An automobile for rural life.....

njrqs · Oct 27, 2001

Yes bird, we had your Taurus here new for a while but it sold like a dud so hence it is no more. Falcon probably a bit bigger.

Sorry but that Taurus was ugly. But maybe you guys get used to it I suppose. It was like a lot of the cars I see on the X-Files (One of the only shows (US) I watch).

Even the falcon takes a lot of styling cues from the US.

I hear it may be one of the last purely Aussie designed Falcons, and we may source one direct from the US.

Hope not, we need at least 1 unique Aussie Car.

(We only have a few locally built models, all our other vehicles are imported or assembled from imported parts)

Neil from OZ.

s1120 · Oct 27, 2001

jyoutz,
Talk about reliable. That beat up Cherokee in the pic has 220k miles on it. Runs like a dream. About 3 weeks ago gave it a tune up, and just for the hell of it gave it a copression check. All cyl's over 120psi. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Burns no oil, gets about 20mpg. And thats filled with about 1000lbs of tools and outher stuff, big tires, and a 2"lift. Oh ya, I'm happy with it.

PaulinSD · Oct 27, 2001

I had a 1998 Z-71, my wife drove a Monte Carlo. One day she came home and found a '95 C-3500 one ton dump truck in the driveway. Said that was the last time I could stay home alone! Anyway, we traded the Monte and the Z-71 in on a 4x4 Tahoe, which she drives, and I drive the dump truck. This has worked out very well for us, and she has said the the dump was a very good purchase. The Tahoe has worked well, good for traveling, pulling the pontoon boat and around town. Although it gets about 16 mpg, we like the quality. The dump, with a 454 and a auto, gets about 10 mpg, but hauling the tractors and material to our new property, works well.

Paul

HarveyM · Oct 27, 2001

Just throwing in my two cents. I bought a Dodge Dakota (4x4 extended cab with the V8 and a 6.5 ft bed) a few years ago and have loved it other than the fact that the rear transaxle will make a grinding noise on hard turns after a period at highway speed. My wife is driving a minivan right now, but I keep looking at the Subaru as a third vehicle for her as a runabout.

FYI...Hartman Dodge in Harrisonurg, VA has been great to work with.

Bird · Oct 27, 2001

Neil, I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif When the Taurus first came out, I thought that was just about the ugliest car I'd ever seen, but I think they claimed to be the number one seller in the US for a few years. I think the newer ones look a little better (oldest daughter bought one last month). And of course, I don't really care much what a car or truck looks like; I'm just interested in performance, comfort, cost, and safety. And the only Taurus I ever drove felt just fine to me./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bird

jdkid · Oct 27, 2001

Hi ya Neil
ya downunder mates also have hiluxes we have a 99-00 SR5 3.o L turbo and also a 98 land crusier flat deck 4.2 .and also like ya i did the ford thing had a XB ute with a worked 302W (fact is it was a ex sprint boat motor)now bout good rural car hard call if ya going to cart heaps of stuff and use it for hualing ya going to need some thing bigger ,if wanting to tow once in a while but main thing is MPG and good to drive have a look at subarus i had 2 of there utes years ago and only rocks (big rocks!!) stop them they will take on all comers and win handle like a car ie lack of body roll, good top speed, other one i'd look at is (oh yea im 6foot 2 and bout 240 Lb so i like room)is the new Rav 4 ,3 door ..i took one for a drive be fore we got a new hilux and i did like it good handling and running 16 inch tires good under body clearence .only prob with both of these is towing
catch ya
JD Kid

njrqs · Oct 27, 2001

jdkid

Sounds like you guys get all the same cars & 4x4's that we do over here.

Cheers !!

Neil from OZ.

jdkid · Oct 27, 2001

Hi ya
Yep much the same maybe a few more 2Nd hand japers as i seem to recall the importing is tougher in Oz but fords and that other car made over there (dick johnson for king!!!!)ya do find the odd chev ,ford and other USA pickups but not many jeep would be the only USA truck ya can buy off the rack here but there was word that ford was bringing in the f150-250
catch ya
JD Kid

njrqs · Oct 28, 2001

Go dicky ! - I am a dicky fan from way back. I though you'd be a Radisich fan?? - The V8's are heading your way this week too.

Yep we can now buy a F series

Neil from OZ.

jyoutz · Oct 29, 2001

Sounds like ours has about 145,000 miles to go to catch up with yours. Seriously though, the reliability of these things is amazing. I really wasn't even a Jeep fan when I bought. I just bought based on the price.