Both of our cars were bought new and are now approaching the end of their second decade. Both remain in good nick, uncrashed and have low mileage. That they might be considered collectable is laughable to me. Especially since the manufacturers of both have largely given up on the supply of parts.

Can confirm. The Falcon platform was never set up for driving on the wrong side of the road. And Ford Oz could never convince head office to fund doing otherwise.

The issue with LR in Australia is a reliable lack of support.

Yes but they are such a blunt instrument and an expensive blunt instrument at that. The modern Land Rover is a wonderful thing to drive by comparison. But there’s always that lack of actual support by LR Oz...and that is why they fail.

Land Rover and Land Rover Australia are going to have to be a hell of a lot more convincing that both their cars and their support network are fit for purpose before I would spend any coin on any modern Land Rover.

This is how far Brocky fell after the crystal incident...

Holden are calling their version ‘Tourer’ and are happy to acknowledge it’s a lifted version of the Sportswagon. However, by way of compensation (for the fact it is a lifted wagon), the only engine one can have is the V6 (though slightly detuned from the Sportswagen version) and the minimum trim level is the Calais…

FFS. America is full of rich weirdos and guns. How is 20,000 flamethrowers going to make it any worse?

If the next Warwick Thornton flick, Sweet Country is even as half as good as his last film, Samson and Delilah then it’ll be a pleasure to watch. What’s not to like about three grizzled old blokes acting their socks off in the Australian desert?

Yeah....nah. Audi A6 sedan starts at NZ$110,000.

Wait till Fancy Kristen complains about how much she paid for it...

I own one. Mine has the larger and more powerful 2.5 litre TDi and the AWD Syncro driveline. Plus it’s a decade younger than this one and has both doors in the back row. And it’s in better shape. And it’s market value is equivalent to US$9,000.

Not unlike the twins under the skin Nissan Navara and Mercedes Benz X Class. Fixed hard points and glass but the rest with slightly alternate interpretation.

2002 Nissan Patrol DX cab chassis 4x4 with the 4.2 litre turbo diesel and just 68,000 km on the clock. Set up as a tipper too. I’d like to buy it but it looks like Mum just wants to give it to us...

That was a hand throttle. Many early 4x4s and the odd light truck had them. It kepted the revs up for a quick getaway under load and it was useful off-road in bouncy situations in low range at a crawl. Stopped you bouncing your foot on and off the accelerator...

No. Mainly because (till now at least) you are not a restorer of Jeeps. You merely resuscitate them (entertainingly) to a point somewhere the ICU and palliative care.

‘Sleek’ clearly means something different in America to what it does in Australia (and we are getting this Silverado).

Repeat after me...”It’s just a car. And not mine either.”

But 10,000 fan boys just blew theirs instead...

Plead in the title and pleaded in the text. Both used in the same context. Please pick one. Then we’ll know something one way or the other...