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21-12-2006, 01:45 PM | #1 | ||
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Was at the drags last night at Kwinana and a guy who had a Typhoon was having a chat to me and it was his first time there. He had an unmodified BF 6 speed auto Typhoon. He was curious when was our line going to start moving.
Anyway we had our turn and then lined up again and he got a 13.6 for his first run in an unmodified F6 which I thought was rather good. He then said something that made me laugh out loud literally not LOL. "I hope my boss isn't here cause this is my company car" So it is true that cars you don't own really do go quicker.
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21-12-2006, 02:24 PM | #2 | ||
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Bloody oath. Awesome bloody story.
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21-12-2006, 02:32 PM | #3 | ||
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yep, used my xr6t to tow the 67 xr to Heathcote, then let my young bloke have his first taste of drag racing. Got through 5 rounds of DYO. Ran 14.1 in standard xrt 6 speed auto. Company cars go OK
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21-12-2006, 03:40 PM | #4 | ||
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hahaha thats funny, where does he work i want a job there
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21-12-2006, 03:52 PM | #5 | ||
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....FPV........lol
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21-12-2006, 03:59 PM | #6 | ||
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haha what a legend!
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21-12-2006, 04:16 PM | #7 | ||
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Havnt they hit 12.9 standard?
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21-12-2006, 04:18 PM | #8 | ||
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I know of a yellow one that run a 12.9 with just a filter change (6spd auto), and another 6 spd completly stock, virgin drag driver (getting on in the vintage too) did a 13.1
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21-12-2006, 04:19 PM | #9 | ||
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I wanna know if his boss is looking for more staff. F6 company car, mmmm Ok, if i have too.
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21-12-2006, 09:41 PM | #10 | ||
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That would be fun to have a F6 company car. Must work hard to have that company car.
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21-12-2006, 09:59 PM | #11 | ||
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Salary sacrifice is a pr1ck LOL
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21-12-2006, 10:05 PM | #12 | ||
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I'm sure that company cars are built on a different line at Ford because they seem to be alot stronger.. our company phoon (manual) ran a 13.3 at the drags last year. Our company VZ Clubby (297kw) also seems to be quicker than most.
Lets not even mention the fact that they are much more rust resistant (handy when launching a boat), and have heavy duty suspension for carrying a pallet of bricks lol : |
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21-12-2006, 10:07 PM | #13 | ||
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More like he is probably a new car salesman..
Dont buy a car from this guy. |
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22-12-2006, 01:48 AM | #14 | ||
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If you want a company car to take to the drags and it dosnt matter if you get fired for it, I recomend dominos. bet they dont have typhoons though, or something that will pull a 20.
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22-12-2006, 07:20 AM | #16 | |||
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22-12-2006, 07:43 AM | #17 | ||
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what a dude all we got is patrols i dont think they would fair to well at the drags
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22-12-2006, 07:46 AM | #18 | ||
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Thats it, I'm taking our government issue Prius down....
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22-12-2006, 07:51 AM | #19 | ||
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Haha...good on the guy for running the company car
I will be using my company car for towing duties when i have to
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22-12-2006, 10:06 PM | #20 | |||
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22-12-2006, 11:07 PM | #22 | |||
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22-12-2006, 11:22 PM | #23 | ||
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Wanna hear a typhoon story. about 4 got written off YESTERDAY that i seen.
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22-12-2006, 11:26 PM | #24 | ||
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Miss Drift, please tell us more about the written off Typhoons.
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22-12-2006, 11:29 PM | #25 | ||
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1 word needed.. ARMIDALE...
umm. we had another freak hailstorm yesterday (3rd one in 10 yrs) ! Armidale has been declared a Natural Disaster Zone... The four I seen, 2 red, one yellow & one of the Grey/Green ones... were all written off... smashed windscreens, mirrors, and more dents than a VB Commdore!
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22-12-2006, 11:34 PM | #26 | ||
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yes please tell of written off typhoons
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