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View Poll Results: Which would you choose ?
AU XR8 43 50.59%
AU Fairmont Ghia V8 31 36.47%
I'd choose either 6 7.06%
I don't like either 5 5.88%
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Old 27-01-2007, 12:08 AM   #61
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XR8... I think I'd feel like a Silver Service driver in the Fairmont...
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Old 27-01-2007, 03:06 PM   #62
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Old 27-01-2007, 09:35 PM   #63
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Old 27-01-2007, 09:39 PM   #64
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I guess we won't be seeing you in a Smart Two Four anytime soon hey Casper?
I think I ran over one of them last week in the Kia, does that count? :eclipsee_
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Old 27-01-2007, 09:43 PM   #65
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I think I ran over one of them last week in the Kia, does that count? :eclipsee_
You wouldn't be able to tell. Its paper thin, you may have just passed it in the same lane.
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Old 27-01-2007, 09:44 PM   #66
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You wouldn't be able to tell. Its paper thin, you may have just passed it in the same lane.
That may have explained the screaming I heard too. :1syellow1
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Old 27-01-2007, 09:46 PM   #67
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That may have explained the screaming I heard too. :1syellow1
That or it was revving out trying to get up a slight slope.
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Old 28-01-2007, 08:34 AM   #68
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id go the luxury, with cloth seats (leather is no good in hot climates, you end up just putting seat covers on anyway to stop from sticking or burning!) you still get the premium sound (not that that would last long anyway!) and full options. add the body kit and its almost an xr anyways.
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And Like Casper's car is an I6 a V8 driver would almost think about owning!
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Old 28-01-2007, 02:08 PM   #72
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well i stepped up from a ef xr8 man into a au fairmont v8

loved the 5 speed but the ef has nothing on the au2
just a pleasure to drive
but mind you lost my manual appeal
i drive a 13 speed roadranger box for 8 hours a day 5 days a week
so its nice to get into a point and go auto with torque
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Old 28-01-2007, 02:38 PM   #73
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Black V8 Ghia...... series 3 XR8 kit including front.....19's and low as.......hmm yes please
the power level wouldnt bother me as it wont be staying stock under the bonnet, so why pay a premium for the 220 motor when it'd have somewhere in the vecinity of 300+ at the flywheel anyway by the time im finished with it.........
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