Whats Your New Year Resolution???

au11futura · 31-12-2010, 03:55 PM

ok ill start by saying gotta get my arial fixed, new dvd player installed, lowering, paint bonnet and roof.

ohh yeh and quit smoking.........

Molloy · 31-12-2010, 03:57 PM

Finish my XR6T, train harder at gym, make power cruise and summernats 2012 lol

Mr Hardware · 31-12-2010, 04:08 PM

there's already a thread about this in the pub or bar

au11futura · 31-12-2010, 04:39 PM

only for au's

2002au · 31-12-2010, 05:07 PM

get my L's

GK · 31-12-2010, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by au11futura

only for au's

Yeah, I don't see a problem with one for us AUvians.

GK

au11futura · 31-12-2010, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GK

Yeah, I don't see a problem with one for us AUvians.

GK

thank you

T3man · 31-12-2010, 06:52 PM

I made a New Year's resolution years ago to not make any more New Year's resolutions.

Mr Hardware · 31-12-2010, 06:52 PM

Cool man, just making sure he wasn't missing out.

My new years resolution? Go back to owning a modern car. When I got my AU when it was only five or six years old, it was modern. I miss that modernness.

/cue boos and jeers from the au-for-lifers

Cam · 31-12-2010, 07:53 PM

Fixing the AU's diff and either selling it / swapping it for an old school cruiser, or a BIG rebuild and keep it..

Beer Baron · 31-12-2010, 08:10 PM

Fix the AU's diff and other noises and finish off the suspension.

Buy a ring for the misses, I promised her a ring ages ago but **** kept coming up.

AndrewR_AUII · 31-12-2010, 08:13 PM

2011 more a 'me' year - work on fitness, get out and NOT do things a bit more.

**Uncle_Ken** · 01-01-2011, 05:06 PM

Will when I got up I announced that I was going to become a nudist and listen more to my wife. She said 1 minute was long enough being a nudist so I have already made good on both my resolutions.

UK

briank · 01-01-2011, 05:12 PM

Not to make one as i would only break it any way.

XRGhia · 01-01-2011, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 2002au

get my L's

ditto..

so i would take it your 15? if so, your not the only one

2002au · 01-01-2011, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by xrghiawagon

ditto..

so i would take it your 15? if so, your not the only one

yeah mate, im 16 in feb. wish it would hurry up lol

au11futura · 01-01-2011, 09:06 PM

ohhh ok i cant wait to turn 15, im 30 now how long before 15 again??

XRGhia · 01-01-2011, 09:48 PM

lol... i cracked up soo much

/end sarcasm

and lucky bastard... i have to wait until august..

au11futura · 01-01-2011, 10:12 PM

ok new new year resolution.........TURN 15 AGAIN.............

AndrewR_AUII · 01-01-2011, 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle_Ken

Will when I got up I announced that I was going to become a nudist and listen more to my wife. She said 1 minute was long enough being a nudist so I have already made good on both my resolutions.

UK

The two most important words in a Marriage:

Yes Dear

Edit: Just realised that this year I turn 15 for the third time...

ronwest · 02-01-2011, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Hardware

My new years resolution? Go back to owning a modern car. When I got my AU when it was only five or six years old, it was modern. I miss that modernness.

You know, I relate to the sentiment.

My AU is the oldest car I've had for many years. Prior to buying it I'd keep cars for 3 -4 years. Then I started playing with it (the car) and it made it easier to keep for a bit longer.

As I said elsewhere, I thought that a natural progression would be to a BA or BF. I had the the use of a BF2 XR6 for a week and although the extra bit of grunt and improved fuel consumption was nice, the car left me cold. AU's might be lots of things but they're not "beige". The BF had an interior only a mother could love and a seating position that beggars belief.

The guy who "owns" (via salary sacrifice) the BF2 also didn't like it. He was hanging out for his two year "penalty" to be up so that he could move on to an FG. He had the use of an FG for a couple of months while Ford were trying to find a tailshaft for his BF and is so impressed with FG's that this time round he's opted for a VE (after 30 years of owning Fords).

