Comments by "Adrian McLean" (@adrianmclean9195) on "IWrocker" channel.

  1. Harry Seidler ( side - ler ), is probably Australia's most well known and prolific Architect - particularly for homes. Most preserved. Yes its real and advanced. Many designs. Designs used to this day.
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  2. MG stands for Morris Garages. It is English - classic sports cars. However, when the company along with Rover etc, finished - China bought the name and is now a Chinese brand - but nothing to do with what MG was. LDV Chinese vans is a similar story.
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  3. The penny has dropped: I was always told that the third eye level brake light was introduced because it reduced rear end accidents in the US studies by the highway institute thingy. Now I'm thinking it was actually the lighting system in the US - that was causing the accidents. ?
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  4. The lizard, pretty laid back and harmless could be a Goanna, a lace monitor or a perentie. All similar, different sizes and colours. Large variety. Very common. Eastern Green Water Dragons are awesome and very inquisitive.
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  5. Wow - i never knew - impressive - another Scandinavian country, punching well above it's weight. Since Volvo and Scania sell so well here in Australia, they should come here to.
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  6. Icehouse when in the US were called Flowers.? Sherbert were known as Highway in the US. Daryl Braithwaite, the lead singer of Highway, later had a solo career. John Farnham, was the second lead singer of The Little River Band.
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  7. The Isuzu trucks are pretty standard across the country for RURAL fire services and often 4wd and raised - some have entire sprinkler systems and roll over protection. Due to economics of scale and dependability and part of GM and it's history here, they are very popular and probably more cost effective against Europeans and distance to Japan. Metropolitan fire services are often Scanias. Country fire services are usually volunteered. Like surf life saving. Financially wouldn't work otherwise, due to area and small population and seasonally dependant. Part of the Aussie spirit. The second white hatchback Commodore, code name ZB, is the last Commodore imported from Germany. Opel. ( Opel, itself along with Vauxhall, now sold by GM to the P. S. A. Group, which is Peugeot, which acquired Citroen many years ago. They are now all part of the Stellantis group including Jeep, RAM, Dodge and Chrysler.) When we stopped making OUR Commodore VF II, in 2018. The new imported one did go through a minor Australian development program. Hatch and wagon. Some AWD. Turbo diesel and turbo petrol 4 and GM 3.6 V6. You have them in the US, badged as Chevrolet Malibu, Buick Regal, ( La Crosse ?, Impala ?, Cadillac? ) . Also known as the Opel Insignia in Germany where it originates. Vauxhall Insignia in the UK.
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  8. Yep, a guy from new York? Gave him a new Volvo
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  9. Volvo c40 - volvos new smallish car - full electric or hybrid - very good. Little car in front, is a size below the Ford Fiesta. Called the Ford Ka. Not made anymore
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  10. That's a lyrebird - the one you did a video on, that mimicks stacks of things, really accurately.
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  11. Whittakers chocolate is Kiwi. And really good - BUT - Coles and Woollies no longer sell their pure white chocolate, just a blond caramel version. Ahhhhhhhh.........
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  12. This was filmed in Brisbane QLD. At the beginning is the Brisbane Botanical Gardens in the CBD, flowing down to the Brisbane River. There was a mangrove swamp raised boardwalk on the actual river, but was destroyed many years ago in a massive flood - I'm not sure if it has been rebuilt ? Brisbane is the only coastal capital that is actually inland, up a river - I think it has grown to the sea ? Several habited islands off its coast - car ferries. Brisbane regularly floods. Melbourne too, has a Botanical gardens, as do all capitals - all stunning - and there is an area in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens with a small lake that looks similar.
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  13. Hi, just reported another "telegrammed" spam message, stating I have won something.
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  14. I wish the Australian Police Forces would use Volvos - XC-60 - as they were trialing them in Dubbo, and Dubbo kept them. I wish they were still going to make the SR-T 300 and in RHD from the factory. Possibly the big Opel - Commodore, if it still exists now that it has been taken over by PSA. ? Germans too dominant, expensive and already proving problematic.
