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Old 23-09-2014, 11:20 AM   #9451
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Anyway sorry for distraction, my point is we need to be a little tolerant of everyone's opinions right now, it's a tough time to be blue. Back on FG-X
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Old 23-09-2014, 12:10 PM   #9452
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Completely apropos of nothing, I had a drive in a family member's new base model Territory TDCI last week while on holidays.

Bloody hell, it was a real pleasure, even with a smelly diesel engine . Smooth (no licorice strap tyres help a lot with this!), quiet interior (relative to my BF XR with licorice strap tyres). I was mighty impressed, not having been in one since the day they came out.

Clearly I need to be a Saudi prince, so I can have a shed full of vehicles, three for every day in the week. That'd make buying a car a much easier proposition.
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Old 23-09-2014, 01:49 PM   #9453
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Saw this last night, sorry for bad night time phone pics. First one i see in person and love it.





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Talked to the driver too, he loves it, started it up and gave it a few revs , has sync 2.
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Old 23-09-2014, 02:06 PM   #9454
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Nice! So it doesn't have the Michelins, still has the Dunlops.

Geez, it does look nice. Some shots it looks ok, others (like these) it looks staunch. Looking forward to seeing one in the metal.
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Old 23-09-2014, 02:38 PM   #9455
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Man, that thing is going to get so much cold air from that massive grill
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Old 23-09-2014, 03:29 PM   #9456
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Not wrong, plenty of air getting gulped in there.
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Old 23-09-2014, 05:04 PM   #9457
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That cowel style hood looks killer from the front too

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Old 23-09-2014, 07:01 PM   #9458
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Saw this last night, sorry for bad night time phone pics. First one i see in person and love it.

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Talked to the driver too, he loves it, started it up and gave it a few revs , has sync 2.
I seem to be throwing money at the screen, I've no idea why!
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Old 23-09-2014, 07:17 PM   #9459
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In lieu of a new thread, how about this quick catch-all update of the last ~100 pages? Everything is linked, so just click on it to go right to the post or page or whatever. If I've missed something super duper important, we can edit it in later. Try to make this a reference post we just point at for future late to the party posts, until launch day!

XR8 pictures of it in the wild (click to view - opens in new window): http://fordforums.com.au/showpost.ph...postcount=8290

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G6E sedan and XR6T ute in the wild (click to view - opens in new window): http://fordforums.com.au/showpost.ph...postcount=7749

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See how that goes anyway
Sorry but repeated it again as lot of effort in that Life much???

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Old 23-09-2014, 07:21 PM   #9460
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Rusty rotors already, what POS
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Imagine if they painted the hubs :/ . . . . .
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Old 23-09-2014, 07:34 PM   #9462
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The brembo brake rotors get rusty very easily for some reason...even just after washing a car with these brembos, the brakes lock on slightly...the standard rotors on my fg xr6t don't get nowhere as rusty that easily.
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Old 23-09-2014, 07:39 PM   #9463
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Edit: Already mentioned.
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Old 23-09-2014, 07:40 PM   #9464
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They do at that. In minutes it seems after a wash. Not just lock but very noisy for a few pushes on the peddle. Not a problem though ...



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Old 23-09-2014, 08:37 PM   #9465
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Just saw an actual Falcon ad on google, since falcon advertising of any description is rare these days, I was so impressed I had to share.

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Old 23-09-2014, 08:53 PM   #9466
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............ I just want to know what the answer was!



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Old 23-09-2014, 08:58 PM   #9467
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Haha My son was trying to find out the fastest car in the world, Hennessey Venom GT apparently.
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Old 24-09-2014, 07:06 AM   #9468
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Anyway I won a night to Fords design centre on the Friday before the public release. So I was told by a worker that I might meet some of the guys from Ford marketing, designing and others etc. special media press night for important people apparently.
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Old 24-09-2014, 07:32 AM   #9469
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And how did you win that?
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Old 24-09-2014, 08:46 AM   #9470
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Maybe Ford offered him a ticket because he has actually been positive about the new Falcon.
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Yep, no wonder Ford is shutting down, when supposed blue bloods can't even get behind it. I've not bought any of my Fords new, but I am looking forward to getting into one of these.

I feel like I am part of a dying breed - bugger all representation in V8 Supercars (and therefore the minority of fans), positive about Ford's locally made cars, and unwilling to purchase anything else. I guess I'll be driving my XR8 until we run out of oil, and then I'll convert it to run on bottled farts or something.
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There is a mood in the community at the moment where some are just plain ****ed at the death of the Falcon, some are almost revelling in it as they thought it irrelevant anyway, some have a chip on their shoulder about GT-F, some are ****ed F6 didn't make it into FG-X, some are ****ed HSV are turning out GTS's in more body shapes than Magda has had, some can't sleep at nights because of the shape of the tissue holder in FG-X, some are just plain sad that a chunk of our Australian heritage is being killed off (thats me). It's a hard time to step back and smell the roses.
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Thread....it's a novel, and on the 18th October it will be 2 years old...time flies
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Anyway I won a night to Fords design centre on the Friday before the public release. So I was told by a worker that I might meet some of the guys from Ford marketing, designing and others etc. special media press night for important people apparently.
Callum you've been a bit hit and miss in your efforts around here and on FB, and some of your posts may have been a little undercooked and some information a bit half assed. Your creation of the page a bit opportunist perhaps. But thats Facebook. And your passion for the product isn't in question, it's clear. It's been a learning experience for many of us, even some normally reliable sources have been hit and miss. You've made some friends and foes around here, but in the end your effort on FB has helped to raise the public profile of the new FG-X and for that you deserve recognition. Well done.
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I've just found out that between the two Ford dealerships here in the ACT they are getting 6 XR8's from the initial release.

Then between January and March there will be approximately 280 made for all of Australia with the next allocation after that to be made in January for the April to September period.

Don't know about any one else, but I'm happy I've got a deposit down. 280 is bugger all for the whole of Australia for 4 months. If you want an XR8 even if you order in January you could, potentially, be waiting until September 2015 to get it.
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That seems to link back to them having to stockpile v8's prior to commencement of the 4 months of GT-F building.

Eg to do 500 in 4 months it's my understanding that they had a heap of engines pre-built and ready to go.

I am really curious to see how many of these they produce in the full 2 years.
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