HULK FRIDAY!! What you driving after falcon retires???

[HULK_I6T]

It's Friday!!! You know what that means, after another tough slug of a week at work, one more chore before you get to go home and drink yourself silly...

As we know falcon is not going to exist beyond 2016...Many of us own falcons (or a derivative model) and over the many years we have all been able to sell our old falcons and buy / upgrade to a newer falcon..

Generally the large family size remained pretty much the same, it slowly became more powerful and fuel efficient, more comfortable, better equipped,it was always a rugged reliable car... The look was sometimes controversial and some models classic, but it was generally the same formula which evolved and met our needs. Cheap parts, plenty of mod shops and upgrades.. Proud community of enthusiasts

But post 2016 it won't exist..

So where you going after falcon retires? What you going to drive and be passionate about?

Surely you can't hang onto that b series or fg forever... The e series are already getting long in the tooth and almost impossible to find a decent one..this will no doubt happen to b series and fg too.. so we are gonna have to cut and run / upgrade sooner than later to something that is not falcon.

But upgrade to what? What you going to drive post 2016? How will it meet your needs like the falcon has for the past 5-50 years.. (Depending on your age)

[Franco Cozzo]

Chrysler 300C

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[jimt3te50]

We'll always have a nice family car, small SUV whatever. My cars pretty much for me and seldom has anyone else in it, so blue oval, V8, rear wheel drive....

No question, it'll be a Mustang. And it will be modified.

[prydey]

Mondeo /fusion.

I don't care which wheels drive the car and it will have more than enough power to cart the family around plus I think it looks pretty nice.

Maybe I'm getting old

[NX74205]

Mondeo.

I'll also look at Focus, Kuga and/or Edge as I think these are pretty cool cars too, but the new Mondeo is the front runner to be my next daily driver. Unless I win lotto, in which case I'll look at the premium Euro brands, my next car is definitely going to be a Ford.

[MethodX]

Mondeo or Insignia.
Which dealer can give me the better deal.

[Mont5.0]

Chrysler.

[sbcb]

V8 Falcon til kids fly the nest and then a used GT a Mustang will be on the radar.

[OZYWALKER]

Mustang or F150 Raptor.

[Nikked]

Falcon

[Sox]

This is a tough question for me, as I don't like many new cars at all.
With every new release they do things that I don't like and take something away from the driving experience.
They're too sterile.

Falcon died post 2002 IMO.

I'll be growing my AU fleet and keeping them going for as long as I can.

I don't put a lot of k's on my cars so they should last a long time
However wifey does, so will need to get her another car to rack up the k's. Her current BMW has 280,000+ k's and it's still doing well.
She likes it, so can still keep it running another few years.

We're both middle aged, so we'll still need cars for another ~30yrs or so.
Will we still want our current cars as dailys in 30yrs, I don't know. I may not even want them in 10yrs?

I guess an option at some point will be to own some mushy sterile thing that drives almost by itself.

The Mustang is maybe an option once it's 5+ yrs old and down to sensible money. They look the goods, and with a V8 they should tootle along ok. I'm guessing it's as sterile as the next late model car though.

I'd like an E39 M5 too, but that's not exactly moving forward age wise.

Everything else is just meh, oh the pain.

I reckon I can keep my AU's and the E36 going another 30 years.


So my answer is, Falcon, with a hint of BMW...

[SensationFG8]

Falcon

[Pedro]

Don't like driving FWD cars, can't afford Audi's and such so probably go for AWD like a grey import late model Evo.

[ebv8]

My Falcon and my Commodore....sticking it too the man!

[FTE-063]

I WILL BE DRIVING A FORD NOTHING ELSE HULK

you come up with stupid threads i'll tell yah, what you think 'cause Ford is closing people are going to switch badges come on there is plenty of Fords on the S/H market

what Ford closes so let take all the Falcons off the streets too

these threads are be coming to be beyond the joke haven't you got nothing else better to do then start a thread just for a argument.


cheers Dean

[gossy]

Finally, a decent topic without any bias.

