The Honda Integra is a Honda that enthusiasts like because it’s fun to drive and has a sporty reputation. Here, the host is talking about bringing their Integra back out and getting it ready for a big anniversary event.
The Acura Integra is a compact car that’s known for being enjoyable to drive. The podcast is talking about a red one that’s been stored and is now back in use, and it mentions a 40th anniversary. It’s brought up because Integra owners often care a lot about their cars and milestones.
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1,000K free inspection
“1,000K free inspection” means the car gets a free check at an early mileage point measured in kilometers. It’s usually done soon after you buy the car.
The Honda CR-V is a popular SUV that’s built to be practical for everyday driving. The speaker is talking about the 2010 model, which is the third generation—basically a specific version of the CR-V with its own design details.
“One owner” means the car was only owned by one person before you. People often like that because it can mean the car’s history is simpler and the maintenance may have been more consistent.
A “manual” is a car where you change gears yourself using a clutch and a stick. Some people like it because it feels more connected to driving, but it can be more work in stop-and-go traffic.
A “limited edition” is a special version of a car that’s made in smaller numbers. It usually comes with extra features or styling that you don’t get on the regular versions.
Oxygen sensors help the car figure out whether the engine is burning fuel efficiently. If they’re worn out, the car may run worse and can trigger emissions-related issues.
The thermostat helps control engine temperature by deciding when coolant should flow. If it’s not working right, the engine can run at the wrong temperature.
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driver's door handle
The door handle is what you pull to open the door. If the internal parts or plastic break, the handle can snap and you’ll need to replace it.
The sump gasket is the seal between the engine and the oil pan. If it leaks, oil can slowly drip out, and you’ll want to fix it so you don’t lose oil over time.
The timing seal is a gasket/seal at the front of the engine that helps prevent oil leaks around the timing components (like the timing chain/belt area). A leak here can be annoying because it may require front-end disassembly to fix, and it can worsen if oil gets onto belts or other components.
Tires are what actually grip the road. If the rear tires are worn out, the car can lose traction and feel less stable, so replacing them helps safety and handling.
The front control arm is part of the suspension that holds the wheel in the right position. If it’s worn out, the car can feel loose or vague, and tires may wear unevenly.
Burning oil means the engine is using oil as if it were fuel. When that happens, you can often see smoke and the oil level may drop faster than normal.
A dipstick is the tool you pull out to check how much oil is in the engine. If the oil level looks wrong, it can hint at problems like leaks or the engine using oil.
“Matching numbers” means the car’s engine is the same one that originally belonged to it, based on the stamped/recorded numbers. Collectors like it because it suggests the car hasn’t had major parts swapped.
A “top end rebuild” is a repair that concentrates on the upper parts of the engine, like the head and valves. The host is saying that kind of repair usually wouldn’t require painting the engine block.
A “bottom end rebuild” is a deeper engine repair that targets the lower internal parts, like the crank and bearings. The host is implying that this level of work is more consistent with the block being repainted.
“Remanufactured” means the engine was rebuilt and restored, usually with worn parts replaced. The idea here is that paint could be hiding clues that it’s not the original engine.
The VIN is the car’s unique ID number, like a fingerprint. Here, they’re saying the engine’s number lines up with part of that VIN, which helps verify originality.
The alternator charges the battery and powers the car’s electrical system while you drive. If it’s bad, the battery can drain and the car may not run right.
A V6 is an engine with six cylinders arranged in a V shape. It can be harder to work on if the engine bay is tight, because there’s less space to reach parts.
The Chevrolet Spin is a family-style vehicle meant to carry people and luggage. The podcast talks about bearings, which are parts that help wheels spin smoothly, and says they were worn out. When bearings fail, the car can feel rough and may not roll freely.
Suspension is what helps the tires stay in contact with the road and controls how the car rides. Upgrading it can make the car handle better and feel more controlled.
A turbo is a device that helps the engine make more power by pushing extra air into it. It’s a common upgrade when someone wants a big jump in performance.
Upgrading brakes usually means installing better brake parts so the car stops more strongly and holds up better during hard driving. It can help when you’re driving faster or doing repeated stops.
“Five stud conversions” means changing the way the wheels bolt onto the car so a different set of wheels will fit. It usually costs more because you may need new rims that match the new wheel pattern.
Coilovers are suspension parts that control how the car rides and grips the road. If they’re adjustable, you can change things like how high the car sits and how stiff the shocks feel.
The Ford Falcon FG is a model of Ford Falcon sold in Australia. The host brings it up as a car that might be cheaper or easier to work on than what he’s currently dealing with.
Rego is the Australian registration fee that lets you legally drive your car. The speaker is saying they haven’t really tracked it because they keep buying new cars.
If the car’s frame is twisted, the metal structure isn’t straight anymore. That can make lifting and taking parts off much harder because everything no longer lines up the way it should.
A K-frame is like a strong metal base in the front of the car that holds the engine and suspension parts. If the front area is damaged, mechanics sometimes remove that whole base to make the job possible.
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front support panel
The front support panel is a strong metal part at the front that helps the car stay rigid. If it’s bent, it can get in the way of getting tools in and removing the engine.
Engine mounts are the parts that hold the engine to the car’s frame. If the front structure is damaged, those mounting points can be hard to reach, so the mechanic may have to remove more around them.
Struts are part of the suspension that help the car absorb bumps. If the front struts are worn, the car can feel bouncy or less stable when you steer or brake.
Bushes are soft mounts that help suspension parts move smoothly. When they wear out, you may hear knocking and the car can feel less precise when turning.
Rear brakes are the brakes on the back wheels. They’re part of the overall stopping system, and worn rear brakes can make braking feel uneven or noisy.
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panel beaters
Panel beaters are body shop specialists. They fix bent or damaged metal parts of the car so the panels fit correctly again.
The Toyota Camry is a regular family-style car (a sedan) made for everyday driving. The podcast mentions adding a small spoiler at the front or lip, which changes the car’s appearance and sometimes how it looks on the road. It’s discussed because people like to customize these older Camry models.
A urethane spoiler is a spoiler made from a flexible plastic. Flexible parts can move a little, so the paint has to be prepped and coated correctly to stick and not peel.
A plastic primer is a base coat that helps paint stick to plastic. It’s especially important on flexible plastic parts so the paint doesn’t lift later.
Base coat is the paint layer that provides the color. In multi-step refinishing, it’s applied in multiple coats to build even coverage before the clear coat is added.
A front spoiler is a piece on the front bumper that helps the car “slice” through the air. It can make the car feel more stable, especially when you’re going faster.
Double-sided tape is a quick way to stick a part onto the car without screws. Whether it stays on depends on how clean the surface is and the weather/heat.
They’re talking about how, in Australia, people have been buying fewer Japanese cars and more Chinese cars. It’s basically a change in what brands are popular and why.
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ADRs are quite stringent
ADRs are safety and emissions rules that cars have to meet to be sold legally in Australia. The host is saying these rules can make it harder for some cars to be brought in.
Concept
grey market imports
Grey market imports are cars sold in a country through unofficial channels, not the brand’s standard dealer network. The host is saying some Japanese cars still show up this way, even if official offerings are limited.
The Toyota Prius is a hybrid car, meaning it uses both a gas engine and an electric motor. Here, it’s mentioned as a newer Prius that looks appealing and is still finding its way to buyers.
A hybrid car uses a gas engine and an electric motor together. The idea is to use less fuel than a normal gas-only car, and the host is citing hybrid sales to show Toyota’s market impact.
The Honda Civic is a popular compact car that many people buy because it’s a good everyday car. Here, the host is talking about how much it costs and how Honda positions it compared to other cars.
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Mazda3
The Mazda3 is Mazda’s compact car. The host is grouping it with other Japanese compact models to argue they’re better than some European cars at similar prices.
The Hyundai i30 is a compact car, usually chosen for everyday driving and reasonable size. The podcast is comparing it to other similar cars and saying it’s the better option. People talk about it because it’s meant to be a good all-rounder.
The Mazda3 (Axela) is a compact car made for everyday driving. The podcast is comparing it to other similar-sized cars and saying it’s the better choice. It’s discussed because people often pick this class of car based on how good it feels to drive and what you get for the money.
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a luxury compact sedan. In this discussion, it’s mentioned as another expensive benchmark that the host thinks Japanese cars can beat on value.
The BMW 3 Series is a popular “premium” compact sedan. The host is using it as a comparison point to argue that Japanese cars can cost less while feeling like a better deal.
Concept
sales nose dive
A “nose dive” just means sales dropped really fast. The host is saying Japanese car makers are struggling in the market even if he thinks their cars are good.
The Honda Ridgeline is a pickup truck, meaning it has space for carrying things in the back. The podcast is saying it sells well in other markets and that it looks appealing. It’s discussed because it’s a pickup that’s designed to feel more like a normal car to drive.
Market share means how much of the total car sales a brand gets. If a brand is losing market share, it’s selling fewer cars than rivals in that same market.
Sales decline just means a company is selling fewer cars than before. The hosts are asking why Japanese brands are seeing that drop and what could reverse it.
The Honda Jazz is a small hatchback that’s popular because it’s roomy and easy to live with. Here, the host is saying Honda isn’t selling the Jazz in that market, and that decision affects how well Honda can compete.
A “workable business case” just means the company has to expect the car will make enough money to be worth selling. The host is saying Honda won’t bring a model unless it’s profitable enough in that market.
Term
comply
They have to follow the rules to sell cars there. Those rules can be about safety and pollution, and they’re legally required.
Subaru is a Japanese car brand. The point being made is that it’s still around, but the host thinks it isn’t doing much to push forward in that market.
“Chinese brands” means car companies from China. The point here is whether they’ll still be good to own after a few years—like having parts and support when something goes wrong.
Matty J is arguing that the real test for a car brand is “the back end”: warranty support, parts supply, and service infrastructure. Even if a car is easy to sell initially, long-term ownership depends on whether repairs are practical and covered when issues show up after years and high mileage.
“Throwaway cars” means cars people don’t expect to keep for a long time. Here, it’s about whether these cars will still be good after a few years, or if they’ll feel like temporary buys.
BYD is a car brand from China that sells cars in other countries too. In this story, the host tried to get help from a BYD dealer for a specific part and found the parts process confusing or hard to reach, which could mean delays for repairs.
LDV makes commercial vans. In this story it’s used as an example of a vehicle that couldn’t be repaired quickly because a key steering part was hard to get.
A steering rack is the component that converts the steering wheel’s rotation into left/right movement to steer the wheels. If a steering rack is unavailable, the car can be immobilized for a long time, as described here with a dealer waiting months for the part.
The Mitsubishi Pajero is a rugged SUV that’s built for tougher roads. Here, the hosts mention it because the family has owned one for years and is thinking about what to replace it with.
The Land Rover Discovery is a bigger, more comfort-focused SUV that can also handle rougher terrain. In the story, it’s the SUV the family was thinking about buying instead of keeping their current one.
The Kia Sportage is an SUV, which is a car with a higher seating position and more room. The podcast is just naming it as the car being talked about. It’s typically considered for practical everyday driving.
A luxury car tax is an extra tax the government charges on certain expensive cars. If it applies to imported cars, it can push the price up a lot for normal buyers.
An import tax is money the government charges on cars brought into the country. It makes imported cars cost more, which can change what people buy and which cars show up in showrooms.
The Mazda 6 MPS is a stronger, sportier version of the Mazda6. The podcast is talking about Mazda models and includes the MPS as part of that performance lineup. It’s mentioned because it’s meant to be more exciting than the regular version.
The Mazda RX-3 is an older Mazda sports car. It’s known for having a rotary engine, which is different from the usual engine type most cars use. The podcast brings it up because it’s a notable part of Mazda history.
The Honda Civic Hybrid is a Civic that uses a hybrid system to help it use less fuel than a regular gas-only Civic. Here, the hosts are saying Honda uses awards and reviews to convince people it’s a good buy.
The BMW 5 Series is a larger luxury car than a compact, meant for comfortable driving. The podcast mentions an E60, which is a particular generation of that model. It comes up because people often talk about how that generation drives and what it’s like to own.
A “10 year warranty” means the car maker promises to cover certain repairs for up to 10 years. The important part is what parts are covered and under what conditions.
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low mid spec
“Low mid spec” refers to a trim level that sits below the top configuration, usually with fewer standard features. The discussion implies that the warranty offer may not feel valuable if the buyer is considering a less-equipped trim.
“Top spec” is the most fully equipped version of a car. In this segment, they’re saying the best-equipped Outlander can make the lower trims feel less tempting.
