I paid about 6.5k for my car after my bike was written off in a crash, despite having 54k in the bank at the time. I could have spent way more but I didn't know how long I was going to be unemployed for, expecting it to be maybe 6 months whilst I did a pre-apprenticeship at TAFE. It turned out being 18 months before I…

My parents had a yellow one of these when we lived in Switzerland; mum called it Frida

You forgot to put the screw at the front

I really enjoyed that write up. What amazing machines. Thanks for the post, and for anyone interested I believe you got the vid from Youtube user BitnikGR, who puts up and subtitles loads of these Russian military TV docs.

Get over it. My dad flies Malaysian (economy) from Australia to England and back 3 times a year, and has done so for the last 10 years, and I've flown them on a few occasions as well. They are decently priced (especially now), comfortable, good service and basically all you'd want. Loads of American airlines with…

That's the first fixie I have seen that I haven't hated

I read somewhere once that 'Pajero' is Spanish slang for 'wanker' and hence they couldn't sell it in Europe or the US (or South America for that matter) under that moniker in case it offended any Spanish speakers. Which, if correct, means that the old Mitsubishi Oz tv ads selling it with the Violent Femmes 'Blister in…

I just did a sex wee

I think the British military is pretty large and has considerable reach for a population of around 60 million. But I do agree they are a bit overboard on social welfare. I'm Australian and British, and I would say Australia has a good model - small military defending a hugely resource-rich country but aside from some…

Can't believe it took so far in the comments for someone to post this. Also, Chinese manufactured Flankers tend to be Shenyang J-11s.

I remember seeing this when it was first unveiled at the Melbourne motor show in either 2001 or 2002. I thought it looked great, and they were touting a 5.8l V8 ("because an Australian supercar has to have a V8") and it had some cool features at for the time like cameras instead of mirrors for the rear view and lots…

I've been using cabs on a regular basis in melbourne for the last 6 years and not once have I had an issue.

So basically, Jaguar, having designed a car which already looks 5 years old and isn't elegant enough to be classy nor aggressive enough to appeal to thrusty wanker types, is left touting the ability to pre-program your climate control up to 7 days in advance. I am concerned.

This is the first car update for a recent Forza game that I have seen that features actual new to the series cars. All of them quite tasty as well. Especially like the inclusion of the Formula E - more open wheelers in Forza please.

Somebody has probably already pointed it out but this model of STI has a toggle switch inbetween the seats where you can alter the proportion of drive between the front and rear axles. I'm not sure if you could go 100 to the rear, but you can definately go 80%, at least on the Aussie market ones.

Better to be perceived as a coward than to go to war for no reason. Sure, you'd probably win, but not without the deaths of thousands of ordinary Americans minding their own business because their president listened to mouthbreathers like, well, you know who.

I've lived in Australia since 1988 and I'm pretty sure the biggest killer of Aussie men after bowel cancer is badly driven commodores

I don't want to be that guy, but it was a VZ. (All the VTs and most of the VXs are already gone, or dog-with-fleas arseing there way to oblivion on their cut king springs)

I had the 3dr hatch and find the sedan ugly as sin but dynamically they are fun cars either way so seeing one of these is a joy as it means someone who gives no fucks about cars is having an enjoyable drive which they wouldn't necessarily get if they'd bought a that 2 year old Corolla instead. And in 3 years, when…

depends on your job. If you are a travelling salesman sure no worries but if you are just commuting between home and work nobodies gonna miss you for an hour