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Old 11-11-2008, 07:34 PM   #121
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young people will always go for holdens coz they go harder and look a hell of a lot better. And as for a vt versus an au. Even if the vt was falling to pieces it would still be preferable to fords ugly duckling au!!! then again just about anything would...

You're a clever little banana aren't ya.


Nice first post btw, keep up the good work..... : :
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Old 11-11-2008, 07:50 PM   #122
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young people will always go for holdens coz they go harder and look a hell of a lot better. And as for a vt versus an au. Even if the vt was falling to pieces it would still be preferable to fords ugly duckling au!!! then again just about anything would...
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Old 11-11-2008, 07:57 PM   #123
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young people will always go for holdens coz they go harder and look a hell of a lot better. And as for a vt versus an au. Even if the vt was falling to pieces it would still be preferable to fords ugly duckling au!!! then again just about anything would...
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Old 11-11-2008, 08:17 PM   #124
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I can not believe it, my son gets his license next month & he wants to buy a VT Holden, try as I might he has his heart set on one. The shame of it all,, my family has owned Fords since the early '70's, I currently own a BA XR8 & a 5.0L EL Fairmont Ghia.

I'm having doubts about my roll as a father, as this happened to anyone else or am I the only one.
Smart man your son, anything is better than an AU. I couldn't think of a worst first car then a worthless, cheaply built, underporming car that isn;t even pretty to look at. (except a TE50 but he can't get on eof them).

He'll do fine witht he VT. Stop stressing.
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Old 11-11-2008, 08:18 PM   #125
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young people will always go for holdens coz they go harder and look a hell of a lot better. And as for a vt versus an au. Even if the vt was falling to pieces it would still be preferable to fords ugly duckling au!!! then again just about anything would...
Sorry mate, but did you realise you are on the FORD forums....???? :
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Old 11-11-2008, 08:19 PM   #126
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Smart man your son, anything is better than an AU. I couldn't think of a worst first car then a worthless, cheaply built, underporming car that isn;t even pretty to look at. (except a TE50 but he can't get on eof them).

He'll do fine witht he VT. Stop stressing.
lol mate look 4 posts behinds yours. . . . See anything?
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Old 11-11-2008, 08:21 PM   #127
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Wow...he didn't last long, something his girlfriend comments on to her friends no doubt.
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Old 11-11-2008, 08:24 PM   #128
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Smart man your son, anything is better than an AU. I couldn't think of a worst first car then a worthless, cheaply built, underporming car that isn;t even pretty to look at. (except a TE50 but he can't get on eof them).

He'll do fine witht he VT. Stop stressing.
I just love being ignored.

P'raps a wannabe 4wd with cheap and tacky interior is worse to some people?

Have a day to consider it.
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Old 12-11-2008, 01:00 PM   #129
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Can you get a divorce from your own kids?
A certain South Australian couple comes to mind... (let's ignore the technicalities b/w "divorce" & "separated")
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Old 12-11-2008, 06:33 PM   #130
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musnt have been raised properly.my dad always bagged the commodores and still does very muchly. i followed on and made a vowle to my self that i would never buy anything else other than a ford.
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Old 12-11-2008, 08:35 PM   #131
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Am I the only Holden fan on the face of the earth that doesn't mind the look of the AU Falcon? I'm not talking about the T-Series. Even though they're bloody nice, but the XRs, and even Fairmont.

Something about the AU XRs I really like. Probably the headlights. I never used to like them, but I have seen some very nice examples over the last couple of years.
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Old 12-11-2008, 08:45 PM   #132
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Am I the only Holden fan on the face of the earth that doesn't mind the look of the AU Falcon? I'm not talking about the T-Series. Even though they're bloody nice, but the XRs, and even Fairmont.

Something about the AU XRs I really like. Probably the headlights. I never used to like them, but I have seen some very nice examples over the last couple of years.

The AU utes look damn good too! :
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Old 13-11-2008, 07:51 PM   #133
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Your not a Kiwi are you, because it sure sounds like your son is at least half sheep. :

Seriously though I wouldn't bother with the sabotage, from my friends experience, they were sabotaged from the factory, I would try and get him to test drive them back to back, and if he still prefers the Holden, and it's money, than it doesn't really matter what you think, that said, if it's your money, than he really shouldn't get much say in it.
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Old 13-11-2008, 08:25 PM   #134
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Why do a lot of threads turn into an AU bash fest. For a community based on fords, it's a little confusing why people continue to bag one of their own. Their arguments are always the same. They even side with the Holden trolls. : I just wish people would build the proverbial bridge and just get over it. Life's too short to worry about such petty things.
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Old 13-11-2008, 08:31 PM   #135
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Six pages and a few bans are too much for a tongue in cheek thread, it's supposed to be light hearted.
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