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Concept
club plate permit
A “club plate permit” is paperwork that allows a car club to use certain license plates or registration rules for members. The host is making sure the club’s records match what’s officially on file.
Term
database
The database is an official computer list that keeps track of which cars are registered. If the car isn’t showing up there, authorities may think it’s not registered.
Term
log book
A log book is the paperwork record for a car. It often shows that the car is registered and when registration was paid.
Term
regio number
A regio number is like a car’s registration ID. If you type the right one into the system, it can correctly show that the car is registered.
Term
unregistered
Unregistered means the car isn’t officially listed as registered. If someone checks it, they may treat it as illegal to drive until registration is properly recorded.
Concept
registration
Registration is the official paperwork that keeps a car legally allowed to be used. If it isn’t renewed, the car can fall out of compliance, even if someone else is driving it.
Topic
club box
The “club box” sounds like the club’s assigned parking/storage spot for cars. They’re saying the permit problem is tied to that area’s rules.
Concept
discrepancies
A discrepancy is when the paperwork/records don’t match what’s supposed to be correct. In this case, it sounds like the club’s admin records have an error.
Concept
permit signed by another CH permit officer
It sounds like the permit has to be approved and signed by an official. If it’s signed by the right person, it can help fix or validate the paperwork.
Concept
roadworthy
A “roadworthy” check is an inspection to make sure your car is safe to drive. If it expires, you usually have to get the car checked again before you can keep driving it legally.
Concept
Red Scam
“Red Scam” appears to be a nickname for a specific bureaucratic or administrative process (likely involving paperwork/fees) that the speaker believes caused the heartbreak. Without more context, it’s not possible to identify the exact program, but it’s clearly treated as a recurring hassle.
Term
CH plate
A “CH plate” sounds like a special license-plate category tied to a permit. The important part here is that the office has extra steps to process the payment correctly for that specific plate type.
Term
club plates
“Club plates” refers to a plate/permit program associated with a club or organization, which can require additional administrative processing beyond standard plates. The speaker notes there are extra steps after payment to get the club plates fully set up.
Term
allocate the payment to the car
This means the office has to link your payment to the correct car in their computer system. For the club plate permit, that linking step is handled differently than for other plate types.
Term
invoice
An invoice is the paperwork that lists what you bought and how much each part or service cost. For a car, it can show what options were included and what the dealer charged when you bought it.
Term
pre-delivery
Pre-delivery is the work done to get a new car ready before you pick it up. Think of it as the final checks and setup so everything is correct when the car is delivered.
Concept
box for your ashes
They’re talking about a special storage compartment meant to hold cremation ashes. It’s basically a built-in place for a keepsake, not a normal glovebox or storage bin.
Concept
six weeks out
They’re talking about timing—about six weeks before something happens, they expect to get an email with the estimated cost. It’s more about scheduling than car mechanics.
Term
permit book
A “permit book” is a paper document that proves you’re allowed to do something with a vehicle (like being part of a club or having a permission). In this story, the usual sign-off is being replaced by a digital process.
Term
digital endorsement
A “digital endorsement” means approval happens electronically instead of with a handwritten signature. It’s being used here so the renewal can be processed without you getting a physical signature.
Company
Vic Rhodes
“Vic Rhodes” sounds like the person who handles the paperwork/approval for renewals. The process described is: scan the form, send it in, pay, and then they approve.
Part
transmission swap
A transmission swap is when someone takes out the car’s gearbox and puts in a different one. It’s a bigger repair than most because the transmission has to be fitted correctly and connected to the rest of the drivetrain.
Part
rocker cover gasket
This gasket is a rubber seal on top of the engine that helps keep oil from leaking out. If it’s leaking, oil can get onto hot parts and make a mess or smell.
Part
belts
They’re talking about the belts that run important engine accessories. If the belts are worn or stretched, they may not spin things properly and could fail.
Part
alternator
The alternator keeps the battery charged and powers the car’s electronics. If it’s rubbing into another cover, something isn’t lined up right and could cause damage.
Part
timing cover
The timing cover is a protective shell around the engine’s timing area. If it cracks, it can leak and leave important parts more exposed than they should be.
Term
heat cycle
A heat cycle means the part gets hot while you drive and cools down afterward. Over many cycles, some plastics and rubbers break down and can crack.
Term
timing belt
The timing belt is a rubber belt inside the engine that keeps the engine’s moving parts in sync. If it breaks, the engine can get badly damaged, so people replace it on schedule or when they’re not sure when it was last done.
Term
water pump
The water pump moves coolant through the engine so it doesn’t overheat. Since it’s hard to reach, mechanics often replace it when they’re already working on related timing-belt parts.
Part
engine mount
Engine mounts hold the engine in the car and help reduce shaking and noise. If they wear out, the engine can move more than it should and you may feel extra vibration or hear clunks.
Part
front struts
Struts are part of the front suspension that combine shock absorption with structural support. When struts leak, it usually indicates the internal damping fluid has escaped, which can reduce ride quality and handling.
Brand
KYBs
KYB makes suspension parts, usually shocks/struts. Putting in “KYBs” means you’re replacing worn suspension dampers so the car rides and handles more like it should.
Part
lower control on bushes
Those “bushes” are the soft mounts that let the suspension move smoothly. If they’re worn, the car can feel sloppy and the tires may wear unevenly.
Part
brakes
They’re talking about the car’s stopping parts. Brake pads wear down, and if you let things go too long, the metal discs (rotors) can get damaged too.
Part
pads
Brake pads are the replaceable parts that press against the brake disc to stop the car. When they wear out, you replace them so braking stays strong and smooth.
Part
rotors
Rotors are the metal discs the brake pads squeeze. If the rotors get worn badly, they can develop a ridge (“lip”) and braking can feel rough or less effective.
Part
rear sway bar links
Sway bar links are the small connecting pieces that help the sway bar do its job. If they’re worn, the car can make noise and handle less predictably in turns.
Part
debushes
“Debushes” means replacing worn rubber mounts. When those rubbers get old, parts can move too much and you may hear clunks or feel looseness.
Term
rocket cover gasket
That gasket is a rubber seal that keeps oil from leaking out around the top of the engine. If it’s leaking, you might see oil around the cover area, and it’s usually something you can fix without replacing the whole engine.
Brand
Gates
Gates is a company that makes replacement parts like belts. Using a known brand can be a way to get parts that fit well and are made for the job.
Company
Basko
Basko sounds like the shop or seller he bought the parts from. It matters mostly because it affected the price he paid.
Part
D bushes
Bushings are small rubber parts that help suspension components move smoothly. If they’re worn, the car can feel loose and may make creaks or clunks.
Term
front end
“Front end” just means the car’s front section. Taking it out usually means removing parts so they can reach what needs fixing or replacing.
Term
road early
They’re talking about driving the car before everything is finished. That can be risky because the car might still be missing parts or not fully set up.
Concept
gutted most of the interior
They’re basically stripping the inside of the car. That can be for weight savings or to get to parts underneath that you can’t reach otherwise.
Term
seat fabric
Seat fabric is the cloth or upholstery on the seat. They’re trying to save it because they want the correct material and don’t want it to get torn.
Term
door cards
Door cards are the inside panels you see when you open the door. They’re the trim pieces that cover the door’s interior.
Term
roof rail
A roof rail is the part on top of the car that you can mount things to, like a roof rack. They removed it, but had to pull the roof lining down to do it.
Term
headliner
The headliner is the material on the inside of the roof. They had to pull it down to get to something above it.
Part
gear knob
The gear knob is the part you grab to change gears. If something in the dash got knocked loose and fell, it might land on the gear knob and show how big the problem was.
Part
new speakers
Speakers convert the audio signal from the head unit into sound. The speaker upgrade mentioned here implies an aftermarket or replacement audio setup, and the discussion of installation suggests the mounting and wiring can affect whether other dash components stay secure.
Part
sub
A “sub” usually means a subwoofer, which makes the deep bass sounds. They’re talking about the back subwoofer and how it relates to the audio setup.
Term
install
“Install” here means putting the car audio parts in and connecting them. If it’s done with the wrong fit or too much force, parts can come loose.
Part
head unit
The head unit is the main dashboard screen/radio system. If it pops out, it can be a sign the mounting wasn’t secure or something hit hard enough to dislodge it.
Part
LCD screen
An LCD screen is the display you see in the dashboard. If it got knocked loose during an impact, it might still look okay from the outside, but it could be damaged inside.
Term
dash
The dash is the dashboard area in front of the driver. If something is “out of the dash,” it means it came loose from where it’s supposed to be mounted.
Part
ECU
The ECU is the car’s main computer. It helps manage things like how the engine runs by using sensor data and sending commands to the engine systems.
Part
airbag controller
The airbag controller is the system that decides when airbags should deploy in a crash. It’s designed to work only when it detects a serious impact.
Concept
block hasn't been damaged
The “block” is the main part of the engine that holds the cylinders. If the car was moved while in gear, the engine can be forced to turn in a way that might cause damage, so they’re checking for signs it’s still okay.
Concept
crank it
“Crank it” means trying to start the engine by using the starter. They’re doing it to see if the engine turns freely or if something is obviously wrong.
Concept
in gear
“In gear” means the transmission is engaged, so the wheels are connected to the engine. If you move the car like that, the engine can get forced to turn.
Term
left it in neutral
Neutral is when the car isn’t connected to the engine for driving. The wheels can roll freely, but the engine isn’t pushing the car forward.
Term
damaged the block
The engine block is the big metal part inside the engine that the cylinders are built into. If it’s damaged, the engine can lose compression or start leaking fluids.
Term
gearboxes
A gearbox is the part that helps the engine deliver power to the wheels in the right way. If something goes wrong, repairs can be costly.
Part
side skirt
A side skirt is the panel along the bottom edge of the car’s side. It helps with airflow and can take some hits from dirt and debris.
Part
foggies
“Foggies” likely means fog lights. They’re extra lights on the front of the car meant to help you see better in bad weather.
Term
switches
Switches are the buttons/controls you use to turn car features on and off. If they stop working, the wiring or the switch itself may need fixing.
Part
K frame
A K frame is like a heavy metal platform under the car that holds the front suspension and other parts. Instead of taking everything apart piece by piece, mechanics can sometimes remove that whole platform to make the job easier.
Concept
half cut
A “half cut” is a salvage-style approach where you remove and store a large section of the car—often the front or rear half—rather than disassembling every component individually. It’s commonly used to preserve parts and make storage or future reassembly easier.
Part
spoiler
A spoiler is the wing-like piece on the back of a car. It can be for looks, but it also helps shape airflow, and it’s often taken off when doing repairs.
Part
tail lights
Tail lights are the lights at the back of the car. If one is damaged, you can replace just that one instead of changing everything.
Term
PDR
PDR means “paintless dent repair.” It’s a way to fix small dents without repainting by pushing the metal back into shape from underneath.
Part
front bar
“Front bar” means the bumper at the front. If it’s in good shape after an accident, that usually means the front damage wasn’t as severe as other areas.
Part
rear bar
They mean the car’s rear bumper. It’s the part at the back that gets damaged in low-speed bumps.
Part
door handles
They might also replace or repair the door handles. That’s the part you grab to open the doors.
Part
number plates
They’re talking about the license plates. Even small impacts can loosen or pop them out.
Term
self-tapped
They used a self-tapping screw, which is a screw that makes its own thread as you drive it in. They used it to hold the damaged part in place.
