Asian Background

[xr6t~>]

This might be a stupid topic but here it goes anyway. Mods feel free to remove this thread if it is inapproriate/offensive in any way.

I was just sitting there today and I thought about how I rarely see anyone with an asian background driving an xr6t,xr8 or any other australian built performance car. I was just wondering if there is anyone with an asian background on this forum who drives an xr6t.

I am from a vietnamese background myself and I love my fords. I am always copping shi*t from my friends because I am not obsessed with any of those japanese import cars (skylines, 200sx,etc). But everytime I see an xr6t, xr8, phoon or GT I always have a good long look at them. I would gladly hand over my hard earned cash to buy an xr6t over a 200sx (BTW I am 18 and so I don't have a family or anything to think of). I just don't see the practicality behing buying such a small car when the xr6t can now be had for the same price as a 200sx second hand but is much more practical as it has more room and 4 doors.

Please no-one take this in the wrong way as I am not trying to be racist in any way I am just interested in finding out why I rarely see any asian people driving these cars around.

-michael

[pcxr6t]

This might be a stupid topic but here it goes anyway. Mods feel free to remove this thread if it is inapproriate/offensive in any way.

I was just sitting there today and I thought about how I rarely see anyone with an asian background driving an xr6t,xr8 or any other australian built performance car. I was just wondering if there is anyone with an asian background on this forum who drives an xr6t.

I am from a vietnamese background myself and I love my fords. I am always copping shi*t from my friends because I am not obsessed with any of those japanese import cars  (skylines, 200sx,etc). But everytime I see an xr6t, xr8, phoon or GT I always have a good long look at them. I would gladly hand over my hard earned cash to buy an xr6t over a 200sx (BTW I am 18 and so I don't have a family or anything to think of). I just don't see the practicality behing buying such a small car when the xr6t can now be had for the same price as a 200sx second hand but is much more practical as it has more room and 4 doors.

Please no-one take this in the wrong way as I am not trying to be racist in any way I am just interested in finding out why I rarely see any asian people driving these cars around. 

-michael

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hi buddy

well, I dont think u r being racist. m not a assian, but an FBI ( Fiji Born Indian) or u could say a findian. mate I drive a ford xr6t phase 111. its a dream and love every bit of it. u r correct, living in this country nd not driving a ford or a holden, then we r being crazy. just keep loving the xr's and u will be fine.

[Flukey]

This might be a stupid topic but here it goes anyway. Mods feel free to remove this thread if it is inapproriate/offensive in any way.

I was just sitting there today and I thought about how I rarely see anyone with an asian background driving an xr6t,xr8 or any other australian built performance car. I was just wondering if there is anyone with an asian background on this forum who drives an xr6t.

I am from a vietnamese background myself and I love my fords. I am always copping shi*t from my friends because I am not obsessed with any of those japanese import cars  (skylines, 200sx,etc). But everytime I see an xr6t, xr8, phoon or GT I always have a good long look at them. I would gladly hand over my hard earned cash to buy an xr6t over a 200sx (BTW I am 18 and so I don't have a family or anything to think of). I just don't see the practicality behing buying such a small car when the xr6t can now be had for the same price as a 200sx second hand but is much more practical as it has more room and 4 doors.

Please no-one take this in the wrong way as I am not trying to be racist in any way I am just interested in finding out why I rarely see any asian people driving these cars around. 

-michael

Hey Michael,

I met a T driving asian guy at a Dyno day in Melb one day, Rowville to be more precise.

If it wasnt you, then you are not alone, so to speak.

Luke

[turb06]

This might be a stupid topic but here it goes anyway. Mods feel free to remove this thread if it is inapproriate/offensive in any way.

I was just sitting there today and I thought about how I rarely see anyone with an asian background driving an xr6t,xr8 or any other australian built performance car. I was just wondering if there is anyone with an asian background on this forum who drives an xr6t.

I am from a vietnamese background myself and I love my fords. I am always copping shi*t from my friends because I am not obsessed with any of those japanese import cars  (skylines, 200sx,etc). But everytime I see an xr6t, xr8, phoon or GT I always have a good long look at them. I would gladly hand over my hard earned cash to buy an xr6t over a 200sx (BTW I am 18 and so I don't have a family or anything to think of). I just don't see the practicality behing buying such a small car when the xr6t can now be had for the same price as a 200sx second hand but is much more practical as it has more room and 4 doors.

Please no-one take this in the wrong way as I am not trying to be racist in any way I am just interested in finding out why I rarely see any asian people driving these cars around. 

