A lively debate unfolds as the hosts compare the latest hot hatches: the Civic Type R, Corolla GR, A45 AMG, and RS3. Each host shares their preferences based on performance, aesthetics, and practicality, leading to spirited discussions about reliability and driving experiences. Notable guests contribute insights, while personal car updates add a relatable touch. The episode wraps up with a fun quiz, testing automotive knowledge and sparking friendly competition among the hosts.
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On this episode of Car Torque, Matty, Ed, Riz, Alam, Scotty, Patrick and David discuss their latest updates, Alam gives us an update from India, Matty gets another free car and the boys discuss some interesting what would rathers.
They also battle it out in the car quiz!
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Let's just joined us, which we've been given a second sister to start. He's loading on, but we are live
on April 9 FM tonight in the studio.
Let's go round the screens with some car updates.
And in before we get into, tonight's, what would you rather 's? Let's start with mr.
Edward bunting. Hello, can't updates.
What am I have done? I sold the camper trailer thing
that I had which is sort of like an off-road trailer Eek.
A Thing, took a while to get an interest in that but someone came and picked it up on the weekend, which was good.
I'm driving around in the Pajero currently.
I still have the BMW 130. I had one guy come and test
drive that but he has not purchased it.
I suspect you just wanted to thank want to drive one and wasn't really that interested in buying one thing to like the car. So you know it's not the cars
fault, but it was if I'd done or not, done nothing, nothing, nothing nothing. I'm sort of driving down the
Pajero but thinking I shouldn't be because diesel is very expensive at the moment, that's costing.
If it were mum. I didn't even for the first time
in my life. I didn't even fill it up the
other day, and only every car I have.
I would just fill up, but, you know, due to type budgetary, constraints, I thought I'll just put half a tank in, and I've already almost used all of that. I'm thinking, shit, I really
need to go get the Honda City or something, more economical to get around in for my daily commuting.
Ask a might be well be in order for your friends, gone away for a couple of weeks and there. Yeah, that's where it's stored.
So I took can't as easily get to it.
I tell you what, I can get to the 190 diesel, so it's still diesel, but it's more economical than the page.
So I might, I might go and get that drive around in that groupie. Anyway.
Hmm, lets you take. I am here when we helped you
with that. It, yeah, I'll just stay home.
If anyone wants to visit me, you know, just come to my house.
I'll, I'll put on some pumpkin soup or something.
It's cheaper than going out. And I don't have to drive
anywhere. That's it pressing.
My life is that's what I've come to an extra in the screen mr.
David Prince. Characteristically are fairly
consumed with organizing, an event coming up at Phillip Island on the 11th of March. I'm think I mentioned before
they 50th anniversary of the Honda Civic going on sale in Australia. So we're tagging on to the back
of the Phillip Island classic Festival of Motorsport which is a huge International Event, which is run along weekend in March, a couple of our committee members are actually also of on the organizing We need for that event and it's promising to be an incredible incredible. Got 500 entrance for it for
different classes in the like they've got Formula.
One old classic Formula 1 cars coming in from overseas for its core hands up, who's going? David Hanson?
He's going, I'm going. I'm going, I'll tell you
anything to hands out of six strangers.
Yeah, I was going to be going better.
I've got family commitments. I have to yeah.
I'm in Sydney. Well, Scotty, what about you?
What do you think? It's out.
But I'm gonna bombard you with photos.
So at least when feel like, when is this March, the 11th over the long weekend is getting close to being done.
So my voice isn't done Scott. Just get down for me.
We just had the final inspection so now it's what are you going to do? Stand.
It's on a look at it. Come on.
Is it? Things in it like to live in
this house. There's only one thing I want
speed of your mortgage sitting up the house.
I'll be there for the next 50 years of on.
Thank you, Ron? Okay.
I don't think I will be. But anyway.
Yeah, it's a little trick. What are you doing?
What's your story? I'm pretty sure.
I'm going camping for a long weekend.
Oh, go camping in the Hilux. You go camping down to Phillip
Island and Maddie. I think he's already doing the
PGA golf event or is it sort of being Scotty's golf tips for every episode is going to be squeezed golfing.
Know how it. I think it was it would be like
he got to his 18 first. 18, holes inspired by Tiger Woods.
Haha, very good. David, very good.
So, so preparing for that. Are you preparing for that and
also aside from organizing club members?
And I've cast a little bit wider to some other people that I know, sort of through the industry and through the trade and stuff that have got Civics. It's a bit like herding cats.
But, you know, it'll all work out on the day and I've been Ting, the Civic wagon, ready for that.
So that's as really is, it's going to be.
And I've actually just in the last day or two organized it to be towed down there, which is pretty nice.
I don't have to actually drive it down, because it can't drive two cars. Just described her as I am.
I would've given it David, but he would have, but you've got to, you've got one. We need for the, I've got the
most undesirable Civic of all that I'm actually.
There are. He's no, I just agree.
I don't think that's the case at all.
Connect our group. Anyway, that's a 2002, VI had
the little VI hatch is basically the five-door version of the ep-3 type are without the type R engines, but tiny little car, and again, representative of, and one of the best ads for civics. Over the years, I was going
through some old Civics, we've got an audio visual thing, we're putting together to, and I don't know if you remember the ad, but it's sort of its two robots. And the cars parked in, it looks
like the Jason Stiles actually and the cars parked downstairs.
In the mail robot gets out a bit because he comes sleep and goes down and hugs. The car or female robot comes
down to touch them across the face.
It's very funny. So, yeah.
So that's occupying a lot of time.
The Civic wagon is looking amazingly, good as the set to someone yesterday. Good from afar but far from
good. So it's a it's a really good
10-foot car but it's completely now with its twenty dollar.
Marketplace surfboard that I picked up on the weekend.
Hell, yeah, it looks pretty nasty surfboards on the roof racks with the with the wood, paneling down the side.
And yeah, it's looking looking pretty cool.
So, yeah, that's I've had no bites on the N1 that's still online. I dropped the price a little
bit, but when we can drop it too far and if I don't sell it, not fast. So it's just testing the waters.
It's interesting Market at the moment.
A lot of cars. A lot of cars are giving the
prices that they were expecting. I've been keeping on The
Shannons option. That's finishing tonight.
We certainly didn't get the price, we hope to get adoption through through option, for one of our club cars.
So we still have that. Yes, it's an interesting Market,
the love. And I think the interest rates
are starting to bite that sort of discretionary spending that people have, I think, I think our main man, dr.
Allen deep Singh, told us. A few months ago to start
investing in Magnus, he did, he did, because recessionary times means you have to invest in a 500 dollar or Magna and we only be we would have listened. We would not be seeing these
prices plummet for most of these vehicles at the moment.
And I think it's only going in One Direction and hot off the press, just had an inquiry online on the 130, during the podcast. Wow, yes.
Replied to Josh. So I'll keep making it happen,
dick. You posted if anything happens
during the show, fantastic. Really Ross?
Not those with you, my friend. So I have been, I gave them a
Sadie's back and I picked up the new ionic 5.
That's the carbon waiting to hear from that is the card that we have spoken about where, how high end I plagiarized Ford Motor Company in taking inspiration from the a you Okay, it is on the ionic 6, an exhibit, just just come out like 20, odd years later. He's like, and ionic 6 is like
an a you. Is that what you're saying?
Korean. Wow.
We know it is. It's the one doing it as we
speak. Hang on a minute.
Yeah, I don't see a bunch but that's, that's not.
That's not the car I have. I have the ionic 5 and I really
like the five. So that's that's it's in a light
gold color. I don't even know what they call
it. Make an easy mm or some
something funny like that traditionally I think amongst car enthusiasts is my hobby called the lightest color and it's gold. I think is the comment and it's
at It's a matte gold. Oh, right in certain shades of
light. It looks like a dark.
Well, lightish silver. But anyway, I just hope I don't
scratch it anyway. That's yeah, I've still got that
one because it's, it's pretty good.
