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Old 13-10-2017, 07:41 AM   #1
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G'day ,On Wednesday at lunch time I drove down to the local bakery to grab a home made pastie made by Evelyn and one of her real cream horns for lunch in my XR6. As I walked out pulling in behind me was another FG XR6.
To say that this was a stunner would be an understatement .
The bloke who owned it and who I didn't know got out as I opened my car door and I had to ask him about his ride. Twenty minutes later we were still talking about FG's , Falcons in general and Mustangs.
This Mystic XR6T was just plain beaut. The paint was literally immaculate , he'd fitted later XR50 wheels , the full Brembo brake package , the later GT suspension upgrade and the engine upgrades and mapping had given him 365 rwkw as the data sheet he had showed.
After he'd told me about the unbridled passion he has for his Falcon he told me that he'd owned a few upmarket Euro cars in his time , a couple of HSV's before he switched over to this FG by chance because he wanted to try a Turbo and that without spending a fortune on his XR6T he had a car that was quicker , handled and stopped better than any previous car he'd owned.

Best bit for his improvements was they're surprisingly affordable according to Dave , the proud owner. Done in stages though he said over a couple of years.


His boss was looking at buying a Mustang a few weeks ago and they took one for a test drive . Then he asked him to drive his FG on the way home and he said his boss was literally blown away by how good the upgraded 'old car' was. In fairness I expect a Mustang GT would do up pretty great too , maybe not as affordably though .

My point is this . The humble Falcon is a car that is eminently capable of numerous levels of upgrades , can be done without a second mortgage and can be done as the owner desires. This car that we all grew up with allows you to go a long way with it and inspires a lot of passion and pride. Somehow I think that this is what later generations will not get to enjoy the same way.
Eating a cold pastie on the run after enjoying the car and the owner's (Dave) clear passion for it was terrific . My only regret , no mobile phone to get a photo of it..Bugger... Cheers Rod ..

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Old 13-10-2017, 12:47 PM   #2
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Yes well I own a Lamborghini gallardo lp550-2 and a R35 GTR and I couldn't agree more. I love the falcons I own.
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I reckon that Roddy's experience will become common place in a few years, when two old blokes with similar Falcodores have a chance meeting, sort of like in the '70s when MGB drivers used to raise a fore-finger as another MGB drove past.
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Moral of the story: never leave home without your phone
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I reckon that Roddy's experience will become common place in a few years, when two old blokes with similar Falcodores have a chance meeting, sort of like in the '70s when MGB drivers used to raise a fore-finger as another MGB drove past.
I still have those experiences driving the ol cabover Kenworth.
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Like this one Roddy, i loved Mystic, great colour, my FG XR6T was the single best and most honest car i ever owned, it was modded to 300rwkw and i had it for 4 years with not a single issue, it just had no soul, give me an XR8 though I don't miss the car but I do miss that interior though.





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Like this one Roddy, i loved Mystic, great colour, my FG XR6T was the single best and most honest car i ever owned, it was modded to 300rwkw and i had it for 4 years with not a single issue, it just had no soul, give me an XR8 though I don't miss the car but I do miss that interior though.

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G'day ...Beaut car too..It's a fantastic colour is Mystic ..Yep , don't leave home without your phone . Never know what you might miss. It really was a fantastic example.
The days of being able to pick up a fairly contemporary Aussie built Falcon or Holden Commodore for that matter and modding it as you see fit like the bloke a couple of days ago without breaking the piggy bank completely might soon be a thing of the past now that Falcon has been gone for a year and Commodore is about to go west.
While I'm at it , what's your favourite upgrade/s you guys have done to your Falcons or Commodores over the years ? Cheers Rod.
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While I'm at it , what's your favourite upgrade/s you guys have done to your Falcons or Commodores over the years ? Cheers Rod.
Mk2 Zephyr > too many mods, far too much money spent, big lessons learned..
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Like this one Roddy, i loved Mystic, great colour, my FG XR6T was the single best and most honest car i ever owned, it was modded to 300rwkw and i had it for 4 years with not a single issue, it just had no soul, give me an XR8 though I don't miss the car but I do miss that interior though.
Do you really mean that that?
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Must have been an auto!
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Yep I mean it, it was an auto.

Two things the XR6T taught me was that I am a V8 man and a manual man. I thought I wanted a fast car but realised I didn't. It stayed for 4 years because it was a pleasure to drive and gave me zero issues, just not fun unless i was at WOT and that was too risky on the licence. For me cruising around in a V8 swapping cogs is what i missed.
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Two things the XR6T taught me was that I am a V8 man and a manual man. I thought I wanted a fast car but realised I didn't. It stayed for 4 years because it was a pleasure to drive and gave me zero issues, just not fun unless i was at WOT and that was too risky on the licence. For me cruising around in a V8 swapping cogs is what i missed.
I hear what you are saying... The modern auto XR6T's are very "clinical" to drive compared to a V8 manual.
The turbos are certainly deceptively fast and are "silent assassins" on the road in comparison

But they don't have that same fun factor, especially of slower old school V8's such as a XY GT HO.

