Comments by "Tim John Un" (@timjohnun4297) on "IWrocker" channel.

  1. Nobody gives truck drivers a thought. Motorists complain about them constantly, when it's the truckies that keep their supermarkets stocked. Places like this rely on them heavily, yet give them a tiny patch of driveway to use. it's a thankless job and the pay is pretty crap too, if you break it down into an hourly rate. Seriously underrated people
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  2. I was lucky (I guess) that when I started school, Australia had recently adopted the metric system, so I was taught mainly metric, but the teachers were still well versed in the imperial system as well, so I was kind of taught both. In high school I used nothing but metric, then when I started my apprenticeship I was told by all the older mechanics "Don't use that metric crap around here", and used mainly imperial measurements (Thou, foot pounds, etc...Even on Japanese cars). As time went on, everything pretty much switched over, but later in life I found myself working on US systems. All the younger techs used to always ask me, is 9/16" bigger or smaller than 5/8", 3/16" and 5/32", etc. It was at that point I realised just how complicated and antiquated the imperial system really is. In saying that though, I can still visually set an 18 thou point gap...Not that I need to anymore ;)
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  3. You really need to watch the movie RUSH, it's about the rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt, during the 1976 season. It's based on reality and shows the true characters of 2 of the most iconic F1 drivers of all time (In my opinion). Niki was almost incinerated in a crash at the Nürburgring and the fact he was racing again, weeks later, is sport's biggest comeback story of all time (Again, in my opinion)
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  4. More fun facts - the car he was driving in that video wasn't the one he started the race in. The 05 car blew an engine early on, Brock jumped into the number 10 car, which was only put together out of spare parts, to fulfil a sponsorship commitment of having 2 cars at Bathurst. It was never expected to even finish the race, let alone win it. I really think you should have a look at Larry Perkins next, Brock was a legend, but LP was just as much so, plus he built a lot of cars, Brock's, his own and a lot of others. There's video of him in the wet around Bathurst, too
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  5. To be fair, Isaac has responded to heaps of “10 reasons to not visit Australia “ videos, so he was always going to do one about not visiting America in response 🤷‍♂️
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  6. I love the one where he drops in to see his "Old mate", he's knocking on the front door, meanwhile old mate is out the back packing his family into the car to get the hell out of there
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  7. The frustrating thing about living in Australia - I live in the same state as this place, but it's a 33 hour drive from here lol
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  8. 1984 was the end of the best era of Australian motorsports, at least in my opinion
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  9. I went to a relay for life event a few years ago, there was a man and a young lady inside it, and it was full of tiger snakes. They were walking around with them, and told me they could do it because after being in there for around 20 minutes, staying still, the snakes become used to the fact they are there. A bit later I went to show my wife, we found the pool with the snakes, but nobody was in there. Apparently one of the snakes had crawled up the lady's trouser leg, panicked, and bitten her multiple times on the leg, she had gone for a nice little ride in an ambulance
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  10. I remember hearing about Valentino Rossi testing a Ferrari F1 car a few years back. He apparently did well in it but "struggled with the 110 kg of braking force required on the brake pedal". Bearing in mind, most F1 drivers weigh on average 75 kg, so they are literally pushing more than their body weight, every brake application. Imagine 78 laps of Monaco doing that!
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  11. Something that we have in Australia, that surprises a lot of foreigners, is drive through bottle shops. I can't imagine life without them :D
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  12. I was lucky enough to have served on an Aussie ship in the gulf and to have also spent a couple of days onboard a US Arleigh Burke destroyer. The biggest difference was, they had 1 job for each person, whereas we had about 10 jobs for each person! They had so many people that we were basically passengers wile we were there, but when their people came over to our ship, we put them to work lol. Unfortunately I think China are becoming the most powerful military in the world, and that is frightening to me
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  13. Yep, in the real world it makes no difference whether a ratchet will handle 400 kg's or 500 kg's, because you would never get that much force on one anyway. I was impressed with the socket, to be honest
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  14. Older houses would mostly be on 1/4 acre blocks, that was standard back in the day. Love the cricket stumps painted on the shed in the Beckenham house
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  15. Tassie has some of the best roads in the country. I was born and raised there, live in WA now, but I tell all my mates with motorcycles, if you want to go on a good holiday, take your bike to Tassie. A lot have now thanked me for it
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  16.  @aussiefirie  Larry built all his own cars. Plus a lot of other people's cars. Including Brock's
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  17. I can relate to the dog one. Every night. Except it's 2 dogs, not one lol. And yes, we use MUM in Australia, and also just about everywhere else in the English speaking world except the US ;)
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  18. 7:38 was a divided road, (I think I recognise it actually). The camera car was fine where he was, the other car had completely gone over to the wrong road
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  19. The fact that McDonald's Mcafe does really well here, and so does Gloria Jean's, suggests to me that Starbuck's is just overpriced crap ;) I agree with you too, that tourists don't all want a "Familiar face". Half the fun of travelling is to experience the way of life in the country you're in, imo
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  20. Absolute legend! Be sure to check out the Perkins Engineering channel too, a lot of really interesting stuff in there, with Larry’s son Jack doing restorations on some of Larry’s old cars, he gives a lot of good info on all the different cars over the different eras
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  21. Just going to Bathurst is a blast, even as a spectator. It's a special feeling, being at the top of the mountain as the sun comes up over the mountains. It's a shame it's so far away for me, because I probably won't get to do it again, now that the cars have all changed, but camping out there for 2 or 3 days is a blast
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  22.  @kruleworld  You literally just explained how we pronounce it RIGHT, not WRONG lol
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  23.  @davidg1838  We are looking after ourselves, by paying medicare levies in our taxes. It's the same theory as private insurance. So having medical expenses paid IS a right, because we are all paying for it
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  24. I noticed at the start of the race the steering wheel was pointing slightly to the left on the straights. After the crash with that Torana it seemed to be a bit worse, so maybe bent the steering a bit, perhaps even cracked the windscreen then? IDK. Cool video though :)
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  25. As a Tasmanian who has lived in WA for 20 odd years I'm quite happy to have been isolated over here, especially when seeing the numbers all over the country. We've lived mask free with no lockdowns while the rest have suffered
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  26.  @dylanzrim3635  If they trust you they will never swoop you
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  27. Late 80's/early 90's were my favourite era, but I can't think of a bad era, and have been following it since 1980
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  28. Now there’s a blast from the past, Norman Gunston aka Garry McDonald. He even had a hit single years ago, called Kiss army lol
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  29. Holden. I was introduced to Australian touring car racing by Peter Brock's A9X Torana, been a Holden guy ever since. Have to admit though, that Falcon does sound magical
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  30. And 'Biscuits', not 'Cookies'
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  31. Put it this way - if a full scale WW3 ever broke out, there would be no winner
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  32. Except for Emu ;)
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  33. 351 Cleveland using a 750 Holley carb I believe. They sourced another XE Falcon after that crash, did an all-nighter and started the race the next day, with the paint still wet
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  34. Good strategy, well played, Ian 🤣
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  35. Glad you found the Perkins Engineering channel. Hope you’ve checked out all the cars Jack has restored, he’s done an amazing job. Heaps of info on all the different cars and the way they were built, too
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  36. I got hooked on Motorsport back in 1978. The first race I ever went to was at Symmons plains, in Tassie. I went there thinking I was a Moffat fan, came home an unrepentant Brock fan. Not only did that a9x Torana look the goods, it was the best sounding car I’ve ever heard. Brock won and spent about 3 hours afterwards in the pits signing autographs and talking to the fans. He was a true legend
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  37. I would take the scrub python in the kitchen any day over Grizly bears wandering around the back yard 😉
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  38. DMY is chronological order
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  39. Oh, and a9x Toranas filled the first 8 positions at Bathurst in 1979. More useless trivia is, there were actually more 4 door a9x’s built than hatchbacks. Contrary to popular belief
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  40. She's spot on about being careful when crossing the road, I've lived in Australia all my life, nearly got killed in Dubai from looking the wrong way when crossing the road there
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  41. The top of the mountain back in those days wasn't really a place to chill, it was like a war zone up there lol. It's tamed down a lot now these days. They now have a 2 cartons of beer per person per day rule ;)
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  42. Just like steak, if it's between bread it's a steak sandwich, if it's in a burger bun it's a steak burger
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  43. Plus he started up HRT, back in the early days. He is currently rebuilding the VW Beetle he used in the Wynn's safari
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  44. As long as they are cut into triangles, that's the important bit :D
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  45.  @xXturbo86Xx  There's 2 reasons your comment is wrong: Firstly, the rules state that all braking force must come directly from the driver, no braking aids allowed. Driver aids were also banned after Senna's fatal crash in 1994, not that braking forces were ever assisted in the first place. Secondly, the braking assistance in your road car comes from manifold vacuum, from the engine. When you run your engine at wide open throttle, you develop zero manifold vacuum, so a vacuum booster on a F1 car would be totally useless, even if it was legal. The driver would also lose the feel of the front wheels, to detect locking up etc. These reasons apply to a lot of classes of motorsport, too, not just F1
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  46.  @tothelimit9992  did I say that? Did I??
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  47. Dunno about other states but here in WA you are only allowed to use the left hand side while operating the truck, collecting bins. If you drive to or from the depot, to the tip, etc, you must use the right side. Just some useless trivia for the algorithm ;)
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  48. The true reason behind that is we're upside down here, I thought everyone knew that ;)
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  49. I think the actual switches are a bit different too, the Aussie switches are more like a rocker switch, whereas the American ones are more like a toggle switch....if that makes sense....
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  50. I agree about the older cars and drivers having a lot more character. One of the true legends you probably should do a video on is Larry Perkins, last to first, 1995. Not only was he a legendary driver, but a great engineer also, who built his own cars and also a lot of components for other teams
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  51. Magpies are cool, plovers are pricks lol
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  52.  @davidg1838  So, you're unhappy to be forced to pay Medicare, but don't think it's your right to use it if you need it? It's basically compulsory health insurance, yes, but if we didn't have it, we would have a lot more sick unemployed people that would still be a financial drain on the taxpayer. No system is perfect, but the system we have is still one of the best in the world, and way better than the US system
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  53. Any Fly In/Fly Out mining worker will have experienced these things hanging around the mine-site accommodation, particularly when walking down to the toilet block in the middle of the night lol
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  54.  @stantonclark  On the flip side, China has possible allies in North Korea and Russia. And the Russians have some frightening technology too
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  55.  @alexanderkupke920  Australia uses the 'E' system too, LED globes can't be put into regular lights, because the reflectors aren't suitable, but if you can find an entire LED light unit that has an E marking it can be fitted
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  56. I don't have much interest left in the series, after following it closely since the late 1970's - too much politics, no more locally made cars, being a parity series now, and a fan base that's becoming increasingly toxic - but Bathurst is still a very special race. I still enjoy it, and I'm sure you will too. Hope you do get to watch live! I think 7plus stream it live, not sure if you can log into that, but maybe (Cough) VPN (Cough)
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  57. Agreed, it's unfortunate that a lot of people treat it as a joke, but the fact is, he was still good enough to make that Olympic final in the first place
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  58.  @tothelimit9992  Other people dont generally get complained about as much as truck drivers, but sorry, i didnt realise this was meant to be a pissing contest
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  59. I don't find the internet anywhere near as bad as it's being portrayed. I can easily work from home. As far as I know, it's really only uploads that are slower. I rarely upload anything, so maybe that's it
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  60. The cars have a rear mounted transaxle and independent rear suspension today, but a lot of the cars in this video were running a control "Ford" 9 inch live rear axle. Usually when they smacked a wall the first thing that would break would be the watts linkage, which would allow the rear axle to move around like that. I think they switched to the transaxle back in 2013, when the "Car of the future" chassis was first used
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  61.  @shaunmckenzie5509  Yes, I grew up in Tassie where the tap water is awesome, but I now live in WA. The tap water here is drinkable but not the nicest. I have a reverse osmosis unit under my bench that makes it much nicer
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  62.  @marvindebot3264  When I was a kid, Coke came in a 1 litre glass bottle, and it would keep its fizz for nearly a week. When they switched to plastic it would go flat within a day or 2. Plus it tasted better from a glass bottle, that's a no-brainer
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  63. I was right there, it happened right in front of me. I've actually got a pic of him just as he clipped the first wall. I didn't realise what had happened until I put the camera down and saw his car up in the air. The distance that car slid after that was amazing, he ended up at the entrance to Forest elbow. I actually thought the worst about what happened to him and the marshalls in that box he took out, glad they were all OK in the end
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  64. Not quite in the same league, but I had a dead stock original HQ SS that I sold for peanuts, back in the late 80's, because I bought a house and couldn't afford furniture. Should have kept the SS and just sat on milk crates for a while ;)
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  65. If you watch the skid factory on yt, they built an engine out of one of these and put it in an old Skyline/GTR, I forget the engine designation but it was an all alloy Nissan V8. We don't have this class in Australia but we do have 410 and 360 sprintcars all around the country
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  66. The only way that cyber truck could be registered in Australia would be via a personal import scheme and it would need to comply with all applicable ADR's, which would mean some pretty extensive mods, including RHD conversion (LHD cars 15 years old and over can be registered in Australia but not newer than that)
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  67. AKA Chicken in pyjamas ;)
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  68. I live in WA and OS is a magnificent stadium, but I can't help but thinking, they missed an opportunity to make it seat 100,000 like the MCG. Then and only then could the argument of holding the AFL Grand Final there be taken seriously
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  69. Rhonda and Ketut are hilarious, without actually being funny, a bit like Kath and Kim. It's kind of subtle humour. Very hard to explain, and I strongly suspect that unless you're an Aussie it wouldn't be very funny at all
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  70.  @TangoNevada  That's DTS for you lol
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  71.  @x_quinn_x9179  Sucks if you want to top up your tank but don't know how much it's gonna take
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  72. Forget the ratchets, I want whatever brand that socket is :D
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  73. In Australia we used to have big Ambulances, too, Ford F trucks, with big V8 engines, huge fiberglass bodies, now we have Mercedes Benz Sprinters, which are just as capable, but far cheaper to operate and way more maneuverable, easier to park, etc
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  74.  @skullandcrossbones65  agreed, I work in this area for the DoT, a “Truck” has to have a GVM of over 4500 kg to me, or possibly a Mitsubishi Canter, which is a 6 tonne truck downgraded to 4495 so it can be driven on a car license. Anything smaller is a Ute 😏
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  75. Captain Leo Wanker...Trevor dags....just from the top of my head :D Whatever happened to our sense of humour??