Concept
brand network
“Brand network” means how many places you can go for sales and service for that brand. If there are more dealers and service centers, it’s usually easier to get repairs and maintenance done.
The Mitsubishi Outlander is an SUV model. In the story, it’s mentioned to make the point that Mitsubishi owners may have an easier time getting the car fixed because there are more service places.
A service centre is where you take your car to get it repaired. The host is saying that having more service centres nearby can make ownership less stressful if something goes wrong.
“Written off” is when an insurer decides the car is too badly damaged to fix for a reasonable cost. The host is wondering if the car was treated as a total loss or if it can be repaired.
This part is basically about car commercials and whether their claims make sense. The hosts are calling out a Honda ad for using a silly scene to suggest the car is smoother than it really can be proven to be.
The Citroën 2CV is a small classic car with a very simple, old-school design. The podcast is using it as a joke to compare what someone is trying to do with the car. It’s mentioned because the 2CV is famous for being basic and practical.
The GMC Typhoon is an SUV that was made to be fast, not just practical. The podcast is asking how much power the first one had, measured in kilowatts. It comes up because it’s known for surprising performance for its type.
The Ford Mustang is a sports car made by Ford. The podcast is talking about a specific older version, the 1967 Mustang GT500, and asking about its engine size. People focus on these details because they help define how fast and powerful it was.
The Shelby GT500 is a high-performance version of the Ford Mustang. The podcast is asking about the engine size for the 1967 model. People focus on that because the engine size helps explain how powerful the car was.
The Cadillac Fleetwood is a large luxury car. The podcast is talking about it being from around the 1970s. It’s mentioned because it’s a well-known classic luxury model from that time.
RPM tells you how fast the engine is spinning, measured in revolutions per minute. Higher RPM usually means the engine is working harder, but it depends on the gear and driving situation.
Front-wheel drive means the front tires do the work of both steering and moving the car. It’s a common setup in regular cars and can feel different than cars where the back tires push you.
A “440 big block V8” is a large-engine V8 from Dodge with 440 cubic inches of displacement. Big block usually means it’s built to make lots of pulling power.
A burnout is when you spin the tires while the car is in place or moving slowly. It’s rough on tires and can be stressful on the car, so it’s a sign of more aggressive driving.
This part is using a specific engine example to make a bigger point about which country’s automotive influence wins. They’re showing that the same engine showed up in different countries’ cars.
The Saab Turbo X is a Saab model that’s meant to be more performance-focused. The podcast is talking about when Saab turbo cars were sold in Australia and whether it was around 1981 or 1982. It’s mentioned because the exact timing and availability matter for car history.
A V8 is an engine with eight cylinders. In racing, it often sounds louder and more aggressive than smaller turbo engines, which is what the speaker is pointing out.
The Volkswagen Beetle is a small car with a very recognizable shape. The podcast mentions upholstery, which is the fabric or padding inside the car, and whether it was done neatly. That matters because interior work can affect how the car looks and feels.
Term
1200
“1200” usually refers to a 1.2-liter engine size. Here it’s mentioned as a clue about the car’s model/engine, not as a performance number.
Term
powdered dash
“Powdered dash” here seems to mean the dashboard has a special coated or textured look. The hosts are using that detail like a hint to figure out which older car it is.
“Minor” here is likely referring to the Morris Minor, which is an older small car. The podcast is basically asking if that’s the exact model being talked about. It comes up because Morris Minors are a well-known classic car.
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Dato motor
“Dato motor” sounds like a specific engine being mentioned as part of a swap. The point is that the car’s original engine details might not match if it was replaced with something else.
“Three speed” means the car has three forward gears. That changes how the engine sounds and how the car drives compared with modern cars that usually have more gears.
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Datsun Bluebird
The Datsun Bluebird is a classic Japanese car model that Nissan/Datsun made for many years. In this clip, they’re talking about different generations and brochures for it.
A head-up display shows important info on the windshield. That way you don’t have to take your eyes off the road to check your speed or directions.
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Welcome to Car Talk with Matty J.
It's me, Matty J, online with Mr. Rob Zidi.
Mr. David Prince, Mr. Ed Bunting and Mr. Scotty Doe Johnson.
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How are you, Matt?
Not too bad, buddy, not too bad.
Good to see your lovely faces.
Good to see a couple of good days of weather.
We've had a bit of an interesting warm.
I took my jacket off today.
I was like, oh, this is...
I don't know.
I had the guns out, which is not really anything, but anyway.
It was good to see your lovely faces, gentlemen.
As it always is.
Let's crack off some carbohydrates before we get to tonight's topic.
Rob, updates with you, my friend?
Well, I've got a bit of a dilemma.
Okay.
With my transit again.
Oh, no.
You know, as soon as you said dilemma, I was like, guaranteed.
Or transit, transit.
Not so much a transit fault, more of the owner's fault.
Oh, dear.
Okay.
What's on and done?
I lent my transit to someone.
Mm-hmm.
They smashed it.
Oh, no.
Oh.
Right.
Oh, yes.
They didn't write it off.
I said, you've done a bad job because you didn't write it off.
So they smashed it enough.
Now, I need to sort of get your opinion.
They bent the back corner panel, but they didn't rip the paint,
but smashed all the plastic, the back bumper, the back corner section,
ripped out the side lights, the LED lights.
Mm-hmm.
Bent the panel.
But now, should I go for insurance?
Shouldn't I go for insurance?
Why would you not go through insurance?
It's $1,000 to replace the plastic.
And why would I go for my insurance and then pick up my premium
for a car I didn't smash?
What, who was driving it?
Were they insured?
No, because it's a friend of mine that'll lent my car to.
Oh, well, it's got to go through your insurance.
Or you just say to them, you just pay the bill.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's a good option.
How much is the bill?
This is the million dollar question.
We haven't ripped the plastics off it to see how badly
he's bent underneath the plastic.
What's the excess on your policy?
The excess is only $1,000.
And to buy all the parts, not to do the work,
just the parts is $1,060.
Mm-hmm.
Oh, I think I'd be going through insurance and saying,
you cover the excess then.
Half we rock.
So then, ups my premium for being a good guy.
Or you just get a quote to do the full job and say,
well, two and a half grand and we'll call it a day.
Well, I just got a quote from my panel.
Beta, if you can strain it without damaging the paint,
only be a couple of hundred bucks to fix it.
Oh, that's all right.
OK.
He has to actually start doing some panel beating.
He'll have to spray it a whole quarter.
Yeah.
And it'll be like a couple of grand.
Yeah.
And is your friend willing to pay?
Well, he said he was.
Bro.
After he can go by, you know?
So, I mean, you can always go, you know,
just suss it out, see if it can, you know,
if he can do it without damaging the paint.
And if he does, happy days.
If not, well, unfortunately, mate, you've, you know,
sorry, either going to go through insurance or you're going
to have to pay the rest of the bill because it's going to.
Once you get started and start tearing it down to see
what the problem is.
Correct.
Yeah.
You've lost your insurance path to go through insurance.
I mean, if he, surely they take it off and they say,
OK, no, it is too far gone.
We need to paint it.
They can just, you know, say, you know,
we can go through insurance.
So that way, at least you've had a look.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So now I have to run around.
I have to go through all the hassles.
Take the car back and forth.
Get everything all sorted out.
Don't loan your car to people.
No more.
So that's my dilemma.
And that was my week.
I think I'd put in a, you know,
Instagram post recently.
Yes.
It's a you.
No, I will not be helping you move.
Oh, yeah.
No, I can't help you move.
Well, that's what he was doing.
He was moving house.
Yeah.
And it was his fault, obviously.
Well, he backed into the fence down the driveway,
not without paying attention.
He's got a reverse camera.
He's got sensors.
He's got everything and yet he still managed to hit the fence
and take out that whole site.
And as a matter of fact, even my left hand bumper bar
and my mirror has got a scrape on it.
What are you doing?
What did he do it?
Good job.
I don't know.
I don't think he should be driving.
Cause you went to your cars.
And I was hesitant, but reluctantly I said,
it's only around a corner.
He's only moving, you know, down the road.
It's not too far.
Nice weather.
Nice day.
It'd be all right.
Rob, I know someone in my family that borrowed someone's work van.
Did the whole day's driving and then the last bit was just smashed it.
Like just scraped virtually a good meter worth of length of the van.
And was like, I did all day, not an issue.
And then that's the last second and I've done that.
Yeah.
So can relate, Rob, I think, you know, at the end of the day,
I think that they didn't go through address,
but they just paid it out of, you know, whatever it costs to get fixed to,
you know, on the side.
But yeah, look, I'd try to see what your friend can do.
And if you can, if that works, I'd definitely do that route.
If not, you know, I think that's a discussion that you guys need to say.
Maybe we need to go through insurance, unfortunately.
Yeah.
I think if I get a proper dink guy, I reckon someone who does dints for a living,
I reckon he should be able to, it's, it's the whole length of the,
between the wheel arch and the back quarter.
It's just pushed in the middle and it's about five mil.
You can be yet for it, but you can see it over that distance.
Yeah.
Straight edge to it.
Someone, a good, uh, paintless, didn't remove a guy,
should be able to, I would think, um,
long as it doesn't start bowing and buckling, tinning.
Tap, tap magic.
Yeah.
You don't know how it was crossing.
So they're not too, too far.
Okay.
I've got to mind your van's orange.
Is it orange?
No, it's gray.
Gray.
So, I mean, if it's got to be painted, you got to be,
make sure it's a good match and like, you know,
it's got to be painted.
That's the other thing.
Yeah.
Yeah.
They're a big, it's a big canvas to work with, isn't it?
Yeah.
Massive, massive canvas.
Yep.
That would be my concern, trying to get it without having to be
painted, matched.
I don't want to get it painted.
Um, I'll just, I'll hate myself for it if I did paint it.
Uh, you know, it's borderline, you know,
me wanting to keep the car now.
Yeah.
Borderline.
Now doing this and painting it.
Yeah.
Cars going.
Can't do it.
Can't do it.
High high ace.
High high ace.
Yeah.
And convert it into a four wheel drive.
Yeah.
Better still bring a four wheel drive high ace in from Japan.
Oh, that'd be awesome.
But that, that's already like 140k there alone.
Most of it just by Mercedes.
Four wheel drive.
This is, yeah, you can, you can, like, I went in a,
when I was in the land of New Zealand, I was,
the guy picked us up in this big Sprinter van.
And, you know, we did Milford town.
And that was a beast.
I think when he was, he was ripping corners.
I was like, this thing is wild.
So yeah, could do, could do.
Yeah.
So anyway, it is what it is.
So that's my van story.
Okay.
Um, but I'll flirt now.
I'm not going to lend it to anyone.
That's it.
Hey, Rob, could I borrow your van next weekend?
Can I borrow that next weekend, Rob?
Look under one, under one condition.
Yeah.
So you don't bring it back in one piece.
So we're going to do it.
Do it properly.
It's something hard.
That's what I told him.
I said, you guys, so you're going to be upset with me.
I said, I am upset with you because you didn't do it properly.
So if you're going to smash it, make sure you smash it.
Like, don't half-ass it.
So that's your updates.
We're also joined by Jim Bala.
Hello, Jim.
Hello, everyone.
Hello.
Hello.
Hello.
Thank you.
Good to see you, mate.
I've currently gone through car updates.
David Prince, updates with you.
I've had a couple of drives of cars I haven't driven in a while
over the weekend, which was really good.
I've got my red Integra back out of storage.
We've got a 40th anniversary of the Integra event coming up in June.
I wanted to make sure it's there for that.
Coffee walking down Emma Revan.
Integrated with coffee, I think it's cool.
Someone came up with.
And yeah, we're just going to get one of every generation,
more than one of most down there.
Lots of DC2s and DC5s in the club.
And a couple of nice early cars, so that'll be good.
But oh my gosh, it's such a sweet thing.
It drives so nicely and still smells like an 80s Honda.
Brings back lots of memories that car.
Very good thing.
And swapped that over with the Grand Prix.
So I drove the Grand Prix, then I moved the van down to Huntingdale.
Got some great photos of that tucked away in the corner.
I went down there next morning and there was some
spurious comments made around it.
They thought it was because it was parked next to the rubbish bin.
They thought it was going out with the rubbish.
So I had to nip that in the bud.
But that's running perfectly well to touch wood.
As you should have.
You should have been like, that is, how dare you?
It's got a little ratty look about it, David.
I know, I know.
It's called patina.
But I was able to say, as for 35 years now,
whatever you can say to them, I've heard it before.
I've had every possible comment.
People think they're so funny and they're the first person
to ever say that and they're not.
Whatever they're saying, they're not the first person.
Why don't you just carry it home?
