Hello,

If any of you can answer the following questions, I'd be most grateful.

1. What is the power difference between a normal EB Falcon and the EB XR6
engine? How does it's power-to-weight ratio compare with the current non-XR
Falcons, or non-S(S) Commodores?

2. I saw an XR6 (Turbo -- I think) with GT-style stripes. Is some company
doing after-market stripes or would they have got them from FPV?

3. I saw a Ute that had FPV logos on it, but on the back and the side skirts
(you know where an XR8 says "XR8") I assumed that this car would have
"Pursuit" as it does in the FPV brochure but, it had "XR" (with no 6 or 8)
in those places. Anyone know what the story with that is? Maybe someone
putting "XR" logos on 'cause they like it.

Quesion 1 is related to the story this week where an 18 year-old P-Plater
and his 15 yr old cousin died in an accident when test-driving an EB XR6.

== Rant:
The media is up-in-arms "P-Platers shouldn't be allowed to drive
'high-powered cars'!" and so on. So 2 young people died, that's sad, but
according to the police he *wasn't* speeding, so that means that the
"High-Powered" theory doesn't stand up. Someone has written a letter to the
editor saying P-Platers should only be able to drive 1.8litres or less cars.
Right, that's crazy. We (yes, I'm a P-Plater) wouldn't be able to drive
Falcons, Commodores, Focuses (auto -- they have 2 litres), Camrys, Magnas,
Mazada 323 (some models), the *entire* subaru range, or 2litre VW Beetles!

Basically banning P-Platers from driving over half the cars on the roads!
Basically anything except Barinas, Astras, Corollas and Lasers. Hope they
don't make any laws about that! I drive an AU Falcon Forte and I (and
everyone else :) feel much safer in that than some silly hatch-back.
== End Rant

Cheers,

Daniel Okely