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Why would you roll your eyes and groan at seeing a Ford?
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Mustang..... not a Ford. Just the mustang.
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The second hand ones have been in the yards here on the Sunny Coast for some time.
Pity Ford did not see fit to place the hand brake and bonnet catch on the drivers side before they sent them over here. Guess that is simply Americas contempt for the rest of the world. |
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Would love to see this happen.
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Usually see 5-6 Mustangs on my daily commute to work. I don't see as many FGXs as I do Mustangs per day. They had 6000 orders before the car even came to Australia, and sales are still going strong, what did people think was going to happen ?
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Mustang is a Ford.
So you are rolling your eyes and groaning at seeing a ford product driving around. ![]()
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I would rather see common Mustangs over common Commodores any day.
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I must be different but I enjoy seeing Mustangs on our roads! More the merrier I reckon!!
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What I want to know is why the love? What truly does the Mustang have over the falcon? 2 doors is once again what it has under the falcon. Call me a bogan, but I feel the Falcon is a better car. Far more rounded for Australia. And I doubt it would have sold anywhere near as popular if called something else other than mustang. And on top of that, it is apparently unsafe. It just looks and feels like it's fad more than anything to own a Mustang (at least the new ones) just jumping on the popular bandwagon, without actually thinking about it & making an educated decision. Quote:
That's my opinion, flame away.
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When they going to release F series trucks in Australia!?!?! Would love to own the new 2017 Ford F150 raptor. USA know how to make a good pickup not like the crap dual cab utes here in AUS.
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As a package the Mustang is a pretty good vehicle. It's obviously a couple of generations newer than the Falcon in tech, and it's a relative bargain for what it it, a "sport" coupe. The 2 star safety rating needs to be assessed for what it is, I'm not sure an FGX would fair any better under the same 2017 test. Having no kids to haul around I can drive and own almost any car and it will meet my practical needs, but now owning a Mustang (an Ecoboost at that) after having owned several VE/VF Commodores, HSVs and FGs in recent years as a baseline I think they are a damn good unit, especially for the money. I am still amazed the reaction they get from the general public, I've owned more expensive cars than this one, but it's almost embarrassing how people react to the Mustang. "What's it got over a Falcon"? Depends what you want from a car, I like tech, the Falcon isn't in the same era with tech. I'm still amazed with how the Mustang handles, coming out of corners it still amazes me how it hunkers down and gets out of the corner. The Ecoboost surprises for what it is, under 6s 0-100 and I can get 7.5l/100kms. Even sounds pretty good in the right circumstance (but no V8 for sure). But I still love my Falcons, I've bought many new and used ones over the years and still hate that they are not still being made.
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Its still in production.
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Guy across the road from us (Mittagong) has a new Mustang.
There's 3 other Mustangs that I see in Moss Vale every day in the course of my work. Only ever see 1 FGX XR8 in this area. A blue one in Bowral. Guy who owns it uses it as a daily to his work in Shellharbour.
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Cracks me up how many non Mustang fans feel the need to post in Mustang threads
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The title of this thread is more for non mustang fans. Maybe as a mustang fan, your in the wrong place?
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There is a percentage of ford fans that just can't be happy that ford are achieving success outside of the Falcon brand...that seems to be the major issue. Guess I'll better be prepared for eye rolling if i get a Mondeo wagon...*sigh* Go Ford.
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Yep, great seeing passion for the Ford Brand :-)
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I was thinking the same thing.
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Just because I am a Ford enthusiast doesn't mean I automatically have to adore every model of Ford. Quote:
Mazda Demio in Japan, is Mazda 2 in Oz, Holden Commodore in Oz was known as the Pontiac G8 / Chevrolet SS in the US, Oh, from the Ford stable, Ford Fusion in USA is Ford Mondeo in Oz. It's called marketing. If Ford wanted to call it something else for the local market, they could have. Thats why it would be called something else. ![]()
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Biggest selling sports coupe in world 2016 apparently.
https://www.carthrottle.com/post/its...-sports-coupe/
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You make a lot of good points. The 'Coon is/was probably a far better car for our conditions. However, my love for the 'Stang, is the fact that it does only have 2 doors. 2 doors FTW. 2 doors rock. ![]() And, it is a far far far better looking car than any current Falcon could ever hope to be, IMO. I see the 'Stang as a hero car, not a practical car, so it doesn't have to be as good as the 'Coon, but it damn better look cool, and it does. ![]() I don't even care it it's not as quick as the 'Coon, 'cos it's quick enough... ![]()
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Interestingly too...when the Commodore grinds to a halt...there are 2 choices for a (non suv/ute) V8 powered car under 100 grand...
Will existing V8 Commodore owners shift to the Mustang or 300c?
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