I've done about five hundred odd case on it so far, since I picked it up on Friday and it's pretty efficient I've had hits more affluent, brother. The Genesis TV 60.
Last you go. I prefer that over this
particular car. Okay.
It's slightly more aerodynamic the Genesis and ya know it's it's still a big step up amongst their traditional ionics in the rest and so that's why I've been what do you prefer about it wrist? Well it's a ground-up electric
car on the island. Ikea groups, electric car
platform which makes it you know easier to drive it doesn't, the suspension is tuned for the car. It doesn't rock as much when
you're driving it so that can give, you know, that can give you slightly a sickness, which this car doesn't.
It's very cool. Everyone that said, in it thinks
that it's extremely Really comfortable ride.
If anyone is in the mulgrave area, it will be on display tomorrow at my office we have a electric car show and shine type of an event tomorrow evening. Cool.
So if anyone wants to check it out, 6:00 I can flick through the details. But yeah, if that's what I'm
going to try and be great. Awesome.
I will do that. But, no, apart from that, after
I give this car back, I'll be glad to be back in my own car.
First, to you very, very good to hear.
So, you know, me Gigi Cara is trying to think.
I think there's anything happens last week that I can remember, but just this week and I service the Subaru, so, I did that upper engine cleaner squirted that all in there and oil change new filter, just a normal kind of common stuff and it's weird.
I don't know if it's a placebo. Or not.
But it always feels better after a service.
Just seems to just always blow run back and just accelerate more smoother. I don't know if it's probably a
placebo but fresh oil will do that.
But yeah, just feels nice. Nice car at the moment, just
plodding along anything apps at the moment so I can do the next next part. When I know I've got a bit of
cash. Mmm, very good to hear.
Well, the Telly silly, it's coming along.
Patrick will get to yours and we got a special guest.
Please, we got it. We got, we got a special guest
that there's just trust during the show, but patch will get to your car plates. First Cara days, where to begin?
Nah, no wall. So This has also got the Hilux.
So earlier this year at the perimeter to start the, I did a big trip up to south Australia went to rope which was absolutely phenomenal. And yeah, first time, properly
long driving hardcore for were driving in the car did absolutely fantastic started. Every time did Bear the mermaids
Patrol did better than brand-new Colorado.
They got bogged and I have to snatch him.
You know. Just hold a Toyota doing.
Toyota things but we're not. It was fantastic.
And the car was perfect do issues.
However, on the way back, on their back home to our Victoria on the freeway probably two hours in a day, have a blowout but it's, which was scary. I'm not gonna lie, I many poos
exited the arm my rectum so but luckily, luckily the car did come with a full size spare which from Still rocking, but the ties were all pretty. Anyway, so I'm now just on
looking just shopping around to get new tires, or currently have 30s on the car. Probably want to go 32.
So, to 65, 75 is on a 16 inch rim.
I'll keep my rims as they are there.
I just repaint them. So looking for an all terrain
tire and just seeing what's out there?
Don't spend too much because, you know, I was looking at the, um, the Falcon wall Peaks, but they've gone up in price lately.
So I Good. Now, there's other even let you
would read Goodyear Wrangler do at X.
My mayor gets caught them on his kind.
Can't complain saying a stick with all trains because do in deal with the mud terrains noise.
Besides that? What else have ordered as well?
New locking. Locking barrels.
For my heart, I did. So I can so sad when I bought
the Harley, didn't come to lock. So I put new locking barrels
with keys, I'll put them soon. Did a service on a couple weeks
ago at the Same time as well. I'm sure if I told the show you
this or not, but my clutch slave cylinder went, okay.
I was coming back from work, which was fun, said, trying to link the car with no. Clutch was a feat in itself, but
I somehow managed to do limping back to my can drive a car with no clutch. Yeah, bought it but I'm gonna do
it feel it. Yeah, of I haven't mastered that
yet. I'm just always driving one of
these and then breaking down with Mom pulling the clutch back up you know then people look at me like I was a crazy guy but but that sorted all good now but there that's pretty much it with the Hilux other car Updates. This is a sad one for you Maddie
my brother's officially part of it out there sportivo.
No yeah. So the condition of their head
was Was it was pretty much gonna need a new head.
What color is that? Pat?
A coral sportivo rolls, put zero cash flow.
He said they GE engine long as it's not the ecosport, even more. Yeah.
And apparently they'll we were worried machinist was worried as well. Because many overcooked it will
be done some damage to the cylinder walls of the actual block as well, and to get a new mode off for that kind.
Its current condition is the same only pay for that car.
Say he made the leap to just completely part out.
So you just sold the gearbox and it's salt until the old fan on the water pump as well. So getting rid of that and now
he wants to hop into a Civic. So I was looking for a Civic
from him, so yeah, he wants him out - yeah.
Once they are the EK. EG Civic.
Early ones who came immediately start looking at case Ops for it. So we will cross that bridge
when we get there besides that, besides my chi, his can't move my dad, Scott temporarily loan on a mates.
It's w124 300 ad and we just pulled it me him.
Just pull the head off on it two weeks ago, and we're still waiting for the head come back. Just kind of do recondition.
The whole head for us. We got full gaskets and
everything away that comes. We'll put that back in.
And yeah, I'll probably take the car for a few drives.
It's beautiful car, beautiful cut 12 valve head or a 16-valve, welcoming 25, or 24, volt and 24 year. 12 on the badge on the
back its 300 e Dash 24. No, no he just 380.
So it'll be seeing him soon. Came on single cab.
Yeah. That's right.
It's color. Is that car?
It started the darkish gray. That very night that diagram.
I say I don't have to cut little girl is like a charcoal gray metallic gray. Testicle was yeah.
Color inside black. Okay as it still got orange,
indicators are. Oh someone put clear indicators
in. It's all orange.
The original really good. How many cows on that car.
It's gone to buy it. I think it's got 184 proof.
For memory case. Yeah on Club Red unusual that it
needed a head done at those case.
The car was sitting for, we told the car was sitting untouched for think six years. Okay?
Yeah, because the guy was a, my dad's mates, my dad's friends, father who sadly passed away. Okay, he just he upon the car
needs some work before them. He didn't touch it.
So you just let it sit. Yeah, he's lately.
It's hard to Over. And then yeah, they are.
Yeah, that that often happens when I see it in the gaskets dry out a bit and then you stay, I was like the other day with me, just trying to take the gaskets off.
Scrape it off. It was all just yet, disgusting
and but we got it off, cleaned it with clean, the surfaces as well. And yeah, we're just running
back for the end to return where we slap her back on.
And, you know, the rest of the car is solid, no rust, no nothing. It's beautiful, and it's got
that old vintage Mercedes smell. Oz is Miss Reminiscing on my
childhood so there are a lot more.
Sorry, your lovely machine so you're going to use your old man going to keep it. We're all Glee, not probably
not, because I think he, he wants to buy.
Something is looking at something else.
I mean, he's he has is, which has always been intent on a one 92.3 but, like, trying to find one and trying to find one for a
good price. It's the role gone through the
roof. But even I'm thinking was, he
was always well, looking at our, the 580, I think the 500e with the VA. Yeah, but didn't even get it.
Yeah. Sorry, I never saw those here.
Now you have the important by you, probably know someone.
I've had one of his friends. She's got one as well, some or
imported. So I think really rare and there
they were assembled by Porsche, so they're highly sought after 500 Degrees. I think if you have come in
recently from what I know one that's six is coming from Japan.
Yeah, that's the a lot of a lot of those older marks, even the cause he's, they are, if you want to import and yet other throughout Britain or from Japan meal, No sayings, but I don't know. So most likely, we're just going
to put this head back together. Give the car back to.
That's friend. And then yeah, we'll see where
we go, and that's it for updates.
Now, we've got International, guest is the international Man of Mystery. He is the man, the myth, the
legend, it's mr. Allen deep Singh.
