Anyone heard of the European made Ford Falcon?
#1
02-20-2007, 06:47 PM
Anyone heard of the European made Ford Falcon?
http://www.ford.co.nz/servlet/Conten...ault&c=DFYPage
After looking at that car and reading it's specs and seeing the pics..really dissapoints me to see that Ford, an American based company, has way higher quality cars being built in Europe...sucks.
Awesome looking car though, I wouldn't mind it.
What do you think ?
After looking at that car and reading it's specs and seeing the pics..really dissapoints me to see that Ford, an American based company, has way higher quality cars being built in Europe...sucks.
Awesome looking car though, I wouldn't mind it.
What do you think ?
#2
02-20-2007, 07:03 PM
Yeah, Austrailia has tons of high horsepower factory cars and actually thats what the website represents. The GTO is actually a Holden from Australia with Pontiacs stamp on it. Ever see the 2002 Cobra that made it over there? Theres only 100.
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#6
02-20-2007, 07:44 PM
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would u care to translate for us americans
#8
02-20-2007, 08:07 PM
Actually, we are the only dumbasses in the world who dont use the metric system. We should be just like canada and change everything overnight. Its a far easier system.
#10
02-20-2007, 08:24 PM
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they go from like, a half inch, to a yard, to a half mile.
John is is 182 cm tall.
wtf? 182 cm?
how about 6 feet?
i know how big a foot is. (my girlfriend doesent. snicker)
i have no freaking clue what 76 centimeters is.
i know a meter is about a yard.
and a kilometer is what, a little over 1/2 a mile.
the only problem with the Cm, M, KM thing is there is no comfortable unit of length between CM and Meter.
its lame.
and F\/CK CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any WTF is with the grams? it seems rediculous weighing a human by GRAMS. i weight 90.7kilograms. i would have no ****ing clue unless i did an online conversion.
how about 200lbs?
#13
02-20-2007, 09:15 PM
the metric system is easy to use because everything is a fraction or multiple of 10. there are also base units for measurments like meter for length gram for weight and litre for volume.
obviously standard is easier... you've used it your entire life and so has everyone you know and everything around you. The only places in the world where they use our standard system is for plumbing pipes and tires. lol
obviously standard is easier... you've used it your entire life and so has everyone you know and everything around you. The only places in the world where they use our standard system is for plumbing pipes and tires. lol
#16
02-21-2007, 05:35 AM
Ugh, their lower jaws are seperate from the rest of their heads, and they bombed the Dawson family, duh!
#17
02-21-2007, 05:51 AM
Think this is what it is, it's early so my math sucks right now:
260kw = 260,000 watts / 745 (1 horse power = approx 745 watts)
= approx. 348 horse power (guessing non-rear wheel)
As for Nm
From an article 440Nm = 325 lb/ft and 350Nm = 258 lb/ft
So 440/325 and 350/258 both = 1.34589147
500/1.34589147 = 368.5714286
So... 500Nm = approx 368 Lb/ft
So the car has, if I did this correctly:
348 Hp (brake?)
368 lb/ft
I hope my math is wrong because that makes the Ford 2v v8 look like a pos.
260kw = 260,000 watts / 745 (1 horse power = approx 745 watts)
= approx. 348 horse power (guessing non-rear wheel)
As for Nm
From an article 440Nm = 325 lb/ft and 350Nm = 258 lb/ft
So 440/325 and 350/258 both = 1.34589147
500/1.34589147 = 368.5714286
So... 500Nm = approx 368 Lb/ft
So the car has, if I did this correctly:
348 Hp (brake?)
368 lb/ft
I hope my math is wrong because that makes the Ford 2v v8 look like a pos.
#23
02-21-2007, 03:09 PM
Jack Touched Me...I Cried
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yeah bro, i work at a club here and it's rediculous the amount of eye candy that walks in the door every night...and it NEVER STOPS!....
#24
02-21-2007, 04:13 PM
the metric system; great for engineers, bad for everyone else.
funny thing about hot canadian girls, you gotta pay a cover charge to see them and a looney (or $10) to "dance" with them.
for the most part, canadians are the most level headed people, until you get them at a hockey game. they turn into raving ****ing lunatics!
funny thing about hot canadian girls, you gotta pay a cover charge to see them and a looney (or $10) to "dance" with them.
for the most part, canadians are the most level headed people, until you get them at a hockey game. they turn into raving ****ing lunatics!
#26
02-21-2007, 04:25 PM
ya whistlers pretty dope ( bout an hour from my house 
) and yes we have good girls and yes we go nuts about hockey ( CANUCKS OWN!) and yes we HATE quebec. so basically stfu greg, america's pretty sweet, but so are we.
p.s. a loonie is one dollar not ten dunno what ur talking about :P
the metric system makes a lot of things easier
ex. 100 cm in a meter, 1000 m in a km
1000g in a kg
1000ml in a litre
nice easy numbers instead of 5260 ft in a mile
It just cuts down on math errors, but the thing is we dont even use it much other then for distance and groceries. We still all use lbs for our weight and ft/in for our height. So its kinda f'd up that way.
) and yes we have good girls and yes we go nuts about hockey ( CANUCKS OWN!) and yes we HATE quebec. so basically stfu greg, america's pretty sweet, but so are we.p.s. a loonie is one dollar not ten dunno what ur talking about :P
the metric system makes a lot of things easier
ex. 100 cm in a meter, 1000 m in a km
1000g in a kg
1000ml in a litre
nice easy numbers instead of 5260 ft in a mile
It just cuts down on math errors, but the thing is we dont even use it much other then for distance and groceries. We still all use lbs for our weight and ft/in for our height. So its kinda f'd up that way.
#27
02-21-2007, 04:49 PM
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Ive always envisioned canada to be like the place dorothy winds up after the tornado in the wizard of oz. all full of wierd happy people breaking out in song and dance.
kinda like that sourthpark episode.
kinda how america would have been if the ****'s had won the war.
lol....
kinda like that sourthpark episode.
kinda how america would have been if the ****'s had won the war.
lol....
#30
02-21-2007, 05:58 PM
french canada (the stereotypical canadian) makes up like .00000000000000000000000000001% of the actual canadian population. you know... the "aboot" guy, eh
lol
lol