Can you just say, if someone says, oh,
he'd be like, okay, stop.
And you just reel them off.
You'd be getting one of these things.
Batteries, David.
Where do you wind it up from?
That's of course not helped by the Honda Z.
That was getting around for a long time around Melbourne
with the great, great big keys glued on the back.
So it just looked like you wound the thing up.
What else?
Oh, okay.
And I've got another dilemma.
So my wife has a new car.
And we park it in that.
Honda couldn't fulfill the requirement list.
So we have a high-end A2 Son hybrid as well in that family.
Congratulations on the purchase.
That's a good car.
It's a very nice car to drive.
We park it now.
The people that are doing it in my house now,
there's a big tree in their front yard of our house.
And Katz's car usually sits in front of the front door.
There's a sort of turn-in area.
So we've had cars parked there for years, obviously.
And the trees drop stuff, you know, off the leaves
and bits of sap and all that sort of thing.
We've always just got into the car
and put the wipers on and cleaned the windscreen
from a couple of things gone about our day.
This thing sat there for two or three days
because we were swapping over stuff and car seats
and things like that.
I couldn't get the marks off the windscreen.
And I'm like sort of little sappy drops and stuff like that.
And I thought, this is ridiculous.
It was almost like they were etched into the glass.
And I thought, that can't happen, surely.
I've got them off today.
I've cleaned them.
I bought some of that Maguire's crystal glass cleaner.
Glass cleaner, yeah.
Very, very good stuff.
But it took a lot to get them off.
So I actually rang a friend in the trade from Restora,
the Louise who does windscreen repairs
and headlight repairs and things like that.
And she said, I've never heard of that happening before.
She wondered if it was something that the dealership
had detailed it with, like the cleaner
that had helped stuff glue on the screen or something.
But yeah, I wasn't...
I mean, you would think that glass is glass,
whether it's...
Exactly what she said.
Glass or Mazda glass, it's what she said.
And why would it be any different?
Yeah, I know, I know.
But I'll show you next time you're over.
But it's really stubborn, like it...
And it's never been an issue with the other cars
that are parked there, shall we say.
So yeah, I was a bit flabbergasted about that.
So I'll...
That's going in for his first service in a couple of weeks.
So I'll ask the question there, but that's all I can think of.
Hang on, you've just literally got it like days ago.
How can I...
I don't know, service.
I know.
Oh, no, no.
It's an inspection.
It's up to about...
Yeah, it's 1,000K free inspection.
Oh, that one, the 1,000K.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So it's about 400 or something now.
But already out of the box, it's very economical
compared to what we had previously.
And it's very smooth, very quiet, very nice.
Nice.
Are they 1.5 or 1.6?
1.6 turbo.
Yeah.
DCT.
Automatic.
Interesting.
Yeah, DCT, yeah.
Oh, double clutch, is it?
Yeah.
Yeah, well, that's what I had in that one I bought and sold,
but that wasn't a hybrid.
That was a 1.6 all-wheel drive double clutch, I think.
Yeah, yep.
But yeah, not a hybrid, just a normal petrol.
This is all-wheel drive too, actually.
You don't get an option on the premiums.
They're all four-wheel drive.
Yeah, yeah.
Which is another point of difference to the key is,
you can have two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive.
Out?
Yeah.
So I think that's my updates.
Caddy transmission is still going whistling at me,
like there's a mouse stuck in the transmission somewhere, but...
Out of warranty now?
Oh, yes, yes.
Whoa!
Just VW things.
Well, they did say to you that they would honour it,
didn't they, David?
They did say to me that, yes.
We'll get that in writing.
Get that in writing, I was about to say, yeah, absolutely.
I might be doing a bit of a road trip to Sydney in a month's time
or a couple of months' time, so I might book it in again
and just say, have another look at this.
Now it is out of warranty.
You might agree with me that it's making noises.
Yes, I got sick of hearing, yes, performing completely as per spec.
No, it's not.
Within spec, within spec.
Within spec, that's it.
So that's you, David.
Prince Edward Bunting.
Hello.
Oh, there's a few things.
I sold the Vienta to David's neighbours that had a detail,
and I did spend a little bit of money on that.
So all new shockies, front control arm bushes, wiper blades,
of course, they love doing wiper blades for a roadie.
And yeah, it came up, you know, really quite nicely,
considering it had not been detailed in a while.
And it ran beautifully, you know.
So that V63 litre with the four-speed auto is a very nice combo.
And they drive a lot more prestigious and premiumly
than you would think for an Australian-assembled car.
So I sold that to a kid for his first car.
Someone else did want to buy it,
but they didn't want to leave a deposit.
And I said, well, that's fine on the Thursday or Friday,
but it's still advertised over the weekend.
Like if people want to come and buy it up,
I'm not going to stop them if you don't deposit.
So I said, look, you can wing it and wait till Monday
when you want your inspection done,
but just be aware that that could happen.
Okay, let me know how you go over the weekend, you know.
So I sold it over the weekend,
and I messaged them and said, I'm really sorry,
but you know, it's gone.
And then they proceeded to not say anything,
but give me a one-star marketplace rating.
And I wrote back and said, you know, is that really fair?
Like I've been very reasonable.
I've answered all your questions.
I told you the process of how this works.
Like, you don't buy a house without leaving a deposit
or a 5% if you're one of the lucky younger people
who get away with that.
And you know, I said, that's sort of how the world works.
You know, I'm not being unreasonable here,
but if someone's waving cash at me and want to buy the car,
well, I'm selling the car.
It's still in the market.
Yeah.
So then they just wrote back, ha ha.
So this is the caliber of individuals
we deal with on marketplace.
And I've got a few one-star ratings, actually,
because I'm on another friend.
So there's a comment, why is your rating so low?
And I'm like, well, my rating might be low,
but it's not from anyone that's purchased a car from me.
So these are people, wannabes who haven't purchased a car from me
have rated me one star.
Whatever.
So that's the Vienta gone.
I purchased a CR-V during the week,
which is a 2010 third gen with that sort of roundy rear window on it.
Really nice car.
That's a one owner done 78K in a manual.
Six manual, those are.
So it's a limited edition, which gets alloys and beepers
and Bluetooth and a couple of other little things,
but other than that, it's fairly standard.
But do you think they drive well?
I was just saying to our mutual friend, Nick,
he's got one, he's got one exactly the same with 200,000K on it.
And I said, this, this drives beautifully.
It's quiet, it's supple, it's nice.
It's just a good thing.
So yeah, that is soon to be on the market.
I'll get it detailed and get a roadie on that.
And yeah, nice little one owner CR-V.
That'll be about 10 and a half grand drive away, I think.
No more to pay?
No more to pay.
I put the Falcon Ute in to get some of its work done.
I've been roosting around in that on cheap LPG now for a month or so
and loving myself sick.
How good is it?
It's the best.
Did they want to buy it off you when you took it in?
He likes it.
He's a Ford guy.
He's a Ford guy.
So we're doing the oxy sensors front and back.
We're doing a new thermostat because it would,
you go on the freeway and the temp gauge would plummet
and then you sort of sit in traffic and it would come back up to half.
So that's just a sign of a stuck open thermostat.
He's free fitted a new driver's door handle thing on the inside.
They all snap because they're built like crap, those plastic thing.
Yeah.
What else has he done?
He's had a look over it for roadie.
He said, yeah, tiny to loyal leak from the front might be the front timing seal.
Might be a sump gasket, but I'm not going to worry about it.
Needs the front arms for a roadie that feels great to do them now,
but it needs the front, you know.
Sorry.
It just completely cut out there.
Well, I was still here.
Yeah.
Sorry.
Could you repeat?
So you had him look over the car, you said?
Look over the car and it needs two rear tires,
little oil leak from either the sump gasket or the front timing seal
and the front control arm things.
That's pretty good.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's pretty good.
Exactly.
One interesting thing was that car, the first owner who I bought it from said,
oh, it had a motor in it at 45,000 K because it was burning oil.
You know, it was it was billowing smoke sort of almost from you.
He always, I don't know if I said it on the podcast before,
but he thought it was the cars around him in traffic.
You know,
And then one day he said, I was sitting at the lights and there was literally
no one else there and the smoke came past my window and he said,
shit, maybe it's my car.
He said he took it back to Ford.
It was still under warranty.
It's a faulty motor.
Well, they had it for five weeks.
He said they gave him another Ute in the meantime and they fully repaired it,
rebuilt it, put another motor in it, did whatever.
So I was under the impression that it had another motor in it from what he said.
And because he pulled the dipstick after he noticed this smoke was his car
and there was a bug of all oil in it.
And he thought, gosh, it's too true.
You know, all the oil on the dipstick.
Anyway, the guy today, I said, can you just check the engine number?
Because I was wondering if the engine number on VicRoads was the one in the car.
I had it changed if it had a motor in it, you know,
even though it was all those years ago.
And the engine number matches the tag on the body of the car.
It's a matching numbers.
That's the original engine then.
Original engine.
But the mechanic said the interesting thing is your block is spray painted black.
And he said these motors are not spray painted black.
These motors are silver.
They're not painted at all actually.
No, it's been spray painted black.
So he said, whatever's been done to it, they've painted the block,
but it's the original block.
And I'm like, that's interesting.
So whether it's just had a top end rebuild,
which I wouldn't think you paint the block,
it sounds like it's had a full bottom end rebuild because it was faulty done by Ford.
And then I thought David of that guy we interviewed on the podium.
I might actually ask him about did they paint the blocks black for some reason
to deny that it's been remanufactured or I don't know.
So it runs beautifully.
But it's just done slightly less case maybe than what the speedo.
Original motor.
What's interesting with Falcons especially is the VIN number of the actual car.
The last few digits for the engine number are exactly the same as the VIN number.
So you can definitely tell if it's not.
Yeah, it's a matching numbers car by the block number.
It's not on the Vintana, but it is a matching car.
So they rebuilt it, so that's pretty good.
They've done something with it and it was gone for five weeks, which is a lot.
Yeah, that makes sense.
That makes sense.
It was obviously rebuilt.
So it doesn't matter.
I'm going to do one a million kilometers there.
100%.
In other news, today at lunchtime I went to the builder of my old Renault 16 engine
who has had that for maybe four years.
Yeah, it's been a while.
So I saw the motor today.
I took him some parts being a new water pump from Czechoslovakia or somewhere.
And what else do I take him?
Water pump and some other part that he wanted.
Anyway, yeah, it dropped it.
Oh, alternator.
That's right.
And the bracket, the belt, the metal thing that the alternator slides on.
I took him that.
So I saw the motor.
I mean, the motor is like you can eat off it.
It's brand new.
You know, sitting on the engine stand and he said, yeah, I'll put that on.
He's got a brand new clutch for it there.
So we're almost there.
You know, I've been saying that for years, but I feel like it's closer than it has been in other years.
So that was good to see.
You know, it does exist.
It is getting done.
It's at a snail's pace.
I think that's the car updates.
I drove the Mooc.
I was in a bad mood on the weekend and I just went over to get these Renault parts.
And of course, the Mooc is in that garage and I thought, oh, bugger it.
The sun's out.
I'll take it for a fang.
Sun's out.
Mooc's out.
Sun's out.
Mooc's out.
I just saw, you know, I was suddenly in a much better mood.
I thought you can, it's a real good antidote driving a Mooc.
That was a good for that, aren't they?
Yeah.
Flying down 70 down whatever road, you know, boundary road.
And I was like, this is fun.
Yes.
That's it for cars, I think.
What have I been doing?
Not me personally, but I did get mechanic to come out and fit an alternator onto the blade.
Happy days.
Yep.
Everything's all good.
So I did mention that it was making a horrible noise.
Once we removed it, which was, yeah, I could see it's a bit of a pain in the butt.
You got to kind of pull quite a lot of things forward and remove to get to it.
I mean, you can see it, but it's just to get to it and then pull it out.
It's very tight, as you can imagine, a V6 packed into a hatchback.
And it was, the bearings were shot.
So you try and spin it by hand and it just doesn't really spin at all compared to the new one.
So I put the new one in, it's all good.
And I'll probably get a new battery to go with it too soon.
Just as a good piece of mind because I don't know how old the battery is.
He did a battery test.
It's still okay.
But he said, you know, just to be sure, get that done in a couple of months.
So I'll do that.
That's something easy to do and swap that one over.
Other than that, it's all good.
It's running nice and strong.
Happy days.
Happy days.
Got it.
I'm still sitting there.
I got an offer today again from someone else for four grand.
Sounds not to be right.
Oh, David.
Oh, come on.
What do we got here?
We got a squillion K's though.
Yeah, that's probably what knocks it around.
