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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Hervey Bay
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No wonder there's a waiting list on the XR5
Ford Australia can only get 40 per month and that's got to spread over 280 Ford dealers. So hypothetically, if each dealer took one ... that's 1.7 units per year. |
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Impressive...
Join Date: Oct 2005
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yeah but not every dealer will be getting them, we are one of the larger dealers so we are getting 1 per month and sometimes more.
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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And that number isnt a fixed number, if ford notices high demand here as compared to other places we will get a higher allocation.
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XR5T - Sea Grey.
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Its now 25 per month, they changed it 2 weeks ago due to supply issues in Europe.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Queensland, Australia
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So these cars could really be a limited edition?..
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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No not limited, just hard to get at the moment. Ford is gonna keep making them as long as people want them. Limited means "We have 200 and thats all we are going to make"
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Adelaide
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There are three currently listed on Carsales, plus I saw one sitting on the display stand of a major Ford dealer in Adelaide last week.
Perhaps if you're after a certain colour they are hard to get, but if you want one and aren't fussy they're definitely out there for the taking!
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: brisbane
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drove one tonight dont go as well as i thought it would
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Inner West, Sydney
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Unless your swift is heavily modified, I doubt it.
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True that tecki
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335 kw of goodness
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: south of Newcastle
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There must be some around, someone has entered one in the Dutton rally this weekend. Be good to see how it goes..
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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166kw focus? doesnt go hard?...... ok then.
HOLY CRAP A FLYING PIG! I must catch this rare sight, brb everyone! |
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Brisbane, Northside
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yep, i'm pretty sure mine goes a little better than a swift gti ;)
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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A swift GTi wouldnt pull your uncle off your auntie
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Wollongong
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Lol now now guys no needto be so harsh off the mark, a mate of mine has a swift gti that puts 195kw to the floor, but he's spent upwards of 30,000 and has NOS etc...
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: brisbane
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so u guys have driven 1 then i work for ford so i get to drive them wen u drive 1 then u can say wat u want bout it but thats my thoughts rest of the car is great drives nice inside out side needs to b fixed ie paint but ford say they r fixing that prob and my swift is quick ill run any thing any time all power to weight only 630kg to a car that is 1500+kg so go drive 1 and put your post up till then shut the f up now a f6 6speed auto is the way to go now thats a f*#king fast turbo car
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Inner West, Sydney
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Rightio... Swifty. Personal comments aside, I think your findings are quite wrong. My car is slower then the XR5T, and trust me... I can beat a Swift GTI!
You really think a Swift GTI had a claimed 0-100 time of less then 6.9seconds? Yea right mate On another note; Haha Zetec20 (Dude I already forgot your name. Forgive me?) your mate really has some weird taste. I'd rather be in a nice $40K car then spend my earnings on a Swift GTi
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Unless the RS eventuates and comes down under there shouldn't be any talk of comparing the F6 to the XR5T, it's a different beast and in a completely different class. |
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Thanks for the translation Teki04, was getting cross-eyed reading it. Wonder what he does at Ford, washing the customers cars after it has been serviced :P
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Still guys stop being so hard on him, post some pics of your car mate and we'll judge for ourselves |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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I’m noticing a pattern here guys. Over the past 4 or 5 months there have been several occasions in which a new member has made groundless and absurd claims with the sole aim of stirring us up. In fact, this goes right back to a post some months ago, where a person (in their first post) rubbished the Focus and then made a snide remark about buying a Corolla instead.
Anyway, on every occasion the writing style has been very similar. The posts are devoid of punctuation, riddled with spelling errors and very ‘SMS style’. I seem to recall another recent post where a person who “worked for Ford” bagged the XR5, claiming it was underpowered. Interestingly, that author also seemed to lack basic literacy skills (or just can’t be bothered to write properly). So my question is, could it be possible that we are dealing with the same person, and they just keep changing their user name?
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as for orsest170's observation you could either be onto something or more likely it's the fact that every 13 yr old that uses the internet types the same... |
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