Snappy seats sparks Commodore Sportwagon recall - Page 2

pottery beige · 28-12-2010, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by glavas

No??? I had a f6 but I sold it I hated the steering wheel...

tilt the seat back then you can steer with your knees and eat nandos....

glavas · 28-12-2010, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by pottery beige

tilt the seat back then you can steer with your knees and eat nandos....

What does that have to do with the steering wheel, not to mention how dangerous that sounds. I hate how it looks and feels. I don't eat in my cars anyway they may get crumbs. I can use my elbow to change gears but that is not needed often.

4.0i_SiX · 28-12-2010, 06:15 PM

Do they still offer the chunky MOMO steering wheel on the FPV's?

bigsta · 28-12-2010, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 870-cse

Falcon vs Commodore? Let's have a look. 6 recalls for Falcon models 2005-2010, and 18 recalls for Commodore variants 2005-2010.
And there's a lot more issues that should have been recalled for Commodore 2003-2010 that were, well, swept under the carpet.

The falcon/territory should have been upwards of 30, even now with the territory ball joint problem causing accidents and real damage they are still only replacing a poorly designed part with a new one of the same design rather than spend the $1500 odd on fixing it for good by putting in the SY2 setup and they wonder why sales have dropped 400%.

04redxr8 · 28-12-2010, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by glavas

What does that have to do with the steering wheel, not to mention how dangerous that sounds. I hate how it looks and feels. I don't eat in my cars anyway they may get crumbs. I can use my elbow to change gears but that is not needed often.

Are you serious?

On a different note, My Holden dealer gave me a hat when I had my first service.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, Yep.

Highway · 28-12-2010, 07:49 PM

what is it with people putting chev bow ties on holdens??

pottery beige · 28-12-2010, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by glavas

What does that have to do with the steering wheel, not to mention how dangerous that sounds. I hate how it looks and feels. I don't eat in my cars anyway they may get crumbs. I can use my elbow to change gears but that is not needed often.

you will wear your elbows out... dont forget its testicle skin......

04redxr8 · 28-12-2010, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by HighwayXB

what is it with people putting chev bow ties on holdens??

That hat was given to me by the dealer. Dealer had them made. I drive an SSV, it does have a Chev motor in it, hence the connection.

I, however, DO NOT HAVE CHEV BADGES ON MY UTE.

Kaan · 28-12-2010, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by pottery beige

you will wear your elbows out... dont forget its testicle skin......

I pay for that one

Highway · 28-12-2010, 08:07 PM

Ford owns Volvo Cars of Sweden, Aston Martin of England and a small stake in Mazda of Japan.
But I wouldnt put there badges on my car

pottery beige · 28-12-2010, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 04redxr8

Are you serious?

On a different note, My Holden dealer gave me a hat when I had my first service

i got a slow down your boiling the diff oil from Ford.........

Resurrection · 28-12-2010, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by HighwayXB

Ford owns Volvo Cars of Sweden, Aston Martin of England and a small stake in Mazda of Japan.
But I wouldnt put there badges on my car

Ford sold Volvo cars in 2010
Ford sold Aston Martin in 2007
Ford relinquished control of Mazda in 2009

04redxr8 · 28-12-2010, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by pottery beige

i got a slow down your boiling the diff oil from Ford.........

Thats because they fill with it crap diff oil. I went to Mobi Diff for the good oil.

04redxr8 · 28-12-2010, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by HighwayXB

Ford owns Volvo Cars of Sweden, Aston Martin of England and a small stake in Mazda of Japan.
But I wouldnt put there badges on my car

Well good for you. Its just a hat. Get over it and move on.

pottery beige · 28-12-2010, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 04redxr8

Thats because they fill with it crap diff oil. I went to Mobi Diff for the good oil.

it was Mobil i boiled.... and i managed to get caught doing it......

twice.............

vztrt · 28-12-2010, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Resurrection

Ford relinquished control of Mazda in 2009

Ford never had control of mazda, they had a stake in it and sold a part of it back when they were restructuring. But now are looking to sell of the rest of their stake.