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  76. Magpies are highly intelligent and very placid, and can be befriended easily by people. They only swoop during mating season, when they have young ones in the nest. If you feed them for a while they will recognise your face and not swoop you. My wife works at a child care centre, there are magpies living there in the trees, they are super friendly and tame, they never swoop anyone
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  77. For his next trick, I'd like to see him catch an African Black Mamba while on roller skates ;)
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  78.  @joannemurdock7899  Not sure if you know or not, but feeding them raw mince is actually really bad for them, it can sit in the bottom of their beak and cause beak rot. I'd stick to the beef strips. My wife works in a child care centre, generations of magpies have lived in the trees there and regularly come down for visits, and a free feed ;)
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  79. Check out Glenn Seton 1987 in the rain, not great quality video back then but some great in car shots, especially snapping sideways halfway down conrod straight at well over 200 km/h
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  80.  @BradGryphonn  The guy in the video mentioned he was from Adelaide I think?
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  81. I thought he sounded more Pom than Aussie
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  82.  @tristabella2297  Currently only 0.26% of people who are infected even end up in hospital, so I think it's all a bit blown up now. Mark has done the right thing in my opinion, although I think this mask thing it a bit OTT. Time now to move on
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  83. Yeah, Dick Johnson was great on in-car, had some of the best one-liners ever
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  84. The weather in Perth is supposedly very similar to Southern California. So I'm told...
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  85. I have to side with the Americans here, it is named after the big cat, which is native to the Americas, so, the poms are probably wrong on this one ;)
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  86.  @getreal4371  They did, until 2020
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  87. 1930's Germany is happening all over again, this time in America...
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  88. Yeah, if it wasn't for the cheap Bali flights I think Darwin would have a lot more tourists. Maybe that's not a bad thing though. I'd go to Darwin over Bali any day of the week
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  89. @The Aussie Family Only in public service, not private...
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  90. You absolutely MUST do the Cougar bourbon ad! "5 Cougars thanks"!! Or the Antz pantz ad, if you're game ;)
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  91. 1985, chasing the TWR Jaguars. Probably his best ever drive, he was in 3rd place until the timing chain broke
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  92. EJ, 100%
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  93.  Miscreant Mil  202, triple side draught Weber carbs
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  94.  Miscreant Mil  I think the LC GTR had a 161, the XU1 did come out with a 186 with triple CD Strombergs (Almost identical to SU's), the LJ came out with a 202 and CD Strommies, but the Bathurst model had Webers. The only thing I didn't like about the LC/LJ was the steering wheel was offset to the left
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  95.  @fredburmeister7125  I hope they never do that here!
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  96. Looks like a VH to me, around 1982/83
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  97. Unfortunately the CEO's in Detroit milked the Aussie car industry for all its worth while they were making profits, instead of reinvesting in the factories to change from front engine rear drive platforms. SUV sales killed the traditional sedan or wagon and made them unprofitable. People blame the unions but I blame the Detroit fat cats
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  98. 3:35 you can see the guy at the B pillar unplugging the air prematurely, which drops the car
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  99. Yeah, that's a good point. I'd never say G'day mate to an actual friend, but if I am addressing someone I don't know, then I would. Weird, hey!
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  100. Mad hawks fan here myself, I love the jumper, but only because I relate it to the team. I'd have understood if Ian put it right at the bottom, to be honest. I've grown to love it ;)
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  101. Another youtube channel you probably should have a look at is the skid factory. They do some insane car/engine mods, and are based in Queensland. Their latest video is a 1500hp Barra in a Bedford van ;)
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  102.  @geoffb.6154  Not so much OCD, more LOGICAL order. Like counting to 4, by saying 1234, and not 1324.....
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  103. Dare or Farmer's union, I drink them by the truckload lol
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  104. I always considered Promite to be more savoury than Vegemite, with Vegemite being more salty, guess it all just comes down to individual taste - one thing for sure, both are better than Marmite :D
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  105.  @costakeith9048  They had to do mental arithmetic in their head every time they went to pick up a tool, especially when comparing sizes like 5/32", 3/8", 9/64"/32". Sure they could do it, by stopping and thinking every time they went to pick up a tool, but that's hardly efficient work! Even I had to stop and think on occasion, because of a lack of familiarity with it. Fractions that small would not be taught in schools here, because there is absolutely no need. This was the first time these guys would need to know that, and possibly the last, because the system is simply obsolete now
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  106.  @michael_177  as far to the right as the ABC is to the left. Both unwatchable
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  107.  @hainesy67  1995
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  108. Thanks for the concern, America, but I'm all good here in the western wing of the so-called jail ;)
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  109. 1985 was Brock's best Bathurst drive, in my opinion. Running 3rd behind the 2 jags (The 3rd one sucked some broken headlight glass into the airbox from memory), he had to remove both windscreens, then did qualifying laps every lap, trying to catch them, until the timing chain broke, a handful of laps from the end. The new group A rules stipulated they had to run a single row chain, which wasn't up for the task Edit; Jags came in 1st and 3rd, with Johnny Cecotto and Roberto Ravaglia in a BMW were 2nd. Thanks Wiki lol
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  110.  @tothelimit9992  Poor fifo workers 🎻
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  111. I don't think Australia is as hot a climate as it's sometimes made out to be, sure you get places like Port Hedland, Marble Bar, etc, but in the US you also have places like Death Valley, Nevada, etc, where it's probably just as hot. There seems to be a bigger difference in winter though, pretty much none of our capital cities get snow, unless you go up a mountain. I'm in Perth, it's late spring, and so far we've struggled to get over 25 C
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  112. Agree 100% on all counts. I used to hate Turkish Delight, love it now
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  113.  @robinharwood5044  Look at who they just voted for....
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  114.  @tropicsalt.  They are beautiful birds, and very smart :)
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  115. I think the American accent is fairly easy for an Aussie to master, probably because we all grew up watching so much American TV. It's obviously much harder for an American to do an Aussie accent, because I'm yet to hear an American who can get it right
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  116. Holden man here, too, I drive an LS powered car, mainly because I've always loved the sound and lazy power of a V8, but admittedly, if I was after a big HP engine I think a Barra would be hard to beat
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  117. Even the 65 kg's on the cheap Chines one isn't completely terrible, that's a fair bit of force to apply by hand. Most people by that stage would switch to a breaker bar ;)
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  118. I think the peninsulars in SA are a bit of a stalemate. People won't build/develop there because of the lack of water. And they won't spend the money on de-sal plants because there's nothing there. Sooner or later someone's gonna have to make a move, because we're running out of habitable land
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  119. It will be interesting to see what sort of times they do. I'd be keen to replace supercars with S5000. Don't shoot me ;)
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  120. Darwin is every bit as good as that video suggests, maybe better. I just got back from there a couple of months ago, spent 9 days there, went up for the Chariots of Thunder sprint car series, which was awesome, we spent the week in between sightseeing. It's not scorching hot, the north of WA is much hotter, but it is warm year round, humid during the wet season (Southern summer), perfect during the dry season (Southern winter). Most underrated place in the country, for sure. The Supercars race up there too, every year, plus drags, etc
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  121. Plenty of Aussies and Kiwis running in the World of Outlaws these days, too
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  122. and the comedy company :)
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  123.  @johnvienta7622  I must have missed that...or forgotten it. My mind is like a sieve these days lol
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  124. My wife works at a child care centre, that's surrounded by trees, which have several families of magpies living in them. They have babies every year and are super friendly, they never swoop and will often come down and look for food. The car in the background was a SS Commodore, possibly a series 2 VT or a VX, so late 90's/early 2000's
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  125. Much to my wife's disgust, she loves TD and always has, I used to hate it. Now I steal them from a box of favourites lol
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  126. Doesn't anyone use the word "Trousers" anymore?? I feel old...
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  127. Cold chisel did a song about the Star hotel in 1980, called, The Star Hotel, strangely enough ;)
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  128. I think "Truck" is slowly creeping into Aussie language now since we started getting things like Silverado, Dodge Ram, etc. They are too big to be called a ute and in a lot of cases are over 4.5 t and need a heavy vehicle license to drive (Light rigid). Sad but true ;)
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  129. Blueberry Tim Tams...now they might be good! ;)
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  130.  @lonnie224  are you reading this, Arnott’s? If so I want a commission from your blueberry Tim Tam sales 😏
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  131.  @davidmc105  So a 2WD Hilux with a well body isn't a ute because the tray is removable? OK...
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  132. Don't feel too bad mate, I've lived here all my life and never heard of a lot of those places lol
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  133. Another fun fact is he also races sprintcars, and isn't a slouch in them, either
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  134. Hurricanes and cyclones are the same thing, except for which hemisphere they are on. I believe hurricanes spin in a counter-clockwise direction and cyclones spin in a clockwise direction. And yes, you are right, cyclones only occur in the north of Australia, closer to the equator
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  135. Spud sheds are everywhere around Perth, they are kind of a market/supermarket hybrid. Some of their stuff is quite cheap, some not so (A good example is sardines, which I buy for my dogs, $2.00 per tin in Spud shed, 85 cents in Coles. Fruit is cheap but you have to eat it pretty quickly, because it tends to go off quite quickly. I split my grocery shopping between Coles and Spud shed. Just my experience.