I mean, we know it's good, but you know, you got to put yourself in someone's shoes going
to the Honda that no one's ever heard of and it's done a squillion K's.
Like, you know,
What do you say in here?
Oh, someone was just like, I'd like to know more information about your car.
Are you selling it with all the accessories included?
What do you mean accessories?
That's what I said.
So I'm not taking anything out of it.
Like it'll come with the car mats that are already in there.
I promise.
I'm going to take it out.
Like, what do you mean?
The car mats.
Yeah.
You can actually take it out.
You'll get a one star rating.
No.
Honestly.
Yeah.
I couldn't care less because I really plan on selling much more on this.
Except for maybe the skyline.
Yeah.
So.
Yeah.
Could go.
Yeah.
To make what's got a very much debating of, of getting rid of it.
What would you replace it with?
Don't know at the moment.
It's just it, it just sits there and just doesn't get driven.
Well, that's your fault.
Drive it.
This is where it's located.
And I just don't have much time to go to my parents and then shift cars to get it out
and take it out for a little drive and then put it back in and reverse it in and park it
and put us back.
It's just, yeah, a pain in the butt.
It's a bit hard.
Yeah.
I'm a windjump.
Get into then.
If you don't have a skull and what's going to be?
I don't know.
I need something to tinker and do.
And I think because the skyline is pretty much is done.
There's nothing I can do.
Oh, you want a project?
You want a project now?
No, not a full, not a full project.
Something that I can just add to and tinker with.
So it's still drivable, but I can do little bits and pieces to keep me occupied.
I'll bring you one car per week for the next year.
I just, I like to have things to look forward to and, you know, maybe, you know, this needs
to be fixed at some point and I'll search for the part that I might need and put it
aside and when I've got time, I can go around and fit it and fix it.
You know, just those kind of little things I really like doing, even if it was suspension
stuff, I'm happy to do that.
Maybe the upgrade suspension or I'm thinking like, oh, you know, maybe I need to do some
some breaks at some point and I could do that and I like kind of tinker and change
breaks, but it's just, yeah, it's the 31 is done.
The only next step if I wanted to go extreme and spend a lot of money is turbo or if I want
to upgrade brakes, it becomes five stud conversions and then I'd have to go and find new rims because
I can't use the ones that I've got.
So everything that, you know, you can think of just becomes super expensive.
It's the next kind of like big, big progression, but it's also big dollars.
Yeah.
Yes.
That's the thing.
It's massive dollars and I just kind of like to do bits and pieces, even if I want to do
like adjustable coil overs and stuff in it.
That's, you know, you're looking at $1,500 and then because the fronts are different the
way it is, I've got to get a piece welded on just the way the design is
and the shocks and that's only for the Australian delivered 31s is like this.
So yeah, everything's just very expensive for me to tinker with.
There's nothing to tinker.
I've bought all the little bits and pieces and fitted them.
What would be cheap enough to tinker with and work on that?
It's not costly.
Yeah.
That's the thing.
Or Falcon FG.
I think I get in the mindset where I like to try new cars all the time.
You know, when I was working full time and living at home, well, I didn't really have
many expenses.
So I don't remember the last time I really paid Rego because I just kept buying another
car and it was 12 months Rego and it got to a point where I was just sitting there.
I go, you know what?
I don't even remember the last time I paid a Rego because I just kept chomping through
cars because I just wanted to move to the next one and give it a go.
I was doing that recently with fuel.
Yeah.
If it had a lot of that, I'd buy it.
They go to Mannheim's and look at cars with the full fuel gauge.
That's right.
That's what I was doing.
Yeah.
Exactly.
And extended Rego.
Yeah.
Rego on a tank of food.
Happy days.
Happy days.
Yeah.
That's what I meant.
What is it?
Lane six?
Is it?
Lane four?
Lane four.
Okay.
Lane four.
The clearing lane.
Lane four.
You never know quite why they're there.
Are the kids under cover lane?
Is that where they usually are?
The kids under cover cars are either in that lane or the lane three.
They'll be in either depending on how shit they are.
Well.
Jim Barlow.
So that's you, Scotty.
Jim Barlow.
I was just thinking then, Scotty, if you want something to tinker with that, you know,
would mean you'd probably never leave the garage again.
You could just buy an old English car.
Yeah, this is true.
Yeah.
This is true.
Like an Armstrong Sidley.
Yeah.
You know, you might forget what you look like, but you know, if you want something to tinker
with.
So very true.
It's updates on my end.
So I had a really good weekend catching up with many Janie's family and stuff.
Got to drive the Forrester, which was really cool and went to the footy, which was good.
Picked up some.
It picked up some parts for me for my new car.
Yet to be disclosed.
Don't give it.
Jim.
No, this is true.
And then the other thing that was good too is I had the Accord go in for pre road worthy
and all they said need was a windscreen and engine degrees and two bushes.
Nice.
Yep.
I did also end up though getting the power steering pump replaced and the knock sensor
replaced.
So that's gotten rid of the check engine light and everything has been done now.
So it's going in for road worthy on Friday.
Registered next week and then I can get to the bumpers at some point, but at least they
will be registered.
When you use that car, Jim, what sort of use will that get?
Do you think?
Longer term weekend, but I think at the moment it'll probably help me commute to work while
I'm having some stuff done to the Civic before I travel into state this year.
So it'll sort of cover that.
The other thing that I was quite impressed with was that I filled it up again today just
to see if I had just had an anomaly or not.
But I've gotten the fuel consumption in the Euro down to 6.7 litres per 100.
Pretty good.
Pretty good.
Yep.
So quite happy with that.
As I said to you, Jim, my one was never that good.
Mine was always a bit thirsty.
It was thirsty on oil too to be fair, but it was.
Was that manual?
Mine was automatic.
Yeah.
That's the difference.
Yeah.
I didn't expect it to be that much of a difference.
That's huge.
I mean, again, that is six speeds.
Yeah, six speeds.
Yeah.
And also I am short shifting intentionally to try and leak out as much fuel as I can
leak out.
What else?
You draw on that big downhill run into central.
At 100, Jim, in 6, that would only be ticking over at what, 1,500 up here?
No.
2,400.
Oh, okay.
All right.
Yeah.
It's quite short actually.
I mean, I know they're very different cars, but when you go from the magnet to the Euro,
the Euro is very short in comparison.
Yeah.
Like if the road is flat, you can put it into 6,560.
Like it's very, very low.
So in comparison, what else are they going to say?
Oh, and the other thing that was quite frustrating that I managed to do without even being in
the car was last night, I think I went to move the new car.
When I got into it, I thought why does it smell like engine oil, but I haven't driven
it for several days.
Turns out that when I had put in the spare engine oil in the back after topping it up
a little bit, I hadn't quite closed the lid properly.
And so when it's fallen over, the back of the boot falls.
So yeah, got to figure out how to sort that out properly.
Anyway, so I think that's probably it for my car updates at the moment.
Lovely.
Good to hear the Accord get on the road next week, which would be exciting.
Updates from me.
Laser is at Ratner's.
I was speaking to him today about the old one.
So he's basically said to me, he's like, this car is so hard to move because it's so bent.
He proceeded to tell me, please come and get all the interior bits that you need, like
the remainder, like stuff before he does something very sacrilege to it.
He's going to chop it, isn't he?
He's going to chop it.
He's like, because it's so far bent, he has to put it on for me because I'm going to
help him take the engine out.
He's like, I need to lift it up with the fork.
But because underneath it, the chassis is so twisted.
To hold the car up, it's not there because it's completely mounted.
He has to put the forks through the glass of the car and lift it up that way.
So then that way he can position one of the arms from the hoist right underneath the middle
so he can get the car on.
He's like, there's just no other way to do it.
So he's like, it's that bent.
He tried to have a look at it yesterday because it got dropped off yesterday morning and he's
just like, how the hell am I going to put this on the hoist to pull the motor?
So he said to me, what we're going to do is we're going to just drop the whole K-frame
and just drop everything out in one piece and I'll put it on.
I thought he might be getting an angle grinder and just cutting the motor out.
Well, he said he might have to because that was when I asked him, I said,
can we just do it on the thing?
He's like, look, we can't really do it where it is because the front,
I mean, you saw it at the front support panel and the left leg,
also the right leg of the chassis, it's actually bent that way.
So it's kind of blocked a lot of things in so you can't get access from the top.
So right where the engine mount and stuff is, he's like,
I'm going to have to cut all that out.
He's like, we just cannot get that out.
It's like, when you think about taking a motor out of any car,
it's always fine tolerances.
Factory.
Stuff's bent.
It's like, you got no hope.
So he called me to one and say, look, unfortunately,
I'm going to have to fork it that way.
It's the only way I'm going to be able to get it on because like,
it's like, if you get the forks underneath the front end of the car,
it could just tip backwards and then even, even more, even more cooked.
So I'm going to have to go get my cluster.
The cluster, yeah, wheel or something.
Yeah.
Cluster.
I want to see if I can take out a few of the, if I can get at the dash,
because the dash on that's mint.
Like it is, it is, it's, it's better than the new car.
But it's a big job.
So like, I do want to get a few little last bits and pieces from it.
So I want to go do that some Saturday morning and like,
like first thing, I'm going to be there as soon as he opens at eight and
then just take it, take the last few things out.
So then that way you can fork it onto the, onto the hoist so we can just
drop the K frame, but he's like, I'm going to have to cut up.
Like he's really, he's already pulled off the guard.
I think he said he was going to pull, he was going to pull off the guard
and cut the arm that way.
So that way he's got more access to, to the mounts, to drop, to, to,
to drop everything.
So yeah, he, he was actually surprised at how Ben was as well.
He didn't see any pictures of it until, until I got dropped there yesterday.
He's like, oh, he's like, oh dear.
That's a, yeah.
I had a big chat with him this afternoon after work.
What about the blue car?
So the blue car of all my parts have pretty much come in.
The only parts after all the other parts I've got to take off are the front
struts and front brakes from my, from the black car.
Um, which will go on, but I'll do that once we drop the K frame and
everything.
I can do that later.
That's going in on Tuesday to, to get everything done.
The only things that won't be done with a, will be the front shocks and
front brakes.
So I'm into getting a new time about water pump, uh, all the,
all the, the bushes and the few things that needs rear brakes.
Um, I did the rear brakes on my, on, on the black card, not too long ago.
So I could probably do it if I, about time.
So he's like, well, it's there to give it a service, give it every,
give it a birthday, make it, make it all good.
So that's going in on Tuesday.
I'll pick that up, uh, Wednesday.
And then that's going into the panel beaters on Friday for it to,
to be there for, um, to be stripped back and, and do the roof paint, bonnet
paint, roof paint, bonnet paint, rear bar paint, spoiler paint.
And, um, and, and the door handles, cause I feel we're chipping with the
clearest chipping on them.
So they're going to, they're going to do those.
And then it should be pretty good.
I'm going to, I'm going to buff it back and give, give it a coating.
And it should, it should look glamour.
Very nice.
So I want to, said to Simon, I'm going to come in and
take the headlining out of that car so I can pull the, the rails off.
And, uh, maybe see one d prints to, to, to try it.
Cause I've got one good one.
I've done these rails before.
He's sick of it.
He's like, oh, please no more of these.
I think I've just mentioned that he's like, all right.
I'm sorry.
Look at the time.
I'm going to go and he's going to, he's going to.
Yeah.
I think that's a cat.
No race.
Kathy is coming.
So, so yeah, that'll be, that'll be in there and I'll be picking that
up in a few months time.
Or I said, look, you know, as long as it's before the end of the year,
because it's not getting put on the road until, until next year.
Anyway, so, um, but it'll be good cause I can go give that a go.
The second for that car for that long.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
He said, there's no rush on it.
He's got, he's like, I'm busy flat out anyway.
So it'll be just, it's just going to sit there.
He's going to just get it to it on the weekend.
So Simon will start, you know, prepping it on the, on Saturday afternoons.
Yeah.
And then, um, his dad, he's the painter.
We'll, we'll paint it all up and, um, be, yeah, be good.
Happy days.
Happy days.
So that'll be awesome.
The last thing I've done, well, I thought I'd be, I'd be a bit of Rob's
a diet and I obviously got to, I think I mentioned on the show, I got a
genuine, um, genuine lip spoiler for the SV 21 Camry or VZ V 21s.
Like you could tick the, tick the box.
Uh, you know, I've got one of the, one of the brochures,
brochures, one of the magazines of when that car came out and the
magazine car had the same little lip spoiler and everything.
So I was like, well, you know, go to track one down, attract one down.
And it was in a right old state.
So I want to put a sticker on it with neighborhood watch.
