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From: Noddy on 26 Mar 2010 04:54 "D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message news:4bac4fa5$0$8772$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > You must know some strange people, who would want a wagon for a wedding > car? I dunno, but then who'd want an old Jag or Rolls-Royce? > I hope yours hasn't got those hideous led lights I'm seeing on some model > Holdens, IMO they come under the heading of "what were they thinking". > My son hired a 300c limo for his wedding a couple of weeks ago, the bloody > thing was enormous and the driver had trouble getting around some of the > bends in the Dandenongs where the wedding was held. > I had fun waving to the peasants as we passed though:-) I had a mate drive us years ago in his '34 Ford sedan with it's blown Hemi engine. He pulled the plates out of the Lake pipes especially for the day, and made sure everyone within a 5 mile radius heard the thing when he lit up the tyres :) -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 26 Mar 2010 04:57 <bob(a)magnecor.com.au.invalid> wrote in message news:81koq5htv313bs9oeftsdtrlvrv5ldd67k(a)4ax.com... > Agreed. The problem being in today's market, with so many different > manufactures, Fords continuous denial of built in faults is hurting > their sales and maybe 1 day they might wake up to this fact. I've no doubt they will, but it'll be *after* they've closed the gates on the production plant for the last time when they're sitting around scratching their heads wondering what went wrong,. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Deevo on 26 Mar 2010 09:50 "Dan---" <hsvtourer(a)hsv.co.uk.com.au> wrote in message news:4babc585$0$27835$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... <snip> > Not at all surprised that the Falcon wagon got canned, We finally got our > eerm the mrs got her new Sante Fe and we have had it for a week so far so > good I only got to drive it once and the mrs wouldn't let me give it a > proper "test" drive. :-) I had the chance to take a new diesel Sorento for a decent test drive today (A client's car in for it's 1000k service) and was suitably impressed. The only thing I could fault on it compared to my Kluger was the slightly lower head clearance in the door frame when getting in to it though I made no attempt to adjust the seat height so that may have sorted that issue out. I was surprised how well the diesel went compared to my V6, especially off the mark. -- Deevo Geraldton Western Australia
From: Dan--- on 26 Mar 2010 17:10 "Deevo" <deevo37(a)NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message news:3Z2rn.15257$pv.4558(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > I had the chance to take a new diesel Sorento for a decent test drive > today (A client's car in for it's 1000k service) and was suitably > impressed. The only thing I could fault on it compared to my Kluger was > the slightly lower head clearance in the door frame when getting in to it > though I made no attempt to adjust the seat height so that may have sorted > that issue out. I was surprised how well the diesel went compared to my > V6, especially off the mark. Yeah it shows that diesel engines have come along way especially in cars and 4 wheel drives. The smart move was let the Germans design the engine like BMW they make sensational 6 cylinder petrol engines and the same goes with their 6 cylinder diesel engines (which are made by Steyr). The mrs tells me the Sante Fe feels like it has better performance than the Territory it replaced. And it certaily feels a much better built car too. :-) It our first diesel powered car we have owned too I feel slightly dirty aboit that but then again I do drive trucks! :-p. --- Regards Dan.
From: Dan--- on 26 Mar 2010 17:13
"D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message news:4bac6927$0$8831$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > > The lights I was referring to are on the front, maybe they are meant as > fog lamps but whatever they are they are very ugly. Nah mine doesen't have the front led lights thats on the E2 series HSV gladly I have the E1 series. :-) --- Regards Dan. |