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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