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    • KasiK
      Kasi
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      Finally, I switched over to Mercedes

      AMG… let’s picture do the talking

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      The world's insane
      While you drink champagne
      And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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      • GilesG
        Giles
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        Nice on Mo.....Did to stack one too?

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        • KasiK
          Kasi
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          @Giles
          Thanks ✌🏼

          The world's insane
          While you drink champagne
          And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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          • Tago MagoT
            Tago Mago
            Mod Squad
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            @Giles waiting for the second to get pimped with some GAH

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            • BrianB
              Brian
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              @Graeme I’m really enjoying it, it’s got good power for its size, suspension is on the firm side however a recent drive to the barossa almost had my head hit the roof due to a bump in the road, would say the fuel efficiency isn’t fantastic but I put that down to driving style more than anything, and manual gearbox only which suits me but the wife can’t drive it

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              • GraemeG
                Graeme
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                @Brian thanks. As an expat Brit who learnt to drive in the nineties, I'm more comfortable with manual gearboxes than automatics, so that side wouldn't be an issue.

                The official extra-urban fuel consumption of the i20N is about the same as my Fiesta. (I get around 6.5 l/100 km on the freeway.) Obviously, Hyundai's test driver is a nun! 😆

                I'm wanting to look at the JCW Mini Cooper EV, and that reportedly has equally firm suspension. It costs a whole lot more too, though.

                @louisbosco I don't recall seeing the curvature of the earth when I was in Wagga a few months ago, but I'm struck by how empty the bottom end of New South Wales is. There are very few towns and people between Albury and Gundagai along the Hume Highway, and I saw signs that the next McDonald's was 80 km away! (That's not necessarily a bad thing!)

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                • BrianB
                  Brian
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                  @Graeme said in Our Cars (dream or actual):

                  @Brian thanks. As an expat Brit who learnt to drive in the nineties, I'm more comfortable with manual gearboxes than automatics, so that side wouldn't be an issue.

                  The official extra-urban fuel consumption of the i20N is about the same as my Fiesta. (I get around 6.5 l/100 km on the freeway.) Obviously, Hyundai's test driver is a nun! 😆

                  Same same growing up learning to drive in a metro then had Renault 5’s Citroen saxos, golf’s, even a Vauxhall nova Peugeot 205
                  So the smaller quick fwd hatches are quite close to my heart
                  I think I’m getting about 8/100 but that’s all been urban driving all in the sportiest mode the car can do only done 1 longer trip so far in it and that was only a 220km round trip so not even that far really.

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                  • GraemeG
                    Graeme
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                    @Brian I'm sure that a typical ute would be thirstier, and there are a lot more Rangers and Land Cruisers around than hot hatches.

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                    • BrianB
                      Brian
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                      @Graeme very much so but I do yearn for a 5l v8 Ute if only the fuel cost wasn’t so prohibitive

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                      • B
                        Bridger
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                        • KasiK
                          Kasi
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                          Mercedes Burmester audio sound system.
                          Is the dog bollocks? No joke.
                          Full volume listen with caution.⚠️

                          Burmester Surround Sound System

                          Max. Total power: 590 watts
                          15 premium speakers
                          2 subwoofer Dual Voice Coil 120Watt
                          1 external Class-D amplifier
                          Optimized sound
                          Burmester logo speaker grills

                          The world's insane
                          While you drink champagne
                          And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                          • Danimal506D
                            Danimal506
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                            Family photo. My wife drives the newer one, of course. I work in construction, so I drive the older one. We both love Lexus. She drove another 2001 RX300 for 15 years before we had to let it go. Then we got the gold 2002 RX300 from a relative and the black 2010 RX450h used a couple years ago. The gold RX is at nearly 250,000 miles. It will hit it this year!

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                            Kyle, TX

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                            • louisboscoL
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                              @Graeme looking back at old pictures, it's actually closer to tooleybuc. I did take a lot of back roads before joining the Hume to syd

                              "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                              • louisboscoL
                                louisbosco
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                                @Bridger dream car is still a W1 HSV GTS

                                "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                                  My neighbour restored a HK when I was growing up. It was louder than Thor's hammer.

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                                  • MattM
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                                    @Kasi taking up two parking spots just like a real Mercedes owner.

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                                    • DeeDee85D
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                                      @Bridger god, that is beautiful!

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                                      • GraemeG
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                                        @Brian and @Bridger modern utes are far less exciting. I did quite like the Kia Tasman that I saw last weekend, which had Tonka Toy meets Judge Dredd vibes, but I wish that they'd done something clever with the power train, as the Hyundai group has some very good EVs. (I was mainly interested in the EV3 lurking in the background.)

                                        Kia Tasman

                                        The BYD Shark 6 is doing the clever powertrain thing. A friend up here owns one and rates it, though he missed out on the orange paint.

                                        BYD Shark 6

                                        But if you want to melt the icecaps and make a lot of noise, there's no substitute for an old TVR. I spotted this Griffith 500 in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago, I haven't seen one for years. Only a handful made the pilgrimage to Australia from Blackpool.

                                        TVR Griffith 500

                                        @louisbosco last time I came back from Adelaide, I took the B12 from Tailem Bend through to Piangil, before turning off to head southeast through Swan Hill, Kerang, Echuca, and Shepparton to get back to Benalla. If I'd followed it a bit further, I would have got to Tooleybuc. It was a nice road: Fast and fairly quiet. Much better than the A8 between Melbourne and Adelaide.

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                                        • KasiK
                                          Kasi
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                                          @Matt said in Our Cars (dream or actual):

                                          @Kasi taking up two parking spots just like a real Mercedes owner.

                                          @matt have 2 cars ✌🏼

                                          The world's insane
                                          While you drink champagne
                                          And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                                          • injunjackI
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                                            Got me a new set of wheels with thick tires. No lowprofiles for me.

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