-michael

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

hi buddy

well, I dont think u r being racist. m not a assian, but an FBI ( Fiji Born Indian) or u could say a findian. mate I drive a ford xr6t phase 111. its a dream and love every bit of it. u r correct, living in this country nd not driving a ford or a holden, then we r being crazy. just keep loving the xr's and u will be fine.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Dazza.

[DaKing]

Cultural heritage dude - no more or less complex.

I'm a keen cyclist and there are no assin dudes that ride - and that is among hundreds or riders down here in Melbourne.

Every man to his own

DaKing

[jordak]

that's a very good point you raise Michael and one that I'm sure both Ford and Expensive Daewoo would pay a sh1tload to have the answer to.

[xr6t~>]

I am glad I am not the only one to notice this, thought it might've just been in my head. haha.

DaKing: I don't quite get what you mean when you say it is becuase of cultural heritage. Because I wouldn't think their would be cultural heritage involved in what car you drive? Or do you mean that Ford/Expensive Daewoo have a reputation as being more of an aussie car?

[jono_l]

Been a long time lurker here, but thought I could add some input into this topic.

Personally, I reckon its got a lot to do with cultural heritage and all as well. I'm Chinese, my dad drives a Toyota, and the two cars he owned before that were also toyotas. Dad always told me how he loved the way his toyotas were reliable, how they never broke down, and how they're nice, small and efficient.

All my relatives drive japanese cars of various sorts - mazdas, hondas, and the like.

My parents always scoffed at holdens and fords, passing them off as inferior cars with shocking build quality and all that.

When I told my cousin (who owns a lowered 323 with interior neons and "fully sick mate!" exhaust and all that ) that I wanted a XR6T, he shook his head and said "I hate big cars"

With that sort of upbringing being pretty much the norm (at least in my case), it wouldn't be surprising if an average asian bloke would have a natural tendency to sway towards the imports.

On the other hand, it is also worth noting that many of those with asian backgrounds may have grown up overseas. I've spent a good 15 years out of my 18y.o. life living in hong kong, and hell, I still AM in hong kong right now. returning to sydney early next year though. Over here, jap imports rule the streets. Every man and his dog owns a stocko civic with a type R sticker with an illegal exhaust. In my younger years, my dream car would've been a honda of some sort, and for some people, some dreams just never change eh? The only australian cars ever imported to this country would've been a couple of HSV VT R8s which ran the blown ecotec instead of the 5L (as it wouldnt pass local emissions.) They cost the equivalent of AUD$100K, so it was no surprise that nobody bought them. Oh, and we got a couple of LPG AUI Forte Wagons as taxis too - theyre extinct by now.

The main point being, in my case, a mixtrue of cultural heritage, where I grew up, SHOULD have resulted in me liking the average jap import, front wheel drive with a loud exhaust, and the stereotypical asian stuff like that.

Whatever went wrong, I dont know, because I love my aussie fords too! From the XR6T, the phoons (not much of a fan of the way the BF looks though!), and also the classics - would kill for a XB coupe with a 351! Not a fan of anything 4cyl really, has to be a 6, preferably an 8. Probably has a lot to do with the fact that I'm absolutely sick of small cars, and also because corollas (and most other jap imports) over here come with a 1.5L 64kW engine. 0-100 in around... 15 seconds? probably too optimistic!

japanese cars just do nothing for me. They're nice pieces of engineering, but that's where it ends - no soul, no passion, no torque, no displacement, and therefore no fun!

I would love to see the look on my dad's face when I own a ford some day

Edited 31/10/05 10:10 AM by jono_l

[Redhawk]

Hi jono welcome to the 'Nut-House'....nice and warm here!!

AU Forte's as taxis huh??? they were all little Mercedes when I was in Honkers.

Dunno about all Jap cars....would love to own a Honda NSX, had a Toyota Supra, very nice car, stuck to the road like sh!t ot a blanket but have to agree, no comparison to big displacement and lots of torque.

[xr6t~>]

So that's probably what DaKing meant when he referred to when he said the reason for this was cultural heritage.

My parents are all for Expensive Daewoo and ford cars but they drive a toyota? Maybe I should ask them why that is. haha.

My dad has always told me stories and shown me pictures of when he first came over to australia, he was probably the same age as me when he came over and guess what, his first car was an black 351 xb coupe. Dont know what had happened along the way but he is now quite the toyota fan as well (might be his age showing?) haha. He has the same attitute towards imports as I do and he always wonders whats happened with the younger generation where they are willing to pour loads of cash into imported cars and not supporting the products made in the country in which we live. But still he drives a toyota? quite ironic lol.