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About this episode
The crew dives into real-world car ownership: Matty J’s latest LPG Falcon Ute purchase, fuel-cost wins, and the chaos of marketplace timing—plus steering-wheel swaps, roof liner plans, and gas tank compliance. They debate “number matching” classics versus buying cheaper non-matching cars to actually drive and enjoy them, using examples from Falcons and other marques. Other updates include a Fiat 500e-like LN drive that converted a Porsche salesman, a Hyundai i30 no-start mystery solved by a battery, and a trivia-heavy quiz covering car history, brands, and current news.
On this episode of Car Torque, Matty, Ed, Chad, David, Scotty and Luka discuss their latest updates. Ed explains his new found love for a Falcon, while Luka tells about his new cars he has added to his stable. The boys then discuss if having a numbers matching car really makes a difference in various contexts.
The boys then battle it out in the quiz at the end of the show!
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Concept
burnouts
"I've seen those old, those old Colton videos of like on street and all those where they're doing burnouts and like the JVB Commodores and stuff."
A burnout is when you rev the engine and spin the tires while the car is basically staying in place. People do it to make smoke and heat up the tires, or just for show.
A burnout is when a driver spins the tires to generate heat and smoke, usually to warm up tires or for show. It’s commonly associated with drag racing and street racing culture, where traction and tire temperature matter.
Term
LPG
"Australia by driving a previously unloved fuel being LPG."
LPG is a fuel alternative to petrol. It’s stored under pressure and burned in the engine, usually to help reduce fuel costs.
LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) is an alternative fuel that’s stored as a liquid under pressure and vaporizes before entering the engine. In Australia it’s commonly used as a conversion or factory option, often paired with dedicated gas fueling systems.
Car
Ford Falcon
"...g LPG. So I've been roosting around in the E gas Falcon, which is running very well. I took it up to Ben..."
The Ford Falcon is a car model that’s especially known in Australia and nearby markets. In the podcast, the speaker talks about driving one that’s running well and using it with a gas setup. It’s being mentioned as a personal ownership story.
The Ford Falcon is a model line associated with Australian and regional markets, known for being a popular local car platform. In this episode, it’s specifically tied to an “E gas” setup and a story about driving one that’s running well. That makes it relevant as a real-world ownership and modification mention rather than just a spec discussion.
Term
oil leak
"But they came around waving cash in his face and looked all over it and said it had an oil leak underneath and, you know, tried to haggle him down on price. And so they made an offer, which was less than the asking price by quite a bit."
An oil leak means oil is leaking from the car and you can see it under the engine or transmission area. Sometimes it’s small and easy to fix, but other times it can be a bigger repair.
An “oil leak” means engine or drivetrain oil is escaping from a seal, gasket, or hose and collecting underneath the car. On a buyer’s visit, it’s a red flag because it can range from a minor fix (like a seep) to something more expensive (like a failed gasket or oil cooler).
Term
Bluetooth
"So Maddie, I'm on the Bluetooth. It's got Bluetooth. Bluetooth. None of my cars have Bluetooth."
Bluetooth lets your phone connect to the car so you can make calls and play music without plugging in. Some cars have it built in, and some don’t.
Bluetooth in a car is used for hands-free calling and audio streaming from a phone. It’s a common convenience feature, and older or base-spec cars may not have it, which is why the speaker notes their other cars don’t.
Term
headlining sagging
"Like a few little jobs on like the headlining sagging, you know, typical Falcon stuff, but, but the bones really good."
“Headlining sagging” is when the roof lining inside the car starts to hang down. It’s usually caused by old glue, and it can be fixed, but it may take some work depending on how bad it is.
“Headlining sagging” means the interior roof fabric/liner has started to droop, usually due to aging adhesives and moisture. It’s a common cosmetic issue on older cars and can range from an easy re-glue to a more involved re-trim job.
Term
steelies
"Cause I said, oh, it's got alloys. Most of them have steelies."
“Steelies” are basic steel wheels. They’re often standard on cheaper trims and can be tough, but they don’t look as nice as alloy wheels.
“Steelies” are steel wheels, commonly fitted on base trims. They’re usually cheaper and more durable against curb damage, but they tend to be less visually appealing than alloy wheels.
Term
alloys
"[417.3s] And he said, I'll only buy it if you put alloys on it. [419.5s] So that the smallest, fattest little five spoke alloy on from a base Falcon, I think."
Alloys are nicer wheels made from metal alloys (usually aluminum). They typically look better and can be lighter than basic steel wheels.
“Alloys” refers to alloy wheels, typically aluminum, which are lighter and often look better than steel wheels. The negotiation in this segment is about getting the car equipped with alloy wheels rather than the dealer’s standard steel wheel setup.
Term
lost its fluid
"...it's split a hose once and, you know, lost its fluid and I pulled over straight away and didn't do any damage. They checked it all and it was fine."
If a transmission loses fluid, it can stop working properly because the fluid is what keeps everything lubricated and helps it shift. The speaker says they noticed it and stopped quickly, which helped avoid damage.
Transmission fluid loss can be serious because the fluid provides lubrication and hydraulic pressure for clutch packs and torque converter operation. The speaker claims the leak was addressed quickly (“pulled over straight away”), which likely prevented damage.
Term
ZF six speed
"It's a ZF six speed. It's a brilliant transmission. But how is that?"
