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Old 11-03-2016, 11:28 PM   #1
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http://www.drive.com.au/new-car-revi...02-gn94oq.html

Technical data is full of mistakes.
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Old 12-03-2016, 07:38 AM   #2
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'It pulls hard right across the rev range and endows the Commodore with enough grunt to sprint from 0-100km/h in just 5.3 seconds'

That's Aurion class performance right there...
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Old 12-03-2016, 09:22 AM   #3
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Reads like a paid editorial.
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Old 12-03-2016, 10:09 AM   #4
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I wonder if the guy who wrote the article is mates with Joshua Dowling.
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Old 12-03-2016, 10:45 AM   #5
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Love how they hobbled the power figure of the sprint...

Don't they know that it's Holden that overstate power not Ford?
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Old 13-03-2016, 06:32 PM   #6
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Stop picking on the providers of my income...


Where did tempted go ?
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Old 13-03-2016, 07:47 PM   #7
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Old 13-03-2016, 08:13 PM   #8
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That's GOLD Jerry, GOLD!!!
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Old 14-03-2016, 06:58 PM   #9
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Old 14-03-2016, 11:57 PM   #10
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The nearest competition the sprint (that they conveniently didn't include in this test) has taken a power and torque dive, just goes to show that this article was proof read by a person that doesn't even know the basic stats about these vehicle they will miss so much
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Old 15-03-2016, 12:56 AM   #11
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To get some ice cream from the local Holden Dealer and share some tall stories with the Hulk.
the hulk, tempted and this bloke http://www.fordforums.com.au/member.php?u=31798 the wolf pack
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Old 17-03-2016, 09:30 PM   #12
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If you've learned to love to hate Fairfax and certain journos, and their repeated treatment of FOA, this may provide a small amount of sparkle to your day:

http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2016...s-journalists/
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Is that next to Planet Davo?
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Old 18-03-2016, 01:33 AM   #14
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Is that next to Planet Davo?
As far as I’m concerned Planet Davo is Holden Hell.

I still shutter at the thought of the name.
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Old 13-03-2016, 07:22 PM   #15
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Hmmm, proof reading is a long lost art by the look of it.
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No. just one eyed
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