Ahh. Thank you.

Those are discontinued, going by their website. The death of a the sedan is one thing, at least we can buy other sedans. But the death of the ute... that's a real Aussie icon biting the dust.

What the hell are we going to do for utes? Does anybody else even build them?

I come here for the cars, but I stay for the Jalopschtick...

Here it was called the Magna, with the luxury version being called the Verada. I had a '96 wagon. Not a drivers car, but practical and reliable.

In return for thoroughly confusing my pre-caffeinated mind:

That is one big motor. I didn't realise how big until I noticed how small the oil filter seems in comparison.

The 4 cylinder Honda B20A sounds really, really mean if you pull one of the leads off. The 25 percent loss in power is almost worth it for the sound.

I love the idea that this will possibly now be used for some basic purpose, like a clothes washing copper or soup cauldron. Hope the gov't lets his family keep it.

Denholm Reynholm from The IT Crowd?

I'm seeing quite a few of these getting attention in Aus lately. Not the coupes, I don't think we got those, but sedans and wagons - usually some awful colour like baby blue or mustard brown, often with panels in undercoat or the wrong colour, dropped on its ass with tiny wheels and presumably an engine swap. Hey if…

Too right. On a long drive I once had one crawl in to the windscreen demister vent, spent the next hour wondering which one it was going to come back out of, hoping it wouldn't be the 'crotch vent' under the steering column.

Definitely looks like an uglier 4th gen Liberty / Legacy.

That is actually kind of obvious, now that I think about it.

My boss told me how in the 70's his boss would get so wasted in the pub after work, he couldn't get the key in the ignition to drive home, so someone else would start it for him. That's courtesy, right? I personally don't drink and drive, it's either one or the other.

No coils? Watch out for water in the dizzy!

Diesels are great for this. I just stick mine in third and munch away, no gear changes required. I'm pretty sure Rudolf Diesel had this in mind when he was designing them.

Meanwhile the Monash freeway in Melbourne is still 80 km/h (50 mph).

What's this reservoir going in to the intercooler? Oil breather?

Correct sir. Weather balloons are used to measure the wind direction at different heights, which typically varies about 90 degrees. They adjust their direction by ascending or descending to where the wind is traveling in the direction they want to go.