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Old 03-10-2007, 08:30 PM   #1
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Default It's good to be a Ford Man...exciting times ahead

Ford Fans all let us rejoice, for we are young and free...and bloody excited about whats around the corner!!!

I wonder if Ford/FPV will have enough room on their showroom floor to present all these puppies

Ford:
Fiesta XR4
Focus TDi/XR5
Mondeo all new models TDi/XR5
Falcon XR Aggresor Pack
Falcon Ute by Craig Lowndes
2008 Orion Falcon Models for Sedan and Ute

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Typhoon R-Spec
FPV GT Cobra
FPV GT Pursuit Cobra
FPV Territory

While it seems sure that HSV will soon release the GT-R, you have to admit that it's great to be a Ford man with so man new models only just around the corner.

Take a good look at these sales charts, because it's the last time you'll see Ford turn out figures like that

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Old 03-10-2007, 08:40 PM   #2
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Here here.
In the next 4 years we've got a lot to look forward to. The New Mondeo (now), The Orion Falcon (2008), Ford Kuga SUV (2010), new Territiory (2010?), New Ford Fiesta (2010?), Austalian Built Ford Focus (2011?) not to mention all of the offshoots to go with these models
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Old 03-10-2007, 08:40 PM   #3
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I 100% aggree!, but i think its always great to be a Ford Man/Women!!
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Old 03-10-2007, 09:06 PM   #4
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yep, theres only blue blood running through these vains
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Old 03-10-2007, 09:15 PM   #5
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Is it just a myth that blood is actually blue inside the body due to pressure and red when we bleed?
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Old 03-10-2007, 09:25 PM   #6
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um, i think u missed my point lol, FORD fan through and through
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Old 03-10-2007, 09:25 PM   #7
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Is it just a myth that blood is actually blue inside the body due to pressure and red when we bleed?
If you love your Fords then it's not a myth, if however for some stupid unexplainable mind-boggling reason you're a Holden fan (god help you) then it's a myth

sorry couldn't help myself...
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Old 03-10-2007, 09:28 PM   #8
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mate, there will NEVER be a holden in my driveway lol
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Old 03-10-2007, 09:30 PM   #9
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Is it just a myth that blood is actually blue inside the body due to pressure and red when we bleed?
i am a confirmed 'blue blood'...however after checking with my nurse wife i can say with certaincy that your blue will always be red under normal healthy conditions....your veins will appear blue through your skin though.
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Old 03-10-2007, 09:38 PM   #10
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I'm sure they can swap the stickers between those FPV cars as the days go by if there's not enough room for another car, lol! :P
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Old 03-10-2007, 09:38 PM   #11
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i am a confirmed 'blue blood'...however after checking with my nurse wife i can say with certaincy that your blue will always be red under normal healthy conditions....your veins will appear blue through your skin though.
veins are blue cos they carry the blood that has been de-oxyngenised if you like. ie. its serverd its purpose and is on the way back to the heart.
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Old 03-10-2007, 09:44 PM   #12
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Me, My wife and our 3 Boys are Ford freaks till our dying day. As for the future though, well we would rather step back in time and enjoy some of Fords Finest from the past.
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Old 03-10-2007, 09:44 PM   #13
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Already booked in for the Orion F6
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Old 03-10-2007, 10:01 PM   #14
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only exciting things out of that list for me is the cobra, mondeo and orion. need more x-factor vehicles; xr4 dont do it for me, looks too much plus pocket rockets arent really my thing (except for sp23). Xr5t has been out for a while already; R-spec only increases performance around a track.... still looks the same; FPV territory..... will wait and see that they dont just put a bigger scoop on the bonnet without changing its boring contemporary design.
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Old 03-10-2007, 10:33 PM   #15
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Im so glad i found this website. and im glad to be a ford man, but it sucks where i live because it seems where ever i go there always going on about holden, hsv, an Brocky. We do have a good colection of cars though, we have a 1982 XE Fairmont Ghia ESP 5.8 ltr and a 2004 BA XT sedan with 19s and larger cross drilled brakes with xr pads. Are planning to get capa flash tuner and an XR spec exhaust kit on it. The XE when it was running 100% could pull mid 13s.
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Old 03-10-2007, 11:11 PM   #16
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Old 03-10-2007, 11:28 PM   #17
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ford man though and thouhg and looking forward to seeing some of these new cars on the raod soon too

plus slowly converting the missus whos whole family is holden, but slowly getting though to her, she does like mazda which are owned by ford and the xr5s she really likes, and when we went looking for her new car almost got her in to a BA but they are too big a fuelly for here so well we got a VW passet but atleast it wasnt a holden like her last two cars were
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Old 04-10-2007, 01:25 AM   #19
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Those 'tards in a VN commonbore that tried way too hard to impress me the other day with their throttle mashing skills in busy traffic only rekindled my Ford vs holden bias to 110 over negative 10.

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Old 04-10-2007, 10:29 AM   #20
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veins are blue cos they carry the blood that has been de-oxyngenised if you like. ie. its serverd its purpose and is on the way back to the heart.
But if you cut that vein the blue blood will turn red when it cones out because it mixes with oxygen in the air.


It's finally nice to see something positive about Fords models. Even with these special editions as Ford are trying to move numbers before Orion it at least is keeping the brand name out in the public. Hopefully Ford push forward with brand recognition just before and after Orion.
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Old 04-10-2007, 10:45 AM   #21
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Looking like a good lineup, for the next few years.

Doesn't really affect me, as I'm not going to be in the new car market for a while.
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Old 04-10-2007, 10:53 AM   #22
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Ford all the way!!!! when i look at my next car which should be about 2010, there will be a great range to choose from!
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