ZF is the company that built the transmission. The speaker is saying their car’s six-speed automatic is a ZF unit, and they think it’s especially smooth and reliable.
ZF is a major transmission manufacturer, and “ZF six speed” indicates the automatic gearbox is made by ZF. ZF automatics are often praised for smooth shifting and durability when maintained.
Part
leaf springs
"Obviously, it's got leaf springs in the back. But I quite like that."
Leaf springs are a simple suspension system that uses stacked metal strips. They often make the ride feel firmer, especially in the back of trucks and utes.
Leaf springs are a type of rear suspension springing commonly found on utes and trucks. They’re known for a firmer, more traditional ride compared to modern coil-spring setups.
Car
Dodge Charger
"... car. But then you're waiting five hours for the charger when you go on all the day. A hundred percent."
The Dodge Charger is a big, powerful car made for fast driving. People talk about it because it can be very quick and it’s known for having a strong engine. It’s the kind of car you’d choose if you want performance rather than just basic transportation.
The Dodge Charger is a full-size American muscle sedan/coupe-style car known for strong V8 performance and a long history in motorsport and street culture. It often comes up in podcasts when discussing power, ownership stories, and the practical realities of living with a performance car. In this episode, it’s mentioned in a context that sounds like a charging/waiting joke, but the Charger itself is the performance-focused model being referenced.
Term
towbar
"So that would have a towbar on it, too, I suppose. Never had a towbar. Never had a towbar. Never towed no towbar, which I was surprised at David."
A towbar is the hitch on the back of a car that lets you pull a trailer. Some people never use it, but it can be useful later.
A towbar is the hitch receiver fitted to a vehicle to tow trailers. Even if someone never tows, it can still matter for resale and for owners who might haul occasionally.
Term
roof liner
"And like I said, I want to do the roof liner in the Ute... and I'll clean the driver's seat..."
The roof liner is the material on the inside of the car’s roof. Over time it can sag or fall down, so people replace it during restoration.
The roof liner is the interior fabric or paneling attached to the underside of the roof. Replacing or redoing it is a common restoration task because older liners sag, peel, or get damaged by moisture and age.
Term
pinstripe
"Some nice mats, bit of a pinstripe, maybe... Oh, a pinstripe... that's a bit forward, a bit of the era."
A pinstripe is a thin decorative stripe—often painted or applied as a decal—used to add period style and visual detail. In restoration discussions, pinstripes are usually evaluated for being “era-correct” (matching the look of the time the car was built).
Term
roll bars
"to the youth, but it doesn't have like Chrome robot, roll bars and tin doesn't have the big bling wheels. It's not five posts on the front."
Roll bars are structural bars installed to protect occupants in a rollover and to stiffen the body for motorsport use. On street cars, they’re often associated with track-focused builds or a more aggressive “performance” look.
Term
mudflaps
"So, you know, I might go down that road. I'll get you some big mudflaps for it and Bundaberg rum stickers. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, back off."
Mudflaps are the little panels behind the tires that help stop dirt and water from splashing onto the car behind you. They’re practical and also sometimes part of the look.
Mudflaps are panels mounted behind the wheels to reduce road spray and debris thrown up by tires. They’re common on street cars and especially popular in regions with dirt roads or wet weather.
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manual
"[1107.0s] So this is a it's a kinetic blue. [1110.6s] Kinetic blue, yeah, sedan. [1114.4s] 2016, 10,000 K's manual."
A “manual” transmission means the driver shifts gears using a clutch and gear lever rather than an automatic. In many performance cars, manuals are preferred by enthusiasts because they provide more direct control and can be more engaging to drive. The speaker notes the car is a manual, which can matter for desirability and collectability.
Term
10,000 K's
"[1110.6s] Kinetic blue, yeah, sedan. [1114.4s] 2016, 10,000 K's manual. [1118.7s] Yeah, so I was a friend of Mayor Matz,"
“10,000 K’s” is shorthand for 10,000 kilometers on the odometer, a common way Australians describe mileage. Low kilometers can make a used performance car more desirable because it suggests less wear and potentially better long-term condition. The speaker highlights it as part of the car’s appeal.
Concept
price difference
"Yeah, and I thought for the price difference, I'll just go new because the second hand market was ridiculous for."
They’re comparing the cost of buying new versus buying used. If the difference isn’t big, buying new can be the better move.
“Price difference” is the gap between buying new versus buying used. Here it’s used to justify the decision to purchase new because the used market pricing was described as unusually high.
Concept
deposit
"Was there a way period, Luca? Yes, I initially put a deposit. This is for the mark two of the eight."
A deposit is money you pay upfront to reserve a car order. If delivery takes a long time, you might end up waiting months.
A “deposit” is money paid upfront to secure an order or allocation, often when demand is high. The speaker describes waiting months for delivery, showing how deposits can lock you into a timeline even if you later find another car.
Concept
tune
"Yeah, it's, yeah, with, with just, you know, like a bit of a tune"
A tune is a software change for the car’s computer. It can make the engine respond better and sometimes add power, without changing major parts.
A “tune” is an aftermarket software calibration that can change engine and transmission behavior—often improving throttle response, boost/air-fuel targets, and sometimes shift strategy. The speaker implies the car is already fast stock, and that a tune adds more performance.
