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Old 04-10-2007, 07:41 PM   #1
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Default I'm going to miss Fairlane

A few weeks back, i hired a car for a week whilst working in melbourne and Gipplsand. Hertz upgraded me from an XR6 to a BRAND new Fairlane Ghia.

Lightening Strike - full leather...sweet as. It was strange looking at the odo that had only 143km on it compare to my RTV with 151,000 on it!

Anyways, apart from that awesome new Ford smell, it was my first drive of the ZF-6speed.

I drove it all over Melbourne and out to Drouin, down to the Island and wow, I felt like going down to Ford and buying one. What a Cruiser. That 6 speed is a treat, and despite its size, i thought it handled well and even with me enjoying the 6Spd, a/c on all the time, it returned 10.2l/100km.

Picked up my 7 year old nephew and his (Holden lovin) mate from school. These two little fellas road in the back, their legs barely reaching over the seats, swapping footy cards. The Holden fella pipe up "Hey Jeeves - does this thing move or is it a bucket of bolts"..cheeky little fella soon shut up as i planted it, the I6 pushing them back into the leather as the box jumped form 6th to 2nd and took off towards the non-existent redline.

Did the same thing down on the island next to the track...it is such a great crusier.

I really enjoyed the 900 off kays- i even tried to see if I could extend the hire and drive it back to Sydney airport at my expense - even told work Id pay for the missed flight, but sadly it wasn't possible.

Ive only driven a handfull of Fairlane's but have ridden in many ZLs and NAs. More recently they've all been bloody cabs and thats a sad thing in my book.

If i had the $$ I'd buy one and use it as a Sunday cruiser - as i don't have the dosh, its back to looking at a Sunday Crusier XR8 or Bronco...

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Old 04-10-2007, 07:44 PM   #2
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Very underated car, if only Ford had spent more time on the BF upgrades on the outside of the car i think they could have been more sucessful...
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Sounds great mate.. sad to say the only ones I've been in have been taxis, guess that's why they're going... as for your Sunday driver options... XR8 it all the way..!
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Old 04-10-2007, 07:54 PM   #4
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Yeah..i had a yellow XR8 Ute for a few days...never once turned on the Radio..that note out the exhaust and the bulge....

A few more $$ and you are so right...my sister in law is from Canada and the first thing she said when she got in it down the Island was "Are Ford selling the Crown Victoria here now"? She;s been in Oz for ages, but the because I was making such a fuss over the Fairlane and her boys, who love Fords (they are car and FORD mad cause of their Uncle), thought it was a new one.

I still think it was (well is) an opportunity for Ford Internationally. And the Fairlane is way more attractive the the CV
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The Ghias do feel great on the road but their resale would always stop me from getting another one. They're well equiped with a very smooth ride but you'll get reamed (especially if you bought it new) come time to sell.
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I work for a rental car company and the fairlanes are up there on the level of bmw's. We have 3 series and 5 series bmw's and the fairlanes cabin is a nicer place to be and blows the beemers away when you plant your foot. We only have one car that could be better then the fairlane and its an LS430 v8 lexus
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The Ghias do feel great on the road but their resale would always stop me from getting another one. They're well equiped with a very smooth ride but you'll get reamed (especially if you bought it new) come time to sell.
Tell me about it!!!
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If you are really after one ... look at the Auctions ... occasionally they pop up there ... and for a decent price as well. Might be worth the look.

This is another reason why the resale value has plummeted .. Auctions kill resale ... but they are good for picking up a decent 2nd hand vehicle that is near new ... for such low prices.
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A few weeks back, i hired a car for a week whilst working in melbourne and Gipplsand. Hertz upgraded me from an XR6 to a BRAND new Fairlane Ghia.

Lightening Strike - full leather...sweet as. It was strange looking at the odo that had only 143km on it compare to my RTV with 151,000 on it!

Anyways, apart from that awesome new Ford smell, it was my first drive of the ZF-6speed.

