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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Yes Albo is correct, just hand Australia all over to China and bingo you will get a high speed autoban from north QLD to SA, Rail as well and water coming from North QLD down out to the west for food and our population will grow by 300 million in no time. to bad for the Koalas and Roo's etc.
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Indicators seem optional here and they don't like people trying to merge in front of them either - I've won a couple of battles with new SUV drivers because I don't care about my car if they run into the back of me in an attempt to cut me off, but they obviously care about theirs ![]() Also bendy bus drivers in CBD peak hour are like 1944 Omaha Beach D Day landings when they're picking up and dropping off passengers, absolutely ruthless with pulling out into traffic after doing a drop/pickup ![]() Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 01-04-2021 at 07:00 PM. |
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In SA if you miss your turn, take the next one, everything is linked, its not like Melb or Sydney, where you may need to drive for ever to get back. I like South Aust driving, it's like a challenge, every day! Buses here don't need to give way, to anything smaller than them, it's the unwritten code. I recall as a learner driver a bus pulled out infront of me and the licensed driver (my father) simply said, 'hit it'. |
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![]() The distances are less than Melbourne but a lot of the driving is suburban traffic light to traffic light rather than having a bunch of linked freeways. Took about an hour to get from Seaford to North Adelaide in peak hour, which was only about 40KM with a missed turn in the CBD so I ended up taking King William Street battling bendy buses assaulting Omaha Beach ![]() Met quite the unfriendly cashier at Seaford Caltex, I said hello and did the small talk routine and she just looked at me, processed my sale, said thanks and couldn't even get a response - think she has PTSD from Bendy Bus commutes. |
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Best. April Fool. Ever
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We need to find something to put in all those empty shipping containers that leave here every day !
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Sweet.
Series 4 AU XR8. Would buy.
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Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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I’ve been thinking, linear motors that are a light press fit in cylinder bores and couple to the original crank journals. Then we can electrify most engines with little more effort than an in-chassis rebuild. Benefits would be local industry invigoration, reduced consumer resistance (same car, engine looks familiar) and better ways to harness solar energy - rather than switching off PV panels.
It’s not so dramatic as a new design of car that looks like it belongs in some slightly camp other-worldly drama on Netflix, but might just get the job done. |
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trucks are made from imported Knock Down Kits [from what i read & the actual imported fully built trucks are sold here] .... which is what they did back in the early '60's with the R series Valiant. |
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