So, that leaves me sort of out of the running. I actually like VE Clubsports but for the driving I do it doesn't make any economic sense.

Perhaps I'll rationalise it and think of my hands-on AU experience as a "blip" on the radar. It'll make a return to Ford or Holden "beige" easier to take and will clear a bit of stuff out of the shed.
I'm not sure if that's "win, win" but it doesn't seem like it, lol.

But yes, I agree with you that something a bit more modern would be nice... maybe ;)

GK · 02-01-2011, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle_Ken

Will when I got up I announced that I was going to become a nudist and listen more to my wife. She said 1 minute was long enough being a nudist so I have already made good on both my resolutions.

UK

GK

Mr Hardware · 02-01-2011, 11:13 AM

I'm with ya ronwest. When I got my AU it was my plan to keep it for 3 years and move up to an up-to-date model. There's a mammoth improvement from the EL to the AU, and i naively expected there to be the same sort of improvement from AU to BA. But there's not, for the reasons you stated. They're just plain boring. So i've been hanging out for flaming donkeys for the FG to get to be the right price. But now Mrs Hardware is nudging that she'd prefer an Aurion....

SVR73 · 02-01-2011, 11:47 AM

Mechanical overhaul - as you'll see in my thread in the project section
doing some minor things today

getting a custom interior trimming in mid year by fussy customs
mostly doing it because my drivers seat foam is tired and needs new foam in it
want to get the centre part of the dash and centre console area done in galaxy blue with vinyl not plastic

au11futura · 02-01-2011, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ronwest

You know, I relate to the sentiment.

My AU is the oldest car I've had for many years. Prior to buying it I'd keep cars for 3 -4 years. Then I started playing with it (the car) and it made it easier to keep for a bit longer.

As I said elsewhere, I thought that a natural progression would be to a BA or BF. I had the the use of a BF2 XR6 for a week and although the extra bit of grunt and improved fuel consumption was nice, the car left me cold. AU's might be lots of things but they're not "beige". The BF had an interior only a mother could love and a seating position that beggars belief.

The guy who "owns" (via salary sacrifice) the BF2 also didn't like it. He was hanging out for his two year "penalty" to be up so that he could move on to an FG. He had the use of an FG for a couple of months while Ford were trying to find a tailshaft for his BF and is so impressed with FG's that this time round he's opted for a VE (after 30 years of owning Fords).

So, that leaves me sort of out of the running. I actually like VE Clubsports but for the driving I do it doesn't make any economic sense.

Perhaps I'll rationalise it and think of my hands-on AU experience as a "blip" on the radar. It'll make a return to Ford or Holden "beige" easier to take and will clear a bit of stuff out of the shed.
I'm not sure if that's "win, win" but it doesn't seem like it, lol.

But yes, I agree with you that something a bit more modern would be nice... maybe ;)

mate to me there is only one choice. stick with the AU.
reasons

cant be bothered sorting problems put on another car as ive gotten used to the probs of the au.

2. to old to be spending cash on more cars.

3. the missus will tie my hmmmmm up.

4. in my eyes there is no intirior better than the AU'S

NEW resolution dont turn 15 3 times.

FAT245 · 02-01-2011, 09:25 PM

Finish the Valiant (again) and shoe horn in my XR6T Motor into the AU Fairlane

hendoau99 · 03-01-2011, 12:37 AM

new years resolution, to get my green p's first go like my other 2 licenses. i've got 3 moths to study hard for em'.

Riksta · 03-01-2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GK

Yeah, I don't see a problem with one for us AUvians.

They are a special bunch

I miss being an AU owner, so much so I still lurk around in this section of the forum. Maybe my resolution could be to not lurk so much? Nah bugger that, TO BUY ANOTHER AU!

au11futura · 03-01-2011, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riksta

They are a special bunch

I miss being an AU owner, so much so I still lurk around in this section of the forum. Maybe my resolution could be to not lurk so much? Nah bugger that, TO BUY ANOTHER AU!

i highly reckomend you do mate.

sly · 14-01-2011, 01:22 PM

My New Year's resolution is to buy a velcro wall... and I'm going to stick to it!!!