Term
five cylinders
"But honestly, the five cylinders just great engine, like the sound of it's just unreal. [1418.1s] But when it's on song, it sounds very unique."
A five-cylinder engine has five power cylinders. It usually sounds different and can feel more exciting than a four-cylinder, which is why the speaker likes it.
A “five-cylinder” engine uses five combustion cylinders in one engine block, which often creates a distinctive firing order and sound compared with four- or six-cylinder setups. The speaker is specifically praising the RS3’s five-cylinder character “on song,” and generalizing that five-cylinder engines tend to feel special.
Brand
Audi
"Or an Audi or a Merc or who else does five? [1433.4s] So even the Volkswagen fires are actually quite good."
Audi is a car brand. In this conversation, they’re brought up because Audi is known for making engines (including five-cylinder ones) that enthusiasts like.
Audi is mentioned as one of the brands that makes five-cylinder engines, which helps explain why the RS3’s engine character is part of a broader Audi identity. The speaker also later references an “Audi” purchase, tying the brand to their collecting mindset.
Term
sunroof
"[1508.9s] control, four door, that nice red color. [1512.0s] Preferably one of the sunroofs, bit of a, you know, thing, but it'd be nice to go on that. [1515.9s] Yeah, a guy, a good guy in our club who has had for the last 25 years, I think."
A sunroof is a panel in the roof that lets in extra light (and sometimes opens for fresh air). People often treat it like a must-have option on certain classic cars.
A sunroof is an opening in the roof that can be opened for ventilation or light. In classic-spec discussions like this, it’s a “desirable option” that can affect both how the car feels day-to-day and how collectors value the car.
Term
drivability
"[1551.0s] But in terms of drivability, I think, you know, XB was the most refined [1555.6s] out of the lot, obviously being the later model. [1558.0s] So, yeah, I know, I just love the look of the XB too, to be honest."
“Drivability” is how comfortable and easy the car is to drive day-to-day. They’re saying the XB feels nicer and more refined than the earlier ones.
“Drivability” refers to how easy and pleasant a car is to use in real-world driving—things like smoothness, throttle response, and overall refinement. Here it’s used to compare generations, with the speaker claiming the XB is the most refined.
Concept
mint condition
"had a XP. GT, mint condition, and he couldn't sell it for five grand. Pipe, right?"
“Mint condition” means the car looks and feels almost like new. The speaker is using it to emphasize that even a top-condition car used to be undervalued.
“Mint condition” is a collector-grade description meaning the car is in extremely clean, near-new condition with minimal wear. It’s often used to justify why a car should have sold for more, which is exactly the point of the anecdote.
Term
360cc
"He said, I can't believe this 360cc. He said, this does not move."
360cc is a way of describing the engine’s size. It’s basically saying the engine is small, so it’s surprising that the car still feels quick.
“360cc” refers to engine displacement—how much air/fuel the engine can move per cycle. Smaller displacement engines typically make less power, so when someone says “I can’t believe this 360cc,” they’re emphasizing how unexpectedly strong the car feels despite the small engine size.
Term
jump starter
"[2915.6s] And he hooked up... [2918.5s] What did he do? [2919.8s] He hooked up a jump starter, [2921.2s] which I had already tried yesterday."
A jump starter is like a portable battery that gives your car enough power to start. If your car won’t turn on, it helps you figure out whether the problem is the battery.
A jump starter is a portable battery pack used to provide enough power to start a car when the main battery is too weak or dead. It bypasses the need for another vehicle and can also be used to test whether the issue is battery-related.
Term
battery
"there was not enough power in it, or I guess in the battery. So you surprised how much batteries can affect car electronics?"
Your car’s battery doesn’t just start the engine—it powers lots of electronics. If it’s weak, the car can act weird and may not start even if some functions (like locking/unlocking) still work.
The vehicle battery supplies power to the car’s control modules, sensors, and keyless systems. If battery voltage is low, modules may behave unpredictably or refuse to enable starting.
Term
alternator
"[3113.6s] So as soon as you put in the alternator and everything. [3116.0s] That's fine. [3116.9s] Yeah."
The alternator is what keeps the car’s battery charged while the engine is running. If it’s not charging enough, electrical parts can act up.
The alternator is the engine-driven generator that charges the battery and supplies power to the car while driving. If the alternator isn’t producing enough voltage, systems can behave unpredictably.
Concept
numbers matching
"Like that car is never going to be like a, you know, a numbers matching car because it just won't be, but do you think that for the same experience,"
“Numbers matching” means the car’s important parts are the original ones from the factory, not replacements. Collectors like it because it proves the car is more original, which can help the value.
“Numbers matching” refers to a car where key components (most commonly the engine and transmission, sometimes also the body/chassis) retain the original serial numbers that match the vehicle’s documentation. In the collector world, this can significantly affect desirability and resale value because it signals originality.
Concept
matching numbers
"Well, I'm just a matching numbers thing that's playing in my mind, but I'm like, I haven't been thinking to myself, what's a big deal? Like if I'm not buying it to sell it for, and preserve it and keep it, you know, 200K, 300K car, then just enjoy it."
“Matching numbers” means the car’s important parts still have the same identification numbers they had when it left the factory. Some buyers care a lot because it’s a sign the car is more original.
