But you said it was a different price and Ford letting us down again.

Does professional idiot. Drive.

Good evening, very good. Good to see all your Lovely

faces. There's one imposter in the

room, it's mr. Bunting, without without a beard

wearing a beard, except for my vinaigrette a beer, this is like three days, it's doubles, nice things wanting.

Let's get our get that 5:00 5:00 shadow.

So you know, it's getting that give me another day or two and we'll be back. That's all right, that's all

good. All right.

Chloe, talk about tonight guys, on in terms of car updates and in terms of current card, Russians and issues surrounding or the automotive landscape, but we'll get straight into some car updates Alamo start with you. Alrighty, so probably something

that you don't know. We'll start with the saw the bit

of story first because, you know, I'd rather some of the good one, good friend of the Show Cal and his lovely Hyundai Accent. All more efficiently, notice of

the Cheeto because it's orange color.

It's a 2014 model of wave. And unfortunately for him, it

didn't come with a breast area that he would have liked so given that he was coming into a tax return, he decided that he was going to spend some of that texture tab order, a brand-new stereo with your car play and a reversing camera and everything else. And I was the lucky individual

chosen to fill it all in form should have told me.

Yeah, so it's been. This is the fourth day.

We've been at it. There's a some knuckle Special.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm broken a nail.

You know, it's been a bit of a deal.

You said day? Yes.

Well about let's just say, two hours per day on it.

Exactly l. M.

So the stereo he wanted had to have a reversing camera installed and that I basically had to yeah, fish all the way to the front plus a DAV digital antenna.

We should have fish through the a-pillar, on the left hand side and then the microphone for the new Terror fishing down the right-hand side involve. This is the kind of thing you

pay in order to electrician to do or maybe bunting.

Okay. A good friend who's well, do you

know how bad I hurt me? And probably one of the hardest

things was, I watched a couple of video tutorials, and I am a fond user of the solder method, because I think if you want to put wires together, Other Soldier, you know, take them up, whatever you do or heat shrink them and that is a solid connection. A lot of the tutorials my watch

advise really really crappy methods like T taps or something. Basically you put two wires that

you need to connect in this little plastic thing that has a little I guess, bladed it and it creeps down on them and then those wires are connected. Allegedly.

Allegedly, it works. Huge.

Italy did not work for me at all.

Really. So we had no power right to the

camera. Even though the colors are

reversed. So too.

Yeah, I told cut into the That's like cables is that is not supposed to be there. Yeah I was talking to the right.

Yeah. So you most he Taps nothing so I

actually then you know Brad the butane soldering iron and went that way and then yeah, that worked out nicely.

So we we trouble. You should do some shitty

yesterday night. Just to make sure there's

actually power getting to the camera, they wasn't and once we got the power going, that was all well and good.

We had we listened otherwise just to send a reverse signal.

The stereo so it knows to turn the camera on or go to the camera screen when calendars in reverse.

And then once we tuck away the wires, I realized that I had looped that camera wire around a seat belt.

Thankfully, I was able to unbolt the seat belt beneath the seat and take care of that way. Yeah, I made sure to Snug it

back in a hurry. Well, the last thing we've got

is where we usually buy a Extra little harness adapter things that we he can use the factory USB and AUX port that's in.

The car would have used Terrier rather than writing new cables.

So, don't be the last thing we get tomorrow and it will be buttoned up most of the trip is back in place.

Thankfully, the reversing camera does work the DAV digital works.

The Bluetooth works. So I think he'll be happy boy.

So let's just figure cross tomorrow dog as well and he'll you know be a happy man with any readier.

Took that value wedding alone on a saint.

That's great. Yep.

Absolutely. Its sides double this price.

Exactly. But, you know, I look quite a

bit, you know, I guide them around and pull a car apart to that extent. So I've got, you know, a little

more Brave before the experience, actually found my first quadruple bypass that's. It feels a lot like that.

To be honest with you. And the swearing and the other

professionals that are used when uh when you can't get that.

Like and you don't have like a yellow tongue together through, I actually ended up buying one of those tape, fishes.

Fry up. The Other Drug Store I was like

25 bucks. I'll probably use it later on

life. You know, officials are cables

here and there, so that's just a is served us.

Well, yeah, we did our best not to break anything so far, we improve anything. So that's, you know, a story

that hopefully will have a happy ending, it's more or less, I'd say 95% they're in a happy ending.

God bless YouTube and YouTube tutorials.

I think they help a lot. Yeah, Second Story was, I had

booked in for a test drive for a Volvo XC 40 recharge at Volvo in the city and serviced. Sorry, what you having?

Direct service. Yes yes.

So unfortunately, I couldn't time as well, either way for the ready to be serviced and then go outside time for lunch, which I had a lovely brisket in the city.

So I'll recommend that place to you guys later on because I like the music, I'm sure. Yeah.

So what is the dealership spoke with German total the car?

He had one ready for a test drive or brown man.

Sorry, you throw you out because you're a brown, man.

Well would've been hard because he was also a brown man.

Doesn't It's true. Right?

I wasn't even wearing my best kid even so it was but traditional uniform. Yeah but luckily one of the

other guys still biased car parked outside so like well he could possibly afford one of these so yeah we discussed everything about the cars quite happy with it.

Took it for the test drive because they're only actually bringing the twin-engine 300 kilowatt model here.

That was the one that they had for transfer result.

It was a lovely car like compared to the pole star to these are. Again, they both have that

father, I guess Heritage, they don't pretty sure that you share Parts here on their level. We have the overall, hey, it's

actually 40 mention resolved but the other kind of feel of the car. I don't know.

I felt a little more nice or premium you could say.

Say compared to the pole star, the power is definitely there.

Oh yeah. 300 as couple Stars where I stopped it just planted

it. I just yeah the car through some

warnings here there but I was like, okay, yeah, it was like, if you're going to buy an electric car, I feel you have to kind of, by the It's like because I was priced out the the Tesla Model Y and it is technically cheaper unless you get the performance at which point the performance is like basically like it's 100,000. So and this is kind of the one

you'd want if you're going to go electric.

So I was like, there's always seems to be better value and everything was going great and back from the test drive, you know, I was offered a coffee and all that because I'm going to take all my money. Now, the contract and everything

ready. I think was I had price this car

online. The price was eighty four

thousand, seven hundred, two dollars, that's the price.

I was more than happy to pay because, you know, that's what we agree to the contract. He gives me is eighty.

Seven thousand two hundred dollars.

Hmm. And said that's, that's not the

price of the car. So.

Well, he said, basically, the price on the website is only applied to the models delivered in 2022.

And for the 2023 model year, the price is going up.

Its massive job. Yeah, that's the message.

Um, and I said, well, why isn't that reflected on the site?

Yeah, it's what you, if you can't possibly deliver any of these cars in 2022, could you not be representing the 2023 price? So like they basically had a

back and forth of the manager and he said, well, it's not really our fault. I'm like pop you still

representing Volvo, right? Like I'm not going to go.

It also has a big Fort of law so like they gave me a couple of solutions, one was the birth, I'd say it's silly as each other, the first solution was will write down if the price goes down from this. But next year you get to pay the

low low price which I thought was considered the double.

Oh yeah, yeah yeah. But we have to stipulate that

the price goes up, you have to pay the increased price and the price is going to go and I said, you just gave me a piece of paper that said the price is going up.

So I know back to square one like and, you know, at that point, I just got up. And I said, well, I appreciate

that. I just gonna, I'm gonna go think

about this. If I said, I said, like if you

can promise me this price by today, I'll buy, will put the money on today. That's not an issue.

What's it like Tom on the mound because I heard there was a massive weight on that. Um, they promised somewhere in

there, April next year, right? Um, but I don't trust that

anyway. That was lower but like, it's

not a car I need. Suddenly, it's more sort of car

that I could be. I put a deposit down.

