Thursday, July 26, 2012

The car post

So about a month or so after buying my car and promising to make this post multiple times to several people here it is. If you are not into cars just go ahead and skip this as it will be just about my car.

So in moving over to Oz I decided to get my first big boy car. Not a hand me down or an old semi clunker, but a real honest to god car I could be proud of. Since Australia is the last bastion of the full sized RWD sedan I was even more excited that I could grab up one of these beasts which is all but extinct in America. So which one did I got with? A red 2010 Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo.

She has a 4.0L I6 and pumps out 362hp and 395 ft-lb of torque. 0-60 is right at 5.0s. Big ole breaks and limited slip dif round out the package. Oh and I nearly forgot when you have it at WOT an overboost feature(awful name but it's fun) will engage that pushes the torque up to 430 ft-lb. I get around 20mpg, and to be honest since I'm not commuting in it that isn't a big deal anyway. All that said it is an amazing car and so much fun to drive. Let's hope it ends better then the last red Ford I owned. And now onto more pictures!





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