Uh, so it was, it was just, I don't know who, who,
on the spoiler, on the spoiler.
It was just the, it was one of the, it was, it was, yeah, it was,
I'll send you a photo of what it looked like.
So all the stickers to put on it.
Make no sense.
Camry, that's fine.
Now I saw a strange car parked over the road.
It was there for two hours.
This is Johnson hasn't opened her blinds this morning.
So it was, it was random.
I even said to the neighborhood watch really is like, oh, you know,
it actually came off an Apollo.
So that, that, you know, that was a,
that's a very neighborhood watch car.
That's a very neighborhood watch car.
So that would have been,
there would have been many polos with,
with the spoiler on the table on the boot.
Yeah.
Not a lot.
Not a lot.
It doesn't go together.
No, it does not at all.
So I send it all back,
filled it in.
And then I, because it's like a,
it's like a urethane kind of kind of spoiler,
like, like the old ticks threes.
I had those like famous urethane things.
I gave it a plastic primer.
So it was so it's got a bit of flex on it here.
And I've done a few, few layers of base coat,
send it back, did more layers of base coat.
Cause when you're not, when you're painting outside,
even though you're trying to control the area stuff just gets in the paint.
Like it's just, it's just so hard to control it.
Which is a bit of annoying.
So I got it as good as I could and I've cleared it.
I'm just going to,
I'm going to de-nib it tomorrow and give it a, you know,
a 1500 wet and dry back and then polish it.
And it should come up okay.
A friend of mine who I work with, I painted it at work.
Yeah.
Well, I painted, I cleared it today at work.
But one of the guys I work with,
lovely gentleman, hello to you, Emilio.
He's one of my fellow art teachers.
He was formerly in a past life, a panel beater.
And, and he was saying, yeah, you know,
you've done an all right job for, for out of a can.
So look, it'll go on.
I'll put it on and see what it looks like.
You know, cause I am getting,
I am getting the bars done in that car at some point too. Cause that,
you know, the old people who owned it before me,
unfortunately Braille parked it, which is very easy to do.
So I'd get, when I'd get those done,
I'd get the rest ball properly done.
But just to get it on, to see what it looks like.
And to see if I, I'm happy with it,
I thought I'd give it a go.
And, and you know, for my friend who's a panel beater,
he was panel beater for years actually.
So you've done a pretty half decent job.
He's like, look, there's a couple of nibs and, you know,
a couple of little bits and things that you just, unfortunately,
you're not going to get out.
I, I had just done my last layer of clear.
I turned around and then like a little fly landed in it.
And I'm like, you're kidding.
He's like, you'll get it out later.
You know, so, okay.
So out the fly.
So go down later.
So he's like, you might need a Dini bit and you might say,
you actually might need one more, one more coat of clear,
just to be, just to fill in those, those little, you know, things.
So I kept the, I kept the can of clear at work.
My footprints.
Yeah.
Yeah. Oh man.
I was, I was so obviously, it was like the fifth layer of clear,
like the final layer of clear.
And I was like, you know, it's been good.
I was cleaning up as I was going and yeah, I got it.
But I thought I didn't do too bad a job.
I've got, I've got some pictures.
I don't know if you can see it.
I'm getting mixed messages from this car, Matthew,
because you've got the rear louvre, right?
Which is like grandpa and then a spoiler.
Well, you know, you, you can put them together.
I've seen it done together.
Well, that's what we're about to find out, Edward.
Okay.
That's what we're about to find out.
It's granny, but it's sporty.
I'm like, oh, well it is the hot one.
It's the V six.
So, you know, and it's got a front spoiler.
So you need to have the, you need to even it out with the lip.
It's got the little lips.
And to be having the louvre and the spoiler does work
with the old puncture Margaret ad too.
It does.
So that car was famous for that.
You know, puncture Margaret kind of mentality.
So, so look, I'm going to put it on.
See what it looks like.
If I like it, take it off.
It's, it's, it's, it's a two second job.
I'm just going to double side tape it on.
It's a nightmare.
Something for tonight, gentlemen.
So obviously we've seen the decline of Japanese cars in
Australia with the, with the uptake of Chinese cars and other
brands, you know, coming to fruition here in the Australian
landscape of vehicles.
It's an interesting time to be a, to be a Japanese car fan
because I find that they've got so many great offerings
overseas yet we don't get them.
My issue is, do we think that the Japanese are shooting
themselves in the foot by not bringing and offering these
cars here?
Cause like I know, and look, I know there's a few reasons why
one ADRs are quite stringent and they're hard to, to make a
car for.
But for example, car companies are still bringing them here
like, like through grain imports and they're selling.
So for example, the, the, the new Prius looks really good.
The first of my prices looked actually help decent and it
actually looks awesome.
Matches in with the whole Toyota family, you know, you know,
design aesthetic, but that I'm bringing here, you know, and
that's, and especially with, you know, I think it was 200,000
hybrid vehicles sold here last year, you know, and that's
virtually all of Toyota's, you know, lineup, you know, that
is, that is a big, you know, as another thing that they miss
here and yes, Toyota is dominating the market.
We all, we all know that.
But, you know, from the other, from the other Japanese manufacturers,
you know, like your heart, for example, Honda, like the jazz
slash fit as it's known overseas, you know, that is, that's
such a massive loss, you know, for, for, for that company with,
and with the grain ports selling quite well.
You know, if that, if that doesn't show what, you know, what
the people want, I just feel like the Japanese car companies
have gotten so, what's the word, compliance and, and, you know,
and they think that they're, let's be honest, shit doesn't
stink, that they can afford to keep selling cars the way they
are.
Now, I know Honda and Civic is 47 grand to get into it.
I understand that, yes.
And, and, and I believe, and from all, from all accounts and
from, you know, sitting in, you know, it's competitors in, in
the, you know, Corolla and I30 and Mazda3.
It's the far better car.
It's a more premium car.
It's actually a better car than a three series or a, you know, or
a C-class that, you know, and that's, and it's cheaper.
So it's more expensive than a, than a roller, but less
expensive than a three series.
And, and, but I just think it's, it's marketed terribly.
So I think personally the Japanese, the, it's a personal
opinion, but, but the Japanese car manufacturers aren't like
I shooting themselves in the foot because if you look at all
the car facts and, and you would see this, you know, through,
through your, through your company, they've, you know, the
nose dive that, that their sales of having has just been nuts.
Like I think I was reading a stat.
It was a BYD.
It was a, it was one of the, it was one of the Chinese companies.
But I think it was Cherry.
Cherry sold like 20,000 cars in, in one year.
The next year they sold like 40 something thousand or 50,000 or
something.
Like the increase is massive while all the Japanese car companies
besides Toyota are facing decreases.
You know, that's Subaru.
That's, that's.
Toyota is decreased.
They're not immune to the recent.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
They don't know what they were.
Absolutely they are.
And like, you know, they're getting, they're getting away with
it for now.
Um, but I, I, you know, I said, I think, you know, your
Suzuki's, your Subaru's, your.
I zoos, who's, you know, they're all facing stiff
competition now.
Um, and they're not really changing much about it.
And the China, and the Chinese companies are coming in.
They're low-balling offering a ton of tech.
Um, and offering more than what the Japanese are offering.
And I think the Japanese, like the range of cars that they're
offering is not great in comparison because when you've got,
for example, Honda's got a Ridgeline overseas, which is a
big seller and it looks really good.
Uh, you know, they could sell really well here.
Um, the jazz could sell really well here as it, as it proved to
have done years ago and it's still doing on the, on the
great input market.
My question is to you guys.
What is the, what are the Japanese?
Well, I'll ask this question first.
What is it?
What are the Japanese car manufacturers doing wrong as,
and to, and why are they losing their, their market share?
And then I want to, then I'll ask you in a little bit, how are
they going to improve to, to take, to take back the reins?
Why do you think that they are all, you know, in a, in a sales
decline?
They're lazy.
Yep.
And would you say lazy just, just because they think they're,
yeah, as I mentioned earlier, like they're the best product,
the, you know, uh, and they, they always release, um, any
updates in, in drip, like.
Dribs and drabs.
Dribs and drabs rather than giving you this all new, all,
you know, singing, dancing, you know, um, whistling about all
the whistles and bells in the car.
Just that they don't sort of seem to do that or hadn't done
that in the past.
Maybe now they're starting to do it, but they missed the
boat a little bit.
Well, I think that they didn't really, they didn't expect the
Chinese companies to, to, to hang around.
And, and, and to be fair, they hadn't in the past like cherries,
isn't their second bottle, third bottle of the cherry at this
point in time.
I see.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I'm here till next Thursday.
Um, they had that they've, um, you know, GWM wasn't a
massive seller, but, but they kind of stuck around.
And now they're, now they're in the top 10, top five, I think,
you know, BYD, you know, when Elon Musk was laughing at BYD, you
know, few, only a few years ago, little, you know, now, now,
now he's buying batteries off them for his Teslas.
So, you know, it's compliance, I think is a bit of an issue.
And, and I think you're right, Rob.
I think they got lazy, but I also think that they're marketing
and completely wrong.
Like, you know, the, the Honda, you know, the fact that they're
not selling a jazz, you know, just to get more traffic in your
door.
And I know you want to seem as a more premium brand, but yes,
they had an increase from last year, but they were selling it.
I think the thing, the best year here was like, well, 80,000
cars a year or something.
David, like that though, that was something, something ridiculously
like, you know, uh, this was like, this is Hay Day, like a
called Euro day.
Like, you know, I think they sold 12,000 last year.
And so I know the year before in the 14,000 this year.
So they've made an increase, but it's, you know, when, when you
look at, you know, um, cherry and stuff that are selling 40,
50, 60,000 cars, uh, and they've come out of completely nowhere.
And these legacy brands, which, which we all know and love are just
letting it happen.
Like I, I, they've got the product.
Why don't they sell it here?
And I think that's the bigger, I think that's, that's a big issue.
I certainly know in the case of the jazz that, you know, every car
has to, um, have a, a workable business case.
It's not the Honda Australia don't like the jazz.
It's not that they don't think the jazz will sell here.
It's not that they don't want to offer the jazz here.
It's that for the price that they could negotiate with the factory
to get the jazz, you know, given the volumes from here, it just
doesn't stack up.
You lose, they will lose, they would be losing like what they'd
have to ask for it to, to have it make money, just prices at
way out of the market, you know, but no one will buy it at that
level.
So it's a fine line between, um, between, yeah, sort of wanting
it and knowing that it's going to sell at, you know, 2,290,
but if they can't get it here, you know, under 35 grand, you
know, I don't know the exact figures.
I'm just hypothesizing, but no one will buy it at that money.
Um, and so therefore they're better not bringing it because
they'll, they'll just lose money on every car.
But hypothetically, right?
They bring in here and they, let's say they break it even on
every car.
That's still, that still sells through parts,
service.
They broke it even on every car, maybe.
And it gets, it gets people, it gets foot traffic in the door.
They're like, oh, maybe next time I'll get a seat.
But I think that's the problem.
I think they, they couldn't, I think given the manufacturing
costs of where they, the factory they had to source it from,
which was Thai, I think not Japanese anymore.
I think it was just un-economical, you know.
For a Thailand built car, it was un-economical.
I, uh, I don't know if they built those in Thailand.
I think they're all Japanese built.
They come from Thailand.
They did.
They did.
Oh, maybe the new ones are Japanese built ones.
They're all hybrid.
I don't know that they do hybrid out of, out of Thailand.
Yeah, they may, yeah, maybe not.
So it's a showroom door that you can go to and have a look at
and keep the tires and drive the car.
Yeah, there's still a showrooms.
Absolutely.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They still do.
You know, I've, I've, I see a few where near, near where my work is.
But, you know, I, I,
And I think it's a problem where you've got Japanese brands
who are, who are really looking, well, what are we making?
What's the business case for doing this?
The Chinese are in a different phase and they're just like,
we will, we will lose money on every car.
We don't care.
We want to get a foothold in this market.
So they're coming at it from, you know, maybe where the Japanese
were 15, 20 years ago.
And, and, and like BYD, you know, they can't be making money on
every car given like what they're selling them for,
but they don't care.
They just want market share.
Yeah.
But do you, but do you think like, do you,
don't you think that the Chinese are at least off,
like they're offering people what they want?
They're off and they wouldn't be selling if they, if they weren't,
you know, yes, they're cheap.
Yes, they're,
they're, they're offering tech at a cheap price and a long warranty.
Yeah, correct.
And most people want that.
A lot of people that don't care.
I mean, look at the Hyundai Excel at $3990 from, from years ago,
that was the number one selling car.
