bdennis Brendan Dennis Member 750 Member For: 23y 11m 2d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, Vic Posted 30/06/04 02:40 AM Posted 30/06/04 02:40 AM Let me have a stab in the dark re "A" grade build..I can not see Ford building anything any different on the production line. I think this (A grade build) may be a way to get orders pushed up the production list in order to meet a dead line. I can not see how this would change the quality of the end product. They still just grab trim, engine, diff, Diff clunk, Tail shaft off the rack and stuff it in. I can not see that they would have a "A" reserve of bits for the "Special cars"My 2c.. BD
Falchoon I see red Member 5,758 Member For: 23y 9m Location: nowhere in particular Posted 30/06/04 03:01 AM Posted 30/06/04 03:01 AM Maybe if it's classed as "A Grade" the peoples on the assembly line know it's something special, maybe for a Ford exec, and hopefully they take a bit more care putting it together. Not that putting it together carefully will affect diff clunk....
Cro Flower Power Legacy Donating Member 6,114 Member For: 23y 11m 7d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 30/06/04 03:17 AM Author Posted 30/06/04 03:17 AM Maybe if it's classed as "A Grade" the peoples on the assembly line know it's something special, maybe for a Ford exec, and hopefully they take a bit more care putting it together. Not that putting it together carefully will affect diff clunk.... that's the impression that I got.JB, I totally agree it sucks...
Guest BlackMagic Guests Posted 30/06/04 03:39 AM Posted 30/06/04 03:39 AM Cro...what tha!!! I go away for a couple of months, come back and S%*& hits the fan......Mate the main thing is YOUR not bent out of shape........Here we come F6 Typhoon perhaps??? Good luck with getting your self back on the road. Jonno
JB Forum Superhero Legacy Donating Member 3,109 Member For: 22y 9m 21d Location: Eastern Suburbs of Mexico Posted 30/06/04 03:50 AM Posted 30/06/04 03:50 AM Maybe if it's classed as "A Grade" the peoples on the assembly line know it's something special, maybe for a Ford exec, and hopefully they take a bit more care putting it together. Not that putting it together carefully will affect diff clunk....that's the impression that I got.JB, I totally agree it sucks... Yeah, thinking about it further, I believe that the manufacturers of the components would have to grade them, I.e like I have found out about the grading of the diffs, and when it goes through the production line, the car is to get the highest grade components installed like the diff beinga grade 10, gearbox, engine and so on?Just a thought
Mondie Firm Member Legacy Donating Member 2,924 Member For: 23y 10m 16d Location: Adelaide Hills Posted 30/06/04 11:45 AM Posted 30/06/04 11:45 AM Maybe if it's classed as "A Grade" the peoples on the assembly line know it's something special, maybe for a Ford exec, and hopefully they take a bit more care putting it together. Not that putting it together carefully will affect diff clunk....that's the impression that I got.JB, I totally agree it sucks... Yeah, thinking about it further, I believe that the manufacturers of the components would have to grade them, I.e like I have found out about the grading of the diffs, and when it goes through the production line, the car is to get the highest grade components installed like the diff beinga grade 10, gearbox, engine and so on?Just a thought l find it astonishing that you can spend $50k plus on a car and still get what ever crap rolls of the production line. But if you are an exec you can request a graded car. FFS Cro, are you really going to buy another BA? Fark that, go and buy a Clubsport, HSV are doing some good deals at the moment. It can only be better mate.
voy74656 voy74656 Member 2,039 Member For: 22y 10m Location: Adelaide Posted 30/06/04 12:12 PM Posted 30/06/04 12:12 PM and to think I saw G4D4N only a few weeks ago in person..and now he's reduced to a burnt out shell...so sad....so sad....... Atleast it'll give u a chance now to make a proper colour choice.....you know HgAg is calling you can't u hear that.....I know I can.....oh...wait...that's just Ken at the door...gtg!!!
turb06 Dark Knight Mafia Member No. - 666 Member 3,667 Member For: 23y 6m 22d Location: Toowoomba Posted 30/06/04 12:26 PM Posted 30/06/04 12:26 PM How you escaped that alive is beyond me But at least this experience has opened your eyes to greater things ahead. Silouhette.
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Legacy Donating Member 13,318 Member For: 23y 29d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 30/06/04 12:31 PM Posted 30/06/04 12:31 PM 2 years to go then I am goin Euro, stuff this Probably be second hand but WTH. Cobra has got the right idea Now who can best mod 3 or 5 series Beemers :o
Cro Flower Power Legacy Donating Member 6,114 Member For: 23y 11m 7d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 01/07/04 04:17 AM Author Posted 01/07/04 04:17 AM Cro, are you really going to buy another BA? Fark that, go and buy a Clubsport, HSV are doing some good deals at the moment. It can only be better mate.Mondie, I am still unsure about it....The way I see it though, I was meant to keep Gadan for 4 more years. My current lease is going to be paid out, and I will initiate a new two year lease for the same price as I'm currently paying.So in a round about of way I'm not really paying for a new car, the insurance company is.So I'm thinking of giving Ford another go. They're not all lemons, and that is obvious by the amount of happy people on this forum.I loved the XRT concept, comfortable sedan with plenty of power. This is exactly what I look for in a car at the moment. I'm sure I can live with whatever issues for two years till I get a new car.In two years I might be looking in a totally different market. Starting to get interested in 4x4's. But that is a long way off
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