How are you? My friend, I have come to the
birthplace of diarrhea. And Bob, I have contracted it.
So Warm by as we speak Ellen you know I'm in a state of Punjab when a bit of trip is for you to look it up.
I'll send you my location location.
It's been good. It's been good.
It's a bit warm even though it's only just, you know, February.
They should be cold, but I guess when pretty early here, I think most eyes open and close to 30, so it was a bit cooler in terms of carpets. I've been rocking a 2003 Suzuki
maruti's, n 0, there is Loosely based off, what was it?
DC key server, which was a caterer that it's a little bit larger. Agile and a whopping 60
horsepower or from a 998 cc engine.
My belief, hell yeah. Made to a nice, 5-speed
transmission. And you turn the air
conditioning on 30th at horsepower.
So usually I was the left road because the road rules are rules and seat belts are optional and I was told that I wouldn't be well equipped. To drive here because, you know,
the nerves, keep the left. It's just used as a rodent, get
on them. Yeah, you know, you negotiating
with large vehicle, small R, equals government bike goes on mopeds, and guys on regular bikes, an ox and a cart and you name it. It's on the Ritz on the road, it
has a right away. Just as much as you used to be
gonna, you know, kind of navigate your way around that when was the last time you were over there?
Alan. I spent my teen years.
Oh, wow. That's incredible.
You'd notice a big difference all pretty much but remember, it's also things are different. Different fishing around.
My old village, has a lot more shops and stuff popped up.
There's something still remain the same, you know, Street dogs and some smells like ass you could say anything did you and your neighbor with some cattle next?
All right you know those girls in your rule that said sort of be expected Sir. Yeah, it's expected.
It's just 10 minutes. Well, I usually don't have a
very good sense of smell somehow come back to the motherland.
Has perked up. Just fine.
It's like, it's what they're putting in the food there, man.
Like like like I mean, we've all had Indian food, it's about, I love universe, but it's my favorite one of my favorite because it's not my favorite Cuisine and like, I go in there and I come out, I can smell everything because like the, the chilies and everything, just go straight, likely that the sinuses. These other signs you can smell
a real. Well, I hope you're bringing us
back, you know? It'll sort of gift, little
trinkets or something, probably make something nice.
I'm feeling crazy. You know, like a little model
car or something, that would be not a little one and Ambassador.
You bring it. What did you see?
David mentioned, I think the other week actual ambassador's being optioned in Melbourne that were X film, shoot cars.
I think tgu be hard-pressed to find an ambassador for wasn't one of those four or five that they had.
Yeah. So that's a bu Elm.
Yeah, interesting my dad if you want weirdly to bring the Falcon everything they do. So they look compressed natural
gas because we got the EES hulking.
It would be an interesting card have here.
I think I think it'll be all right.
Most of the colors you see here are the domestic Tata Zone hinders along with the Suzuki is very popular.
It will certainly guess Malaysian Centric model car models that we don't really get back in Australia.
One of the called a brezza. And I think it's been made to
look slightly a bit like a Range Rover to the point where I'm not upset. She was an art form, like a
company, making a Frank bill that you, you take out the original front grill and then it becomes very, very rigorous as at the green badge, but it's also be just as Brave as well.
Be one of those back. So, yeah, I thought you could
get breezes, he lied Bacardi Breezers I mean have enough of those I guess you've gone for a ride sir.
Yeah, that's how I do that. Brezza would probably still be
more reliable than 40 bus. Well look we I don't think it
would be. We learnt couple of shows ago,
which LM you might have missed it, but someone on one of our guests on the podcast has done a reliability score amongst All vehicles of all different motives of power, whether it's petrol, diesel, electric, hydrogen and farts.
You name it. And apparently, Land Rover
discoveries are the most reliable.
Most affordable Vehicles, anyone can buy.
So Patrick, listen, top tip, and that's according to mr.
Adrian, the one, and only the one that the legend that believes broken and three a GTR is not a Supercar.
Well, he did by to Land Rover Discovery ones, wanted one Petra, wanted easel and one's a parts car.
And I'm like, well you sound about right for you and I'm you need a parts car. The to go with it so we'd like
he seems to be enjoying but dude bring bring one of those bags.
Bring Ambassador back, I think I want an ambassador.
I think that would be cool and yeah we should, we should be free to be good. I've been pretty cool to your
competitors. Hell yeah, I said group of go to
CBD. I don't hear any difference /.
Imagine the Hindustan Ambassador Club of Victoria.
We could start that. Like, that could be us.
Hannah. Cool.
It's kind of cool. Despite being told not to drive.
I was in the designator, I went to go work drunk and had to drop out at night where everyone had the full Beam on.
I'm so that was our first experience, you know, getting thrown into the road with you know all sorts of things and high beams but got through the light.
So a little bit more confident with my drawing skills in the Old Country. Very good.
So I'll probably do a couple more driving Adventures which you know soul that drives you know, with us.
So I gotta try this. Just reporting with it.
So I'm going to try and get as many little Shenanigans as I can with cars when you back Elam. Um I'm just totally back on the
1st of April but I may be coming back earlier.
Okay just because I've organized a few things.
Alan down below that you might come back with the wife, Dare I ask for, not likely. I thought perhaps it could have
been some sort of an arrangement made while you were there.
Well, that's what they are. The speculation allegedly was, I
haven't come here. Increase rate of Finance people.
We're going to be I think turning on their booking cigars and as you know your boy has booked a Volvo XC for the recharge. The company Force because an oil
trucking company is really interesting.
Electric cars. You got the competition's Done
Right? Wow.
No different to BP was installing charges so it's all the same. Exactly, exactly.
You know, you got to be a bit with your enemies know what the recovery Act. I'll be looking at towards the
end of 2003 when I didn't booking, I've actually gotten them in a message, weirdly internationally.
Well, then hear from somebody, from dealership saying, the current should be ready soon. So I had to go to proceed.
So I only hit them back. I'll probably have to let my
grandmother sees and you know, he's got to wait on me.
The company seems to be more. I think inclined to purchase cut
this Benson. Questions the companies, and
finally made aware that they, you know, going to purchasing the car, this isn't some negotiations there.
So, I think I just have to go kind of settle this thing.
I'll get back to you when I'm back from overseas, but I suspect, it's basically been somebody's cancel an order.
I don't imagine a logical cancel, an order.
I've kind of just been bumped up to the line as there's all the cancellations happened because you couldn't even get your hands on these before. Yeah.
It was you basically wedding way.
Wait. Yeah.
And now suddenly I think as you said there is people who intended by one, probably seeing that finances aren't looking right to actually make the purchase.
Yeah. So they're probably withdrawing
some more of this. I think there's definitely.
I thought you haven't seen this much happening in the type of my put their way, especially the Honda Civics price, you know, Shenanigans. Nobody pay all this to pay.
Its well, the one of the reasons why is that it's the customer base that usually play. Just this type eyes at
recessionary times, they're the ones making the money correct.
If you go to Beverly or Chinatown you will be seeing that's where they're making all the money.
So they're spending their spending thinking everyone else isn't and that's why you can't get a discount on a Type R, well, models the official price so I'm gonna work something out but that's probably some a little bit further down the line. I think that organized the exe
40 Just so, you know, watch this space, I'm sure we'll do a little electric review when you get it, if we get it.
Yeah. That's where all can use to me
now. Date with me this week, I am
driving a w204 cc3000e warm for The Honeymooners, correct.
Yeah, so some my brother got married on the weekend and he's like, I'm not using the car this week.
He's like he offer you offered it to me is his eyes.
Like would you like to drive drive this EC3 for a week?
I'm like yeah, why not. So he threw me off a narrow
especially with the fade. XXX addition fed look fresher
than winning and Akira at school, all the kids, like fish bites and then they saw me, but leave work yesterday in the Merc. And they'll, I'd like, my, what
an Arab and, and he so I feel, I feel like I'm becoming my, my, my dad's idea of what I should be.