I happily just wait until it comes.

It's just again, I didn't like, I don't blame the dealership entirely because I spoke to another dealership and they basically said, well, we can sign you up again.

They were happy to say that the quite the price of 84 700, but they said, if the manufacturing price does go up, Go up.

You'll have to pay the increased price and like I've also got the D-Max which is it's an entire issue on itself.

But that at the very least again, in that corner, that that car is gone up. Another seven days knows that

contract very specifically says, this is the price I'm going to pay because that surprised that I put the deposit.

So, like manufacturers kind of changing things on, you know, to Consumer, you know, after deposits paid.

I'm kind of fighting that bit. It is a seller's market as I

spoke to Buddy, it's definitely still sells market so they can kind of do what they want. But you know, I wish I'd been a

better experience at all. So you've ovilus philia, I might

end up just biting the bullet because I've I looked at other electric cars in the same range and I'm not really, really finding something that's providing, I guess a similar.

Loving, you call Vanity like simple Pala, or output for that, kind of price range. Where are you getting this

thing? Is this, it can be to Melbourne

car, which is no, no, this is just the, this is my mom's car to drive to the shops and back. So, the SX40 this replacing,

this is 64. Yes, which will be Salt and

Light from one day, okay? I think you have more chance.

I'm going putting your money on a Corolla hybrid.

Yeah I agree worker or a Corolla gr0 is a good shot.

I think I don't think I'd be able to give her that.

She doesn't like very very big car without cameras.

Just putting cameras Zuki good at doing cameras.

Now, it's white. It's a strange time.

It's still very hard to get your hands on a new car or at a fair price. I liked orders been caught -

what else Yeah, so is high and I think people are like paying me increase prices are still getting hassled by the dealerships on everything. Yeah, so with how, you know,

they, they kind of announced that even if you're not on the end, models is a massive price increase and it's you have to pay it all. They'll give you money back

there, you know, TS even though, you know, you've put up a few, put a handshake, you know, like I like a confirmed price at something. They've said not, we're going to

not honor those prices, which I think is disgusting.

I don't think that's a way of a way of doing a contractor contract. And, you know, it's not a good

way of doing things, but, secondly, legally get out of that contract by saying that. Yeah, well, I mean, it's

interesting how some of the some of them do stipulate in the fine print that the manufacturers price goes up, they have to pass that on and you agree to that. But like others again, stipulate

that? No, you pay the price that we

agree to on the day. You just depends on the

manufacturer. I think depends on how astute

you, on, when reading the contract.

I guess there's a everyone's going to start.

It's like start hiring a lawyer going to the dealership now and make sure the find printers are well read.

And you know, well understood yeah now I completely agree, sir. You're going to get a kind of

keep an eye out on what you should be.

You should be, you should be spending or and on your contracts because that they will, they will try and get you.

But anyway, I digress, mr. Scotty do me, I wasn't on last

week, how could you sorry for the coughing?

I'm still getting over it? I guess, what I've done is

bought a whole bunch of stuff. So, I haven't actually done

anything or touch. The cars just bought a whole

bunch of stuff. What did you buy?

Exactly. So what day was that sometime

probably two weeks ago, now I went and just start up the 31 because I was already over at my parents place.

So just gave her a little bit of a start-up.

See how it's going running pretty rough.

Since we bit of a mess or something happening, okay?

So that's kind of odd. So I had the new new valve.

Was it that a, I think, say, AC valve or a iacv valve.

One of those ones, but it's meant to help with idling specially when it's running cold.

So because the one that I do have in the car, I lost the spring, the spring came out of it tiny, tiny little spring.

I think you're right. I think over it sees is that

yeah yeah I couldn't find it again.

I thought you know maybe it's actually that as playing up.

So I did buy a new one. I got the I mentioned the new

front indicator lenses to I put that on.

So no cracks there, that's all good.

Yeah, so I did that, I took it off put spring in because it was very quick and easy, I don't have to pull the whole thing out of the car. Hmm, still doing it bit of a

mess, took the air flow meter out, sprayed that whole thing down supposedly has a self-cleaning thing on it to it.

Actually heats up stuff. Cleans itself.

The little, the little wire inside.

Side. Yeah it didn't really seem

dirty. I know that didn't really do

much either. A lot of people say it's like

the cam angle sensor but I already put a brand-new one in it, so it can't be that. So I thought, who knows?

Maybe it's the leads. I've hugged him a bit, giving a

bit of a hard time. So I bought bring you leads.

I've got some good Bosch ignition leads that I'll put on, they arrived the other day and a new throttle position sensor to.

So just to try and start covering all the bases.

All the little electronics and things to make sure they're all good. I mean when you think about it

1989 it's pretty old. So yeah there's going to be some

electronic setting us up to fail so I got that that should be easy around 89, it's Japanese. You got nothing to win you back.

I'll give you a hint. These Morris Minor or 1981

Rover, sd1. Then start telling whinging

about Electronics or just the BMW.

Yeah, yeah, it could be, yeah, everything gets brittle, no matter what the connectors and stuff like that.

Pretty brittle. So fix up that hopefully one of

those works if not, then I'll go for a new air flow meter after that. And then if it's anything, if

it's still doing it, then I have absolutely no clue because that is, that's everything, you know. This is not a new car doesn't

have much that can go wrong. Yes.

I, I would have no clue after that.

What are the symptoms? Just keeps missing a misfire in

the engine. Yeah, so it's just not idling.

Well, there's a pretty good Miss in general, it would really like to rev down low and till I give it a bit of throttle and then we'll sit there and hold quite well.

But yeah, it's not too heavy. You know how sometimes.

So I go to the throttle cable and quickly give it like quick hits. Yeah, to rev it up.

There's a slight, pause. And then it revs up and it will

drop back down. So there's a bit of a pause in

it and then leaving it there. Sitting there idling thought,

maybe it would clear up after bit, which has before, because maybe know I do just needs to sit there for a bit.

Gave it a rave and stuff like that, but that's still still not overly happy there misfire. So could be injectors clogged or

something. Like, it could be one of that's

just that's just a bit. Yeah, it could be.

I'll see ya. That's right.

I can get it. I'll just buy like a cleaner

first? Yeah, absolutely speaks out on

blocks it, if not, then, just remove those.

And I just get some v l turbo injectors.

Yeah, at least that's something new down, my down the road that I want to do, way down the road. So there are already in there.

Ready. Absolutely.

It's a good on road to not, just give it to me for a week.

I'll drive it around, clear. Premium through it, that will

help take good tank. A premium be injected cleaner

and it had a nice plot Highway run.

Yeah, well that's all I've been putting in.

It's just got 98 in it look, it could be a bit low in the tank at the moment. To I did throw 20 liters in a

while back of 98, who knows how much it burns through when it's just kind of sick name when I just let it run for a bit?

Probably choose through a bit because that's during the cold start. So pumping quite a bit and I did

that. That I feel like I'm done.

I don't know how much could have escaped when he was doing the fuel line and that for me too. So yeah.

Another to 20 liters of, that should probably get that soon because it's so cheap at the moment 98.

Yeah, it's come down just quite which is dollar 79 now one Bond and another Cent. Why is it coming down?

Oh no, not gut lining. I don't know that the other day

I thought, look, I don't need to but I think I should Local Economist. Why is the fuel prices coming

down? No.

No, I think they ran out of excuses.

Thank you. Jack on the prices, like, arms,

like holiday. And we'll go straight back up,

wait till September. I think when the 22 percent

excise comes back, it'll suddenly jump, 30 seconds of my God. I got cost of doing business or

something. I bet as soon as that Comes off.

The fuel will go straight up. As opposed to when it kicked in,

it took ages for the filter drop down.

Yeah. Yeah.

