Epic Fail's - Motoring [Read original post, no off topic discussion] - Page 144

Joshmcmillan · 12-06-2011, 02:18 AM

Falcon I see almost every day in the university car park.. has been like it for quite a while... Exhaust has rusted through at the end of the rear muffler, also rusted at start of tailpipe, rotated around and tied to the tow bar with string. How they have been getting away with it is beyond me.

P.S. Also note the various dints, broken plate surround, failing rear window tint etc...

|Nate · 12-06-2011, 08:14 AM

I can almost hear the car screaming from the picture:
"KILL ME NOW, IT HURTS TO LIVE!"

MGGT RAA · 12-06-2011, 10:30 AM

Bet the fairmont belongs to an engineer...

nipper575 · 12-06-2011, 04:24 PM

It's the owners of cars like the one above that make me anxious to take my own vehicle to uni. If that's how they look after their own vehicle, they certainly won't think anything of opening their door into the car parked beside them.

malazn mafia · 12-06-2011, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

Can see why they took it out of the tree now, looks like it was slowly falling out of the tree from the rear.

A Falcon (Bird) perched up in a tree.. literally

Ben73 · 12-06-2011, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MY270

How not to make your LPG VX Commodore look like a W427

A few months ago I posted a picture of a V6 commodore that had been made into a HSV lookalike and everyone here said it was a win. lol

Ford_The_Win · 12-06-2011, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by nipper575

It's the owners of cars like the one above that make me anxious to take my own vehicle to uni. If that's how they look after their own vehicle, they certainly won't think anything of opening their door into the car parked beside them.

I don't blame you. The state of the cars at my uni (and the way in which they're parked...) is shocking. I catch the train now.

Mitch89 · 12-06-2011, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben73

A few months ago I posted a picture of a V6 commodore that had been made into a HSV lookalike and everyone here said it was a win. lol

Was it white with black handles?

Bossxr8 · 12-06-2011, 10:18 PM

Owner went a little crazy with the stick on chrome.

venthan87 · 12-06-2011, 11:07 PM

hahaha these are all classic!!

Mitch89 · 13-06-2011, 12:48 AM

There's a BMW X5 around here with all sorts of chrome around its headlights, taillights, etc. Looks ghastly.

mrghia · 15-06-2011, 11:38 PM

here is a Dyno fail a bit costly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=076Hq...eature=related

fasty73 · 15-06-2011, 11:46 PM

Good thing to happen to a rice burner. Thats why you dont get cheapo dyno tunes!!!!

vztrt · 16-06-2011, 12:17 AM

Waiting to be picked up from the airport today saw a Stato taxi pass by with a chev badge on it. Had to laugh.

fasty73 · 16-06-2011, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by vztrt

Waiting to be picked up from the airport today saw a Stato taxi pass by with a chev badge on it. Had to laugh.

Enough with the chev badges on holdens......... am I right??

martinijosh · 16-06-2011, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by vztrt

Waiting to be picked up from the airport today saw a Stato taxi pass by with a chev badge on it. Had to laugh.

Seems about as bad as putting a mustang badge on a B series taxi...

fasty73 · 16-06-2011, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by martinijosh

Seems about as bad as putting a mustang badge on a B series taxi...

ROFLMAO!!!!!

2011G6E · 16-06-2011, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by fasty73

Enough with the chev badges on holdens......... am I right??

Definately.

When we owned a VS Berlina and then a VX-II Lumina, I noticed them everywhere. We really really wanted to get the round Buick badges from the US like the ones fitted to the new Buicks at the time...they were exactly the same size as the round Holden badge front and back, and fitting them to a V6 Commodore makes about as much sense as the Chev badges on V8 Commodores...and it'd poke a bit of fun at the same time...

BlackXR8 · 16-06-2011, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by fasty73

Enough with the chev badges on holdens......... am I right??

LOL it will never stop

Fail & Win -> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ITS-HOLDEN-st...-/180647114039

fasty73 · 16-06-2011, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackXR8

LOL it will never stop

Fail & Win -> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ITS-HOLDEN-st...-/180647114039

I will PAY to put these on commondoores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BlackXR8 · 16-06-2011, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by fasty73

Enough with the chev badges on holdens......... am I right??

And check out some of the comments on the Holden Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/...d=385528307408

HULK EF · 16-06-2011, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by martinijosh

Seems about as bad as putting a mustang badge on a B series taxi...

luckily the mustang badge conversion on falcon compared to chev onto a HOLDEN is out numbered 350 million to 1

Falcman0o7 · 16-06-2011, 03:14 AM

CHEV BADGES ON COMMODORES??? Well if holdens were not such a BITSA people wouldn't be so confused! Holdens are global bitsas. piece from here, piece from there...re badge this car re badge that car. Holden owners are just doing what holden does. Swapping badges over and making them out to be something better.

MethodX · 16-06-2011, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Falcman0o7

CHEV BADGES ON COMMODORES??? Well if holdens were not such a BITSA people wouldn't be so confused! Holdens are global bitsas. piece from here, piece from there...re badge this car re badge that car. Holden owners are just doing what holden does. Swapping badges over and making them out to be something better.

Like Ford has done in the past with Mazdas and Kias?
Whats the big deal?
Even the mighty Phase 3 HO used Mustang parts, OMG it was a bitsa lol.

steve.zissou · 16-06-2011, 09:33 AM

supra fail

**Tucool** · 16-06-2011, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by jrckelley

supra fail

Stairway to heaven ??

SVTVNM · 16-06-2011, 11:58 AM

Could this be his inspiration

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Falcman0o7 · 16-06-2011, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MethodX

Like Ford has done in the past with Mazdas and Kias?
Whats the big deal?
Even the mighty Phase 3 HO used Mustang parts, OMG it was a bitsa lol.

Oh dear....I'm not talking about 40 years ago.
And i'm pretty sure a mustang is a ford

kiwimark · 16-06-2011, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Tucool

Stairway to heaven ??

nah - just an extreme case of plagiarism of Fords Au XR8 bi wing design

Ryan · 16-06-2011, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Falcman0o7

Oh dear....I'm not talking about 40 years ago.
And i'm pretty sure a mustang is a ford

Well...

Festivas were/are re-badged Kias.

Lasers were/are re-badged Mazdas.

Mavericks were/are re-badged Patrols.

Corsairs were/are re-badged Pintaras.

Telstars were/are re-badged Mazdas.

There's more to Ford than just the Falcon. Ford have done plenty of taking this piece from here, re-badging that car with a Ford badge over the years. Holden just do what most car manufacturers do, take a car from another manufacturer and put their badge on it, but at least the majority are from within GM. Can't recall many "badge engineered" Holdens from outside of GM.

Also I agree with Chev badges on Commodores . I've always been one to believe a car should be badged as it did from factory. If someone had a Toyota Lexcen and put Holden badges on it they would be just as bad IMO.

Commodores get sold as Chevs over seas, but I see no problem with that as that's what they're sold as and that's what it has on its rego, insurance etc.

I would NEVER put a Chev badge on a Holden. Chevs are cool, but if I wanted a Chev I would just buy one.