“Matching numbers” refers to a car where key components (most commonly the engine and sometimes the transmission) have serial numbers that match the vehicle’s original records. Enthusiasts value it because it can support originality and resale appeal, especially for collectible models.
Car
Saab 900
"courtesy of david prince and I have the Saab 900 uh getting roadworthy this week that had its little repair so that's going to be about four and a half grand"
The Saab 900 is an older Saab model. Here they’re talking about getting one checked and made legal to drive again after a small fix.
The Saab 900 is a classic compact from Saab, known for its distinctive styling and long-running production history. In this segment, it’s mentioned as being brought in for a roadworthy check after a small repair.
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This is a professional radio, gentlemen.
And it's front wheel drive.
Sorry, have you got anyone you want to thank?
Just myself.
And now we do the after hours.
Uh, gentlemen, what would you go for?
They see us in there.
Okay, and because it's not a super car, it's not.
Ordinary perfection comes in the form of two letters, A and U.
Long live my LTD.
Welcome to the castle, Mr. Tudor Knight.
It's me, Matty J, online with Mr. Edward Bunting, Mr. David Prince,
Mr. Squidido Johnson, Mr. Chad DeBal.
How are you, gentlemen? Good evening all.
Doing well.
Doing well, thank you very much.
Very good. How you going, Ed?
Good.
See, we always stuff it up.
You've got to say hi, Ed.
Hi, Ed.
How are you going to say hi, Ed?
And I go, good thanks.
Good thanks.
We'll get it right eventually, I think.
We'll get it right eventually.
Very good.
You should have Mary Cooster someone night to actually show us how it's done.
We should.
Get her on.
I would love to have some good cast always from back in the day.
Well, she's like, she's the ultimate one.
Isn't she really?
Yeah, I guess she would have been in ESPs and.
No, I don't.
So valiance and things like that.
Yeah, absolutely.
I've seen those old, those old Colton videos of like on street and all those
where they're doing burnouts and like the JVB Commodores and stuff.
And it's, you know, it was quite literally Effie in her prime, essentially.
So.
But no, very, very good.
Good to see you guys.
Let's start with some car updates.
Now, Edward Bunting, can we keep yours for the last or should we?
Should we?
Let's kick off with a bang.
Let's delve into how our car updates went.
It's sort of funny.
So as you know, I'm negating the terrible state of the cost of fuel in
Australia by driving a previously unloved fuel being LPG.
So I've been roosting around in the E gas Falcon, which is running very well.
I took it up to Benalla on the Easter weekend and it's very economical in
terms of the cost to fill it up.
But as we know, it uses a bit more than an average petrol, but but out in the
highway still very good.
So what was it getting in the high like 10 something like that?
That's pretty good for gas.
I was on track wise.
Yeah, that tank I did.
I didn't use a whole tank for that trip, but I was on track for that tank to do
about I think 556 600 ish out of a tank, which for an E gas is quite good.
And I did that in that car that I bought off alum some years ago when I took it
to Canberra and back that that was doing 600 to the tank along, which is not bad.
So you can get gas in Benalla.
I visited some friends and you know, but while I was there on the couch,
one of watching TV and of course as you do, you do two things at once.
You're watching the show, but you're also flicking a marketplace.
I mean, it's it's the ADHD modern day way of doing things.
Right.
You got a multi task.
I came across a Falcon Ute and I do have a head cream for a Ute in an eco LPI,
which is of course the updated direct injection gas motor.
And I, it had just come on two hours earlier and I was like, oh, that looks clean.
Benella the guy and said, what's that David in Benella?
No, in, in Melbourne.
Message him and said, Hey, love to look at this tomorrow.
Like on my way on my return, you know, call me on this number.
And it was 10 o'clock at night.
And I thought, oh, I'll hear from him in the morning, maybe, you know,
or it's probably already sold.
It rings me right then.
And I said, oh, good day.
So I had a chat.
Since new, always serviced.
It's not what you'd call a low mileage example, but then hey, it's a bar of six.
We're not, we're not discriminating.
So I just hope people in the dating world say the same thing about me.
We're not discriminating based on the numbers on the clock miles.
Yeah.
So I said, look, I'll be there at 12, 12 on, on, on Saturday the next day.
And I'm thinking this thing's going to go like he, you know, someone will come up
at 9 a.m. and grab this sort of thing.
Anyway, true to his word, I sort of kept in communication true to his word.
I, you know, I rocked up at 12 and had a look at the youth.
He'd already had some guys come the night before at 11 30 at night.
They came around, which I just said, oh, like, I wouldn't even entertain that.
But they came around waving cash in his face and looked all over it and said it had
an oil leak underneath and, you know, tried to haggle him down on price.
And so they made an offer, which was less than the asking price by quite a bit.
And he told me that I said, oh, what did they offer?
And he told me, and I was like, okay.
So we kept looking around it and I thought, no, I'm, I'm pretty happy with this thing.
So I made him an offer that was closer to the asking price.
And he said, yep, done, you know, saves saves me dealing with all of these rats and mice
online.
Anyway, so I picked it up about an hour and a half later and I'm driving at home.
And of course, who do I call?
I got to call Maddie J. He's the Falcon guy, right?
So Maddie, I'm on the Bluetooth.
It's got Bluetooth.
Bluetooth.
None of my cars have Bluetooth.