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  15. I'm so sorry, your completely right. There is NO justification for prolonging pain, when someone is terminal and in pain. Other people's beliefs do NOT apply to other people, only themselves. But certain people cannot see that because their beliefs tell them so - hence why conflict arises, all in the name of religion.
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  16. I've only seen the delivery robot in the US. In Australia, in the ACT, they have been trialling food deliveries by drone.
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  17. Huntsman spiders are hilarious - harmless - clean up the bugs - have a great magical ability to appear suddenly in a ceiling corner, fully grown, out of no where, even with your place fully closed. !! ?? And they usually disappear the same way. One ran up the side of my refrigerator, so that he could be eye to eye with me ( it's eight eyes looking into my two eyes - lol 😂 ), he faced me, and flattened himself out to make himself look as big as possible - then because I needed to use the fridge - world war three, broke out. 😂
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  18. Yes, David is an Independent Senator in Australia's Federal Government. Very much for addressing Climate Change and social inequality and really is a gentleman and very well spoken and clever. It's worth you looking at his biography.
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  19. 70% is fine. Particularly for anybody outside of Europe.
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  20. Don't be embarrassed by the car, it certainly stacks up. The fact that it is in such good condition now, proves it's longevity and build quality. A cars quality, is only seen after it has done many kms and years. Many luxury Europeans don't pass the test and can be phenomenally expensive to maintain, particularly long term. Older Volvos are the exception and Peugeots. The cars seats, particularly the rear headrests - which are a very important safety feature, not common in small cars back then, even today!? - look awesome - almost like the French car seats - Particularly Renault.
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  21. So, if you're following from behind, and haven't seen the truck from any other angle - then the sign behind lets you know how many cars - trailers - bogies?, it is towing - so you can calculate when to overtake. I hired a BMW Z4 from Hertz in Adelaide and drove it across the Nullabor to Perth - when overtaking ON A STRAIGHT - you need to have time and move with the trailers, as they do move slightly from side to side. Tried to see how fast the BMW would go on the Western Australian section, where there was the Flying Doctor's Emergency Landing Strip, built into the hwy, when no one was around and full to the horizon visibility - I had to back off at 160 kmh, because the car had early electric steering and felt very nervous - very Autobahn unlike feel. Run flat tyres, and your bottom near the rear axle, made it a very bumpy ride. Tight body for a soft top - both Volvo C70 and Mustang convertible soft tops had massive body flex - particularly in the doors and windscreen scuttle.
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  22. His argument is correct, as the Chevy Volt is actually an Opel - in Germany: Opel designed and engineered this car, so it is European ! Australia's version was called a Holden. Therefore, Chevrolet DIDN'T save money on CHANGING the lights from European style to the US, but cost them money, as they had to modify them. The mind boggles.
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  23. The jumping or money/coin spiders are cute and harmless Will jump on your hand. The Kea ( pronounced the same as the car Kia ), is absolutely hilarious Many YouTube and docos on them. They hang out at the entrance to the Milford Sound road and tunnel and like to stick their beaks into anything rubber on your car. And they like to grab hold of windscreen wipers. Wait till you see the story of the Kakapo?, particularly with Steven Fry filming one.
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  24. They also hold their value really well - could be the highest in the country, making it another reason for a good financial purchase.
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  25. Most of Australia's fire engines are Scanias - and Isuzu's for rural fire service. Canberra's are light green. Scania does have comprehensive headquarters here for the trucks and buses, maintenance and repairs and I think modifications. The semi high speed train that runs along the entire QLD coast, from the capital Brisbane to Cairns is a SAAB - Scania ( SAAB do make aircraft - used extensively in Australia - REX airlines.) The train is a tilt train, so it tilts into corners to remain stable, when the tracks cannot support very fast trains.
