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

  1. 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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  2.  @geoffb.6154  Not so much OCD, more LOGICAL order. Like counting to 4, by saying 1234, and not 1324.....
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  3. Dare or Farmer's union, I drink them by the truckload lol
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  4. 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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  5.  @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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  6.  @michael_177  as far to the right as the ABC is to the left. Both unwatchable
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  7.  @hainesy67  1995
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  8. Thanks for the concern, America, but I'm all good here in the western wing of the so-called jail ;)
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  9. 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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  10.  @tothelimit9992  Poor fifo workers 🎻
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  11. 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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  12. Agree 100% on all counts. I used to hate Turkish Delight, love it now
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  13.  @robinharwood5044  Look at who they just voted for....
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  14.  @tropicsalt.  They are beautiful birds, and very smart :)
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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. Plenty of Aussies and Kiwis running in the World of Outlaws these days, too
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  22. and the comedy company :)
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  23.  @johnvienta7622  I must have missed that...or forgotten it. My mind is like a sieve these days lol
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  24. 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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  25. 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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  26. Doesn't anyone use the word "Trousers" anymore?? I feel old...
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  27. Cold chisel did a song about the Star hotel in 1980, called, The Star Hotel, strangely enough ;)
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  28. 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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  29. Blueberry Tim Tams...now they might be good! ;)
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  30.  @lonnie224  are you reading this, Arnott’s? If so I want a commission from your blueberry Tim Tam sales 😏
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  31.  @davidmc105  So a 2WD Hilux with a well body isn't a ute because the tray is removable? OK...
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  32. 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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  33. Another fun fact is he also races sprintcars, and isn't a slouch in them, either
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  34. 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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  35. 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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  36.  @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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  37. 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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  38. Garage sales in Aus
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  39. 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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  40. 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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  41. 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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  42. 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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  43. I reckon starting at Forest's elbow would be cool, and finishing at McPhilamy's or thereabouts
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  44. 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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  45. 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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  46.  @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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  47. Me either, but then again, I rarely do the grocery shopping...thankfully ;)
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  48. 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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  49.  @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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  50. Probably my favourite driver of all time, legend. They didn't call him the iceman for nothing lol
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