Ducati Monster Forum

I'm a Holden supporter.
Wondering how many 'Red Army' supporters own Ducatis compared to the 'Blue Oval' boy's.

i wouldnt touch any car with H or F  on it but your avata is hot [laugh]

I know what a ford is (those lovely deep glacier-created valleys in Norway, right?) but what's this 'holden' you speak of?

 ;D


Bazz - you need to see the avatar in good resolution - the added detail really does deliver a deeply profound message.

Spider ya dingbat that's a fjord. A ford is a shallow part of a creek where you can, well  ..... ford the watercourse.

I'm all for profound learning though, but with my poor eyesight I can't make out what is happening in that avatar, where is this high res picture you speak of?

Oh yeah, Italian & Mexican cars in this household.

2 Red ones in this household, but I'm actually a Mopar fan having owned a number of older V8 Valiant Chryslers. [thumbsup]

Couldnt afford to even start one of them up nowadays!! [roll] [leo]

neither as Betty said, all italian and a mexican vw

it moved me  [evil]

(not suitable for work, home, children, people who find female homosexuality offensive or people that believe that white cotton camisoles are a bit bland or boring)

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg74/jubed/jokes/ATT1395119.jpg (http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg74/jubed/jokes/ATT1395119.jpg)

give me an RB26DETT anyday :)

+1 spider  [thumbsup] cold spoon needed here too ;) Very noice. ducsport

Oh, BTW, kind of a Ford household at the moment - have two of them. Really a Mopar supporter too, Dragonworld. Love the old Pacers and Chargers [thumbsup]

I only do European.....

+1  [thumbsup]

Land of the rising sun is the only way to go. Ford and Holden are always 5 to 10 years behind in technology, still using push rod engines aren't they?

Have always been a Holden owner, but I don't really give a rats what type of car I drive these days. From a LX Torana SLR 5000 Hatch, 1965 HD Premier, '74 HJ Premier with a 308 in it, VH SL/E Dunnydore, VL Calais and now with my current piece of sh*t which I don't drive, Vicky Vectra  [puke].

Have always been a fan of the Mopars, a mate of mine's Dad had???, (don't know if he has still got it as his Dad passed away a few years back), an original E38 Charger sitting on bricks and covered with blankets in his shed, silver and black with the red highlighted grill and it was IMMACULATE! I remember when he pulled the blankets off it and popped the bonnet and there were those huge triple webers still shiny and new.  :o :o :o

Anyway, next car will be Japanese or Euro.  [thumbsup]

Ha Ha bet you wish you still had the SLR $$$$$ today [bang]  original R38 Charger WOW  :o  id snap that one up Super

I personally own 2 old school holdens,I may add i have only ever owned old school the current range of Holden’s just don’t do it for me I also have a Found On Rubbish Dump but its a F250 so I cant compare it to the Oz build ones.
 [thumbsup]

Well, it didn't really start out as a SLR 5000. ;D

When I got my hands on it, it only had a 253 in it. I stuck a nitrous bottle on it and blew it up.  ;D

So I had to just stick a 308 in it which was warmed out to 332.  [bacon] [bacon] [bacon]

Hmm... cars..
I owned track day weapons, (Alfa GT modified for circuit racing and 306 Peugeot for supersprinting)
Fords... (XF Fairmont Ghia, 1.6lt Meteor)
Holdens... (VK Calais with Director pack 5.0Lt)
Jap stuff... (Nissans, Yota's)
currently have a 98 Honda Accord... my friends call it the Hondborrzzzzz.... :P
I also Valet Drove in 5* hotels for 8 years part-time, so I've driven stacks of cars... yes, even Fezzas (the Hanna brothers 355 and 360 come to mind as memorable, both with Tubi exhausts!)

Non of them come close to my race Kart for fun, thrill or perfomance though!  [evil]

Then I have the Duke,... it fills the void that only a d'cati motorcycle can do best.  [moto] [thumbsup]

+1 on both counts  ;D. - Chris

I had a 1953 ford prefect once, (with a crank handle for cold mornings).
I don't know what all the fuss is about.
Cars are over rated [laugh]

Holden/Ford, a little like Ducati versus Harley debate.

Ford (Harley)   Overweight lumps of cast iron piloted by greyhaired, ponytailed supperannuated types, who like to dress up in their brands clothes and hang around together, polishing their chrome bits.

Ducati (Holden ) pinnacle of engineering excellence, piloted by sophisticated, stylish types, ahead of the pack in both how and what they drive.

(i've got a ford)  ;)
 

Not saying I am a Ford man (neither interest me actually) but I am feeling quite ill after seeing my baby aligned with Holden  :'( [puke]

Holdens always, but only the steel ones.

Sorry didn't mean to offend, well...yes of course I did,   ;)  you can cross out  Ford and put in P.C. and cross out holden and substitute MAC if it makes you feel better.....

No,no,no,no,no,no.....and....no.

Your Mac is like a Porsche, magnificence through slight refinement with each generation.

Your PC...is like a broken tractor that is being besieged by teenage scumbags with molotov cocktails just so they can watch you burn. It's ugly, unproductive and just when the thing barely gets moving some idiot decides to kill the thing just because girls won't play with him. There really isn't anything in the car world that we can compare a PC too, bits and pieces from a whole bunch on manufacturers with no stability and anything longer than 2 weeks without a crash and your must be dream'n.