Daddy got some discomfort that you notice Moonlighting as a teacher, you're actually competing or ha.
Ha ha. Yeah.
That's a laser, you know, from Pierre, fit, whatever.
Now, fade C63 and bling. Bling, all he needs is a good
kiha. Yeah, glasses and Godzilla.
I think Maddie starts the classes.
These good morning, everybody. I'm not gonna lie to you.
The burnout I was in the pop-up, still fresh just go freshen my sister 23 by and you guys know Robert, can you smell it?
I keep it all to sit down. Masterpiece, like I didn't
really like, I'm not even sure what this is like when I am when I helped him test driver that day, but that car to drive the engine is just so versatile. Like 6.2 liter V8 their ribs
does seven g, seven and a half thousand RPM.
It's just it's unreal like and and talky.
And it sounds good. It's arguably.
One of the best sounding va's getting around.
It's everything I expected to be, but better.
So it's one of those cars that are now that I've gotten used to it at all. Like over the last year, three
days. I'm I'm really, you know, I can
see why people bought them because they're they handle.
Well, we've got phenomenal breaks like the brakes, rip your face off and when you, when you jump on them, and yeah, it's a, it's a real grimbo. This six-part AMG is something,
they're huge. They're, they're bigger than the
bigger than all my brakes put together.
Oh my God, it's just, it's, it's a yeah, it's a really, really good car. Iíve become, I've kind of fallen
in love with it a little bit and I don't want to return it but I know he'll be back next week, so I'll give him the car back on Sunday, but I, it's a good, it's good to get, was a good chance to still like to drive a car that I haven't really kind of experience fully properly and my God, it's powerful.
I just, it rips it actually rips it.
Yeah. It's quite it's quite the event.
Hoping that car was just when you started and like from from a cold start, it's so loud. I was I went to after work
yesterday, to do some design work for the The book and I went to the printers and I was in there for about a good 45 to an hour and I'm hopping out it. I hope that in the car and start
it and the guy behind me was in a Kia.
Cerato GT. And when the car started, when
possible, and The Great Divide jumped up out of his seat in the car behind me. So I was like, yeah, this comes
a bit loud but it's yeah, it's just something by just a generally nice kind of driving and I over, I can see why the 2004 generation C63 is very, very loved by a lot of people.
It's a cracker and yeah, real real cracker of a car.
So yeah, I'm doing my dad proud rocking up in a Mercedes.
Well if you need someone else to borrow that car I'm happy to oblige. I'm fully live since in 27 days.
So you know my appearance in six months time just letting you know like just made me a Sydney.
My it is it is a weapon that car, so I've been enjoying that so that's been that up their doors early about the MR2 which was speaking about a guy came in a super cheap a couple weeks ago and he is before just before I just went to camp in Canberra and he had a, who's wearing a double oven t-shirt?
I'm like, oh cool t-shirt man. Like I am one of those lucky.
I'll go on to and he's got like a factory full of really cool cars. Like he's got sw20, you know,
matters. 84s whole bunch of really really cool.
Cool, we're in a collectible stuff.
Like he's got Euros job cars, Aussie cars like house in fact you are full of and I was like well I am I he's like the car like dropping the most. It will get the most enjoyment
out of his DMR to. I just laughed at him.
I'm like that's that says a lot, doesn't it that all these big money cards? You've got the most fun when you
have is dropping them onto, but we got talking and he says, he's like his mind as he delivered him.
We got talking about hours, I guess.
And I was like, I've got the factory stereo.
I'm like, I do but I need to get, I need to get it repaired.
He's like, look, I just had my mind.
Done. And he gave me the number to a
guy that is in our area that can do them.
So, he got. So he got his repaired as well.
He probably has diodes were a bit how you going.
So he got them repaired and he's like, Yep, this guy will be able to sort of way. So I got his number, and I'm
going to give him a call at some point this week.
Perfect. And my last update.
Now, before I get to it. Well, I mean, I haven't gotten
this vehicle per se as of yet. David will know.
David knows that the story behind this car.
But before you say anything, real is Scotty, Alum, Patrick and Ed. Yeah.
It's, I know about it, ouw are you?
I've told you at the wedding, but be extra for the rest of you three. Before you say, oh, here we go.
Another free car. It's probably that out of all
the three cards that I dad, that you get as probably a much better choice. Would you say most immigrants
and say so? So it's an all owned by an old
lady. And she's going to let me drive
and I'm always on a hunt for a laser and I love a good laser.
And this one is a KQ laser sedan automatic 109,000 Kay's.
It really good condition and I am in love with it and I'm picking it up on Thursday, which would be really, really awesome and it's sort of a beige color. Is that metallic sort of color
beige belt. Yeah, so surfing little commuter
perfect, little commuter my head that I might drive that around to save fuel. No, I drove a diesel that I
drinks more diesel than most dinosaurs.
Can I have a look? Draw the C63 into is going to
sit and she's going to enjoy it and it's going to be it's going to take over her life from instead of a being in a cruise, which Constable that was doing is going to.
As, with all three cars come with the curses of repair don't, which is your you'll have enough repair, bills to accumulate the cost of the kind, who just one, not David, David David.
Can you please inform them of their their idiocracy and there they've got no idea how could afford laser is.
So I'm all old Matthew that to be driving a laser when she could actually drive an LTD. I mean, don't you care about
her? No.
I mean, I offered you wanted to be comfortable, I do the laws vary couple, I offered to, to go to, to pay to the vehicle and and they were like, we wanted to go to a good home and I'm like it's going to go to a great home.
I got to go to a laser home laser own.
So it's just so much. We call it The Fray.
Is it from now music Eliza? Yeah so yeah, I'm going to like
I was going to the gym. You need to give a shout out to
the very, very loyal listener. That facilitated said, Fraser,
just about to say that mr. De France.
I was going to say a big thank you to a long time listener of the show and one of your one of your friends and I believe work with Kathy when I when we when we, when it's red, which we chatted, you know, he's actually a genuinely really lovely guy was on trying. On him, checking on him chatting
with him on the phone today about the car.
And, you know, he seems like a like a like a lovely.
Lovely gentleman. So big.
Thank you Mike. Really, really appreciate the
you know the hey I've got a laser, I know you like lasers.
He's a laser kind of kind of situation because it's it'll go to a loving home, and it will be used.
And it's perfect for what, for what we needed.
So, so thank you, Mike. A big shout out to you.
Thanks for listening to the show.
Thanks for being a real good support of the show.
I didn't know we had any long-term.
Listeners. The Edward is not just for you,
okay? I said, I feel I feel in terms
of, in terms of pure volume of cars from catacombs, somebody with less cars, okay? Can we just skip the starving
kids in Africa, but it is going, it is going to, I guess it don't matter. He's just part of the
transaction. It is going to someone that will
be cruising a lot more than their current cruise because the crews don't really cry. Use that much.
So it will really, really appreciate it.
And it's so so so that way I get my laser back and I'm happy all how old days I have you my friend, all days a week.
So I will be enjoying but I'll give it.
I'm gonna give it a nice polish and clean and ready to go.
And so, yeah, it'll be, it'll be, it'll be really, really good. So I cannot wait to to go and
see said the But anyway, that is it on.
I think that's one of my idea that, that virtually it on my own. So I again, big, thanks to you,
Mike and, and thanks for thanks for being awesome to the show.
Moving on to tonight's topic though, is the, I like to do a, what would you rather? What were your other two, fun?
Because I get to think about what you guys would have bought, then what would you guys would have bought now for my first, what would you rather its current cars that you can still buy brand spanking new? So these cars here Here, a
really, really, really good. And all of them have got a lot
of how did you say notoriety for being very, very fast hatchbacks. Now if you had to spend your
hard earned money brand-new today, walk into a dealership and buy one of these cars. Where is your money going now?
Top-of-the-range, Corolla gr, the Maurizio addition.