I would say many will stick with the B and F series for a while yet (albeit all Falcons as daily drivers) , but then? Who knows what will be around in 20 years time?

[Grunter]

Same as now. Any mid/large SUV that has a bit of poke and can carry the family+dog. If/when Ford releases something like that, I'll be all over it (like the Turbo Territory which was/is a brilliant SUV).

That being said, I'll be driving my T-Series Falcon till I'm no longer able. Can take the man out of a Ford, but can't take the Ford out of the man.

Good post OP.

[Black F6]

Mustang, or if i convince the wife R35

[chevypower]

I see a few people are waiting on the Mustang. Anyone planning on the GT350? (If it has the speculated 600HP 5.2L flat-plane crank V8 with 8,000rpm redline).

[Black F6]

Originally Posted by chevypower

I see a few people are waiting on the Mustang. Anyone planning on the GT350? (If it has the speculated 600HP 5.2L flat-plane crank V8 with 8,000rpm redline).

I heard the highest spec one we will see is the GT

[strobe]

Daewoo Matiz as my drag car and a Daihatsu Rocky as my daily.

[My poor XF]

Bmw 5 series or Merc c class

[HULK_I6T]

Guys/Gals driving b-series or FG's now cant go backwards so they are going to have to buy a non ford car next. Probably within 5 years they will be out of a falcon for good..

Guys driving e-series have it a little easier, as there is a natural progression for them to upgrade to a b series first then FG then have to worry about a non-falcon car. Probably 10-15 years off judging by how long they keep their cars.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by HULK_I6T

Guys/Gals driving b-series or FG's now cant go backwards

Why not ?

Not everyone has to keep up with what's parked in the rest of the street.

[HULK_I6T]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Why not ?

Not everyone has to keep up with what's parked in the rest of the street.

Once you have experienced a car with more power and features it's not easy to go backwards.. Also the older falcon will more than likely be in worse condition with higher km.

Few people will spend 5 times what they are worth to restore them.

[SSD-85]

Originally Posted by HULK_I6T

Once you have experienced a car with more power and features it's not easy to go backwards.. Also the older falcon will more than likely be in worse condition with higher km.

Few people will spend 5 times what they are worth to restore them.

I will bite at this opinionated speculation.

Not everyone shares that sentiment. I may have a BF2 GT but my dirty old AU1 Forte gets driven on an equally regular basis. Not because its more thrifty, or less consequential if I lose it, but because I enjoy driving it.

As for a cars worth vs restoration costs, well if one wants to be a sheep & base their cars value in accordance with the market, as opposed to what the car is worth to them personally, then that's their prerogative.

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by HULK_I6T

Once you have experienced a car with more power and features it's not easy to go backwards.. Also the older falcon will more than likely be in worse condition with higher km.

Few people will spend 5 times what they are worth to restore them.

Gee, I must be the unusual one then. I went from my fg xr8 to my au fairlane.

290kw to 175kw.... Sometimes I miss the power of the fg, but mostly I just like the fairlane. I find it's nicer to drive, more comfortable and sounds 11ty times better, and it's more economical.
Fg looked better, but I reckon the fairlane stands out more.

[falcon_bandit]

Originally Posted by HULK_I6T

Once you have experienced a car with more power and features it's not easy to go backwards..

can i ask, do you have any kids mate?

you imply that everyone on the site is a boy racer that wants a large sedan with a straight 6 to do some laps around the local hangout spots

ive got a EF sedan just to get me to work, but i found out real quick travelling with a couple kids that boot fills up real quick hence why we bought a 4WD and no not a ford.

the fourbie is alot slower the the falcon, chews a crapload more fuel, and i love it and is 10 times more functional than any powerful large sedan, and thats why they have gotten the chop and been relagated to a P plater's special.

[PHawk]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Why not ?

Not everyone has to keep up with what's parked in the rest of the street.

True, I wouldn't say no to a nice BF GT parked in the drive!

[Kable72]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Why not ?

Not everyone has to keep up with what's parked in the rest of the street.

Can vouch. Have a current model FG ute and seriously thinkin about selling to go to a BF turbo.