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Re: Ford Probe
[Re: AnnieMac]
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26/09/2017 07:12
26/09/2017 07:12
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patch234
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The 2.5 version was the one to have as far as I can remember. The 2.0 was the kinda regarded like the Coupe 16V N/A ...... (*waits for it*)
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Re: Ford Probe
[Re: AnnieMac]
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26/09/2017 08:03
26/09/2017 08:03
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Trappy
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There is a very nice Ford Probe for sale on eBay for £675 or offers at the moment, sure to be a future classic I reckon. Probe Admins, I think this needs to be moved to the Crap Joke Thread
F****** b****** thing...
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Re: Ford Probe
[Re: AnnieMac]
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26/09/2017 10:59
26/09/2017 10:59
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poprock
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The Probe was mainly for the US market – it was intended to replace the Mustang.
I had a dirt cheap Mazda MX-6 a few years ago, which was (against expectations) a really really good car. I genuinely loved it.
The MX-6 and the Probe are the same car, with a few manufacturer-specific tweaks (different body and interior, mainly – the chassis were identical).
My MX-6 felt rapid, turned well … it was light for it’s size and had plenty of power. I had the 24 valve V6.
The previous owner swore blind it had four-wheel steering, which it didn’t. Only the Japanese models came with that. He insisted on telling me how brilliant the 4WS was anyway, and so did his wife!
Lovely car, and I expect a Probe would be the same. I had no idea I was going to like it so much.
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Re: Ford Probe
[Re: AnnieMac]
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26/09/2017 11:49
26/09/2017 11:49
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suba
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I've always like the look of them, but never driven one.
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Re: Ford Probe
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26/09/2017 17:52
26/09/2017 17:52
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Club Member 18 - ex-Minister without Portfolio
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The 2.0 was the kinda regarded like the Coupe 16V N/A ...... (*waits for it*) Bad Patch, bad! No cookies for you!
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Re: Ford Probe
[Re: Trappy]
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29/09/2017 20:41
29/09/2017 20:41
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AnnieMac
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There is a very nice Ford Probe for sale on eBay for £675 or offers at the moment, sure to be a future classic I reckon. Probe Admins, I think this needs to be moved to the Crap Joke Thread Trappy! How rude! I have always liked them since seeing the advert when the man said in a low voice "PROBE!" Much nicer to look at than the Capri or any of the Escorts in my view. I don't like the Cougar very much but Probes are pretty. But then, the 80s was "my" time!
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Re: Ford Probe
[Re: AnnieMac]
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30/09/2017 08:33
30/09/2017 08:33
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Posts: 338 Camberley, Surrey
jonnyboy54321
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Making a profit
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I've a bug eye Scorpio on my drive. Very ugly and its not a good specimen. But you can't see the front end while you're driving, it's a Cosworth, and perfect for a crumball rally type thing
Always seem to have too many 20VT's to count......
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Re: Ford Probe
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01/10/2017 10:36
01/10/2017 10:36
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Posts: 8,416 Lightwater, Surrey
DaveG
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When I was writing my "Fiat Coupe Buyer's Guide" that was published in Used Car Buyer magazine (October 1999) I had to compare the Coupe against other contemporary used coupe cars, with brief plus points and downsides. I chose the Alfa GTV, BMW 3 series, Honda Prelude, Nissan 200SX and Peugeot 406 Coupe. I dismissed the Ford Probe and Vauxhall Calibra rather casually as being "too much like a saloon, even tbough they've soldiered on for many years". PS: There was an article in Car magazine April 1995 featuring the Coupe, Ford Scorpio and Alfa 145, discussing how their design features have "escaped the land of the bland for a brave new world - one in which individuality, flair and quirkiness for quirkiness's sake are the parameters of what is good"
1996 Portofino 20vt & 2000 Pearl White Plus 1985½ & 2016 2017 Fiat 124 Spider + XF Sportbrake
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Re: Ford Probe
[Re: AnnieMac]
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02/10/2017 10:13
02/10/2017 10:13
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Trappy
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Trappy! How rude! I have always liked them since seeing the advert when the man said in a low voice "PROBE!" Much nicer to look at than the Capri or any of the Escorts in my view. I don't like the Cougar very much but Probes are pretty. But then, the 80s was "my" time!
See, I absolutely love the Capri I've never liked any of the escorts either but I loathe the Probe.
F****** b****** thing...
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Re: Ford Probe
[Re: AnnieMac]
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03/10/2017 06:24
03/10/2017 06:24
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AnnieMac
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Ha ha! This advert has Judy Dench doing the voice over! Probe II advert I can't find the one that I remember.
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Re: Ford Probe
[Re: AnnieMac]
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03/10/2017 09:43
03/10/2017 09:43
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JKD
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JKD - that's a great advert, sounds like the late, great John Hurt! But there was another one where the voice-over kept saying "PROBE" in a low voice. It's quite an unfortunate name for a car in the light of what malevolent aliens are said to do to people! Does anyone think John Hurt was asked to do that advert since he was in the movie Alien? Given the whole malevolent alien association thing mentioned above, I don't know whether that's genius advertising or a total blunder.
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