That's the way it works. If it hits the hits midnight,

they like boom, straight up. I bet they're just sitting there

ready to change their numbers. They got him.

Hide. Ready to go?

Yeah. Got a ready to roll and what's

up by suspension parts. I haven't been able to check

them out, yet. They just arrived supposedly

yesterday. Better get them.

Brought to me, they just, I just get them dropped off at my parents place because that's where the car is a point.

Having him dropped off here and then we have to cut them over.

Yeah. So the house is in garages.

Filling up with all my parts. Excellent.

I like. So they go to help shed his shed

with the transmission and Toyota everything.

They've all my car parts. It's good.

It's getting ready to go. It's Gettin.

It's gettin ready. Yeah, so I'm Hoping from the

pictures when I had a look at the suspension stuff for the 31 that it's not just the bushes from what I can see.

And reading it, shouldn't be So should be a lot easier to change. Yeah.

WD-40 on the bolts. Bam.

Slam in the new ones. Yeah, let's make it happen,

baby. That's what I'm hoping.

None of this bushes of trying to press them out and getting a blow torch and burning them out. Do that.

Yeah burn them out to get it out and stuff like that.

So none of that drama these are just brand new nice.

Oh we a suspension parts straight in they should.

Well I'm sure that's what Edward like the sound of Is that he said, yes. And then yeah, one more thing,

still correlated but not to do with the cars but I was just flicking through the Japanese auctions and came across some very nice catalogs and magazines hardcover, ones like I showed last time, 34 GDI ones, these ones are a little bit different.

It's more like featured cars and stuff in it for the 32 33 and 34 jdr00. Cool picked up those for $40.

Pretty good so bad. I couldn't say no to that.

So while I'm sick I have a bit of a spending spree how do you get them down? We could you use import monster

at the moment. Okay and so we have been a bit

bigger or car parts are probably use Like Jesse Street or something. Yeah.

But we'll import monster will, then be posted down, or will you have to wait for container to come down?

That they can depending on size. They can just post it just by

normal ship mail or airplane. Okay.

Yeah, so they got those options to because it's just magazines that ends up being pretty cheap. Anyway, two men that had cover

reminds me of the not going out. The unit fix came out in 1990, I

was looking Sydney and there's a lot of work, there was a specialist motive book shop up there and that in American brochure on the NSX. From the current Acura NSX.

And the cover is very hard cover that covers actually aluminium God. It's very cool.

So I've got that in here. And extreme year old remind me.

And I'll show you that that's pretty check that out.

Yeah. And then you show it to us and

then you turn around and you be like, with my book and would be like, what book and then whose but what you talking about.

Updates with me not a huge number updates and a very social weekend. Actually, all we did have our

gearbox meeting on Sunday, our club has a 40-foot container.

I'm not sure if I've mentioned before.

First of every month, ladies been long we had about oh I had about 25 people down there. So on Saturday it was a lovely

day and sold a bit of stuff, so that was good.

Read listen to the podcast from last week.

Where were you asked me to talk about case and your trip that dropped about Thursday of ride as our product?

I think for right, that's it. I'm Going Hammer, a bloody

drivers, get everything out of the garage and do it for a drive and it was just as good as I'm sorry.

Did you drive you scared, which one?

The red one? Oh good.

Yeah, it's a good day for The weekend.

It's a beautiful day so I did a bit of a running it, right and beautifully. So, yeah.

So I doing you're right that it does put a smile on your face, every time you drive it with behind two or three or four cars in the driveway, it's it can be a bit of it Universe.

I go to actually, get it out music after listening to me, talking about some kid. I thought that was fun.

I used my scalp yesterday. David.

How did you? Yeah.

Yes, it's become somewhat of a highway car.

Of course it has. I really tried it except on the

highway. It spends.

Its life at 100. That's great.

Yes, I don't think I've got many more updates.

Actually. No, no can't think of anything.

My mind's, a blank funding. Last week is well didn't I did

no deep man, Matthew remembers. I'm really a very dark about

what have I done. I've sold the Ford Fiesta that I

had in stock. My boy that was very quick sale.

I've sold and I got that registered and vicroads has his.

They were actually open on a Saturday morning for registrations and I thought I'd never heard of that and I've since wrung them about getting my Caravan registered and they said, although only do it a couple of times a year, and you never know when they're gonna To do it.

They just do it just for a registrations and so you can book online but it, because I look, I look for Saturday appointments. Now, for the Caravan, nothing

from so apparently it's random. It's a couple of times a year

and I don't know why the hell, I don't know why they do that.

Like it was handy for me. I went in at 8:00 Saturday

morning when I was out by eight 23rd registered Fiesta, but I sort of thought, well, either you do it on going on a roster or you don't do it at all. I would you just do it like to

turn to you or three times a year?

Great. So Fiesta registered gone, I've

shelled out for black and white slim line plates on that because it was a black car and it was quite neat and I thought it really deserved Black and Whites the greed and put those normal and Subaru, Liberty, 1990 wagon. Also, a sold that is now in for

its Rody, just getting a couple little things done.

I had most into the, what's that, what did that mean?

Well, I'll find out tomorrow, but it's 30 being looked at by my mechanic but the road with a guy is across the road.

So my mechanics replaced a seat belt and a headlight and he's already done The Rocker cover gaskets and drive shaft boot in the front brake pads. All that was done already.

So it's now just Whatever the guy picks but according to my guys shouldn't pick anything because it looks pretty good, so hopefully not much more. It's just this case scenario had

someone look at the Toronto, but that's not sold yet.

What else have I done. Got the Caravan parent need to

register, a caravan. That's really old and doesn't

have a chassis number or VIN number or any of that.

Even though it's been registered inventory, before you need what's called an our number which gets basically a new chassis number. And it's got to be Anton, the

drawbar. And it has to have a compliance.

So you have to go to some sort of trailer place to get that done. So I got that done today and

picked it up at lunch time. So that is sorted.

So then when they go to register, they just reference that number that's on the Jawbone and they've given you.

So, apparently, that's the way for anyone wanting to register a trailer that you have to go about it.

Other than that, yeah, drove us camp on the freeway last night running. Well, since it's incident on my

birthday driver, few weeks back, which was a loose plug lead since then I'm stopping. Double fine, nothing wrong with

it Siana being honest. Yep.

What else have I done? Brought the red mercury back

home or drive wrap that around for beat.

I'm by a Holden Barina from the abandoned vehicle auction for one of the council's. So it comes without keys, which

is interesting. I'm going to try and get an

automotive locksmith to cut me a key because it'll be the same key for the doors and the ignition.

And I sort of One that does everything.

Not like a different door, one to the ignition, you know.

So so I think I'll get them out to go.

On-site and do that. Hopefully, for a few hundred

dollars, I can have that sorted and there's a little red two-door late 90's Barina with a T-1000 pays on it.

It's quite tidy. So I haven't actually seen it

yet. Mind you, I say it's quite tidy,

but I've seen photos on but I haven't seen it in the flesh.

So I'll go on and look at that tomorrow morning before work, I think and just eyeball it and realize whether I've done a good thing or not, have you often bought abandoned vehicles and go? No, a friend of mine got in my

ear about. It said I think there's a dollar

in this this looks like a clean car and I was like yeah I think you're right. Okay.

So I put a pretty low price on it thinking I'm not going to win this and then I did win this so so I was like I gotta get it trucks. Already spent two hundred twenty

dollars on Towing, getting a truck to my mechanic and yeah, anyway we're back up a bill on that and see where it ends.

Zup. Fair enough, lost it all and a

very good friend of mine. Gave me a lovely brochure for an

in 600 and no, it's not David. Matt, do you manage to pop your,

I've got a very nice brochure. I've been perusing of an

evening. It was always part of that one.

