How did you end up on AFF?

[Giant Cranium]

what happened on the old ff that made this one start up?

from what ive heard i imagine a fight of sorts?

[TUF_302]

Was a spelling mistake for me, was meant to type in FFA.com by ended up here, the rest is history lol

[vztrt]

Was looking for a lower grill for the old BA and stumbled on here.

Pretty sure there is an old thread about this.

[Riksta]

Was looking to buy an EF/EL Fairmont. A mate was trying to talk me into getting an AU, which at the time I didn't like that much. He linked me to aufalcon.com to show me how awesome some of the cars looked on there.

Not long after, I signed the papers for my AU, and joined the forums between signing and taking delivery.

And the rest, they say, is history. Now my main contribution to the forum is a love for VN Commodores seldom shared by others! haha

[Mechan1k]

Bought a Territory and then bought an AU ute as well.
Was looking for a forum to join and found this one via Google back then.

[grandpa_spec_F6]

Originally Posted by TheInterceptor

Hey all,

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My reason is i needed some advice to remove the headunit out of the old AU, google brought it up and well...the rest is history! Great place

That's pretty much the same as me, Mr Hardware turned to me one day as I was giving him the "20 Questions" treatment and his exact words were:

"FordForums.com.au, it will be the first and last place you will ever need to go, and will answer all your questions"

By god was he right! I even managed to answer a few questions for other people

[ebxr8240]

Through the Tickford club as it was known back then...

[Ben73]

Googled for a list of things to check when buying a used car.

Found a thread that someone had made. Good work to whoever made it.

[Cougar1999]

I own a Ford Cougar and a Ford Explorer - according to some, I must have lost my mind twice!! I'm very happy with them both for different reasons and I've found a lot of very knowledgeable people on this forum. Obviously there are others out there that like to drive something just a little bit different!
Cheers

[Geez Louise]

I slipped, cracked my head on the keyboard and AFF popped up! Still banging my head on the keyboard some days.

Seriously, Jack was a member on here and after awhile I joined.

[trippytaka]

I came on here to join a Ford commnunity for research for my t-shirt business and then ended up staying, and signing on as a sponsor. UI pretty much dropped all the other forums I am a part of... what can I say? I enjoy it in here.

Please buy my shirts

[jcxr]

The devil made me do it............................

[TheInterceptor]

Interesting haha.

Originally Posted by captain awesome

what happened on the old ff that made this one start up?

from what ive heard i imagine a fight of sorts?

This, most of you mention the proverbial hitting the fan on the old site.

What happened?

[ryanstev]

Years ago I won an auction for an XB sedan and I signed up here looking for information, etc.
The sale fell through, but a couple years after that I bought my XC sedan and realised my account was still active here.

[SSD-85]

I originally joined up as "WeHaveIgnition" back in 2006. I closed that account due to low self esteem issues. I opened my current one in 2009.

I originally joined after purchasing my first XR8 & wanting to become a part of the Ford community.

[CFOUR]

I was sussing out au xr8 faults and came across the old Aufalcon.com website which had the aff as it's forum.

[chrisfpv]

I was looking for a BA XR6 as my first car and wanted to know more about them. The google search eventually led me here.

[Bucknaked]

Looking for adult entertainment so I goggles headlights and shaft. What do ya know. AU headlights and cam shafts on FFAU. Who'd da thought.

Actually B2TF told me about the new forum

[baboon]

At the time I was interested in the BA falcon, and wanted more info on new XR6 Turbo. Did a search and found this site, joined and have been sucked in since...

[uranium_death]

A friend's father bought an XY GT and I thought, 'Bloody hell, that looks fantastic' and I gained an appreciation for the older Ford models then and there...

I loved the look of the BA when it came out back in 2002 (incidentally, I thought the VY look crap at the time) as well. Most people at school were Holden people, so as I usually tend to be, I was against the grain....

I probably wanted to gain a greater appreciation of Fords on the whole and probably stuck Ford Forums in Google or something and here I am posting more crap.

But it's a well-run forum...very well run that offers a lot to members...

[shedcoupe]

Started experimenting with XP and XM, that led to indulging in XW and XY, now I'm on AFF.

[pulpist]

The little voices whispered in my ear...

[jamesson1980]

Any time I google any ford specifics trying to solve my own car problems, one of the top results is always an AFF post. (eg: EB Falcon valve seals) Only in depth ford fan sites such as this would have all these keywords in one sentence.

[TheInterceptor]

true..

[mad machs]

Originally Posted by Feathers

Came over from FF.com when stuff hit the fan over there

Originally Posted by Biggav

+1 so much more life here also.

Same here, I think I'm number 320 on here, so a relatively early user.

I do remember some elements of the old FF.com being good fun though, the Asylum section for one & the rather "spirited" discussions in the Cleveland section, usually Davis vs The Rest Of World

[partzkid]

working at a ford dealer at the time, thought it could be useful

[Ptbl]

I NEEDED SOME TECHNICAL HELP WITH AU

SO I TYPED IN A SIMPLE SEARCH ON GOOGLE

" AU FORTE INHIBITER SWITCH problem"

Ever since that search I was a REGISTERED MEMBER in minutes lol