04redxr8 · 28-12-2010, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by pottery beige

it was Mobil i boiled.... and i managed to get caught doing it......

twice.............

What were thinking Mitch?

pottery beige · 28-12-2010, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 04redxr8

What were thinking Mitch?

i wasnt...... open roads with crap speed limits new BA GT.....

been there done that never do it again.....

vztrt · 28-12-2010, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 04redxr8

What were thinking Mitch?

Almost at 250kph....ahhh nuts not again....??

04redxr8 · 28-12-2010, 10:23 PM

Atleast you admit to it. Have had the XR8 up to 200 on a few occassions. Would have gone further, but ran out of race track.

glavas · 29-12-2010, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by 04redxr8

That hat was given to me by the dealer. Dealer had them made. I drive an SSV, it does have a Chev motor in it, hence the connection.

I, however, DO NOT HAVE CHEV BADGES ON MY UTE.

Wrong friend!!!!!!! It has a gm motor in it. I'm as team red but I hate Chevrolet badges!!!!

burnz · 29-12-2010, 10:52 AM

gm powertrain yes, but designed off chev sb V8 family..

Bossxr8 · 29-12-2010, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by vztrt

Ford never had control of mazda, they had a stake in it and sold a part of it back when they were restructuring. But now are looking to sell of the rest of their stake.

I was under the impression that Ford had a large enough stake in Mazda for it to be the controlling shareholder. Japanese corporate law does not require 50+% to be a controlling interest.

Thats what it said when Ford sold a fair chunk of their stake earlier this year, that they now no longer have a controlling stake.

But i could be wrong.

jpd80 · 29-12-2010, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by vztrt

Ford never had control of mazda, they had a stake in it and sold a part of it back when they were restructuring. But now are looking to sell of the rest of their stake.

Under Japanese law, 33% stake gave Ford a controlling interest.
They have now sold most of that interest to Japanese investment banks.

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Originally Posted by HighwayXB

Ford owns Volvo Cars of Sweden, Aston Martin of England and a small stake in Mazda of Japan.
But I wouldnt put there badges on my car

Ford sold Volvo outright
Ford sold Aston Martin outright
Ford only have around 13% stake on mazda.

These brands all gone in the last 4 years:
Aston martin
Jaguar
Land Rover
Volvo
Mercury.

Now there's only Ford, Lincoln and a small interest in Mazda
Oh, and they also own South American 4x4 brand, Troller.

vztrt · 29-12-2010, 12:13 PM

Ok I stand corrected.

jpd80 · 29-12-2010, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by vztrt

Ok I stand corrected.

Hey no problem, a lot of people get tricked out by those Japanese business regulations
but the great thing is that Ford and Mazda are still prepared to work together where they can.

vztrt · 29-12-2010, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jpd80

Hey no problem, a lot of people get tricked out by those Japanese business regulations
but the great thing is that Ford and Mazda are still prepared to work together where they can.

Well looking at the aliances of car companies around the world they would be silly not too. Also Ford has transformed so that would make Mazda much more happy to work with them.

uranium_death · 29-12-2010, 02:45 PM

Recalls are a necessity. WIthout them, the people that fork out money to drive in the vehicle could be seriously injured.

It's a responsible thing to do.

How many people here make a mistake and actually own up?

bigsta · 29-12-2010, 02:48 PM

^^^^ thats right mate anyone can make a mistake but its what you do about it to fix the mistake that matters.

04redxr8 · 29-12-2010, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by glavas

Wrong friend!!!!!!! It has a gm motor in it. I'm as team red but I hate Chevrolet badges!!!!

I stand corrected. However it is still from the Chevrolet brand. I don't just hate Chev badges, I pretty much hate all badges. The irony is that Holden owners don't realise that Chevrolet is actually the brand that is failing. Holden seem to be superior. (My own opinion).

Even the Chassis out of a Holden made it in to a Camaro.

I will go a little further to say that if a Ford dealer suspects a customer is Holden orienated, He will bend over backwards to sell that customer a Ford. And the same goes for Holden dealers if they get Ford based customer. This has been my experience in the past. I am a Ford fan, but I will not buy one just for the hell of it.