Holden bashing on ford sites

[andrewmac]

Hy all,

Just thought might bring up something that I have noticed about they way holden and ford fans act in person and on forums.
Im the kind of person that sees good and bad in most things and can admit when something is good, take for example the ford I6 engine, its a good piece of engineering and my hat goes off to ford for the effort that has gone into it.
Now on this forum and several other holden forums I frequent, alot of people compliment the I6 and do admit that its a good motor (especially in turbo form).
However whenever I go on a ford forum they will sing there own praises and tend to always bag out holden, no matter how much better something that holden has is.
They will find something to pick on, they pick on the alloytec not being as good as there 6, they pick on the 8's because they still use push rods (even though there more economical and powerful than there "more advanced" V8 and whenever there is a recall of something small goes on with holden you can guarantee they will have a laugh about it but as soon as there is a ford recall it will be "good on them for looking after safety" or they will put some positive spin on it.
Even when I was at bathurst a few months back, people have written in the cubicles and you see the "go holden" or "holden rules", but then there is the anti holden stuff (i.e "holden sucks") and there is very little pro ford grafitti on the walls.
Are Ford fans (not all just alot I have seen) so insecure about there product the only way they can defend it is by bagging out the competition ?
I honestly struggle to go into 1 thread on the ford forums without seeing someone bagging out holden in someway.
They just seem very narrow minded and I don't to start a Holden VS ford thread, just wanted to mention my observations.
Has anyone else noticed this behavoiur at all ?

P.S Yes I know I stuffed up the title and I wont have the best spelling in here, Im on a wireless keyboard which is crap.

 

[Grennan]

I think if you compared Die Hard to Die Hard fans. I do tend to agree the Ford guys are a bit childish. I remember in 2007 I think it was I went to a Ford Day with my dad and wore my HSV hat. I got nothing but abuse from the "Die Hards". However the following week when my dad took me to a Holden Day he took along his FPV jacket, the Die Hards were more, playful, they cracked a few jokes and didnt threaten to throw him in the nearby river (something that I was threatened with).

Of course youre gonna get the fans from both sides of the camp who are downright morons but I do tend to see more on the Ford fence who do take it a little bit more seriously.

Plus its common knowledge our V6 sucks, but our V8 can boast the most.

 

[minux]

Yup Ford fans fail when it comes to tactful intellect.

 

[BANKS]

odoyle rulzzz!!

i think its called a bandwagon

 

[stocky]

my theory is that morons are attracted to the sound of a turbo. therefore when ford start releasing turboed cars, morons want them, and start liking ford more.

 

[eurekamad94]

yea ive found this too alot of them are just tool's a few of my mate's dad's are die hard ford fan's and i know alot of die hard holden fan's and holden's just handle it better but ford's just want to be the "be all and end all" of auto motive wich it simply isnt to say the least .....

 

[f1tzy]

Im a ford fan myself but im not blind sighted. I know ford has the better 6 and its not hard to figure out that holden's v8 is better. There are just too many tunnel vision dick heads who can't see past their favourite brand no matter what

 

[Sharoo]

There's a guy at an auto parts shop that gave me crap every time I (used) to go in there. Whether it was for holden part or not he would be like 'wouldn't have the problem with a falcon'-Last time when I brought a Sub cover?? wtf??
I stopped going there because of him, It wasn't light hearted at all, just stupid really.
Holdens are my favourite and always have been yet I'm much more of a Holden Rules girl rather than Ford sucks one iykwim.

 

[CANYONERO]

yeah, ive found most die hard ford fanboys have little or no intellect, when i cop abuse (serious or joking) when they see my commo, i tell them my daily is a ford and i prefer the I6 over the V6 they pull there heads back in lol. i really couldnt care less about the rivalry. respect and admire the car or brand for what it is, hell i was seriously trying to decide between an XR6T and what i have now, the SV8 was a lot cheaper and i wanted 6 gears. and LS1 was a really big carrot to dangle in front of me.

each to there own, ive owned 2 of each. both go pros and cons.

 

[kniever]

i havent been on a ford forum in a while but the last time i was on there they were the opposite and saying things like how the Statesman really shits all over the LTD and they would buy a Statesman anyday over one.

also another one i remember reading was when the 6.0ltr was coming out and they were saying they would have to get more racing stripes to be able to try and keep up lol.

but it is true, my old man is a ford lover and my whole life he has always bagged out holdens but i love them and from my experience from owning both i'll choose the holden anyday.