Thread: Holden or Ford?

GO THE FORDS!!!!!

ummm what was the actual question again

Ford Falcon EL sedan, wouldn't be too hard to find a goodie for $4000.

eg: my neighbour across the street (82 yo ex farmer) traded his late 95 EF wagon with 65,000 ks on it a year ago, the dealer gave him $3500 as a trade (on a new BA sedan) and it was better than perfect, if i'd known I would have paid him more....

Have had many and all have been fine (and have an AU right now which is sweet, the missus loves it).

GQ

If you want it for towing, check the towing capacity of manual vs auto utes. Someone told me that manual utes have a MUCH LOWER towing capacity.

Personally I prefer manuals (but see above). Holden 6s are more economical than falcon 6s, but other than that both are much of a muchness IMO. What about a diesel 2x4 hilux or courier ute?

You know old discos are now really cheap and have a huge towing capacity...

Originally Posted by isuzurover

You know old discos are now really cheap and have a huge towing capacity...

Noooooo, I want something that won't send me broke!

I used to drive an old Zh Fairlane on duel fuel 302 with a 9 inch dif and a auto gearbox (C4)

It was an absolute dog box on either fuel as soon as you hooked the horse float up to it.

You need a diesel, and the weight and height of a 4wd makes it a lot easier to tow horses around with.

Even seen what happens to a commode or Falcon once the horses decide to pay up in the back of the float at highway speeds?

They just don't have the power or weight in them to counteract the drag of the float + horses + tack.

I would even think 4x4 Hilux Diesel.

When you are towing horses especially it is very easy to get your car bogged. You'll be in fields unloading/loading them and once you have a float on the back of a commodore/falcon its basically on the ground. I used to go to plenty of horsey events [sister was a horse person] and the amount of people that would get their cars bogged was unbelievable... I learnt that anything over 5 degrees of grass and you're 2WD wont move

Originally Posted by Frenchie

Noooooo, I want something that won't send me broke!

Okay, not a Disco (which is a plastic Range Rover) - but a classic Rangie. It will tow more comfortably, safely and last longer. It will match your existing stable of thoroughbreds (read Defender).

Thanks guys. The towing thing is really just for those occasions when there is a usage conflict, ie I want to play in the Defender and my wife wants to take the horse somewhere. We already have a 4wd to tow with, what I want is something simple, and cheap/easy to fix if it goes wrong, that can be used for occasional towing.

I doubt I could buy any 4wd for less than $4k which doesn't need bulk money spending on it.

(The place my wife usually rides has good all weather access so getting bogged wouldn't be an issue)