I remember driving a manual XY GT HO years ago and seeing the bonnet shaker move, the gnarly raspy and throaty old school pre-emissions exhaust note and how the whole car shaked with the lumpy engine... It just felt more like a muscle car even though by today's standards it was slower.
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So I'm not the only crazy one who sulks that all the so called high end performance cars aren't worth their price tag , compared to what the Falcon can do. The Falcon really was a car greater than the sum of its parts. To me every German car is worth less than the sum of its parts. The Japanese performance cars are about equal to the sum of their parts.
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So I'm not the only crazy one who sulks that all the so called high end performance cars aren't worth their price tag , compared to what the Falcon can do. The Falcon really was a car greater than the sum of its parts. To me every German car is worth less than the sum of its parts. The Japanese performance cars are about equal to the sum of their parts.
Im not biased. i had a few falcons before a foray into euro hot hatches. i loved em believe me. Suited me just fine, the 5 cylinder in the XR5 turbo i loved so much and still do.
But the XR6T ute i have now is just a barrel of laughs to drive. Ive began to realise how versatile the falcon is(had a good idea anyway) Yeah sure it doesnt corner like a hot hatch. But it does almost everything i want.
That said id have never bought my ute if the N/A barra is all we had, the turbo 6 does it for me all over.
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My father in law was having a go at me one time, saying I should have bought an AMG or M car.
I gave him the keys to my Falcon and told him to drive it.
Twenty minutes later he came back, muttered "I take it all back" and went back in the house.
After that the only thing he would say is "can I drive it".
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I don't know how the market brain washed people into believing a suv which is front wheel drive is what you need. The full size rwd sedan may no longer be available to the regular Joe like myself, so I'm going to keep the bf and fg I have, but in essence the full size sedan will stick around but be something that's a premium vehicle like the benzes, bmws or audis. It makes no sense to me. For the day to day what's wrong with a sedan? If I have to move something I just use the work ute. Honestly I much prefer towing with bf ghia then with the ranger that has I higher towing rating but less power and less brakes.
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I don't know how the market brain washed people into believing a suv which is front wheel drive is what you need. The full size rwd sedan may no longer be available to the regular Joe like myself, so I'm going to keep the bf and fg I have, but in essence the full size sedan will stick around but be something that's a premium vehicle like the benzes, bmws or audis. It makes no sense to me. For the day to day what's wrong with a sedan? If I have to move something I just use the work ute. Honestly I much prefer towing with bf ghia then with the ranger that has I higher towing rating but less power and less brakes.
SUV's do make sense, well the well designed ones. And the Terri is more versatile then the ranger.

I still prefer a falcon or commodore but most people don't cause they don't care about driving.
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SUV's do make sense, well the well designed ones. And the Terri is more versatile then the ranger.

I still prefer a falcon or commodore but most people don't cause they don't care about driving.
Yeah I was a little hypocritical and the wife had a cx9 mazda for a bit, but for the one or 2 times the extra space is needed, why cop the extra fuel and no go for all the times you don't. The cx9 was a pig on fuel over the eb g6. Zoom zoom.
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I don't know how the market brain washed people into believing a suv which is front wheel drive is what you need. The full size rwd sedan may no longer be available to the regular Joe like myself, so I'm going to keep the bf and fg I have, but in essence the full size sedan will stick around but be something that's a premium vehicle like the benzes, bmws or audis. It makes no sense to me. For the day to day what's wrong with a sedan? If I have to move something I just use the work ute. Honestly I much prefer towing with bf ghia then with the ranger that has I higher towing rating but less power and less brakes.
FWD SUVs are easier to park than a sedan since they are slightly shorter.

FWD SUVs have more cargo space than a large sedan since the SUV is a wagon. Sedan are not as practical when you consider everything above the boot height up to the roof height is wasted space in a sedan since that space is apart of the interior in an SUV.

FWD SUVs don't slam the front of back bumper into driveways when you exit at 3km/h heading straight.
Sedans, especially the larger ones you have to exit some driveways at 1km/h at a 45 degree angle.

FWD SUVs most adults can slide sideways into the drivers seat.
Someone who is tall like myself have to fall into the drivers seat of a sedan.
When exiting sedans I feel like my knees have to be lifted to chest height.