Term
shock
A shock is a suspension part that helps smooth out bumps. If a cover on it comes loose, it can leave the shock exposed to grime and water.
Term
cluster
The cluster is the dashboard screen/gauges that show things like speed and mileage. Taking it out gives you access behind the dash.
Term
12 volt accessory
Cars run many electronics on a 12-volt electrical system. An “accessory” feed is a power connection that turns things on when the car is in accessory/ignition mode.
Term
Ford badge
A badge is the logo/emblem that shows the car’s brand. They’re talking about taking the Ford logo off as part of what they’re saving or displaying.
Car
Ford Fiesta
The Ford Fiesta is a small car that’s made for everyday driving, especially in town. In the episode, it’s mentioned because the speaker is talking about someone who likes a band and they’re connected to the Fiesta. It’s basically the car being discussed in that personal story.
Part
wheels
Wheels are the metal rims the tires sit on. People upgrade them for looks, and sometimes to change how the car feels and handles.
Part
papercone speakers
“Papercone speakers” are speakers that use a paper cone to move air and make sound. They’re mentioning them as a specific kind of speaker that could be used or replaced.
Brand
pioneers
They’re talking about a speaker brand—Pioneer. The point is that the speakers they’re using are from a reputable audio company.
Part
fenders
“Fenders” are the panels around the wheels. They’re saying the setup they’re talking about doesn’t include those panels.
Part
headlights
They’re talking about headlights and how their shapes differ between car versions. That matters because it can change whether parts will fit or look right when swapped.
Term
cutouts
Here, “cutouts” means sections that are cut out of a panel. They’re talking about both how it looks and how it’s used on the car.
Concept
engine removal
Engine removal is when you take the engine out of the car. People do it when they need to repair or replace parts that are hard to reach while the engine is still in.
Term
frame dropping onto a crate
They’re talking about putting the car’s frame/chassis on a crate or pallet. That helps keep it stable and easier to work on while they take things apart.
Topic
new laser
They say “new laser,” which sounds like a project name. The snippet doesn’t make it clear if it’s a specific car or just what they call the build.
Concept
not going to register it
They’re saying they won’t register the new car yet. That usually means it’s not ready to be legally driven on the road.
Topic
Small forward Sunday
This sounds like a car meet or event day. The speaker is trying to get their car ready in time to bring it.
Car
Toyota Camry
The Toyota Camry is a regular passenger car (a sedan) meant for everyday driving. People talk about it because it’s usually comfortable and straightforward to own. In this episode, it’s mentioned as the speaker’s own car that’s working well.
Topic
classic Japan, gentlemen
They’re setting up a theme for the show—classic Japanese cars. It’s basically a “we’re talking about this kind of stuff next” moment.
Part
tyres
Tyres are the rubber parts of the wheels that touch the road. People often clean or treat them so they look darker and newer, which makes the whole car look better in photos and at events.
Part
cargo area floor mats
Cargo area floor mats are the removable coverings in the trunk or storage area. They help protect the floor from mud, spills, and scuffs, and they’re easy to replace or clean.
Concept
five generations
A “generation” is a major redesign of a car model. Saying “five generations” means they’re showing five different eras of the same model.
Car
Honda Prelude
The Honda Prelude is a Honda sports coupe that existed in several different versions over time. Here, they’re planning a display that shows multiple generations of the Prelude.
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It's Tuesday night here on 90.9 North West FM.
It's me, Matty J on line with Mr. David Prince, Mr. Scotty Doe Johnson.
And in the studio with Mr. Chad DeBell.
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Where is the bunting?
We're going to see where he is.
But yes, all good.
Good to see you guys.
Let's crack up some car updates.
It's a big week this week.
It's Sakura Picnic towards the end of the week on this Sunday.
Coming up, David Prince, updates with you.
Not a lot this week, actually.
I've driven a few things and I've started a few things and moved them around.
Got the Accord running and driving.
Got the Grand Prix running and driving.
Oh, interesting little admission I've got to make, actually,
as the club plate coordinator of the...
Did I tell you about the club plate reconciliation
I was doing for the club the other day?
Yeah, you mentioned it.
I think you mentioned it in passing,
but I don't know the full thing about it.
Oh, okay.
So every 12, 18 months, I'll try and get the club plate permit,
the club plate database copy for our club
and then match it up with the records that I've got
just to make sure there's no discrepancies.
There always are a couple.
So people have sold their cars.
Some people haven't, you know,
forgot to pay them or something like that.
We had one that wasn't on the database
and I thought that's strange.
I thought the guy still had the car.
So message him, yeah, sure, the car.
I said, oh, it's not coming off the database
and he freaked out a bit.
And he said, I was driving it last weekend.
It should be there.
Yeah.
I think they sent me a copy of his log book
with the stamp from paying it at a branch.
So I was in doing some other stuff for Grode's.
They checked into it and he just entered the regio number in
and did a couple of taps on his keyboard
and he said, oh, yeah, it's on the database now.
Okay, good.
Like eight months further on.
So had he been pulled up,
they would have, of course, defaulted to the big roads database.
Oh, yeah.
I would have been unregistered.
So he's unregistered.
We had another guy who's father joined the club a few years ago
and the permit was in his father's name,
but the son's now taken the car over and driving the car
and the dad decided not to renew his registration.
Oh, no.
No, the dad decided not,
he didn't come to many clubs, things, so he just didn't renew.
And yeah, so the kids driving a car with a non-member's permit
in the club box basically, he notes his dad's.
So I had to ring him and say,
actually, the cheapest way out of this is probably
to get your dad to rejoin the club.
Bob, yeah.
So you're a current member.
The car's still permitted.
And then one of the discrepancies was my car,
or one of my cars.
David, Prince, you, you sly W.
Obviously, some, some, you know,
another decrode's error here.
Administration or administration.
Another administration error.
Sadly, it appears it wasn't.
I very methodically had my permit signed by another
CH permit officer in the club,
stuck the new sticker on the windscreen,
stuck the sticker in the logbook,
started filling in the logbook and actually paid for the permit.
Oh, dear.
Oh, boy.
Yes.
So now seven or eight months on,
I need to get another roadworthy.
Oh, no.
My car hasn't had a roadworthy for 30 years.
Is this the, is this the Red Scam?
It is.
Oh, David.
No.
I know.
Oh, no, David.
That was heartbreaking.
I know.
I just, I was just stood there in disbelief just saying,
well, actually, I, I was, I thought, I'm sure,
I'm sure I've paid it.
Do you think I can find a payment?
I've been through all my credit card because I've paid it online.
I, well, I always do them online.
Couldn't find a credit.
Couldn't get, couldn't find the email when they usually,
when you do them online, they send you an email saying
it's pending and then they're approved.
Yeah, nothing.
So all I can assume is that I, life was busy and I just
didn't pay it.
Did everything else but pay the permit.
Tell me you get to keep the plates at least.
Oh my goodness.
I am going to be hoping against hope because plates are nearly
30 years old now.
Yeah.
I'm 30 years old.
So they're a CH plate.
Yeah, yeah.
The CH prefix on the plate.
Yeah.
So, like, I'm not sure.
The card, the plate is still in the system.
Okay.
Expired.
So.
Have you, have you went to Vickereddon and said, hey,
I thought I paid this completely by accident.
You know, it's still, it's still with the club.
It was just, it was a miscalculation on my behalf.
I thought I paid it.
I haven't paid it.
It's still in the system.
Could I pay it and I'll pay the balance of the year or what have
you, have you thought about going down that route?
You think they would do that?
I mean, Vickroads is Vickroads, but you know, you might get
someone nice on the day that actually might go out for you,
which, which is, it is rare, but it does, they do exist on the
odd occasion, especially if they haven't dealt with, you know,
a million people from broad meadows of already on that day.
So, um, Brody Vickroads is a wild place, isn't it, Jud?
It's a bit of a zoo.
It's a zoo is an understatement.
It's wild.
It's a different country.
So it's wild there.
It's the whole different world.
But yes, well, look, in the interests of, um, of, of, of
hopefulness, there's, you've got to have hope in this world.
I might actually do that because I do have another one to pay,
which I will go with, in the branch.
So yeah, if I, if I, um, if I throw myself at the mercy of the
Vickroads, uh, people, I actually did a, before this had all
happened.
I was, I actually walked in and there was a line of about 20
people and I thought, oh, I can't wait for this.
You know, and I'm just sort of looking around and a lady came
up to me, the laptop, like triage almost in the hospital
was saying, oh, you know, what are you looking for?
What do you need done?
And I had to get some number plates for another car.
She said, oh, look, I'll grab the form.
You can fill it out in line and then you'll get a ticket.
And she was really helpful, really efficient.
She kept straight back to me with the right form, a pad and a,
you know, a board to rest it on and a pen and everything.
Um, so I was like, oh, that's pretty good.
And then when we got up to the, the guy with the tickets,
she was there and he said, oh, what can I do for you?
And I said, well, this lady's giving me this form.
She was very helpful.
And then she said, oh, when you're done, she said, would you mind
doing, have you got five minutes to do a survey?
Hmm.
I said, yes, I do.
So I said, interestingly, she told me, I talked about what I
was doing there and it was all about the people on the uptake
of doing stuff through the app or through your line.
And I said, well, look, I, you know, I usually do,
but because I had this, I couldn't find online how to get
new number plates for a car that already had them.
Anyway, and then I talked about the CH plate and she said,
you really, you always have to check when you do pay them online
because if you pay them in, in the branch, she said, there are
another, after the payment goes through, there are another two
steps they have to do for the club plates.
She said, so you always want to make sure that they've done the
next two steps.
They have to allocate the payment to the car, which she said is
unique to the club plate permit.
And they're looking to try and sort it out, but they haven't
been able to yet.
Okay.
So is that when you do it in branch?
Pay at branch?
Yeah.
Only when you're doing in branch, when you're doing it online,
I suppose they do it because that's what they're doing.
But, you know, when the branch is busy and there's lots of people
and, you know, there's, you know, and they're just, you know,
whizzing through and they do it.
Boom.
Yep.
He's here.
Yeah.
We've registered that payment.
They've got to then attach the payment to the, and that's what
obviously happened in this guy's place.
They'd stamped his book, stamped his receipt, everything.
And he, he headed off actually having allocated the payment to
the, to the car.
You found the payment because of the date stamp on the, on the
risk on the paperwork, but it hadn't been attached to that car.
Okay.
The car was current.
We had done everything right, but they hadn't made that extra
step.
So I thought that was, that was good to hear direct from them.
And she was very helpful.
So car talk top tip.
Go into branch.
Yes.
I reckon that might be an idea.
Yeah.
And you know, you've done it rather.
Yeah.
Yeah.
If you've got the time.
Correct.
Yeah.
Well, that's true.
That's exactly right.
If you've got the time.
Yeah.
But yeah, I was, I was pretty gutted actually.
David, your local, their quotes is Ringwood?
No.
No, Heatherton.
Oh yeah.
Okay.
There's other one that run next to Shannon's.
Correct.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And usually they're really good.
In fact, the last couple of times I've been in, is the only time
there's been a line normally can just run up to the counter grab,
get the ticket.
But the last couple of times I think it's becoming more popular
because there's about 25 counters there.
So it's, it's a pretty busy one.
Busy one.
It gets through.
It's got a big catchment.
Yes.
Yeah.
I remember I went there once because I was on a PD day in Bratt.
