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

[Ford_The_Win]

Originally Posted by davessleepin351

even if they're ugly.

It was the '80s, what wasn't ugly back then?

[4.0i OHC]

Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

It was the '80s, what wasn't ugly back then?

I can think of a few things:



I would thake the VL HDT over ANY HSV. No hesitation.

[4.0i OHC]

Originally Posted by barra265t

Gee those Magnas were way ahead of their time in 1996. Projector lights, smooth doors, pull handles. Makes the EF and VR contemporaries look so dated and the equivalent Camry look like something from the 80s.

Projector headlights have been present on Australian Fords for longer than 15 years. As stated previously, the DA LTD featured projector headlights.
What do you mean by 'smooth doors'? All the cars that you listed feature 'smooth doors'. If you mean frameless windows, then none of them feature this, for good reason. With frameless windows on a four-door sedan, you are not able to wind the rear window down fully. They make more sense on vehicles such as the Falcon Hardtop/Landau, which had much smaller rear windows.
In my view, pull handles are a regression design wise. I much prefer the look of traditional door handles, although everyone's tastes differ.

In my opinion, the EF is the best looking Falcon car since the classic XC. As well as this, the EF's straight six and RWD instantly dates the FWD V6 Magna.

[4.0i OHC]

Originally Posted by DoreSlamR

In todays local paper.



Woops!

Got the colour right at least

That's the most reliable, best handling and most powerful VY Commodore six that I've seen! I wish all Commodores were like that.

[99AUXR]

I love this thread soo much cheap thrills

[Feathers]

People who can't maintain a constant speed on highways FAIL.

Drove down to Mittagong today to get something, and the number of people who slow right back down after overtaking, or take forever to overtake was frustrating.
Use your cruise control people!!
Hell I even overtake using the increase speed function on cruise.

[Riksta]

Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

It was the '80s, what wasn't ugly back then?

The world's most horn looking car came out of the 80's.



I rest my case. The 80's rocked.

[huggiebear]

Originally Posted by Riksta

atleast its in the correct thread :P

[Thornie]

Epic fails is people, especially mechanics who tighten oil filters that tight you bust 2 or your 3 tools trying to get the damn thing off, no pics unless i go scavenge the old filter out of the bin.

[Ford_The_Win]

Originally Posted by huggiebear

atleast its in the correct thread :P

I'll pay that

[TC200six]

Originally Posted by RaTTuS

Epic fails is people, especially mechanics who tighten oil filters that tight you bust 2 or your 3 tools trying to get the damn thing off, no pics unless i go scavenge the old filter out of the bin.

Also wheelnuts being over-tightened as well, it's a real pain in the behind when you have to undo them and bad for the threads. I remember a car that just had new tyres fitted and they tightened its wheelnuts so tight, a normal rattle gun couldn't undo them.

That was a real fail to the person who didn't know how to properly tighten wheelnuts.

[Riksta]

Originally Posted by huggiebear

atleast its in the correct thread :P

I was thinking that as I posted it, and wondered how many people would pick up on that! :P

The car itself is an epic WIN, designed to show how horn an 80's car looked :P

[Mickxr8]

Originally Posted by Riksta

The world's most horn looking car came out of the 80's.



I rest my case. The 80's rocked.

That would look so much better if it was done up by this panel shop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu96xkKKi44

Only joking

[Antwon]

The EA came from the 80s, and they can look pretty nice. VNs however, they cannot look nice.

[outside]

Originally Posted by RaTTuS

Epic fails is people, especially mechanics who tighten oil filters that tight you bust 2 or your 3 tools trying to get the damn thing off, no pics unless i go scavenge the old filter out of the bin.

i remember a few years back when i rebuilt an engine for a friend, the oil filter was that tight i needed to use a hammer and chisel to get it off

[TC200six]

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by RaTTuS

Epic fails is people, especially mechanics who tighten oil filters that tight you bust 2 or your 3 tools trying to get the damn thing off, no pics unless i go scavenge the old filter out of the bin.

did you try the old 'punch a screwdriver through it' trick?

[Scott]

Not really a fail, but I'm sure it has a home in this thread. Looks like a VE Wagon to me??

[Bucknaked]

How can you tell. This is one recovered from the QLD floods?

[Scott]

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

How can you tell. This is one recovered from the QLD floods?

I can tell because of the shopping trolley dents I assume it is from the QLD floods, there are many up here like that but I just happened upon the image whilst looking at campervans.

http://brisbane.gumtree.com.au/c-Stu...dIdZ277134710#

[stevz]

Originally Posted by Scott

Not really a fail, but I'm sure it has a home in this thread. Looks like a VE Wagon to me??

Looks like a Territory to me.

[Thornie]

Originally Posted by aussie muscle

did you try the old 'punch a screwdriver through it' trick?

yep, it was more the point of what we didn't try, mate of mine with a pair of hands like a vice and the steel band filter wrench i originally bent the handle on got it off. One stage we had a screwdriver through it and a bar on the end and only just got it to move. Once we got it off it looked like a crushed beer can that had also ben shot with a 12 gauge

New filter got greased and tightened as it was supposed too.

[The Monty]

Originally Posted by Feathers

People who can't maintain a constant speed on highways FAIL.

Drove down to Mittagong today to get something, and the number of people who slow right back down after overtaking, or take forever to overtake was frustrating.
Use your cruise control people!!
Hell I even overtake using the increase speed function on cruise.

I had a volvo speed up from 90 - 140 whilst overtaking them today, They had it absoloutely nailed so noone could get past. Then 5 minutes up the road, after pulling out over double lines to overtake a Semi doing 105, straight into the path of another and having trucks going everywhere and smoke, and stuff, a car finally overtakes said semi, and sits in front of it doing 70. No wonder there are so many fatalities in this state, when people just have no idea how to drive.

[Bobman]

From LS1 Forums. Hope it's not a repost.

Train de-railed. Poor brand new FGs, VEs, BMWs and Mercs!

[Low006]

Originally Posted by Bobman

From LS1 Forums. Hope it's not a repost.

Train de-railed. Poor brand new FGs, VEs, BMWs and Mercs!

This would make the insurance company cry

[AcidTrip]

Minus the front bar, thats a very purdy looking GTS in the front =]

[outside]

Originally Posted by stevz

Looks like a Territory to me.

+1 here

[XR Martin]

Originally Posted by Bobman

From LS1 Forums. Hope it's not a repost.

Train de-railed. Poor brand new FGs, VEs, BMWs and Mercs!

And because it was in the middle of nowhere, im pretty sure I heard that they just dug a big hole and burried them all in it.

[DJM83]

On a VE GTS at the GT Nationals yesterday

[Scott]

Originally Posted by outside

+1 here

I don't think it's a Terri, the bumper on a Terri is one piece and that one appears to [have] been two. I don't think it's a Sportwagon now either - buggered if I know!