I did like it actually. There's been quite a bit of

money on that brush. You considering how cheap the

cars I thought. You'd expect just a one-page

black and white flyer almost given the cars but it's quite a premium brochure. So there's a lovely GSM about

the paper tube, isn't it? It's really surprising that for

that cheap. Why they would have such a well

printed in color Broten. It's not with like a minor.

Have you got that brochure? Do it?

I have yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It would probably have five copies of.

That's me. No more no more cattle updates

with me going to get my dad, a new car because he's cover enough. So some Him.

And I and then they transfer decided that they will to lower his agreed value which I told him never to do.

But they did it and they said, oh we're running it off so that's, he's pretty pissed off. What was it?

Eight and a half, 18 and a half? And how much damage was there

seventeen thousand dollars worth of damage?

Wow. Where did it hit?

Get it back. Front side back and side becomes

drop. Will you do for like almost 34

weeks like it? He's fine.

And he was like, are they going to repair it?

And I called him last night saying we're out of your car and he's like, no, I I can't buy another one for that price and they're like, well, tough. So basically.

Yeah, he's not happy. So I got to find another mother

said this bins, number 21, and I don't know.

So I had a quick look around last time to get the same car there, over 20 grand the eye, and I'm just, like, not great.

So Coco attacks. Yes.

So, Oh, I'm just thinking of what else I could get him.

What about it around? Yeah.

As much as in as inviting as that would sound and when I know, right? I mean I would be happier than

with the I go. I just don't think he's going to

go for that unfortunately, and Serene Rekha.

I'll keep an eye out for an ice bins.

You give it a nice pens for me and yeah, we'll go from there.

Um, Sunday. I was, I took out the fiesta for

a drive. I went to, I went to see Steph

and we went to a place a birthday party and park my car outside and one of, so sitting in there having some cake and I get a somebody else, who's got the green car outside of like our God. As soon as I was, as soon as

that was said, I'm like not exactly easy to miss that color.

It's like lime green. Well, here's the thing, here's

the thing, right? So I will, first of all, don't

like I can, somebody move it and stuff like a yoga movement and he was anyway, two things. I subsequently, she like Mikey

go outside and my God, I'll get outside and the lady that had just left the party. As I walked in there and I kept

a massive Gap to like I've made sure no one was parked near it and yeah, I don't know how she's backed into me and freaking believable. The car.

It was exactly. Months old to the day and I

walked outside. And I just, I just was like,

she's like, I didn't see it. I'm like, you've got to replace

me. You've got a reverse camera.

You've got beepers the cars. Freaking bright green.

How did you miss that? So she's hit my front bar, and

as you can imagine, I was not impressed at all.

And I kept my composure. I, I was trying to be as Calm as

possible. And as Furious as I was, I just

was, just like giving one word answers.

Okay, sure. Yeah, whatever.

I was just not happy inside. I was hemorrhaging massively.

So lucky. She didn't damage the grill or

anything, or it's just just really skimmed off the paint.

So what hit me other car was she had a RAV4 and I was a spare tire, that's just kind of going over the over my grill and just ripped off the paint, so the front.

So the front bar needs to get res prayed and I am not happy.

All as you can imagine. So I am just like, you know

what, I'm actually done. Like I can't have nice things.

This is what happens when I take it out and this is the reason why I'm going to keep dropping the laser till the day I die because everyone else is hidden anyway, and it's just what you know. So a no BS that they don't make

them anymore. That's a really rare card as

free product. That's what that's what I was

thinking going into. Because it's just like, well

forward, as you guys know, announced that the that's it for shows like no more fear stores teen, I'm a focuses tea.

Goodbye, anything hot, hatch related and I like lucky.

I got it because that's virtually the last shipment apparently. So I'm yeah, I guess iconic.

I got lucky to buy it when I did because that's probably the only new cam ever going to buy at this point in time.

But as you can imagine, I am very, very angry and just I know it's a first world problem, but my God, is it frustrating.

And I took it to my panel later today and he's, you just shook his head. He's just like he's like, he's

like You just can't you can't do anything anymore.

So but the worst part about it is, right?

I've got to get the whole front end, not surprised just the boss braid, but the front end ceramic-coated again and this and that. And I'm just like, it's just,

it's time that I don't have that.

I just you know, really just frustratingly annoying.

Don't have brain a daily driver. Now the laser is fine.

I'll use the laser so Maddie, I really sympathize with your situation. So I understand you're a busy

man. And so I will take care of the

car. How long will help you take it

to the detail shop and everything and get it delivered back to your house in one piece. I would appreciate that.

Thank you. More than happy to help jobs as

well going to list. I mean,

So, yeah, not happy with my my weekend gentleman.

So I bought. Is it after that?

I am the paint match. Should be fine.

Yeah, yeah. Chance to edit the oxide in the

yellow, the green sort of go a little bit off, and not quite right? Yeah, yeah, everyone right out

of pocket. Are you mad?

Look, I said that I said the paying that's a whole lot of fiasco, but I won't say that on air but Basically.

Yeah, I'm just just annoyed, man.

Just really avoid consuming, its trainer like, you know, so I like to drive the car home. I parked it and I said, I can't

stand to look at it. I do not want to look at it.

No, may be just like it just made me mad.

So, I mean, it's parked, it's there.

I'm not going to drive it anymore until I get it fixed because I just refuse to. I mean it's fun to drive but I

just it just burns me every time I see it.

Yeah, I'm so You know, I was going to tell her I was going to draw the laser to that, that I would have been pissed off.

It will hit the laser as well, but it's a brand freaking new car, you know, I just just just frustrating frustrating.

Yeah. Anyway, so I'm a little bit

hungry, a story for you. Sorry, I've been another

Castaway for UK, you mind off. It, tell me on the weekend.

I went away for my friend, Tom who came in the book, Ask few weeks back, we took his 1993 Range Rover, Vogue plus the Moog Plus in the old classic Range Rover gets the electronic air suspension, which was like, riding on a cloud all the way down there and couple of days. Driving hours, beautiful.

But I was driving, I can we got your nose amazing.

We got to about hmm, somewhere outside of where, a b and I said Gee, she's writing firm. Tommy and so it had sunk down

onto the bump stops. So the last, the last 50 Kay's

were on the bump stops. And let me tell you even on a

smooth freeway, it ain't smooth. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang,

bang all the way back to Melvin. And I was like, well, these

Range Rovers do have a bit of a reputation regards to the air suspension and it's living up to that reputation.

So yeah, currently awaiting rectification which is, I think new airbags and new pump and something else.

It didn't cross your mind to stop and get a toad.

No. Not just write happened on the

way down there. Yes, you know that?

Because we Ronnie I could see this city, you know?

I already said 50 times. It happens.

Like yeah, we'll just slow down a bit and keep driving.

But yeah, what's up scraping or anything?

It's just very bumpy. Yeah, yeah.

Okay. Yeah.

Even the Scamp was rides better than even so yeah that's that's giggle. I'm like, yeah.

Good old Range Rovers. They never let you down until he

do, which is quite often. Yeah, it would sing is you and

Helen have to go. Should we get into the quiz now

before you liked? That did aqueous.

Yeah, because I was wanting to talk with.

You go. Oh, well, I'm going to talk with

Scotty and David arm after you guys leave about the fiesta Fiasco with the end of end of them.

But now I'm going to go over to the other side.

Squeeze, I apologize. David and Scott bit have to go

by 8:00 as I am. So, therefore, I don't know.

You sound on the quiz. Oh there you go.

Okay. That's all right.

It'll be more fun with more people.

Yes. That isn't this true?

Okay. Just won't match bringing it up.

Was it any of you guys that actually bought that number plate? The Shannon's oxygen tonight for

22 million and 500 dollars. Which was that David?

It was a New South Wales number plate.