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  136.  @jackmarstaeller7663  Both those cars were owned by him and both times the number 2 car was further back in the field, so those victories were even more impressive I think. In 1987 the number 10 car that he drove to victory was made up out of spare parts and only even entered to fulfil a contractual obligation, they didn't even expect it to finish the race, let alone win it
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  137. Glad you did this video, I’m one of the people who suggested it 😏I absolutely loved those cars, especially that Monza. Sports sedans we’re all over the country at the time and mostly raced just at their local tracks, but they adopted the GT class which was international and created a series for them. Because the cars were different and GT was a new category they combined the 2. The Bob Jane Monza was a sports sedan but was rebuilt to GT specs. It was incredibly quick but suffered from brake fade later in the races, from memory. That number 9 car you asked about, you should have picked, it was a Valiant Charger! (Mopar)
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  138. Garage sales in Aus
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  139. Seems to me every highway in Australia is national route 1 lol, but yeah, it's highway names we use, not numbers
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  140. Not to mention his 2 Bathurst wins alongside Dick Johnson, in 1989 and 1994. Plus he had a long career in Formula 5000 before debuting in touring cars
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  141. What's the bet that the people interviewed were on that cruise ship in the photo of the Opera house construction, in 1961 ;)
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  142. I lived in Melbourne for a couple of years, I avoided turning right anywhere in the city, not because I couldn't do a hook turn, but because I never knew which intersections they had to be done on. I think a couple of times I was all ready to turn right, then saw the "Hook turn only" sign and had to abort and go straight, because getting across to the left lane was never gonna happen lol. I guess it's easier now, with Google Maps, etc
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  143. I reckon starting at Forest's elbow would be cool, and finishing at McPhilamy's or thereabouts
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  144. Holden man myself, but have to admit, a lot of fast Holdens ended up with Ford parts in them (9 inch diffs, top loader gearboxes). These days I appreciate any Aussie made cars. The louvre thing in the rear window is Venetian blinds, popular back in the day, along with sun visors - all the things that younger owners would have removed, which would now be sought after again. You should maybe do the Holden Monaro, too
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  145. I wouldn't mind it in my living room. Although first I'd need a bigger house lol BTW, my son bought a VL Commodore as his first car, paid $700 for it, back in 2006
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  146.  @PjRjHj  Maybe they aren't quite as biased in Victoria as they are in some other states, who only recognise their own people as successful sports people?
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  147. Me either, but then again, I rarely do the grocery shopping...thankfully ;)
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  148. A classic example of this is the "Give way to buses when they are indicating to leave the kerb" rule. The bus doesn't actually have right of way, the bus driver still has to check his mirrors and leave the kerb when it is safe to do so. If a car doesn't give way, and the bus pulls out, and there's a crash, the cops turn up and book both drivers. I think a lot of people don't understand this rule, including bus drivers
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  149.  @reddog5378  To be fair, the current supercars don't have ABS or traction control, and power steering is there as a necessity because of the front end geometry required for running a spool diff, but I do get your point. The cars today have no relevance to road cars, and they are driven by career drivers, who do nothing but drive, there's no personalities any more, people who engineer their own cars, etc. Anyone who (Like me) grew up watching the old school group C and group A cars, and even the early days of the current formula, are very lucky to have witnessed it
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  150. Probably my favourite driver of all time, legend. They didn't call him the iceman for nothing lol
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  151.  Kimi Timoskainen  Yeah, I think because the race was declared wet, they had to start on full wets. The intermediate was a good 4 seconds per lap quicker. I know this because McLaren left Ricciardo on the full wet for an eternity, destroying his race...again
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  152.  @KxngAscension  That was the Balinese woman. he played that
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  153. 100% right, it sucks that we don't have Aussie cars anymore. I never thought I'd say it, but after watching the race in Chicago that SVG won, and seeing all the issues they are having with the gen 3 supercars, I think we maybe should bite the bullet and just switch to NASCAR, here in Australia (I'm ducking for cover now lol)
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  154. Steven Bradbury (The ice skater) cops a bad rap over that win, yes he did win after a heap of people fell over, but people tend to overlook the fact that it was an Olympic final, and he did qualify for it, so he had clearly won quite a few races before that ;)
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  155. I've never seen a house in Australia that's under 50 years old that has 2 separate water outlets. I have 2 big fridges and 2 AC's lol
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  156.  @Coooeee  Here in Mandurah we still only have 2 bins, general (Green lid) and recycling (Yellow lid). At my place we get the general garbage collected every Thursday and recycling every second Thursday. Just around the corner it's Wednesdays
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  157. I can't believe I'm watching a video of people eating fairy bread but there ya go lol
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  158.  @bodgiesteve8849  I said 750 based off my (probably sketchy) memory. I've since seen they used an 850 dp back in 1983. Either way, it was a tough engine, and sounded awesome, and my blood is more red than blue ;)
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  159.  @AndrewFishman  Come to think of it, wedgies would be a great thing for an American reacts video, too
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  160. They competed side by side with the V8formula and lost, badly, despite Allan Gow's insistence that "V8's are finished in Australia"
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  161. There’s another video on Brock’s huge crash in the Monza, I think that was at Adelaide raceway as well. He broke a CV joint off the start line and spun in front of the entire field
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  162.  @andrewforbes146  yeah, the attention to detail Jack puts into those cars is incredible. I think he’s a real chip off the old block
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  163. Yeah, they make more sense if you actually watch a couple from the side of the road. I lived in Melbourne for a while and the biggest problem I found was, because there are so few intersections that have them, not knowing you were approaching one and being in the wrong lane for it
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  164. Macca's are open till late at night. They sell coffee
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  165. Jumper for me but guernsey is definitely there; I mean, that's where the saying "Get a guernsey" came from
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  166. Pronunciation is "COOK - A - BURRA", Australia's laughing bird ;)
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  167. Tassie is actually the worst place for sunburn, believe it or not!
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  168. The Caramello Koala would be the jewel in the crown, they are great frozen, too
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  169.  @stitchgroover  do they swoop you? Generally they don’t swoop people they trust
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  170.  @HrLBolle  Here in the west coast of Australia, tractors and plant equipment are registered as B class vehicles, with condition codes
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  171.  @whatwhatinthewhat4400  Sounds like a total shit system to me, I'm glad we don't have it here
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  172. I’m a Holden man but even I felt bad for Glenn. For a minute 😏
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  173. Whether or not it's smart, I don't know, but definitely a skilled operator
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  174. Yes, stubbies over cans any day. These are probably my 2 favourite beers, I think I need to do a comparison like this myself, to determine which one I like the best ;)
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  175.  @noelwebb6843  163 actually. Pre chase days the race was 2 laps longer
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  176.  @aussiebloke8781  I'd forgotten about that lol
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  177. Tassie is the place to see sunburn. Because the ambient temp is lower, it feels cooler, but the sun is actually closer. Queenslanders always get caught out because they think they're used to the sun lol
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  178. Until China decides they are going to push the barrel a bit. Which will happen. They are unstoppable now.
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  179.  @brendonrookes1151  if they want it bad enough they will come in and take it. It’s not like we can stop them
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  180.  @brendonrookes1151  You seriously think the ADF can stop China?? FUNNIEST THING I"VE HEARD IN YEARS!! I'd laugh if it wasn't so serious. America can't even stop China now, and China and Russia are allies
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  181. Glad my laptop doesn't have any of those fascist USB-C ports ;) That Kool-Aid they are drinking would definitely be orange flavoured ;)
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  182.  @johncunningham4820  Not sure what you're asking? I went to my first ever race in 1978 thinking I was a Moffat fan. I left as a Brock fan. Mainly because the a9x he drove was the best looking and sweetest sounding car I'd ever seen, he won on the day and I met him in the pits afterwards and he spoke to me for ages. These days I love all those old school muscle cars, regardless of make
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  183. Great to see a video from Yorak and his brother Mike ;)
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  184.  @nickfatsis9607  in Australia, yes. But do they even use the word biscuits in the states?
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  185.  @nickfatsis9607  ok. I remember seeing Hugh Jackman give Oprah Whinfrey a packet of Tim Tams once, she called them cookies. Hugh corrected her and she laughed at the word “biscuits”
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  186. I can pick a SA accent anywhere, Baink for bank, or stobie pole are 2 giveaways ;)
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  187. Here in Australia if that make/model comes out with LED lights (e.g. upgraded model) and yours doesn't (Povo pack car lol) you can fit the upgraded lights to your car, but you can't put LED globes into your halogen light fittings (Pretty much all LED globes sold here actually have "Not for highway use" written on them)
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  188. Kinder (Short for kindergarten) is the Aussie version of what you Americans would call "kindy"
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  189.  @thevannmann  well pants can be long or short. So, shorts or trousers, in my book 😏
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  190. It was 43C (110F) here in Perth last week. It's a crazy summer here, it's been cooler than average in my opinion, until about a week ago. Now it's overcast, gloomy looking but hot easterly winds that have taken the place of the usual sea breeze. I usually love the heat but this is oppressive heat IMO
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  191. While watching this I was thinking the poms had a better plug than us, until the bit at the end where the plug falls onto the floor, pins up lol
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  192. A fully grown chicken is a chook FFS lol
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  193.  @Darryl_Frost  We were lucky, they sent us across via RHIB transfer, by the time we were due back it was too rough, so we scored an extra day on board as passengers, and ended up getting a ride back in a Sea Hawk :) The one thing that also struck me was the number of different languages spoken onboard. It was a great experience
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  194.  @Darryl_Frost  Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat, i.e. Zodiac
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  195.  @vtbn53  Almost as weird as the I before E rule. With more exceptions than rules lol
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  196. I agree on every count. A ton of development went into the Barra engine, clearly, because the original single cam version of this engine in the EA Falcon was hardly anything to write home about. I worked in a Ford dealers at the time, and never would have dreamt they would have ended up as legendary as they did
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  197. It was also the most boring Bathurst in a long long time
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  198. That bit of land you were referring to in greater Melbourne is the Mornington peninsular. I think the best place for a good house for not too much money is in Perth.
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  199.  @AndyViant  you’re right about the seton car in the video, my bad, the HR31 came a little bit later. I’d like to know where you could have bought an R32 GTR brand new, in Australia, at the same time they were being raced here. As I said, I worked in a Nissan dealership at the time and the on road price - if you could even get hold of one - was $110k. Maybe some people did personal imports of them for less, but that was the price
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  200. E49 Charger, XY GTHO Falcon, GTR XU1 Torana, HK/T/G Monaro, XB/C Falcon hardtop. That covers most Aussie muscle cars
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  201. I've never called a Hilux anything but a ute lol. The only thing I would call a truck would be a heavy goods vehicle (Prime mover, 10 yarder, etc) or possibly a Silverado/Ram, etc, but even then I cringe saying it
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  202.  @zalired8925  You can wash your hands in it if you like 🤣
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  203.  @Reneesillycar74  It's based off the GVM, which is the maximum weight the vehicle can be when it is fully loaded. If the vehicle is imported from the US the GVM is over that, but in a lot of cases the GVM gets downgraded back to 4.5 tonne or less to allow it to be driven on a C class license. I deal with these every day in my job (DoT)
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  204. That laughing sound was an exact impersonation of a kookaburra. And you won't believe this probably, but here in WA we also have motorbike frogs. They actually sound like a motorcycle
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  205. Airbags would definitely be disabled, not needed, with a full racing harness, and could go off after a slight bump and actually cause a bigger crash
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  206.  @davidmc105  no biggie mate, I’m just genuinely interested in what people call them. I think it might depend on what state you’re in, judging by other comments and what I’ve seen from other states. I work in vehicle licensing and we only call light vehicles with a tray a Ute or a Table top here, but I have noticed that some vehicles from QLD for example, have their body types recorded as Truck. Peace
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  207. The best era in my opinion. Probably better than Group C even, because the racing was closer
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  208. I can see Ian in a LHD Sandman ute ;) Trouble is, they sell for a mint these days, even rusted out ones!
