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Old 27-11-2008, 07:22 PM   #1
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Hmmm, whoops! Melbourne local rag! Of all places a Holden dealer..... ROFL.....

You'd think half a chance they would get it right.



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Old 27-11-2008, 07:25 PM   #2
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Old 27-11-2008, 07:33 PM   #3
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Must have been one of those Falcon mules for the V6. Not required anymore so sell em off cheap. :P
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Old 27-11-2008, 07:37 PM   #4
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It still amazes me how many people dont realise there is a difference between a 'V' and a straight...
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Old 27-11-2008, 07:41 PM   #5
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Thats nothing.

Look in the Trading Post, and you can find an add for a industrial oven (or something), and the picture has a shiny red tractor!

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Old 27-11-2008, 07:52 PM   #6
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Maybe it's a way of Mcnamara's mindful thoughts of making parity work (V8SC's)???

You know the mentality "If you can't beat em join em".
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..aah yes, reminds me of the good old days of The Trading Post and 12 volt diffs and Holey carbies... :
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Maybe it's a way of Mcnamara's mindful thoughts of making parity work (V8SC's)???

You know the mentality "If you can't beat em join em".
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Old 27-11-2008, 08:49 PM   #9
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You want to try the weekend shopper (like the trading post) in the Courier Mail here in Brisbane every word in the main paper written by journalists is word perfect then you come to the ads at least one spelling mistake in each ad and ads next to each other with diferent spelling almost every Falcon /or is that Fairmount is "RWD" and or have V6 motors and just about all of them say ring "so and so" at any time on any day
Chevs are shevvs or once I saw a Chevv in parlour maybe the were looking for a massage plus the usual 12volt diffs I think they are written by 15 year olds doing community service using yanky predictive text like liter meter and so on I thought they were talking about puppies or oil guages and the like and dont get me on to the acro/acrow/ accro /accrow props for sale all in the same collumn
hopeless dont the kids of today get taught English
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You want to try the weekend shopper (like the trading post) in the Courier Mail here in Brisbane every word in the main paper written by journalists is word perfect then you come to the ads at least one spelling mistake in each ad and ads next to each other with diferent spelling almost every Falcon /or is that Fairmount is "RWD" and or have V6 motors and just about all of them say ring "so and so" at any time on any day
Chevs are shevvs or once I saw a Chevv in parlour maybe the were looking for a massage plus the usual 12volt diffs I think they are written by 15 year olds doing community service using yanky predictive text like liter meter and so on I thought they were talking about puppies or oil guages and the like and dont get me on to the acro/acrow/ accro /accrow props for sale all in the same collumn
hopeless dont the kids of today get taught English
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Old 27-11-2008, 09:42 PM   #12
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Sometimes I'm not sure if it's more painful reading trading post ads or reading stuff in here....

I love the irony humour though. Awesome!


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Old 27-11-2008, 10:25 PM   #13
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It still amazes me how many people dont realise there is a difference between a 'V' and a straight...
It actually is a problem...really...

I remember when ABC Radio was reporting on the future discontinuation of the I6, the reporter constantly said, "Inline V6 engine/motor".

It really peeved me.

But most people would not know the difference between a V6 and an Inline six, or the benefits/detractors of each.
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Old 27-11-2008, 10:29 PM   #14
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That's why I posted it, just to show, how even a HOLDEN dealer got it so wrong (still). :

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Old 27-11-2008, 10:30 PM   #15
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Yeah, most of the time it is the office girl who drives an Excel/catches the bus to work, who drafts these ads.
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Old 27-11-2008, 10:31 PM   #16
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Inline V6 - that's like 'ATM Machine' and 'PIN Number' :P
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Old 27-11-2008, 10:54 PM   #17
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Magna powered falcon anyone? lol
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Yeah, most of the time it is the office girl who drives an Excel/catches the bus to work, who drafts these ads.
Is she hot?
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Old 28-11-2008, 06:52 PM   #19
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Inline V6 - that's like 'ATM Machine' and 'PIN Number' :P

I would say the first is a contradiction the last two are redundancies.
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I would say the first is a contradiction
Not quite, three cylinders are inline after all.
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Old 29-11-2008, 06:01 PM   #21
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i see your falcodore wagon, and raise you a falcodore ute:



I spotted this in the Courier Mail a few years back (yes, the add was for a ford dealers used lot too lol)
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Old 30-11-2008, 03:58 PM   #22
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but it made you remember the add didnt it?
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Old 01-12-2008, 03:07 PM   #23
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I agree, could be a clever marketing idea to get both teams' attention to the add. more people notice it, higher chance of selling the ford ss
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This thread = Priceless.

I love this kind of thing.
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Old 01-12-2008, 07:16 PM   #25
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84RGE, LMAO!!!

But I would love to ring up the Secretary and made a recording of the call.

"I would like to enquire about your Falcon VY SS UTE" LMFAO.:

But in a ways, wouldn't the marketing dept get these prank calls and think it was a bad idea to use sarcasm as a sales puller....

And even then, take them to the ACCC... LMFAO

"Hey, you advertised it, now I want it....otherwise I'm suing your for misrepresentation"...:
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