*Colomban, similar to the correct spelling of the country, 2 O’s, no U.

The 70 series cruisers have only just stopped being available new in oz - the mining companies used to get them new, and pass them on after 2 years / 30,000km and sell them on for (competitively) next to nothing. They’ve only stopped now because one of the major mining companies decided all their vehicles must have a…

It’s a translation from Italian, unfortunately google/bing translate can’t properly account for the hand waving that comes with the words when spoken in Italian - hence the slightly dodgy result in English.

Still not the worst parking job I’ve seen from a Porsche driver.

First time I’ve ever seen a photo of overhead bins, actually showing bags placed in them correctly!

Just being picky here, but an IDP isn’t actually needed for an American to drive in Australia. If your license is written in English, you are good to go. The only thing is, that you must have your passport with you (that is required with your IDP anyway), and so long as you haven’t been in the country for more than 90…

As someone that daily drives a similar vehicle - but made by a different manufacturer - I’d like to point out, that not everyone has them for the reasons you may think.

Where I live the risk of car jacking is relatively high. There are restrictions on when non-armoured vehicles can be used. Mon-Fri, 6am-8:30am and…

I just love how the US has a mandate that the driver must be identified positively in order to face consequences, elsewhere, it’s the vehicle owners responsibility to know who is driving their vehicle at all times. The owner of the vehicle must tell Police who was driving at the time - or they have to eat the…

A quick google shows me 20+ consulates in the LA area - each one may have a dozen people potentially with a Diplomatic Passport.

The “they do not have Diplomatic Immunity” statement is easy to make however, since Immunity only covers activities they undertake as part of their post. Driving like ass-hats, isn’t…

Partly because “diplomatic immunity” only extends to activities undertaken as part of their diplomatic duties.

Depending on legalities of where you are - a Toyota Hi-Ace is damned good bike transporter. Don’t look half bad when given a decent coat of paint and some wheels too.

Heavily tinted side windows or all metal - side sliding door or not - your choice.

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details…

5.7l V8, 6spd manual.
You didn’t really specify where you are.... so this is valid. Remove the tonneau cover and you have yourself a perfect motorcycle mover.

Added benefit of being lower than the more likely suggestions, American “trucks” - makes loading on a bike much easier…

Australian ALPR’s are on Highway Patrol cars. The article I was talking about was discussing 100 of them being fitted to existing Highway Patrol vehicles.

I’d love to know how that $68k for 2 units figure came about, I recall an Australian article from about 3 years ago caluing ALPRs at under $3500 a piece.

I’m not sure if I should be cheering for their achievement, or crying for them with the way the first flight ended up.....

I don’t know about a minivan version - but in Australia these things were the Tradies weapon of choice (besides utes) for a long time.
Now there are a quite a few of them doing the rounds that have been re-painted and dropped on some stupid wheels - for hauling around trail bikes.

Except thanks to the idiotic “Chicken Tax” it would have been too expensive to actually sell any units.

Autonomous means GPS. GPS means the subs are busted within 100km of their departure point.
A H/E drive capable of the range the subs travel - can’t be had for $50k - not without an un-acceptably large above the water line presence.
Having said that - the $1 million figure comes courtesy of the NYTimes - so go ahead and…

Not to be fussy - but the SUV’s you mentioned, were all returned to their owners after a year of BS - when it was determined that, they were in fact, legal. The rest of your post is perfectly valid however.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say you are not a rider? If you are, have you ever been above 50mph?