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  209. 2015. I only remember it because I was there that year. It happened right in front of me. I actually thought him and one of the marshals (In the box he hit) were dead. Thankfully they were both ok
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  210. I was gonna say the same, and the bread needs to be hot, too
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  211. Drag Reduction System, where if you are within a second of the car in front of you, you can push a button and open up the rear wing, to reduce drag and give you extra speed down the straight. AKA artificial racing ;)
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  212. It's Bathurst - could be 40 degrees in the morning and snowing in the afternoon ;)
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  213. I didn't know the Cobra was painted blue first, interesting. Do genuine cobras have a blue engine bay? I remember my uncle had a John Goss Special, he said one way of telling a fake one of them was the colour of the engine bay. I think it had to be either blue or green, depending on the colour scheme of the car (With the Goss that is), not white
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  214. After studying WW2 history I discovered that if a German word ends in an e it is always pronounced, i.e. PorschE, LuftwaffE, etc.
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  215. The Golden Gaytime popcorn is good but the ice creams are the best! Probably wouldn't make it there without melting though ;)
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  216. I hope him and Jack win it :)
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  217.  @karenvickery6070  The American way is wrong, they have butchered the English language, and even butchered the middle eastern language too lol
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  218. Those anodized aluminium kangaroo key rings are also bottle openers
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  219. Mince meat is supposed to be really bad for them, it can cause beak rot, so I'm told. Just passing on info. Unsalted cashews I've been told are really good food for them
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  220. Given the coat that reporter was wearing, I'd say that was the case
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  221. A lot of people blame the unions for their demise. Usually people who looked down their noses at "Mere process workers", who believe they are worth every cent of their own salaries but the workers there were not. Fact is, Holden was a gold mine for quite a long time to GM, they happily milked every cent out of the operation but never reinvested in the factory. What they ended up with was an obsolete factory that could really only build front engine rear drive sedans and wagons, which are not big sellers these days. Add to that, the LHD/RHD scenario and they were doomed
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  222.  @trueaussie9230  Well they didn't have a lot of stuff that you currently have today. And probably couldn't duck down to the local supermarket and buy all the groceries they needed for the week.
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  223.  @jamesaustralian9829  By the time you've got the skills and experience to drive road trains across the country you've gotta be worth some coin. Work out how many hours per week you work and how long you spend away from home for that money. Then figure out the hourly rate and get back to me
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  224.  @HenryFamilyTheFirst  Yep, and misspell the name of a town in your log book and cop a fine. Or drive in Melbourne and dare to move to any lane but the far left and cop a fine. Or pick up a container that turns out to be 100 kg overweight and cop a fine. I'm an ex mermaid, so I know what happens
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  225. It would be impossible to compare, because the chase wasn't there in 1979 but I think you are right.
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  226. Way better than supercars, imo
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  227. The best Aussie ad is/was the Antz Pantz "Sic em Rex" ad ;)
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  228.  @FrostyBlueberryFox  Because the WA government are pushing to have the AFL Grand Final in Perth. If they were serious, they would have built a stadium that could seat as many people as the MCG can. Otherwise, moving the GF already costs 40,000 seats, reason enough to leave it where it is
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  229. The front engine rear drive platform was what made a lot of Aussie cars great, but unfortunately that was also what led to their demise. Both Ford Aust and Holden brands were milked for all they were worth by CEO's in Detroit, happy to rake in the money when they were best sellers but unwilling to reinvest any of the profits to upgrade the plants. As FR car sales plummeted it was no longer viable to build them
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  230.  @jadecawdellsmith4009  I stopped watching ABC because they are generally too woke. Sky News is so far the other way they are a joke. I stand by my comment.
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  231. What everyone seems to overlook about that is that the reason Whincup was so low on fuel was because Paul Dumbrell beached the car at the chase, and they had worked their way back up to 3rd or 4th or something, from around 23rd. I think the plan was to short shift till the end to try and pick up a podium place, but a few cars got taken out in front of him and suddenly he was in the box seat for a win. The team never failed him at all, he still finished 5th. Had they pitted him earlier he wouldn't have been in the top 10
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  232. Cool room mate, impressive! Oh, and the SLR on the shortbread tin - I was right, it is my mate's car, have confirmed with him (And bought a tin myself ;) )
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  233. Years ago most ambulances here were F100's with a fibreglass body, but they found the smaller vehicles were a lot more efficient and could get into places the bigger ones couldn't. Mercedes Sprinter seems to be the vehicle of choice nowadays. That whole clip looked like it was filmed in Perth
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  234. Would love to visit Canada one day but no intentions of moving out of Australia anytime soon
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  235. The best shapes are still the original BBQ flavoured ones :)
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  236. Absolutely, there's many examples of this. They went out of their way to be different from Britain, especially
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  237. Yep, Suzuka is the only race this year that the full wet was really used...I think. I know there has been quite a few dry races where the medium tyre was faster than the soft, too
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  238. Rules at the time stated that the engine had to have the same number of venturis in the carb or carbs as original. The DJR Falcon used a 750 Holley 4 barrel, Brock used 2 x dual throat downdraught Weber carbs. EFI wasn't used in 1983
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  239. Time for more useless trivia - the reason the original SS Commodore was built was because back in 1981 (I think), Peter Brock built a road car named the Peter Brock (HDT) Special, with some goodies he wanted homologated for racing , but he based it off the VC SL/E which was the top end Commodore of the day. He built the required 500 units for homologation, but then the governing body decided that they would start weighing the cars and also enforcing a rule that if they were fitted with a stereo system, air conditioning, etc, they had to be fitted to the race car as well. So the Brock Special became a very heavy race car. Back to the drawing board, Brock then decided to build a very basic car with all the goodies he wanted, to get around the weight restriction. The first SS Commodore was the VH, in 1992. The VK Group A SS was the first car to receive the de-stroked 304 engine (Earlier VK's still used the old 308)
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  240.  @DavidHands  I'm pretty sure the chase went in because international group A (FIA) rules required it, for the 1987 race, the straight was too long
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  241.  @johnroebuck1796  The guy was hunting feral pigs, and was supposedly an animal carer at a zoo, absolutely nothing wrong with hunting feral animals. If a roo had hold of my dog I'd have shot the roo, to be honest
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  242. It was done to bring the track up to FIA specs for the World touring car Championship round in 1987, they didn't allow a straight to be longer than 1.2 m
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  243. My mate's mum used to make the best wallaby burgers, awesome
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  244. Not sure that making licenses harder and more expensive to get is such a good thing - if that happened here it would just mean more people driving unlicensed
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  245.  @marksmart9754  that’s true. And all of those workers also rely on trucks, whether it be to deliver or despatch their products. I never said truck drivers are the only important job by the way, I made a simple comment about them based off the contents of this video. If the video was about production workers I’d have probably made a similar comment about them 🤷‍♂️
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  246. I don't see the big attraction to Bondi beach. I have a beach across the road from my house that's longer, has more sand, clearer water and a fraction as many people. Plus you can catch a feed of fish there. I guess Bondi is popular because of its proximity to Sydney
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  247. As a Hawks supporter I'm pleased to see you didn't rate the Hawks as the worst, as I was expecting ;)
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  248. The surcharge pees me off when a place charges it and you know damn well that their employees are all casuals and don't get any penalty rates
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  249. A lot of Tasmanians end the sentence with "Like" (Especially truck drivers lol). In WA a lot of people end the sentence in "Hey" (As opposed to "Ay"). I've spent many years in both states
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  250. I think all drivers should have the same speed limit. I think it's moronic to take the least experienced drivers, and then make them obstruct traffic by driving slower than everyone else. I still cannot get my head around the logic behind it
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  251. That's exactly why most servos here don't have pay at the pump, they'd lose more money from loss of sales of grocery stuff than they would from drive-offs
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  252. Bikes are insane around there, and sidecars would be terrifying! Fun fact; Forrest's elbow was named after a motor cycle racer, Jack Forrest, who crashed there and ground away his elbow, on the road. I'm not 100% sure, but I think the bikes used to run the track in reverse direction, once upon a time
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  253.  @madenabyss6981  Yeah, must be global warming ;)
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  254. That lake has to be seen to be believed, how bright the blue is, first time I saw it I swore there was a blue light under the water ;)
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  255. The cars are very big now, and long, as you noticed, to accommodate all the components of the hybrid system, and to be able to pass crash testing. This plus the weight of the cars makes passing fairly hard in today's cars, but I believe there's plans to make them smaller and lighter over the next few years
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  256. I live right next to a beach, and have frequented beaches all my life, and never seen one person get into trouble and need rescuing, yet I watch Bondi rescue and it seems they do 10 to 12 rescues there per day lol
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  257. It's funny how it's always been the Holden fans who copped the blame for Richards and Skaife getting booed, but the reality is, it was mainly Dick Johnson supporters, because they they thought he had won the race
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  258. Agreed, I think the PPG cars were starting to knock on the door of F1, until they stupidly decided to split IRL and CART, (I think it was because they didn't like international drivers in Indycar). I couldn't believe it when it happened, because I was really getting into the Indycar series, then it all just disappeared. The current indy cars just don't do it for me for some reason, maybe because they are ugly as hell, maybe just because it's hard trying to find when they are televised
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  259. Oh, and I just remembered, that's also where they had a tornado a couple of weeks ago...so maybe the rock is gone now :/
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  260. Is that the Ricciardello one? I remember Edmondson's well, I often wondered if it was the same car
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  261.  @mikechandler229  Apparently built in 1992 by K&A Engineering, the same people who built the Edmonson car. I tried to post a link, but it disappeared
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  262. It took me years to get to Bathurst, I finally got there in 2015. While I was there I took a helicopter ride over the circuit, it was awesome. Camped at the top of the mountain, highly recommended to anyone, the sunsets are amazing there too
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  263. BBQ are the original and the best, for me. Followed closely by pizza. I'm gonna have to try the Hawaiian pizza now, although I'm not a big fan of real Hawaiian pizza
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  264.  @DeepThought9999  yep, like “cook” 😊
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  265. A mate of mine has a green SR/R 5000 Torana and he posted the other day that they used it on a biscuit tin, so I'm fairly certain that's his car! What a small world...
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  266. Yes, IWrocker, you need to watch Russell!
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  267. G'day mate is my standard greeting. I think it's dying out in the big cities though. A lot of the language here is slowly being Americanised, much to my disgust. Not that I have anything against Americans, but it just feels to me like we're losing our identity
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  268.  @shanedorival3177  You'd be very much in the minority if that is the case, unless you're on a salary. We do a 38 hour week where I work, too, the other guys work longer hours than me, but get the RDO (They get a 9 day fortnight). I started after them and don't have the RDO option, but I work a shorter day than them. We're all paid the same hourly rate, all earn the same money, and all average out the same hours
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  269.  @keithparker2206  I guess it all comes down to who first named the big cat. If it was named by an American, then it is only correct that it is pronounced the way they pronounce it. I do agree with you in principle, I'm just cutting them some slack on this one particular word ;)
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  270. @ the current guy may as well be an Austrian, with a silly little moustache
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  271.  @matsv201  It's a state by state thing. In some states they only allow multiple trailer combinations in B double configuration (Tasmania comes to mind). Here in Western Australia most multi trailer combinations use convertor dollies (A double - Mini road train configuration)
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  272. Imagine a wicket keeper dropping a catch....
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  273. I love fantails. But so do dentists! If you have any fillings you need removed, just eat a fantail...or a mintie lol
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  274.  @rhyssanders9122  Tim is my first name, John is my middle name. I don't like to put too much info out on the internet
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  275. You need to come and visit. You would be in a unique position where you would have access to accommodation and local knowledge across the entire country
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  276. Try 76...
