The AU corner

by **Intercepted_AU** » December 13th, 2011, 12:13 pm

Falling asleep at work so I took a photo of the ''AU corner of the carpark'', went on boostedfalcon as you do. One way to kill the rest of the afternoon!

Regards
Dean

by **justa6** » December 13th, 2011, 12:19 pm

Ha ha what's your job. Looking good anyway. If I ever needed another front bar, I would definitely look at an xr50.

by **Intercepted_AU** » December 13th, 2011, 12:21 pm

Freight Forwarding. This is me and a mate from warehouse. Yeah the xr50 front is decent as. I'm buying his bonnet in the near future too

by **Eb Barbie** » December 13th, 2011, 12:53 pm

I've never been a fan of AU's (despite going and buying one!) but they are growing on me.

Maybe we need an ASOC??

by **67rce** » December 13th, 2011, 12:57 pm

Anyone able to post my pic of an AU with the ugly removed?

by **Intercepted_AU** » December 13th, 2011, 12:57 pm

Thanks! The only time I was dirty on the AU was when it was released (I was 7) lol.

I love the AU Fairlane it's such a cruiser.

Whats ASOC

67rce wrote:Anyone able to post my pic of an AU with the ugly removed?

This one?

by **Intercepted_AU** » December 13th, 2011, 1:04 pm

Must every post about the AU be trolled beyond recognition. You'd cop less flak posting a picture of a Hyundai XL and asking oppinions

by **EFFalcon** » December 13th, 2011, 1:10 pm

All posts thus far have been relevant?

by **Intercepted_AU** » December 13th, 2011, 1:22 pm

Regarding members cars as ugly on a forum specifically promoting regional Ford/Falcon interest isn't relevant. It's obnxious.

Unless it's for chuckles, giggles or hehe's.

by **EFFalcon** » December 13th, 2011, 1:26 pm : **67rce Likes this post**

No one has called your car ugly.

67rce used to own an AU XR8.

by **Sunboost** » December 13th, 2011, 2:22 pm

OP posts pic of AU, preempts ugly bashing before any ugly bashing occurs. Not sure if SRS.

by **Intercepted_AU** » December 13th, 2011, 3:25 pm

The last time I officially shat myself was when I was 13.

by **Nikk O'lass** » December 13th, 2011, 4:10 pm

Matchbox did an AU...should add one to my collection

[img]http://www.diecastlovers.com/normale/Matchbox_Ford_Falcon%20AU_2TUE.jpg[img]

by **67rce** » December 13th, 2011, 8:21 pm

EFFalcon wrote:No one has called your car ugly.

67rce used to own an AU XR8.

Yep, I had a manual AU XR8.

Generally like this:

And the ugly gone:

by **Sterling** » December 13th, 2011, 8:58 pm

Intercepted_AU wrote:The last time I officially shat myself was when I was 13.

LMFAO!!

and 67rce, wtf happened to that xr8?

by **SNR** » December 13th, 2011, 8:59 pm

That's with the ugly left. I think with the ugly gone is generally called a BA

by **67rce** » December 13th, 2011, 9:01 pm

Sterling wrote:
Intercepted_AU wrote:The last time I officially shat myself was when I was 13.

LMFAO!!

and 67rce, wtf happened to that xr8?

Hilux hit me from behind at 60km/h punching me into an Ovlov..... Bent the LH Chassis Rail.....

by **braad** » December 14th, 2011, 8:41 am

That gets rid of the ugly

by **NUT347** » December 14th, 2011, 9:21 am

EFFalcon wrote:
67rce wrote:Anyone able to post my pic of an AU with the ugly removed?

This one?

I lol'd

by **Nikk O'lass** » December 14th, 2011, 6:49 pm

AU's are the underdogs...

by **xr6tjet** » December 14th, 2011, 6:55 pm

AU's are the shit when modded right.

by **braad** » December 14th, 2011, 7:01 pm

Still ugly but

2 good things about the AU.
The engine/suspension/steering wheel fits e-series, and it made Ford pull their finger out to build the BA.

by **xr6tjet** » December 14th, 2011, 7:15 pm

some people like em some people don't i guess, just like everything else. I think they are great reliable and good looking cars when a bit of money is put into them

by **TUFED6** » December 14th, 2011, 7:22 pm

I like em when they're done right. Esp the mk3 fronts. Te/Tl as well.