So it wouldn't be like point if any of us did the two digits 28, I think it was a 26-point, a low, number two million and 500 rupees only. I'm just a single digit kind of

going. I don't bother with anything

once I get into doubles. That's right.

What a waste Electronic brake assistance.

Assistance is absolutely correct.

That would well done. Question 2, Ford has a history

of making small fast forwards with interesting color names, like, Tangerine screen. What was the name of the grain

that appeared on the mark to Focus RS?

David however, guess was a grand means.

So it was it was that green. Meanie incorrect.

Oh, Goblin group in green is a bit of a goblin world.

It's incorrect. I thought I'll take my guest was

probably wrong. I thought it's like mean green,

not incorrect. Edward bunting.

Scotty's is Mean Green, a green probably is incorrect.

It was called Ultimate Green. Ultimate Green bonus question,

what are the caused the Mach 2? Focus RS come in one point for

each purple incorrect bunting. Oh awesome.

Sylla incorrect what blue Scotty 1.2 you?

It Came In Bloom David. But it did come and block.

Yes, on the, on the limited edition rs500 with only 500 made orange incorrect read. He's here, the last one was

white, so they came in blue, green and blue, green and white.

And then they brought the limited edition of 500 in Black question, 3, which Holden Commodore ended?

The relationship between Brock and Holden?

Hey, David got in there just It was the veal the vli.

I keep you .50. What the name of the model?

If you can give it to me, is the incorrect.

I'll give you a point five. It was it the Interceptor in,

wasn't the interceptors. Now wasn't acceptors.

Group a group. Scotty.

Oh, Alan floor is yours. Good.

Nothing but as you are Scotty, Buzz.

Well, yes, it was the video director.

It was the was the car that ended their relationship bonus question. What was available with that?

Veil director? That was different.

Ed, you got the polarizer. The polarizer is not the is

incorrect, it was available to polarizer but that's not the thing. I was looking for what was

available. What was available with that

car? That was different that you

could that was different to like any other.

Any other Commodore for sale came with a toy car kid with a toy car is incorrect. Scotty LSD.

You're getting closer incorrect though.

Yeah, David, I have a feeling her sunroof in correctives, independent rear, suspension, IRS.

IRS is the first, they, I think they took it out of a Monza and white underneath it and made it kind of work school, check.

Um, 0ed and Scotty on one David or 1.5 anyway, right way for it,

still anybody's game. We go there.

That's that's the big question for what?

Kyra my based on the four-door sedan, this high-performance car was in Australian only model. It features a quad cam V6, made

it to automatic transmission. Hey, David Orion TI D,

orienteering is absolutely correct.

Well done. Nice.

It made it special because it was its supercharged, which boosts the power 241 kilowatts to the front.

We are two different Wheels, known to be a handful and hence not selling. Very well, it was removed from

the facelift. They didn't bring it for the

facelift. What Kiowa the tear the Orion

what I'm question 5 in what year did the first BMW?

M5 arrived in showrooms worldwide.

Hey Ed, I'll get energy. Okay done relax, everyone relax

M5, that was the E28 correct? Yeah, that is correct.

T5i, reforms incorrect as well. Damn, it seems that.

That was album. He's a, he's pissed. 84-84 is

absolutely correct. David what I'm looking at.

There was 96 of those cars that were made in South Africa and there's a bit of a tidbit for you then?

Yep. So very rare to find those ones.

Question is six missons 370Z had an auto rev matching system.

That was named. The what now will, there will be

no bigger than this when they when this car was released was like, oh, we got though, we got this.

Are rev match. Oh, Alan the automatic healed.

Her incorrect. That's good, guess though, good

guess. David David.

It wasn't track wasn't lying. Correct.

I did try to track it. Those 350s quite a bit.

They did. Yeah, they did have some

additions and everything. You give up gentlemen I had an

idea Synchro. Yeah yeah I'll give you.

Oh good. It was a Synchro rev-match that

was the what they could be. Well I'll give you 45 that was a

very, very, very good question 7.

How many models of the of the most of three are currently available Hey, how many specs can you eat this car and said hey we've had that question before.

I think it's one very big for of the Mazda3 how many moles of it's like like can you buy today like currently in terms?

Yeah you're talking grades or a great great.

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in Curacao David 7 incorrect. Come on, Scotty.

I'll say 88 this correct. Scotty well done.

Models of Who should I date now?

This is, this question, is closest to how many Honda S2000 were produced? No, well, wide world.

What will they could use to one country about?

But delivered, worldwide, Ed, Ed 40,000 Edward is 40k.

I'll say 50, 50 k. I'll say 82,000 82,000 also

77077 K. The answer is 110 thousand, six

hundred and seventy-three. They made quite a fair.

Few of them, Scotty gets the chocolates there.

Well, that's good. Yay, smooch score.

Check out of 10. Good one, David and Scotty on

3.5, each question. I should just Surprise you with

the S2000. That is quite a few sold,

question 9, what car featured the T56 manual transmission first 3:56 call Ford, Mustang incorrect.

Your honor what it was but most things did use them.

Absolutely. Yeah, but incorrect.

I don't know. That transmission is possibly

manual because it's expensive, six people.

David David typhoon in great typhoon did feature but incorrect 8ed. Falcon xr6 to by the Bia

incorrect, mr. Scudder, up to you.

Mmm. Okay.

So, I don't think any, I use had them special still five speeds.

I'm going to say the GT Ford GT incorrect.

You're all wrong elements. Have a queer, guess it was.

The Dodge Viper was the first car to feature that dress.

So you're met with these vipers. Got it?

Got the first version of that transmission in.

It really obvious question. How many makes so it's Brands

makes Brands featured this transmission.

Oh, Alan. I'll put this right?

I'll put General Motors as you know because into one so they they are artists for for like you know that Pontiacs and holders and all that. Yeah.

Put them as 13 incorrect. Hey, oh, so what did you say in

five? I was going to say, fart

incorrect. David.

You next time but a bump bump, bump, bump six.

Correct, Scotty or, or is absolutely correct Scotty?

I would doesn't do a bonus bonus question but you guys would never get through the fourth company that was to use it.

So basically, Dodge used it generators, used it for use in an Aston Martin. Used it a stir

Was a Toyota Cal. Dino, David David.

There's a station wagon, they should vagan is correct.

Yeah, yeah, bonus question. So, just putting salad other the

score check lmz, her just just just letting it out on.

This is the best night. Not everyone's getting, it's not

everyone's gay David and Scotty on four point five eight.

Each this bonus question, will possibly see little sis absolutel. Squeeze with the turbo engine

from called the what in petrol form that featured in the Toyota killed Nina. So they used to Turbo, they use

the turbo petrol engine called the what in that in the Toyota kill Tina. It's quite famous for it.

I'll give you a hint. They used this transmission.

They use this engine and pretty much drivetrain in the salika GT4. It's a very famous engine.

Oh, son engine code. Does it does it have two Z's in

it incorrect, David. Not got nothing.

Carlos Sainz. Nice waist is engine.

It was the three of us, not all your clothes.

Ever on. Karthik, we're having a having

happy with the draw. Well, gentlemen, I'm happy that

the answer. You both the winners.

Well done. Well done.

Gentlemen, there were some tough questions on the quiz but Adams had to go. It's Eli.

Tell Em, take care. Yeah I'm getting back to the

fiesta. Ian.

That was early that Ford announced earlier in the week late. Last week, I should say really

kind of a slap in the face. Let's be honest.

It's, you know, for don't really sell anything, besides the ranger at this point, I mean, to be fair.

It was nice that we, that they, we got offered, you know, the the STS like they they brought them specifically here for us, which is kind of cool. My taking it is, I think it's

really sad because it's just, it's just, I mean, it's a sort of the times really like, you know, that everyone's buying SUVs are friends but like it's, you SUV.

