Another 5 scummy?

[Big Dave]

It understands Aussie accents perfectly Jeremy.

[Motu]

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.

[98tls]

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.

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

[Big Dave]

Zedman & Copilot said to me this afternoon that the current fuel price rises are not as bad as 1974.

I can tell you what was in the top 10 that year - no recollections re fuel.

comment motu?

[Big Dave]

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

I reckon my mountainbike helps with off road skillz too.

And there is always this to aspire to:
http://www.funnymotorcycleclips.com/...e-drift-2.html

[98tls]

I reckon my mountainbike helps with off road skillz too.

And there is always this to aspire to:
http://www.funnymotorcycleclips.com/...e-drift-2.html

Quiet sunday arvo.....

[Big Dave]

Quiet sunday arvo.....

Man - that's uncanny - almost exactly what it's like in the Reserve down the road.

[lb99]

I have been chugging to work on a $25 push bike for about 8 years, I have no Idea how much I have saved in gas, but I bet its a bit.
My wife gets around in an old falcon wagon, its the perfect car, is huge so you can cram all sorts of shit in the boot, 6 seats so we can all fit in, you can get 3 carseats across the back with no worries, and in the 5 years we have owned it I have spent more on insurance than maintainance, 6 tyres (all scored off people wrecking, so like $50 each) one balljoint ($19 from bnt) a muffler bandage, regular oil and filter changes, I have serviced the trans a couple of times(I have a primo workshop at work, all the gear)a battery and a set of leads, thats it. total $960 in 5 years.
I know people who spend that on every service for their "economical" cars
we get all our jobs done on around $60 a week at current prices (thats running 4 kids about, and wife shopping/going to work.


not a bad deal, I like my gas guzzler, its as cheap as to run

[nallac]

shit, i had to get rid of the fairmont ghia v8 last year
when the 3rd sprog came along.
Theres no way in hell i/we could afford to run it now(only one wage.)
Had to sell my ute to do renavations for the 4th bedroom/my study,
i only use the bike now, which i think is a bonus.

man i miss having a 8, 14 years of owning em now haven't got one

[The Stranger:Me]

What do you reckon - we get 3-5 more years out of the V8s?

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...658037458.html

Wow deja vu.

What's different this time?

[Motu]

Zedman & Copilot said to me this afternoon that the current fuel price rises are not as bad as 1974.

I can tell you what was in the top 10 that year - no recollections re fuel.

comment motu?

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.

[98tls]

shit, i had to get rid of the fairmont ghia v8 last year
when the 3rd sprog came along.
Theres no way in hell i/we could afford to run it now(only one wage.)
Had to sell my ute to do renavations for the 4th bedroom/my study,
i only use the bike now, which i think is a bonus.

man i miss having a 8, 14 years of owning em now haven't got one

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.

[Big Dave]

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.

My mate Rusty broke a pushrod on an XB in Tamworth and drove it home to Newcastle with a tent peg doing the job.

[98tls]

My mate Rusty broke a pushrod on an XB in Tamworth and drove it home to Newcastle with a tent peg doing the job.

Sounds like an ole bushman story to me Dave

[CB ARGH]

Jeremey Clarkson reckons that to drive his GT40 on a full tank of gas to work, he'll have to fill it up on the way. I feel that the V8's will NEVER disappear, however they will soon loose their value, and become either a company car, or a every second sunday drive car.

My Nissan Pulsar will be worth millions