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Old 05-03-2011, 01:45 AM   #3301
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Big Batch of Fail for yall. Have collected these (and many more non-car related fails and random crap) over the years, lost them about 6 months ago and just found them again tonight. Enjoy!

I captured this off YouTube myself:




















This could be useful if you have a VN:




















EDIT: Forgot this one - some may have seen it before...
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Old 05-03-2011, 08:21 AM   #3302
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I do have a genuine appreciation for the VN & VP models of Commodore. Some of Holden's best work right there!
Yep Europe body, American engine.... Some of Holdens best work......

The look on Holden people that come here and I show them all about their beloved Holdens and where they come from..... Priceless.
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Old 05-03-2011, 08:27 AM   #3303
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The fact of the matter is that the HQ was the pinnacle of Holden's engineering efforts...
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that last shot is in lawnton and the way they are going there is a nice high bridge and onto a busy roundabout.. id hate to be in that car lol
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Old 05-03-2011, 11:15 AM   #3305
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Yep Europe body, American engine.... Some of Holdens best work......

The look on Holden people that come here and I show them all about their beloved Holdens and where they come from..... Priceless.
Exactly, they took the best bits from around the world, combined them into one, and made an amazing piece of machinery!
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Old 05-03-2011, 11:19 AM   #3306
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that last shot is in lawnton and the way they are going there is a nice high bridge and onto a busy roundabout.. id hate to be in that car lol
Yep at the woolies next to the tavern. They don't do LPG discounts there. Thieves.
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Exactly, they took the best bits from around the world, combined them into one, and made an amazing piece of machinery!
Yep, the Buick V6 was an engineering masterpiece, so smooth and refined.

And keeping the narrow track VL front end and dropping the wider VN body over the top was also top class engineering.
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Old 06-03-2011, 03:47 PM   #3308
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this POS was trying to race everyone off the lights today in Joondalup
Red tint, altezza lights, milo family tin exhaust that sounds like someone farting, stereo blasting some crap i couldnt understand

takes the cake!
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Yep, the Buick V6 was an engineering masterpiece, so smooth and refined.

And keeping the narrow track VL front end and dropping the wider VN body over the top was also top class engineering.
Heres a good read for you V6 fans then.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_V6_engine
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Exactly, they took the best bits from around the world, combined them into one, and made an amazing piece of machinery!
Are you serious?

"Amazing piece of machinery", and VN/VP should never be used in the same sentence.

IMO they're two of the most overrated Commodores ever made.
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VN's are the reason I switched to Ford.... The wife showed me the light.
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VN's are the reason I switched to Ford.... The wife showed me the light.

The engine light??
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LOL....

We had a VP while her car was in the Crash Shop getting fixed....
She refused to drive it..... I took it to Harbour Town one night for shits & giggles and Riksta thought it was awsome......
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massive improvement on the last euro ute conversion...



even beats the crewman version...
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massive improvement on the last euro ute conversion...
That should be in the WIN thread
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even beats the crewman version...
I friggin' love Volvos!!! Those utes are so ingenious and awesome, love the handywork!

I always wanted one of these:
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I friggin' love Volvos!!!

I always wanted one of these:
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I think that looks awesome too.
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That M3 bonnet bulge on the M5 is a fail. you wouldnt put a xt bonnet on a GT would you? M5's are sublte sledgehammers, M3's are for poncy footballers..
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That M3 bonnet bulge on the M5 is a fail. you wouldnt put a xt bonnet on a GT would you? M5's are sublte sledgehammers, M3's are for poncy footballers..
: like the rest of the car is standard to im sure the bulge doesnt make any difference. As it looks to be designed with difference in mind.....
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I always wanted one of these:
Pop up remarkably often for Falcon money given the Bertone Volvos' rarity 262C 9.5k.....
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Pop up remarkably often for Falcon money given the Bertone Volvos' rarity 262C 9.5k.....
Takes me back to the time when "Volvo driver" meant ******** who drove like they couldn't be hurt (owing to Volvo having a reputation as a "safe" car).
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GM EV1. Ford sticker on the side, but looks remarkably like an AU1 Forte at the rear. The car did fail to be successful though; also being the world's first production electric car.
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GM EV1. Ford sticker on the side, but looks remarkably like an AU1 Forte at the rear. The car did fail to be successful though; also being the world's first production electric car.
ALL EV1 vehicles were leased only, GM flatly refused to retail the vehicle - another example of Detroit and big oil crushing technology it before it could be marketed - literally in this instance



Toyota did not seem to have an issue with the concept though....
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also being the world's first production electric car.
don't believe the GM hype, they were beaten by 100 years

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There were electric cars in the late 1890's as well I believe.

Technically not "production" vehicles though (I think it has to mass produced to be considered a production vehicle, i.e. you can't just make 1 or 2)

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I find it amazing that if things had been even slightly different back then, we would never have seen such amazing petrol powered vehicles.

Though I think we would have progressed farther and faster if we had gone electric to begin with (wars with silent electric planes would have been interesting)
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Yeah, I agree with what you are saying in regards to having quicker cars had we of stayed with electrics from the start, but it's near on impossible to be enthusiastic about an electric powered vehicle. They have no character, internal combustion is like a beating heart, electric is like a pacemaker, haha.
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