These and trucks are never. Don't never ever see a dirt

road. Yeah.

And it's quite frustrating for me as a fast as enthusiasts.

Who love enthusiasts cars like this and and, and they were made for the fans. I made for the enthusiasts and

It's it's it's it's a really sad thing.

A good friend of mine went to go buy one on Saturday and was told no, that's no, no dice for you -.

Yeah, so they went to go buy a nasty.

He went to go buy or you want to buy a focuses team, and what more particular because he doesn't like the bigger size and they said to him here. Good luck know.

So basically he was a little bit annoyed with that and, and To be fair, you know? I can see why, you know, he's

like was a bit of a disaster. My my day going there and, you

know, I spent all the time to go out to go out towards certain dealership and and, and couldn't get one.

But, but like I think, I think the fact of the matter is, it's like I was reading the press release and what they were saying and this is all we're looking for, you know, for two more interesting. Performance-oriented, cars and

electrification. And I'm like, yeah.

Okay. So that's where you would.

That's what you're putting your your your However, say your apples in that basket. However, we still don't have the

Marquee. We still don't have the F-150

Lightning. We still don't have all these

things that we've been promised in terms of electrification in terms of performance and in, so the people be question.

Well, why don't we get the Puma St?

Because the Puma comes with because it's shares its platform with the fiesta and they went overseas.

Get the get the get the Purity with this a it's same running gear is the Fiesta obviously in like a little All higher package and they had ever said Janna. So it's just like, you know,

it's kind of a, it's a it's that's pretty much the last really Enthusiast car besides a Mustang.

You know, that's going to sell because people are buying a ranger Raptor. I'm not in, I'm not, you know,

I'm not enthusiastic like yeah. Like you know, that they buy

because it's like a massive truck and they're not even Susie's in terms of like in terms of you know, like dry like just to go out for a drive and go for a burn and attacks him some corners. And stuff like that.

And and it's a shame because just before that happens car sells just released a best, you know, hatches best hot hatches of 2022 and you know, there was, there was eight.

There was eight cars I think in the listen and the other was as follows. So six cards.

Polo GTI 6i. 20 in fifth, Volkswagen GTI, fourth Fiesta

ST. Third Hyundai i20 m s and the

Focus ST. Got first Place and you know, it

just shows that like they are really good.

Little fun, hot hatches that that you know, that go around corners well and you know, do everything very well and it's just like and they look like a, they're not selling in great numbers, but I know but I guess they're not, they're not marketed, not like hardly. Anybody knows that they exist.

That's right. And hey, supposed to sell a car.

If it if you'd if no one knows about that.

They sell in it and St and STI or any other kind.

And the guy went to to go by the Focus ST.

You didn't even he didn't really know much about him until I showed him. And he took my fears, the for a

drive and he's like he's like this thing's brilliant like he's like he's like in terms of how it feels, it's really agile it you know because he was looking at the I-20 and I'm sorry I 30 en route but he's like the quite pricey and the and they've just jacked the price up even more. So he's like, I'll go for the

focus and he was just, he was pretty devastated.

When you walk up on Saturday, with his with cash, ready to put, ready to put on a deposit to be told ya in a sorry, they've discontinued. It.

So I'm I mean, just I don't mean to be on around here, but as an Enthusiast, you know, Forge, you've let us down and, you know, like I've, you know, obviously like I do like Fords and I'm like, it's not mine. It's not my favorite of all time

brand, but I like their cars and and and the fact of that, the matter they still offered this, these cars around the world, why couldn't we see why can't we still get them until they kind of phase out one and You know, people still want them.

And if you want it, if you want to sell a car here, you need to advertise that you can't just put all your bug bark, baskets in the ranger in the range of ask and expect it to be to be a sustainable company. It's just not going to work.

UK is getting them correct. Correct.

Yeah. UK Europe.

Yeah, I'd like that especially make right-hand Drive.

Yeah absolutely. Yeah well that's the things

going like they're made in the made for right hand drive markets you know they made. Yeah well I can drive and left

hand drive, you know and I've had hot fiestas and focuses here for a very long time. And, you know, it's just like,

if Honda was to stop doing the type R, like, it would just be like, I mean, they don't have to bring the type out of us, David, but they do because it's because it's because it's, because it's the ear for an Enthusiast high-end.

I don't have to bring any, any, in related car here, but they do and there's massive white this on on how young I am.

Because you do see ads for on TV.

You do, see, you do see them, then promoting promoting promoting promoting. And I like almost drunk late,

like, especially with my, with my other.

You can graphic design background, is your people that are advertising? You know, it's a myth that

advertising works, but it does. And how are you supposed to know

that a car exist? If you don't advertise it, we're

good. Dad, what are the only ones I

do? I'll arrange rides.

They're the only adds I say and it's really, really, really bad.

Like it just makes me as I said as an Enthusiast who who's been a big advocate of four for four. Because I love Hot hatches and

they've always been a great hot hatch and they've done great things. Like the Falcon here was, it was

a great thing and territory and something.

Like we bought a territory brand-new as a family.

Yeah, one because it was advertised really well, you know, it was promoted really well.

And it was a great car and, you know, and we wouldn't have know much about, if if they didn't really do.

I mean, I would have because I was in, I was a freaking enamored and I read or every magazine, but the point, the point of the matter is, It's destined to fail.

If you don't show it to the people.

If you don't have stock to say, well we've got, we've got Fiesta ST to focus on stage account. Come get a great car, and I kind

of get that little being made to order.

But, like, at the end of the day, if you're offering it at least kind of promote it. Like, I mean, I saw an ad for a

purely other day, but I haven't seen any ads for their escape.

I haven't seen any ads for for Transit.

I haven't seen any ads for anything else.

Besides Ranger Puma. It must think I'm seeing her for

an $80. it's just like but then they kind of argument would be

well how can we advertise a car if we're not if we've got no chip shortages to shortages chip shortages come like You know, well what what, what do you do as a company?

How do you expect it to make enthusiasts happy now.

Now now forward legit for me, don't have a car that I'm interested in at all like they've become they become an assassin here. You know you know in from a few

from a few from a few years ago that I have for me like like really interest me but Apart from that for like three or four years like that. The advertising campaign was

we've got the biggest SUV Range in Australia.

I'm like, that is nothing to be proud of like that is actually nothing to be proud of. And, and, you know, for me, that

was just like, well, I'm done with this and I was done with Toyota. I was done with Mazda, I was

done with all these companies and then this, just I trailers like geez back up there for me like like if I was to buy a new hot hatch, I'm buying a crawler or Yoshi are so, you know.

And it's just like I'm just frustrated that your office is enthusiasts. We losing Great Cars, we're

losing, enthusiasts cars, be losing things.

That that, you know, we should really Embrace because we're not going to have these cars. Much longer with everything

going electric we're not going to have anything like this and its really it's the end and it's and it just feels like every time a cool think happens. It's getting just like, you

know, shut away Stinger. You can't even get one, you

know, then I'll bring in a second generation of that, you know, it's just it just really Like, I get, that's not what people want, but, you know, at least try Market it, you know, it's just, it's just try and try and say that, you know, hatches are practical, you know, how, what about having a fun, how to drive? I don't know, like, I see, I see

more type our Civics than I do focus on it.

First orestes, I see more type icivics than I see renault's, Renault Sports. I see more type of.

I see my seam, I see more type of ours that are seeing mostly and but you know, I see more than anything I see.

Golf GTI is gophers and I see a Hyundai i20 tonight. 30 ends.

I see them everywhere now and that's saying something.

You know, that to me, says, that people still buy hot hatches because they're marketing them, they always Market golf's, they was Market, you know, the end product and Honda are really strong with they're good. They're racing with you know

with with are typed. Anything Type R is you know one

TCR on the weekend. Yes they are.