I'm not really a fan of FWD SUVs, but I see why they are popular.
Sedans are cool, but I would tell my missus to buy a FWD SUV before a large sedan any day of the week.
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I'm not really a fan of FWD SUVs, but I see why they are popular.
Sedans are cool, but I would tell my missus to buy a FWD SUV before a large sedan any day of the week.
It's funny isn't it when you think about it... When I was young, I imagined in the future we would be driving more sleek and aerodynamic designed cars shaped like Lambo's or Ferrari's or even more Jetson bubble like.... Maybe from watching too many futuristic sci-fi movies I guess

In a world where most modern items like phones and computers have become sleeker and curvier...
Instead as a motoring society we are going backwards to truck like dual cabs and boxy SUVs as the people mover of choice
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It's funny isn't it when you think about it... When I was young, I imagined in the future we would be driving more sleek and aerodynamic designed cars shaped like Lambo's or Ferrari's or even more Jetson bubble like.... Maybe from watching too many futuristic sci-fi movies I guess

In a world where most modern items like phones and computers have become sleeker and curvier...
Instead as a motoring society we are going backwards to truck like dual cabs and boxy SUVs as the people mover of choice
Most SUV's are very 'rounded' in shape when you compare them to older similar vehicles.
Plus modern SUV's are pretty decent on fuel considering their size and aerodynamics.

Australian manufacturing may have had a chance at survival if they actually built cars that are popular today (hatchbacks, small-mid SUVs and dual cab utes)
You can't keep building a dying segment in a country that has higher labour and build costs and expect it to work long term.
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You can't keep building a dying segment in a country that has higher labour and build costs and expect it to work long term.
I saw an interview today where the person was commenting on the demise of our car industry (holden in particular) and he mentioned the exact same point you raise here, but he added to make any variation in model viable, we need to sell min of 50.000 units per year.
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G'day. In a ideal world Ford and Holden would be ready to reveal the latest Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore (not the Insignia Commodore imposter of course) .
The platforms would feature new innovations , newer more efficient 4 ,6 and V8 engine options along with hybrid tech ,and new transmission/drivelines etc and there'd be utility and RV vehicles that'd be a realistic alternative to SUV's. Market share would make both companies viable and a great choice to imported vehicles. Australian R&D would match world levels and genuine export markets would open up
It does certainly make me wonder what Ford could've done if they had the funding to design and build an all new generation Falcon, in particular, whether they would've taken the Falcon upmarket by incorporating all the latest tech and innovations like those found in the Mondeo, but with the refinement, quietness and smoothness of much more expensive cars like the 5 Series.

Whether or not you like the new Insignia, most impartial reviews I've read have commended just how much of a step up the Insignia is compared to the VF. It is clearly a more advanced car.

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We do drive sleeker and more aerodynamic cars. The drag coefficient of my Mondeo is 0.27, compared with 0.29 of the BA/BF Falcons. Drag coefficient of the current BMW 5 series is 0.22, and the current E-class is 0.23.

Modern everyday cars are becoming more and more aerodynamically efficient to reduce drag. SUVs, however ...
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FWD SUVs are easier to park than a sedan since they are slightly shorter.

FWD SUVs have more cargo space than a large sedan since the SUV is a wagon. Sedan are not as practical when you consider everything above the boot height up to the roof height is wasted space in a sedan since that space is apart of the interior in an SUV.

FWD SUVs don't slam the front of back bumper into driveways when you exit at 3km/h heading straight.
Sedans, especially the larger ones you have to exit some driveways at 1km/h at a 45 degree angle.

FWD SUVs most adults can slide sideways into the drivers seat.
Someone who is tall like myself have to fall into the drivers seat of a sedan.
When exiting sedans I feel like my knees have to be lifted to chest height.

I'm not really a fan of FWD SUVs, but I see why they are popular.
Sedans are cool, but I would tell my missus to buy a FWD SUV before a large sedan any day of the week.
So basically you're saying that everyone should be driving a box-van.
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The FG and FGX XR Falcons slays the current Mustang in ride and handling.
The Ford Aus tuning team know their s**t!
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The Ford Aus tuning team know their s**t!
Gee i hope the sedan is better handling than the ute, cause my ute is terrible, but fun when the rear wants to overtake the front and the brakes are woeful. But i love it.
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So basically you're saying that everyone should be driving a box-van.
Nope. I'm saying that I don't blame people for choosing SUVs over sedans.

Most people don't care about great handling or high power so that why SUVs do so well compared to sedans.
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G'day , Admittedly this feature vid was made seven years ago and doesn't include the second FG and FGX but anyone who can spare time to watch it might be surprised with how many things Ford introduced to us all in the 50 years between the XK and FG . Quite interesting. The AU particularly was rated at the time going by this video as one of the safest cars anywhere .
FG 2 and FGX just added and refined even more.
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Default Re: Another reason why we'll miss the Falcon later on.

The later Falcons will eventually turn into the car you keep in the shed for weekend blasts, just like the old ones are now, instead of your everyday driver. The BA, FG & FG-X will probably never reach the cult status of the XR - XC but will certainly have their own following.
I have a PX Ranger as a daily & '66 Mustang for fun. Life ain't all doom & gloom!
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Default Re: Another reason why we'll miss the Falcon later on.

Go further, we do drive sleeker cars than yesteryear. The Cd of most hatchbacks is superior to most supercars. Their wings and ducts arent very aerodynamic. Good for reducing lift but not so good as slippery designs. But with all the power you don't need it.
Like phones etc cars have just become more efficient at meeting the publics need!
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