And, and we were allowed to PD early on.
I'm like, oh, I had to pay.
I had to go pay my, my Mercedes.
You know.
Permit.
Permit.
And I was like, where's the close one?
It was this, this one.
I'm like, where the hell am I?
Like, it's a different world.
Crossroad is Shannon's.
Yeah.
It was like, I get them like, okay.
And then I walk in and it's, it's, it's as Chad would say,
not a zoo compared to what I've used to.
Probably a bit more civilized.
Civilized.
So yeah.
You know, machine in the corner.
And I know it was lovely.
It was a lovely experience.
So, so yeah.
It's funny.
When you say, you had no idea where you are.
That's how I feel when I come over your way.
This part of the world.
As you know, David, if it spins forth,
you bring it to the north.
That's, that's what they say.
Look, try that.
Let's just see if you know.
Yeah.
Look, I've got nothing to lose.
Have I?
And use, and use your, you know, leader of the Honda car club,
you know, thing and say, look, you know, it was a,
it was a, it was a.
Administrational era.
Flirical era.
On our end.
On our end.
So we're just having to fix it up if we could because,
because the, because the owner's ever so pissed.
I mean,
I was just glad it wasn't one I'd signed myself because I have
signed my own thing,
which is technically that they don't, they don't,
they don't care.
But I had actually got someone because I think it looks better
to have someone else's signature on your permit.
It might be worth it to say it was a clerical error on our end.
Look, I will.
I will.
I'll report back once I've done that, but I've got another one to pay.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
What it did,
I'm putting it out there to everyone in the thing.
And I've chatted to Mr.
Bunting,
people who have a number of cars on club plates will say,
what's the system you use?
How do you actually keep track of each particular car?
I mean, I've got hanging folded, you know,
with each car in it sort of thing,
but there's got to be a better sort of,
you know,
online way I think to do it.
And I'm just trying to explore.
The portal online now,
it tells you your cars and your club cars.
Have you noticed that, David?
Oh, yes.
So I just,
like every,
you know, so often I'm like,
oh, I'm wondering when everything's due and I just jump on there
and I'm like, oh yeah, plenty of time.
So that's the way I do it,
to keep kind of like a track of when my permits are up.
I was thinking of something though,
that you had your permit,
you had your insurance information and expiry dates,
had the jobs you wanted to do on each car,
because there's always something,
you know,
that you're going to do on that car sort of thing.
He's on a different app, gentlemen.
Yeah.
Patent pending.
Patent pending.
Is there an idea?
You can't take it.
Is there an idea?
The car talk.
Car talk out.
Car.
Something.
Car talk car out.
It's not silly.
It's not silly.
It isn't.
It really isn't.
It wouldn't be too hard to make.
Car talk.
Car admin.
Administration.
Something.
Yeah.
What about car talking?
Car talking.
Oh, not bad.
Not bad.
Yeah.
I don't mind that.
Because then you can think,
oh now,
with the Civic,
what do I need to do?
Right.
Oh, okay.
Okay.
So I know the permit expires.
That's right.
That's right.
That's right.
I want to get the speakers for,
you know,
replace the speakers which are all,
you know,
the 45 years old.
Yeah.
I know a guy, David.
I know a guy.
Yeah.
Actually,
I've got a few jobs around there.
Absolutely.
Happy to help.
Yeah.
So I'm interested to know how the people
catalog their cars and keep tabs on them.
I catalog all my cars with,
this is my ICD talking,
but I've got folders of like,
you know, like,
like binders with plastic pockets and every size.
Like you've got physical.
Like physical.
I get all the receipts and everything.
Yeah.
All the cars,
even Pam's,
you know,
normal,
that laser still has got its own folder and,
Pam presented it to me.
I was sick.
That,
and I'm like,
no,
you know,
and then,
if it works,
it works.
Exactly right.
I've got to figure out how I'm going to put an ending
to the black lasers one.
Do I just put a picture of it like,
at the end?
Yeah.
Yeah,
because it's,
it's a full folder of just like every receipt.
It's got even the purchase certificate,
like a purchase.
What's it called?
The,
the first,
the invoice.
Invoice and the pre-delivery.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
The pre-delivery.
It's got it all in there.
It's a little,
a little,
a little cash.
I'll just,
well,
I'll explain the idea that,
that it had in my car.
It's like a box for your ashes.
Ashes.
Yeah.
I feel,
I think,
Oh,
maybe you burn it all and put it in an ashes box.
Oh,
and take it,
take it to Bathurst.
Yeah.
You know,
let me go,
go to the Ford plant in Royal Meadows.
I sprinkled it in some of the.
Yeah.
Like the Japan.
Yeah.
Got back to the rush.
You guys,
it's,
it's,
it's,
it's,
it's,
it's,
it's,
You are not these.
Car Funeral.
Car Funeral.
Car,
or car.
Funeral.
I got something motion.
Oh,
that is,
that is funny.
Yeah.
So you've got physical folders.
Keep all of it in there.
I,
I just,
I just,
for some reason,
they're just all stuck in my head.
My civic is June,
April.
during
June.
Magna is due in October and Tarago is due in November.
And then just all in my head.
And I know roughly six weeks out
is when you should get an email with big quotes
to say, hey, it's coming up.
And then that's what I know.
Okay, I've got to get my endorsement
from my club president and all that stuff
so I can have it ready so I can then do the,
and I do wait until the last few days.
You said why?
I do, I probably do it about a week
before the permit is due to expire.
And I just send it all to the course.
That's my head in too, that endorsement thing.
I get people email the endorsement saying,
oh, can you sign this for my club permit?
And I say, well, no, it's better
to actually have the renewal signed
in the two places it's got to be signed.
So you've got the signature book on the permit.
Yeah, look, I haven't had any issues,
but then again, I haven't been really pulled over.
And then they've checked my books or whatever.
You know what I mean?
Are you just the new sticker in the new logbook?
I put the sticker in the logbook and then I keep,
I mean, I just have it all handy sort of thing
so that if I get pulled over for whatever reason
that I can just prove that the car is registered.
It's been paid, it's been signed as the endorsement.
I have the endorsement in my email or something like that.
If I get pulled over in the middle of Australia,
there's no internet connection, it might be stuffed.
You might be applied for a strife.
Yeah, I haven't thought that far.
But yeah, the endorsement is being quite easy.
Like my president doesn't live super close to me.
So it's kind of handy for him to just give me
the endorsements over email.
He just types up a little thing and goes, yep,
he's a member, he's the car details, signs it,
and then as soon as you send that to be closed,
or like, yep, so it takes him a couple of days usually.
Yeah, the problem is once I've been rejected,
I got rejected once with an endorsement,
and I was like, what the hell?
Been doing it for a few years, no issue.
One random time I got rejected and I was like, that's weird.
And then I just sent it to the president and he goes,
just send it again.
And then it got accepted.
The exact same endorsement got accepted.
It's just the person that I got at Vic Rhodes
just didn't process it properly.
So they were like, oh, no, we don't accept these.
And he just like rejected it or something.
Maybe it was the Tarago.
It was like, I'm going to put in Tarago.
Yeah, who's the Tarago in the club, Raj?
Is this endorsement that you're talking about?
You just do what, once a year?
Yeah, yeah, it's kind of like in lieu of getting
your permit book signed and the sticker
inside the permit book signed,
you get like a digital endorsement
and that kind of replaces the signature.
So that Vic Rhodes can process renewal.
Yeah, so you don't get the signature inside.
Mine just sends out.
He just sends out a letter with the Vic Rhodes form on it.
And all I do is scan it, send it through to Vic Rhodes,
pay, they approve, and then I just stick it into my new.
Oh, so that is the endorsement?
That's the endorsement, yeah.
That sounds like the endorsement,
because you don't actually get a physical signature
on your club permit sticker, do you?
He's just like filled it out for me with his signature and stuff.
On the Vic Rhodes form.
Like, so you're not signing it at all, Scotty?
I think on that Vic Rhodes form from memory,
I just sign and then scan it through to Vic Rhodes.
Yeah, so on this permit form,
with the comes later, closer to the time it expires,
the permit holder to sign it as well as the club permit officer.
I mean, we have a copy of that.
We're meant to take a photo of it and load it up.
Yeah, you do have to send that to your coach.
Yeah, along with the endorsement, and then marry them off.
Let me see if I can find it.
But like a, yeah, a personal database to keep all that stuff
would be pretty handy, actually.
And then to go along with your insurance
and maybe your servicing and upcoming things.
Yeah, it's definitely something could be done.
Absolutely. Someone could do it.
Absolutely. I can't.
I've got a very famous permit in the first place.
We should start the car to a car club out of the S&M.
And you know, it's.
You know, it apparently doesn't take a lot to create a car club
like for club permit reasons and all that.
I've heard that.
There's like some clubs with like five members.
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yeah.
Now, we're trying to stand that out.
I thought they had to have.
A minimum.
A minimum number of members.
And I can't remember what the number was.
The.
But yeah, you've basically got to have a.
Constitution, but that's easy to do.
I mean, there are model constitutions that you can get.
We're actually going through our club one at the moment.
That's been around for 50 years, just updating it.
Jeez.
The constitution of Australia.
Going to have a referendum.
So yeah, it's strange things have happened.
Well, I mean, I've got a friend who's started one,
mainly because he's got 10 club cars.
So he's like, you know, I'm just going to start my own.
I'm going to get a few other people.
Yeah. And then he's got all of his cars on his own club.
And yeah, it's a bit of a research, research for the week.
Gentlemen, this is where we started our car club.
The car talk cruising car club.
Cruising car, car, car talking, car talking.
Absolutely.
Car talks, dear car talk.
Yeah, into a into a hedge.
So, so yes, well, you know, this is something to talk into, gentlemen.
So, David, figure that out.
Let's hopefully we can.
I will. I'll report back.
I'll say it was a clerical error.
So say the other thing doesn't know and we try to keep it under wraps.
Who's there?
I don't know myself.
Oh, yeah, some fellow named.
The Prince.
The Prince, yes.
Isn't your name David Prince?
Yeah, it's a common name, you see, just like Scott Johnson.
Don't get more common than that.
Golly, your car updates, my friend.
Nothing.
Nothing.
No, I haven't done anything.
Nothing correlated.
Nothing correlated.
Haven't.
Is Jim on?
He's not.
You know, if you didn't wash it.
I didn't wash it because I thought, well, I'm taking it to the car show on Sunday.
So yeah, I'll just wash it then on the Saturday.
Spruce it up.
The interior is all good.
I already did that not too long ago.
So it's nice and clean.
Nice.
Yeah, that's it.
Nothing else.
Chad, updates for you, my friend.
Hasn't been a lot.
I was away last weekend for most of it.
So I didn't end up doing anything on cars.
Yeah, no.
I cleaned up the garage actually on Sunday
because it was a bit of a bit of a, you know, look like a bomb hit it
because after we worked on the transmission swap, yeah, after the transmission swap.
And so I just got, you know, just put things in its place
and cleaned it up and just make sure that we're ready to go again.
To whack it in, to whack it in.
And yeah, no, has been a pretty quiet week on cars for me.
Got to go pick up your.
Oh, it's right up here.
Yeah.
Yeah, he's got to message him again when he's free.
So that's your update.
Yeah, that's me.
But that's with me.
I took the laser, the new one, to go get looked at for roadworthy today.
And this wasn't bad.
It was, you know, Chad's already seen it.
