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10 Jul 2001, 12:28 (Ref:115233) | #1 | ||
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A new car
I have finally lashed out and bought myself a new car , that the wife drives most of the time
It is a 1998 FORD Falcon EL XR6. It has a 4.0lt 6 cylinder engine that has been modified by Tickford engineering (they also play with the suspension a bit). It produces 164kw (220hp). It weighs approx 1480kg. The car is based on the average family sedan that is sold in australia, but it is the sports model. You get the twin headlight front, alloy wheels, sports seats, power windows,leather wheel and rear spoiler. It is a great car to drive because it gives you a bit of everthing, power ,handling and comfort and it is a Ford of course. Here are a couple of pictures of a car the same as mine(no photos of mine yet) Happy now moff |
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10 Jul 2001, 14:52 (Ref:115268) | #2 | ||
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Nice motor. It's a shame that similar vehicles (large, fast, rwd, cheap) are not available in the UK. Do they not do a sporting Falcon with a V8?
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11 Jul 2001, 10:58 (Ref:115575) | #5 | ||
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Exceeellllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnt
Way to go Mount!
I'll swap the seats in my Fairmont for the motor in your XR6. |
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11 Jul 2001, 13:03 (Ref:115634) | #6 | ||
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Actually VB, the XRs and SS retain their value much better than any other variant of Falcon or Commodore. It is the luxury models that suffer the most from depreciation.
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