So I was like, I'm on the Bluetooth of my Falcon eco will be IU.
I just bought it.
And he goes, was that the one from blah, blah, suburb?
And I said, yeah.
And he goes, you bastard, I was going to look at that on Monday.
I messaged the guy and we booked in a time for Monday and he's like, yep, no worries.
And then, um, well, then he sends me a message back like at 12 o'clock.
Sorry, I just sold.
I'm like, ah, to me.
And of all people that bought it, seriously, I thought about it afterwards.
And I was like, even if I didn't buy it, that car would not be there.
Yeah.
It would have gone long before then.
Was it a bargain?
It was.
It was good value.
It was cheap.
It really tidy in the body.
Like it's a metallic silver with a tub on the back, you know, not a lightning strike.
And I'll tell you a story about that in a minute.
So, yeah, lightning strike silver garages its whole life.
So presents really well interior, a little, you know, very good.
Um, the driver's seat needs a bit of a going over, but other than that.
Yeah.
Like a few little jobs on like the headlining sagging, you know, typical Falcon stuff,
but, but the bones really good.
Um, and it comes with the hard lid, um, on the back.
So, you know, it's got that on it.
So in matching silver.
So it looks good.
So yeah, I think it was good value.
It's on there's XR6 or anything.
No, it's just your plain Jane base model.
Yeah.
But it's got alloys on it.
Cause I said, oh, it's got alloys.
Most of them have steelies.
And he said, yeah, it had the steelies with the dealership.
And he said, I'll only buy it if you put alloys on it.
So that the smallest, fattest little five spoke alloy on from a base Falcon, I think.
Tell him what he sold it for.
Nobody like, oh, he sold the car.
So this guy bought it new.
He was in his late sixties and he, he's sort of retire,
sort of winding up his lawn mowing business and sort of retiring.
And he wanted a youth that he could drive do traveling in.
And he said, look, you just can't, you can't get gas in some of these
outback places I want to go to.
So I, he bought a XR6 two years newer petrol just because he said,
well, at least I can drive that round Australia.
He said, I really don't want, otherwise I wouldn't sell this thing.
He said, I love it.
So he bought a bright red petrol XR6, which is done like one 10 Ks.
And it was beautiful.
FG two, the screen and bigger screen and stuff.
I'm learning about Falcons.
When I bought the E-Gas, I took it around and Matty J says,
he goes, I bought a gas Falcon Matty.
And he goes, oh, what model is this?
I don't know.
That's Falcon.
And I'm like, oh, I'm not a Falcon guy.
I don't remember that I saw it.
I'm like, it's a FG one.
FG one.
So now I've got an FG two six-speed auto.
So yeah, really liking that.
And it's Jesus is smooth and better on fuel than the other gas one and
power grant.
And I said to him, has the transmission ever been rebuilt?
Now let's just clarify this thing is done 423,000 kilometers.
And I said, has the trans ever been done?
And he said, nah, he said, it's split a hose once and, you know, lost its fluid and I pulled over straight away and didn't do any damage.
They checked it all and it was fine.
And, you know, serviced it and off we went.
It's one of the smoothest trans as I've ever driven in anything.
It's a ZF six speed.
It's a brilliant transmission.
But how is that?
I just thought how is that possible that that's never been rebuilt?
The ZFs are very good.
Even the BTR four speeds, even the BTR four speeds can can do can do case.
But the ZF six speeds are phenomenally good.
I'm very impressed with it.
Instant power.
Yeah, really quiet.
I mean, those barriers are quiet and silky and that they're always like that.
The Ute rides firmer than the sedan.
Obviously, it's got leaf springs in the back.
But I quite like that.
It's it's a bit sportier.
Yeah, the other one does feel quite, you know, push push compared to anyone's
ever said that about a leaf sprung you.
I sort of prefer it.
It's it's what's more like driving an old car that's a bit firmer or something.
I don't know.
So I'm down.
I'm down with you.
I'm a Ute guy and I'm not I don't think I want to let go of that falcon Ute guy.
Falcon Ute guy, because I filled it up on Sunday.
And if you've got the app, you know, and it tells you where the fuel prices are
and it was seventy nine cents a liter, you can still find it if you sniff around.
So it cost me fifty two dollars to go from empty to full.
Well, it's under a case out of it.
And I'm like, yeah, can't beat that.
Well, you can if you've got an electric car.
But then you're waiting five hours for the charger when you go on all the day.
A hundred percent.
So that would have a towbar on it, too, I suppose.
Never had a towbar.
Never had a towbar.
Never towed no towbar, which I was surprised at David.
And I thought, oh, maybe I'll be fitting a towbar.
But the steering wheel in it is that the sorry, maybe the standard one is
the rubbery stuff that all goes disgusting.
And, you know, David's nodding his head.
You've seen these and the upper models, you know, the XR six and eights
and the G models or whatever had the nice leather wheels.
Some of them had dimples.
Some of them were smooth leather.
So I thought, I'll get one of those.
I went to Jolly's on the weekend and I pulled one off a car and I thought,
oh, it was it was clean up a ball, but not amazing.
And I went to the counter thinking, oh, this is twenty five bucks.
Yeah, I'll just get that.
Eighty two bucks in one for that.
And I'm like, no, I'm not paying that for a Mank wheel.
