TurboDewd FG Falcon fan! Member 1,452 Member For: 23y 2m 23d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 15/03/05 09:49 PM Posted 15/03/05 09:49 PM http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/...0649193861.htmlcheck it oot.
Mondie Firm Member Legacy Donating Member 2,924 Member For: 23y 10m 28d Location: Adelaide Hills Posted 15/03/05 10:30 PM Posted 15/03/05 10:30 PM Now that's high profle bad press.l would like to know how much durability testng was done on the clutch prior to the Typhons release. l cannot understand how a car could be released with such a significant flaw. l was under the impression that Ford Corporation had stringent policies on what levels of durability testing were required on various car components that Ford Aus had to follow. Anyone know?
ZMAN Member 669 Member For: 23y 4m 29d Location: Inglewood, W.A Posted 15/03/05 11:35 PM Posted 15/03/05 11:35 PM I think that is pretty ordinary by FORD to allow such a major "Technical Fault" get through its Quality Control. Hopefully they will learn from this and get the Phoon back on track.
F6 UTE - Track Bound EVO III - Member 3,367 Member For: 21y 9m 14d Gender: Male Location: Strapped in and holding on Posted 16/03/05 12:29 AM Posted 16/03/05 12:29 AM Are they short of any real news. Geez, it's getting old now isn't it??
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 23y 10m 16d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 16/03/05 12:56 AM Posted 16/03/05 12:56 AM thanks to the addition of the Territory sports utility vehicle in the middle of last year.Sports Utility....excellent jouralism....
Trough Lolly Member 4,349 Member For: 22y 21d Gender: Male Location: Mildura Posted 16/03/05 01:54 AM Posted 16/03/05 01:54 AM I dont understand how it can take to fuggin long to put a beefier cluth in!!I mean hello, rip the old one out, slap a new higher spec one in. OMG ford we have a fix!
Turbo6man Legacy Donating Member 4,084 Member For: 23y 11m 19d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 16/03/05 01:56 AM Posted 16/03/05 01:56 AM thanks to the addition of the Territory sports utility vehicle in the middle of last year.Sports Utility....excellent jouralism.... <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Utility means multipurpose when used in this context - not specifically or literally a utility (as in a ute) as you may be thinking.It is a term that has come to us from the good 'ol u s of a.
Guest mercurysteve Guests Posted 16/03/05 01:57 AM Posted 16/03/05 01:57 AM did Ford honchos just wake up one day or were they born that way?
drcook Member 752 Member For: 22y 1m 11d Location: leonay Posted 16/03/05 01:59 AM Posted 16/03/05 01:59 AM talking about accurate journalism, check the photo. what the hell is that, an xa-xc doing a burnout at summernats.hows that related to a typhoon clutch.
Bain Member 827 Member For: 21y 7m 1d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 16/03/05 02:07 AM Posted 16/03/05 02:07 AM talking about accurate journalism, check the photo. what the hell is that, an xa-xc doing a burnout at summernats.hows that related to a typhoon clutch.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Maybe its to symbolise what happens to the clutch (all that smoke and stuff) :lol: Ok, it wasnt that funny..
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