Epic Fail's - Motoring [Read original post, no off topic discussion]

[SSD-85]

Originally Posted by nstg8a

seriously?

EARLY 90s Taurus. Listen!!

[XR Martin]

I think he meant this Taurus

[XRGhia]

still doesn't look like one...

the EF design still looks way better...

[huggiebear]

now i see where the idea for the AU came from

[gokhan]

Originally Posted by nstg8a

seriously?

That's mid 90's, early 90's is like this:

[nstg8a]

if anything id say it looks more el than ef, with a little ford corsair in there as well...... i dont think ive ever seen one of the early 90s ones? are they us only?

[Bobman]

Right. It looks more like a VP Commodore than an EF Falcon.

[chrisfpv]

I'd lean towards the VP more, but it does slightly resemble an EF too.

[kiwimark]

now i see where the idea for the AU came from [/QUOTE]

yeah and to make it worse Ford AU must have known they were on a hiding to nothing as the Dn101 taurus was to market (96) and DOA - suprisingly the market didnt fall in love with 'Oval' everything.

[Bossxr8]

The Ford spare parts interpreter who asked me if my Falcon was a V6 or an 8.

[XR Martin]

[QUOTE=kiwimark]

now i see where the idea for the AU came from

yeah and to make it worse Ford AU must have known they were on a hiding to nothing as the Dn101 taurus was to market (96) and DOA - suprisingly the market didnt fall in love with 'Oval' everything.

AU was actually 'New Edge' like the KA and Focus, but had some 'ovaloid' themes like the glasshouse and dash.
Seems to me they changed the oval theme at the last minute and the AU was stuck in the middle

[93EB_SXR6]

Originally Posted by xrghiawagon

EF's look better without a grill.... ** i hate the EL onwards look except for the high series grille...


and people with ricers buy those crap tips etc... if i get any tips, its gonna be 1x 3" dump tip

I managed to get a two and a half inch stainless steel tip from U pull it for free (we bought various parts for my sisters car so they just chucked it in, it was brand new - still had the price sticker on it, it was sitting in the boot of a wrecked EB fairmont).
The tip looks very subtle, quite classy in fact.
If I'd had the time to stay around and grab some other parts from the E series there I would have got a full exhaust system (looked like new), new tyres, 5 speed manual trans and pedal box (there were two EBs there with the trans still attached, although the shifter boots were mysteriously missing???), after market bonnet and a ten inch sub box...

I have fallen in love with U pull it.
...no I haven't been paid to say this

[93EB_SXR6]

Ahh which reminds me.
Saturday night dad asked me to drive him down to the shops because he'd had a few drinks and was probably over the limit, no problems, grab the keys.
I didn't want to drive the wagon so we got in mum's VS commodore and I drove him down to the local coles, as we were pulling into the carpark I noticed an abundance of bogans standing around a bunch of Holdens... all of them jeering at me to "chuck a skid" in my mums car.
*HOLDEN CRUISE.*
They were plainly drinking alcohol and many of the cars there couldn't have been roadworthy, black stockies on the back anyone???
As we stopped in at the petrol station, a VZ commodore with a HSV body kit sped round the corner trying but failing to pull a skid.
That was an epic fail.
I have nothing against Commodores, but that made me feel embaressed to be driving one at the time.

[TheInterceptor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl0zjM7OqcM

Fail snatch. Fail plastic cars...

[martinijosh]

Originally Posted by Professor_Evans

I have fallen in love with U pull it.
...no I haven't been paid to say this

The fail here - they named their business "U pull it"

Should have just named it "You're a ******"

[stevz]

Originally Posted by TheInterceptor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl0zjM7OqcM

Fail snatch. Fail plastic cars...

Hahahaha, saw this years ago but still funny as.

[barra265t]

Originally Posted by kiwimark

now i see where the idea for the AU came from

That side profile looks so much like the VT commodore?..

[rijruna]

Spotted on the way to work this morning, one black xr6 with an xr8 bonnet with wanna-be monaro nostrils. I didnt have the time to get a pic & didnt want to stick the boot in to get in front of him for one. It wouldv meant getting a bit willing with the pedal at or around the place where a fella was killed a coupla weeks ago on Dandenong Rd. Plus I wouldv had to get my phone out to take the shot so I was left just shaking my head thinking thats soo wrong on so many levels.
cheers
rij

[Antwon]

This car is an epic fail.

[samftr]

Monaro nostrils you mean xb bonnet vents

[martinijosh]

Originally Posted by samftr

Monaro nostrils you mean xb bonnet vents

This.

[93EB_SXR6]

Originally Posted by martinijosh

The fail here - they named their business "U pull it"

Should have just named it "You're a ******"

I know... mum, dad and I all went down together in my wagon and were joking about it the whole way down.
Seriously though, the whole idea of getting what you want off the car is great.
I love not having dumb white trash idiots trying to tell me I'm wrong about a certain part...

Me: "No, I'm sure the car doesn't have thermo fans, it has a clutch fan..." Guy who works at the local wreckers: *shakes head* "nah mate, a clutch is part of the drivetrain..."
Me: *Gives up and walks away*

Btw, fit my sister's camry's new bonnet in the back of the wagon with the rear seat still operable (I let mum drive and sat in the back enjoying the married-couple-driving bickering).
Gotta love the falcon wagons.

[barra265t]

Originally Posted by Ben73

I like the BMW I6 3L Sounds better then a Ford I6

Yeah I went there lol.

Do they sound that different? I was driving around in a 1991 525i and was thinking 'hmm.. that engine note sounds familiar'..

[Bobman]

Originally Posted by barra265t

Do they sound that different? I was driving around in a 1991 525i and was thinking 'hmm.. that engine note sounds familiar'..

No need to compare. I like to think of BMW as an ally to Ford with their perfect I6 motors as Mercedes is to Holden with their love of crappy V6s.

Ie: BMW creams over Merc as does Ford over Holden. M3/M5 over any AMG and FPV F6 over any HSV, thanks

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by kiwimark

now i see where the idea for the AU came from

Apparently, the taurus was going to be the replacement for the AU. This car would have been the BA falcon.

[rijruna]

I did mean monaro nostrils, sam. these were closer together, more square to the nose, narrower & the angles out-boards were slightly proud of the sheet-steel. & yes I do know which is what, as I aint 21 no more & only seen a few xa steel on the road as a regular thing. hhmmmm corbra yum
cheers
rij

[Werd.]

http://tinyurl.com/3c5fss7

Check out what some failtard scumbags did to this car, not a straight panel on it, bastards.

[Mr Hardware]

Originally Posted by Bobman

No need to compare. I like to think of BMW as an ally to Ford with their perfect I6 motors as Mercedes is to Holden with their love of crappy V6s.

Ie: BMW creams over Merc as does Ford over Holden. M3/M5 over any AMG and FPV F6 over any HSV, thanks

really bobman? I see it as the other way around - bmw/holden being the kind of car boy racers prefer and ford/merc for the refined, learnered gent
Oh and bmw/holden for their continuing use of bloody struts
where ford/merc use the superior double a-arms

[hiper]

look at the badge on the car, the numberplate surround and the sticker on the rear window

[martinijosh]

Originally Posted by hiper

look at the badge on the car, the numberplate surround and the sticker on the rear window

That's frankston for you...

I've heard it's the Melbourne equivalent of Woodridge (my partner is from Melb)?