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I did see a few Holdens and Fords sitting in middle lanes with hazards on...

Don't people know to push their cars off the road anymore...

In fact... ...that should be a requirement to buying a car... ...Can you get out and push it???... ...If you can't... ...It's too big for you to buy...

I've been asked if I can pick up a motor bike before getting on one... ...you drop it and you're all alone... ...and you can't pick it up... ...you're stuffed...

I did see a few Holdens and Fords sitting in middle lanes with hazards on...

Don't people know to push their cars off the road anymore...

I wonder if the words "Vapour-Lock" still exist.......?

mmmm....well, I guess they do!!

Well, what would I know...heck, I just drive a POS Skyline.......(according to many 'old school' V8 Holden and Ford owners).

I wonder if the words "Vapour-Lock" still exist.......?

mmmm....well, I guess they do!!

Well, what would I know...heck, I just drive a POS Skyline.......(according to many 'old school' V8 Holden and Ford owners).

I had to Wikipedia "vapour lock"... :)

To all of those paying out on the Fords/Holdens, how many skylines do you see driving around with 400,000kms on the clock without having been rebuilt?

Go line up against a new GT/F6/R8/GTS etc for a few consecutive runs on a 40 degree day, then come back and post up the results

To all of those paying out on the Fords/Holdens, how many skylines do you see driving around with 400,000kms on the clock without having been rebuilt?

Go line up against a new GT/F6/R8/GTS etc for a few consecutive runs on a 40 degree day, then come back and post up the results

mmmm....fair enough...though I'd like to see "a new GT/F6/R8/GTS etc " with 400,000 kays on the clock....at any temperature, let alone a Skyline.

In fact... ...that should be a requirement to buying a car... ...Can you get out and push it???... ...If you can't... ...It's too big for you to buy...

Tell that to all the soccer mums with their over sized 4WDs

Mine runs fine in the heat. Oil temp is just on 70 sometimes a little over. Not as much power as in the cold but in this heat I can't be arsed driving so it's usually a very mellow 1 hour cruise home.

On the westgate freeway today around 9:50am going into the city just before williamstown rd I saw 9 cars pulled over all changing their tyres!! Dunno what was on the road but what ever it was they all copped it!!

I used to own a 94 EF falcon on my P's in 98-2001 and that thing was awful in the heat! I had to drive it with the heater on all the time to keep the water temps down! Then I blew a heater core and the footwell carpets got soaked. On a hot day I'd come back to the car and all the windows would be steamed up then insidde it was like a wet sauna!! YUCK!!!!

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