Another 5 scummy?

[terbang]

After all, when I was a boy it went UP to 50 cents a GALLON and that was considered a shocking price.

Oh I remember that too. Wasn´t that long ago... Wasn´t it..?

[nallac]

Miss em myself,growing up on a steady diet of old coons from 68 through to a 72 XYGS then an XBGT Coupe (wish id kept all of them) i awhile back bought a XR6T which goes ok,still hasnt got the noise outback but goes ok,often wondered what i would have owned when a young fella if it wasnt for a set of wheel nuts welding themselves to the thread on a certain Charger many many moons ago.

Gt coupe !!,imagine what that'll be worth now??????????????????????????????
love em XR6T's can get a shet load of power out of em, more torque down low than the V8.

i thought they got the nuts off but the studs had expanded due to heat, and couldn't get the new ones on...
would've been good for them to win.

[Big Dave]

Sounds like an ole bushman story to me Dave

I believe it. He turbo-ed a SR250 once.

[peasea]

Funny you say pushbike as i was thinking about doing the same.....where do i get a free one?

Most unlocked garages have them.

[98tls]

I believe it. He turbo-ed a SR250 once.

LOL ok will go with it then.Funny as it reminded me of a story the old man told me of his trip round Aussie in an old XB coupe.

[Ixion]

The award rate was $2.50 /hr,and I was earning $100 a week,riding a Rickman Metisse and a B31,a '61 Beetle and a '58 Kombi,one engine,one set of wheels.We needed a new TV because there was now colour and two channels....I got my Mum one for $1,000.

But I can't remember how much we paid for fuel.

3/4d a gallon. Before the Oil Crisis. Then it went up to 3/6d. Price was set by the government, by law. Like wages. Milk was 4d a quart.

[RT527]

So what ever happened ta Hydrocell? Maybe we will have "Mr Fusion" by then for our vehicles.
As for the V8 Supercars, they will have to be scaled down to the GSXR1000 Powered V8 look-a-likes they had at Taupo

they are called Star cars, and they are just as quick around Pukekohe as the V8`s are.
http://www.stcracing.co.nz/ linky for those that are interested...oh sorry , back to the main thread.....v8`s are only as economical as the drivers right foot is.

Trust me....I have a higher horsepower truck now than what I previously drove and its more economical with the same loads...go figure.

[peasea]

they are called Star cars, and they are just as quick around Pukekohe as the V8`s are.
http://www.stcracing.co.nz/ linky for those that are interested...oh sorry , back to the main thread.....v8`s are only as economical as the drivers right foot is.

Trust me....I have a higher horsepower truck now than what I previously drove and its more economical with the same loads...go figure.

Too true, we can get a 5.7 pushrod doofus to run 10.9/100k's, which in the old money is around 25-ish to the gallon. Not too greedy and that's puddling along at up to 120, but hovering more at 110-ish pulling two stiffs and a trunk-load of shite.

[scumdog]

My Mrs takes the car to work and I only have bikes. Balances out.

Me too, CB has her Laser - but my bike is a pushie, 5 minutes from home to work.

And 15 to get home, uphill all the way..

If I feeling lazy and it's a nice day I'll take the T-bird and do a lap of town before actually going to work.

[Motu]

It's a 5 min pedal to work for me too,quicker than taking the car,I ride right to my work station.As for taking a motorcycle,forget it - I have to leave 10 minutes earlier.Being a bit security conscious I make my bike rather difficult for a thief to remove....and that makes it take me a while to get it out,then I have to put all that gear on.

All my 6 cyl cars have been more thirsty than V8's.The International and RL Bedford both did 4 mpg,but could get 15 mpg on a trip ( I used these trucks as my 4 wheel transport) and the 250 Falcon was always heavier on fuel than a 302.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Yeah,it's all relative.As an apprentice I used to run an International pick up that did 4 mpg....I would be out of money after the week end,and would have to supplement the Inter's fuel tank by trudging the streets with a tin and a coil of hose over my shoulder...it was a tough life we had back then y'know.

At the end of last year I took a $200 per week cut in pay....stopped a 1,000km commute and now ride a free push bike to work.Just over 6 months later it's not looking such a stupid thing to have done.

a hundred km each way? crikey yes. plus you probably got back two hours of your life every day?

s'funny: petrol is a tax deductible expense for me (one of the few) yet by choice I still pushbike to work: i find it a useful de-stress mechanism, and it sort of perks me up (well a 4 degree frost will do that to you) on the way in. I am not a morning person, so anything that renders me more than semi conscious before 10 am is a good thing.

If I am ever successful in actually buying a C50 or C90 then I might use that as well.

[scumdog]

a hundred km each way? crikey yes. plus you probably got back two hours of your life every day?

Once I USE to drive 74km each way to work and back, it eventually dawned on me that I was sitting on my arse driving for the equivalent of at least one complete working day for each week- at my expense. (and a year of driving to and from work did the equivalent 0f the km it took to wear out one complete set of tyres)

THAT is why I vowed that if possible I would never get a commuting type job again

[ElCoyote]

Every week it's a different figure and a different time frame. Time for the journos to change the record.

You are being (Pre)programmed so that Gubbermints have you brainwashed each time petrol goes up. Why should these thieving zombies miss out on an increased tax take when they need/want a salary rise, which will be backdated of course. Why not outlaw smoking tomorrow due to the social costs involved in caring for those who develop symptoms from smoking, but the loss of taxation would impact on the slush fund . It's called a vested interest and could be resolved within 24 hours if the pollies had any guts or compassion. Sadly they are bereft of the aforementioned, regardless of which party they belong to. Until you apathetic New Zealanders follow overseas or Australian protests (The truckies didn't do a bad job but it needs to be escalated) then you will be bled dry. Unite or pay $8.00 a litre. Your choice and there are enough members here to make a stand if they got off their collective arses.

[Big Dave]

Once I USE to drive 74km each way to work and back, it eventually dawned on me that I was sitting on my arse driving for the equivalent of at least one complete working day for each week- at my expense. (and a year of driving to and from work did the equivalent 0f the km it took to wear out one complete set of tyres)

THAT is why I vowed that if possible I would never get a commuting type job again

I lived in far South and worked in the Far North of Sydney for a while. That was about 74km - and all in the Burbs.

Maybe that's why Akl doesn't bother. It's only a small town

[Big Dave]

If I feeling lazy and it's a nice day I'll take the T-bird and do a lap of town before actually going to work.

If it's a nice day I got for a lap of town AS work.