I believe it's called, which is got the backseat stripped out.
Well, over 80 grand. It's like a for corals a lot of
money but this is like the top Spec with the, with the Cup Table roof. I think, and I believe so
correct. Yep.
And like, as a cup ties, you know, all the, it's the Corolla gr B dot up to 11 which as if it wasn't already.
So that that's your first pick. Then you've got the new Civic
Type R which I saw another one. Yeah, on yesterday I she saw
one. Yes, I saw one yesterday at the
second one. I've seen David.
All right, it's outrageous. I haven't seen one yet.
I'd there was a white one. Yesterday I saw a red one and a
white one. I I was he wearing blue.
Then I'm happy and then I'm a happy man.
Knew the just just released Civic Type R.
Now we get into the big money stuff which if not those two would be money, really the A45 AMG because we're talking hot hatches here. But like hyper hatches like
these are like hatches out of just ridiculous and you RS3 because you can still get that in a, in a hatchback.
Where is your money going? And why gentlemen?
Mmm, I can be pretty decisive about these things.
Most of the times. So I'm happy to go first while
And else thinks sure I 45 now, a lot of power getting wrung out of a little motor. I don't like the farting noise.
They make. I just don't like them.
Audi no, because it's Volkswagen Audi grip product don't like it long term. I've cylinder 5 cylinder and
wins half a brownie points for that, but I still don't want it Civic. Type R would be a very
compelling drive. I'm not mad on the look but it
is better looking I think than the The last one.
So that that might That might get my shoe in, I think carollo you being decisive, and I feel like a Civic.
Probably go the Corolla. Okay.
Yeah, Corolla with close s to the city cutting and is W.
Just because of the top spec ecology I would any Corolla gr just just take take your fancy over there.
Just I think that you know, I haven't driven the aresty are but, you know, by all accounts, they're amazing.
I'm assuming that the chronology are is also amazing.
And I'm probably a bit more on board with that than I am with Civic. Is it more because
three-cylinder was a more because you like Toyota?
No, it's more looks thing. It's more the because I, the
Honda, I would take probably based purely mechanically but I'm not 100% on the look of it, I might prefer the look of the Corolla. Okay, fair enough.
Fair enough. What about you, Patrick?
Just looking now. Back just comparing between
2845. Yeah, I've just just wanted, not
a fan of it. I'll dear for a long time if you
ask me, probably say even yeah a year ago.
So I choose LD all day everyday style of that 5-cylinder to today LD. That's a supermarket.
Howdy howdy howdy Screaming, guys, it's LD.
Then now with the Civic and Corolla.
It's yeah, I just, I wouldn't Three at compared to the typos and top-of-the-range Kerala Kerala Marita Edition is not as crazy as you might think. It's still a lot of money but
it's not as huge. It's not a huge gap.
Like they used to be like at a 45 used to be double what?
A Civic type-r cost. Ha don't listen to him.
Your total guy now yeah you're trying to do now.
Yeah. Bearing that in mind Patrick and
you've said no to the IRS, you said no to the A45 because you don't like him Iris and break wall.
So tell me. Tell me Patrick.
Where's your money going? Mike?
Where's my money going? Another?
It'd be stupid. If I said, otherwise, I have to
choose a Toyota, but, but but, but that's Civic.
I think it's a beautiful looking car and everything about it.
I'm just every time I look at it, I just fall in love with it.
So but I have to go the Toyota. If I don't, it's, I'd be
crucified. Is it a two?
That's two, Toyota's Civic. Was second in both.
Are you say is that youryour? Toyota Campbell.
So considering I've already expressed interest in any system type of, I think no question that will be number one of them.
I will fear. So the Civics already won that
the next on list. Surprising I think I'll let you
go for the RS3, okay? Because if I'm gonna consider
this is like my car that I'll just have a salad.
Maybe daily like weekend pass. I'd probably yeah try and lean
in that front of the RS3 from. We're going to be great.
All round up. Looks good perform.
It is great. All right, prices.
Not as bad as the game, he was still in that kind of middle pack. I think about what are the 93
plus on roads do so, and, you know, a good performance of it was good to nobility. I think that's the other thing.
He's gonna get bigger power out of it is kind of available, so that's the advantage. Please forgive me last week.
I've never really liked the overall just scheme of them and I found the most be driven by undesirable individuals.
I'll try not to have that impact on the carpet of does, you know, just like goals. Yeah.
Are you saying that they're driven by people with fade haircuts? And I just undesirables and
bumbag just undesirable the general.
Yeah, but look at the coral. A lot like I said, like I said
it's all scripted out. Kind of it's more really a kind
of you going to have fun cut. I don't know how good it's going
to be, as I can do General there they come.
But what I'm talking about it today we're talking about what we're talking without any kind of boundaries but I'm going to understand that if I want to have this car and have this kind of use it a lot. So that's why I prefer the the
Corolla third in my personal, you know.
Okay, I'm sorry. So for example, this cow will be
Truck toy. It will be your it'll be your
daily driver. It'll be your grocery getter so
it like it's going to do all. Yeah.
And it's going to do all that's going to do all three, then it's going to be Civic, RS3 Corolla and then you've got the energy.
Okay. All right.
Well, it's interesting that you put in that order Edward, would you have another in the same order or would you have had it?
Come on your menu? Shows the Corolla first.
So you went Corolla One Civic to what was the okay Merc and RS3.
The LD child? What would I rather?
The LDL, the mistake. See ya.
It's never gonna make it home with the second half, you know, if he's gonna have great fun with the weekend and then, you know, crows, fees is exiting on his head.
You know, it's cracked everywhere and you don't like, I think I have to go the first LD over the Merc.
Yeah, the work Sox are World agrees.
All right, so then that's what. Okay, so you're going for your
going, for the that's you worried that you're going with.
Okay? So Patrick used you order would
be Corolla Type R RS, 3 AMG. They'll be yours as me.
Same might just get a room. You two seriously though.
You guys. You guys are like air quality
for all the Corolla. Toyota, Toyota, Toyota Scotty.
Where are you going? Me.
Um, I can like same as what Patrick was saying with the with the a adi-lila RS3, I would have had up there, pretty high.
But from what I've heard, especially, first hand of someone that's owned one and actually didn't even have it for that long and sold it probably wouldn't bother.
Okay. Did he just said that?
They're very very understeery and front-heavy.
Good. If you Want to go straight all
the time and it's about it. So kind of turned me off a bit
because I kind of like the wind he's and things like that and especially if you're saying like track.
So I wouldn't go that one AMG. Yeah, I mean they are
ridiculously quick good car but nope wouldn't go that one number one on my list is the Corolla. Oh yeah.
Thank you, Scott. And 3/4 of all, is it correctly?
Why is why over the type R? Why just think I prefer the look
of it and everything they've just done so well, gr.
Hmm. I think that they've done a
beautiful engine to that would be awesome to drive been known to handle more power, which means it's going to be so reliable for you to not saying the Honda wouldn't be guilty.
Sot, they're going to be very reliable obviously.
Well, I think it just comes down to preference of the looks.
What's Your Number 3, Scott? So you got Corolla Civic.
Then what I would probably go. The the Audi probably gets third
place because of the conciliation and shame and a cool house in the AMD keys are the things they kind of just sounds like a golf. It's true.
I mean nonsense during the bin really Ross look.
I think the type R number one. Well okay yep I've done track
trays with the existing current fk8.
I think they are tie bars with my data.
Guys got one and they are so fun on the track, the Toyota I'm just not sure in terms of what What its Track Performance is even though it comes from the rally breed and all the other things. So, your mind could change.
Yeah, it could possibly, but just the way to those currently going with their future plans to it, I will be number four.
And the second would be the RS3 and the third would be the AMG, which if I was putting my Adrian hat on.
It's not really a relay mg/dl AMG uni Buzz Cuts and you need to be a full-blown teacher to rock up in one and that's the real want to C63 AMG. So Type R RS3, the Mercedes A45
and then the Toyota on the bottom.
