Your favorite falcon

[flappist]

As there seems to be a bit of reminiscing of falcons olde I thought a thread on your FAVORITE falcon might be appropriate.

The idea is to describe your favorite falcon/fairmont/fairlane/whatever which you owned and drove.
Not the one you always wanted or drool over in a magazine nor the latest and greatest new rocket car but the one which at the time was the one you loved and kept way too long (or still have).
Also why you loved it and what was so great about it.

Mine was a Burgandy EA2 Fairmont Ghia 5 speed manual which I bought new in 1989.
It was extremely high tech and luxurious for the era with its all digital dash and velour interior.
When the EB2 came out with ABS brakes I went to upgrade but as the manual was no longer being made I held onto it.
Then the ED came out. Still no manual so I stuck with my starting to get a bit tatty EA2.

The EF came and went.

It was covered with stone chips so badly it looked like a maroon lammington. The velour on the door where my arm rested was completely worn off.
The air con failed but it was heading into winter.
It had over 300,000km on it and was starting to fall apart.

But I kept it because they did not make a manual anymore.

Then one day it was summer again and stinking hot and I turned on the failed aircon with the obvious result.

I went to get the aircon fixed but as it was the old gas it was going to cost bongo dollars so the poor old girl finally bit the dust and I bought a shiny EL auto.

So it lasted me 8 years and over 300,000km through floods, mud, dust storms, traffic jam, snow, cyclones, salt water and worst of all QLD roads.

I have owned faster falcons, more reliable falcons, prettier falcons (and an AU) but I owned that one for over twice as long and for over twice as many kilometres as any of the others (with the exception of my panel vans that did 275,000km/year but only lasted 2 years before their wheels fell off) purely because there was nothing to replace it with.