vuster Member 112 Member For: 21y 10m 23d Location: Melbourne Posted 02/12/04 04:48 AM Posted 02/12/04 04:48 AM Awesome Awesome Awesome!!Nothing compares from my experience to the typhoon today. I was expecting it to be a quiet car as it was not a V8... but even when the typhoon was idling there was a burble... not the same as the wrx but similar.Sounded grunty. 1st and 2nd gear.... awesome.. I reved it out and it went hard...... no turbo lag and there was Gforce which I was not expecting as I thought the torque curve was straight. And there was a lot of whistle/grunt noise when I did so.All that time test driving the traction control was on so I would wonder what it would be like if traction control was off. Awesome.... my 200sx does not compare. So much grunt from down low and all the time I test drove, 90% of the time I was in 2nd gear. Man 1st gear goes up to about 70km and 2nd gear can do over 100km/hr.You gotta experience to know what I mean.I ended up test driving an automatic V8 FPV GT. It didn't do it for me. It was great car but when you compare it to the phoon.... totally different. As soon as a sat in the gt for about 30 seconds I started getting a headache from the noise/vibration. It shakes a lot and feels really mean. It doesn't do it for me but I'm sure a lot of people would like it.Downside is the button. I hate the start button. No point turning the key and pressing the start button. Also cheap plastic interior doesn't do it for me.However with that grunt and driving experience these cons can be swept under the carpet. I love it.in the end I ended up buying it!!!! 1000 deposit thrown down.... I'm happy Good job to FPV. One rice boy(literally) converted to eating big meat pies.They had one silver Typhoon which was available for delivery but I didn't want it as I want something bright like Mandarine. Only downside is that if I got delivery before 2005 Ford will give 2 years extended warranty. Oh well. Guess I just have to wait for 2005 Typhoon in Mandarine. Anyone who wants immediate delivery let me know and I'll tell you the dealer.Got a great price in the end. 59450 drive away with:fpv steering wheeltow packfpv mattsThat price was with a so called "fleet discount" which is not available for FPV range.I asked the dealer if he sold any FPV's to asians and he said I'm the first so FPV have done there job getting there vehicles into other ricey markets. Well done Ford.
PASHEN Member 868 Member For: 22y 10m Location: Need one.. Posted 02/12/04 04:51 AM Posted 02/12/04 04:51 AM Great post, and well done riceboy!!
F6_Tornado F6+300+ Member 940 Member For: 21y 10m 18d Location: In The Ute Posted 02/12/04 04:55 AM Posted 02/12/04 04:55 AM Ah! Bloody Good to see you get into a mans Car Something that doesnt slow down to 1/2 speed with a full tank of fuel and one passenger.Enjoy BTW: A Cold can of VB goes down well with the meat Pies
Guest Guests Posted 02/12/04 05:05 AM Posted 02/12/04 05:05 AM Welly Welly glad to have you along :lol: well ford musta got something right,have you driven a T by the way???wik
vuster Member 112 Member For: 21y 10m 23d Location: Melbourne Posted 02/12/04 05:10 AM Author Posted 02/12/04 05:10 AM I've never driven a T however I've been in a passenger in an automatic one. However there was an obvious difference. The typhoon made more noise when you rev it and I can't recall hearing any idle noise from the T. It felt faster when I reved it and from my experience in the Auto T it was more smooth and tamed. Maybe I won't know untill I actually drive a manual T. Either way the manual T and Typhoon are great cars. If rice boys start appreciating them then it must be saying something. They rarely eat meat pies. However they like to drink VB's.
PASHEN Member 868 Member For: 22y 10m Location: Need one.. Posted 02/12/04 05:13 AM Posted 02/12/04 05:13 AM Got any mods planned Vuster??Like vinyls, neons, 23 inch chrome rims, 2 BO valves and decals on every panel?Just joking mate, although the FVP Winter White would make a great base coat for a flouro green paint job.I'm happy for you.
Guest Guests Posted 02/12/04 05:15 AM Posted 02/12/04 05:15 AM I've never driven a T however I've been in a passenger in an automatic one. However there was an obvious difference. The typhoon made more noise when you rev it and I can't recall hearing any idle noise from the T. It felt faster when I reved it and from my experience in the Auto T it was more smooth and tamed. Maybe I won't know untill I actually drive a manual T. Either way the manual T and Typhoon are great cars. If rice boys start appreciating them then it must be saying something. They rarely eat meat pies. However they like to drink VB's. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Well good on ya mate enjoy the forum and the Phoonvik
vuster Member 112 Member For: 21y 10m 23d Location: Melbourne Posted 02/12/04 05:35 AM Author Posted 02/12/04 05:35 AM Got any mods planned Vuster??Like vinyls, neons, 23 inch chrome rims, 2 BO valves and decals on every panel?Just joking mate, although the FVP Winter White would make a great base coat for a flouro green paint job.I'm happy for you.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Mate, I might eat Rice but those stickers aren't for me. I'm a rice boy that had a VT Berlina, 200sx and now a Ford Typhoon.The only stickers that would look good on a falcon are the GT stickers. I've decided to leave those for the GT boys anyways.No mechanical mods until warranty expires.
Guest menace Guests Posted 02/12/04 10:25 AM Posted 02/12/04 10:25 AM Vuster, and why not... nice car. The whole marketing ploy was to attract guys like you and perhaps to a lesser extent, me to this car, even "Speed magazine" a sworn "no australian cars" mag has a feature under the cover! Fords not shy and has the money to convince all types, also kinda helps when John Bowe has a section in it. Cheers,Matt.
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