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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30975 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
That's what those of us outside of the US can't wrap our heads around- why, instead of using a car, would you use a heavy commercial vehicle as a car?Status symbol advertising for greater profits. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13842 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Ford and Holden no longer manufacture vehicles here.(although things are getting ridiculous here with the number of people buying Landcruiser's and other large heavy 4WD vehicles & SUVs instead of a car, […]The good old Ute is no longer liked Down Under? The only utes these days are generally dual cabs of the Ford Ranger/ Mazda BT-50, Toyota Hilux and ever increasing numbers of Chevy Suburbans & F-150s & F-250s etc. If you need a ute for work, hauling large trailers etc then a single cab unit is what you need & fair enough. But when they're mostly dual cabs only used for shopping & driving the kids around??? Never even go on a dirt or gravel road??? Why spend $75,000 to $150,000+ (along with the increased running costs) when $30,0000 gets you a Camry or similar? As tight as the economy is, there are still plenty of people with more money than sense. And all the parking spaces & parking garages were all made for Commodore & Falcon sized vehicles, not high clearance 4WDS with roof racks, and bull bars & long tow bars & extra wide wheels and wheel arches & running boards/ bars from the bull bar to the rear bar. Grant Darwin NT |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36592 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Now that was close to a catastrophe. Hidden runway bomb explodes just after plane takes off. A bomb, probably dropped in World War Two, exploded at an airport, around one minute after a passenger plane passed the site. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22495 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
A bomb on wheels, transporting school kids :-( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y0jm7jpx8o A sad saga of bodge jobs (other phrases may be applied), just a total disregard for the consequences - and so widespread - just leaves me speechless. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36592 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
They were suppose to survey the reef, not plough into it. New Zealand navy ship runs aground and sinks off Samoa, all crew onboard rescued. New Zealand says it has rescued all 75 crew and passengers from a wrecked navy vessel that ran aground and sank off Samoa while conducting a reef survey. |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21202 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
Adding to the reef? Navigational errors suck. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22495 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
There are two ways of surveying a reef. One is to not sink the boat, and the other is to sink the boat. I guess the Kiwi's decided on the second approach :-( Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36592 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
You have to expect that when your eyes are looked on a phone instead of the road. Jack Doherty crashes new McLaren while streaming. Streamer Jack Doherty has crashed his $300,000 new McLaren 570S after losing control on a wet road. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
That's a costly mistake and the streaming service has done him a favor by banning him from posting dangerous videos. Some id10t somewhere would think that simultaneously driving/live-streaming is 'cool' a thing to do, kill someone and/or themselves, then sue him & the streaming service for their own stupidity. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Surveillance video shows boy, 10, driving stolen car across Minnesota playground A 10--year-old boy was placed in police custody after he drove a stolen vehicle recklessly across a crowded Minnesota school playground, authorities stated. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36592 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
That Kiwi naval ship is causing some problems for the local inhabitants and aquatic life. New Zealand launches inquiry into sinking of HMNZS Manawanui amid growing environmental concern. ......The embarrassing incident is NZ's first naval loss during peacetime, and its first since World War II. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22495 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Maybe not a "Knight of the Road", but certainly as "Drunk as a Lord" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyz07rd129o Thankfully nobody was hurt. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36592 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
A hoon on an unregisterable dirt bike gets a surprise. Wild dashcam footage has captured the moment a speeding dirt bike collides with a car at a Canberra roundabout, sending the rider flying onto the roof. He was lucky to be able to flee the scene. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36592 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Beyond belief. TikToker Jack Doherty has turned to begging for donations after crashing a $300,000 McLaren while texting and driving in the rain. Controversial streamer Jack Doherty has been roasted online for begging viewers for donations after crashing his brand-new McLaren 570S supercar while texting and driving in the rain. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22495 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
One Manoeuvrer to many? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czegzgkdjxro Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19362 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
A camera near a pub in Staffordshire has captured a series of crashes at a road junction. Junction crashes caught on home's doorcam The pub's landlord has been chalking up the days in between crashes at a crossroads. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13842 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Locals have called for changes at the A521 junction with Draycott Cross Road outside the Huntsman pub in Cheadle.Wouldn't be necessary if the people driving weren't idiots & incapable of following the posted road signs. Easiest and most effective fix would be replacing the give way sign with a stop sign and removing the 30 speed sign, & large speed bumps just before the intersection so even if they don't stop they'd at least have to slow down to an almost stop or destroy their suspension. And i've no doubt that's what would still happen- wiped out suspension due to the idiocy of the idiot driving. Grant Darwin NT |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22495 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
People would still ignore the stop sign just as they ignore the give way sign and the speed limit. Speed humps are only of limited value with so many idiots driving.... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13842 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Speed humps are only of limited value with so many idiots driving....There are some rather severe ones in shopping centre carparks here where if you do it at more than a couple of km per hour & you're going to be in world of pain. However, the number of SUVs/4WDs that just continue to roll right over something that would destroy the average car if it tried to take it at speed will continue to ignore such bumps in the road. These days you have to be careful around shopping centres as extra high curbs that would rip the front panels off a car if they tried to drive up them don't stop people in their 4WDs from just driving right over them instead of taking the narrow windy roads to the actual entrance & exit. End result is large vehicles coming on to the road where you don't expect anything to be coming out there. Grant Darwin NT |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19362 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Making it a roundabout, with a substantial centre, would be better than speed bumps. |
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