My comment was about car purchasing being as much an emotional choice as it is a practical one. If it was always the latter we'd all be driving white good hatchbacks. The
OP might make the correct logical choice in buying a Holden, but as a fellow car nut, he has to live with it for at least a couple of years and must be satisfied with it as a Ford fan.
Now there is no way in hell a Holden will ever park in our driveway, no matter how much tech or economy is has over it's Ford equivalent. An emotional choice of cars for us, but I sleep well at night happy with them. Sue me, I'm a Ford fan.
Like you I would have never contemplated buying a Holden ( many years ago)
For me that all changed when ford released the AU - to me that is one of the ugliest if not the ugliest car ever made by ford Australia
Sure others will disagree with my opinion but this post is not to convince people otherwise
if they see a thing of beauty well so be it
My disappointment in the AU lead me straight to a Holden dealer where I purchased a VT Berlina with leather body kit 17 inch wheels sun roof and 5.0 litre
This opened my eyes and i realised that a good car is a good car no matter who it's made by
I started to appreciate all sorts of cars for what they are, not how they were badged, chevs Mopar etc and their various marques
So when the Monaro was released, there was no way I was going to miss out on one of them
Aussie built coupe with Big V8 up front .... Sound familiar ?
Where else was I going to get a locally built coupe with all the goodies. I didn't give a rats about the badge . For me it was about driving a really cool car , one built here , that was half the cost of its European equivalents
That car turned as many heads as my XB coupe , being the limited edition Monaro
fast forward to February 2014, I buy a 2009 WM caprice 70 thousand k on the clock one owner Headrest DVD to keep the kids quiet, in the colour combo I want, 6 litre v8 for $18k
Why, it represented unbelievable value for money , has every thing on the shopping list that I wanted and its a cool looking car
I'm loyal to the most important person in the world and that would be me - why should i compromise for the sake of a badge, to me that simply doesn't make any sense and loyalty has nothing to do with it -
Lets turn this around - so I want to buy a V8 long wheel base car fully loaded and I would like it to be manufactured by ford .... Dam they don't make one so does this mean I have to buy something that doesn't suit me because I must remain loyal to a badge ????
No one is telling you to buy a Holden - but at least I can give an honest response to a question because I have owned cars manufactured from both camps
The guy that started this thread wanted to see what else is out there and good on him for asking
I can say from my experience is that all the fords and Holden' s I have owned have been great cars. I have enjoyed owning them and purchasing cars on there merits instead of their badges, has made me more of an astute buyer