Not too bad.
So I thought I'd use my permit up while it's still,
while I could still get on the road.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So so they gave me a list of things to work with.
Wasn't bad at all.
A parking light down.
That's easy.
The rocker cover gasket was leaking.
That's fine. I did.
I did realize that when I checked it.
All the belts need adjusting.
They're a little bit old.
He's like, just just put new belts on them.
Yeah.
So the alternator is rubbing into the timing cover.
So the timing cover is going to crack in it for, you know,
where the time we all goes.
And it's common failure.
I replaced mine on, I replaced the one in mine at about 300,000
because it was just the heat, the minute heat plastic heat cycle
and they just crack and crumble.
So so that was rubbing on the same thing was rubbing on mine.
So I've got a brand new one on my actual engine on the on the black car.
So I'll take I'll take one off that.
Um, he's also like to me, he doesn't know when the timing belt's been done.
There's no signage for it.
He's like, you may as well, it's hit 200.
Just just just throw one out just to be safe.
Yeah. Yeah.
So it's time about water pump.
I mean, that's on a water ride worthy item, but he's like, just just do it.
It's just just safe, you know, insurance.
Upper driver's mount, engine mount, lower engine mount.
So I just bought a, I just ordered a set of four engine mounts
just because they're quite cheap.
They're like 30 bucks each.
Um, pretty good.
Front struts are leaking.
So that's, that's okay.
Because hopefully the struts on my one are still good
because they're still relatively new.
I put some good KYBs on that one.
So once I take him out, I'll be able to see if they're better
or anything because there's a left hand side did take a bit of a hit.
But, you know, I, you know, in due course,
the lower control on bushes, that's a common laser thing.
They all go and the he's like, he's like, change your brakes.
He's like the front and rears have had pads slapped.
They've just, they've had just, just people just had slapping it
the whole time.
So he's like the, the, the rotors are hammered.
He's like, they've got such, such big lips, but, uh, the front
rotors on my laser, I quite literally replaced 200 kilometers
ago.
So they should still be good.
Like quite literally 200 kilometers ago.
They're, they're brand new.
So I'm going to do those.
And then the rears I'll have to obviously order in order to set
because there's no, there's no one's left with the real ones.
Yeah.
And sway bar, rear sway bar links and debushes, and that's pretty much it.
So it's not a bad list at all.
It's actually, it's, it's a pretty easy, it's just a pretty standard list.
He's like, actually it's a very tidy little car underneath.
You know, it's just, you know, it's, it's like, that's just general wear
and tear items.
It's nothing, you know, catastrophically wrong.
So.
Note to self, go to Canberra to get road with you next time.
Cause they, you know, they've had a camera road with you a couple of weeks.
Absolutely.
Yes, they're, they're, they're a little, they're a little bit through, I think.
Well, Victoria is going to be just terrible.
Yeah.
I'm really strict.
Yeah.
So.
But also the thing camera does though, yearly inspections.
They do, I think so.
Yeah, they're a little bit more chill.
They're like main things.
They do that next time.
You're absolutely working.
And then yeah, they probably let you go for a year or so.
Yeah.
For other things.
Yeah.
But he said like, it's not really leaking anywhere except the
rocket cover gasket, which he's like, it's good.
He's like, you know, everything else is pretty good on the car.
He, you know, he said the risk, the risk starts to find, you know, it's
really clean underneath.
Like you're surprised at how, you know, clean it is.
So I don't think that's a bad list at all to be fair.
I think that's, I think that's, that's pretty easy.
So I, after that, I went straight to my place of work, super cheap, expensive
and auto and I basically ordered the rocket cover gasket set, which was 40
dollars for the whole, for the whole, with the, with all the O-rings and everything
and the bolts and stuff.
Um, the belts were like $4 and $8 for the, for the, for the alternator and,
um, and, uh, how steering belt, very cheap and so cheap and air conditioning
belt, the timing belt kit with a water pump, um, with the, with the gates
kit from Basko, I got it from, I got it like half priced for like $160.
I think it was not too bad.
Um, the front struts I didn't buy because I'm going to see if my ones are
still okay on the other car engine mounts with 30 bucks each.
So I, it's certainly needed two, but I ordered all four just, just to give
it some, some fresh mounts because they're 30 bucks each.
Uh, did the D bushes and the, um, sway bar links were like, I think
that the bushes were like $13 and the, the, the links were 20 bucks each.
And what else was it?
The log control and bushes were $25.
So, you know, overall not too bad.
Like, you know, it ended up being about 400 bucks, but that's not bad.
That's not bad.
Yeah.
That's pretty good.
I'm like, I haven't, I haven't ordered the rib brakes yet.
That'll be something I'll, I'll just do in my own time.
But, um, yeah, it'll go back in in a few, in a few weeks for him just to, I'm
waiting all the way for all the parts.
I'll do as much as I can.
Um, but that'll give me enough time to take the front end out of the other car
out to have a look.
Yeah.
So, so with some, some bits of that.
Yep.
Absolutely.
And, uh, yeah, pretty much be ready to go.
And he's like, look, you can just, it's pretty much ready to go off for a road
early, but I'm not going to do that obviously.
Cause I'm going to go, this is the second part of my update.
I went to, I went with Ed, uh, it picked me up in the eco LPI guess you, which
he is such a you guy now.
This guy is, he's all, he's all about this year.
He's changed, he's changed, he's a Ford guy, right?
Yeah, he's, he's, he's talking in tradie terms now and he says everything in
four B two and he's really embraced it.
I think he's in a bad boy era as he, as he mentioned.
So he picked me up on Saturday morning.
I went down to see Roxberg smashed to start getting bits off, bits off the car.
So yeah, we pretty much gutted most of the interior.
So I kept the dash and the driver's seat in there.
I'll explain to you why in a second, but it just felt wrong.
You know, it felt wrong stripping it.
It's just like, oh, what am I doing?
And I was pulling the cover off the, um, like the actual seat fabric off the seat.
And it was just, it just felt like I was de-skidding a human being.
It was just, it felt, it felt so wrong.
I'm like, oh, what am I doing?
Um, and I'm like, sorry, I'm so sorry.
I was pulling the cover off, but it's good to have that fabric.
In case I get a rip running because it's, you know, it's SR2 specific.
Um, got, got, got some, got two or three of the, uh, well, two of the
door cards and mint, one I had to break a little bit because we couldn't get the
driver's side door open.
Um, so, so I, I need a bit of DP on that.
Um, the roof rail, I got the, the good one off.
So I had to go from underneath, pull the headliner down.
And again, that kind of bent the roof line out.
And I was like, I'm so sorry, guys.
I'm, as I'm taking it off, but I've got that out.
So I've got, I've got one good one.
I might have to get David Prince to, to fix up the other side, if possible.
Um, and, uh, what else did I get?
Got the gear knob, um, got my, got my new speakers, which I had put in it because
you know, just read some of it.
Yeah, just read the sub in the back, it's gone.
No, it's, it's at home.
It's fine.
It came out the vibe.
Yeah.
It's surprisingly, like he's like, he's like, you did a good install
cause it didn't move.
So, you know, if you want, if you're on your subs installed, come
send me ladies and gentlemen.
And, um, so, but it, so he did that hard that the head unit popped out.
But that's, and he's like, the head unit.
Okay.
Don't know.
So it doesn't look cracked or anything, but, um, yeah, you don't know.
It wasn't one at the time.
No, but like, cause it, cause it came out and landed on the gear knob.
Oh, and it's a screen.
It's kind of like LCD screen.
So I'm hoping out of the dash and then in the crash.
That's how hard it hit it.
Like, cause it, cause on the, cause the dash, cause these, the
stairs and in lasers and three, two, three's of that generation, they're
not screwed in there.
They just clipped in.
Yeah.
Um, they sent a crowd and they, they just go, they go click, click
when you, when you put them in, but it, like, they don't come out.
You got to push them out from behind.
This guy's hit it that high.
That's flowing out of the dashboards.
Um, so, so yeah, uh, I didn't get the dash out yet.
I think I might do that because the dash is better on my car than it is the
new car.
Um, the new car's got a few scuffs and things.
I think David Prince could do a bit of work on that one and bring it back and
it'd be fine, but getting to the bit that, the reason why, um, uh, like, I
haven't taken everything out of it just yet.
I took, I took most of the good things except for the, the ECU, um, the
airbag controller and a few other bits and pieces is because, um, I want to try
jerry the cables to just try crank it to see if, if the block hasn't been
damaged cause if it was in gear, cause if it turns over and there's no weird
noises, it'll be okay.
Um, I, I'd, I'd assume it'll be okay.
Like had the car moved up a lot.
Yeah.
Man, it moved like, like almost a car link.
That's, it's pushed, it's pushed me.
From my car into like three other cars, obviously.
Right.
And it's, you know, it's pushed all those cars along too.
Yeah.
Oh, absolutely has.
So, um, so I'm just, I'm, I'm hoping that I left it in neutral that time, but
I can't remember if I did.
Do you regularly?
I was, I was, I was leaving in gear.
Just, just like I have it, just in case, in case it, you know, cause it
ran, break, fails or whatever.
Yeah.
And I'm just, I'm just hoping that I haven't damaged, damaged the block cause
it, you know, all the, all the new gearboxes.
Yeah.
That was a, you know, interesting time of my life.
Um, so, but yeah, I just want to thank, thank Ed as well.
I got one good side skirt, not foggies that they surprising you for the
first time survived something.
Um, so we've all got a few switches.
Not like it's short on foggies.
No, not like I've got, I've got the world's SI2 supply foggies.
So, you know, a thousand bucks each and I want to go.
Anyone.
I mean, who's going to buy them?
Let's be honest to you.
So, so to myself, uh, what else do I, what else do I take off?
So yeah, pretty much a lot of the interior, um, and then it's going to
run as next week to test the engine and so we can, we can draw.
I'm going to just drop the whole K frame, I think.
Yeah.
Um, cause he's, he's got, he's also got a forklift.
So he's like, we can, um, you know, take the body up and just drop the engine
and, and all the suspension, the whole K frame and put on a pallet.
Yeah, essentially.
And store it because I spoke to Luca and Luca's like, I've got
plenty of storage space at work and he's like, if you put on a pallet,
we'll just wrap it up and yeah, let leave it in.
Yeah, yeah.
It's rocking.
So essentially there's a half cut.
Pretty much.
Yeah.
So, so I think that'll be what I'll do with that.
And then I'll take the, um, take the last few things.
I can't even open the boot because I want it to get the spoiler and
you know, a few, a few of the bits and pieces, but it's, it's, it's that
tweak that I just got.
It does not move.
Um, and I want to get one of the tail lights because one of the
tail lights isn't damaged.
Um, but yeah, like it's just every, I couldn't believe it.
Every panel is bent.
Like, like nothing lines up.
It's, everything is damaged.
Um, there's a big hit.
Oh, it's a massive hit.
Massive hit.
All little car, you know, yeah.
Anyway.
Um, so, so yeah, look, I've got one good rail out of it.
Um, and I, and I spoke to, to Simon, the guy that works out.
Um, uh, his dad runs the place, but you know, he works there.
And I said to him, look, you know, I'm, I'm going to get it mechanically
road-worthyed and then I'll bring it to you guys and February is when I need
this card done by, so preferably December.
So I can, you know, just, just get everything sorted.
He's like, that's fine.
He's like, you can, I can drop it off in a cut, like a month or two.
