My new boat puller
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My new boat puller
hi all, i sold my landcruiser and decided to buy a cheap car up to 3,
all it had to have was a towbar
So i kept an eye out on gumtree and tradingpost etc and stumbled across this and fell over...
its a 2000 model audi quattro s3 hatch,
i know it looks like a hairdressers car but it weighs nothing,
its four wheel drive and its a turbo 1.8 with a 6 speed manual
has leather recaro seats and power everything
and the best part it has a towbar
Cost me $1800 and thats no joke, it was on gumtree for under 5 minutes before i was there looking at it, it absolutely flies
So now it should be a pretty quick trip getting to the daly
So if you see an audi towing a poxy 3.7 tinnie say gday if you can catch me
all it had to have was a towbar
So i kept an eye out on gumtree and tradingpost etc and stumbled across this and fell over...
its a 2000 model audi quattro s3 hatch,
i know it looks like a hairdressers car but it weighs nothing,
its four wheel drive and its a turbo 1.8 with a 6 speed manual
has leather recaro seats and power everything
and the best part it has a towbar
Cost me $1800 and thats no joke, it was on gumtree for under 5 minutes before i was there looking at it, it absolutely flies
So now it should be a pretty quick trip getting to the daly
So if you see an audi towing a poxy 3.7 tinnie say gday if you can catch me
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"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid" -Albert Einstein-
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Re: My new boat puller
Nice car Jamie! Used to covet exactly that model! How was the Daly trip?
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Re: My new boat puller
we got some barra first thing in the morning at charlies creek and went all the way down to first cliffs creek fishing every creek on the way, mullet93 got another barra at no fish and couldnt get anything after that, from what i can work out it seems the barra are off the bite at the daly in the arvo as i didnt see anyone get a fish (friday)
also i borrowed my mates ute to tow the boat and split the top header tank on the radiator on the way back so it took forever from adelaide river to darwin as i had to keep pulling over and topping it up etc (sorry mullet93)
also i borrowed my mates ute to tow the boat and split the top header tank on the radiator on the way back so it took forever from adelaide river to darwin as i had to keep pulling over and topping it up etc (sorry mullet93)
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Re: My new boat puller
SHoulda taken the Audi hey....?
At least you got on the water.
Ohh and nice car!
At least you got on the water.
Ohh and nice car!
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Re: My new boat puller
Nice car
Did u check it wasn't stolen!!!
Bargain, well done!
Did u check it wasn't stolen!!!
Bargain, well done!
If there is water and it holds fish, then it is fun trying to fool them into eating what you offer!!
Especially when you can see them!
Especially when you can see them!
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Re: My new boat puller
Hi Got-none, as Agent 86 suggested, hope it isn't hotter than you bargained on!! Should be fun on the dirt; just remember you have a trailer on the back in case you are tempted to hang it out around the bends!!
Cheers,
Ash
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If it doesn't fit, get a bigger hammer and hit it harder!
'You can't have mudcrabs without mud'. My son John
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Re: My new boat puller
Is that a typo, supposed to be $18,000??
...............Wishin' I was fishin'...............
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Re: My new boat puller
hes not kidding about the price haha i didnt believe him either, that little beast can fly. good find mate, gonna be a bit different towing the boat with that
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Re: My new boat puller
jesus thats cheap
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bargain, i just checked red book and its bottom retail is $10000 and it was $70000 new.
Im laughing.
it was cheap because aparantley the ait con compressor was gone, gets better.... $100 cash and a regas fixed it
Laughing
Im laughing.
it was cheap because aparantley the ait con compressor was gone, gets better.... $100 cash and a regas fixed it
Laughing
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Re: My new boat puller
Did you say 4 wheel drive or all wheel drive,lets hope its 4 wheel drive with selector (big difference) ,whats parts prices like for them Euro cars but hey seems like a top buy I hope you get years out of it
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Re: My new boat puller
You can't complain about that for $1800.. bargain!
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gets better i sold it and got 7 grand for it
now im the proud owner of a 1990 troopcarrier diesel and yes i paid bugger all for that aswell
now im the proud owner of a 1990 troopcarrier diesel and yes i paid bugger all for that aswell
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Re: My new boat puller
Good buys Jamie, is the troopie big enough to pull the 3.7m tinnie.
I'd have settled for the Audi, more fun.
I'd have settled for the Audi, more fun.
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