Holdens / Fords ?

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Holdens / Fords ?

Post by SteveNSWP »

Just curious why all WAPOL vehicles are Holden Commodores. From looking at the chart on here very few, if any at all, are Ford Falcon Sedans. Is their any reason why WAPOL only used Holden Sedans?

Here in NSW our fleet is 50/50. We then went more to commodore when they had the cage pack. Now apparently Ford have offered us a better deal, so majority of our sedan's are Ford Falcon Sedans.

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Post by danny »

Alot of the info on the charts here is not up to date.

There are alot more Fords now in the WAPOL fleet.

At HWY PATROL we have a 50/50 split of BF XR6T's and VE SV6's.

GD Cars consist of both VZ/VE Commodores and some vehicles are BF Falcons.
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Post by yorky »

As said over the past year(s) the Fords have come back on board. I do believe in the past few years before that there were no Ford Sedans, only the Utes with a cage on the back.
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Post by Tyranus »

danny wrote:Alot of the info on the charts here is not up to date.

There are alot more Fords now in the WAPOL fleet.

At HWY PATROL we have a 50/50 split of BF XR6T's and VE SV6's.

GD Cars consist of both VZ/VE Commodores and some vehicles are BF Falcons.
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Post by danny »

Tyranus wrote:
danny wrote:Alot of the info on the charts here is not up to date.

There are alot more Fords now in the WAPOL fleet.

At HWY PATROL we have a 50/50 split of BF XR6T's and VE SV6's.

GD Cars consist of both VZ/VE Commodores and some vehicles are BF Falcons.
Able to help update them for us?? :) or would that be abuse of access or similar?
More of a case of I havnt got the time to update it.

You guys do a pretty good job as it is :)
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danny wrote:Alot of the info on the charts here is not up to date...
Check here: http://www.geocities.com/wapol07
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Post by CHEV4EVR »

plus Fords are crap :evil:
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excellent work spartacus !!!!
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JG-103 wrote:excellent work spartacus !!!!
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Post by Toottoot »

RN101 is a rodeo not a hilux. Saw a HE car (101 or 102) on St Georges Tce yesterday - new hilux ute with the funny cage on the back.
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Even the cops over here are bogans. That's why. :)
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Toottoot wrote:RN101 is a rodeo not a hilux. Saw a HE car (101 or 102) on St Georges Tce yesterday - new hilux ute with the funny cage on the back.
Woops forgot I had a photo of that at Midland train station as I was coming out of the secure parking into the normal parking it was going outwards. Of course I then reformated the computer I have linked to my phone. 8-)
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Post by dazla »

CHEV4EVR wrote:plus Fords are crap :evil:
My thoughts exactly, the VE's crap all over the Falcons however I am in GD's so I cant compare it with Traffic.

I have however been in a couple of pursuits and they kicked ass!
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Post by snapperv10 »

From the info I have heard the Police stopped using the Falcons when the BA was released as the 'new' gearbox in them wouldn't last too long under such conditions. The Commodore on the other had retained the same 4 speed auto from the VT until the VZ... Falcons are slowly on the way back now with the BF and BF MkII...
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snapperv10 wrote:From the info I have heard the Police stopped using the Falcons when the BA was released as the 'new' gearbox in them wouldn't last too long under such conditions. The Commodore on the other had retained the same 4 speed auto from the VT until the VZ... Falcons are slowly on the way back now with the BF and BF MkII...
would not suprise me at all... BA's had the Tremec 4spd gearbox... they are as good as useless. The new 6Spd auto in the BF's are amazing

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