Um, and then he'll just like do, he's going to do the roof, bonnet, spoiler
and rear bar.
They want the, just the only thing that kind of have damage and there's a bit
of PDR money to do for a couple of, couple of little things.
And I think the rest of the car should be pretty good because the front
bar is remarkably good.
Yeah.
It's really clean.
Yeah.
So, um, so the front bar of mine was completely munted because everyone
just kept hitting it, but, uh, so, so, so this one's really good.
So I'm just going to do bonnet, bonnet, roof, spoiler, rear bar.
And, um, and I might get him to do the, the door handles as well.
Cause if you're with them or a bit, how you going?
What a question, Matty.
Yeah.
The number plates survive.
Uh, on my car.
Yeah.
Uh, the front one surprisingly.
Did, but when it hit, it, it popped out because I just, cause the bar was
screwed.
I just, I just, uh, I self-tapped the, the, the, I was just like, cause I'm
going to get a new bar anyway.
Bar was stuffed.
Anyway, two of the self-tapped has popped out and it was kind of hanging down on
a, oh, really?
So, um, so that they unscrewed them.
I've still got them.
Yeah.
So the back one survived.
Back one survived.
Yeah.
Um, the, the cover, the cover from the shock just, just came off, but, um, yeah,
it is what it is, but I'm, you know, I was, I was speaking with Ed and Ed's,
you know, he's an, he's an ideas man.
Yeah.
And, uh, and he's like, what you got to do is like, we're going to get a few bits
and pieces that are, he's like, we'll get the cluster out.
And, and, um, I'm thinking about, you know, cutting some, uh, trim behind it and
having it to a 12 volt accessory so that it comes up with the, with the
kilometers on it.
Yeah.
So it tells you how many, how many Ks it had.
Yeah.
He's like, why don't you put a sticker of the cluster and, and, you know, like
like he actually, he took off the Ford badge for me.
He's like, there you go.
He's a Ford badge.
He's like, put that with your class.
He's like, get a couple of little things like your cluster and, you know,
a little shrine, you know, try the, it is like, it's like, you know, and, and
you can put like a, you can put your, the book of all the stuff that, you know,
all the maintenance and, and you have it all together.
And that's this little kind of, uh, memorial service resting place, resting place.
Um, and I'm like, I could go one better cause I'm pretty good with like, you know,
a 12 volt finding what things light up and things.
I can, if I can cut a bit of a loom because it's not going to be used again.
Um, I find out, I just look at the schematics as which, which was the, um,
to illumination, illumination.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I can just pop it, uh, you know, make it come on and have it there.
So it'll be a cool little, I'm saying like a complete idiot right now, but,
but it's, it's, it's a, it's a pretty cool little, little thing to do.
Um, I hear passion enthusiasts.
Oh, thank you.
David, it's, it's passion.
It's, it's ideas and ideas.
Man, as I said.
So then, uh, so then we, we bought all those.
We went to Ford.
He had to take a photo at the front of Ford with his, with his, he's, he's like,
I want to do it, man.
My Ford guy now drove it back to back.
Well, Joe will pass, drop the parts off at my place.
Um, took Steph to see the month and sons that evening in the fiesta.
Um, she's a fan of that band.
Uh, and then Ed and I just, you know, we had a talk and, you know,
discussing a few things.
And now he's interested in, in upgrading his wheels on, on his, on his car.
But that's, that's a, I've never seen, I've never seen a man do this
stuff, this sort of stuff before.
Like he's, he's such an original change man.
He's modifying.
He wants to modify.
We changed his speakers.
Well, I know.
Why not the bloody papercone speakers and he's got, he's got some good
pioneers in there.
Thank you very much.
Um, so, you know, I helped him change those.
Who is he?
Oh, he's a different man.
He's like, I'm a Yukon.
How are you?
So, um, what, what an if, if you could put an XR six SG friend on it,
couldn't you too?
You could, you could put the bar, bar and lights, bar and lights.
No bonnet, no fenders.
No, uh, the funny thing is though, the bars, like the lights on an, on an XR
have like the little cutouts of the little dips.
Yeah.
Um, the normal ones don't, but FPVs of that generation done, they're just
a standard headlights.
So you could put like an FG, like, oh no way.
Yeah, I mean, it fits straight on.
That's funny.
So, um, whereas we're in the B series, FPVs, they all had the cutouts.
So I think the cutouts look better.
Um, so, yeah, so he's, he's, he's a Yukon, he's, he's, he's a, he's a changed
man, Mr.
Edward Bunting, he's, I've still yet to, he's not here to defend himself.
So he's not here to defend himself.
You can absolutely right on him.
So, so yeah, look, you know, positive things this week, gentlemen, um, you
know, positive things.
So I might have to enlist you guys to help me do engine removal.
Of course.
Um, and okay, okay, frame, you know, dropping onto a crate.
I, I, I'm going to take, see if I can get a spare pallet from, from super cheap.
Um, I know a person who works at a place with lots of pallets.
That would be amazing, Chad.
You know, a guy, I know a guy.
That's, that's, so yeah, we'll, uh, we might, we might instill that and use that.
Absolutely.
So yeah, that is a, you know, all steam ahead for the new laser.
Again, like it's still, it's still, you know, like, what was it?
Uh, a good nine months away from, from a club playing now, but that's okay.
Um, you know, it'll come quickly enough.
It'll come quickly enough.
So, um, you know, the new car is, is, I said, I'm not going to register it.
I'm just going to get it all ready to go.
And then, you know, first of all,
you're going to store it until club register.
Yeah.
First of Feb bang.
I'm at, I'm at the crates on there.
759, you're at the door, register the car.
So yeah, now all good.
I'm looking forward to, to putting, to putting my good bits on, on this one.
And, and, um, you know, just tidying it up and, and the paint.
It's, it's, it's going to be, it's going to be a cracker.
And, um, I'm really hoping small forward Sunday.
I think they usually do it in a late Jan or early for the first week of Feb.
So if I can get the car there, that would be, that would be pretty
cool to get, to get it to, to, um, to small forward Sunday.
But that is, uh, my, I think, yeah, I think that's it.
That's, that is, that is my car.
So I'm driving the Camry.
So that's, that's been going good.
But yeah, apart from that, that is, that is my car fisherman.
So this weekend is classic Japan, gentlemen.
I thought we'd talk about that before we get to the
quiz as to what we're taking.
Oh, so God.
Yeah.
You've got to head of yourself.
I'm going to head of myself.
I'm already six months away.
Six months away in the future.
Yeah, six months later in the, six months, six months in the future.
That's how, that's how you, I am to get this car on a club plate now.
I, that's how excited I am.
Yeah.
Um, so no, Sakura picnic this Sunday at Bandura park, Sakura picnic,
Bandura park, uh, this Sunday.
What is it Sunday?
It's Sunday is the 30th of May.
Yeah.
30 May, uh, be there or be a JDM square.
It is, it's a great event, great event.
Uh, in they, they, they're taking Korean cars now.
It's all, all Asian event.
Did you know Korean cars, you can bring your 30.
Wow.
I know.
I'm not going to.
Well, what are you bringing Chad?
You're going to be in the silver out or no, the magnet's in the water.
Okay.
I can't get it out of the game.
I thought about that.
Um, yeah, it's not really ready to get back on the road.
It's a bit of an unknown car at the moment.
So I don't feel comfortable driving it.
The right picture place, potentially the Rago, but it's, it's just filthy at the
moment.
I don't think I'm going to have time to really clean it up before then.
I might just maybe hitch a ride this weekend with someone or just drive the
I third input in the regular car, walking, you know.
Yeah, I'll see, I'll see how I'm feeling.
Easy.
Easy.
Yeah, cool.
Nice.
All right.
Well, just so you know, you're invited.
I mean, hopefully ladies are invited this year.
I haven't copped off.
David Prince, what are you bringing?
Seeing as your scamp won't be able to be there.
Hopefully, hopefully it might if they, if they say, oh yeah, it's just a
clerical error, we'll just.
Very clear.
It's very clear.
The show that is my son's been doing some work on it too, because he's
restoring one as well.
And he's had it, he's placed for the last six months or so.
But I don't know, not that long actually, but it just was having a complete one.
Was it that classic events?
Yeah, it was a classic Japan, wasn't it?
The red one.
Yes.
Yeah, you sat in it.
I've got a great photo of you sitting in it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Wow.
No, but security.
I was nearly six months, actually.
It was given that, given that secure security doesn't have an age limit.
I'll probably be taking the end one because even though I took that last year,
it's still a bit, there's still not a common site.
So I think it's a good chance to get it out there and for people to see it.
It's a crowd pleaser that car.
A crowd, which pleases me, so I'm pleading.
It, yeah, I'll back the tyres and make it look a bit shiny and clean and stuff.
I've got the, and I was just thinking, actually, I'll take the, I'll take the extra mats
because I had made up some mats out of one of the kids old play mats.
So I've had sort of had them overlooked so that they, they actually, the cargo area
floor mats are actually from a kid's play mat.
That's cool.
And it's, I had them overlocked in red to actually match the old car, but the red
still works, but part of the play mat that we got actually had a Honda racing
thing on the play mat.
So I've got that in the middle.
Really?
Yeah.
Yeah.
It was really cool.
That's cool.
So, yeah, so I'll bring those along and yeah.
So now I'll probably bring that, but yeah, and there's a few cars I'd like to bring,
but yeah, being the, the, the, that's the newest car I've got.
So this is really the only one I can go along to that.
Yeah.
David, I know a guy who's got two legs and two arms who isn't driving a car.
You want to enlist someone to drive another car if you like.
Yeah.
Well, there's all that, that's an option.
You could, well, I haven't, actually, I haven't even put my name, got my ticket yet.
Me neither.
Well, I got to do that.
I was sort of hanging out.
I sort of had an inkling that I might be taking something new-ish to display there,
but that hasn't come to fruition so far.
So that's why I didn't actually haven't put my name down with the N1 yet,
but I think I will be doing that tomorrow because chance to organize a display of
five generations of Honda Prelude with the new car is quickly evaporating after
three hours, so it was a good idea at the time.
I just don't know why they haven't decided to follow that up.
What's the lady's name?
Christelle.
Christelle.
Hi, Christelle.
No, it's funny.
It's someone else I've been dealing with at Honda because they actually, the
public relations department's different to the marketing department and, you know,
they've got different budgets and, you know, ways of doing things.
So, yeah.
What's that a budget?
It's just to let him drive the car.
Do we have a car?
Yes.
I don't even mind if one of them wants to come along and bring it, you know, but
it's not a Sunday, you know, maybe.
Well, that's the thing.
It's a bit too much like being asked to work on a Sunday, you know, for no money.
I mean, why would you do it?
That's the same thing, you know, that's what you'll be doing, David.
Well, they've got people that are willing to do it for free.
You know, so anyway, I would have thought that would have made
been good delivery, John, but apparently I'm wrong.
So, but the end one, I think it is.
OK, that's a safe bet.
It's a safe bet.
Scotty, you mentioned earlier, you're bringing the blade.
Yes, that will be coming along.
I was thinking which car to bring.
Was it the 31 or this one?
And I've decided on the blade because I brought the 31 last time and
nothing's being done to it.
It's still the same.
So, Scotty, you put a new cluster in, man.
You know, you've now got full instrumentation.
Yes, I know exactly how much fuel is in it now, so that works.
Not going to run out.
