1993 Ford Falcon EB XR6 Series II from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

I have only covered 4000 kilometres in this piece of rubbish and the following things have gone wrong with it:

Head gasket.

The rotor arms and brake pads needed replacing

Bearings, fan belts, fan needed replacing.

Gearbox seal needed replacing as it was leaking oil.

No I haven't flogged the car at all. I just think a majority of Fords and Holdens, that they are lemons and inferior products compared to Japanese vehicles.

The advantages of this car is that it handles well, performance is quite good, especially with high octane fuel, it's comfortable to drive, doesn't overheat, starts everytime, doesn't blow smoke, doesn't use much fuel for a 4 ltr and can get 470 kays to a tank in city driving, and has a nice sound to it as it has a 2.5 exhaust on it and doesn't look like it has been towed before.

However the car is a piece of rubbish as I've had to spend $1600 in repairs in the last 11 months and only covering 4000 kays. The overall condition of car is good, except the roof lining sags, and as it is black it gets dirty very easily.

I was wondering if people out there could recommend me to either keep the car or get rid of it?

Cheers, Michael.

Maybe you should have got a pre-purchase inspection done before you bought it. That would have highlighted these problems at the time of sale as they wouldn't have just sprung up in 4000km.

Most of the problems you list are stuff that happens with old cars like yours, and it's no secret that Falcons have had head gasket problems. I should know, I used to own a 1990 EA.

I did make a few stupid mistakes with that car like not getting an inspection on it. But I have learnt a lesson from this mistake. Also you I have heard some horror stories about the EA Falcons. I remember pop used to own one in the early to mids 90's. At 80,000 kays the head gasket blew on it. But I do think my next car will be a Toyota Corolla, as they are incredibly reliable.