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Old 04-08-2005, 05:48 PM   #1
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Default BA's make EF's come out of the woodwork

Well, we see it every time a new model is released. Back when every bogan had an xf, out came the ef, and suddenly the ea came out of the woodwork, they were everywhere, now that many BA's prowl the streets, im seeing more and more EF/L's coming out of nowhere.

Perhaps the previous owners of these cars always have them garaged or at work, and every couple of years they get sold off to blokes like me, who drive them around all day and night.

Thoughts? Did that make sense?

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Old 04-08-2005, 05:52 PM   #2
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they were always there...
its not like ford has sold any more EF/EL's in the last 7 years ;)
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Did that make sense? Not really.

My theory is that cos the BA's are so popular, the younger guys on their P's or whatever want to buy Ford again, hence they buy the EF's and EL's cos they're the most affordable now.
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Did that make sense? Not really.

My theory is that cos the BA's are so popular, the younger guys on their P's or whatever want to buy Ford again, hence they buy the EF's and EL's cos they're the most affordable now.
yeah i agree, there seems to be alot of EA-EL falcons with P plates, where it used to be VL or VS commodores
good to see.....
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yeah i agree, there seems to be alot of EA-EL falcons with P plates, where it used to be VL or VS commodores
good to see.....
lol O/T but did you see me following you today? In Fitzmaurice St past Romanos around the corner at the Commonwealth Bank - and you ran a red light you bugger :
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Old 05-08-2005, 11:28 AM   #6
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lol O/T but did you see me following you today? In Fitzmaurice St past Romanos around the corner at the Commonwealth Bank - and you ran a red light you bugger :
haha, it was yellow!!! _2: :hihi:
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yeah i agree, there seems to be alot of EA-EL falcons with P plates, where it used to be VL or VS commodores
good to see.....
Yeah ive noticed a huge increase of EA-EL Falcons as opposed to VLs or VSs.

The sad thing is that alot of the EA-EL Falcons look nicer then some of the s****y looking VLs and VSs I see everyday.Serioulsy I havent see a nice P Plater VL or VS in ages.

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Old 04-08-2005, 05:55 PM   #8
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I traded my EF II for a BA XR6T and traded that for an EL!

Full circle.

I like my EL. Cheap to run (In comparison to BA XR6T), comfy, climate control and you don't care where you park it. It's slow but I don't mind. It gets me to work and around, thats what a car is for. I have had my fun for a while in the T, now its time to save money instead of spend it!
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It's slow but I don't mind.
BWAHAHAHAHA! I give you 3 months! :
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I hear Ford had a few EF/ELs stored up the back of the Broady plant and have just let them loose.
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I hear Ford had a few EF/ELs stored up the back of the Broady plant and have just let them loose.
Spare parts department put a few together eh?
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LMAO .... that's funny .
Either that ... or they broke out of there and set themselves free.
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okay, i knew some1 would have to be a smartar$e. im aware they arent making them anymore. its just something ive noticed, everytime a new model is released, the bogan model ("dunga") model moves to the next one. maybe its a location thing? ive seen twice as many ef's getting around up here in the past year
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okay, i knew some1 would have to be a smartar$e. im aware they arent making them anymore. its just something ive noticed, everytime a new model is released, the bogan model ("dunga") model moves to the next one. maybe its a location thing? ive seen twice as many ef's getting around up here in the past year
My guess is you're simply noticing them more.
be it because you own one or because there are more modified examples getting around.
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its possible, I dont see any ea's around anymore, but maybe thats cause they all died. B2TF fair call, its not the au helped us. effalcon, paint that bloody bumper!
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ef's and el's are more affordable now thats why theres more hotted up ones going around.
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ef's and el's are more affordable now thats why theres more hotted up ones going around.
That is the answer. Next it will be AU's & then BA's.

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it is painted...
just dirty

i'm guessing you're lookin to do similar soon? :P
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i have alot of early eseries around my area, specially at my house :P
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Spot on Glenn. Ef, yeah mate ive been meaning to do it since I saw the pics of yours, but I want to use the xr front, and nobody seems to prang their brand new xr's? go figure.
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Old 04-08-2005, 06:11 PM   #21
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You mean you've noticed them twice as much! There would have been more on the roads when they were being used as fleet cars.
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fleet cars, hah!. sorry, I live in maryborough, fleet cars around consists of local council, thats it. Telstra use 4x4's.
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just a thought, being a warm northern area, maryborough is where old people (usually from nsw) go to die. perhaps the same aplies to old falcons?
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for shame, running red lights. a bit off topic, but at a guess, how many red light camera's are in your town, maryborough has 3 permanent
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for shame, running red lights. a bit off topic, but at a guess, how many red light camera's are in your town, maryborough has 3 permanent
In Wagga........big fat grand total of 0 Red Light Cameras, 0 Fixed Speed Cameras. :Reverend:
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Im sure it's all based on price, however, after the release of the BA, and thus ford becoming 'cool' again, i've seen alot more p-platers in fords. Most p-platers budgets don't stretch beyond an e-series.

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Trying not to sould like a smart-*** or a snob, but your theory sounds correct to me .. ELs are at a cost now where low-income earners can buy them. These low-income earners (students, unemployed, pensioners, etc) are usually around during the day when most people have their newer cars either sitting at home, or in carparks while they are at work.

I walk around between offices alot during the day and I've seen SO MANY VN-VR Commodores sitting outside the local dole office it ain't funny!!!
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Admittedly im biased, and will always think ea-ef falcons look better than commo's, but I think it has a lot to do with p platers thinking there stocko vl with sh!t mags is the best car ever, makes me dislike them on principle. Anyway, I guess when the next falcon is released, au's will start flooding the steets up here
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getting much more of an even spread between E-Series Falcons and VL-VS commos for P Plater these days. i was in year 12 last year, and it was almost 50-50 between Ford and Holden with male drivers. the year before was probably 85-90% Holden. thats just an example that im using.
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The problem with the majority of commies and falcons is every man and his dog has the exact same car.

I cannot tell you how many VLs i see that are slammed on their ***** with cop chasers but apart from that they are mostly in bad nick Then these "bogans" drive around the same place back and forth everyday thinkn that their car is something special when its just the same boring thing all over again.

Same with VSs. Some guy has a beefed up VS SS and all he does is drive back and forth to the petrol station at least 3 times while im at work nearly everyday. Same goes for E and X series falcons. Rather boring when everyone has got the same crap on the same car. Id rather add my own touch and be different from the pack. Just my oppinion.
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