No, so I thought I'd bring the blade along because it's got the new
it's got the new intake that I've installed, the carbon intake
and the exhaust as well.
So I hate to hear that, Scotty, actually.
Yep. Yep.
So you can hear that.
Which is why, boys.
Oh, yeah.
Ma, you just hear like my name.
Yeah, we'll have to do that.
Actually, I want some videos of that.
Yeah.
So, so blade it is for you.
Blade it is.
I just got to give it a wash.
And it's ready to roll.
Very good.
Well, I'll also be something bringing something V6 power.
I'll be bringing my Camry.
I think I think that that car will be good to go to that.
So I'll bring that.
I was going to try to bring two cars, but it just logistically
not going to work for me at that time.
You know, we've got someone with two arms and two legs.
We do have someone with two arms and two legs, but he's offered you.
He's offered his services to two to one d prints.
So whoever wants.
So I'm a free agent.
I'm not signed into any contracts.
You're Swiss.
He's Swiss.
Yeah, he's he's he's a NBA player that's got a thousand contracts.
He's like, I'll play for everybody.
What cars are up for offer, you know, what kind of.
This is true.
You should swing the deal or something.
Dave was like, I'll raise your arm.
With a scam.
Oh, that's a good deal.
Admit some choices to him.
So I know you that's choice with the deal.
And a box of chocolate from the driver's seat.
Ready for you when you when you need a snack, Chad?
Well, I'll raise your.
I'm talking.
I'll raise your box of chocolate.
Can you can you?
Can you be the box of chocolate?
Maybe with a box of Ferrero.
She has a small.
Yeah, nice.
Oh, this is this is what it says.
This is what our lives become now.
Full tank of fuel for you to drive and use.
You can use all that fuel.
That's my concern.
Oh, that's good.
Oh, geez, that's funny.
Oh, yeah, I think I'll be bringing the Camry.
Yeah, it's it hasn't come to that event.
It's going to come into class in Japan.
So I think it'd be good to bring into this event.
Um, there are not many of what I say is 21 or not.
No, it's not technically in this fit 21.
Is it? No, it's a VZ V 21 because it's the basic.
Yeah. Yeah.
So you don't often see S V 21 there or Z V Z 21.
Yeah, yeah.
We'll go with that.
It'll be cool to have you.
So what was that, David?
It'll be cool to have it there.
Yeah, it'll be the only one there.
I think it was in the one I think there was one last year.
No, I haven't actually seen a V6 Camry besides my one at that event.
No, I don't think I don't think have you seen one, David, before?
Yeah. So I think it was like, I remember when I was driving in,
the guy stopped me and said, I think it was, is it,
is that Ash, the guy with the, with the wagon, with the V6 wheels?
Now, Ash has got a.
Got the TA doesn't he?
Yeah, 22.
OK, well, one of the guys there, he come into my work
and he's got like a liveried up shipbox rallied S V 21 wagon with V6 wheels.
Oh, sorry, no, that is Ash.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's coming to work.
He's coming to work and we're having a chat to him.
And, you know, and it was him at the door,
recognizing as I was driving and he's like, oh, so cool V6 Camry.
I'm like, so it's the only one there, you know, they might come.
But like, I remember last year at
Sakura, there wasn't there was no there was no AW 11s last year.
Like it was one year that like sometimes I'll get like a three.
Sometimes I get none.
Yeah. So yeah.
So I don't know.
I'll say you were going to bring it last year.
I paid for my ticket to and then.
Yeah, because then you had the cool.
Yeah, they're cool and they're going to overheated.
So but that that's all fixed now.
So I drove that on a really hot day and happy days.
So yeah.
So turns out a bad seal at the bottom of the radiator,
like just like a perished old, you know, washer seal.
Like it's probably truly an O ring.
Yeah, just perished.
That's all it was.
It was just dripping and yeah.
But you know, new one of those replaced happy days.
Been all good.
Could bring because I want to do my ring with the new foggies
because the fogeys would kind of kind of look cool on the at the event.
Yeah, that's true.
So I mean, Scotty, you got to see the foggies, actually.
So yeah, they do.
Yeah, they are awesome.
Yeah. So I might if you're free, we can discuss and we might get it.
We'll talk. But yeah.
So I'd like to bring those two.
But yeah, I think I think that'd be it.
Now, what do we think everyone else is going to bring?
So what are you going to say he's going to come?
So I think you might bring his.
Stagia Stagia, yeah.
Because you said now he's got that running good.
I think that's true.
It's got a quite the array of Japanese car.
I really wanted to see him bring in, bring in, bring his scam.
I think his scam would be cool.
Because like, yeah, I don't think I've ever seen a scam actually.
I've seen it.
I've driven it once and I've seen it three other times.
Just like, like I saw it at a, I think we went to,
we took it to a classic Japan as a first of my sort.
The first of my Saturday, I think David, I think it was the time I met you.
Yeah, it was down at Biru-Rangmar, I think.
Biru-Rangmar, correct.
Yeah, it was such a lovely, yeah, yeah, a lovely original car.
So I think he's still trying to, he's still, I think that's
still in line for a carbie, clean and stuff, I think he's confident.
Yeah, I think he's bringing the city, I might be.
It'd be cool if you brought the city.
That city is pretty over the top with every accessory
is fitted for the accessory catalog.
It's so good.
It's bloody awesome.
It's like tweed heads on top.
That's actually, it's a cracking kind of drive.
Have you driven that one, David?
It is.
It drives so well.
Have you driven it?
It is like, it is like a little puppy dog.
It is so, it's just eager and it's revvy and it's fun and it's, it's not slow.
You're like, I thought this would be a complete nugget.
I'm like, it drives good, it keeps up with traffic.
Happy, yeah, happy as Laurie.
So it's a cracking car, fan.
And Ed will bring out his Bogan side and rock up in his jute
and try and force his way in.
Listen, mate, I've got, I'm here as a, as a tradie.
I'm, I'm, I'm not my hi vis, I'll be later.
It was, it was a Troy Kinney, the comedian.
He's like, I guarantee you can get anywhere in Australia with hi vis
and a, and a, and a ladder.
And they walked into like high security building just, just with high
and he's like, oh crap, I should, you guys do that last year at F1.
Yeah, the last year was, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You got a high vis and a ladder, you're getting anywhere here.
So for laying it on, you're good.
So yeah, you, you rock up with his, you might even put the scape
in the back of the you because it probably fit now.
I mean, how cool, how cool would that be?
We can all lift it off, lift it off.
Oh, that'd be epic.
So yeah, he's, he's, I've never seen a guy so into his youth and here we are.
David Prince, you have to see the way he, he looks at his youth.
The way I looked at my laser.
Like he's, he's in love with it.
Yeah, he's an aura.
He's an absolute aura of it.
Well, there was a little murmur about a youth six months ago.
Like there was something for a comedy or youth.
He was looking for a comedy or youth.
He's like, I prefer the, the, the one piece, you know, because like,
because the fours are always two piece.
Yeah, it's, it's, it's a leaf spring and, and in box rear end on a falcon
being more tradie spec.
So comedy or youth are more of a car with the, with a top cut out.
Well, literally comedy or youth are actually technically the modern ones.
You're station wagon slash Caprice statesman wheelbase and just with the youth top.
With the youth.
Yeah.
So they're still good IRS and all that sort of stuff.
Whereas the good old fours that are leaf spring.
Yeah.
So the single wheel hop.
Oh, yeah.
So, so, but he's very, he's very fond of it.
You know, I actually said that to him like, you, you're going to get a hold of it.
He's, he's like, mate, barrel, a gas, happy days.
And then he, he, he, he folded it in, in his, in his log accent.
He's like, doesn't matter.
Alpegese.
Alpegese, mate, doesn't matter.
So, so he's, he's not.
There was some trouble when they, when city link sort of was starting up with a falcon
and holding youths compared to dual cab youths.
I know exactly what you're about to say.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So they were considered that while they've got a separate load carrying area,
it was the same, was it the same?
Well, the dual cabs had the same chassis in the front.
But there was some delineation that the falcon and common rules were considered
trucks and then the other ones were considered cars.
So you're very close.
So the issue came with, and this is, this is, this is another reason why I want to
get the hell out of Melbourne because this place is just cooking, it's cooking
everything. So a common youth and a falcon youth, yeah, we'll go down the same
road on, on the, on the, on like a toll road, but the falcon youth has to pay more.
It's, it's almost $10 extra trip for a falcon.
Yeah, it's double the amount.
It's because it's double because the comedy is still classified as a car
because it's got, you know, it's, it's like a it's, it's, it's still complete.
The chassis was the falcon youth.
So yeah, it's a, it's a car complete at the front.
And then they're, they're like on the back, they've like put like, you know,
the letter frame and, and at least running rear end.
Because it's got the separate and carrying area because you can take the
tub off and put a tray on.
Yeah.
So and you could get like a, you can buy one tonne youths of holders as well.
So they did offer the one tonne option and up until the.
Oh, so that would then be classified as a.
I believe so.
I believe so.
Yes. That's the exception to the rule of that one.
But the Ford owners were pissed because they're just like, well, it's,
it's technically a falcon.
Like it's, you know, so and, but see like, no, it's a, it's a light, it's a light
truck, you know, it's so, so they got to pay for, so yeah.
So even Ed was like, he's like, yeah, I can't take this on ring on the,
on the toll road.
I have to drive here with a long way because it's, it'll cost me more.
So, so yeah.
Not like he can't afford it.
I know, right?
So just for one trip.
And as always said, he's, he's like, he's, he's happy to admit that he's
being a tight ass with certain things.
And, and yeah, he's absolutely, I agree.
Like I'd do it out of principle, to be fair.
I said, no, I'm not paying you guys because, you know, it's a falcon.
It should be paid as a falcon sedan.
It's anyway.
While we're ragging on, uh, linked and, and the transurbant roadways.
If, if there's roadworks on the tollway, it should be free.
It should be fine.
Right.
If it's going to take you longer or just as the same amount of time, because
you're doing 40 on a freeway, it should be free.
Anyway, rant over.
And put, I'm going to, I'm going to add to that.
And the fact that the local, I was, you know, Victorian government is like
reducing, you know, um, a red joe's for, for the next time there's a
bit of a rebate and, and, um, and the, the, the government has said, okay,
we're going to, you know, cut off the fuel excise or whatever they, to, to try
to make a cheaper price.
Do you think they've reduced toll prices?
Absolutely not.
So they're lighting their pockets.
So transurbant linked, you know, pull your heads in, mate.
No, yeah, it's, it's, uh, car talk, top tip.
Don't use ETAC.
They're the one way.
Yeah.
Blocking number plates.
Yeah.
Did you see that guy with that Lexus?
A few, probably about a month ago, he was driving through any, but before
he got to hit the, um, the, uh, he was, the car, a guy was following him on the
freeway before he hit the toll point.
He pressed the button and he's, and he's like, shut it up, cover it, cover it up.
And he's like, oh, dodgy bastard.
It's going to come back, dogged him in.
And he did, he dogged him in.
I mean, no, no, that's, I think he's.
Was it you, Chad?
No, it wasn't me, but.
So, you know, if he found a cheat code and then the cheat code got, got reverse,
you know, carded and, and he basically is, he copped it.
So, yeah, he copped the big one.
I mean, that is the same as not having a number plate at that point in time, yeah.
Or having a fake number plate, you know, like.
