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View Poll Results: what's your cars persona? | |||
old time racer- think moffat or brocky | 13 | 6.60% | |
boy racer- think qualifing with lowndsey | 44 | 22.34% | |
ricer- more like fast and a bit furious | 6 | 3.05% | |
cruiser- just out for a sunday drive..everyday | 68 | 34.52% | |
good times- something cool and funky | 30 | 15.23% | |
king of the road- everyone else better look out! | 31 | 15.74% | |
mundano- just a means of avoiding walking | 12 | 6.09% | |
clunka- as for mundano, but failures always possible | 9 | 4.57% | |
depends on the day | 22 | 11.17% | |
none of the above | 13 | 6.60% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 197. You may not vote on this poll |
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11-04-2007, 07:08 PM | #31 | |||
Blue ~oval~ Blooded!!!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Wondai QLD
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where as i'm more into v8supercars and had to have a car which reflects this...well atleast on the outside, even if it is mostly standard at the moment
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11-04-2007, 07:15 PM | #32 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: QLD
Posts: 1,051
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I drive an AU six to work, how am I suppose to feel when I jump in a blown BA?
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11-04-2007, 08:08 PM | #33 | ||
149 rwkw of Style
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Nth Brisbane
Posts: 1,277
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Short or long drives,anytime,anyday..I love seeing and being in my car.
Is my life sad?
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12-04-2007, 01:06 AM | #34 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Sitting on the Dunny , Contemplating "What to do Next".
Posts: 505
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Sunday Cruiser here , and Very Rarely . Lucky to do 1,000k's most years , 134,316 K's in 33 years , 3,000 in the last 5 years and don't intend rolling up too many . Makes you appreciate the "Clevo Burble" all the more . :
Only drive it around town , not driven At All at the moment , just got the seat reupholstered (was away 5 months) and needs a good buff , so not taking it out till it looks 100% .
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12-04-2007, 01:18 AM | #35 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 1,138
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Every Falcon we've owned seems to have some sort of persona, as a big,dumb effortless cruiser that sometimes inspires sympathy ( i.e. characteristic diff whine). You can't help but like them. My EF is the same ( although the tranny just went on it)
Commodores on the other hand are just a heap, thrown together with parts from GM's parts bin, driven by marketing. Their (slightly) dumber fan base and socially irresponsible creator doesn't help. |
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12-04-2007, 01:30 AM | #36 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Perth
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Depends, if ACCADACCA or Deep Purple come on my car just takes off like a dog thats just been kicked in the guts. I tell ya it's really strange.
I took it to my mechanic and he couldn't figure it out either.
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12-04-2007, 10:10 AM | #37 | ||
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Every time I jump in the car I think "hmm, I really should get around to fixing <insert broken/NQR thing here>". This thought can occur before or after starting the car :P
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12-04-2007, 10:24 AM | #38 | ||
"FEED IT"
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Morayfield...
Posts: 674
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Still gives me goose bumps when I give it a boot full...
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12-04-2007, 12:23 PM | #39 | ||
AFF Post NAZI
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Albury
Posts: 3,634
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make me fell that my car is better than everythiung. i just get that tingly feeleing when the tachometer needle winds up and i grab the next hear. and when slowing down the nice burble of the exhuast sounds so nice. not to mention the way it sits on the road. so flat so reponsive.....accellerates good. loves the twisties but hates the straights with a passion.
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12-04-2007, 01:42 PM | #40 | ||
Ford Fanatic
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 1,480
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I voted "good times" but I do want to add my Escape has quite an attiude if you do something you should not, If you leave the lights on as you get out its ding ding ding ding ding, makes sure you know she don't like that, same if you don't put on your seatbelt. But she is courteous also and puts the interior light on for you whilst you get in the car.
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12-04-2007, 01:45 PM | #41 | ||
XY Driv3r
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 3,004
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Every time i start her up that rumble makes the hairs on my back stand up...
