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Old 18-06-2005, 11:58 AM   #1
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Default FFAU mentioned in Herald Sun
Was just reading the paper this morning and came across an article “Big Car Tease on I.T” by Gavin McGrath. The article mentions the rivalry between FordForums and Holden forums. Good to see FFAU getting a mention in the news paper.
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Old 18-06-2005, 12:02 PM   #2
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Old 18-06-2005, 12:15 PM   #3
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Old 18-06-2005, 12:24 PM   #4
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For there to be rivalry there has to be some form of equality,and there is none. FFAU is far better than any Holden forum. :
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Old 18-06-2005, 12:27 PM   #5
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For there to be rivalry there has to be some form of equality,and there is none. FFAU is far better than any Holden forum. :
True, but there is plenty of rivalry amongst the respective products.
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Old 18-06-2005, 12:59 PM   #6
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Page 115 .. down near the back obviously.
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Old 18-06-2005, 01:09 PM   #7
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Any mention is always good.
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Old 18-06-2005, 01:16 PM   #8
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Old 18-06-2005, 01:29 PM   #9
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Old 18-06-2005, 02:36 PM   #10
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Coolies! And how long have we been here? That's incredible, considering only a year ago this site didn't even exist!
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Old 18-06-2005, 02:48 PM   #11
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All in all it isn't bad. I always fear that the media try to sensationalise things for the hell of it but Gavin seems pretty level headed ...
Here is a scan of it:
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Old 18-06-2005, 03:01 PM   #12
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Like they say, any publicity is good publicity.
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Old 18-06-2005, 03:04 PM   #13
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atleast it was .au that was mentioned ;)
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Old 18-06-2005, 03:17 PM   #14
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Congrats to the holden forums there as well, thats a big feature for both sites - but more so for ls1
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Old 18-06-2005, 04:04 PM   #15
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Old 18-06-2005, 04:10 PM   #16
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Good bloke Gavin McGrath meet him a few times,also came to our last meeting(FPV & XR club of Vic).
Gavin also drives a Grey BA XR 6
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Old 18-06-2005, 05:16 PM   #17
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Well done guys.

I notice that they didn't mention Gary's Username though ;)
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Old 18-06-2005, 05:22 PM   #18
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Congrats to all involved in a great forum. Nice to be aknowledged.
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Old 18-06-2005, 05:23 PM   #19
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Well done guys.

I notice that they didn't mention Gary's Username though ;)
Um, yeah.

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Old 18-06-2005, 05:33 PM   #20
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I like the bit about Fords being high tech but having lesss power, how about telling the truth, Fords have more of everything, power and weight.
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Old 18-06-2005, 05:35 PM   #21
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I like the bit about Fords being high tech but having lesss power, how about telling the truth, Fords have more of everything, power and weight.
I already made mention of that over on LS1.com.au :
Other than that it's not too bad.. I wonder if we get a large member increase as a result ?
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Old 18-06-2005, 05:37 PM   #22
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Good story. Its good to see that neither forums were given bad publicity.
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Old 18-06-2005, 06:29 PM   #23
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It's good to get a mention but most of the article was about Holden, even that little dig at the end!.
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Old 18-06-2005, 07:25 PM   #24
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annual dinner? meetup at maccas? ahha
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atleast it was .au that was mentioned ;)
hehe that would have been a disaster if the au was left off. i couldn't stand thinking the old ff was getting the credit.

its interesting to read how ls1.com.au came about. I didn't know they branched off the american site. kind of like how this forum was started.
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Who's that Gary Miotello fella????

And the annual dinner - fwoa, nothing like a true FordForums Raid which is gonna be overdue real soon isn't it? When's Ford bringing out a big ticket launch again?

Has LS1 done a Raid on Elizabeth????
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Always good to get a mention, but Gary you really are a media whore. :P
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Always good to get a mention, but Gary you really are a media whore. :P
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Who's that Gary Miotello fella????

And the annual dinner - fwoa, nothing like a true FordForums Raid which is gonna be overdue real soon isn't it? When's Ford bringing out a big ticket launch again?

Has LS1 done a Raid on Elizabeth????
Ha, if LS1 did a raid on elizabeth they'd end up walkin home cus the local ferals would jack all there car's from under their noses!
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