I, uh, I know people that have done other dodgy other things, but I better not
say pull over on the side of the freeway before the toll gate.
No, thank you.
Not quite, but that would be good.
And it just drove up 50 meters and then put it back on.
I'm not paying you guys $3.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Anyway, Transurban linked.
So privatized roads, privatized roads.
I know what's annoying too with them.
I'm just going to finish off.
Go hard, Scotty.
Do we need our tin full hats on?
No, I don't need it for this one.
There, there was one where I needed a tin full hat.
I'll see if I can think about that one again.
But the way they do those little excess charges on things like an extra
$2 to look up your number plate.
If you don't have a tag down and something matching.
That's not my fault.
The bloody thing didn't beat.
Sometimes it doesn't beat, but it's not my fault.
It didn't beat.
Yeah, it's your fault.
And then we have to look it up.
So it's extra, extra $2 or something.
Ah, scumbags.
Come on.
Absolute horse radish.
Yeah, correct.
Yeah, um, shenanigans.
Is that what we make enough as it is?
And then they're adding these extra charges.
Yep, absolutely.
Absolute scum.
If you work for them, quit.
Yeah, go get a bit of job.
Do you think people who work at Transurban
and maybe someone who is a listener can answer this for us.
Do you get a discount on tolls or do you get free tolls?
That's a good question.
Now, maybe that is worth getting a job with.
They're too busy enjoying their bonuses every year
because they make more money every year.
And again, to add to that, toll roads are meant to be paid
until the road was paid off.
Yep.
Yeah, well, don't they make it so that the contract for that road
is like 5,000 years or something?
Don't get me started at Chad DeBell.
And that's all kind of the contractual thing with the government.
Yep, everyone's in bed with everyone at this point.
And it's just kind of, anyway, before my blood boils,
I want to get to where everyone else is bringing it.
I think Jim might bring the Magna.
It'd be cool to see it.
To see it.
I want to see it after he's had all the big stunts.
I think he probably will bring that.
Yeah, it'd be cool to see it with all its things.
And will they let in an Australian car?
Yeah, well, remember that one year there was a Toyota Lexson?
Yeah, that's right.
I was like, well, then they have to.
I'm like, totally Japanese brand Aussie made Aussie made surely.
There are a gaggle of Magna's coming along.
So a gaggle, a gaggle of Magna's.
Yeah, that is true.
Yeah, I like the gaggle of them.
Oh, yeah. No, last year there was no issues, actually.
Yeah, there was that was a heap of them.
Yeah, the wasp was there last year.
The wasp was there on straight plates.
Yeah, it was on straight plates.
Did they find it's forever home?
The guy who bought what have you seen?
Have you seen what happened to that car?
No, David, Prince, please, please, please.
Oh, what happened?
Oh, paint corrected.
It's been a tad.
Oh, I did see.
Oh, so that is his car.
Yeah, well, that's the yellow wasp.
Yeah. Yeah.
No, I didn't see it get paint corrected.
OK, I didn't realize it was Ed's wasp.
If any of us to end up with anyone,
it's these guys want to ease.
He's in love with us.
Yeah, nice.
So is it in Victoria?
Yeah, yep.
Yep, he's got rally out wheels on it now, too,
which looks very cool.
Yes, my fans.
So he'll bring that, hopefully, I think.
And I'm just like,
Alan, if he rocks up, well, he'll have to bring
you here, he'll drive in with the D-Max.
Now, I mean, it is Japanese.
Yeah, he'll bring the should bring the STI
because it doesn't get driven much or the jazz.
I mean, that car.
We took it to Geelong that one time, remember?
I don't know.
Yeah, it's a it's a it's a lovely car.
Yeah, yeah.
So I'd like to see him bring that out.
But yeah, it'd be good.
It's your son coming along, David Prince.
I know he's in working in Adelaide this week.
OK, OK.
But yes, yeah, let's see what the rest of the boys bring.
And we'll circle back to our favourite cars
of the event next week.
But it is time for the quiz, gentlemen.
Nice. So Chad's going to go over there.
So there's no shenanigans.
I'm just notion. I'm ready to lose.
I'm ready to lose.
Ready to lose, he says.
So I'll give it the current score check.
David Prince.
Oh, do you have to?
Yeah, OK.
No, no, go ahead.
No, no, that's all right.
Oh, no, no, he's he's winning.
I'm not sour.
Congratulations, David.
Here we go.
So we've got three players tonight.
David Prince, Scotty Doe Johnson and Mr.
Chad DeBowell.
Now, because I want you to be I want you to be positive.
You've you've got a chance.
OK, let's do it.
You've got a chance.
Got this, Scotty.
He's my friend, David.
So Scotty and we've got Chad playing
for the illustrious writing rights
and hopefully end of the meal of your choice or HSP
or whatever you like.
All right, question one.
Mazda, they've got a range of engines
that start that have the code MZR.
What does MZR stand for in Mazda engines, gentlemen?
Chad, I don't think this is the right answer
what you're looking for, but I think they have the diesel engines.
They did have a diesel variant,
but if you give me just what it stands for.
MZR, I'll let you back in if you can give me what it stands for.
No idea. No idea.
OK, we'll come back.
Are you saying it's an acronym?
It is an acronym, but it's it's a it's a weird Japanese acronym.
So it doesn't actually kind of make sense if I'm David.
More zoom, really.
More zoom, I like that.
But unfortunately, it's not.
Scotty, Mazda zoom reaction.
I'll give you point five for Mazda.
It starts with Mazda 0.5.
So you're on the board, Scotty.
Chad, so it's Mazda something.
Well, I'll give you a hint.
The M and the Z and MZR for Mazda,
which is it's the weirdest acronym of all time,
but the R stands for it's a word.
It's a different word.
Is it revolution close, responsive?
So Mazda responsive is what MZR stands for.
It is the dumbest acronym of all time.
It's Mazda.
It's not how acronyms work.
It's not actually an acronym, but anyway.
Japan, you know, they make their own rules.
They make their own rules, don't they?
Yeah.
Question number two, Scotty, would you like a score check?
Oh, I know it's OK.
I already know I'm winning.
Not for long, but you know, it's still good.
Question number two, the new Mustang Dark Horse
is set to make a return to Australia.
What is special about the one that is about to return?
David.
It's different to the one they're getting in America,
but it's based off the American Dark Horse,
but we're getting a we're actually getting the better car,
believe it or not.
So did anyone buzz in there?
Didn't David David?
I'm just going to say is that we actually get it in a manual.
It is.
You can get it in a manual.
Yeah, but that's that's not the answer I'm looking for.
Scotty and Chad Scott and more power.
Yeah, it's got something slightly more power,
but that's not that's not the exact answer.
I'm I'm going with.
Chad, Chad, is this.
I don't know, it's been charged or something.
It isn't. It's it's got it's got a lot more
tie, the widest tie than any one you can get.
And it's built in conjunction in a Ford Australia.
So it's brought here and built and like modified
at the triple eight racing factory.
So where they triple eight racing.
So so you said they've got they've put
yeah, they've put their their name behind it
and made it made a much better car.
He's cool.
Question number three.
The next Hyundai to feature the the Ioniq badge
has been announced for Australia.
What number is it?
David David.
It's the three.
It is the three.
What is with car companies?
I'm using the number three like this is Mazda three BMW
three series, the model three.
Now the Ioniq three.
I don't know. It's like a nothing.
I don't know.
It looks like two chicanes.
Yeah.
JQ. Question number four.
JQ, our good friends in the CCP
have been flattered recently
that they have been.
So they've been flattered as they have
been compared to what on the board and Chad.
Range Rover Range Rover, they're flattered
that they've been compared to Range Rover.
You know what people have been calling these cars?
The TV range.
You know what?
To be more reliable, to be fair,
they don't know who that would be hard.
Oh, I was picked up.
So would I.
A modern range.
Oh, my goodness me.
Question number five.
We all know Ed has brought a range of gas powered
Falcons of recent times.
He's also bought his pride and joy, the LPI.
What does LPI stand for?
David David.
Liquid petroleum injection.
Oh, you've got.
I'll give you a point seven five
because you've got three of the words.
So point seven five.
Three of the words.
So two of the words.
So he's got liquid and injection.
The middle word is incorrect.
Scotty and Chad.
Damn, your petroleum wouldn't be wrong.
It wouldn't be right anyway.
No, it's not correct.
Chad, is it pressurized?
It's a good guess, but it's incorrect.
It's a good guess.
Scotty.
I don't know what else it would be.
No idea.
Hmm.
Is it the same as what it stands in LPG?
No.
OK, it's different.
Yeah, it's a weird forward word.
It is a it's a word which which it's the way it's injected.
It's liquid phase injection.
I think it's injection.
Yes, I would have guessed that.
No, bonus question.
This question, how much power does it make in kilo wasps?
I'll give closest to Scott.
Scott, I'll kick us off with one sixty eight.
One sixty eight.
That's exactly what I was going to get.
One sixty eight says Scotty.
Yeah, I'll do one eighty two.
One eighty two says Chad.
Oh, too high.
David Prince.
So just for some context.
Oh, I should I'll wait till I wait till David answers.
Yeah, no context.
Get out of it.
Well, we know the petrol ones had more power.
One ninety five.
What was that, David?
One ninety five.
One ninety five.
David, you're closest to believe it or not,
the E gas made made less power than the patch.
You made one hundred fifty odd kilowatts.
The the final versions of the N.A.
Barras petrol made one ninety five.
These made one ninety eight.
Yeah, they were the quickest ones.
It is it. Absolutely.
It's crazy.
So it's straight gas.
Straight gas.
Yeah, yeah.
So they're they're quite good.
Got a bit of poke.
You know, it's impressive.
And there's a G six E.
Eco LPI around the corner from that's what that's a that's a nice car, David.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I sent it before, but I was walking last night
more past and saw the eco the API LPI.
And yeah, yeah, I saw that and then I realised it was a G six E.
So that'd be that's a bit tasty getting all luxurious features and and LPG gas.
Yeah, can you do us a vote?
Can you take a photo?
Can you do us like a selfie next to it for us?
And just and just send it to the group chat and say, Ed, eat your heart out.
You could never.
Yeah, question number six.
Which famous brand of cars is famous for the line
for the art and science's design philosophy?
The art and science's design philosophy.
And I'll give you a hint.
It's in the Americas. Sure.
Sure. Yeah, sure.
I'm sorry, art and sciences.
Yeah, so so that's there.
That's their that's their philosophy for making their cars.
The art and science is David.
Is it Saturn? It is not Saturn.
I thought it might be so that's a good guess, but it is not Saturn.
I can't think of anything that has art and science behind it in the.
Think of a classier car, gentlemen.
Oh, you think of a classier car.
Chad Chad Cadillac.
Cadillac is correct.
Chad, well done.
Oh, so Cadillac, that's there.
That's there, the philosophy behind building the cars.
Now, I was going to ask you a bonus question about what are their
current cars often called, but their silliest names Lyric and also.
So I'm not even going to follow.
I saw one.
What the hell is that doing here?
I think it was like an introduction car, like a demo type thing.
Yeah, you had the full livery.
It was left hand drive.
Oh, OK, it was an evaluation car then, yeah.
Like, holy moly.
Yeah, David, David, are they here yet?
Are they are they selling here at the motor show?
OK. Oh, wow.
Cool. Good to know.
So I think they start they start about 100 grand.
My God, my God.
They're all electric, aren't they?
