Ridiculous car bullshit that dropkicks spew

[67rce]

I had a ZH Fairlane that was an ex dealer principles car - the colour code was "special order" - Daimler blue or something. A mate had a XH XR8 ute that had leather trim - another ex dealer principle special order.

Green XH XR8? I know someone who owns one with factory leather.

[Gammaboy]

Green XH XR8? I know someone who owns one with factory leather.

Metallic green, grey leather, ELGT wheels and manual.
I think it's changed hands a few times since I last saw it.
Wound up with ported alloy GT40 heads, a T3 roller cam and a different intake manifold... was great fun to drive. It occasionally make me think about looking for an XH XR8.

[67rce]

That's the car. Now a 347, not sure what heads, big solid cam, V8SC ITB's and an M800.

[Gammaboy]

Jesus. That's probably overcapitalising a bit.

[Cal]

I probably should have kept that one.

Why? That's the ugliest car I've ever seen. Give yourself an upper cut for buying it at all.

[Tripper]

Lost count of how many Ford owners who have boasted that their [insert model here] Falcon had a whole bunch of rare options/ specs because it was built for the MD /Head of Ford/ Colonel Sanders etc etc

Back in the day, you could order what you wanted. So there would be a lot of rare cars out there, but most of them would be rare due to shit like outside colour interior colour and the fact it had a tape player

[Mr Purple]

The funny thing is the actual car guys usually downplay how rare/fast their car is.

[mr2mark]

The funny thing is the actual car guys usually downplay how rare/fast their car is.

Thats exactly my experience.

[Captain_Slow]

I had a sort-of opposite conversation once at the servo when the SS was new.

Old mate: That's a big wing. Is that to help keep it on the road at high speed?
Me: Not really. That one does nothing, it's just decoration.
Old mate: Really? I heard those big wings stopped them from taking off?
Me: On a race car, yeah, but that one is just for looks.
Old mate: You sure? I thought... (etc)

[Gammaboy]

Why? That's the ugliest car I've ever seen. Give yourself an upper cut for buying it at all.

Your Maserati is.

[[SPESHAL]]

I was washing my XR5 out front of the townhouse I was living in before I finished the house, and the guy across the road sees it and starts telling me all about his mates one that has a Stage 3 turbo

I nodded along in agreement and complemented him on a job well done

For some reason, on VW Golf's, all the companies market in "stages", e.g. stage 1 is tune, stage 2 exhaust, stage 3 is turbo change. Maybe it's the same for XR5's?

Edit - discussed earlier....

[Cal]

Your Maserati is.

Thousands would agree with you. Most of them would be owners of shit heaps like that boat you used to own.

[Captiva Fan]

Yeah, would have looked great, except it had been repainted black at some point. I probably should have kept that one. Cunt who bought it for $1500

When was that? Even average ones were pulling $8k in NSW in the early 90's due to towing laws; they were about the only non-girly truck you could tow a double horse-float behind.

[dab.of.oppo]

nah it does,look up the bloody statistics on em

ya do the calcs on the redline and the gearing and thats what she does

[Gammaboy]

2008ish. I bought it for $500 with no engine/trans, and a rusted fucked one for another $500 with good driveline. Between Neeek, another Nick and me we had eight(?) ZH fairlanes (one was actually a P6 ltd), most got wrecked out, only the black one survives, and the green one was sold as a shell (Karnage had it, then Bogan Dave owned it for a short period), NFI where it went. Fuck towing anything bigger than a box trailer with one.