Wow, very good. So why are you saying Toyota be
number four? Because I'd just the direction
of the brand. Okay, you heard it here first.
Yeah, we know. Your number one's going to be
Type R. That's a given, right?
This is this like I wasn't a predictable bit.
I am so interesting about the type that I haven't seen an FFL five-year Ponder upon to do, have a bit of a knack With the city I got to say. They've been a number of civics
that have come out over the over, the tin, General living Generations, whether it is and you sort of thought.
What are they done? What that that's that doesn't
look right you know like and then in big the more you see the more it grows on you and I certainly felt that when this current shape came out I thought none of the proportions.
The nose is too long. We don't get the sedan so we
only get the hatch in Australia and it's be cut off and truncated. The more I I said them the more
I'm appreciating the the the style of the car and and I think they listened obviously everyone to the FK.
It was a bit too over-the-top, let's say they're toned it down a bit. I'm looking forward to seeing
you. I think it'll look better in
the, in the flesh than it does in the photos.
They do they look better in the flesh and but I just don't go over that the spoiler. That looks a bit super cheap.
Sorry man, it's okay, no offense.
No friends, no, nothing Corolla G out.
It was a highball couple of couple of eyeballs ago.
That's a stunning looking a bit of Kit.
That's absolutely. Every angler, that car, is
amazingly good looking, though. David, you are picking the
Corolla number one. Now, I'm just going to type a
thing. I think it'll drive
sensationally. I love the FAA.
I had had wonderful week and I still ranked as one of the best all-around cars I've ever driven.
And I can't, Sit there for five, won't be better.
If everyone is said, it'll be good to.
It's better on every level. I'll just add to that David.
I was, I think, I think I mention this to you, I was watching a review and interview in the reviewer, said the gear change and the way that car feels.
He's like it's a Porsche 911 GT3 RS for a quarter of the price if that's if that's not a high Accolade about a car, I don't know what it is. So don't decide that it says we
need to know. So the outer the FL 5, I'll go
over the crawler, very close. Second I rank the other two long
way behind personally for rings and misery.
I don't think I could, I couldn't have won in the in the driveway. I don't think so.
Would probably be a mg and then in the Audi, but you ever in your all your time, David owned an Audi.
I had 14 for a while to sell for somebody but it wasn't.
Wasn't you've never mind? No, no.
And I was going to buy it as a 4.2 A8.
I've never had one either. Look, if you could get them in a
manual, the gearbox just frightens me.
And a lot of them I've seen far, too many of these workshops that I do work at that come in and they shouldn't break like that, that shouldn't break. If I say to you, they have their
made enough of them. Now, I'm David just on the
gearbox, I guess with your Volkswagen experience as well.
Yeah, dram. It's is that.
Is it getting? Is it getting better in the
newer? Because you know, if you're
spending 80 90 grand on a car, you'd think it's gearbox doesn't crap itself within five years. One, certainly didn't didn't
stop file to proceed. It just got noisy and and
sounded like a slipping. Clutch, as flipping fan built,
as you took off from lights and things like that as it changes you, as a chirp away and stuff. So it's been fine since they
rebuilt it. I re-watched it.
Oh yeah, that's right. That's right.
But as I think I said before in the podcasts, I hope they were, you know, I hope there's been an update to the more own improve running. Change to the night.
They just never replaced, like, with lichen.
After another setting. 30,000 Kay's.
Yes. Oh yeah.
I hope that would be my order. I would.
And I'm not a fan of the, The Da.
This is the same as in day. They don't with the sound.
I make, they're all a bit. Hard writing and people are
going to hate me for this. I don't like it.
So yeah. I that that would but I wouldn't
go to the special edition gr. I would go the base, gr, I don't
know, I'll still have a rear seat that's part and as he saying all around Cara, I mean that's part of the attraction, you know? I mean, and that's what I found.
So amazing about the type R was that it was so much fun to drive and so focused when it needed to be.
And so, completely pedestrian and intractable and drivable when it It needed to be a sports car, you know, it was completely usable on every level so yeah, that's what I'd go for.
Everybody says the The Sweet Spot in that car is everything in our except the suspension in comfort and then you've got, you've got it. Perfect.
That's how you know, that's how you drive that car.
But you see the FL fives customizable like that.
Where is the on wasn't a fkx and not if you just got the three driving modes it is very like it's in normal mode.
Loads. Every time I've been in that
car, in normal mode, on normal roads, it feels relatively comfortable. The seats are buckety, but
they're not uncomfortable buckety.
Yeah. And yeah, it's but yeah, I think
the new one will have, you know, much more ride comfort features as well. Given the higher price?
Yes, got a text message from my mother who was listening live on the show? Honda all day.
She says, there you go. That's her.
It's like Why Sharon, Hi. Hi Chaz.
So, yeah, I think, I think you're, you're, you guys are on on the money there. Look AMG, and the A45, and the
RSC. Both got dual clutch has both.
I don't upset a few years. I think a dual-clutch should be
should and I should stick to a racetrack like that they don't they don't work in everyday life like they're not, they're not made to be an everyday transmission and I'm going to stand by that same and I know I'm probably lose a listen.
But sure I don't know you and I know how you and I hope you don't. You lose Mike.
Yeah. Mike what the current Kroll is
the best-looking girl I've ever seen.
I think it's a great just it's it just looks good like they stole that car. They've got they nailed it, they
got it spot-on. See the wagon version is a few
of those filtering through now as you can't tutoring.
Is this really really cool thing was accorded to re that's right.
So I haven't seen a wagon version, actually, I'm going to have a look at that, but I think that the current gen is look as good. Again, the even now in gr form
it with the, with the fair even further arches and it better stance and it just, it looks, it looks awesome.
It is amazing. It does yet the type R for me, I
would still pick. I think just, I would pick a
just purely for the fact that the last one was Bloody epic.
And the new one is just gotten, like, I'm not.
One for all the reviews are amazing, but but there's I've never had a bad word about the about the current money.
They saying it is just that good to drive.
It's one of like the wonders of the world in terms of car experience. I mean, that's why I don't want
to witness that gear changer day.
Everyone talks about. So I think I would take that
just on that. If that's what they're saying
about the gear shifts, the portion of the gear shift that in the manual, is by far, the best shifting car I've ever driven. And I think, That if this new
version is anywhere close to that, it would be just for Carla would be amazing car to track or drive.
Well, the god of review that said it sooner that GT3 RS for Equitable as he records of the gearbox.
Like, the shift is better than the new one is better than a GT3 which is, which is unreal. So that's, that's something to
behold. Well, do one more before is goes
because I know he's got to go and we'll get into into the last one now, I like the keys. Stinger.
I think it's a cool car and we'll always have and I think we can all agree on its that it's it was a car that didn't didn't need to be made but it was made and people have appreciated it Patrick's a big fan because his brothers driven a few that or a w205 C63. So the smaller V8 twin, turbo
engine or an FTE M3 which is the, you know, same era to that w205 C63. Dozens onwards.
So me 2010's. Actually, I should say onwards.
Where is your money going? And why like to buy now that?
That is the second Andy s hands, get because they're they're all virtually second hand down so it's not the current M3.
It's the one before one before the car on.
I don't I try to pretend like he doesn't exist with the normal front Groove along with the normal font correct.
Think I'd go to the Bhima because I know them better and I did like the look of that one. The Benz would be a close second
and the key is Stinger would be third for me, it's good car but I'm not even as in love with the looks.
As I would be with the Pima probably but a distant third or close to it. No distant third, it's a big
floppy hat, Stinger. Obviously they're similar to
similar in size of the like but all three of those cars actually the whole picture with a few extra bits.
Oh that's that's a dagger. I don't mind this thing at but I
think romantic or M3 is a is a thoroughbred of a car you know.
Apologies for Melissa home. If she's there.
Yeah so it's going to be a pro. Seed.
