yard. The car proved to be in very nice condition, so I gave him a deposit, and will collect it on Wednesday.
And that I guess, is why I'm here. Sorry for the long winded first post everyone, I'll try to curb my enthusiasm and keep my future posts short. Thanks for having me! Cheers, Terry.
I'm 55 years old and have spent the majority of my life in the Military. 24 years in the Regular Army, then I retired in 2001, got a "real" job (Defence Contractor) and transferred to the Army Reserve. Late last year I transferred to the Inactive Reserve, then changed jobs again, and now I work for a company that repairs/maintains/downloads aircraft Flight Data Recorders, ****pit Voice recorders, Underwater Locator Beacons etc for both the military, and civilian airlines here and all around the world.
As a Defence Contractor I always had a company car, (Ford Ranger) but with the new job I became car-less. Well not quite, I've got an old Subaru Liberty (Legacy in the US) that I bought on Gumtree (like Craigslist) for 450 dollars, as I needed something to drive on weekends that was easier to manoeuvre in tight car spaces than the Ranger.
I bought another Liberty, but this one was special, it was the all wheel drive variant, with the bonus of a 280 BHP twin turbo engine. It had quite a few problems though, and I only just had it registered and road legal, last week. I love it, but my son loves it more, so I sold it to him over the weekend and started looking for another car.
My other son has an Explorer, a 2002 XLT. It's currently off the road and parked in my back yard, but not due to any fault of the car. Rather, he had a minor collision and couldn't afford to repair it, so it sits in my yard, and I start it once a month, and drive it around my back yard, just to keep it in some sort of serviceable condition. What impressed me about my son's car is that he was never able to destroy it, regardless of his disinterest in basic maintenance, and even now, it's willingness to start after sitting idle for so long.
While I was thinking about cars I'd like to own, I did an eBay search, and found what appeared to be a very clean 1998 V6 Explorer with 140,000 miles on the odo for about $1260.00 US. I contacted the owner who invited me around to check it out today. He'd told me that he bought it from the original owners, and was only selling it because he had 6 other cars in his yard. The car proved to be in very nice condition, so I gave him a deposit, and will collect it on Wednesday.
And that I guess, is why I'm here. Sorry for the long winded first post everyone, I'll try to curb my enthusiasm and keep my future posts short. Thanks for having me! Cheers, Terry.