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  277. They all look good until they are behind you, with the red and blue lights on ;)
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  278. There is a picture floating around (Pardon the pun) of a 4 wheel motorbike hanging off a power wire, probably 12-15 feet above the ground. Some people on the news this morning said they kayaked over the boundary fence, which are usually 6 feet high
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  279. Less turbulent air over the top of the tyres was what I was led to believe the reason behind it was. They wanted smaller front wheels, for less aero drag, but the 2 smaller ones didn't have the footprint, so they went 4. Not to mention, the brakes needed to be smaller also, so again, 4 instead of 2
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  280. @ OK, I'll give you that, wasn't something I was aware of, to be honest. I'd bet if China wanted to build houses there it would all change very quickly, though. But the logic behind my comment extends to pretty much all uninhabited Australian land, plenty of it isn't farm land
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  281.  @FormulaFox  yeah, I had no doubt they will be faster. Question is simply how much
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  282.  @FormulaFox  I'll go 8 seconds, based off the length of the entire track. Bet you a thumbs up icon :D
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  283.  @FormulaFox  there’s a lot more time to be found I think, although I’m surprised they weren’t a bit faster. Similar hp, less weight, heaps more tyre and downforce, they should be very fast around there
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  284.  @FormulaFox  Ah, that explains it. Kinda makes sense I guess, for all the reasons F1 can't race there
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  285. The same thing happened with BBQ Samboy chips, they used to be covered in red, then they slowly became less "Potent". Now it's hard to even find BBQ Samboys
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  286. Lived in Australia all my life but the hottest place I've been to was Bahrain. 52C every day in the shade, and didn't cool at night at all
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  287. Governments run countries. Big companies run governments
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  288. I've been following F1 since 1980, and, to be honest, Albert Park is probably one of the more boring circuits on the calendar. Adelaide was a much better track. The new changes may make it better, idk....Just my opinion...
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  289. He's cool, I have to admit. Despite WCE being my least favourite team ;)
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  290. That's true, but give me a field of these over a field of Supercars, any day :)
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  291. I used to work with a bloke who was paranoid of spiders. Turned out when he was a kid, he had pulled a bit of bark off a tree, and there were thousands of baby huntsmen under it. They ended up all over him, and were trying to get out of the sun, so were crawling into his nose, ears, etc. made his phobia kind of understandable lol
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  292.  @JohnDoe-fp1tv  RDO's don't really count, they are factored into the hours you work
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  293. I thought the same
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  294. bad drivers? Worst in the world?? Clearly this fool has never been in an Asian taxi!
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  295. 1978 for me, too, once upon a time I could have listed all the winners off, in order. I've lost a fair bit of interest over the past few years though, the demise of the Aussie cars, along with the silhouette formula kinda killed it for me. Or maybe I'm just getting old lol
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  296. Nobbys original claim to fame was their peanuts and cashews. Their slogan was "Nibble Nobbies nuts"
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  297. Australian Fanta, years ago, used to be similar colour to that US or Mexican Fanta, but seemed really clear to me (Translucent?) You could see through it, despite it being orange. I drank it as a kid. But then it all changed, I think they took some of the sugar out, and it became a cloudy orange. I think it tastes disgusting now. I'd say it would be similar to the Mexican one, given that we don't do corn syrup here (Thankfully), but couldn't be sure. Fun fact - Fanta was developed by Coca Cola, inside NAZI Germany, during WW2
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  298. I just hope we get a Bathurst race this year.....
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  299. There was also a Torana GTR X that was a similar design, I think it was a 6 cylinder though
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  300. Meh, I don't eat vegemite, sooo......
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  301. The sausage rolls at the ETC bakery at Elizabeth town are the best in the WORLD!!!
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  302. Gotta beat 'em wherever we can ;)
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  303. I'm pretty sure the bikes used to race in the opposite direction, years ago
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  304.  @spy7538  ok, thanks, I could have sworn I read somewhere that they did. Maybe I’m thinking of another track. Getting old and senile now 🤣
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  305. "Give us a squiz" equates to "Let me have a look" ;)
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  306.  @aussiefirie  A few years ago one took the roof off a house in Perth and almost destroyed the house, the 2 houses on either side were undamaged
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  307. I've eaten ration pack chocolate. No wonder American chocolate tastes like crap then lol
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  308.  @johncunningham4820  What is your problem mate? Yes I know all about that stuff, my comment was that Brock's a9x was the car that made me both a Brock/Holden fan and a motorsports fan. I've read just about every book about Brock and watched countless videos of the race. Seriously, go annoy someone else
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  309.  @GunsniperRZ8  1.5mm here in Australia, no such thing here as winter tyres lol
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  310. Just artificial overtaking, in my opinion, although people apparently like lots of passing...
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  311.  @AUmarcus  I get that that’s the official line, but the mere fact that the car behind can get to within 1 second behind the one in front, just to activate it, and then gain 10-15 km/h down the straight, suggests to me that it’s a bit artificial. Especially this year, when the cars were totally redesigned to allow them to follow closely. It’s become a bit of a farce, we are now seeing the car in front slow dramatically at the detection point, so that the car behind can pass, and they will then have DRS down the straight to pass them back again
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  312.  @AUmarcus  Not really, safety cars can cause it, or it could just be that the car behind has been there from the start. Could be different tyre strategy, whatever. I'm probably a bit old school, having followed F1 since 1980. Have to agree to disagree I think. I don't really get how a "Faster car" deserves a leg up, tbh...
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  313.  @AUmarcus  Yes, as I've said, I've followed F1 since 1980...
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  314. I grew up as a Brock fan, and he was a legend, but in hindsight, an even bigger legend was Larry Perkins. He built all his own cars, and won Bathurst from last place back in 1995. There's also a great video of him in the wet at Bathurst in 1994
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  315. Same in Australia
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  316. The Gold Coast circuit was made to accommodate the Indycar GP here every year, back in the 90's. I used to enjoy the Indycar series, I couldn't believe they split it up into IRL/CART.
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  317. The little oval track you pointed at was a horse racing track. I have no problem with oval tracks, my favourite form of motorsport in the world is sprintcar racing! Fun fact, at Murray's corner, at the end of Conrod straight, you can see there is a road to the left. In 1988, Allan Grice bent the rules there in qualifying, a bit of genius ;) Search for Allan Grice - 1988 Tooheys 1000- Bathurst top 12 shootout
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  318. Back when they had the choice of 4 compounds, the way to remember it was Silver - knife, white - bread, yellow - butter, red - jam. All different levels of hardness, from hardest to softest. Now it's just white yellow or red, but it still works. Just some useless trivia to help remember which tyre is which when you're watching the race ;)
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  319. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSBuKOitJdk
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  320. To be fair, people in Europe did a similar thing to the clown complaining about the tennis, with Formula 1. That's why the Melbourne GP starts so late and Singapore has a night race, just so the precious petals don't have to do what we've done forever, sitting up late at night or watching on replay.
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  321. I know the US uses 60 Hz and Australia uses 50 Hz. 50 Hz is a lot safer than 60, so I've been told. Frequency controls speed, so it makes sense that your clock would run fast or slow on the wrong frequency.
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  322.  @sandgroperwookiee65  Wasn't the supernatural car a Chevelle?
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  323. It looks really cool, and I'd love to see it, not sure if I'd fly over (From Perth) just for this though. If I had to go for some other reason I would definitely try and arrange the trip for when this was on
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  324. We have late model racing here too, and sprint cars. Sprint cars are the best form of racing in the world I think :)
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  325. I'll drink any beer, except west End lol
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  326. BBQ Samboy chips are the best, they are hard to find now, in some places. They used to be common once
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  327. Damn right, if it was my dog he had in a headlock I'd have shot him
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  328. @James Doe it’s a HR31, 2 door, only available at the time in Japan. That was the problem with group A, unless you had the current gun make and model, you struggled. It became formula (Insert name of current make/model that is currently winning everything). You couldn’t buy a HR31 Skyline or an RS500 Sierra in Australia at the time. Nissan did sell a limited run of R32 GTR’s a bit later but they were well over 100k of early 90’s money
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  329.  @seegee7728  I know, I worked in a Nissan dealership at the time. Only problem is, the Aussie GTS was just an R31 with a few go fast bits. Still a naturally aspirated RB30 engine, live rear axle, definitely not even close to any of the race cars
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  330. Having followed Dingo Dinkelman (South African snake breeder) for quite a while, it's no surprise to me at all that the Black Mamba wins. His old channel was taken down, which is a pity, because there was a lot of Black Mamba content in there. One hell of a scary snake!
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  331. I worked with an American on a long term basis, he always said how much he loved being down here, and would move down here in a heartbeat, except he wouldn't be able to bring his guns, so it was out of the question
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  332. There's still Holden dealers around, but not for much longer, unfortunately. Hopefully most will find other brands to sell
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  333. F1 died a little bit for me, when they scrapped the V10/V8
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  334. $120 is crazy cheap for rego, but I'm curious what you need to pay over there for 3rd party insurance? I believe you have to have your own over there, whereas here it's part of your rego. I bet it still works out way cheaper over there though...
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  335.  @IWrocker  Yep, still less than half what we pay
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  336. More Japanese bombs were dropped on Darwin than on Pearl Harbour. But the government at the time seriously downplayed it.
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  337. CAMS wouldn't even let their drivers race in speedway, back in the day
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  338. Correction for the female narrator; Cairns is located on the north EAST corner, not the north WEST ;)
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  339. Agreed, I only buy select things from there. Coles is generally cheaper. Fruit and veg from there goes off very quickly, in my experience
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  340. Goodwood festival of speed, in the UK. They have tons of old cars doing time trials and things. I've got it on my bucket list. Just across the pond from you, too, bit further for me ;)
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  341. The local tips around here are swarming with them. I'd never seen one in the wild before this video lol
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  342. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbcRfy6Pl4s
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  343. The supercar scare was around when the V8 XU1 (Some incorrectly call it the XU2) and the Phase 4 GT Falcon were due to come out. Some senator heard about these cars, decided we would all die if they were released, so they were scrapped
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  344. Isn't every road national route 1? Seems that way to me lol
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  345. BTW, I live in Mandurah (Western Australia) and the main road into here is Manjoogoordap drive - try those 2 ;)
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  346. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4ZxJsEe-JM
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  347. But we often mix THEN and THAN, which is something I think we inherited from Americans?