So of course, you get on marketplace and I found some guy in Beric
who was selling a selling a nice wheel, like a smooth leather one without
dimples, so it's out of a G six something.
All the buttons still had their writing.
I'm like, oh, yeah, that's nice.
So I paid a hundred bucks for that.
But I had it parked across the road and and he's like, oh, yeah,
that's a kind of lightning strike.
Yeah. And I'm like, yeah, lightning strike.
Well, looks like he's coming over and he goes, oh, yeah, that's neat.
Yeah, he goes and he's coming.
He's a whole Falcon family.
They're all driving gas Falcons.
And he like restores steering wheels and stuff.
And, you know, likes a bit of that.
So yeah, he was down with it.
And I'm like, I'm like, this whole new community I haven't met yet.
Now you're in the Falcon second half Falcon community, which I'm in it special
to say the least special light.
So I've got to put that steering wheel on.
I looked on YouTube, how you do it.
Obviously, it's not hard.
You've got to disconnect the battery, you know,
seeing on the airbag blowing up in your face, but other than that, pretty, pretty easy.
Disconnect the battery.
What? What?
You wouldn't disconnect it, Scott?
No, Scotty likes to live dangerously.
That's disconnecting.
I wouldn't. You just put plug.
Well, OK, I'm not doing that.
And you have to reset your clock and everything then.
Yeah, your radio channels are not going to be there.
You know, you're free to say they'll keep.
They'll keep.
That's that's why I didn't do it in the past.
Because I'm so lazy.
I don't want it to the clock and everything again and reset stuff.
You'd rather like a board imprint on your forehead.
Yeah, well, I just he's kind of sit there and think, well,
I'm not really banging it and smashing it.
You know, it's not like it's a little bad.
It's a pretty good time to send those off.
So, yeah, that was that's my car update.
So now I have two gas falcons.
I think I'll learn one to my dad to drive the sedan and I'll keep driving you.
So what's I was going to ask,
what's have you gone for a ride, whether it's for the sedan?
Chad, don't complicate things with questions like that.
OK, go and the answer is no,
because being a car dealer, I can buy them in with Rego
and I don't need a roadworthy to just own them.
But I do when I sell them.
So the sedan, the two things I've got to get both gas tanks
re stamped, you know, to be compliant.
So I need to do them both cars and figure out what that costs.
Yeah, I've heard a few prices bandied around from 450 to 700,
depending on who you talk to, check.
Yeah, it's only it's once every time they've got to be done.
And then it's good for 10 years after that.
So it's just one of those things.
So I know Alam had it done on that.
E guess I bought off him some years back and and it was here.
Like, I don't know, 550 or 600 or something.
It wasn't it wasn't the same.
So yeah, I'll have to do that.
And like I said, I want to do the roof liner in the Ute
and I'll clean the driver's seat and I'll put the steering wheel on.
And I saw on now I'm getting, you know, hey, we all get we're all the same
on Marketplace.
We got the bug.
There's like a factory forward box that you can put behind the seats
in the Ute, like two little storage lid things.
Maddie knows it. I know exactly what they are.
The people on Marketplace, I'm like, they're not like 50 bucks.
So like 300 bucks, people want for it.
But but I'm like, oh, I think you might.
I think I might be, you know, wanting one of those.
Some nice mats, bit of a pinstripe, maybe.
Oh, a pinstripe.
Yeah, that's a bit forward, a bit of the era.
Yeah, maybe.
Talk about a Ford, man.
Yeah, he's looking.
Look, I've got a two falcons.
You've got a two falcons.
I heard that.
What's what's caused the change?
What's caused the change?
Petrol and diesel prices.
I want gas. So I'm running straight.
Ed, you live in one of the richest parts of Victoria,
mate, you can afford the petrol.
I can't. I'm out of your rent.
Imagine his land tax or whatever.
I'm not playing.
You're a gas man, you know, you're a falcon man.
I mean, I've always been full of hot air and gas.
Yeah, that's exactly right.
You know, obviously, this is your bad boy.
You're as you were saying, because you know, it's it's good for my bad boy image
to the youth, but it doesn't have like Chrome robot,
roll bars and tin doesn't have the big bling wheels.
It's not five posts on the front.
Yeah, it's not.
Yeah, I don't want to get that stick.
Six foot antennas are in Williams with the horns or something.
So, you know, I might go down that road.
I'll get you some big mudflaps for it and Bundaberg rum stickers.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, back off.
Why don't you do it?
Exhaust, you're a real.
Yeah, look at the balls hanging off the tober.
If you're going to talk about you have to do that.
I can't stand that.
And it is that genre, though, yeah.
Yeah, you've got to fit in.
Yeah.
So I'm I'm liking that.
So is this you a long, longer term proposition
or is it just the apocalypse proposition proposition?
Oh, you know how I get.
I get a bit fond of things.
I'm quite fond of it.
Oh, OK.
And I just think, OK, we're having this fuel thing at the moment,
but it just proves how quickly that can change.
Like a month ago, a month and a half ago,
we were all just zipping around like dollar fifty later,
like not even blinking.
And now here we are in, you know, ridiculousness.
So it just proves to me how volatile, you know,
and how, you know, linked we are to everything.
And I think, well, it doesn't hurt to have a car
that runs on something that they mine here in Australia.