And it was a brand that people didn't know how to pronounce it.
It was from Korea.
Oh, you got a Korean car.
Like, you know, people really turned their nose up at those early on,
you know, late 80s Hyundai, like what?
What the hell?
Why would I buy one of those?
What was the ad?
You say hi, we say hi.
Oh, there was all day, every day.
Hyundai, yeah.
But they were there, you know, in the nineties, but it was $3990
and it was a brand new car.
And it offered people a brand new car that had never had a brand new car
before in their life.
Like these were people who were just forever going to be secondhand buyers,
could suddenly choose their color and drive out in a brand new car with warranty.
And it's a little bit the same with the Chinese now.
Like, okay, everything else has gone nuts over the last few years due to the cost
of steel and, you know, importing or whatever.
But, you know, to get a brand new cherry in the 20s with a seven year warranty
and all the tech and it looks not half bad.
You know, that's sort of what people were missing and they don't care.
You know, they're seen as throwaway cars or the Excel certainly were.
They were seen as, oh, well, if I get five years out of it, throw it away.
Who cares?
It was $3990, you know.
And that is a bit like, oh, well, who cares with the TGO Pro4, whatever it is.
It's $24,000.
Like, I'll keep it for five years, six years and pivot.
Yet they built them on the same platform as Volkswagen.
So, yeah, I think, I think it's not that the Japanese brands aren't sitting there.
I think they're probably worried because they're stressing.
They'll be stressing, losing market share and thinking, oh, what are we going to do next?
But in some ways, the market in Australia, it's finite.
There's only so many cars.
It's a small market.
Absolutely.
Oh, yeah.
Worldwide.
It's 1.1 million cars a year.
That's it.
That's right.
That's right.
So they're with all the new brands coming in every, you know, month, like everyone is
just going to be having a smaller piece.
Yeah.
And they won't all survive.
You know, they'll fast forward five years and there'll be some that are just like, it's
not worth us even trying in that market.
We tried it.
We're not there.
BYD might have maintained a foothold because they were one of the earliest Chinese brands
to sort of hit it hard.
I think GWM will stay around.
GWM, they've got some, the tank and maybe your densers and, you know, there'll be some
that remain, but I don't think all of them will.
I drove behind an ION GACUT the other day and I was like, what is that?
So it was A-I-O-N, AON or however you say it.
I think it's a yearly brand, I think.
Well, it's made by GAC, G-C.
I don't know if it's called GAC or G-S-N.
And then the badge on the other side was U-T.
Like AON GACUT.
Great.
That's a good name.
I like it.
Get me one of those.
Yeah.
That's going to be the name of the episode, AON GACUT.
AON GACUT.
And it was beige.
And I just thought, yeah, all right, well, it was probably a press card.
I don't know if anyone bought one.
There's a few on the road.
I think a lot of the, what I was saying before about the market being finite and the fact
that everyone's going for a smaller piece of the pie.
Some of the bigger, more established international companies, it will prove not worth their while.
Like Australia's getting to be a bit of a nuisance for them, really, I think.
Because they've got to comply all these cars.
They've got to provide the spare parts back up for seven years.
Japanese manufacturers, a lot of them are more conservative, I think, with their cars and the models they release.
So I just, yeah, I think that we'll probably see some legacy brands go because it's just not worth chasing in here in Australia.
When they've got huge markets like America and Europe, I mean, Honda dominates in America.
A manufacturer over there, of course, and Japan.
I mean, they've just done, I saw something today, I think it's the third, the three millionth in van.
They've just produced like 10 years, like they reckon that that's, and that's the quickest they've ever got to that milestone.
So I mean, they're certainly still building and selling cars.
I can totally see that.
Yeah, like they do very well in those markets.
You made a good point in terms of Australia market.
Do you reckon they'll just kind of hang on and see where this plays out if any of these manufacturers don't last?
And then they'd say, well, you didn't last, but we're still here.
I think that I feel like, that's what I kind of feel like Subaru and all that.
They're just kind of hanging on.
They just be like, oh, we're still here.
And it's just like, yeah, you're still here, but you're not doing anything about it.
And I think for me, that's, it is, it is kind of like a, like a sad, I think, you know, a shake up, you know, definitely, I think they'll be,
they were sitting around boardrooms and the legacy brands, you know, and going, all right, well, where are we?
Where are we going from here?
What new product do we got coming in the next, you know, blah?
How can we, how can we frame this?
How can we market this?
It's interesting with the new red four that's come, just been released.
So I was talking to the dealership the other day and they've had a lot of orders canceled for those because now they've finally arrived at the,
the performance is way down, not way down, but it's less than the outgoing model.
And a lot of people said, well, I don't want one that's got less performance than the one I've got, you know,
And these have forwards, what the parent talk of the hybrid or something?
Yeah, yeah.
Why is that?
Why is that down?
Good question.
I don't know.
It's probably for more in a better economy, I suppose.
Oh, are these people keeping the one they had before?
Yep.
Yep.
All looking somewhere else.
But yeah, you can walk into a dealer now and, and buy a brand new red four in stock.
Which has never happened in the last 56 months.
I mean, it must be a big performance difference if they're winning that much about it.
Well, dealer, dealer had identified that, you know, that was, was happening more.
I want to see RV.
I want to see RV so I could put a turntable on the roof.
Yeah.
I was going to comment on that today to me and I thought, yeah, it's probably not the best one.
I do love the prelude one.
The prelude one's really good.
I haven't seen that yet.
Oh, it's in, it's, it's filmed in the dark and it's a storage area and all these people of,
um, um, or not what's the expression, um, they're putting in dreams on hold, you know,
and they're in the storage locker, all these things, all the things that that wanted to do,
you know, and then the guy opens the one and there's a prelude in there.
So his dream back when he was younger was to have a prelude and now he can.
And you, you know, very good.
But yeah, the turntable one leaves him with a cold.
Also, I'm interested to see with these Chinese brands how, I mean, as I've said before,
you know, I joke with this in meetings at work, you know, anyone can put up a tin shed,
bring in a car, put up a flag and flog it, you know, if it's a long warranty,
like that, that's not the hard bit.
I mean, it's hard.
I'm not saying it's easy, but it's, but that's the easy bit.
The hard bit is the back end, the warranty, the parts, the support, the service,
or you might buy one of these things, but are you going to buy 23 and four of these things?
You know, if Hyundai didn't do the right thing, you might buy your Excel when you're 18,
but are you going to upgrade to a Santa Fe when you're 25 and you have your first key or,
you know, blah, blah, blah.
So I'm fascinated to see how these cars last after five years and a 100000 K and,
you know, servicing issues and warranty issues and just, just ownership experience of those cars.
I'm fascinated to see that.
You mentioned it earlier.
You said they're like, they're going to be throwaway cars.
Like no one's going to care.
Well, I mean, we've had that before, but the Hyundai still did service Excel's and they still did last a reasonable time and,
you know, price and all that.
So yeah, they might be fine, but they might not.
But like I rang a BYD dealer the other day to check on a VIN.
I just wanted to verify the spec of it through work.
And I said, could I talk to your parts department, please?
And she said, I'm sorry, what?
And I said, you know, I'd like to talk to your parts department.
I want to buy a BYD part.
And she said, oh, just put you through the sales.
Like the parts department wasn't even an option.
And I'm, okay, that's interesting.
So one of the top selling cars at the moment in Australia,
and you don't have a parts department that I can talk to that, that worries me.
I'm sure that will improve.
I'm sure there'll be, you know, there'll be things put in place.
But, but that's the, that's, that's what's out the moment.
That's what's going on.
And it scares me like another guy.
I know he's in the industry had an LDV van like he's a dealer.
And he said it sat there for six months waiting on a steering rack.
It needed a new steering rack for ride worthy or whatever.
Couldn't get it six months.
He's just got this paperweight in the corner.
Can't get a steering rack.
Like, like now that doesn't matter on a Mazda or Toyota or a Subaru
or maybe even Terry, it doesn't have, you know, so there are issues with it.
And, you know, family friends rang me recently and said, oh,
we want to sell our Pajero of all things.
I mean, can you imagine?
Oh, right.
They have had it since new since 2009 or something.
So they've had a good run out of it.
And they, they were going to buy a discovery.
And I said, don't do that.
Buy a page.
And so they can, they can thank me for that because they've had a good run out of the page.
And it's funny.
She said, oh, oh, I have any case on it.
And she said, oh, it's done a lots of case.
You know, it turns out it was 228.
And I was like, it's really running.
Oh, don't even, don't even blink at that.
Anyway, they were looking at some sea lion.
What is it?
B Y D sea lion or eight or 10 or 12 or 13 or something.
Or is the guy on the radio talked about me?
Are they the Sillians?
The Sillian.
Yes, the Sillian.
Are they from Italy?
Yes.
From the south of Italy.
No, they're not.
No.
I'd like to put them in the ocean near Italy.
I said, look, here's my thoughts on the Chinese friends.
I know they offer great value and great features,
but just have a think about the rest of it.
And they ended up getting a, like yours, David,
but a Kia.
So the Kia Sportage.
Yes.
GT something, something with some nice spec in it and demo model
and in a hybrid.
And yeah, they're, they're wrapped.
So at least that, you know, they've been around long enough
that there's some backup there.
Yeah.
I think it's just disappointing that there's so many models
over there that we just don't, we don't get.
But in saying that, it makes sense because we're just not
a big market.
We're not, we're not, we're not worth it because by the time
we get it here, it's going to be too expensive.
We still got the stupid car tax, the luxury car tax that
we're looking after nothing.
You know, we should be changing over to New Zealand when it
comes to cars coming into Australia because we're not
protecting anything.
Well, I was there Scotty, the cars they had were insane.
It was so cool.
When they talking about getting rid of the luxury car tax.
It makes them too much money.
It makes them too much money.
It just makes them too much money.
So while they get rid of it, they just sweep that under the
rug.
Yeah.
Like a lot of the cars that are coming in are blobs.
You know, they're hybrid SUV blobs.
They're not exciting cars out of China.
They're just sort of basic transport cars out of China.
So, you know, I still think there's room for some cool
stuff, bringing some, bringing cool stuff and, you know,
people buy it.
It's because we just make deals with China.
Yeah.
And they take out gas and we buy it.
Tim foil hat back on with that one.
It's just we've made deals.
We've just made deals with China.
Australia works with them and we're just letting them bring
everything in and cutting them all kinds of deals.
That's why they're importing so many at the same time.
Yeah.
Because they don't need to.
What was it?
I was watching recently.
So when you're bringing in the hybrids or the electric
cars, you can bring them in.
And then the following, the following year when you mark them
is like they're ready to be sold.
So you don't need to actually sell the car yet and you get
some kind of tax benefits.
That was why they said BYDs were being brought in by the
thousands plumped in packs and unsold to get that concession
or whatever it was.
I want to send you guys a video this afternoon also this
evening and just remind me, it's exactly about that and
about BYD.
It's an interesting watch.
Jim would you agree?
I would agree with Rob's point that the Japanese car make is
I think on the whole are quite lazy.
When I've been bored to go in and I've gone into a trade
dealership to just test drive something, the overwhelming
feeling I've had from several is just complete complacency,
I think, and just can't really be bothered with interacting
with people because they just sort of know more well,
especially with Toyota.
If it's got the right badge on it, then we don't really have
to be as active in chasing people for sales and things
like that.
So I think the other issue over time, of course, is that
prices of cars have crept up, which is always going to be
a motivator when you've got a family and a cost of living
crisis.
So for the average person who is not a carp hunter, they're
going to think, why am I going to spend X number on a Toyota
when I can spend a third less on something else and not have
a cart or crew to sort of explain the ins and outs of why
that isn't the best decision that they're making.
But I do think that the other issue that the Japanese have got
is that the Chinese are obviously able to respond much faster
to what people want, like people have said before about the
parts supply.
Do worry about that because to me it looks a bit like when you
go into an electronic store and every time you go there,
there are brands you've never heard of before and I'm a bit
worried about that becoming the same with cars because good
luck getting parts and things like that.
For example, the cost of a new windscreen, if you've got all
that active safety stuff into the cost of a new windscreen is
ridiculous.
So trying to buy a used car perhaps has just got a broken windscreen
means there's no point in paying for it and things like that in
the future.
So I think the issue the Japanese have got is responding to
market tastes, having something that covers a whole lot of
ground is appealing to owners and things like that in a way
that is reflective of where current market trends are going.
I think the legacy brands are probably getting better slowly,
but again, because they've had this sort of sudden wave coming,
I don't know how it will go, but I think like we've very
touched on too, people will buy new brands now,
but would they go back to again in the future?