I drove it all over Melbourne and out to Drouin, down to the Island and wow, I felt like going down to Ford and buying one. What a Cruiser. That 6 speed is a treat, and despite its size, i thought it handled well and even with me enjoying the 6Spd, a/c on all the time, it returned 10.2l/100km.

Picked up my 7 year old nephew and his (Holden lovin) mate from school. These two little fellas road in the back, their legs barely reaching over the seats, swapping footy cards. The Holden fella pipe up "Hey Jeeves - does this thing move or is it a bucket of bolts"..cheeky little fella soon shut up as i planted it, the I6 pushing them back into the leather as the box jumped form 6th to 2nd and took off towards the non-existent redline.

Did the same thing down on the island next to the track...it is such a great crusier.

I really enjoyed the 900 off kays- i even tried to see if I could extend the hire and drive it back to Sydney airport at my expense - even told work Id pay for the missed flight, but sadly it wasn't possible.

Ive only driven a handfull of Fairlane's but have ridden in many ZLs and NAs. More recently they've all been bloody cabs and thats a sad thing in my book.

If i had the $$ I'd buy one and use it as a Sunday cruiser - as i don't have the dosh, its back to looking at a Sunday Crusier XR8 or Bronco...
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Both Kevin Rasheed and i have missed the Fairlane [not farm]

It was still selling, as was the LTD and Wagon, those 3 could well have added 1500/pc a year to FoA production numbers, they could have kept selling them as they where with very few updates.

WHAT WHERE THEY THINKING??
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I would love a BF one of those, I was in a cab in sydney which was a Fairlane Ghia and even with a million ks on the clock it rode like a dream.
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Thread mine of the year.
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Both Kevin Rasheed and i have missed the Fairlane [not farm]

It was still selling, as was the LTD and Wagon, those 3 could well have added 1500/pc a year to FoA production numbers, they could have kept selling them as they where with very few updates.

WHAT WHERE THEY THINKING??
you dug up a 5yr old thread to say that?? a topic that has been done to death more times than you could imagine.

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What about the Fairmont......
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you dug up a 5yr old thread to say that?? a topic that has been done to death more times than you could imagine.

lock it down mods.
I was not here then, and i am searching for a Fairlane [not farm] as a option for a friend, so thats why.

My grandfather and also mother both had Fairlane's [not farm] in the 70's we had the model with the lights that where horiz. not vertical.

My mum had a lead foot in her early years, that Fairlane was a muscle machine use to rocket down the Hume, she still on the odd occasion mentions it, the ex Lexus never gets a mention....
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What's with [not farm]?
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What's with [not farm]?
Henry Ford's home:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Lane

http://www.henryfordestate.org/fordfamily.htm

They recon he use to be able to go to work via boat!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Lane

http://www.henryfordestate.org/fordfamily.htm

They recon he use to be able to go to work via boat!
Ford's estate was Fair Lane. The Sedan is one word, Fairlane. You don't need [not farm], because it's assumed you're talking about the car, not the Michigan estate that it was named after.
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i drive a falcon [not bird]
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not to mention the territory..[not state]
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Just a question for my naive self. Why do threads have to be locked? Why can't they just stay open? Who cares if a discussion has been done to death. Don't contribute to the thread if you're bored with it and move to the next one. I hate it when threads are closed because a certain 'few' have had enough. Mods, is it because of the amount of storage that threads take up on servers?
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Old threads are usually locked when they are mined but no new content is added.

Because my LASER [not collimated light] was never used to vapourise a METEOR [not rock falling through atmosphere] I think this one can stay a while.
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My 1st ford was an EA "S-pac" - (not to be confused witha "spac attack") eg) When you find a gutter rash courtesy of the mrs'.

PS, fairlane should have never been dropped. ford let it die.
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My 1st ford was an EA "S-pac" - (not to be confused witha "spac attack") eg) When you find a gutter rash courtesy of the mrs'.

PS, fairlane should have never been dropped. ford let it die.
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I'd prefer an Explorer (not world traveler)
Or the bigger version, the Expedition (not long journey)
Courier is not a bad either (not delivery man)
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My XT [not the old one] is pretty good on long journeys as well.
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