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  348.  @naomipask1809  I see it all the time. In fact, if you read up this post you will find an example. Unfortunately we (not all of us) tend to copy American mistakes
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  349. Cricket is our number 1 summer sport. You either love or hate it. Personally I have no interest in the short 20 over games, but they may be more appealing to fans of baseball, etc
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  350. The snakes in Africa make ours look like pussies, ours may have a lot of venom but theirs have major attitude problems :D
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  351. Fried chicken I think. Not bad
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  352. I remember seeing Legends cars for the first time at Mt Gambier (Dirt oval) speedway, back in the early 90's, I'm pretty sure these cars are based off them. I know when the Aussie racing cars first appeared they had to comply with CAMS rules for circuit racing, which meant they had to have a reverse gear. The engine and gearbox is out of a Yamaha motorcycle, so to get a reverse gear, they put a ring gear on the left rear brake rotor and mounted an electric starter motor next to it, so to reverse the car you had to select neutral, then hit a button to engage the starter motor and drive you backwards. A clever workaround I thought
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  353. They still run legends cars on speedway here btw, they are regulars at Bunbury speedway (WA)
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  354.  @tomsexton8256  yes, you’re right. And even just the Wind resistance is enough for a G or 2 for just lifting off the throttle, according to Brundle. I remember him saying sometimes his visor would get wet inside, it was his tear ducts “Leaking” from the G forces
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  355. We played handball at school, we used a path that had joins in it for the lines. We only used 2 squares though. We never had height rules, either. We also sometimes played against a wall, we called it Squish
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  356.  Miscreant Mil  Another one bites the dust. My cousin had one, him and I proceeded to destroy it by putting parts from other cars in it. LH headlights, VH tail lights, bolt on flares, etc, to us it looked cool at the time, in hindsight it was sacrilegious. In my defence, I was about 15 at the time
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  357.  @ronpetticrew2936  The LC GTR XU1 came out with a 186 and triple Strombergs, the standard GTR came out with either a 161 or 173 and 2 barrel Stromberg. They were labelled as 2600S or 2850S. LJ used a 202 for both models, from memory
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  358. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q0r0tfX_kU Not quite as good but still impressive - James Courtney's V8 Supercar playing Waltzing Matilda
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  359. Fisheries officers can also search your house without a warrant. The only place they can't search is your bedroom, if the door is shut. So keep your freezers full of undersize fish in your bedroom, people - and keep the door shut :D
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  360. And you still get clowns that are convinced that the current spec drivers aren't as good as the drivers from previous eras, because "The car is driven by a computer, man". Despite the fact that just about all driver aids have been outlawed since the early 90's. Your average road car has more driver aids than a F1 car and the driver not only has to drive the car, but has to program the thing while he's doing it
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  361. When a player gets drafted into a team it's referred to as "Getting a guernsey". I've never heard of a guernsey cow, maybe a Jersey cow ;)
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  362. Imagine the sound of a full field of these cars coming through the tunnel at Monaco, at the start of the race! That's the thing I don't like about today's cars, in comparison, they just don't sound anywhere near as good as those older ones, even though they do have over 1000 hp now. Here's a link to a video you HAVE to watch, if you think the BMW sounds good; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRgsRcA2jjk
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  363. Just don't pronounce your R's and you'll do a lot better. That's what makes American accents so immediately recognisable. 5/10 ;)
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  364. I switched from Vegemite back in the late 1980's, will never go back now. So much so that when I was at sea (Navy) I used to take my own Promite with me. It was funny how many people came out as Promite eaters, I basically created an internal conflict lol
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  365. It's funny, 1 guy was bagging me out for being "Unaustralian" for eating Promite. We checked the labels - the Vegemite was made in New Zealand, the Promite was made in NSW ;)
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  366. Only use the word "Sheilas" if you are a minimum of 50 years old ;)
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  367. Agreed, I coat a "Plain Jane" pie with sauce (Or ketchup, I actually prefer it to tomato sauce, it's thicker), but my favourite pies are pepper steak, sauce just ruins the taste of them, imo
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  368.  @sharonmilner2683  every car manufacturer in the world is subsidised by its own government because the net gain is lots of people employed and paying taxes, but I guess what made it worse was that the money was going to overseas corporations like Ford and GM
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  369. The Japanese tourists wouldn't have made Ayres rock, they would have crashed well before they got there lol
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  370.  @helmuthschultes9243  I know of hire car companies that refused to hire cars to Japanese drivers, back in the 80’s and 90’s. No doubt they can’t do that anymore for obvious reasons, but the general consensus was, the average driver from Tokyo had never driven outside of bumper to bumper traffic and once on the open road, thought they could drive but couldn’t. I can’t confirm or deny that, but that was the thought at the time. Interesting about the accelerator pedal modulation, I have been in many Singapore taxis and noticed the exact same thing
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  371. I'm not sure which notes I prefer. I need people to send me a ton of 50 and hundred dollar notes so I can compare them ;)
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  372. I think the Auscars were a lot more stock than NASCAR. The Calder thunder dome was a scaled down version of Charlotte. The nascars also raced there and were faster than Auscar. I never understood why they raced clockwise, if you spin in front of the field in a RHD car you will get t boned in the drivers door. We have dirt oval tracks all around the country and they race mostly anti clockwise. One of the commentators is the late legend Mike Raymond, the other one escapes me…Evan Green perhaps?
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  373.  @carisi2k11  ah, yes, thanks for that
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  374.  @stevemurrell6167  Agreed. But NASCAR had been around forever when AUSCAR was first formed. Plus the driver sits a lot further inboard in NASCAR than what they did in AUSCAR
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  375. I'd rate Violet Crumble a 1, Crunchy a 2. I love Turkish delight, but it took a long time, I used to hate them, like you do :D BTW, they are actually Turkish, as the name suggests, you can buy REAL Turkish delight from the kebab shop near my place, it's similar to the Cadbury's one but not choc coated
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  376. They sound nothing like that now, unfortunately :(
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  377.  @joshthomas2536  smarter for memorising numbers of highways? Riiiiight
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  378. BTW New Mexico looks amazing!!
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  379. The hottest I've been in was 46.8C in Melbourne, which is ironic, because Melbourne is famous for being cold lol
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  380. Like what you put on a piece of fish. I hate the word!
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  381. Aussie vehicle examiner here, the rules in Germany are pretty similar to here. LED lights can be used here if they are ADR compliant, but you can't put LED globes into your standard lights. Lift is restricted to 50mm (2 inches) here under a simple mod permit, any higher requires engineering. Tint is 35% forward of B pillar, 20% behind. All vehicles built in (Not any more) or imported into Australia will be below the decibel limit from new, so if it fails the noise limit, it's not standard. Rules do vary from state to state though, although they shouldn't, IMO
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  382. I wouldn't even be game to try that move on iRacing lol
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  383. Complete with 3 speed manual gearbox and banjo diff. Hi tech stuff ;) Like most forms of motorsport though, they started off super affordable but got progressively more expensive, as more and more people exploited the rules and control components became mandatory
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  384. I'm a huge sprint car fan, the Americans have the edge on us there, but only just
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  385. Promite, 100%
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  386.  @stuarthancock571  That's a very good point, Promite really needs to be eaten on hot toast, maybe spread a little bit more generously than Vegemite. With cheese, maybe Vegemite has an edge, but on its own, Promite FTW :)
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  387. Another really cool Aussie bird is the rainbow lorikeet, like the dancing one in that video. We had a pet one for a few years, really cool little bird, only problem is, they are liquid eaters, so, liquid in, liquid out, if you get my drift ;) Quite messy!
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  388. Not all coupes are 2 doors. AMG make a 4 door coupe, for example
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  389. Another country that punches well above its weight in motorsport is New Zealand. As an Aussie I hate to say that, but it's true
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  390. They are building a bridge just up the road from me, using the same method. It's quite common here in Western Australia now. They just keep building the back end and then hydraulically push it forwards. It only works for straight or constant radius bridges. Apparently.
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  391. A wife beater is specifically a BLUE singlet/tank top!
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  392. There is no real way of telling where most of these are, I struggled and have lived all over Australia
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  393. Forecast for Perth on Christmas Day is 42 C, which is 108 F. I couldn’t cope with cold weather at Christmas lol
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  394. My tree this year is made of glass and is about 10 inches tall, we usually have a plastic tree but we have a 12month old pup who loves destroying things ;)
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  395. I did an explosives course a few years ago, at the explosives range at Orchard Hills, in NSW. There were heaps of MASSIVE roos there, apparently once there was one of them hanging around one of the buildings, a worker tried to shoo it off using a broom. The roo grabbed the broom off the worker and the worker ran quickly inside, so the story goes :D
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  396. Watching a tour bus negotiate the dipper is something that really highlights just how steep this track is, and how tight those corners are. I walked up the hill from forest's elbow in 2015, the coach was coming down and took up almost the whole road just to get around there. Camping at the top of the mountain is a fantastic experience, a must-do, the atmosphere is awesome up there now that it's been tamed down a little bit ;)
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  397. As a bit of a hand, the cars you couldn't identify are, in order, Mazda RX3 (I think), Charger (Obviously), Yellow Mustang, blue Mustang, old BMW, EH Holden (1964), Torana GTR XU1, black Mustang, and the purple and silver one - as a Mopar/Chrysler man, you'll kick yourself - it's an old S model Valiant! Followed by 2 x 440 Ford Cortinas
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  398. Coles sells kangaroo meat for human consumption. I think it's branded "K-Roo"
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  399. Larry Perkins sideways in the wet - Bathurst 1994. Check that one out
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  400. Buoy is short for buoyant. It's not booi-ant. Nutella is made from nuts. Not noots. Adidas is named after its creator, Adi Dassler (Fun fact; Adi is short for Adolph, and his brother, Rudolph, was a Nazi, and he founded Puma). Mum is English. Actually, we pronounce most of our words the English way, and they invented the language, so......
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  401. The original South Melbourne guernsey had a red V, like the Melbourne one, the opera house appeared when they moved to Sydney. Guessing a lot of younger people than me wouldn't even remember the South Melbourne Swans. I'm old as mud lol
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  402. Auckland is a lot like Sydney, SOME say, a copy even ;)
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  403. Oh, and utes of course ;)
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  404. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSBuKOitJdk
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  405.  @LantanaLiz  Jump in a truck for a day and then tell me who drives like shit. 80% of truck v car crashes are the fault of the car driver. That's official.
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  406.  @LantanaLiz  And no car driver has ever done the same? 5 years as a crash investigator and I never attended one truck v car crash where the truck driver was at fault. The stats don't lie. National figures show 80% are caused by the driver of the car. Did I say all truck drivers are saints? No, of course not. Get real.
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  407. I'm Australian, I hate Vegemite lol. Promite FTW!
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  408. People in Tassie calling the rest of the country the "Mainland" isn't as bizarre as people in WA calling everywhere else "The eastern states". Even Tassie is "The eastern states", apparently lol
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  409. People complain about Monaco being a "Boring" track, can you believe it? Because there isn't a lot of overtaking. Personally I don't care so much about overtaking, when the track is as tough as this. And here's a fun fact - the cars back then in the early 90's were actually WIDER than they are today. I know I'll get flamed for saying that, but it's true. Almost 2.2 metres wide to be exact. Today they are much longer, and heavier, which is what I believe makes passing so difficult. Oh, and the MP4/5 was still using an H pattern shifter and conventional clutch
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  410. And the most iconic Aussie muscle car would be the XY GTHO Falcon, which is a 4 door
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  411. I tried it when I was a kid, it was too hard, I gave up lol
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  412. Never been attacked by a magpie, but I have been swooped many times by plovers when I was a kid, the brown wing ones. They have a spur on their wings that can do you a bit of damage. I also live right near a beach that has a lot of sandstone caves in the dunes, I've actually been swooped by seagulls there nearly every spring, while walking my dog. My wife has a family of maggies at her work, they are super friendly and never swoop, they come down for food every day. There's a movie that came out last year called Penguin bloom, true story about a pet magpie, worth a look
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  413. Cricket is a bit like Vegemite, in that it's a bit of an acquired taste. You generally either love it of hate it. Then, I noticed Ian liked Vegemite straight away so maybe he'll like cricket, too ;) RIP Rod and Warnie
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  414. I would like to hear the opinion of any driver who has driven both cars on this. I think the current cars are harder, at least the competition makes them harder
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  415. I've found a couple of channels I watch regularly aren't showing lately. Although this video did pop up
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  416. Under 20 degrees = cold. Over 30 degrees = hot. Easy lol
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  417. Agree, I started following in 1980, 1981 was the first year we had F1 telecast in Australia, after Alan Jones won the championship. I love Monaco, it actually pains me that people want to get rid of it because it's "Boring"
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  418. Sidecars around there would be insane!!
