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Old 11-03-2012, 08:53 PM   #241
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Its just a Fairmont Ghia with a body kit.
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Old 11-03-2012, 09:14 PM   #242
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me- "Yeah, I'm a big car fanatic"
Other person- "cool, so what do you drive?"
Me- "... ford Fiesta"
Other party's response varies, but usually laughter follows. Meh, the Fiesta still kicks their car's butt 99% of the time anyway!!!

Also- "ooh, I love that colour!!!!"
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Old 11-03-2012, 09:25 PM   #243
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"So tell my why shouldn't I defect your car?" with a "thud" of a sticker being put on =/
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Old 11-03-2012, 11:35 PM   #244
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"So tell my why shouldn't I defect your car?" with a "thud" of a sticker being put on =/
bugger, too late lol.

dont think you will be changing his mind somehow hahaha
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Old 11-03-2012, 11:38 PM   #245
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gee thats alotta work
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Old 12-03-2012, 12:33 AM   #246
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Not too me, but when the other half took mine in to work to give it a good once over just after I bought it:
Work mates: That your new car mate?
Dave:Nah, it's the missus.
Guys: So... your missus drives a blue ute, and you own a pulsar....

Lulz ensued for the next six months till he got the XR8. He still has the pulsr though *chuckles*

The other one I get it a lot is the "your boyfriend know you broke the nose of his car?" "I dunno, I didn't know I'd broken the nose of his car, I broke the nose of MY car on the **** of his car, because our utes like to be close together. I'll ask him though for you!"
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Old 12-03-2012, 10:52 AM   #247
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From a VE SSV driver;

"Not bad for a 6! that gearbox is tight"

From a young Skyline owner;

What have you done to that thing!?"

Bone stock FG F6.

Also get alot of admiration stares. Only when it's clean though. When it's dirty I could be driving an old VN or something it seems.
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Old 12-03-2012, 01:44 PM   #248
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why u swop the xr6 for the xr8. umm hello
is that the 6speed.. yep
love the bf taillights
u need a sports exhaust. i no
oh and the misses. got asif her dad lets her drive that lmao
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Old 12-03-2012, 02:45 PM   #249
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Things I've heard regarding the Pig.

"Nice HQ" (Younger kid)
"Have you had it since new?" (I'm 34?!?!)
"Is it a real GT?" (No GT decals on my car!)
"It's not a real GT?" (A guy looking at my rego label at the AFD last year)
"Is that a V8?"
"What's the Clevo Mafia?"
"What's your number plate mean?" (MINTXB, I'm sure you can work it out!!)
"Do a burn out" (At a set of lights)

....and I heard a guy at a car show once say to his mate..
"Nice XC, they're my favourite of the GT's"
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Old 12-03-2012, 03:41 PM   #250
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Things I've heard regarding the Pig.

"Nice HQ" (Younger kid)
"Have you had it since new?" (I'm 34?!?!)
"Is it a real GT?" (No GT decals on my car!)
"It's not a real GT?" (A guy looking at my rego label at the AFD last year)
"Is that a V8?"
"What's the Clevo Mafia?"
"What's your number plate mean?" (MINTXB, I'm sure you can work it out!!)
"Do a burn out" (At a set of lights)

....and I heard a guy at a car show once say to his mate..
"Nice XC, they're my favourite of the GT's"
HAHAHAHA!!! Typical and what's the bet they would bag it out if you only told em about it.
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Old 12-03-2012, 04:02 PM   #251
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It seems young guys these days still appreciate a nice vehicle but know nothing about them. Pulled up at Kings Beach yesterday for lunch and the first question this young bloke asks me about the GT,
"Is that a V8 or V12"!
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Old 12-03-2012, 10:43 PM   #252
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I've been asked if my shaker was a supercharger once, and also I had a person try to tell me I bought a mocked up xr8..
And I've also had someone saying that their v6 vs commy sounds better than car
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Old 12-03-2012, 10:51 PM   #253
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im getting a lot going "why didnt you get the turbo 6? its faster..."

hmm... same reason i didnt buy any other of the multitudes of faster cars on the market. cos i wanted a xr8
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Old 12-03-2012, 10:55 PM   #254
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Same thing about the wheels
Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
Did I mention and over and over and over?

It's my car, I KNOW! If I didn't like them, I wouldn't have them?
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Old 12-03-2012, 11:10 PM   #255
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My old supervisor in my current job has a v8 vt commadore and when he found out i got a falcon he said
" oh mate better phone ahead and book your car in at the mechanic's"
up until this day in the 7 months of knowing him he's car has broken down twice and been in the workshop 3/4 times and hes currently selling it for $5500...... haha should i tell him to buy a falcon once he sells? (if he sells)
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Old 13-03-2012, 12:04 AM   #256
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My old supervisor in my current job has a v8 vt commadore and when he found out i got a falcon he said
" oh mate better phone ahead and book your car in at the mechanic's"
up until this day in the 7 months of knowing him he's car has broken down twice and been in the workshop 3/4 times and hes currently selling it for $5500...... haha should i tell him to buy a falcon once he sells? (if he sells)
If the VT has that 5.7 litre Chev disaster under the bonnet, I wonder if your old supervisor checks his driveway for oil puddles. My dad borrowed a VE Clubsport for two weeks (it was a horrible car to drive with what felt like barely any low down torque and an infuriating dead spot in the steering, but that's another story) and the car leaked oil all over the driveway. I pointed this out to my dad (an ardent Holden fan...who currently drives a Ford) and he tried to pass it off as air conditioning fluid. This was at 18000 kilometres, mind you. Those 5 litre Holden motors weren't bad at all, and had quite a satisfying exhaust note (even if they weren't up to the standard of the Windsor).
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Old 13-03-2012, 12:26 AM   #257
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If the VT has that 5.7 litre Chev disaster under the bonnet, I wonder if your old supervisor checks his driveway for oil puddles. My dad borrowed a VE Clubsport for two weeks (it was a horrible car to drive with what felt like barely any low down torque and an infuriating dead spot in the steering, but that's another story) and the car leaked oil all over the driveway. I pointed this out to my dad (an ardent Holden fan...who currently drives a Ford) and he tried to pass it off as air conditioning fluid. This was at 18000 kilometres, mind you. Those 5 litre Holden motors weren't bad at all, and had quite a satisfying exhaust note (even if they weren't up to the standard of the Windsor).
Yeah, wasn't to sure about the oil leaks though it had a reca moro in it , though my dad had a 5.7 gen 3 vt berlina, comfy to drive but yeah transmission made it's way out (this was in 2004) and it had a common p.s leak.
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Old 13-03-2012, 01:51 AM   #258
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The next person who says "nice chevy" when they see my Galaxie will suffer a fate worse than death....
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Old 13-03-2012, 09:39 AM   #259
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" i bet mummy and daddy are happy with you wasting you money on a **** box expensive car"

he was lucky he was with his children otherwise i would of swore at him
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Old 13-03-2012, 10:10 AM   #260
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A mate of mine owns a VZ SS 6.0L Thunder ute, he never stops bragging about the power of it. After a drive in my XR6t he looked at me blankly and said "that thing is insane and would destroy my car" lol
He doesn't brag so much anymore
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Old 13-03-2012, 10:44 AM   #261
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My 65 F100 (sold) - " nice chev pickup mate" (I put extra blue ovals on it)
My GT - "is it genuine"
"yep"
"Oh, its a shame what you've done to it"
and at the same show "look, he's got a still in the boot" ITS THE DRY SUMP TANK!
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