Ford Falcon XR8

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This Orange car you see below is my daily driver and doubles as a tow car when we have a raceable car to use on a weekend.I bought it in December last year when looking for a new car that would do both of the above duties as well as not look to shabby. It had 27,000kms on it and was 20 months old. I love, it is comfortable, drives well, tows very easily and is a great colour (Although some have disagreed with that last comment).

It has the "Boss 260" motor in it which is a double overheard cam (or quad cam depending on which school of thought you come from), alloy headed and iron blocked engine with a claimed 260KW (Kilowatt) at the flywheel. It is automatic has a 2.3 tonne tow pack and has a Quig Tonneau Electronic reclinable tonneau cover (very handy!). The stereo is great too!

I recently went to a "Skidpan Day" a couple of weeks ago, on a saturday the 30th of July 2005. I had a great time trying to hold the car sideways around the little figure 8 type circuit. I even managed to hold the car sideways for a couple of complete laps hear and there. I had a great time, there were also a few skylines, two rx7's, a 180sx or two and a 200sx. Down below I have included a couple of links for the Ute on the Skidpan. (Excuse the Nine Inch Nails & Portishead I was playing during the videos)

p.s. if you do one of these days, expect to spend hours cleaning the dirt from all crevices of the car!!!!