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28-11-2011, 08:15 PM
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I was correct - AGAIN
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Today I drove my first HSV - a 6 speed GTS E2.
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28-11-2011, 08:16 PM
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Pity the fool
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Did you enjoy it?
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Fords I own or have owned: 1970 XW Falcon GT replica  | 1970 XW Falcon | 1971 XY Fairmont | 1973 ZG Fairlane | 1986 XF Falcon panel van | 1987 XFII Falcon S-Pack | 1988 XF Falcon GLS ute | 1993 EBII Fairmont V8 | 1996 XG Falcon ute | 2000 AU Falcon wagon | 2004 BA Falcon XT | 2012 SZ Territory Titanium AWDProud to buy Australian and support Ford Australia through thick and thin |
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28-11-2011, 08:16 PM
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Fan of torque steer
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yeah, I'm kinda hanging to do that too. There must be something awesome about them...
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28-11-2011, 08:20 PM
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I was correct - AGAIN
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28-11-2011, 08:48 PM
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Where to next??
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28-11-2011, 08:48 PM
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Giddy up.
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Location: Kramerica Industries.
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Tell us your experience with the oposistion, obviously you enjoyed but how do they compare to our's ?.
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28-11-2011, 08:51 PM
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Banned
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you need a good shower now!
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28-11-2011, 08:51 PM
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Giddy up.
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Location: Kramerica Industries.
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 Sorry to all those HSV owner's (no pun intended). |
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28-11-2011, 08:58 PM
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AFF Whore
Join Date: Apr 2009
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I came back to test drive the blue teams offering recently, and I like.
How did the E2 hold up?
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28-11-2011, 09:03 PM
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Moderator Ford Coupe Club
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A while ago I too sampled a product from the Red side, a VE SSV....... and I really liked it!! 31 years of driving and I've never owned a Holden but this one gave me some food for thought!!
I did start a thread on it but what started out as a mature, balanced and good humored discussion turned into the inevitable sh!tfight. Anyway, as long as Ford and Holden strive to outdo each other then the product gets better...... Win all round.
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28-11-2011, 09:17 PM
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AFF Whore
Join Date: Apr 2009
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I've copped a HUGE amount of one-eyed Ford / FPV bashing recently, if I listed them the swear filter would overload however a few of my favourites:
1. Get a real car 2. Don't get a fix or repair daily 3. You'll spend every weekend fixing it 4. Get a TRD Aurion, they have 1/8th the fuel consumption and weigh half as much 5. Buy a jap car, they don't break, even 20 year old ones. 6. *Insert numerous comments about batting for the other team* 7. Why would you buy something based on the AU 8. It's not as fast as an LS3 with an extra $10k thrown at it. When I present them with logical thinking to demonstrate how I came to my choice, I am met with "but they're gay"...... amazing.... their brilliance is such that you have to wear welding goggles in their presence.
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28-11-2011, 09:45 PM
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Regulator
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Now what's even funnier is most of the one-eyed bashing comes from people who either:
A) Own/drive a VN-VT model Commodore in poor condition, occasionally with wheels which are worth more than the whole car. B) Brain-washed friends/girlfriends/wives of above who have no idea about cars, but say silly things "just because".
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Regards Bobby Current Cars: 2000 AU2 Fairmont (2019-current) 2003 BA1 Falcon Divvy Van (2017-current) 2009 VW Mk6 Golf 118TSi (2020-current) Previous Cars: 2003 MCX10R Avalon VXi (2017-2020) 1995 EF1 Falcon GLi (2016-2019) 1997 XH2 Falcon Van OPT20 (2016-2019) 2006 BF Fairlane Ghia (2013-2018) 2001 AU3 Futura (2010-2013) 1996 EL Fairmont (2008-2010) 2004 BA XR6 (2005-2008) 2001 AU2 Forte (2005-2006) 1988 EA Fairmont Ghia (2003-2005) 1984 AR Telstar TX5 Ghia (2001-2005) |
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28-11-2011, 09:51 PM
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now that you have come clean about this. stepping out and admitting your gay should be a piece of cake.
hahaha. jokes man.
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28-11-2011, 09:52 PM
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B) Brain-washed friends/girlfriends/wives of above who have no idea about cars, but say silly things "just because".[/QUOTE]
Mate you hit the nail on the head!!!!!!!!  And people wonder why i get fired up over it. |
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28-11-2011, 10:01 PM
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The Experience...