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  26. If you Google an Australian television program called: Hungry Beast, from quite a while ago - done by University Students - many who are now well known TV presenters and journalists - you will find their documentary on Coles and Woolworths and how they operate. Very chilling and predatory. Both the UK and the US are currently talking about and studying the monopolisation of supermarkets and how only a handful dominate their markets. But in Australia, we basically have only TWO - so a lot worse here - particularly for remote and rural/regional Australia. We have just had a major govt. enquiry on these two supermarkets. Not good New laws and watchdog and fines. Needs dilution. Recently found that both were the most expensive. Very little difference. Aldi was much cheaper. Customer Service at Checkout is appalling. Forced to use self checkouts. The girl in the video, on ALL accounts was VERY restrained and this has become a hit around the country. The fat woman in black - on phenomenal salary and her goons, were virtually just repeating their written company spiel, in-person. Absolutely appalling. As for illegally filming - NSW detectives - who knows their laws - will tell you that is is not illegal to film in public. Many TV investigations on the " duopoly ". When grilled, live on air, by Four Corners ABC investigative journalists, the previous CEO - possibly an arrogant white supremacist South African - put his foot in it and tried to backtrack - a couple of days later, he conveniently resigned. Just scum. They treat farmers with contempt and hold them to ransom, with many afraid to speak out. As I have stated before on Social Media - the Hungry Beast program needs to be repeated, as it is more relevant now, than when it was released.
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  27. Sanitarium is American - Seventh Day Adventist Church owned. Tax charity status and higher prices puts them at an advantage. Mayvers - Australian relatively young company, is a big hit here with huge variety and ALL natural. Peanut butter has always been popular here.
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  28. The Falcon alloys, were known as snowflake design. I think used firstly in gold on the XE ESP pack ( European Sports Pack ), from about 1982. The red/orange version with the Scheel seats and 5.8 litre V8 and manual, I still think is one of Australia's best ever cars. This was when Ford Australia stopped V8 production until reintroducing them again for the all new EA. The last batch were sold to the Italian sports car company: De Tomaso
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  29. Yes, for x3 days now, I have been wearing my red poppy flower and ANZAC badge - my uncle was one of the few Australians that piloted one of the Lancaster Bombers and is buried in France. My nephew wears his medals at the dawn service in Albury, at the War Memorial that's sits stop Monument Hill at the end of our main CBD street that also acts as a 360° lookout over Albury-Wodonga across the border of NSW and Victoria and the Murray River and to the Victorian and NSW snowfields/mountains. It's lit up at night.
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  30.  @djgrant8761  Thankyou
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  31.  @WildHorseSpirit14  Awesome - sorry if Australians, have or do not always recognize New Zealand and have made fun of you over the decades - went there in 1988, and loved it - socially so much more advanced than Australia
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  32. ABS is for steering when braking. As you can see in the video, he has the steering on full lock but it is not responding. On a normal surface, ABS would take longer to stop then without, because of friction between the road and tyres. If the surface is wet etc, the ABS will stop shorter - again because of friction - in that case, NO friction with tyres and road surface - just skidding. This is where ABS does both. On dirt Mitsubishi Australia discovered that an S class Mercedes Benz took longer to brake with ABS. This was because the non ABS car built up a wedge of dirt in front of the tyres, due to wheels locking up. Steering of course didn't work. So more to do with steering. Mitsubishi Australia patented a ABS + 3 system, that detects the car on dirt and allows sufficient periodic locking for shorter braking on dirt whilst still steering. Again, wheels magazine from a while ago, has a great comparison photo of a Lancia, Alfa and prelude all braking at the same speed, surface and point, next to each other, and the prelude with it's ABS was far further forward than the other two. The comic photo, from above shows journalists playing dead on the road behind the prelude. 😂 Some sports cars - like the Audi Quattro Sport, short wheelbase has switchable ABS. So you can turn it off when you want to, for the skill of the driver and road surface etc.
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  33. ​ @LemmyD_from_Germany  I think it was a Citroen Zsara idea. Peugeot own Citroen and now own Opel/Vauxhall, under Stellantis. The Germans had to be different and just make their hard braking, via making the brake lights flash really quickly. I think the French version is more effective and distinct. Renault does the hazard lights as well, but makes them flash twice as fast.
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  34. Cape York Peninsula - where the really scary things are - Cassowaries
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  35. And the Flyscreens worked and kept children entertained for hours.