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  419. After reading that I'm wondering why the hell I'm not living in Qld! OMW! lol
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  420. The Nissan Bluebird was built by Gibson Motorsport, the same team that later ran the Skyline R30, HR31 and the Winfield GTR, they were one of the best "Privateer" teams in the country, if not the world. I say the world, because their GTR was the fastest in the world. They built a lot of their own components in-house, because NIS-MO were way too expensive (I watched an interview of red Gibson quite recently, where he covers this). George Fury was an ex rally champion, so definitely no slouch at the wheel
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  421. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdoYLLNvbck
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  422. So many people now want Monaco dropped from the F1 calendar, because there's not a lot of passing. To me F1 wouldn't be F1 without Monaco
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  423. The engine in that car was an Aussie built 5 litre V8 (304 ci) that used a 4 barrel Rochester Quadrajet carby. Australia only went to Group A in 1985, and they lost a lot of engine freedoms, this engine was surprisingly stock, compared to the Group C engines that they used up until 1984. Peter Williamson was the first driver to have racecam in his car, a Toyota Celica, back in 1979. He was allowed to remove the front passenger's seat to fit the camera in, it was that big :D The best looking cars of all time in my opinion were the 05 and 25 cars of Brock and John Harvey, in 1984
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  424. I think if we weren't so keen on mowing down trees, worldwide, we wouldn't even be talking about climate change. JMO
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  425. Ironically, Peter Brock also raced a Chev Monza back in the early 1980's, it was one of the coolest looking cars ever. The car was owned by Bob Jane, who was a major tyre retailer and former racer. Check that out if you can, it was raced as a GT sports sedan, and was an engineering masterpiece
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  426. Oh, btw, you should really check out the Perkins Engineering channel. Larry Perkins is a living legend, he drove with Brock in 3 of his Bathurst wins and won another 3 in his own cars. He won Bathurst in 1995 from dead last. He also built a ton of cars and equipment for a lot of other teams. His son Jack is a racer too and he shows you through a lot of different supercars from different eras, while Larry these days is tinkering with farm machinery and an old Volkswagen beetle he drives in rallies
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  427. He may have been treated harshly back in the day (Who wasn't back then?) but he did murder 3 cops, so I doubt he would have gotten off the death penalty, regardless of what lawyer he had
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  428.  @IWrocker  OK then, since you like useless trivia ;) The A9X Torana was manufactured as a limited option run of road cars. Back in the day, to race a car in group C you needed to produce 5000 of the base model (Torana) and a minimum of 500 special edition models (The A9X option). The A9X option was basically just the things that the older Toranas didn't have, and needed, for racing. The older L34 option had a more powerful engine than the A9X but that was already homologated for racing, so they put stuff into the A9X like a 10 bolt Salisbury diff, rear disc brakes, different suspension arms, etc. They also offered a super tall 2.6:1diff ratio (For Bathurst) and a Borg Warner super T10 gearbox. A mate of mine had one (A 4 door), with an L34 spec engine, it would do 90 MPH in first gear
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  429. The LJ GTR XU1 with the 308 was actually incorrectly referred to as XU2. The actual XU2 was what they planned to call the LH L34. The name was dropped due to the same supercar scare that killed off the XU1 V8. That's why there was no marketing for either the A9X or L34, those codes were used purely for production options
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  430.  @钟秋-v5k  what you said is correct, except that Holden never called it the XU2. That name was earmarked to be used for the LH L34 but they just stuck to SL/R 5000, to avoid further supercar scares from the government. If you search it you will even find a pic of an LH “XU2”. There was a full article about it in Wheels magazine as well. The xu1 with the 308 had no official name
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  431. Exactly, the latest supercars have possibly less relevance to the road car then even NASCAR does, at least in NASCAR they have to maintain the same silhouette
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  432.  @DStead2239  Supercar panels are all composite nowadays, have been for a few years. NASCAR uses original driveline layout, supercars uses a rear mounted transaxle. NASCAR doesn't use a ridiculously high rear wing. All the Commodores, Falcons and now Mustangs have had different wheelbases than their road going counterparts, for years. I think the only thing that makes Supercars LOOK a little bit more relevant is the swinging doors and having badges and lights
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  433. I guess you're right...Apart from all the same chassis, Front engine rear wheel drive Nissan Altimas, with a V8engine, Falcons and Commodores with different wheelbases than standard, gearboxes at the back of the cars, Mustangs with bubble roofs, fitted with engines from the 1960's, Yeah, I guess apart from all that they are fairly similar to the road cars....
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  434. Apart from the single piece part, just about everything you mentioned there applies to both Supercars and NASCAR, just saying....
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  435.  @DStead2239  ok, you’re right- the cosmetics of the Supercars makes them LOOK a bit more relevant
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  436.  @bazzag7614  yep, just like the V8 Commodore you can’t buy, or the V8 RWD Nissan Altima that was running until a couple of years ago in Supercars
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  437.  @MorganStorey  I'm 90% sure it's Stock road in WA but could be wrong
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  438.  @ricky68944  The only reason I find them funny is I see them as a bit of a piss-take on soppy romantic people. But to each their own
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  439. Oh, and I see you had a go at Warrnambool (War-nam-bull) - being a motorsports fan and an American, I can only assume you follow sprint car racing? Warrnambool is the home of Australia's biggest sprintcar race, the Grand Annual classic
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  440. Smiths seem to have taken over from Samboy, I much preferred Samboy, personally
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  441.  @aaronbosel5599  The car wasn't banned, it disappeared because international group A collapsed
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  442. If you ever want to read a book that is an incredible story, almost too far fetched to be made even into a movie, but actually a true story, find the book "Batavia". Amazing story and very interesting
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  443.  @BD-yl5mh  100%, if it looks like you're planning on getting on the bus, the driver will almost certainly stop.
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  444. I think the technology is already here for autonomous cars. We have a new Subaru work car, you can literally set cruise control and it drives itself. It stays in the middle of the lane you're in and follows curves in the road. You can literally take your hands and feet off the controls and let it do its own thing, once you're on a highway. It does start beeping at you after a short while, and flashing warnings to put your hands back on the wheel. Whether or not we will ever end up with cars that just drive themselves, with no human in charge, I don't know. I think they will always be designed to have a driver in charge. Not that human drivers are always better than computer ones, if I'm honest ;)
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  445.  @michaelcrane2475  yeah, that was common, cheaper to facelift an existing car than build a new one. In fact, Larry Perkins got caught out with that, the VK had variable ratio steering rack homologated, because it was an option on the VK Calais, I think, when he face lifted the VK to VL he left it in there, and got pinged for having it, because it wasn’t homologated, despite being standard equipment in all road going VL’s
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  446.  @LawrenceTheKiwiBryant  It would be no holiday working for Larry, I'd bet! But check out the restoration work that Jack has been doing on the Perkins engineering channel, clearly he's been taught well, from the master ;)
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  447.  @gregmayoaussie  i remember one year after Bathurst, early 90’s I think, a few people were complaining that their Perkins built engines failed while Larry’s didn’t. Larry apparently turned around and said if you’re unhappy with your engine, show me the data and if it hasn’t been over-revved I’ll replace it (Or words to that effect). AFAIK no data was shown and no engines were replaced 😏
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  448. Yeah, technology catches up quickly, an old work acquaintance of mine (I won't use the word "Mate") used to have a standard LC GTR, years ago, he was always telling us how quick it was. I said to him one day, "XXXX, you do realise that Mitsubishi Outlander you are driving now would actually be quicker than your old GTR, right?", he didn't believe me, so we googled it. Sure enough, the Outlander was 1 second faster (Mind you, I'd have the GTR any day ;))
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  449. All the ways of eating/drinking Milo can also be done with Ovaltine, too, for something a bit different. I actually prefer Ovaltine to Milo but shhh, don't tell anyone ;)
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  450. There is one here in WA that was built by K&A engineering (Apparently), races in sports sedans, driven by Tony Riciardello
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  451. The actual octane ratings are closer than most people think, because the US uses a different system to measure it than most of the world (Shock horror ;) )I think our 91 is pretty much the same as their 87. They use AKI, we use RON. Australian 91 octane regular fuel is among the dirtiest fuel in the world
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  452. I live about 31 METRES from the ocean lol
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  453.  @psychedelicprawncrumpets9479  I don’t think I’ll panic too much. High tide mark hasn’t moved a millimeter in the last 30 years 😏
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  454. They try really hard to get us in Australia to call soccer "Football" but I'm not buying it! the sales tax thing, I'd rate that the same as tipping - The price displayed is what you pay, here. The other 2 American things I can't get my head around are the word "Y'all", when talking to a single person, and the term "I could care less", which implies that you actually do care.
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  455. Lived in WA for 20 plus years now, I don't feel isolated at all, apart from the length of a flight to the east coast. Darwin feels more isolated to me. Not that that's a bad thing
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  456. Putin probably wants Greenland too. Orange man will sell it to him
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  457. If they get it, President Musk and VP Trump will have to fight over whether they use it or sell it to Putin. Could get nasty....
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  458.  @AndyViant  I actually get depressed in WA winters, I just hate the cold. And I'm originally from Tassie lol
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  459. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkNgzSc6xYI Here's one you GOTTA watch
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  460. Another thing to be aware of, in a country where they drive on the opposite side of the road, is that it's easy to get run over, because you sub conscientiously look the wrong way when stepping off the footpath/sidewalk
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  461. Yeah, and the stops are pretty close together anyway, so it's not the end of the world if you miss a stop lol. That's also the reason you have to wave down the bus, some common stops serve multiple bus routes.
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  462. @Iwrocker, it's probably important to know that Australia and America rate the octane ratings of fuel differently. America uses AKI, Europe and Australia use RON. Your 87 is equal to our 91
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  463. The GTR wasn't banned, despite popular belief, the fact was that international group A collapsed. A new formula was in the pipeline, homegrown cars, Holden Commodores and Ford Falcons, built so that they would be bulletproof reliable, to keep the costs down. Mark Skaife himself played a huge role in this, because again, despite popular belief, he wasn't keen on the category changing. That's how the Supercars formula came about. Over time the cars have changed names a couple of times and become more and more like NASCAR, with no relevance to the road cars at all
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  464. Good effort I think, you did better than me lol. Just some useless trivia, there are 2 different types of boomerang, the hunting type and the returning type. The hunting type is/was used purely for hunting small animals, the returning type is/was made to allow practice throwing without having to go chasing it all over the countryside, or so I'm told ;)
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  465.  @VideoDotGoogleDotCom  Genius comment right there :/
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  466. And a bit of useless trivia, the Nissan El Grand that went past isn't a vehicle you can buy off the showroom floor in Australia, they have to be imported under a low volume import scheme as a mobile home. Once they have been registered in Australia as a mobile home they can then be "modified" by putting the seats back into them. Just a tiny bit of government red tape involved there
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  467.  @awp1958  Correct, it was Andrew Harris who offered his Falcon to Dick, after the crash. I know Ross Palmer sourced a VH Commodore from somewhere to give to Harris. Didn't know it ran with Ford badges though - I have a pic of it here and it has a Holden lion on the grill? The Falcon he had that ended up being the Johnson car was the ex Bob Morris Seiko car, which I remember being one of the better looking cars on the grid, back in the day (In my opinion)
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  468. All they probably saw was a motorcyclist who was flashing his lights because he was impatient and wanted to pass them. I really don't see him doing anything that would have helped the ambulance
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  469. I used to own a HQ SS, similar to the Monaro but it was based of the Belmont, which was the "No frills" option. It was a 253 4 speed. Wish I'd kept it. The 253/308 were Aussie made engines, and sound really good imo. All those old 1970's cars were prone to rust but I don't think anywhere near as bad as in the states. I believe they use salt on the roads over there? That wouldn't help...
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  470. Toluene was what the Eggenberger Sierras allegedly used at Bathurst, in 1987. It was never proven, but plenty of people (One I knew to be a reliable source) claimed they were using it right up until the last pitstop
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  471. Sounds like you know your stuff, can you tell me, for interest’s sake, did the Bob Jane Monza have the engine relocated for GT specs? As far as I remember the GT’s had to retain the engine in its original position, whereas the sports sedans were mostly mid mounted? I know that Monza had the engine in the bay and a rear mounted transaxle, but pretty sure the engine was mid mounted before the rebuild?
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  472. Oh, btw, there is a K&A engineering built Supra/Chev in Tassie I think, still racing, ex Kerry Bailey. I believe (Could be wrong)
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  473. I'd forgotten about super trucks, what happened to them?
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  474.  @2partiesnotpreferred226  it has also snowed in Hobart, And probably a few other cities but it’s not very common
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  475. Some bus stops serve different routes. You need to look for the route number on the bus, and wave down the correct one. It's common here in WA, along with most states. The distance between bus stops is very short so you'd really have to be asleep to miss your stop, and even if you did, you're not gonna be far away lol.