'Cept maybe anything British Leyland from the '80's and '90's, they seem to fit zackly what you are describing Spider ;) [laugh] [clap]

But seriously folks, how can you even mention Ducati in the same breath as Holden or Ford.
We own Ducatis because we are discerning, classy, urbane, devil may care types, we are more the sort of people who would own a Ferrari or lambo. (if we hadn't spent all our cash on bling.)

jap garbage huh? if you want to look at a photocopy instead of an oil canvas i guess they're ok [roll]
holden still use pushrods, yes, but my XR8 is a 5.4litre quad cam 32 valve cross ram fuel injected ute with a 6 speed, and yes it still runs leaf springs in the back but only on the ute cos they work!!
i've had some ripper cars over the years, a mini cooper, a R100 12A mazda, a XA GT, an E55 charger with 6pack and a 4 speed new process box, a maloo ute, a stroked HZ tonner, and the list goes on. so no, i have no allegiance to a brand, except DUCATI of course, but if i had the cash i'd definitely have an audi RS4 [thumbsup]


paul.

Right, so a British Leyland with 'scrape the social security payments' written on the side doing 'blocks' around the Collingwood commission flats on a Saturday night = PC computer connected to the web.

How can you say that Spider. A PC is like a hot rod. You can customise them anyway you want, bigger flasher case with water cooling, smaller home theatre silent running systems, multiple CPU's under the bonnet, multiple SLI'd video cards for extra grunt, and anything in between.

The Mac is like a Hyundai, theres not much you can, or would want to do except pox it up with spoilers and scoops, but esentially its the same under the skin.
 ;D

BTW, the best car I owned was an 5 ltr ED Fairmont, but I havn't had anything exotic .... yet (i have a grampa car Subaru at the moment)

excuse me dos verde, but a mac is NOT like a hyundai!!! good lord! you can do all that other stuff to a pc, yes, you have to to keep them running!!! a mac is reliable, safe, and dependable, i fact i think if it has to be compared to a car it would be a volvo, reliable, safe and dependable, and just as volvos are built for guys who don't want to tinker under the hood, macs are too.


paul.

yeah, well every time you try and take your 'hot rod' out into public there are a million scumbags trying to rip it down - you spend more time getting the thing running and trying to keep it pristine that your productivity falls to barely nothing.

PC's are good for guys that would have owned a MG or lotus or any other British sports thing in the mid 20th century....you buy one knowing that you will spend more time fixing it than driving it.

still not sure what a Ducati car equivalent is, they are high end but not incredibly limited in numbers (Ferrari or Pagani Zonda(25 cars a year!)) and the fact remains that t a person CAN work on them if they desire...

 ???

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/2758636140_47ef1eca62.jpg)

Farrk me Super that thing is pregnant dogen  :o

Yah just can equal Italian engineering can yah  [thumbsup]

and Alfa Romeo are discussed with such words as passion, drive, character, soul....

the company has also been known for financial and electrical issues - I'm seeing some similarities here!

that 8c is pretty - should be - it's made in the Maserati factory with ATR carbon (Colnage bicycles and...um...Ferrari!) and has Brembo's on it too

rust!! [roll]



paul. [thumbsup]

Paul, would you like to look at my stock clutch springs off a 5 year old bike ridden for 20k on the driest continent on the planet? I still don't know what colour the alloy is...all I see is pitted dark orange!

you think the Italians install components wet? or bless the machinery with water from the Ligurian sea?  :D

apparently it's piss poor sealing of packing containers. years and years ago i was into fiats, god only knows why [bang], but i digress, and just about everyone with one had major rust issues, as well as the alfa nuts, cause they were parked in containers and shipped on deck. i imagine that even the best galvanised bodied bmw's and benz' would have rusted out if they were subjected to that! nowadays they're shipped on specific freight liners and kept below deck and dry and driven on and off, add to that the designs are much better and corrosion resistance is better, etc.etc. still wouldn't have another though. :P


paul. [thumbsup]

I like the idea of an Alfa GTV6 from the 80's as a project car, but everyone warns you away from them. Maybe an EB XR8 Sprint.

Oops I accidently got back on topic.....nearly

had one played with it for a couple of years wish i never sold it best car id ever owned  now working on a 76 gtv 4
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/2759374557_d4391c1c13_o.jpg)

this is the gtv 4 and my old 900ss
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2011/2760241030_986231234c.jpg)

and this was the minister for finaces ride
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/2759375501_3652a522ff.jpg)

nice Bazza! bit of personality there.  [thumbsup]

Wasn't the Alfa rust due to the company sourcing most of it's metal from Russia in the seventies and Eighties??

The only cars that were generally immune were the 'Gold Clover Leaf' Alfetta's and Gtv's due to Alfa actually preparing them with an anti-rust coating.....

 [coffee]

not sure hugh,
but when i worked for an alfa dealership a lot of years ago the condition they arrived in was average to say the least, most needed panel and paint before they could be sold iirc.


paul.

Right on... And it ain't just in the looks department either...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UjrMHaiYyG0&feature=related

Love the way the licence plate is a complete afterthought (used to really annoy me about Alfas, 'cos it looks so shit).