I don't know and it does remind me a bit of sort of like say
pre-1930s automakers when there were so many of them and then
partly because of the Great Depression,
they got culled down to a more reasonable number.
It looks a little bit like that to me at the moment too.
In America, they've got this place called Burt's Mega Mall.
Burt's Mega Mall.
Can you go in there?
Sure.
We've got every brand motorcycle and every type of motorcycle,
every brand of buggy, personal watercraft all
under one roof.
Isn't that cool?
Imagine if you had like a Bunnings-esque size building
and you had all four was your super minis,
all two was your hatchbacks.
Genuinely, and each person from like,
you still got your main dealerships,
but what they would do is they would send one of their cars,
each model like you got your Mazda 3, your Mazda 6,
whatever they had and you can go shop in that car,
in that vicinity, all that small SUV,
all that sports car, whatever it would have it,
what have you, wouldn't that just make it like,
why hasn't anybody done that?
They have.
Caravan and camping shows.
They got everything under the one roof.
You've got a good point.
You've got a good point.
Secondly, they also have Matt, car city, Ringwood.
They used cars.
I know.
We could have like a JV Hi-Fi version of it.
Anyway, what do the Japanese need to do to stop the wave,
as you mentioned, Jim?
I personally think they need to offer
some of the stuff that they offer overseas
and they need to listen to the market
what the market's after.
I think that's a big thing.
They say, what is selling?
What is the market wanting?
They're wanting tech.
They're wanting longevity of warranty
and they're wanting a cheaper price.
So how can we give that?
How can we give them an option?
I think they've got too many cars worldwide.
I know some of the cars, for example, the Ridgeline,
hasn't been engineered for a right-hand drive.
Okay, cool.
But maybe the next generation could.
You could say, well, considering our market
is flooded with high luxes and ranges,
it's something that would be
a better, more reliable,
more car-like to drive because that's where
99% of them spend the time.
They don't go off-road, let's be honest.
90% of them don't.
Would you rather want that drive is better?
That's why the Shark Six is doing such a great job.
It drives really well.
So I think they need to do that.
I think they need to
get people in the doors.
They need to market correctly.
I just think
they need to really wake up to themselves
and say, okay, you know what?
Actually, these guys are coming for us.
We've got to do something.
What do you think they need to do, guys,
before we get to the quiz?
Well, they're asking premium price.
They just need to provide a premium product.
Okay, yep.
Okay.
If they want to sell something,
step up.
Advertise.
Don't be lazy.
From what Jim was telling me,
they're just too complacent
with everything.
They're like, well, this is our product.
We already know it's really good.
Yeah, well, say that.
Talk about it.
What makes it better than these other cars
that are around there?
Show me the value.
Yeah, start slandering.
Bring that back.
Bring it back.
Yeah.
Tell everyone how crap the Chinese cars are
that are coming over.
They used to do stuff like that, though.
Yeah, politicians do it.
Come on.
Absolutely.
I remember when I was a kid,
when the genesis,
the Sega Genesis came out,
it was like,
Sega do what Nintendo don't.
Yes.
It was like, that's clever.
It's stuff like that.
I'm with you, Scotty.
Power to the people,
is what needs to happen with that.
Slandering.
Fair play to Honda.
They're advertising their cars.
Like you said, Rob,
if you're going to make us say it's premium,
at least explain that.
The Honda Civic Hybrid last year
was a wheels car of the year?
It won a decent award.
It won more again this year.
Yeah.
Say that.
That is your marketing tool right there.
It is the best car that you can buy
for the money. Buy it.
It's proven by every Tom Dick and Harry
who's tested the car.
Later specs down,
and their specs don't match their cost,
their price.
Performance and all that other stuff
that goes with it.
Range.
All that sort of stuff.
And the Chinese are finding each other
to get the best performance, the best range.
And they market that too.
That's right.
I'm going a few years back here
when my brother
and wife were looking for
a second car.
And they wanted
kind of
like an SUV style one.
A little bit bigger.
And
we looked at the Mazdas.
Yeah, built great.
But the interior
like electronics, it didn't even have
a screen in the middle.
It was just this rectangle
rectangle display
in the middle.
And then we had to look at some other
brands. And you get a full
proper screen in there set up
and the interior was nicer.
And it ended up being cheaper
compared to the Mazda.
It just didn't have
what you'd expect for that money.
And they're charging more.
Yeah, the Mazda's
probably more reliable.
Engine wise.
But what you get inside, it's nothing.
And the car they picked up has got
7 years warranty on it anyway.
Well, that's what
a friend of mine did. George
he's come out of a BMW
E60.
And we went and had a look
at some, he wanted to buy
an SUV.
We went and looked at a few different brands.
And we went to Kia, Hyundai,
we went to Toyota.
He just was like, what the hell?
You're getting absolutely nothing. He went to Mitsubishi,
looked at the Outlander and I was trying
to push him towards the Outlander. He got 10 year warranty and stuff.
But he's like, for what?
Like low mid spec
Outlander, you can get a top spec which is
you know,
makes GT with everything and
more than the top spec
Outlander
for like, you know, base model
Outlander pricing is like, why would I do anything else?
And I guess that's why,
that's why they're buying it.
There is really no incentive with
those Japanese cars at the moment.
So I think they need to play
on what they know best, their reliability,
their brand
structure, their brand
network.
The network, you know, absolutely.
Like, you know, play on that.
Say, you know,
I mean, they've got Russell Coyte doing their ads these days
with Mitsubishi.
Say, well, you know, you buy
Mitsubishi, you know, you could do what you said, Scotty.
They take an MG and they take
a bloody, you know,
Mitsubishi Outlander out to the bush
and it's quite approved because
if they both broke, the Mitsubishi's got
got a service centre to help you.
They've got a wider network. Where does the MG go?
You've got to go, I've got to go back into town, mate.
Go back to the big smoke.
You know, and it's, and if they play
on that, actually, you know what? Yeah.
You never know. It might
it might, it might persuade you.
Just stop just on the, on the
have an H6.
That car was also damaged that fateful night.
It was.
Was it written off or was it, it's
going to be.
Parts wise.
Well, it was pretty badly damaged.
You know, it's just the
the wheel was off the car, essentially.
And yeah, it got hit
pretty, pretty bad.
So they've said
that it's repairable and
they've, they've, well, it was getting
written off and then it wasn't, then it was getting written off.
Then now it's not, and now it's getting repaired.
So.
See how the parts, I mean, that's a big
here. So it's massive here.
Yeah. It'd be very interesting to see
how long it's off the road for.
Yeah. Well, it's already been
I think, I think tomorrow is a month.
So, you know, and, and they still
and that was, that was still teetering whether they're going to repair it or not.
So it's been a month to get to this point.
So I think you still got a long
while to wait. Let's, let's
let's see, let's see how that goes.
Any last points gentlemen before we get to the quiz.
One thing I'll add
into.
I appreciate that I'm
true over this to work on me as a
marketing mechanism, but I don't
see how using influencers
to try and persuade people into legacy
brands is having any sort of an impact.
Surely they just be looking at whatever's
just going to suit their family as opposed
to whether or not I can trim
a bonsai plant while I'm in the
front passenger seat of a CRV.
Like that doesn't actually, I don't see
that sort of persuade anybody to buy a car,
but
yeah, all that I just find a bit
like mind-boggling. But I think as we
touched on before, you know, the
I think it would be
it could even be a bit cheeky with now
and sort of, you know, like drive past
and LTV and ask them if they use
thrusting or perhaps like drive past somebody
else and ask, you know, have you got that
tail light yet? You know, like that
in an ad sort of thing to sort of reiterate
that sort of again the accessibility
of parts and everything else.
But, you know,
leading into wanting
to get customers back in the door as
opposed to assuming that they will or is
they losing strategy?
I think it's too late to show tech.
I think they need to really emphasise
who they are as a brand.
Like, I remember one of the reasons
my dad bought a territory
back new in
2006 was the ad that they had for it.
The lady was
it was the first Australian car
I think offered with a reverse camera.
You know, and in the ad you only see half
her face, but she manages to see everything
because of the reverse camera. You have safety for the kids
and all that stuff. And it got tons of
people in the door.
And they saw bucket loads of them because of
that one feature.
If tech's not your thing,
utilise what you know best and that's
your understanding of Australia and the landscape
and you know, you're right Jim,
don't get any bloody influence.
I watched that ad. I watched it probably twice.
I don't know if you've seen it David, this guy
cutting a bonsai tree. It's showing how
smooth the CRV is by trimming a bonsai
tree in the car. I'm like,
you've got to be kidding yourself Honda.
What are you doing? That is the most
ridiculous thing I've ever seen.
Who are you trying to be?
A 2CV with
peasants and eggs in the back.
What are you trying to do?
That is the most ridiculous
thing I've ever seen.
Mr Miyagi would not be trimming his bonsai
in a CRV. Let's put it that way.
Alright, well we know.
He had a decent car collection.
He did. He did.
He had some great cars.
The quiz time.
Scotty Dyer is
kind enough to do our quiz for us today.
Scotty,
your quiz.
So miss me, I'm the boss.
I'm
already going to give
the point to Rob.
I think Rob wants a point.
The quiz is done.
Wait, you're just going to win?
That's it.
I'm just going to skip class if I don't win.
Too many teachers around.
Right, bloody hell.
What have I got?
I've got a pretty good mix of here
and there, some questions.
There's quite a few bonus questions.
There's some...
Yeah.
We'll keep it as that.
It's good.
It's a good mix.
Let's do it.
Question number one.
This is going to be closest to
unless, I don't know, somehow you've
read the news and you know.
Now, Bathurst
is seeking funds for
Mount Panorama upgrades.
How much do they want?
Ed.
Mr. Ed.
13 million.
Okay, we've got 13 million.
30 million.
Who are they seeking them from?
Did they say?
Government.
It's a government that would be like $400,000,000.
Matthew, I'm going to say
100 million to redevelop and resurface
the whole place.
Okay, we've got 100 million.
Rob, I'll go 40 million.
40.
I'll go 25.
I'll go 64.
All right.
Closest is a gym.
They are after 70 million.
Wow.
So 70 million to
upgrade and resurface the whole track.
They want to resurface it.
Last time it was resurfaced, I think that said was like
2009 or something.
I was thinking you sort of rebuild
one of the clubhouses.
I'm sorry.
No, I think.
Mainly they want to upgrade
safety as well.
Safety is important.
Who cares?
Brighten up Skyline.
Get rid of the dipper.
It's already not a dipper anymore.
I just have a straight line.
You can see it.
No, that's unsafe.
Can't have a straight line.
Save 70 million.
Just pay it online.
Just have the drivers pay it online.
It was a
another trace halfway down Conrod
Strait.
Have them all with speed limiters.
100%.
Better put a speed up in the middle of the track.
Yeah.
They're doing 80 down Conrod
Strait. That's not miles.
That's kilometers.
Look at them go.
Question number two.
When did the first race take place
at Mount Panorama?
What year?
1958.
Jim.
Was it
1960?
No.
1962.
No.
David.
1961.
I reckon it was earlier.
1954.
No.
Maybe I should have said decade.
I'm going to say
1922.
1922.
Matty is closer.
Yeah, but he didn't get it.
He didn't get it.
It was 1938.
1938.
1938.
From what I can see was motorbikes first.
I actually spoke to the guy who
still held the
lap record for the
what's it called?
The side car lap record around Bathurst.
He showed me some pictures.
He was a very reserved elderly gentleman
who said that
once I got my first car I must buy a Honda
record.
Well, that would have been scary.
This next one, you're going to have
to try and buzz in quick because
there's someone sitting here
that's going to get in super fast
because he's super nerdy
when it comes to forwards.
How many kilowatts
did the first Typhoon come out with?
Matthew.
He's already on it.
I'm going to give myself the point already.
I'll tell you how confident I am.
270.
Yes, it's 270 kilowatts.
Quite a lot.
A bonus question
that's connected with this Typhoon
is they borrowed two engine components
from the LPG engine.
What were they? Matthew.
Oh, gee.
That's hard.
I heard them at the exact same time.
It's name is
You go ahead.
My one component is the rods,
the con rods.
Rods is one.
That's half a point.
And I think they used
stronger valve springs too from the gas
so I can correct? Yes.
And then you get half.
But did they have a black
painted block?
That didn't look like yours.
Super
strength.
For the next two questions,
we're going to fly over to America.
America? Sure, yeah.
Are we going to a super store
where I can compare every SUV?
Not
SUVs, unfortunately.
We're going back to the
60s.
In cubic inches,
what size did the
67 Mustang GT500
come with?
63.
No.
Not 63.
A lot more than that.