And, you know, is not an expensive thing, really, to have around.
It's not Club Regible, of course.
But I thought I'll just reassess when it gets to the end of the year
and the regio is coming up.
I'll reassess where we're all at.
Why didn't you just get an AU Falcon on gas, said Club Reg?
I don't like the AU as much as I like an eco LPI.
Yeah, fair enough.
And if she's an handsome looking car,
whereas the AU is not a handsome.
Hey, that's offensive.
It's funny.
What about gas prices?
And have they actually, I've heard they've gone up a little bit.
They've gone up a little bit.
Like I was just saying, the boys, I bought it on Sunday for 79 cents a litre.
Most stations are 89 or 99 or $1.10 is sort of the worst, you see, maybe.
So it's certainly under a dollar for 90% of stations still.
So they're just still scamming people.
Yeah, exactly.
As if it just all of a sudden goes up in price.
Yeah, no, don't go.
Look, did you speak in Falcons?
Did you buy another one?
Did I hear?
I didn't know.
Emily did.
Oh, what's in her name?
What did she get?
XR8 Sprint.
Oh, nice.
Yeah, that's what series EL or something.
No, no, no, the FG, FGX.
That's FGX.
So that's the latest, latest one they ever did.
The Jaguar looking rear end.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, Falcons all round.
Yeah, I couldn't contain it.
She said, I need to buy this car.
And you're like, well, no, what do we need another car for?
Yeah, well.
So tell us a little about it, Luke.
So this is a it's a kinetic blue.
Kinetic blue, yeah, sedan.
2016, 10,000 K's manual.
Yeah, so I was a friend of Mayor Matz,
he's he's moving overseas.
And I joked around with him a couple of years ago, I said,
oh, you look into sell to sell.
He goes, no, no, no, no.
And then he messaged me a couple of weeks ago and he said,
I'm selling the sprint.
He goes, you want to buy it?
I go, OK.
So look, I wasn't planning on buying a car,
but couldn't pass the opportunity up.
You weren't looking.
I just found you.
Well, yeah, I actually wasn't.
Pretty, I was content.
I was content.
But but that's obviously been in cotton ball look at 10,000 K's.
That's insane.
Yeah, well, it's a 10 year old car.
Do you want to have four hundred and twenty thousand of mine?
I'll give you some.
No, no, no, no.
No, look, I'm just, you know, driving a little bit at the moment,
just because it's obviously new and or not.
But eventually the novelty will wear off and all kind of keep it
parked up to reserve that car.
So so you've got that.
Last time we had you on, you didn't have your RS3 either.
So yeah, so you've got that.
That's that's a little bit about that.
Well, yeah, that one I'll look after I saw the C 63.
I was like on the hunt for an RS3.
And then look, obviously, the second hand market,
they still go for a body motor.
That's for the the AV model.
And then Audi obviously came out and said no more five cylinders.
This is going to be going to be it.
Yeah, and I thought for the price difference,
I'll just go new because the second hand market was ridiculous for.
You know, 2018 2017 model was still around the summer of like 80 K.
Was there a way period, Luca?
Yes, I initially put a deposit.
This is for the mark two of the eight.
Why put a deposit in January last year.
Oh, yeah.
And I wasn't getting it till we're supposed to have been August last year.
And then they told me December.
So I found another one through a different Audi and pretty much the same spec.
So and I got that in August.
So it's still a hefty weight, but yeah.
So good, good eight months from the time I put a deposit.
It would have been longer if I didn't look elsewhere.
So look at that.
An RS3.
I looked at the baby one.
Yeah, just the baby one.
Yeah, but it goes out of the screen.
I saw a hatch on the sedan.
The hatch.
Yeah, great.
Honestly, amazing car, unreal.
And it's a rocket.
It's unreal.
Yeah, for the price.
Like it is a pretty expensive car, but you get a lot.
It's really, really good car.
Yeah, the reviews of, you know, after seeing yours and reading into it a bit more,
it's it's gotten a lot of love.
It's like the last five cylinder.
It's this, it's that.
And, you know, for what you get, it is better value
than than like an equivalent M series, you know, BMW X, you know,
or the new C 63, which is not really a C 63.
So I think I think out of those, you made the you made the right call.
Being all drive to it, they launch is pretty hard.
I mean, you took me for a spin at once and I was like, this thing, this thing rips.
You know, it's, you know, stock, stock factory car, 3.8 to 100 is 3.8 to 100.
Yeah, this is what a little Audi hatchback.
Yeah, it's, yeah, with, with just, you know, like a bit of a tune
and down pipe to get them down to like, you know, 3.2 won't be doing that.
Will you, Luca? Not at the moment.
I mean, it's on the warranties out there. Yeah.
3.8.
Yeah, no, it's phenomenal, really.
How quick that factory.
What does that compete with?
Is that literally an M3 competitor?
Yeah, pretty much, pretty much.
I'm looking it up now.
Yeah, sorry. You're interested in it?
No.
I'm intrigued that it's that quick.
You can get them on Gasset.
Really? No.
You could be the first one to gas convert an R3, though.
He's Luca.
Well, they're certainly a lot bigger than they used to be.
Yeah.
In terms of just size-wise, they look, they look like a,
they look like an M3 size, you know, whereas the RS3 always used to be quite little.
