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Old 29-09-2011, 03:40 PM   #5311
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Was that a rex?
Looks like bootstrap bill from pirates of the carribean
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Looks like Predator just drank 3 bottles of rum and 2 kebabs before hurling all over a corolla
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Old 29-09-2011, 06:59 PM   #5313
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Car Jacking Fail

http://www.caradvice.com.au/139917/d...nual-is-safer/

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Well, that’s what we’ve gleaned from a CBS news story in the U.S.

Two would-be attackers in Linthicum, Maryland, approached a man who was talking to friends at a service station, both wearing masks and one brandishing a gun. They tried to steal his car from him, but the man had a trick up his sleeve – he could drive a manual.

When he informed them that his 2005 Volkswagen “had a stick shift” their brains’ clearly had a melt-down, and they ran off.

So there you go – driving a manual car protects you from car jacking.
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Old 03-10-2011, 02:23 PM   #5314
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Saw this in the carpark of the Royal Children's Hospital.
If he got rid of the rear wing and the bonnet bulge, it'd be horn.
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Old 03-10-2011, 08:10 PM   #5315
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It's an epidemic!!





This Commodore driver re badged his car, not as Chevy thank god, but as a
"Hold on Commonwhore"

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Old 03-10-2011, 08:15 PM   #5316
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Did the 180SX have a V8 note though? There's a few with LSX conversions going around
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Nah, it had a fart can.
Plus it was a P plater.
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Old 04-10-2011, 11:35 AM   #5318
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Is it the red wheels that are the fail... sort of.... Is it the stupid amount of spokes? Yeah kinda... Is it the fact that one of the spokes is the wrong colour? Absolutely.

Run out of paint there chap?

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Be very wary...there are plenty of stove-hot Foresters running around that, while looking like a relatively standard old family wagon, are quite capable of showing a clean set of heels to plenty of more "normal" performance cars. The reason is the ease of just interchanging the guts of them with a WRX.

No, it's a fail.

Our number plates evolved to WRX-XXX in April 2000. This car is a lot newer than a 2000 model.
Also, the STI badge is not on straight when compared to the Forester badge, and if the dual exhaust was meant to be there or an adaptation of a factory system, why is there only a recess for one pipe in the lower bumper bar?

Most definately a fail of overly massive aspirations.
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Saw this in the carpark of the Royal Children's Hospital.
If he got rid of the rear wing and the bonnet bulge, it'd be horn.
Please make sure your trays are folded down and in an upright position....
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No, it's a fail.

Our number plates evolved to WRX-XXX in April 2000. This car is a lot newer than a 2000 model.
Also, the STI badge is not on straight when compared to the Forester badge, and if the dual exhaust was meant to be there or an adaptation of a factory system, why is there only a recess for one pipe in the lower bumper bar?

Most definately a fail of overly massive aspirations.
I think you missed the point hey
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Spotted last week returning from Wollongong...
SV6 with a V8 power bulge bonnet and of course the obligatory Chevy badges, but in this case it was one GOLD on the front and one SILVER badge on the back
Would've snapped a pic but I was doing 100km/h up Mt Ousley = don't let go of the steering wheel :p


Oh and this spotted in my friend's complex
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Old 05-10-2011, 11:18 PM   #5323
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Alright guys, move over, time for thread win. Charade with a bodykit, nuff said.

Or maybe the epic fail is that there is no picture, as my phones internal memory formatted itself.

Ahah, salvaged from an MMS, albeit low quality.





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Old 05-10-2011, 11:28 PM   #5324
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A mate of mine posted this on Facebook...

I think someone needs to go back to school to learn the difference bewteen circles and ovals!!!

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Circle it they did.....

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Yeah, the problem is that flat tyre that the lion is carrying...
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Have any fellow Geelongites spotted/know of the electric blue ZL Fairlane overlander-inspired thing I saw getting around tonight? It's a very tatty looking ZL that has been resprayed in that bright B-series blue, not shockwave I think, the lighter one. I dunno if it belongs to a forum member..but not too sure if it was a win or a fail. Massive, massive 4WD tyres that barely cleared the wheel arches, massively tall ride height, badges from all sorts of different Fords, sounded like a V8 conversion, and one ZL and one XF tail light. Would be a beast if tidied up.
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been trying get a pic of this ed fairmont v6 for a while
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been trying get a pic of this ed fairmont v6 for a while
I must be getting old. What does the text on the striping say? The sun makes the white hard to see. I'm assuming the last bit is "V6"...
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is says "EDFAIRMONTV6"
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I see. Fail indeed!
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Another form the Sooby X-files...







Dual cannons, roof spoiler and a hornet scoop.......
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Another Wendouree Village carpark classic.
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Alright guys, move over, time for thread win. Charade with a bodykit, nuff said.

Or maybe the epic fail is that there is no picture, as my phones internal memory formatted itself.

Ahah, salvaged from an MMS, albeit low quality.

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What a clown
You know...with the right wheels and paint job, that thing would look pretty good!
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Another form the Sooby X-files...

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Dual cannons, roof spoiler and a hornet scoop.......
And you, Jimmyd.whats those toys on the dash.. fail???
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i reckon its pretty cool, in a kinda retro 80s kinda way way...
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And you, Jimmyd.whats those toys on the dash.. fail???
Yep, know it, own it

Each one has a conection with family members now passed, so they will continue to travel from car to car with me.
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