Ford Mustang - as safe as a 1st gen Great Wall ute...

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Originally Posted by Pickles2

"cheaper than a specced up Commodore". They are terrific value for money.

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$65 - 70K for a base V8 isn't terrific value for money. To me a 6.2l SS Commodore for about $55k is a better car and much better value for money.

Garry

Spudboy - would have loved to keep Johns video up but it has a lot of naughty words in it.

For those that are interested go to the 'Auto Expert' YouTube channel - you can't miss it.

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Originally Posted by garrycol

$65 - 70K for a base V8 isn't terrific value for money. To me a 6.2l SS Commodore for about $55k is a better car and much better value for money.

Garry

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Not necessarily,..it depends what you're looking for,...ya cant buy a 2 door Commodore,..some people want a V8 Coupe,..as proven by the demand for Mustang, worldwide, for this car.....it has been, and continues to be, a HUGE success.
Pickles.

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Originally Posted by Pickles2

Not necessarily,..it depends what you're looking for,...ya cant buy a 2 door Commodore,..some people want a V8 Coupe,..as proven by the demand for Mustang, worldwide, for this car.....it has been, and continues to be, a HUGE success.
Pickles.

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I'm not saying it's not a success I, just saying you probably shouldn't drive one too fast if you want to live when you prang it... ;)

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Originally Posted by Pickles2

And when Commodore finishes in Oct this year, the Mustang will be in even greater demand. What will Holden have to compete in the performance market?...Nothing at the moment,....they need Camaro, but no sign of that,.....Yet.
Pickles.

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On a similar but different tangent... Dodge Ram has recently brought the 'full size' pickup (AKA Utility) offering to Aus.
Somebody please bring the F350 super duty to this country. I will pretend I have a spare 200K to stooge a test drive.

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Originally Posted by Pickles2

What will Holden have to compete in the performance market?...Nothing at the moment,....they need Camaro, but no sign of that,.....Yet.
Pickles.

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Local Holden dealership here in Kal has a very nice looking red Camaro with white stripes in No. 1 display position out the front of the showroom. ;)

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Originally Posted by BMKal

Local Holden dealership here in Kal has a very nice looking red Camaro with white stripes in No. 1 display position out the front of the showroom. ;)

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Its not a new one Brian,and its $84 grand!!!!!
They have the dunnydore platform,so its a glorified dunnydorre:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

They do look neat!!!!
2012 Chevrolet Camaro for sale in Kalgoorlie - Golden City Holden

Andrew

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Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Its not a new one Brian,and its $84 grand!!!!!
They have the dunnydore platform,so its a glorified dunnydorre:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

They do look neat!!!!
2012 Chevrolet Camaro for sale in Kalgoorlie - Golden City Holden

Andrew

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You are right, but of course it is a conversion & totally unable to compete with Mustang on price.
However, if GM ever wakes up & produces the Camaro in RHD, it will be a different story.
Pickles.

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Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Its not a new one Brian,and its $84 grand!!!!!
They have the dunnydore platform,so its a glorified dunnydorre:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

They do look neat!!!!
2012 Chevrolet Camaro for sale in Kalgoorlie - Golden City Holden

Andrew

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Could have sworn the one I saw the other day had white stripes. :D

There's been one on display there for quite a while now, so maybe they've had more than one - and I don't look in there very often.

At least, being a Camaro, you are guaranteed it will be a V8 and have a bit of grunt behind it (at least I think they are all still V8's). I have a quiet little chuckle whenever I see one of the new Mustangs these days - is it really a descendant of the old V8 known for muscle car performance - or is it an "Ecotec" four cylinder pretender ........................... :Rolling::Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:

Much as I might like the look of the new Mustang, I seriously couldn't buy one while they have a choice of a V8 or a little 4 pot screamer in the same body. ;)

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Originally Posted by BMKal

Could have sworn the one I saw the other day had white stripes. :D

There's been one on display there for quite a while now, so maybe they've had more than one - and I don't look in there very often.

At least, being a Camaro, you are guaranteed it will be a V8 and have a bit of grunt behind it (at least I think they are all still V8's). I have a quiet little chuckle whenever I see one of the new Mustangs these days - is it really a descendant of the old V8 known for muscle car performance - or is it an "Ecotec" four cylinder pretender ........................... :Rolling::Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:

Much as I might like the look of the new Mustang, I seriously couldn't buy one while they have a choice of a V8 or a little 4 pot screamer in the same body. ;)

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Why would anyone buy a "4 Cyl. Mustang"?......Beats me.
However, the 5L V8 is a seriously good engine,....outputs of 800HP are easily achieveable, whilst the car could still be driven by a "little old lady to church on Sunday".....the wonders of modern S.C. & associated electronics.
Pickles.