7shades

Stagea with a towbar

I'm in Cairns. No one spots me... I like it. It adds to my mystique

So, as a government, what do you do? protecting our domestic industries keeps australians employed. But on the other hand, insulating said same industries from global influence keeps the product they produce 10 years behind europe and japan, to the detriment of the australian consumer. most of the falcodore-buying gastropods seem to be able to deal with this, but thats only cos they don't know any better... *sigh*

There are plans for similar systems to this all over the net to run a car on water... the technology is available and the process is rock-solid and any car can be run on it. (yes turbo too) The two main problems, (other than OPEC hunting you down and killing you and everyone you ever met) Are that burning hydrogen + oxygen turns it back into water... which makes conventional engines and exhausts rust. (hence most of these systems run 15% petrol to avoid the problem) The other issue is nobody is actually manufacturing a "kit" as such to convert your car to H2 power. Anyone that has done it has done so completely at their own expense. (a relatively expensive capital outlay, although being able to run you car for FREE forEVER I think it would pay for itself) Free energy is one of my passions by the way... I've been waiting for someone to kick off a thread like this... A mate and I have a project suzuki swift running on 85% ethanol 15% pump unleaded... or 95% with avgas (shhhh don't tell anyone) And our next crazy scheme is a all-alloy rover V8 running a water fuelled hydrogen-on-demand system. Hydrogen is the future... think about it... free fuel. FREE. Can you imagine whats going to happen when Big Oil and governments can no longer keep these new technologies suppressed? for one, my constant anguish over being an environmentalist and a car enthusiast will be allieviated.... <end rant> I can talk for days about this if anyones genuinely interested...

Hmmm... open the floodgates to imports and no-one will buy our second-rate domestic product... 10000 VB drinking hairy-knuckled assembly line workers out of a job and little johnny doesn't get re-elected. Boo hoo.

ahem... sorry to buck the trend here but i thought i might post a picture of an actual sticker This one's on my much abused rally car... makes for the odd sAfrican American from the scrutineers on race days

I used to work in the spare parts department of a landrover dealership.... do yourself a favour and avoid them like the bloody plague.

upside down on the rear window "if you can read this call an ambulance"

Behold Eddie the rally beast Not quite a '33 but still DAMN sexy PS stripes are good for at least 30rwkw gain

"I taught your girlfriend that thing you like"

mind you... we've got the americans well and truly covered

Because they have two generations of misguided and media manipulated forefathers influencing their mindset... you gotta remember that the whole australian motor industry relies on its motorsport links to keep its brand loyalty strong... hence the exclusion of imported vehicles from grpA touring. our local product is woefully backward in terms of engineering and refinement compared to the rest of the world... Which is also why the government will never allow free importation of vehicles on a large scale, our industry would die in its arse cos we just can't build a comparitively decent car.

Someone told me once that a correctly placed "alpine" sticker is good for an instant 50rwkw...

Bogans bogans everywhere... and they're BREEDING

You can't turn off all the "driver assist" electronics... traction control etc... no fun really... imagine drifting that big bastard...