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  476.  @nunya2171  no, I believe you’ve hit the nail on the head with the comment about international tourists though. Most of the people rescued on Bondi rescue can barely speak English. Plus they seem to have a lot more rips and current there
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  477. I remember watching colour TV for the first time, the whole family all went around to my Nanna's house to watch it, I was devastated to discover Superman was actually blue and red, not black and grey, like I thought 🤣
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  478. There's also one at McDonald's at Lithgow, just near Bathurst
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  479. The thing that made the EA 351 GT unique was Ford had quit production of V8's at the time. I think they made a comeback with the EB, which was the next model. Edit; I thought the AU Falcon was the ugliest Ford ever - the aero one kills it in ugly stakes :D
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  480.  @waynec3563  I do remember the charger, but only vaguely, I would have been very young back then...Honest! ;) I also loved the Bob Jane Monza, after its big rebuild, when Brock drove it. Sports sedans/GT's were my favourite category by a long way back then
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  481. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i4xN0vfpUk here's a good video for you to react to - it's Craig Lowndes getting hit by a wheel, on the approach to the cutting. Saved by the "Larry bar" ;)
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  482. I thought it was boring, not because there were no crashes, but because it was a procession
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  483. One of our more successful NASCAR drivers here was Max Dumesny. He is still racing sprintcars after 40 years plus, I remember going to the Easter sprintcar trail back in the early 90's and he was racing every night, then I went to the thunderdome and he was racing there too, in NASCAR. We also had Indycars racing here every year, at the gold coast, until the IRL/CART split. I did enjoy NASCAR but preferred sprintcars, still do ;)
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  484. Especially since I'm currently driving a VE Commodore, albeit a V6 one but I paid $1500 for it. I sold an immaculate 2011 series 2 VE SS last year for 14k
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  485. Yes, that pic was of Eau Rouge, at Spa, possibly the most frightening corner in world motorsport ;)
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  486. Love the Harvey/O Brien A9X on the desk! BTW I had no idea about that border and I grew up in Tassie :)
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  487. Harry Firth, in the number 9 Mini. Harry was a works Ford driver, then he took over the Holden Dealer Team, and gave a young Peter Brock a career start. As or the brakes comment, conserving brakes was what won this race, and it was what made Brock such a good driver back in the day. He could drive a big heavy Monaro around while barely using them, while still being fast. Fun fact; Hell corner is named because usually when you arrived there you had no brakes left, after burning them at Murray's ;)
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  488.  @peterbarber7613  They did when I was there last, but clearly you know better
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  489.  @peterbarber7613  It's actually down to one carton now. Google is your friend. I'm sure it was 2 when I was there last, back in 2015, but could have actually been one, now that I think of it. Maybe seeing cops searching every car that was going up to the top of the mountain was just my imagination....
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  490. Google it and get back to me will you, I'd love to know for next time so I can stock up...
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  491.  @superyamagucci  Yep, that's exactly what the rules are, and they were enforcing it pretty heavily last time I was there, in 2015. There were rumours of people actually burying cartons of beer up on top of the mountain and going back to get more. Not a bad idea, because let's face it, who wants to drive back into Bathurst every day, if they don't have to?
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  492. That’s correct although even after following all forms of Motorsport for over 40 years I have never really agreed with it. My thoughts are, I’d rather a glancing blow along the wall than being tee boned in the drivers door. But who am I to judge? 🤷‍♂️
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  493. I drove from Melbourne to Perth back in 1999. I got booked for speeding after a long, long straight, first corner I went around at the end, there was a cop car coming the other way, with a radar lol. Just near the Nullarboar roadhouse, if my memory serves me correctly. Had my cruise control set at 130, the cop knocked it down to 129 for me (Speed limit is 110), saved me some coin ;)
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  494. The longest stint for me was Ceduna SA to Norseman WA, it was about 12 hours, although you do gain 2.5 hours travelling from east to west
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  495. We do have stadium supertucks here at a lot of circuits, not sure they have ever raced at Bathurst though. They are a series owned by Robbie Gordon and use LS3 powered Baja trucks
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  496. My pro tip; just bite both ends off, stick in between your teeth, suck the coffee, head back, then let the tim tam drop into your mouth - no chocolate fingers ;)
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  497. They are importing the 2022 Corvette to Australia. I just wish they weren't ditching the Camaro, and we could get them here in RHD too
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  498. He's a typical Finn, with his dry wit, I love the guy
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  499. Town, not city...
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  500.  @alexanderkupke920  In Australia anyone with a car license could drive it but very few would choose to lol
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  501.  @sigmaoctantis1892  The cream separation is exactly what I was gonna say. I managed to buy a bottle of "Real" milk here a while back, it had the cream on the top, just like I remembered but I found it to be a pita, because you'd pour it out and lumps of cream would fall out And yes, the remaining milk was more watery
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  502.  @sshepard5222  You probably make a good point there. It certainly didn't taste like I remembered it, from back in the 70's and 80's
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  503. Next try Promite. I quit eating Vegemite about 30 years ago and switched to Promite. It's slightly less salty and a bit more savoury.
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  504. Australia; "We have the most dangerous snakes in the world". Africa; "Hold my beer".
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  505.  @rossbrumby1957  I suggest watching Dingo Dinkelman's encounters with black mambas, puff adders, cape cobras, etc. Slightly less toxic than Australian snakes but with 10 x the attitude. And longer fangs that can deliver venom directly into the bloodstream. It may be less toxic venom but will still achieve the same result
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  506. Queensland and WA are the worst for that. Let's join a national system (On literally anything), then decide that we don't like how other states are doing things, so change it to become unique to ourselves lol
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  507. Is it just me, or are most truck/semi combinations in the states still 18 wheelers? Do you get higher mass limits there with extra axles, like we do in Australia?
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  508.  @IWrocker  virtually all semi trailers here are 3 axle ones, with 12 wheels. The reason being, the weight limits here for a tandem axle group are 16.5 tonnes, where a tri axle group is allowed 20 tonnes under statutory limits. I wonder if the limits are higher on US roads? (The number of wheels is all about how much damage the weight does to the road)
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  509. Your RDO's would be from working extra hours though I'm sure? We have an RDO system where I work, too, but I'm not on it, so I work a shorter day than the others. The hours are the same over a month, and so are the pays
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  510.  @liandren  I've been on both systems, people tend to get confused by it, but you don't get paid for a 38 hour week without averaging 38 hours of actual work per week, over a month. Check your hourly rate, your total hours worked over a month and your gross pay over a month. I think you'll be surprised
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  511.  @liandren  so you work 72 hours and get paid for 72 hours
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  512.  @liandren  If they are paying you for more hours than you work, I want a job there ;)
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  513. Awesome car, great driving, but, looking at the other cars, I can't help but feeling, he took a 357 magnum to a knife fight ;)
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  514. People went nuts over them when they were fairly hard to find, I could never understand why. They're not terrible, but nothing special. I think the more available they became, the less interest people seemed to have in them. You can buy them from a lot of places here in Perth, like Jester's pies shops, or 711. Probably a good strategy, saving on overheads and still getting sales. I don't eat a lot of doughnuts anyway, so rarely buy them
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  515. I loved these old sports sedans, the best tin top racing ever, in my opinion. You should maybe search for Bob Jane's Chevy Monza, it's probably my favourite Aussie car of all time (Yes it's a Chevy, but it was built in Australia by Pat Purcell). It was originally red and had channel 10 sponsorship and a bit of an ugly duckling, but had a major rebuild back in the early 80's, painted orange and driven by none other than P. Brock. It was a beautiful looking car and an engineering masterpiece. You'd love it Ian :)
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  516. Another story I heard was that while the Brits rode their horses on the left, when the French and Brits were fighting, the French trained themselves to attack on the other side, to confuse the Brits, who expected them to be on their right hand side. No idea if it's true or not lol. Another reason horses would have been ridden on the left is because you always mount and dismount a horse on the left side. Another interesting thing is boats and waterways. Boats stick to the right of a channel at all times, in all countries, to my knowledge, and the steering wheel is also on the right of a boat
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  517. Where I used to work as a mechanic, our workshop was only fairly new and had been put on recently cleared bushland. In mid summer we used to often get baby dugites sitting on the edge of the pits. Fair to say it got your attention working away and finding yourself face to face with one, even if they were only babies. One decided to find a home in the aluminium flashing near one of the garage doors, it often used to strike at you if you walked past lol
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  518. Those little 2 litre Escorts used a Ford Pinto engine, the same as what was in the Cortina of the day, and actually made pretty good power, especially with a cam change and a bit of head work. A 2 litre Cortina with a bit of work could easily beat the same car powered by a 250 ci crossflow, I know first hand ;)
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  519.  @rossbrumby1957  My ex brother in law would disagree, his smoked every 250 powered Cortina that ever tried him. The Centura was something else, I agree. Ironically I used to pit crew on one that raced speedway, there were quite a few of them racing speedway during the late 80's/early 90's. I never liked the Pinto engine but they did make tons of power, if you knew how to build them. And if they are snapping cam belts you’re doing something wrong 🤷‍♂️
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  520.  @vpdownunder9032  grew up there myself, I still sometimes get caught out by it, when I’m down there, on those very mild, low 20’s summer days, that burn you to a crisp 🤣
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  521. The unmarked vehicle at 8:00 was a Mitsubishi Pajero. They have the tail lights that look like they are melting ;). The couple of Commodores you had trouble identifying - don't feel too bad - because they are ZB's. Re-badged Opels. The only real Commodores have a V as their model prefix. Cop cars in Aus used to have blue lights only, while fire engines and ambulances had red only. The reason they all switched to red and blues is that red is easier to see at daytime, blue is easier to see at night
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  522. You'd have to blame the lack of education in America. But don't worry - your incoming President is going to get rid of the Education Department. What could possibly go wrong.....
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  523. Yeah, he got that a bit mixed up I think. We do call the "Bed" the "Tray" here, but the hard cover is the hard cover lol
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  524. I remember those days. Back then we didn't even have wheelie bins, we used to leave the bags on the footpath. Kids riding bikes would sometimes think it fun to kick the bags as they rode past. Putting a brick in the bag used to stop that ;)
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  525.  @matsv201  terminology differences here I feel. Before I reply any further what country are you in? I'm gonna put my head on the block and guess Canada? Part of what you posted says it all: " C-dollies are not permitted in Australia, due to the lack of articulation." I've been a heavy vehicle transport inspector for 17 years and never heard of a C train
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  526. There were a few RX7's there that he was passing easily....
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  527.  BROCKATRON  the cars have lost their charisma but the racing has been good. At least the same driver and team haven’t won every single year
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  528. My "Like" click just made 351 ;)
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  529. I always hear about our slow internet, but I don't have a problem with it. Always works fine for me....
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  530.  @achiruel  not really. What I said was, I’ve never had a problem with it, and I haven’t. I never said it’s fast everywhere 🤷‍♂️
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  531. @Bill Doe So how do I know what to set it to, when my tank is half full and I want to completely fill it? We have pre-set buttons here too, but they are useless unless you know exactly how much it's gonna cost before you even start pumping....
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  532. @Bill Doe Ah, OK, I didn't realise that's how it works. We don't have many sites here that have a pre-pay option at the pump, only some places that make you go into the shop, pay up front, then put the fuel in, but that's usually only after a certain time at night. I think servos (Gas stations) here rely too much on people buying extra stuff inside the shop to have people pay at the pump
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  533. Altitude is key to having snow in Australia. Even as far south as Hobart, snow on the ground is fairly uncommon. Unless you're on top of Mount Wellington. Same here in WA, you'll only really get it at Bluff Knoll, which has a 1000 metre altitude
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  534.  @sharonhart8360  Aussie accent with the vowels mixed up ;)
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  535. Perth at this time of year is bad for small flies, especially in a light easterly wind. They blow in from the dessert, along with the heat
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  536.  @rhyssanders9122  Depends, why do you ask?
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  537. Some of Spud shed's stuff is cheap, some not so much. You have to know your prices
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  538. I had to laugh a bit at "Not going off the path", which is true in some places for sure, but major cities? Apart from possibly Darwin? Na, just look where you're walking. Fosters was the biggest selling beer in Australia, during the mid to late 1980's, yet nobody ever admits to have ever drunk it. Ever :D (OK, I understand why, it really is terrible beer!). Things are expensive, but not as bad if you shop around a bit. Having said that though, I'd hate to be a tourist here and pay premium prices for everything. Immigration is a touchy subject because we have a huge country, but are all crammed in together around the edges, and housing availability is quite low, and getting more expensive by the day. There's also this perception that we have skills shortages here, yet I know of skilled local people who have trouble finding work. My son was fired a few years ago as a welder, and replaced by overseas workers who would work for cheaper
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  539. Just don't drop it in a pool :D
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  540. GM milked Holden for all they could, but wouldn't reinvest in a factory that could produce anything but front engine rear wheel drive passenger cars. Obviously the market for them has severely been reduced over the years, and the end was inevitable. Ford were pretty much the same
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  541.  @tristanmeadows  never heard that one 🤷‍♂️
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