Cruising at 60miles with all four windows down and the sweet music of the 351 filling the cabin and surrounding areas.. The throbing pain from the whiplash, when the right foot touches the floorboard and the cloud of smoke engulfs the rear of the car, as you cruise well beyond the sunset. Its love, i kid you not! Could this be heaven? Possibly
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12-04-2007, 04:18 PM | #42 | ||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Apr 2007
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OMG....KING or should I say QUEEN of the road,when I'm driving anyhow ,it is Queen and make way! We have been through the BA XR Turbo(alot of fun when tweeked),BA XR 8(even more fun after Rob Herrod,the Ford Father,had finished with it) Now we have a Super Pursuit Ute(with Herrod mods) and it is every bit as much fun as the others. Our other car is a poor old EL that is standard and that is the Sunday car so to speak.
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12-04-2007, 07:00 PM | #43 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: newcastle
Posts: 689
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Appearence is nothing.....performance and reliability is everything.
mechanicals and suspention are A1 but the exterior could do with a fresh coat of paint.
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12-04-2007, 07:24 PM | #44 | ||
Bring back Ambrose!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Eau Rouge
Posts: 1,248
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I would have to say boy racer, V8 + Manual + loud exhaust = wannabe racer
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13-04-2007, 07:41 PM | #45 | ||
Banned
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Location: brisbane
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She was a cruiser, no need to race any one she was looked after and she looked after me..
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14-04-2007, 08:59 AM | #46 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,652
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The machine of a dream
Such a clean machine With the pistons a pumpin And the hub caps all gleam When Im holdin your wheel All I hear is your gear When my hands on your grease gun Oh its like a disease son Im in love with my car Gotta feel for my automobile Get a grip on my boy racer rollbar Such a thrill when your radials squeal Told my girl Ill have to forget her Rather buy me a new carburetor So she made tracks sayin This is the end now Cars dont talk back Theyre just four wheeled friends now When Im holdin your wheel All I hear is your gear When Im cruisin in overdrive Dont have to listen to no run of the mill talk jive Im in love with my car Gotta feel for my automobile Im in love with my car String back gloves in my automolove |
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14-04-2007, 12:38 PM | #47 | ||
Once PHASED.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Townsville
Posts: 972
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My daily driver is a grumpy old *****.She runs a 2.9 diff and still turns low 13s ah, but when I get in and turn her on,ooh off she goes.
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14-04-2007, 12:51 PM | #48 | ||
BOSS 5.4L Enthusiast
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Posts: 21,946
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Boy Racer.
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15-04-2007, 01:06 PM | #49 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,981
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I went boy racer, plastic bags have also attacked my car.
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15-04-2007, 08:12 PM | #50 | ||
The Vengeful One
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Tazzy
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Mine makes me feel like lowndesy, but without the skill level or power of his car lol, i like to round up cars thinking they are skaifey and im going past haha!
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16-04-2007, 05:39 PM | #51 | ||
Can man
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Narellan Vale Sydney (Near Camden)
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Mines a cruiser. I love taking it for a drive on a nice twisty road just after ive washed and polished it. Its my pride and joy, so dont touch it!
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16-04-2007, 07:09 PM | #52 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Brisvegas QLD
Posts: 1,166
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Is it just me, or am I not alone in the feeling when the car is nice and clean and SHINY, with clean wheels, interior and exterior the whole mood of the car changes?
I mean you feel like hey this is a nice beast, damn it looks good now. But its a Sunday cruiser for me. Gotta love the night drives using the spotties. No one else on the roads. Feeling the cool night air and listening to some tunes :or just hearing the :crackle of the engine braking *not breaking* going down some twisty mountain roads exploring the place. Its that freedom feeling I think!:eclipsee_
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17-04-2007, 09:41 PM | #53 | |||
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Location: Melbourne
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Depends on the day.
99% of the time it's just out for cruising. I can't think of a better car for cruising than a Ghia V8, lowered with big rims.
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