Yeah, they probabaly did a forward pass too...Originally Posted by The Stranger
Loud and Uncouth
Yeah, they probabaly did a forward pass too...
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Loud and Uncouth
Fuck all value for fuck all money you're trying to say??
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I take it you're not a Holden fan?Fuck all value for fuck all money you're trying to say??
Our 5.7 Berlina does everything we want it to, comfortably. What more could you want from any car?
Loud and Uncouth
Im a 'Ford' man as much as I'm a 'Harley' man - just personal choice, I only 'knock' other brands to get a bite or to retaliate to somebody else who is 'other-brand' one-eyed.
I'd be quite happy to use my '66 T-bird as a daily driver if it wasn't so thirsty.
Smooth, comfortable, easy to drive and stylish. Lacks only A/C to make it perfect.
Each to their own.
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Mechanical politics is quite funny sometimes; some people get so uptight about it, regardless of how many wheels we're talking about.
How did a 66 T'bird escape the factory without air?
Loud and Uncouth
Got it in Salem, Oregon - climate similar to (or cooler than) this end of the country, I guess the guy that bought it new figured A/C wouldn't be needed that much.
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Forum whore
OK,
Since I kicked this part of the discussion off, I'll rise to the bait.
I've owned a Holden and currently own a Ford. The only reason that I own a large car is that I play in a band and need to move around a fair bit of gear. I don't feel safe in a van.
So I have no axe to grind either way.
The Holden I owned was much less well appointed/equipped, less powerful and less comfortable than the Ford I own now.
The Holden also cost about twice as much in real terms although that has much more to do with what has happened to large car's prices in recent years than anything else.
When I bought the Ford earlier this year, the equivalent Holden was about $2500 dearer and I paid $17,500 for the Futura with 80k on the clock.
It's a magnificent machine for the money. All the goodies, right down to leather seats and has nearly as much wick as my mate's ol Clubsport - in a station wagon FFS.
However, from behind the wheel, the Holden which was 10 years older was WAY more economical and more importantly, I had much more confidence that if the shit hit the fan, I had the handling and control to duck around it.
The Ford does not inspire that confidence.
A zillion airbags is not really a good substitute
I may not be as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I always was.
Forum whore
Agree with you both! Our '96 Honda Legend is a big, soft, marshmellow with climate-air and heated leather seats, 3.5lt V-6 and a tricky auto. Sold for about $100k new! Stylish it most definitely isn't, a plain-jane sleeper, more like! The boys in blue never give it a second glance... Handling is pretty average, but boy it's got some stick when you give it the gas!
Kinda car you get in and start out, then don't wanna stop! Bit too hungry for town use, so we use the Pulsar, but very economical on a trip. Run it on 98, though.
I know this has absolutely nothing to do with Ford winning Bathurst, but as the thread said, "Who cares?"
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
Forum whore
FFS it's front wheel drive!!!!!
On a biker website yet!!!
You orta be ashamed
I may not be as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I always was.
Forum whore
Ummm! Well... it is a Honda...
(I have no shame...)
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
Still Ridin'
A Honda? You really should be ashamed...
Motorbike Camping for the win!
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I must say, the word 'marshmallow' is appropriate. The first thing we did with the V8 was drop it 30mm with stiffer springs and added good shocks. IMHO car manufacturers release cars with suspension that's way to floppy and spongy. (Just like a certain US bike manufacturer I could mention....)
We run that V8 on a daily basis and it ain't that thirsty, modern engines are pretty fuel efficient and I'm oh-so conservative on that 'loud' pedal.
Forum whore
And the umbrella's a nice touch,too, I thought...
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
Loud and Uncouth
But it's fun with marshmallow 60's suspension to go over judder-bars without slowing down - you don't feel a thing!IMHO car manufacturers release cars with suspension that's way to floppy and spongy. (Just like a certain US bike manufacturer I could mention....)
We run that V8 on a daily basis and it ain't that thirsty, modern engines are pretty fuel efficient and I'm oh-so conservative on that 'loud' pedal.
(and the boy-racer behind you locks up his wheels and then has to waddle his way over the bars slowly)
And fuel efficient? Of course it is, efficiently guzzles its way through expensive fuel at less than 14mpg - on a trip!!
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Hardcore Biker
You get 14? You lucky bugger, my pontiac seldomly found over 10, the 2007 f350 camper I was using last month only managed 10 on the interstates, but then in was a bohemith. Slept 6!
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