Hope for his sake the magistrate chucks this one out while laughing and makes him only pay the impound fee, as unlicensed and unregistered in Vic, is somewhere around $2,500 in fines. Just the unregistered vehicle is $909.

My dad had the v8 version for a couple years. Really nice car. Unless you looked at a roundabout with any camber at all in the wer at anything approaching a normal speed. Then the car would try its hardest to spin you around in circles.

Simple way to tell. Does it have a high / low range box? Yes - then it is a “Four Wheel Drive”.

No? Then it is a “Soft Roader” - or “SUV” if you take exception to soft roader.

No need to re-invent terms, the old ones are still perfectly valid.

A 30 minute break after 2 hours of driving is only slightly more than is considered an “Adequate” break to keep the driver fresh and alert. I see no issue personally.

I was meaning that most of the “US domestic market trucks” aren’t sold internationally, because they don’t have the same safety test exemptions internationally. A Dodge Ram (as a random example) has to pass the same safety tests in Australia as a passenger car, not the separate standards applied to “trucks and vans”…

I think you may have misinterpreted something about what is happening in Oz. The vehicles aren’t being seized, simply towed and impounded as they “are not legal for on the road”. The defect notice is essentially the thing as a “fix it ticket”. The owner can have the vehicle towed to somewhere else at their expense and…

This may have changed in recent years so I apologize if my info is out of date, but given that most of the vehicles you’re talking about don’t pass safety tests as used everywhere else in the world - when stock, I find that one hard to swallow.

Disclaimer - I’m not in the USA, so your stupid import rules don’t apply; https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/holdenspecialvehicles/clubsport/r8-lsa-badge/ - you can get a brand new manual 400kw Clubsport R8 for similar money - perhaps that price isn’t bad (for the mods done I’ll grant its pretty good - assuming you are…

Not necessarily, I’ve seen plenty (ok about 4) that have electrically operated clamps that lock the casket in place.

VM180 close enough for you? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_MR2#VM180_Zagato

I’ll have one of each, thanks.

Thispopped up on my YouTube suggested videos yesterday.

One sold last week with 2,138kms on the clock, for around $USD 136,000.

Hate to be fussy, but it is Sir Patrick Stewart.

Been there done that, there is a lot of room between “off pavement” and “need a proper 4wd” however.

Given the only part of the trek that couldn’t do is the Darien Gap - where no vehicles are currently allowed to go anyway - It’s a perfect option. Drive to Colon, boat to Cartagena, continue all the way Tierra Del Fuego with minimal hassle.

Lived in and travelled most of SA for about a decade now, never once seen an xterra.

I agree with the vehicle choice (70 series cruisers can still be bought new here after all), but.....

“This is gonna be expensive”