Talk me out of Changing Camps?

[jakkes]

your tezza is not stuck in a loop lol the computer learns the driver's behaviour it always happened to me i'd jump in the car after my mum( yes mums car lol ) drove it around town for a while and it would short shift no power bla bla-------slug!!! then i'd get in straight to sports auto mode and after 5 min it was a race car in comparison

[nuthin' fancy]

Road trip to Perth.

Have a week out of the Terror while it resides here:

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11341410

Drive back in the best of both worlds........

[V8 Ghia Mike]

Originally Posted by neptune blue

My Holden puts a smile on my face whether I'm washing or driving
Lets not let "badge mentality" decide what is or isn't a good car

My comment was about car purchasing being as much an emotional choice as it is a practical one. If it was always the latter we'd all be driving white good hatchbacks. The OP might make the correct logical choice in buying a Holden, but as a fellow car nut, he has to live with it for at least a couple of years and must be satisfied with it as a Ford fan.

Now there is no way in hell a Holden will ever park in our driveway, no matter how much tech or economy is has over it's Ford equivalent. An emotional choice of cars for us, but I sleep well at night happy with them. Sue me, I'm a Ford fan.

Mike

[4vdean]

Originally Posted by lamborghinifan

Been having a good hunt over at ls1 (been needed to start an account!) but I can't seem to find anything definite as a fix for battery issues and drains. Anyone know for sure? The conclusion I've come up with is that about 5 different scenarios cause the dead electrical issue- failed battery, door connector loom, speaker, entertainment unit in rear or Bluetooth, or faulty bcm programming.

I would have thought a visit to ls1 forum would have been enough to snap you out of it !!!!!!

[UberKnee]

Brand loyalty is foolish. If you like a car, want a car, enjoy driving a car who gives a rats *** what badge it has on the front!

I've enjoyed my Ford, my Holdens and my Mitsubishi. Brand loyalty doesn't give you anything.

[neptune blue]

My comment was about car purchasing being as much an emotional choice as it is a practical one. If it was always the latter we'd all be driving white good hatchbacks. The OP might make the correct logical choice in buying a Holden, but as a fellow car nut, he has to live with it for at least a couple of years and must be satisfied with it as a Ford fan.

Now there is no way in hell a Holden will ever park in our driveway, no matter how much tech or economy is has over it's Ford equivalent. An emotional choice of cars for us, but I sleep well at night happy with them. Sue me, I'm a Ford fan.




Like you I would have never contemplated buying a Holden ( many years ago)
For me that all changed when ford released the AU - to me that is one of the ugliest if not the ugliest car ever made by ford Australia

Sure others will disagree with my opinion but this post is not to convince people otherwise
if they see a thing of beauty well so be it
My disappointment in the AU lead me straight to a Holden dealer where I purchased a VT Berlina with leather body kit 17 inch wheels sun roof and 5.0 litre

This opened my eyes and i realised that a good car is a good car no matter who it's made by

I started to appreciate all sorts of cars for what they are, not how they were badged, chevs Mopar etc and their various marques

So when the Monaro was released, there was no way I was going to miss out on one of them
Aussie built coupe with Big V8 up front .... Sound familiar ?

Where else was I going to get a locally built coupe with all the goodies. I didn't give a rats about the badge . For me it was about driving a really cool car , one built here , that was half the cost of its European equivalents

That car turned as many heads as my XB coupe , being the limited edition Monaro

fast forward to February 2014, I buy a 2009 WM caprice 70 thousand k on the clock one owner Headrest DVD to keep the kids quiet, in the colour combo I want, 6 litre v8 for $18k

Why, it represented unbelievable value for money , has every thing on the shopping list that I wanted and its a cool looking car

I'm loyal to the most important person in the world and that would be me - why should i compromise for the sake of a badge, to me that simply doesn't make any sense and loyalty has nothing to do with it -

Lets turn this around - so I want to buy a V8 long wheel base car fully loaded and I would like it to be manufactured by ford .... Dam they don't make one so does this mean I have to buy something that doesn't suit me because I must remain loyal to a badge ????

No one is telling you to buy a Holden - but at least I can give an honest response to a question because I have owned cars manufactured from both camps

The guy that started this thread wanted to see what else is out there and good on him for asking

I can say from my experience is that all the fords and Holden' s I have owned have been great cars. I have enjoyed owning them and purchasing cars on there merits instead of their badges, has made me more of an astute buyer

[93EB_SXR6]

Why talk yourself out of it? I'm a Ford man but will buy a series 2 VE Calais or SS when I can legally drive again.

[ash68]

A true ford man would never even think of owning gm crap .just my opinion

[Adamz Ghia]

I remember going to Sandown 2006 in a 2002 Monaro where Ford won and we left flying an FPR flag outside each side of the car. We got some funny looks...! Badge means nothing. If you like the car, buy it...!

[Sorted]

No point - buy Holden its obviously a better product as agreed by 99% members on AFF

[DanielXR8]

Originally Posted by Sorted

No point - buy Holden its obviously a better product as agreed by 99% members on AFF

Lol be careful what you say as Holdens marketing team could run with that quote.

[JC]

Just cos Abbott doesn't support it, there's no reason you shouldn't change camps, if that's the way you want to go. Each to their own.

[lamborghinifan]

Originally Posted by 4vdean

I would have thought a visit to ls1 forum would have been enough to snap you out of it !!!!!!

Very nearly!!!
Still can't find out If the max tow rating for a bolt on tongue is 1200 or 2100 kg

[stavros68]

I've changed camps not really and got a wm caprice v8 only reason why , no ltd or fairlanes . The only thing I HATE are the font pillars to wide .

Still got my ef 347 project tho.

[93EB_SXR6]

Originally Posted by ash68

A true ford man would never even think of owning gm crap .just my opinion

A true car enthusiast would respect all makes.


Just my opinion.

[V8 Ghia Mike]

I can appreciate any decent car for what it is, but asking for most people's opinions on a Ford forum is going to result in a reasonably biased response...

Mike

[lamborghinifan]

Originally Posted by V8 Ghia Mike

I can appreciate any decent car for what it is, but asking for most people's opinions on a Ford forum is going to result in a reasonably biased response...

Mike

We'll you'd think that, but the feedback has actually been very good, and not that biased really