Go see and they can promote it that way.

They get there in racing, they're they're in, they're in things and it just, it just, it just drives me mad.

You know, like it's just that now we've lost two great.

Hot hatches, that that's it. We're never going to get again

for so Ford. Essentially you got if you got

it you got to go forward. You only are you going to buy?

This is the arranger. And so you know, I was just

saying you go into a Ford dealership now what's sitting in their showroom, 100 ranges. It's just ranges of Mustangs,

correct? I don't know.

What else they got. Yep, Rangers Mustangs.

The Escape. I've probably seen two on the

road in the last two years that they've actually releases this new one. You don't see any obvious, you

might see a puma standing outside but that is it like you legit? Don't see anything and it's time

for you to see a lot of Monday. Oh yeah.

Yeah, the blazes but a mind that I work with is got Nicest, Exile, 5, turbo Mondeo University.

And it's in red, it's not faded. He's polishes it once a year,

like, it looks stunning. It's a beautiful car.

And, and he's like, he's like I love, it is like, I've bought a brand-new, his old man worked at Ford so he got like, you know, the employee discount and he's like, I had to wait five months because they didn't have any Reds.

I ordered the red one. They kept trying to sell him.

A blue one is like I want to read one.

So he and he's and he's had it and he said he serviced it and it's done 100. Like 30,000 case.

Also, it is mint. And he absolutely adores it.

He reckons is probably one of the best cars he's ever had.

So he used to have a courtier turbo before that.

So, so he's a bit of an Enthusiast kind of guy and, and he's like, you know, it's just devastating that that they have nothing else. Now to go like that, that's it.

He's no longer the days are gone of like, you had two options up forward. So, you know, you had options

anywhere, really. But, but then I thought, now I

look at a Toyota dealership and I Excited and and this is this is me saying this I see I see 86 has I see Yaris and Yaris?

GIC Corolla gee, I'm at them about to drop.

I see, I see, you know Supra now coming with a manual.

I see all these cool things that they're doing promoting the brand when I go to a dealership in Adelaide and they say to me we just take a no orders for the chronology are we had 30 people put $1000 deposit on the first day of release.

Hmm, that's right. You know so it just it just

boggles your mind says there's still a market out there.

That people still want these cars.

People still have the, you have the knack for them.

Why are why are from cars like sonatas and things?

Yeah, Randy still like these performance cars that are come from nowhere that are absolutely killing it.

These cars are fantastic. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant

cars. The I 30 in sedan.

I think it kind of looks cool. It grow, it grew on me quite

quickly, everyone hates anything.

It looks ugly, but I think it's rare.

Yeah, I think it looks really sharp and really angular and the various are very sharp. Hi literally, but apparently

it's ballistic to drive like really, it's a cracker to drive and so in Surah is the radio, the I-20 n in the I30 and for any I done, Nei 30 in Fastback looks fantastic.

Like, like that's a cool-looking car, you know?

And then and then like, I see, you know, Civic with Type R and and I just think, you know, I have no yearning to go to a Ford dealership and buy a car on there anymore.

Like there's just nothing that interests me at all.

Like yeah, Mustangs cool. But like everybody's go on and

and the fact of the matter is that I, you know, I don't really, I'm not a massive Mustang fan, we don't even get good, special edition ones here anyway.

Absolutely and when we do Ford's completely stop it up and don't give it all all the correct Parts with it.

So they get Take him to the truck.

Yeah, it's just the GT like that's, that's pretty much it.

It's like so many other people Mustangs that came out in America with some extra, you know, even just with some of the bullet one that they released with the really good old school.

Bullet looking rims and stuff on it.

Yeah. It's not here and it sucks.

And it really, really sucks that we don't get the like the gt350r or all the GT3 few years, the cat litter in the bin.

Pitcher. It's the fact that there is that

these cars have built and then made like, anyway, look, that's the last time I grow up my gripes with me.

Like, I like have no reason to go to a Ford dealership anymore like I just would just completely dry pasta and be like, no, like you know, I would write, I can't believe I'm saying this. I would rather go to a Hyundai

dealership and then than a Ford dealership, I would have rather go. You know, I'd rather go there

all day, you know, Subaru, still sell the WRX and they don't have to and I guess I don't tell an STI and it's a bit of a nude selfie. But they still sell a

performance car and they don't have to sell it, they selling wagon form. You know, up to now that the

Venus Java version of that in the wind, isn't it?

Yep. So a lot of its got to do and a

lot of Manufacturers I mean Australia is a little Drop in the Ocean as far as a car market too crowded part of the problem.

We have a lot of Brands coming in that we haven't had before you do an already crowded market and I think the established Player is that looking and thinking?

Well, you know, we sell or how many, how many focuses and fiestas to settle last? 12 months?

Not many know that. That's what they've, and I mean,

that's partly as you say, mostly because of the lack of marketing for them, because they're cracking a little cars.

But when you, when you're looking at, you know, having to support more with spare parts for 10 years at this per consumer law, and all that sort of thing, I think that's where a lot of this is coming. You probably just saying it,

we're not going to bother with that.

We've got our and and the other thing with the when you say with them Mac, the Mac either electric one.

Yep. And a lot of lightning and

stuff. I mean, we were like a

third-world country as far as the infrastructure around electrification and and the government backing of electric cars, it'd be really interesting to get rize's take on on that currently work. He's too in that area.

Mia. Yeah, I just think it's really.

I think it's really sad there. It's almost like there is there

much compliance that needs to be done now, with a DRS or do you know with the British or the German built cars?

Um, well I mean they've passed ideas.

So like I didn't know how much they needed to get done 48ers but that wouldn't be too much because there is virtually identical to the Exactly. The same.

Like, I used to be a huge living effected.

The fact that they had to interview them specifically for child, restraint Anchorage points and things like that.

The there were only only for Australia or not for other markets but now with isofix that's pretty much a thing of the past a little bit. Yeah, so yeah, that's not as not

as much an issue. I just think it's, they've got

to make these decisions around, keeping the spare parts, inventory for 10 years and all that sort of thing.

And and and It's all about trying to make some money in an in an increasingly crowded Market.

That's only got, you know, some true.

And as you say Nick I can't get a lot of the cars.

Anyway, they're still selling them but they're not.

Yep, importing importing too many things.

And then you start reading articles saying, oh, these be careful if you're importing these cars particles, all this rubbish. Look away.

I was reading. I was reading a lot.

Yeah, well, absolutely, yeah. I mean, what's our Market here

to save? Got nothing here.

We don't do anything anymore. First of all, but I was reading,

I was reading thinking, like people saying, oh, well, looks like I'm gonna have to go to Toyota and some was like, well, yeah, good luck getting a Garis they said, because there's just a long list. You probably never going to get

one of this point, but like, I just yeah, like I worried on myself because like, obviously it's a brand-new car and but like part wise and stuff like I'm gonna have to get things out of Of Europe. It looks like in terms of like

if they're not going to support me, you know, you know, after after a few years which which, you know, I know I've got a few few people connect like connections at that.

I can kind of, you know, swing my way around and try to get things but like at the end of the day, it's still crap.

Like it's just really frustrating.

Yeah, I don't know what to say. I'm just just really am bitterly

disappointed because you know, they're there a cracking little thing and now we don't get them anymore.

So Well, it is what it is. I can tell Maddie I can tell you

really disappoint. Yeah, I mean it's like for a

couple. Yeah.

He probably just woke up. Here has been so proud for so

long of always being a performant, like you're having a performance orientated you know modernism and you know Telstar turbos. They had they had TX laser

turbos. They've had one day OST 24.

Is that, you know, like that that had really great V6 has, they had, you know, performance Falcons forever.

You know, you know they had And I had hot fiestas and, and also, like, the hell was. I like a sports, his sporting

one, there was always a good drive and, you know, and now that they've got nothing like, like, a Mustang.

