monkeysarefun Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) On 18/12/2020 at 21:19, big jim said: Had to laugh yesterday, I was on the M6 toll road in the mini and a Lamborghini aventador passed me near the toll booths, we ended up alongside each other and when my barrier went up I left the lambo standing and it took him nearly 2 miles to finally get past........... the reason? when he got to the toll booth the driver couldn’t reach the card slot from the drivers seat so had to open the gull wing door and get out to put his card in Does the UK really still have toll booths? Edited December 21, 2020 by monkeysarefun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2020 On the M6 toll yes On the likes of the 2nd Mersey crossing they have been replaced by ANPR readers, you have to pay in advance or within 24 hours of using the road or you can get a fine 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Here we've got electronic tags that sit beside your rearview miror. - the NSW government loves building new toll roads, if we had to stop at a toll booth every time we entered a new stretch of toll road we'd never get anywhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 You can get the tags for the M6 toll but it doesn’t really save much money, maybe 20p a trip max and I can normally get through the gate as quick as those cars that go through the tag lane anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, big jim said: You can get the tags for the M6 toll but it doesn’t really save much money, maybe 20p a trip max and I can normally get through the gate as quick as those cars that go through the tag lane anyway Theres one tollway here that the opposition party of the time made an election promise back around 15 years or so ago to abolish the toll of. They got voted in and found out that since the tollway was owned 49% by a private company they couldn't actually abolish it. So what they do is every 3 months you get a statement of trips made on your tag, you sign it and send it back to them and they send you the money. Wierdly, successive governments have never abolished this practice, despite adding several more tollways along the route that this one is on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) A very rare picture of the ute being used as a ute.... 6 litres of Chevy-ness, 6 speed manual, 362BHP, 0 to 100kmh in 5 seconds and it can take the results of a weekend of garden demolition work to the tip. Try that in an Aston Martin Vantage! Oh, unless they've got a trailer I guess. Edited December 26, 2020 by monkeysarefun 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted December 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2020 I do like Holdens. Basically an enlarged German executive with a decent V8 at a good price. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted December 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2020 8 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: A very rare picture of the ute being used as a ute.... 6 litres of Chevy-ness, 6 speed manual, 362BHP, 0 to 100kmh in 5 seconds and it can take the results of a weekend of garden demolition work to the tip. Try that in an Aston Martin Vantage! Oh, unless they've got a trailer I guess. Imagine the mayhem that could result from a Vantage + trailer if one forgot the trailer was there..... John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 9 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: A very rare picture of the ute being used as a ute.... 6 litres of Chevy-ness, 6 speed manual, 362BHP, 0 to 100kmh in 5 seconds and it can take the results of a weekend of garden demolition work to the tip. Try that in an Aston Martin Vantage! Oh, unless they've got a trailer I guess. Could be useful for taking the layout to exhibitions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted December 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2020 Holdens has been killed off by GM, they did it a couple of years ago. The big ones (Commodore) were heavily based on the German GM cars, the squarish ones famous for Bathurst were basically enlarged Senators with a V8, replaced by the airsmoothed Senator/Omega A replaced based one, then by an enlarged Omega B with a TWR modded V8 (I think) then when the Eurpopean V can floor pan bit the dust a Aus USA floorpan for this size we never had in Europe, except as the VXR8 import (I wanted one). Then that one was replaced by an Insignia with a V6. it is NOT a proper Commodore. This is why the Holdens were the best GM large cars, non US spec V8s in a modified German floorpan. This seems to be getting delinked within Wiki and could not find with 2 different search engines, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_V_platform_(1966) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 What a waste 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Pseudo hot rod. Needs a clean! steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 37 minutes ago, steve1 said: Pseudo hot rod. Needs a clean! steve That's not even dirty!! I'm clambering about underneath mine at the moment, managed to get the bumper caught on grass and soil on the path round to my garage. Broken some of the mountings I think. This is dirty and the picture doesn't show it as bad as it is, mine's a daily driver anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 On 19/12/2020 at 20:58, Dunsignalling said: If so and the lifetime is 150k OR 10 years as cited earlier, it reinforces my long held prejudices about Fords.... John Our Mark 1 Fiesta lasted over 20 years and was still in good mechanical shape when the tin worm got it. That said, I don't think it had got anywhere near 150K. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 27, 2020 Fitted some spotlights to the mini today, genuine wipac’s, same as a class 66! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted December 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 hours ago, RJS1977 said: Our Mark 1 Fiesta lasted over 20 years and was still in good mechanical shape when the tin worm got it. That said, I don't think it had got anywhere near 150K. The door mirrors were rotting their way out of my 1985 Mk2 by 1993 when it had not much more than 20k on the clock. I haven't touched anything with a blue badge since. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 hours ago, great central said: That's not even dirty!! I'm clambering about underneath mine at the moment, managed to get the bumper caught on grass and soil on the path round to my garage. Broken some of the mountings I think. This is dirty and the picture doesn't show it as bad as it is, mine's a daily driver anyway Got it sorted, the previous owner(s) had already broken the bottom mountings so all I did was make it worse! It had scooped up 2 dustpans full of mud and grass. I've improvised some bottom mountings using the bits of broken ones and assorted screws and washers, it's actually better now than when I got it. Also spent some time yesterday removing the ridge of mud and grass on the path the rear garage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted December 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 27, 2020 3 hours ago, steve1 said: Pseudo hot rod. Needs a clean! steve There's a bloke up around the corner from here who has a convertible one..... John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 27, 2020 Gave the ZT a midwinter clean up today first a contactless wash to get bits off then a shampoo followed by a new ceramic infused wax from car chem then applied a sealer from them aptly named lock down. This should give it protection until the spring now 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Here's a slightly earlier Commodore from an Englishman's perspective Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Here's an Holden Ute an HSV Maloo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) From Holden's rival in Australia a Ford EF GLi Falcon. A rather battered example but it still goes nonetheless. He says the design was done at the American design studios which is wrong. The car is wholly designed in Australia with no input from the American parent company whatsoever. Edited December 30, 2020 by faulcon1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Ford Australia's unloved child the AU Falcon an almost full model history Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 The mobile office pack for the AU Falcon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 The Englishman in New Zealand gets another car but what does he get to replace a Citroen BX? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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