Growing up my dad owned heaps of Falcons and fairlanes including an EA Fairmont, EB2 Gli, NC Fairlane Ghia (black) (best ever Fairlane IMHO), and an NL Fairlane Ghia. So i have grown up with Fords in the family - and we've never had a problem wth any of them!!!
It was only natural for me to get my own - so for my second car I got my current Ford - a 1991 EB Fairmont. I really wanted the ghia but being 19 and a rating 6 - my insurance company said no way cos it was classified as a luxury car - so i did some research and found out that the EB fairmont is very similar to an EA Ghia (in fact exact same interior, wheels, dash and electrics) so I went with it and never looked back.
To say the least My next car will be a Ford - which one, well it depends on how much I have to spend - for the moment I am happy to keep the EB for while until I finish uni at the end of this year and start full time work (yay!)
I really like the positive direction Ford has taken since Geoff Polites has taken over. I think he is doing a great job and would like to congratulate him and his team for turning the tables around. No doubt we will see the hard work put in by him pay dividends both in the immediate and long term future.
Its also great to see him keep in contact with us here and on the other ford forums. That shows a great respect for Blue Oval owners and I have no doubt most people on this board will agree with me.
The new advertisements are great, I recently saw the SR falcon ad - watching it with mum and dad I say - "gee thats a nice looking falcon" (trying to get Mum to think about upgrading her EF Futura) and she goes "I couldn't see it, it was going too fast!" (for those of you who have seen the ad will know what I mean) and I responded "Yeah, falcons are like that" (OK you had to be there)
It is *GREAT* to see the XR8 get the much needed power boost and level out the playing field in terms of direct competition with the SS. For me personally It takes the SS out of contention if i was choosing between them - whereas before I would have considered going to the dark side
Keep up the good work! (thats for you too Discovery

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Jase