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How did you go? Some time ago I test drivea VZ Clubby and honesy was shocked with how crap it was. At the time i was looking at upgrading my VYSS.
Looking at the 2, GT Vs E2. U cant imagine the E2 coming even close to the blown 5.0. And if the interior is made by the same ppl as the VZ then not much luck there either. On the Pro side I imagine the handling to be impressive for its size/vessel like appearence.
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28-11-2011, 10:41 PM
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Pity the fool
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Fords I own or have owned: 1970 XW Falcon GT replica | 1970 XW Falcon | 1971 XY Fairmont | 1973 ZG Fairlane | 1986 XF Falcon panel van | 1987 XFII Falcon S-Pack | 1988 XF Falcon GLS ute | 1993 EBII Fairmont V8 | 1996 XG Falcon ute | 2000 AU Falcon wagon | 2004 BA Falcon XT | 2012 SZ Territory Titanium AWDProud to buy Australian and support Ford Australia through thick and thin |
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28-11-2011, 11:08 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Awesome...would be great fun...
As per the bashing... I find from experience that people that rely on advertising and perception are the ones that have no idea... At work when I said I drove a Falcon, a lady at work that drives a Berlina asked me if I wanted to drive a "real" car... I said that the Falcon is a ripping car, to which she basically discounted purely because it wasn't a Holden - which she then said, "Good old Aussie car"... When I told her that the Falcon has been Aussie designed since 1972, she then said, "Well, there you go!" When I said that the Commodore wasn't Aussie designed until 2006, she didn't want to hear it... I am not against Holden in any way. Drove a VTII for a while...I quite liked it. Give me a VE Calais and I will gladly take it! I have my preference - I expect people to respect that as I will their's... I find the people that bag my choice are the ones that know nothing about cars, or are just genuinely stupid...
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28-11-2011, 11:24 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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who gives a crap what badge is on the boot... cant go wrong with a grunty big aussie built sedan......
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28-11-2011, 11:34 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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when it all comes down to it, anything that saves you walking is a good thing.
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28-11-2011, 11:43 PM
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I was correct - AGAIN
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It was a weapon. Wraaaaaa, snick, wraaaaaa, snick, wraaaaa .... oh poo, look at the speed.
The exhaust note wasn't loud enough. CORRECTION: it was a E3 |
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28-11-2011, 11:51 PM
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Call me Spud
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I wouldn't feel dirty. I told the fiance, if we win lotto I will either have an F6 or GT and a Clubby or GTS and then a mazda 6 for her lol. I would love to have one from each side.
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28-11-2011, 11:53 PM
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Luxojet
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Phhh, I don't care what car I drive to be honest. As long as I like it, stuff what anyone thinks.
I love cruising in Dads WM Caprice!!!
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29-11-2011, 12:36 AM
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Lacking Imagination
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quick ... Get the SOLVO!
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29-11-2011, 12:57 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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It wasnt a skyline so alls fine, or an ED.
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29-11-2011, 01:36 AM
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playing in my big shed
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if supporting either the red team or the blue team means your biased......
does that mean that if you like both teams , you are bi - biased, kind of like being bi - sexual isnt it . lol.
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29-11-2011, 05:36 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Lot of crap gets thrown back and forwards between the red and the blue camp...when it shouldn't exist at all.
Face it...the current Falcon and Commodore are both great cars...both have some niggling little foibles, but nothing major. Not to mention with a tiny market like ours we're just lucky the overseas bosses of both companies don't just make good thier long-standing vieled threat and shut up shop here except for an import business... I have no preference either way, Ford or Holden (I'm a Valiant man deep down... ), and it was a toss of the coin and a better trade-in deal that sees a G6E sitting in our driveway instead of an SV6 or possibly a Calais...
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29-11-2011, 08:58 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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i was asked by a fellow worker why i was waved through the gate without having to stop for an identity check. my response was something along the lines of "i don't drive a white toyota" 
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29-11-2011, 09:17 AM
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[QUOTE=aussie muscle]yes, we need to unite against the real enemy,Hyundai.lol
There ya go fixed it for ya
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29-11-2011, 09:21 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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29-11-2011, 10:18 AM
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Interior crap on VT-VE?? I have a VX (s/c "s") and the interior is MUCH better than the (newish!) Ford (which scratches, chafes, wears). The VX is over 10 years and 250k old.
The Ford is a FG GT (had a BF GT before that). Being Ford biased, would I go a Holden? With a proper outcome on a comparison, yes (as I did the VX against the AU). |
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I feel very dirty
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