I have a mate...

[Nova 8]

Originally Posted by JC

At least your mates think their 8s are quick. My brother in law has a VZ SV6 and tells my kids that it is as fast as our GTE (they know it's not). He then tells them that mine is only like that because I supercharged it...to which they reply the supercharger is standard. Then he says if he supercharged his V6 it would stay up with the GTE. He is such a flog and it really sh!ts me - I mean I have to tell my kids not to listen to him because he's so full of it, but at the same time I tell them to respect their elders (except him).

I don't know what can I do - I tell him he's full of crap, and he just says "Oh, I don't know...I reckon it would keep up with it"...but won't even do a traffic light derby at the speed limit. My boys at 9 and 11 have already been exposed to the commondore mind set - in a way this is good, because they will never buy one!

I'm currently driving a VF SV6 while my car gets repaired (kangaroo..) and it could easily take ANY Ford...... If the Ford were doing 50 and I were doing 60.

My old VE SV6 would pretty much level peg with the FG XR6 my mother had, how anyone would expect a SV6 to keep up with a 6t or 8 is beyound me.