427.
No.
I'll just go 351.
Not 351?
No.
David?
Is it 440?
No.
That's a Chrysler.
Is it
428?
Yes, 428.
One off, not 427.
If Maddie said nothing,
I was going to go,
he's close enough.
I was going to give you the point.
Bloody Maddie.
Not right.
He's in cyclopathy.
That's been Tatslotto with one number off.
No.
This is true.
But I'm a nice person.
I'm about the rules.
Question number 5.
What's the largest production
V8 ever fitted into a car?
Jim.
Jim.
8.2 liter in a Cadillac.
Yeah.
Well done Jim.
Give him two points.
That was the bonus question.
Was Cadillac?
Nice.
Which Cadillac was that in?
I think it was
in the Fleetwood.
Like in 70s?
Yes.
And I had like all of 110 horsepower
because I was so choked up because of the poor
of the body.
I would say it probably revs out to
3000 RPM.
That was front wheel drive.
Yeah, it was front wheel drive.
That's just nuts, isn't it?
Crazy.
What I love is with Dodge how they take
the V8 out of the motor home.
Out of the motor homes.
For Dodge and they put them
back into some
cars. So they're like the
440 big block
V8s from Dodge
that come into a lot of their old motor homes.
And because they're in a motor home
they're not really stressed and
thrashed and doing burnout so they take those out
and chuck them in.
That's brilliant.
That's pretty cool.
Alrighty.
Question number six.
The 4AGE motor
came in a lot of different cars
in different variations throughout
many years.
Which two manufacturers
Oh, I didn't word that very well.
But which two manufacturers
that are not Japanese
came with that engine?
Matthew. David.
Lotus.
It's one of them.
And go Matthew.
Sorry.
Chevrolet.
They used it in some of their cars as well.
Yes, they did.
They ended up in a
Chevy Nova.
Correct.
Which is basically a
Corolla.
Pretty much, yeah.
And also it was in the
Geoprism.
Oh sure.
We're coming back over to Australia
now.
Thank you.
We're done with America
and we're coming back over here.
The rest of the questions are based here in Australia.
Good. Local.
Yeah, we're gone local now.
Google ID.
That local.
That would be funny.
Question seven.
What was the first turbocharged car sold in Australia?
Head.
Head.
Was it a Saab?
No. Matthew.
Matthew.
Was it the Sigma Turbo?
Was the Sigma Turbo.
What year was that?
It's got to be like early 80s?
80s.
81 or 82.
I thought Saab Turbos were sold before that.
In Australia though?
Were they sold in Australia?
Yeah, weren't they late 70s David?
Yep, they were.
Yeah, Scott, so I'll get that.
I'm going by what Mitsubishi say.
This is what Mits, this is coming from.
That's fair.
It's the first Australian
built turbo car sold.
Sorry, okay.
The Sigma, whereas yeah, the Saabs came out.
You said first turbo car?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'll give you a point, Edward.
I'll give you a point.
Yeah, wording wrong.
Yeah, that's fair.
Which is, can't trust them.
Bonus question on
this one, so it's still connected
to that same car.
Who did they collaborate with?
Matthew Orr.
My God.
That was just like a blob of sound.
Yeah.
It was like mixed with like David
and Jim.
Peter Parrot.
No.
I think that's the answer.
I was going to say Peter
I don't know.
I thought they collaborated with him.
Did you buzz into Jim?
I did, yeah.
I was going to say what Ed said, but obviously
we were out.
We were out then.
David Prince.
I think it was Garrett.
It was Garrett.
Off of the turbocharger.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And now look at Garrett.
Kick and goals they are.
Kick and goals.
Oh, yeah.
Especially Peter Garrett.
I don't mean with receivership or something.
Did I
imagine that?
I imagined that one.
They're huge with turbochargers.
My Discovery diesel,
that old first gen I had, that was a Garrett
turbo.
Yeah, pretty much in everything now.
Yeah.
Bonus question.
How many of them were produced?
Do we do closest to?
Sure.
Matthew, I want to say 2,000.
We got too far.
I'm going to go 500.
I was going to go 500.
I'll go 550.
500 says Ed.
550 says Rob.
Jim Barlow.
Jim Barlow.
I'm going to go...
Wait, do I go?
I'm going to go 600.
600.
100.
And you said 400, didn't you?
Maybe it was 400.
Don't matter what anyone else says,
because Ed's got the cookies with 500.
It was exactly 500.
Yeah, well done, Ed.
I could have finished it early and just said,
Ed got it, but I thought, you know what?
We'll make it real in a supper one.
Yeah.
Sorry, Rob.
You were going to say 500, too.
It was 500.
Question number 8.
Which major
manufacturer employed
turbocharging first in the
Australian Touring Car Championship?
David.
David.
So, did you say Australian manufacturer
or manufacturer?
Which major manufacturer employed
turbocharging first in the
Australian Touring Car Championship?
I would say that would have been Nissan.
Yes.
No.
It was Nissan.
I can remember being at Sandown
when the Bluebird Turbos in the early 80s
were going around.
And they...
They could barely hear them.
They made no sound at all
compared to the
V8s.
Just a whoosh so quick.
They would have been quick, yeah.
And then not long after, they brought out the
Exa Turbo.
Exa Turbo.
Yeah.
They're racing that thing around with all the
lag.
All the lag.
Question number 10.
Pull.
This one's probably going to be pretty hard,
but I thought, you know what, stuff is
why not.
Just...
Just think old.
It's going to point towards old.
It's old.
I'll even give you the year why not.
It's in the 60s.
All right.
Yeah.
I told just brochure, yeah?
It's a brochure question.
Yeah.
I didn't say that first, did I?
I just said it was going to be hard.
There you go.
Now you know.
I'm great at this job.
The
completely new modern
design inside and outside
embraces the new
longer and lower
blank.
The spacious interior
for this size car and the
ample light and vision
through wider windshield
and windows provide
passengers with greater
riding comfort, larger cone type
steering wheel,
light touch accelerator
and brake pedals have added to ease
of driving.
The dashboard upholstered with thick
lifeguard had
wider windshield
and enlarged wiring motor.
Ed?
Oh, fuck.
I was going to say Volkswagen Beetle,
but I don't think they over upholstered
the dash in a pad.
No, sorry.
David?
Yes, David.
Can I say it's a Holden?
It's not a Holden.
I could say it, but I'd be wrong.
Look, I'll keep both of you still
in.
In large wiper motor
torque are designed
with a maximum of
driver's safety and ease of
driving in mind.
The 9 inch drum
brakes ensure
sure and smooth stopping.
The body and frame are welded together
in unitary construction
to give an added degree of
stability and durability.
Powered by a strong
60 horsepower 1200
cc engine, acclaimed
all over the world
as a highly efficient power
unit, the new blank
follows the blank tradition
of high maneuverability
outstanding performance
and low fuel consumption.
Matthew?
Can I say Toyota Corolla?
Toyota, no.
Well, it was
a 1200 and it was released in the
60s and it did have a powdered dash.
Yeah, but it's not this one.
Matthew?
Yes.
It wouldn't be a Morris minor would it by any chance?
Not a Morris minor.
No powdered dash, no 1200.
Not unless it would be swapped with a
Dato motor.
I'll let everyone have a guess and I'll bring
everyone in and I'll bring in some more
stats.
Jim?
The stats might help a bit more. Jim?
Is it an Alfa Romeo?
It's not an Alfa, no.
Rob?
I was going to go like a Morris
of some sort too or an Austin.
Look,
the Renault 12 wasn't released until 1970
but that did have a powdered dash and
a 1200cc motor.
Correct. So I guess we're all back in.
More stats.
Just so you know,
this also came in an
estate wagon form.
What else can I tell you about it?
So it's four door as well.
You've got
the wagon,
it's
the deluxe sedan equipment comes
with white sidewall tires, moldings,
large disc wheels,
fender
back,
backing
anti-sun glass
pundit.
Datsun? It is Datsun.
Ah, the little Datsun
1200.
Did you want to just take a punt?
Like, I'll give it to you.
You don't have to give me the model.
But it comes with three speed.
Is it the Datsun 1200 sedan and wagon?
Is that it?
It wasn't the 1200.
You still get the point anyway.
But it was the bluebird.
Oh, well done.
Yeah, I thought I'd keep with the theme.
Oh, the bluebird.
The very first gen bluebird.
Yeah.
Yeah, right.
I knew it was going to be tricky,
but I thought, you know what, if you can just guess.
That was a good one. That was good.
That was impressive.
It was pretty tricky.
I couldn't find the 80s
bluebird brochure
that online that I could read.
Because I wanted to keep to the theme
of the bluebird going.
The 80s bluebird,
the advertising catchphrase
was the first four-cylinder limousine.
That's right.
Yeah, that's all I could find.
But I was like,
I kind of would like to just read
the proper brochure.
And not just a statement.
Well, there you go.
Question 10. Is that it?
That's it.
Score check.
Thank you.
Don't say score check.
Rob, you don't want to know your score.
Jim and David
on a three each.
Edward on 3.5.
And unfortunately, I win on four.
Yeah, Maddie.
It's not unfortunate.
Good, Maddie.
I'm, believe it or not, catching you
in my mind, David Prince,
with your score.
Thank you, sweetie. That was an awesome quiz.
Much appreciated.
No problem.
Sweet. Okay, bye.
Let's do some plugs.
Edward Bunting's by SwapSale.
Honda CRV, manual,
78,000k, about 10,500
drive away, Volvo XC4028
and 106,000k, 229
drive away.
Or their abouts.
Falcon Eco LPI Ute for sale.
No, not for sale.
Not for sale, just using
to be tight.
Very good.
Rob's
firefighting electrical.
Yeah, van,
rentals, transit, write-offs and
all the above.
Hit about man there.
Rob's doing it, as you guys already know.
Jim's car taking.
If you want your car exercised
and Kay's added, hit up our boy Jim there.
You can ask us through the podcast.
We'll forward you on his.
Our people will speak to your people.
We can make that happen.
Jim, I've got a question.
Yes, Mr. Bunting.
I was in
Phillip Island.
I happened to be in the area.
To drive down your street.
Just happened to be going that way.
Would I see this mystery new car?
I haven't thought of that.
Yes.
Interesting.
What are you doing tomorrow night, Ed?
And you know, gas is
real cheap.
I'm driving
more now than I did before the fuel crisis.
Jim?
I was going to take
the magnet to a union.
Tomorrow I'm going to have to take the new car instead.
What's this new car?
What's this new car?
It's a mystery car.
I can tell you it has four wheels
and an engine.
It might be a Datsun Bluebird.
It's Japanese.
What else did we say?
It's very well.
It's Datsun Bluebird.
It's got
drivers and passenger side airbags.
It could be the 90s
Bluebird with the head up display.
That was a cool car.
Those in a triple S.
Yes, please.
David Prince's
Words of Wisdom.
Vitz and Van Gogh
once said.
I like what he said.
The heart of a man
is very much like the sea.
It has its storms,
it has its tides
and in its depths
it has its pearls too.
Love that.
Vincent, he's so deep.
It was very deep.
It was a sad man.
Mr Van Gogh.
He was a very interesting character.
I studied him at art school.
Very interesting character.
He did say
Words of Wisdom but did also cut his ear off.
That is not so very true.
Operating a bad day.
He lived a very poor life.
Vincent did.
He only became famous like most artists after their death.
He had
quite a rough life.
Poor bloke.
Great cut his ears off too.
Not wrong with that.
Don McLean.
He was right out of the song, didn't he?
Was it Don McLean?
No.
Yeah.
My grandmother loved that song.
I do know that song quite well.
1889.
Edward Bunting's character
of Uncle Chop Chop as Scotty said.
He did it.
I'm semi bloody.
But I've done myself a mischief.
Yeah, I am.
I'm a better seller.
Scotty's golf tip of the week.
I was too busy doing the quiz.
No golf tip.
Get out there and play.
Yeah, there and play.
It's a great tip.
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About this episode
Japan vs China turns into a broader debate about why Japanese brands are losing momentum in Australia while Chinese brands surge. Matty J argues Japanese makers may be under-delivering via official supply and marketing, even as models like the Prius still sell. The hosts point to aggressive pricing, tech, and long warranties from Chinese players, plus the real-world friction of parts and service support. The conversation is peppered with ownership stories—insurance decisions, DCTs, and repairs—before landing on who can actually sustain long-term trust.
On this episode of Car Torque, Matty is joined by Ed, David, Scotty, Rob and Jim as they discuss their latest updates and discuss what the hell is happening with Japanese car Manufactures loosing market share, what they can do to gain it back and why the Chinese are here to stay!
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