She loves a stinger, but but I think she will be proceeding to a stinger. Okay, so on Beamer Benz Stinger,
Urban Stinger, Patrick No, no. This car is like it's way before
these cars time, but if you were to say a 92 m 3, then yet all day, every day, and as much as I love the f80, I can't love it because my boss's wife has one. So every time I think of one, I
just think of him and I don't want to think of it.
So the wife just double-check my lovely but I just still associate the car with him. So I'll have to and I like by
said, my brothers had driven home.
Stinger GTS and well, what a car?
They are what you unbelievable Sabri.
I'll probably put they are stinger baima and then the little Mercedes down the bottom. Okay.
Mercedes third motivational pack your out of the cool group David Prince. So I should know a bit, just
humor. Me was the am available with a
manual gearbox. It was?
Yes, yeah. Okay.
All right, I've all of them and you could get the stinger has a manual overseas, you can get it here as manual.
Okay, yeah, no, no. I if that's the case, I'd
probably go with the M3 and Emmanuel.
Thank you. Okay, then I'll call you the
second. So you're close second.
I wouldn't I do hunting. Instead of buying the here
Stinger, I'd actually go to the sister brand and I'd actually hunt down in Genesis g70. So he did the sister brand
David. That's not the what would you
rather? But but but I don't want one.
Okay, so we'll go been here. So you're going Beamer Benz key
at same. As me, gee 70s, much nice
looking car. Okay, David and I going on a
cool holiday somewhere who wants to chill - thank you very much that L for luxury symbols worthwhile.
Hirose Bemis doing in the Merc. Okay?
Okay, it's got three beams, three beams sky.
I've been thinking the whole time.
This is tough, because there's things that I like about every single one of them. Correct.
I mean, that mercedes-amg, I don't like the taillights, I agree. It's something bubbly.
And browned about, I don't, like, just doesn't have the right shape. It's too rounded.
It's not aggressive enough. It's missing some before, before
it was a much-loved better looking car.
I still think it's a bit of. Yeah, yeah, hands down.
Yeah, you know, I got no dramas with I'm going to the smaller V8, and that still sounds fantastic.
They did a lot of work to make sure it still sounds good.
But yeah, I know. I've seen note of that.
The being with the bema. I reckon looks-wise spot on.
Nailed it. Yeah, absolutely.
Nailed it. But that straight-6 sounds
pretty Pooh. What doesn't?
Mmm. I don't reckon.
It sounds like great. It's my uncle fixes and stuff.
It's yeah, you are. W.
Some a great sounding straight-6 is in.
And I when I went to that, when I went to that was, it's a b-58.
Is that the internet? I don't like it's just not a
goodie. 53's Myers Love Shack. Yeah, it's the crap instead of.
Yeah, I don't know what happened to it.
Just doesn't sounds great. That just sounds like a noise
and annoying noise, but in saying that, I would still nudge it to number. One spot to be manang.
He's God, I've been doubled. Is number one, the Stinger.
I think I saw one the other day. You can get one in this really
cool gray color. That looks really, really nice.
But I don't like the little side reflector B on the back in there, doesn't do anything. There's no point in it.
They look like a really long car too.
Hmm But you're saying that long time so good but they're not.
Then yeah I think it's just the looks they just look like a really long car but I would probably put that in second place. Okay.
Over the bends. Yep.
And I am G. The third.
I just add, you know that AMG has been around for a while and that look doesn't grow me. I see, plenty around where I am
and no. Yeah, it's just meant to have
that aggressive look and it doesn't looks Looks like they have base model. With just some bigger wheels and
stuff on it. That's about it, put it this
way, the that see compared to the Stinger the seizure only 200 mL shorter, which is not a lot. Okay.
Oh no, not at all. That's not a lot at all in
comparison. So there you go.
So for me, I would go with you, I would take the Beemer, a compliment from putting a be, my first real change and As much as I want to say I like that C63 I prefer it in the coop a but what that's not what we're talking about here to about four doors and it's and I've heard a bit of a few horror stories in terms of the like they went backwards in terms of reliability with that car in comparison to compress the previous one.
So I would go stinger and Mercedes.
There you go. That's, that's mine.
That's my pick. R, is if we got time for one
more, before we go one more, one more.
Last one, we're getting a, you're an executive better back in the 90s, right? Your knees.
Getting real quick one, let's go.
You're an executive in the 90s but you can only get a base model with the six-cylinder. Okay.
Your choices are TR Magna, V6 wide-body, Camry V, 6E B, falcon or a VP Commodore all in a sick. Sailor base.
Poverty pack. What is where you Goin quick
stop in on it. Let's go Camry number one.
Reliable, silky smooth. Beautiful.
Like Alexis, mmm, what were the other choices again trt IVC?
Andy be happy. I got a soft spot for the look
of the TR. I like the V6 in that, smooth
motor number three, the Ford smooth like a done.
Mine that motor. And number four is the VP
Commodore bucket of pass, not a great car, so Camry Magna, Ford.
VP Prince Magna Camry Ford:. Okay.
Patrick magnificent above Camry Camry, because it's a Camry.
Why? Because it's sick, magnet
because I love Magnus magnarelli, that sounds like an awesome car. Like what anyone says, VP common
laws, because I'm just a liver and Vapor common cause of some tomatoes and EV Falcons lost. Okay, raise your ass Falcon.
Hmm. Because that was my first car
Magna because when You know, even if we are Executives as possession times Camry because there were, you know, I guess built built in Altona and then Holden the very last just because they were not as cool as VX Commodores.
Correct. Scotty do.
Which men are we talking about TI's?
Make that has 92 91 91. So number one, I would put the
Magna. Okay, number two will be the
Ford. Number 3 will be the VP and then
the Camry Lance last camera. Wow.
What kinda dorion as well. Shame on you Scott, it's just
falls down to Camry. Drivers.
Fair enough. Yeah, I would I would talk and
then to the real-life bummer. Probably.
Yep. Correct.
I would say Camry. Falcon, Magna Commodore.
That is my pick gentleman. Poor VP you please hasn't it?
Well, and it comprises ptss. Who I RS already spec, which
was, which was, which was a, which first came out in the VP, which we was at was a question back in the day as you also know. You got to go, man.
So we're going to the quiz, but thanks to come on, Jerome, I will talk to you soon. Thanks to you guys cheering.
Are you guys ready for the quiz? Let's go, let's go.
It is so you know, the rules. There is ten questions.
Plus some bonus questions. Did Patrick David Scotty in the
hot seat today? Let's get the quiz out and let's
get started. Question one, what Chi has Kia?
Officially announced will be any production has officially announced will be in production ending in actually any production. David David, Christina Stinger
they did. They made a video of it and
bonus. Question, what was the car
featured next to the Stinger in the video that is carrying on?
On the GT flame. Is it on fire?
I mean you maybe but no it's illiterate cabin.
Is it also? It is a good Prince is correct.
Well done. Squat check that would you like
one? Yes, your honor.
Yeah, it's true to you and zeroed everybody else.
Just just got to just just so, you know, David King.
All right, in question 2. The Corolla Gia will start from
what price closest to will get the chocolates.
It a true good. We'll start from 72 thousand
dollars 72k. So said, is this on the road
Maddie or recommended retail recommended retail show?
This is this is the price that they've just announced.
I'll go 60 three-and-a-half. Sixty three point, five says
David, I'm going to say 78. 78 says Pat.
Then I'll have to undercut you and say a 60 60.
The answer is sixty, two thousand three hundred, so David gets the chocolates. Jocelyn biscotti, Scott, he's
pissed. Now, is I'm going to talk to you
for the rest of the show, though.
You know what, you're not going to believe me, but I was thinking of saying, like, 62 and I thought I was a bit too close today. 62. Now bring it down a little bit
and question. 3, what is the governor General's car of
Australia? It is holding Statesman.
