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  mercturbo said:
My experience has been outstanding with the FPV. Apart from a noisy console lid and tight fuel cap I've had not one single drama with my car and its overall quality is excellent, no shunt that I can tell at all. The engine used 0.5 litre oil in the first 15,000k's and not a drop since, 26,000k's. Apart from the shunt which seems to affect mainly manual BA's across the range, Flint and his team have done an excellent job in my view.

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Hi Rod same same as your beasty in the driveway now :spoton:

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  Bobr said:
I've been reading a lot of the comments from forum members complaining about FPV and David Flint.

While I'm certainly not an expert in the field of manufacturing of high performance cars it should be remembered that there are a couple of basic requirements for any such business:

1  They are there to make a profit - manufacturing high performance cars for a relaitively small market such as we have in Australia is a difficult balancing act between producing something that appeals to the majority of potential buyers and making a profit at the same time.    While we might like to think that forum members represent everyone who buys a car from FPV I somehow think that most FPV buyers don't even know that this (and other) forums exist.

Not every FPV buyer is into running the fastest 400m time or winning every traffic light drag!

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Point taken but why do so many people buy HSVs then? Are they that much better than FPV offerings? Wouldn't the power have something to do with it even if it is mainly bragging rights as theoretically there's extremely limited roads to test it out on? Look at how well the XR6T is selling, a lot of that is because of the performance and value for money.

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2  FPV don't just have to keep their customers happy - as we all know too well the road safety do-gooders and the related government agencies also need to be pacified - sure FPV could make a 400rwkw weapon but how long do you reckon it would be before all hell broke loose and the whole local high performance car industry was (once again) knobbled by government?

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But I bet if Holden/HSV made one there would hardly be a whisper about it (HRT427 anyone?)

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  Turbo6man said:
maybe FPV can now get back to building cars like Tickford once did

And while they are at it ,Drop the FPV name and bring back Tickford :spoton:

Did I miss a Tickford model somwhere along the way? From what I remember they didn't do anything to write home about.

Have a read....

http://www.fpv.com.au/index.asp?link_id=1.118

Don't slam the creators of the XR concept

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  flukeyluke said:
  Turbo6man said:
now get back to building cars like Tickford once did - less marketing BS and more performance!!!

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C,mon, the first Tickford series cars ( TE50 etc) were invisible. You couldnt distinguish one from a fairmont they were so subtle in style. They didnt get their act into gear until T3 which had real presence, and by then, it was too late.

Ford/Tickford got whooped back then and never got close to HSV. FPV are doing a far better job in marketing to the performance buyer.

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Pity you don't have a clue about Tickford cars ... the T-series only came on the scene in 99. Before that Tickford were responsible for every XR and the special build GTs, Sprints, Pursuits, and also included some Capris and of course the Mustangs and Cougars.

The Tickford name was seen on performance Fords for 11 years.

It may be true that the T-series were not marketed to the best advantage but the cars themselves were engineered to perform. They were hamstrung by an almost 40 year old engine, but even with that, they outperformed the opposition in everything except straight line grunt.

Are you saying they never had their act into gear with the thousands of XRs that were sold over the 11 years ... ??? Almost every Tickford XR from EB to AU would outhandle a BA XR. Ford went very soft with the XRs after taking over the complete production of them.

For your information Tickford have produced hundreds, maybe thousands more cars than HSV.

Yes, FPV are doing a better job of marketing - pity there is so much BS in it that they just can't be taken seriously. Consider:

1. A T3 with 250kw and 500Nm can do the quarter in 14 flat. The GT with 290kw and 520Nm is just 0.2 secs quicker. Does that seem right to you? How about:

2. A Typhoon with reportedly 270kw and 550Nm is a full half second slower than the T3.

So where has the performance gone in F Performance V???

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  Blown BA said:
  flukeyluke said:
  Turbo6man said:
now get back to building cars like Tickford once did - less marketing BS and more performance!!!

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C,mon, the first Tickford series cars ( TE50 etc) were invisible. You couldnt distinguish one from a fairmont they were so subtle in style. They didnt get their act into gear until T3 which had real presence, and by then, it was too late.

Ford/Tickford got whooped back then and never got close to HSV. FPV are doing a far better job in marketing to the performance buyer.

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That's true :spoton:

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NO IT'S NOT - SEE MY REPLY.

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  johng001 said:
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  Turbo6man said:
maybe FPV can now get back to building cars like Tickford once did

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And while they are at it ,Drop the FPV name and bring back Tickford :gooff:

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Did I miss a Tickford model somwhere along the way? From what I remember they didn't do anything to write home about.

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You must have been asleep for over eleven years - read my post above and you may learn something about Tickford ... :spoton:

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  Turbo6man said:
Pity you don't have a clue about Tickford cars ... the T-series only came on the scene in 99. Before that Tickford were responsible for every XR and the special build GTs, Sprints, Pursuits, and also included some Capris and of course the Mustangs and Cougars.

The Tickford name was seen on performance Fords for 11 years.

It may be true that the T-series were not marketed to the best advantage but the cars themselves were engineered to perform. They were hamstrung by an almost 40 year old engine, but even with that, they outperformed the opposition in everything except straight line grunt.

Are you saying they never had their act into gear with the thousands of XRs that were sold over the 11 years ... ??? Almost every Tickford XR from EB to AU would outhandle a BA XR. Ford went very soft with the XRs after taking over the complete production of them.

For your information Tickford have produced hundreds, maybe thousands more cars than HSV.

Well said :spoton:

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  XR6_ED said:
  Turbo6man said:

Pity you don't have a clue about Tickford cars ... the T-series only came on the scene in 99. Before that Tickford were responsible for every XR and the special build GTs, Sprints, Pursuits, and also included some Capris and of course the Mustangs and Cougars.

The Tickford name was seen on performance Fords for 11 years.

It may be true that the T-series were not marketed to the best advantage but the cars themselves were engineered to perform. They were hamstrung by an almost 40 year old engine, but even with that, they outperformed the opposition in everything except straight line grunt.

Are you saying they never had their act into gear with the thousands of XRs that were sold over the 11 years ... ??? Almost every Tickford XR from EB to AU would outhandle a BA XR. Ford went very soft with the XRs after taking over the complete production of them.

For your information Tickford have produced hundreds, maybe thousands more cars than HSV.

Well said :spoton:

I'll second that!Well said.

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