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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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Default 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 ?
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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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.
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper
260kW of power @ 5250rpm and 500Nm of torque @ 4000rpm1

260KW? WOW! THE FLUX CAPACITOR MUST BE GOING CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!
Do you not know of the metric system, jack? lol
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:40 PM
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Hell they even have a modern day el camino over there...looks sweet.....
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:44 PM
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Do you not know of the metric system, jack? lol
would u care to translate for us americans
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheddarbob
would u care to translate for us americans
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This is America... ok?

we don't use that stupid mumbo jumbo metric crap...

Because us Americans are Bad Mother ****ers
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by GREG@SN95
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This is America... ok?

we don't use that stupid mumbo jumbo metric crap...

Because us Americans are Bad Mother ****ers
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.
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by MattJ
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.
canada?

wtf has canada ever done that was good?

canada sucks
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by GREG@SN95
+1

This is America... ok?

we don't use that stupid mumbo jumbo metric crap...

Because us Americans are Bad Mother ****ers
Hahahahaha your ****in hilarious greg.
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 09:15 PM
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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
 
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while the rest of the world uses regular old coffee mugs (except for england cause they're all queers and drink tea)

us bad mother ****ing americans drink our coffee out of these

 
Old Feb 21, 2007 | 05:29 AM
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canada has amazing weed, killer slopes (whistler backcountry ::drool:: ) and hot girls. the only bad part about it is quebec..other than that, whats so bad about it?
 
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Originally Posted by Badfish
canada has amazing weed, killer slopes (whistler backcountry ::drool:: ) and hot girls. the only bad part about it is quebec..other than that, whats so bad about it?
Ugh, their lower jaws are seperate from the rest of their heads, and they bombed the Dawson family, duh!
 
Old Feb 21, 2007 | 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Cheddarbob
would u care to translate for us americans
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.
 
Old Feb 21, 2007 | 06:41 AM
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that would be a flywheel rating so its about 300 rwhp. we have a lot of restrictions over and and DOT is MUCH MUCH more strict than ECE and others are.
 
Old Feb 21, 2007 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Badfish
canada has amazing weed, killer slopes (whistler backcountry ::drool:: ) and hot girls. the only bad part about it is quebec..other than that, whats so bad about it?

Theres hotter girls in southern california.
 
Old Feb 21, 2007 | 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Badfish
canada has amazing weed, killer slopes (whistler backcountry ::drool:: ) and hot girls. the only bad part about it is quebec..other than that, whats so bad about it?
+1 on the Whistler and hot girls.
 
Old Feb 21, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by 00blkstanggt
Theres hotter girls in southern california.
lets not forget Florida, and Tallahassee in particular
 
Old Feb 21, 2007 | 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Grimmz
lets not forget Florida, and Tallahassee in particular
Pfft.

All the hot girls in Florida are at the beach.

Well FSU I guess counts as tallahassee.
 
Old Feb 21, 2007 | 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by PColav6
Pfft.

All the hot girls in Florida are at the beach.

Well FSU I guess counts as tallahassee.
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!....
 
Old Feb 21, 2007 | 04:13 PM
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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!
 
Old Feb 21, 2007 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 00blkstanggt
Theres hotter girls in southern california.
and better weed in Northern California.....ever heard of a little place called Humbolt County
 
Old Feb 21, 2007 | 04:25 PM
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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.
 
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nope, we're just a less populated version of you guys. with more tree huggers and snow
 
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Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper
or am i thinking of french canada?

lol...
french canada (the stereotypical canadian) makes up like .00000000000000000000000000001% of the actual canadian population. you know... the "aboot" guy, eh

lol
 



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