Comments on: What’s your Car of the Year?

By: Brendan E

Brendan E — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:39:02 +0000

I own an focus xr5 and even with an ecu remap which i recommend to anyone with this engine (mondeo/focus xr5, volvo t5 variants), it hardly torque steers.

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:23:32 +0000

I can read body language ME…stop rubbing your nose neck and ears………all signs of fibs!! hahaha

By: Me.

Me. — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:10:59 +0000

Nahh, not me! HAHA!

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:03:45 +0000

jbot………at the start I think it was giving a reasonable indication of true numbers but I think for eg the Cobra I think some one has voted 250 times………ME was that you???hahaha

By: jbot

jbot — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:30:15 +0000

Yeah these polls are pretty useless Watto. Its very easy to vote multiple times. There is no way the Cobra would get that many votes, particularly as only a few have driven it.

By: FordFutureDriven

FordFutureDriven — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:45:05 +0000

Typhoon is car of the car year by miles

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:04:40 +0000

I see the Mondeo vote is up to 255 now. Has been climbing steadily over the last couple of days.

How did the FPV Cobra vote go from 20-odd to 251 in a couple of hours? Something fishy there. And the Lancer jumped from 60-odd to 167 ?????????

Are some people voting more than once?

By: Me.

Me. — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:46:18 +0000

Some fuel-injected specialist today went on againts the Mondeo for winning the award in the Brisbane Couier Mail.

He recconds it a “heap of sh*t” because it’s German, but he never said anything about the Korean Epica, no doubt a biased Holden person…

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:46:42 +0000

Yep not my fantasy………………car!!

It will be interesting to see where it comes in the World Car of the year nominations!

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:36:30 +0000

for sure if given the keys to what ever for free the mondeo would be a hell of a lot further back in the pack.

but we have to keep it real. its not a fantasy car of the year we are choosing

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:18:08 +0000

I guess thats why I picked it too AndrewM…….I LOVE the Aston but as a general car for the year the Mondeo is it!

Fabulous looking car too!!!! I am hoping the new Orion is going to look similar as Tonyn says!

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:12:07 +0000

yeah when you get realistic about it, its hard to go past the mondeo.
sure we would all deam about the Audi R8 and if 2 sets of keys were held up we would take the audi.
but such an award needs to be categorised a little further.

the mondeo ticks more boxes than others especially when the main car buyers questions come into play which are such things as running costs, initial cost, value for money, quality, etc etc etc

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:10:03 +0000

FFF, have you driven an XR5T ? Workmate of mine bought one (which amazed me because he’s always had Commodores). I had a spin in it and found very little torque steer considering how hard it went. Any reviews I’ve read say the same thing, and that the VXR, while a little quicker in a straight line, had bad torque steer.

I’d vote the Audi R8 if I could afford one, but my choice for a new car I could realistically afford is the Mondeo.

The count is 220 so far :-)

By: Me.

Me. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:46:21 +0000

Have to remember my name has a full stop at the end. Well don’t you think it’s better than ‘Nathan M’, OPPS! BTW “You” was a song… oh great, it’s in my head now!

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:29:02 +0000

hahaha You ……..so we now have ….ME and YOU!!

Paint defects?? Like what…………….How far is the speedo out…….my M3 is about 5ks!!

By: you

you — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:19:35 +0000

New Impreza owner

Paint defects

Speedometer looks good but does not display correct speed

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:05:44 +0000

Hey..FordFinaticallyFantastic………..The Mondeo has been named in the Top cars in the World for 2008 awards…….Im sure those critics are just that when deciding on the Mondeo!! A great Car!

As far as the Cobra………who cares the gimmick worked….dealers made money on top of what they would normally get and the owners are happy at receiving a legend!!Win,win!!

XR5…..torque steer ….of course but no where as bad as the Astra VRX!!!!!

Who cares if it doesn’t have cruise control!!!!! Unless your cruise control works ….you know brakes going down hill its not really working for you anyway!! Oh yeah…..BMW does brake for you!! Cruise control thats it??XR5 is a HOT CAR!!

So what is your pick?????

By: Me.

Me. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:25:42 +0000

FFF, say something relevant…but if you stay the same, I’m sure you’ll shortly be banned. All your comments are the same – don’t make sense and crazy/random.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:18:34 +0000

so whats your pick FFF?
do you have some input or did you come here to bash on a certain name plate?

By: FordFinaticallyFantastic

FordFinaticallyFantastic — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:57:48 +0000

Suprise Suprise all the Fords get heaps of votes. It could be a 1 star safety rated Chinese Ford and it would still get votes.

Mondeo : Over-rated (Paritcularly in terms of looks)
Cobra : Marketing effort by Ford to con idiots into buying them… and even bigger idiots into buying them in the second hand market for more
XR5 : FWD piece of junk that torque steers like a biatch and for a $40k car doesnt even have cruise control