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Old 16-07-2015, 01:21 PM   #1
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Hi y'all. Started this thread in the Aufalcon forum, and am coming second by 6 votes, so in a bid to nudge ahead of the Passat guy I've moved it here. Any help voting, or feedback is appreciated

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Hi everyone,I've written a review for CarAdvice's Correspondent competition on my au2 Falcon. If you enjoy the review, please vote for me as this has been a dream of mine. Thank you.

http://thecorrespondent.caradvice.co...b478b52e000003
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Old 17-07-2015, 01:48 PM   #2
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Old 17-07-2015, 02:04 PM   #3
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Your coming 2nd with 120 votes
Just being neaten by a Volkswagen Passat with 125 Votes

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Old 17-07-2015, 05:26 PM   #6
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you have one more vote
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Old 18-07-2015, 01:27 AM   #7
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Voted!! Am I reading that correct? You've got nearly 5 times less views....but now 6 more votes? Nice
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Voted!! Am I reading that correct? You've got nearly 5 times less views....but now 6 more votes? Nice
Yeah they have views in the thousands I'm wondering how they're getting that kind of exposure. Any ideas maybe reddit or something? I'm losing by a considerable margin I think the guy who's winning has reached out on Weibo or something...
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Old 18-07-2015, 10:09 PM   #9
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This is why the Ford community is the best of the best. Falcons unite legends, cheers
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Old 19-07-2015, 04:36 PM   #10
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Keeps getting me by 1
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Old 23-07-2015, 06:37 PM   #11
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Last few days, so if anyone can help me out with se votes and shares I'll be heaps grateful
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With 500 plus thread views.......where's all the votes guys?
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Old 24-07-2015, 02:38 PM   #13
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Maybe because the top link is broken and the real link is in the second reply? Are mods able to fix this?
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Old 24-07-2015, 07:29 PM   #14
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Cool write-up mate and entertaining too!
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Old 24-07-2015, 08:19 PM   #15
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Well I tried to vote bur seriously? i need FB! FO
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Fair call, cheers anyway
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Fair call, cheers anyway
Yeh sorry mate. I hate facebook. As much as i wanted to vote for you.
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Link appears to be broken... You wouldn't happen to know why, FalconXV?
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Old 24-07-2015, 11:14 PM   #19
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Link appears to be broken... You wouldn't happen to know why, FalconXV?
I'm guessing it got garbled in the quote. Try the one underneath in Yamonda's post my good man.
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I'm guessing it got garbled in the quote. Try the one underneath in Yamonda's post my good man.
Voted and best of luck!

Thanks for pointing that post out, unintentionally skimmed over that, haha
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Great write up, but couldn't vote sorry, I'm FBless.
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I checked it out to vote but not being interested in having a Facebook account stopped me.

You are also competing against a few other nice Fords on there as well.

Looking at the leaderboard, Volkwagen owners must be big on Facebook, they have 4 cars in the top ten including first and second position.
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Looking at the leaderboard, Volkwagen owners must be big on Facebook, they have 4 cars in the top ten including first and second position.
It's not about the car, it's about the review. I've read and watched the lot of them, and I think the guy who did the Passat R review deserves to win this - he was a natural in front of the camera, looks very professionally filmed. Likewise the Subaru Forester reviewer. Both were brilliant.

Beats me why the guy who did the Golf review is up there, though. I couldn't get past the first 15 seconds of his review.
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It's not about the car, it's about the review. I've read and watched the lot of them, and I think the guy who did the Passat R review deserves to win this - he was a natural in front of the camera, looks very professionally filmed. Likewise the Subaru Forester reviewer. Both were brilliant.

Beats me why the guy who did the Golf review is up there, though. I couldn't get past the first 15 seconds of his review.
Yes I know it’s about the reviews and I read all the top ten with various thoughts on which were the best.

Still cars attract a tribalistic following and I’m sure many are voting with their allegiances not on content merit.

Hence my comment, there must be a lot of Volkswagen members on Facebook.
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It's not about the car, it's about the review. I've read and watched the lot of them, and I think the guy who did the Passat R review deserves to win this - he was a natural in front of the camera, looks very professionally filmed. Likewise the Subaru Forester reviewer. Both were brilliant.

Beats me why the guy who did the Golf review is up there, though. I couldn't get past the first 15 seconds of his review.
I hope I'm still in contention despite the lack of a video, but yes they are very good and professional.
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Just out of interest, you did 700km with just under a quarter of a tank left, so basically thats 700km on 70L of LPG, for a nice even 10L/100km.

Is that even possible for a packed AU on LPG?
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Yes but I wasn't measuring it digitally, just using the fuel gauge and odometer. As I stated in the article, previous owner fiddled with suspension, so it was very low at the front. Also the LPG model produces its torque even lower in the rev range. Long distance economy is phenomenal.
Last day people so if you could share it around if be really grateful. Thanks again for all your help
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