Okay? Yeah, great.

It's a good muscle car. It's actually a good sports car

to be fair, but they're not cheap, you know?

And the good thing about for they were always cheap like that, you know, they will always always an affordable, you know, performance card for your blue collar, your average Joe that would could get like we get so good, get your hands on something fun to drive. A reasonable amount of money,

you know, he's about to go to you cheap for some for work.

Yep. Absolutely.

Right. There's a ridiculous money.

Villager drug money for, for what they're after and second-hand Market or even worse, you know?

So you paid money and they're not good to drive there.

They take up a lot of space there.

You can't fit anything in the back of him like they just, they are not a good car, I don't know what's wrong with.

Well, I don't know why we keep buying them.

Hilux has. And Me and Andy Max's and all

that stuff that they're doing, you know.

Yeah. Because I was in my street the

other day I was but you know the whole street was littered with issued he's like just just the hot, the whole street.

There was not one hatchback and sedan or anything more than an SUV was there was extra towels and do Alice's and all that.

I'm boring crap that was there. And what Got it.

There's probably 20 of them lined up like honestly because with the haven't done something apart like a bird that kid's birthday party at the apartment. Next door to my house and and

I'm just like, I don't think I've thought about my like this is just it's just breaks like every bone in my body you know, really just it just frustrates me but I guess that's what people want today. I was backing out of a driveway.

I couldn't, I couldn't see, I couldn't see because there was an SUV there and I couldn't see behind.

It was just so big and tall. I couldn't put my head over the

top because I'm sitting in a laser that's on the ground.

And yeah, I'm just yeah, I just feel like our days are numbered in a lot of ways with what we're going to have.

So, so Car Talk top tip. If you want a fun car that's

that's quite rare and that's quite an that you don't think they're going to make a not anymore because we're going electric. And we're going SUV by Civic

Type R by and II 30 in or I-20 in or whatever.

By corollary is gr by an 86 buyer.

B.i.g. by a fun performance car before You can't get them

because if anything goes, if you like my friends, my friends case, anything go by, you can't get them anymore.

So try get one before they say we're not covering anything besides Rangers to your country because that is all people want.

So yeah. There you go.

That's my little rant top tip. It's not what all people,

correct. Hmm, right here.

Absolutely. It's like, how often do you get

tailgated by I like, you know, a range of driver or a Hilux driver on their way home from my speeding around.

Like, you know, I'm drunk driving like an idiot after a hard day of being a flogged. And, you know, and just and just

like, yeah. And and thinking like they

driving a sports guy. And with that LED light bars.

Oh my God, I had won, I won a couple months ago now, I'm sitting on speed limit through the roadworks far left, lane mind you, Yeah, he wants to overtake going nuts.

Sitting up really close up my ass.

Usually, if it's my car I'd hit the brakes and completely Flip It Up them. Yeah.

But I just backed off a bit and slide down be more investment.

You know what are you doing? Puts these LED light bar on

everything and abusing me and going crazy, like what I'm doing a limit, I mean the far left lane, if you want to overtake, make up for it, go for it. He eventually going in front

then he started break. Checking me being A dickhead.

But it was only doing it because he had four guys in the car.

But yeah, yeah, whatever. Well, now that there's no fiesta

all Focus ST. Well, hopefully does happen.

You again, Scott, even. But now that there's none of

those, you know, options for performance, hatches are quite limited. So, I wanted to end on this,

what? So what are the problems?

Highlighted, you can get these days that are still available.

You can still get a Suzuki Swift sport, which is a cracking little car. They are so cool.

I really like them, kind of thinking I should have probably bought one of those, but anyway, that's another story for another time. You can get a Civic Type R which

is the new ones about to drop. Looks looks actually I'm the

looks kind of growing on me. I need to see one in person.

I think I agree. I mean I special that's it.

Run for front looks very long. Does I did?

And I'd say maybe in person probably wouldn't look.

I think will be one of those cars that the color they really makes a big difference to I think.

Yes. Yes, you're right.

It's got it. When we saw the the the FK in

that blue. Oh my God, it blew me away like

fantastic. Absolutely, it was great to see

how much is beautiful car. I completely agree.

So, you got type our Civic you've got.

I think they still do a hot McGann.

I don't get into a hot clear anymore, I don't think they do.

Cleo's anyone here. Actually, there is a high on

die. So I 20 ni 30 n there is Corolla

and Yarosh gr Patrol about come out.

There is your Golf R and G TI which are I mean I can't justify 80 grand Plus for golf artists just in not.

That's Insanity. Absolutely.

Yeah, sorry. But GTI is a bit more

reasonable. There is truly what other.

I mean there's that there's the Cooper over there, their electric, aren't they? And that.

The this 101. Yeah.

My dad thinking and I think there's a full electric on, I think. Yes.

But that's pretty much it. I think there's no there's no

one else really doing kind of a sporty house anymore.

That that's virtually. Phe import cake has simple

calculus. Yep. 664 lat.

Yeah. Kind of in an RS.

Now, like that's, that's kind of a, I was into the brush step 9, and I think I am the sunset orange juice be really awesome.

That's open. Or, you know, if I didn't get a

white one, you can put into our bed, John, and no one had no special. Although that could be the one

that you were you remap the engine and take it from forty seven kilowatts to Sydney to the Lord's.

Stand back. It's good.

Yeah, that'll be a lot of fun. But anyway I think that's I

think that's my my rant of it today just just wanted to say how disappointed he so what was what was that David, you need to go and have a cup of tea and a lie down?

I think so too. I've had a lot of fun.

I mean, I think getting getting my car, hit was like, kind of like the gods saying that, you know, this is the end.

So yeah. Anyway, it is what it is.

So, So John another end of an era.

Yes dude, I can't find a copy of that anywhere.

I can't find a copy of anywhere. Really, I just got this at the

petrol station across the road today yesterday.

Okay I looked and looked I went to service those or I even went to the news agency, I haven't been to an age as they didn't have any. I went to calls and went to

Willie's the hospital. Keep an eye out.

See if I can find another one for you.

You can. Yeah, probably says a couple.

I can check it out for you tomorrow.

Yeah. If you can have a sighs let me

know. I'll obviously just trying to be

smiling but yeah. Yeah right.

And guys some great great stories but some great pictures talks about. I love the old stories that are

in this the combi wheels off the ground.

So just for context is the last motor magazine that that's been that's been Made again, in the veneer real sad.

I mean, I think they should have survived.

They would have survived if they would have went to full digital.

I think people you know or done a lot more digital content but I like you guys prefer the prefer the paper version.

I think it's I think it's I think it's cracker.

Yep. Great.

In addition to paper version all the way.

Yep. Being able to sit back and relax

click through it. Yeah.

So we'll have to see you next week.

We should have a discussion about about the summer, some of the best articles from from from the last edition of moto.

And as I say, um, It's gravity. Yes, of course easy, especially

the 1998 Evolution to is in there.

You like those, they're a bit of that.

Little bit of me. Well Jim, I think that's a

podcast. Will you got another one?

I'm sorry. That's right.

I can't. I think that was just I think it

was the I think it was my end of love for Ford.

I think that was it today. So it was like it was that was

like a hard breakup, you know, you know like I was a what you need to do, go to the UK, go into a Ford dealership there.

Yep and by and by Iran to bring it back at least I actually have some good selections there. Yeah.

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Yeah. How do you have a license?

Yeah. How was that or and you've got

all the AIDS in the world and you still hear me?

So I mean I've got a black green car for a reason to say that you know you can't say you didn't hit me back.

I'm so sorry Maddie that's all I can say.

Yes, HIIT happens. Still He's been on National

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I suspect him the other day. He's been all over the country

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Have a reason, Ross. Addition, I know he's going,

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