[4Vman]

Originally Posted by Rodp

Have to agree with not understanding why so many people are focusing on the adds. The fact that you're kicking up a stink about the add means it's done its job, you're talking about Ford!

I'd never base a $40k+ purchase on the strength of an add, I value my money a lot better than that. You could give me a 1hr30min infomercial on a certain car, have it driven around by 50 different women in varying degrees of nakedness and it still wouldn't convince me that paying $40k+ for it would be a brilliant idea. I do my own independant research on any car I'm likely to consider buying.

The dealers I dealt with recently were woeful, I tried to buy a Ford from countless yards and gave up in disbelief that no-one really want to sell me a car. It's not the first time it had happened, either - when I was trying to trade my EF to an AU, same BS, ended up buying an SS. To be quite honest, I don't know if I'd bother considering a new Ford in the future based on my experience with the dealer network unless something drastically changed within it.

Yep.. if it was that simple (or people were that simple) Ford could just come out with an ad of a Falcon and simple message across the screen:

Ford Falcon is the bestest car in the whole world and better than stinky Holdens, you must buy a Ford Falcon....


Job done. :