It's not but it's in his garage. Wasn't the why it's not his
exact car? That looks like it's one of the
cars that they use to transport but not the governor General's inverted. Commas car.
Yeah. Technically, I think it's a
sincere. That's another one of the cars
that they use but it's not the actual governor-general's inverted. Commas car that he takes off
like a kinky. Scott is a Mercedes.
It Class. It is not the Mercedes E-Class.
Hmm manga Basics have the V6 Patrick 1999.
Suzuki Grand Vitara for being very specific of a year and model for that. It's a great card can't say
otherwise it It is the Rolls-Royce Phantom.
Never dropped off the friggin thing.
It just sits, it's an ornament bonus question.
Now, this is a question that I'm going to going to ask because it's, it's, it's important. What Royals have had their
backside in that car are and I will give you Edward point five if you can name each one, give me my mum's.
Get that picture back up. The Royals that have had their
backside in that car that have been taken in this car.
Queen Elizabeth. The second that is correct by
five Prince Philip. Now, this is just hacksaw.
It's not fair. Speaking Thai.
Not on this list. Yeah.
Look at the list of look after you you and Deacon Perry and Megan have been in incorrect, so your point five for that way.
But that's got Scott. I reckon I can Prince.
Charles Prince, Charles is correct.
He has been in the car and has come Albania to in Carmela.
She's got a drag queen, although she might look like good night.
Camilla. Yeah that's right.
That one Spanish cousin that we don't talk about that one that one lime Carmela. I'm going at the beginning.
If you think him any way I could find kick kick and your kids.
Sorry, I think you were right. It says he's real hot.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh which was the prince Prince. Philip correct.
Yeah. Hey Bam.
Like one point for your Get point five point five.
Okay. So I was five and take that.
Take that don't make me angry. There's a few more David will go
Lady Diana. Spencer Lady Diana.
It's a whale sings as well as is correct Point 5, U, she had, wasn't she had to go in that car would probably go we'd probably go Prince, William and Catherine.
Not that's that's it. Let's touch the let's the that
is the list that you that you mentioned.
This we've got them all. There are other people that have
been in that car, including the president Republic of Korea and ambassadors and high Commissioners from all over the world. There you go.
It's used for ceremonial occasions that car but I Pro when she came out, did she go in?
Oh, you think so sir. But no score.
Check Scotty point five. It would one party at the score
and David 3.5. Question for the Porsche 911 was
supposed to be Named the, what a red head motion.
I know one that is corrected. Well done.
Bonus question. Why was it not named as Persia
show? Ed.
So the trademark with all the numbers of the 0 in the middle, you know, the zero and the middle.
And so they said, no, it's too close to Persia.
You have to rename his correct. Well done.
And, and Porsche was like they actually their excuse was, it was too much of a hassle to fight it.
So they just called the Porsche One and the rest is history.
Resistor that is your quick an hour and Bunting for what is the rarest KN series of laser Ford lasers ever made?
It's going to name their only to made and they'll made it Ed.
Was it the ones with all the speakers in it?
Like the ex blond ones know that was based on an SR-22, they made four of them. This is even better than that,
you know, high volume. Sorry, even rarer than that.
It would even rarer than that. Okay okay.
Okay. And you say yeah it was in the
canes are so so same shape is mine but previous.
The pre-facelift can only made two.
They made to one was for sale recently and fetch them.
Okay. Number wasn't anything to W
Grand, Seven Grand 10 grand. Thank you very much.
Out people, obviously, they really valued them might that she received no i.d. No idea.
It was that rare. But you guys all these three,
two, one. It was called the Ford laser
Panther. They only made two of them.
There were made for the NRL team.
The, the penrith Panthers but it's also as a technology will experiment to show what they can.
Could do they up the performance?
They put a new chip in it. LSD gearbox, etc.
Etc. So it was, it was a cool car
question. Six, the rapper T-Pain, is it
and such thing is, he's quite well-known.
Reportedly bought a two million dollar, Bugatti Veyron, then sold it for a loss. Very shortly after how much did
he end up selling a for closest to will?
Get the point one point two million, 1.2 million says Edward
I do 1.35 1.35 stuff, like 400,000 1.4, yeah, 1.4 and
Patrick. What did you say, 800,000?
You know what Patrick you are bang on the money.
Eight hundred thousand dollars for this order for well done.
Did you know, did you know that story?
I can't believe it. Yeah, it was like not even like
a couple months or something after you sold the car because you couldn't afford the repayments.
And then, um, he suffer suffer a massive loss fool and his money are soon on my way. That's a that's a quick way to
burn. 1.2 million dollars. Question 7 w204 C63 was offering
which body styles put 5 H Patrick.
And you could hear whatever you want, but I was first on a collision course. All right, what's your all hyped
up? Just relax chili in it,
something's going on. I honestly had Patrick first, I
can patch it. What?
Body cells in the 2046 Tree. All right.
It's the head the sedan. Yep, M5.
Yeah, they had a coupe, a 15. They had a convertible incorrect
bow in depth, but I did hear it and it was a wagon.
It was a wagon that is correct. Well done, point five for you.
Y'all get 2.5, S. Take that.
Yeah, he's a turing sky. Torchic Scotty .5 Patrick to
David the 3.5 and Edward equal on 3.5 question 8.
The HSV Avalanche was based on which to hold and I got in the first Edge which was based on the crewmen and the adventurer model and 5 and .5. There you go.
Well done, question nine. You don't even born.
And that car was launched at shut up.
Which manufacturer was the first to win?
Lamar, with both diesel powered, and then, a hybrid powered car, Scott, Scott, Audi Audi is correct.
Well done. It's right, Ally, Reaper will
give me those motifs Pockets, going down the tarmac couples, supermarkets, Question 10 besides cars and bikes.
What is Honda and exhale. David got in there.
What is hundred? Exporter of yes.
Correct. Kind of power equipment.
Five Marine point five if you took Madam American Honda soybeans .5. Even if you've hit the nail on
the head, the Jets like a that they just they just give the engines. For them, I can't eat so .5,
each of those and then with regard to go to tie up the score now. So they sell they export the
soybeans out of the USA, believe it or not to, I hire to Japan, so score check after a grand total of 10 questions, plus some bonus questions, Scotty on 1.5 Patrick on to David on one, two,
three, four, five on five in total Edward on one, two, three, four and a half. Tonight's winner.
David Prince, wife .5 well done. Yes, thank you very much.
I've got me over the line at soybeans soybeans.
If I see you on another Drive day, that Hilux, it's gonna have more blowouts that in just one then and Patrick he doesn't make threats. He makes statements like
promises, bro. Good clothes quiz.
That was, there was some really tough questions.
Scotty really came in good with they with the L'Amour question about about a yeah, sure. That was good using they weren't
DSG powered cars. Very, very good work gentlemen.
I think that's podcast worried. Woo has become very aggressive.
Now, it's relative compared to its banks.
Not a friendly quiz anymore. No longer.
He's got his girlfriend's of the week.
What's your golf tip? Oh, welcome back to you, David
printing, mr. Edward panting.
I believe you guys do a podcast where we we do.
We do we, we do not cast where we talk to people about the cars of their lives on Spotify and all the main factions.
Yes, give him a listen there. Give them a listen, if you
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So it's probably probably to either prove whether they're very bored away. Continue stock, new fresh, fresh
casts to come out and actually Patrick have you got anything to say anything to plug before, before we go just that I'm better than end in every way imaginable?
Well, what about call? I like how he's he's throwing
the bait and your and your body every time it would be.
It's not hard to make me but two weeks is not too easy.
Scotty, you got your tip? Yeah, let's comment down with a
bit of golf. Yep, sounds good.
Going to a golf course. Every single one will have a
practice putting green do that before you go out and play because a lot of greens different speeds some slow summer, really fast. You don't work on that first,
violent pundit, and then you end up with another six foot.
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Mmm-hmm, good, that's great advice that he is online typing carlopa. He's got really important
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