People say the AU IRS is actually better than BA+. Dunno if it's true tho.

by **Nikk O'lass** » December 14th, 2011, 7:24 pm

Isn't the AU IRS lighter? And not prone to camber issues?

by **ClassicAU** » December 14th, 2011, 7:34 pm

I've been campaigning this for years!! So much that I am now onto my fourth! Just cos some people don't agree with the looks, you are missing out on the best handling Falcon (pre-FG) and most comfortable, best looking interior.

by **justa6** » December 14th, 2011, 7:41 pm

AaronEF8 wrote:2 good things about the AU.
The engine/suspension/steering wheel fits e-series, and it made Ford pull their finger out to build the BA.

hahahahahahahaha..

yeah tuffed, that cat600 dude (alluminater or terminater) said the au irs was way better.

by **braad** » December 14th, 2011, 7:45 pm

ClassicAU wrote:I've been campaigning this for years!! So much that I am now onto my fourth! Just cos some people don't agree with the looks, you are missing out on the best handling Falcon (pre-FG) and most comfortable, best looking interior.

They're nice to drive, but the interior is polarizing. A lot don't like it some do. Funnily enough I do like AU XR's (series 2 & 3). The t-series are up and above the AU, they don't count. I don't like the front of the AU's apart from XR.

But we all love having someone or something to bag out. The AU is this

EDIT: I blame the Y2K bug for AU hate

by **Sunboost** » December 14th, 2011, 7:46 pm

T2 T-Series were the best looking AU's. T3's looked good at the start but the design has started looking a bit cheap with age.

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was never a real fan of au sedans, until this

by **Sterling** » December 14th, 2011, 8:02 pm

xr6tjet wrote:AU's are the shit when modded right.

couldnt agree more alex, i think yours and dean's look great. zac told me you got your walls re-done, look great..thick as!

im not a huge fan of the overly-rounded front ends, like on that yellow/gold whatever XR.

and its definately true about the handling, a friends old ba xr6 handle'd no where near as good as my au does. another mates got a ba xr6 ute, that seems to handle about the same.

then again mines lowered, and who knows how they have done it..

this is another nice example of a well done (non xr) AU, lives right around the corner from me,

in all honesty though, when i bought my au, i was planning to sell my wagon, and mainly got mine (which was a steal) because it looked half new still.

but after time it grew on me.. i like alot of people was iffy on the front end (everyone loves the au ass right??) but damn it grew on me. love it now.

by **AaronEF8** » December 14th, 2011, 8:11 pm

probably the premium fuel it always runs.

by **Sterling** » December 14th, 2011, 8:17 pm

nah, im guilty of putting lpg in it a couple times back when it was on work duty :good:

by **Dansedgli** » December 14th, 2011, 8:18 pm

Lol!!

Hardly any AU's look good. The ones above go alright though.

Utes look better, at least the rear half isn't horrible.

T series kits stopped being cool 6 years ago.

I like the AU interiors. Series 1 was horrible but series 2 base spec is way better than e series base spec. AU ghia owns all e series too.

I'd get another if I wanted a $2000 ford for some reason.

by **Sterling** » December 14th, 2011, 8:26 pm

Dansedgli wrote:
I like the AU interiors. Series 1 was horrible but series 2 base spec is way better than e series base spec.

agreed, Series 1 dash in "Grandpa Grey" oh ****, what an abortion. :sick:

by **EFFalcon** » December 14th, 2011, 8:37 pm

all the base spec interiors look shiite.

the upper spec stuff looks pretty nice though, AU LTD interiors look like a damn nice place to sit

by **Bomber** » December 14th, 2011, 8:54 pm

They do grow on you after a while. I wasnt a huge fan of the body looks to start with but i got mine cheap back in the day.
Now I have 2 of them I own a series I XR6 and Series II Fairmont Wagon and my partner has a Series III XR6 so we have a collection of them in the driveway.

by **67rce** » December 14th, 2011, 9:43 pm

TUFED6 wrote:I like em when they're done right. Esp the mk3 fronts. Te/Tl as well.

People say the AU IRS is actually better than BA+. Dunno if it's true tho.

AU IRS is double wishbone, dual rear diff mounts, single front. It is a good setup.

Nikk O'lass wrote:Isn't the AU IRS lighter? And not prone to camber issues?

Lighter? HELL NO! Close to 200kg without brakes/oil. It's a heavy son of a bitch. Camber issues are negligible.

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