:lol: Alright here's the deal If it's a V8 I'll take just the drive train & the wiring loom And I'll give you 1 1988 XJ40
So I take it you don't like my offer :lol: :lol: :lol: I saw this D type replica at Jagdaim when I picked up some parts not long ago
Alright now I'll pay out on the Australian motor industry It's been happening for 20 years now I worked for a small crash & bash shop in Melbourne S.E bayside The whole family worked for GMH in the design / engineering , the oldest brother was involved in designing the GTX When I paid then a visit in 98 ,the youngest brother told me The family got the boot from GM as did a whole generation of designers/ engineers They were all replaced with Americans & a whole new era had started Parts made in China & assembled locally It was/is a long process as it didn't happen overnight More & more people are getting out of the auto industry Very few avenues are left in the auto industry Kenworth & Volvo are doing big things in Melbourne IVECO/ FIAT want be here for much longer , with the management going about the way they are Fiat send all their reject management here so they see what gavno looks like
A sad story! Back in the olden days (D Type and E Type days) in the bank I had a workmate who inherited 6000 POUNDS from his grandmother. He took the money down to the Jag dealer in Melbourne and bought one, not sure now what model. Drove it out of the showroom and wrote it off at the first intersection. UNINSURED! OC
Yeah that's why most of the Commodores and Fords from the 1990s are still on the roads and every P plater wants a 1980s VK or VL Commodore. And Falcon taxis run to 500,000km, Statesmans to 800,000km. I love BMWs but if you run one past 200,000 you need your head read, even around 150,000km they are a parts black hole. I know, I used to own one! Edit - substituted 'around' from 'before'
AS, Agree, IMHO the Ford and Holden are good cars, value for money. Not fancy like a BMW but will go for 20+++ years in all cases if you service them and look after them. There are PLENTY of 30 and 40 year old Fords on the road. OC
Yeah maybe But go drive a 10-12 year old ford , see if you can get the whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine out of the diff It's built in sound affect you can't get rid off
I was worried there was something wrong with my car in traffic yesterday, a horrible sound just louder than the radio. Turns out it was car next to me, a 1990s-vintage BMW. Sounded like every lifter (it would have been a 6 cylinder) was out of alignment to each other, and they all hit the pistons after lifting them at different tones. Add in the cacophony of the thermo fan at full pelt trying to do the work of the obviously failing radiator...it was a hella noise. Like I've said before I like BMWs and will own a (newish) one again in future, but for longevity, unless you have given up on life and drive a cardigan, I mean Toyota or Honda Accord, there is no comparision to the Australian made cars.
Aussie Commodore a hit in the US *Holden's crucial export program for the VF Commodore has got off to a promising start, with the first shipment of Chevrolet SS sedans driving out of North American dealerships last week. *The Australian-built four-door has so far received glowing praise from the Northern Hemisphere. Several new owners have already taken to forums to express their content with the new model, essentially a left-hand-drive version of Holden's VF SS-V Commodore. *The Chevrolet SS is similar in specification to the SS-V Commodore, but receives a more powerful 309kW 6.2-litre V8 engine, steering-wheel mounted paddle shifters and several cosmetic and internal enhancements. *The four-door sedan is General Motors' weapon of choice in the NASCAR racing series, where the Australian four-door won on debut at Daytona. Chevrolet has not offered a rear-drive V8 sedan in the US since 1996. Buy an Aussie car! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeIlQC3b4c4[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PyCOFo2lzI[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUQK58XyGZU[/youtube]
Customers loved the Monaro and Commodore rebadged as Pontiacs. A shame that when General Motors became Government Motors the entire Pontiac brand had to be cut away. Everyone interested in the market segment of V8s knew the Commodore would do well as a Chevrolet as well.
Can't do that with a ford :lol: Sealed motors only add on's yes we do make some great cars BUT As long as they are "MADE HERE"
Too bluddy right spanner...need to keep our Aussie designers and our tech gurus here! We need to sack the bluddy useless crew in charge of advertising Aussie cars fing hopeless pricks! Fing idiots losing our fing ute to some rice-burner shite! Disgraceful that so called Aussies would ever contemplate buying Jap-crap! :lol: H [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1frh2ogmI8[/youtube]
Another very reliable car is the all aussie Ford 'AU' model......The taxi operators used to get at least 500,000k's out of them and they dont have the differential or transmission problems of the later models.