Yeah, they are for our market.
Yeah, I wouldn't want to see T5 Blackwing.
That'd be cool.
Are they manual V6 twin turbo, real drive?
It's like an M3 killer.
And like, it's a door in America, like there's big CT CT 5V
and they had the CT SV Blackwing as well.
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
So like, they're two of the two of the same.
Yeah, I'm a fan of those.
Question number seven,
Twin Top was a version of what car offered in Australia?
David, David.
I can think of a couple, but I'm going to go with Subaru Rumbie.
Subaru Rumbie.
That's incorrect, David Prince.
Twin Top, I'll give you a hint, guys.
It was a convertible of a certain model.
Scott Capri Capri's incorrect.
I think it's convertible.
It is. It is a convertible version of a car that was sold.
It was quite a good seller in Australia, actually.
This is a weird guess, but is it the Fiat 500?
No, the Holden Astra.
Holden Astra Twin Top. Yeah.
Oh, Twin Top.
Twin Top, absolutely.
What was that stand for?
The car, I don't know.
No, no, no, Twin Top, because it was a metal folding roof.
Yeah, metal.
Oh, it's a hard one.
Hard, what do they call them?
Hard live.
All right, the last three questions, gentlemen.
What's it called?
Broch questions.
Question number one.
Sexy European style.
So it's not European.
Well, I'll give you a hint.
It is European.
One look at the new German engineered blank, blank, and you'll agree.
The blank is a real eye catcher.
Clean lined, elegant body, sexy new front and rear styling.
It's elegant body and shape and fresh, clean styling is unmistakably European.
And as you would expect from a German built blank,
the attention to detail is materialist from the stylish slick
front headlamps to the sharper looking rear tail lamps, which are vertical.
The level of craftsmanship exceeds expectations.
It's what you'd expect from a car that just got even sexier.
You know, I'll give you an extra hint in that because like that's, you know,
it's it is a small car sold by a large company that was offered.
And this car was offered all around the world.
And it's built in Germany.
And our ones, most of them are mostly built in Germany.
Some were built in Thailand in the later ones.
But that's Thailand later ones.
This particular model, this particular one, I'll give you some more hints.
It's a four cylinder only.
You could get it in in various specs, different engine sizes.
And it came to Australia with the ad.
I see you, baby. Check it out.
You know that song?
It's called Chad. Is it the Astra?
It's not the Astra. No, it's not the Astra.
I should have made in Belgium, I believe.
Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah. They were weird.
Vauxhall. Vauxhall, yeah.
And it had all scientists.
I can like picture the thing in my head.
But the song is stuck in my head from the ad.
Absolutely. But I can't remember the car.
I remember the ad because the ad had these these engineers and lab coats.
And like they're full like in the engine.
And they're like, it's it's got sexy back sides.
And it's like all German, like going off about it.
And that's why. And that's at Ford's.
It's a Ford. Oh, OK.
Maddie and Ford's.
I always say which model is but Ford's marketing team really emphasised
this sexiness about this car. I remember now.
So, Scott. Focus.
Incorrect. David Prince.
Oh, it's not the focus. It's not the focus.
Is it the Ford car?
It isn't. It's the Ford Fiesta.
When it came to Australia, the smaller version is yours.
Yes, with the long tail lights up the top.
Yeah. Oh, that's very cool.
Very cool. As I said, the vertical. Yes.
Yeah. Yes.
I think that would give it away.
I was like, oh, because they really relied on that on that marketing.
Next one. Question number is nine.
The new blank features.
So actually, I'll start the new blank technology has turned the corner.
The new blank feature, some of the most sophisticated automotive technology available.
Technology that not only raises your expectations, it exceeds them.
Banks assist Australia's most advanced car monitoring system,
offering emergency assistance and vehicle tracking is now optional across the range.
Rear park assist has sensors in the rear bumper,
which trigger subtle warning beeps in the cockpit when that quicken as the object gets closer.
Control link IRS.
That should be a good giveaway if you know your cars has an extra link on each side
to provide precise wheel control and tracking and extraction,
particularly in track in challenging conditions.
The V eights lightweight, all aluminium construction creates a softer,
more subtle front suspension, more precise steering and improved air flow
for performance and fuel economy.
The new blank light is like corners were made for it.
Chad Chad.
Is it the V Commodore?
It's not the V Commodore.
It's it's it's Scott.
Is it the VF?
It's not the VF.
Oh. Oh, OK.
What one did you say, Chad?
I said VE.
Look at the VT.
It is not.
It is the you know, you're going to be kicking yourself now.
It's the VZ Calle to be exact.
Yeah, the aluminium through me.
Yeah, it's the the LS is all aluminium engines.
So yeah, last one.
Question number 10.
I'll give you guys a hint.
And the brand has been mentioned already in this quiz.
The new blank launching in April 2003
designed and engineered and built in Europe to such exacting standards
it comfortably won in Europe's coveted Golden Steering Wheel Award for 2002
with the performance of a powerful 3.2 litre V six
and the flexibility of active select transmission and advanced technology,
including electronic stability control.
Our program means you're always in control and to and to add to this,
new standards in ride and handling with innovative chassis design
and sport suspension, all in case in a body that includes climate control,
leather and interior and and six stack in dash CD player,
taking comfort to a new level, the very finest in design,
the latest, very latest in technology, the new blank blank,
the future is looking good.
So bear in mind this, I'll give you a hint.
It is it is a European made car sold by an Australian brand.
OK, and it was the second of it,
the second generation of that brand sold in a second
generation of that model sold in Australia.
It's got 3.2 litre V six, 3.2 litre V six.
David, David.
Was it the holding calibrate?
Not the calibrate.
It didn't go to 2002.
Oh, Chad, Chad, the Vectra.
It is the Vectra Chad.
Well done, the holding Vectra.
OK, well done, well done.
They came up 3.2 in the end.
Yeah, yeah, they ripped, but they would they just broke.
But they ripped. Absolutely.
I remember the guy across the road from us.
No, I'm sorry.
Across the road and down the street from us,
like three houses down, had a brand new Vectra 2.6 V six top of the range.
Like leather, it was a nice car.
Yeah. Anyway, it ripped and you'd hear
this thing how it sounded good to anyway, like 150,000, the engine blew up.
Like it just and he spent far out.
He spent like close to seven grand back
when I was in high school, rebuilding the motor.
That's a lot of money.
That was like it's more than he offered it to my mom for a thousand dollars.
And he's like, I wouldn't sell it to you.
It's a horrifically unreliable guy.
It was a manual, too.
I thought it was so cool.
I was like to have the mirrors, you know, kind of.
Yeah, they're bolted into the into the body, into the body.
Side fenders.
And and it's and the and the bonnet as well.
Cool looking car.
All right.
So really, I thought they were cool.
I thought they were advanced for their time,
but they're they're the hideously unreliable.
Now, score check.
Scotty, point five.
You started off, Scotty.
So it'll be here.
So the case out of David Prince, two point seven, five.
And tonight's been on three.
Chad, Chad, yeah, we're on the board.
He's on the board, Chad.
Right, Chad, I'll give you the honors.
I'll find you first one.
Oh, thank you.
He's on the board, Chad.
There we go.
He's he's putting he's putting himself on the winners list now.
Anyone you want to thank, Chad?
Thank you for hosting a good and honest
quiz. I'll do I do what I can.
I do what I can for the community, Chad.
I think that's a podcast, Gents.
Nice, it is.
I'm looking forward to seeing you, seeing you guys at Classic
I did it again, Sakura Picnic.
Yeah, Picnic, Classic Picnic this Sunday at Pandora Park.
Let's do some plugs.
Scotty's golf table weeks or Scotty's snitches?
What do you what do you want to be known as?
I'm going with tinfoil hat today.
OK, Scotty's Scotty's tinfoil hat.
Yeah, Scotty's discurses.
Yeah, you can call it that.
So make sure they're on.
Yep, yep, always on.
So if you remember, in Geelong,
we had the oil refinery burned down.
We did. We did.
Yeah, which just so happens,
lined up really, really well with the deal we made with China
to bring over thousands more, like thousands and thousands,
more BYD vehicles, electric ones.
And so the world's a classic.
You heard it here first, Mr. X files over here,
like you're getting all the information before anybody else.
Geez, he's look at you, Scotty.
I you know what, I can my tinfoil hat's
staying on for that one.
That's that's what you call.
Yeah, my favorite times.
So what was that, David?
My favorite one of recent times.
Tell us.
Wait, it's still on till full.
It's still on.
There are three millennia trumps.
Oh, three.
That's right.
I just love the thought of them clocking on and clocking on.
I love them on a build or an eight hour shift.
Oh, yeah.
Here we go again.
And they all ask, like, oh, how is he today?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
He's on Twitter again, guys.
He's on Twitter.
Take his phone off him.
Yeah, I want to say to get him off Twitter.
Did you guys know BYD have their own car carriers?
Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, it's wild.
Dude, they got multiples of them, too.
I watched them.
I watched the documentary on BYD last week.
Geez, they're an interesting company.
It's mega.
It's just it's such a different scale.
It's a different world.
Yeah, it's a different.
They're on their own planet.
Yeah, absolutely.
It's crazy.
So, yeah.
Look, they're in a bit of strife at the moment for a few reasons,
but I'll let people do their research on that.
But they are in a they're in a whole different league of they just they just
do their own thing.
Like the guy that that the founder of it was was pretty, you know,
he was pretty smart.
He got he got big doing to like AAA batteries and AA batteries, right?
Yeah, right.
And then the moment he said, I'm going to go, I'm going to make a car.
The stocks of his company plummeted.
Oh, this is back in the early 2000s.
So early 2000s or late 90s.
Like, and this this this shareholders was mad at him and people wanting
like, you know, pretty much to to to to get him in a lot of trouble.
And he's brought it all back.
And now he's doing the same thing again.
But going into something completely different, I believe.
And it's just, you know, it's a very interesting man and very
just think of Elon Musk, but like Chinese Elon Musk.
So Elon Musk, Elon Musk, so so yeah, we'll we'll
you also see the docker recently.
Yeah, it's it's it's a quick one.
It's a good one.
What's that through?
David's words of wisdom.
I need a bit of intro to that.
Some people want to make it.
Geez, OK, I'm always singing for you anymore.
David. Yeah.
Oh, I'm grateful that I'm sorry, Matthew.
That was it. It's OK.
I'm just making you laugh.
I know it's terrible.
This one actually comes from Michael Jordan,
who could play basketball a bit.
He could. Yeah.
Some people want it to happen.
Some wish it would happen. Others make it happen.
Yeah. Good way to finish.
Chad, Delivernet and Emmanuel and Magnus Wops.
Yeah. And pallet deliveries.
Oh, yes. Yes. Please. Please let me know.
I'm sorted out.
Very much in a pallet.
Thank you, Chad.
Pallets are us.
Yeah, pallets are us.
Yeah. Yeah.
Order it. I'll bring it.
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About this episode
The conversation starts with club plate admin headaches, including a permit that was never properly paid and the reminder that VicRoads processing can be surprisingly fiddly. It then moves into Sakura picnic prep, with the hosts sorting which cars to bring and joking about unusual entries like a V6 Camry. The middle of the episode follows roadworthy repairs on a Laser and the stripping of a wrecked donor car for Sakura build parts, before the back half turns into toll-road complaints, car trivia, and a few sharp takes on old Vectra reliability and BYD's scale.
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