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  36. Your very correct - here in Australia, during COVID-19, food prices skyrocketed - yes some were because of natural disasters and COVID-19 things: like supply and transportation and staff and lockdowns etc ......... BUT The supermarkets, both made record profits !!??
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  37. The Dacia 1300, from 1973, is a Renault 12. Very very popular in Australia in the 70's. Rode well on our bad roads - that magic French suspension. Were made here or put together here via CKD - Complete Knock Down. Last forever. Feels like driving a large car. Came in awesome pastel colours like our famous Kingwood's and Falcons and Valiants. Until lead was banned. The same car was sold in Turkey under a Turkish car maker. Lada sold the Samara and little 4wd Niva here in Australia. The Niva being very durable. Peter Brock even was involved with a version of the Samara. Can see on YouTube on Australian car adverts/research.
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  38.  @Danceofmasks  do you have the actual facts from real life crashes to prove your comment about Volvos ? The other cars, were the Volvo's crumple zones. The driver walked away. Airbags only go off once.
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  39. The Peugeot 3008 is very nice - available to rent at Sydney domestic airport. BMW and Peugeot co-developed small turbo fours. Also in Mini and Citroen. Beautiful interiors. Not soft riding Peugeots of old though, like the 505.
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  40.  @vanesag.9863  That's, okay - I can't speak another language - so your doing better than me. 🙂
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  41. And FRENCH cars. 😂
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  42. In Australia, it is common now for manufacturers to offer your kitchen cabinets colour and material to be placed over your facia for both fridges and dishwashers Fridges can be varying colours, double doors, single door, upside down - bottom mount, and twin freezer draw doors at the bottom. Hitachi, even door a light bronze coloured vertical fridge with 3 doors Some bathrooms are WET bathrooms, where there is no shower screen and the whole bathroom is designed to get wet and drain and non slip and full cover toilet seat.
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  43. The Mitsubishi is basically a Galant, and is what Mitsubishi Australia based it's new car on, after retiring the Sigma, which really is a Galant as well. We called ours, the Magna. Only with the 2.6 4 cyl astron engine. We actually made the car wider and did our own wagon.
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  44. Australia's claim was before the treaty. x3 continents close to Antarctica. I would rather have Australia "managing" Antarctic than many other countries. That treaty finishes relatively soon. Then there will be trouble. China wants it. China has stated officially, that, as it has the world's largest population, it has the right to more of the world's resources. ???
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  45. Oh, a custom made car in Australia has also been called a Perentie. Looks a bit like an older Corvette stingray with incredible sparkly paint. There is also Elfin cars, open wheeler with LS1 engines, two seaters - awesome. Also Purvis Eureka etc.
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  46. ​ JanneAndersson-pr8vd Yes, from New York or New York state. It was miles not kms - about 4,700,000 kms.
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  47. Wow, that's like me - I come from Albury-Wodonga where we hit 46, but dry - that heat comes WA and from the North. But whilst, temporarily living in Wollongong, it is no where near as hot, but at 25 and often over 80% humidity with the escarpment holding humidity, I struggle with it. Thankfully, there is usually a coastal breeze.
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  48. I think scania is now owned by the VW/ Audi group. If GM didn't kill SAAB, I think their cars would retain buttons on the dashboard, as screens require menus and more actions, taking more time off concentrating on the road - as leaders in ergonomic safety, driven by their connection to aircraft cockpits via scania and SAAB aircraft and the viggen fighter jets, I think they would be appalled at the amount of distractions in a car today. Safety was their priority - even stronger than Volvo - before airbags, they are rated as the safest, in front of Volvo, then Peugeot
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  49. ​ @lmaree200886  - and the Taxis are often driven hard - and in stop/start traffic. And these 1,000,000 km taxis have had no engine overhauls and still sellable and can still pass a roadworthy if looked after. Other things obviously need replacing/overhauling.
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  50. Overall, Australia's tap water quality is very high and safe. Some cities have desalination plants, some don't operate Sydney and Melbourne have huge catchment areas that are very much natural and highly secured and state of the art filtration systems.
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