Oh, I think it was more of a larger hatch.
It's like a based on an Audi A3 hatch, wasn't it?
It's like a Golf.
Yeah.
But I think it's probably marginally bigger.
I think just the body makes it look bigger from the outside.
You know, what made you go on RS3?
I am to be honest, it's obviously in the C63, which was really good car, too.
But honestly, the five cylinders just great engine, like the sound of it's just unreal.
But when it's on song, it sounds very unique.
Five cylinders are generally good motors in like in pretty much everything
that's had a five cylinder, they're like, oh, that was a good engine.
That was a good engine.
Or an Audi or a Merc or who else does five?
So even the Volkswagen fires are actually quite good.
I know it's just a different car to what's on the market, I guess.
Yeah, I don't know, just, yeah, I just love the concept of it, to be honest.
So, Luca, you've got that, the XR8 Sprint.
Yes.
The big nitro, banga, banga, you know, yeah.
Um, there's the, what else is there?
Look at the word car, which is the Raptor.
Raptor, that's right, the Raptor.
So there's some high performance machines in this little collection going on.
Yeah, I mean, that's all I spent my money on really.
I think it's time you had a pedestrian car with chrome bumper bars, a nice classic.
That's next, that's next on the list, yeah.
Eventually, yeah, eventually, I'd love to get an XB, if anybody expensive.
Not as expensive as the Audi, you've just bought.
Yeah, they are, for a nice money, because XA's and XB has been
dragged up by the, all the X series.
So what's your ideal spec in a GT, in an XB?
Um, I like, I mean, the coupe would be for the dream, but they're just out of
control, four door, that nice red color.
Preferably one of the sunroofs, bit of a, you know, thing, but it'd be nice to go on that.
Yeah, a guy, a good guy in our club who has had for the last 25 years, I think.
Maybe 30 years now.
He's got an XB GT 351 black factory black in a manual with a sunroof.
Is he selling it?
I know who I'll ring if he is.
Yeah, he's his first car, actually, now I think about it.
Yeah, right.
So he's probably not selling it at any time soon, but you never say never do you?
Everything's the right time.
I think, I don't know, obviously the XW and XY is a nice looking car.
But in terms of drivability, I think, you know, XB was the most refined
out of the lot, obviously being the later model.
So, yeah, I know, I just love the look of the XB too, to be honest.
It looks, looks real complete, I feel.
I always thought they looked really fat, like, like they'd been pumped up with a bike pump.
That's why I like them, Ed.
Nice and fat.
Do you prejudice against fat things, Ed?
No, I'm not fat-shaming the car, but it's.
I can see the appeal.
I just never thought they were the pretty.
Like, obviously, early days, you know, everyone loves a Mustang.
And it's like, you know, they just.
I'm looking on car sales now.
These things are 200 grand.
That's what I'm saying.
They're more expensive than the RS3.
Oh, my God.
Yeah, like.
Two twenty.
There's two twenty, two fourteen, two hundred and five.
And that's your coupes.
And then you bet down into the crap, the sedans and stuff.
You can get a reasonably looked after one for like one hundred and twenty, one hundred and thirty.
I'm hanging on to my youth.
This is a gold mine.
And then again, I was at the Sambri car show.
Last week, Good Friday, and I was met this this guy and Lou and he had a XW
that he'd restored and was a genuine GT.
He was saying like 20 years ago, he was at his mechanic
and like the fish and ship shop guy next door had a XP.
GT, mint condition, and he couldn't sell it for five grand.
Pipe, right?
Doesn't surprise me.
No, and they I think was sorry.
I think it's like twenty five years ago, regardless, twenty twenty five.
But he's kicking himself.
He's like five grand.
That's a joke.
Yeah, they were just they were just like my mechanic or one of the mechanics.
So he had it just an XP sedan.
I do I went to work with him in experience in that car.
Like it was just this old sedan, the Falcon 500.
I think they were the base one.
So yeah, it was that.
I mean, I mean, that's not going to be worth a hundred grand, but it might be.
I was still a Falcon, but I'm just still expensive.
I think they're like 50, 60 K plus.
Wow. Yeah, I just don't see the.
The value. Yeah, it's hard to fathom the value.
That's the problem.
Not when you're showing them when they were so cheap.
That's where it gets hard.
That's where it gets hard.
But is it fair to say that you don't you wouldn't see the value in a in a Mustang
or a Menaro, sorry, not a Mustang, a Menaro or a, you know,
a Prem of the same vintage in a Holden.
For myself. No, no.
Sorry, Ed, I mean, obviously, the Menaro is a bit more special, I suppose.
But you can still get a like a Bob Pavo Pac Manaro like that.
That was, you know, you could, you could.
In fact, one sold some not that long ago was a base Pavo three on the tree
Menaro and because it was so rare, you've got some stupid amount of money.
Yeah, it's just none left.
Like they've all been converted and, you know, changed into into the hot one.
Has anyone seen this guy in car cell cell?
I think it's a VT.
Commodore, the gold one.
Yeah. Oh, yes, I have seen that.
How much is it?
It's like, I can't remember, but it was a lot and it had some certificate with it
that something it was famous for some reason.
So it was owned by Brock.
It was like a it was like his personal car or something.
Does it, does it?
Did he want like a million dollars for it or something?
He did want a million dollars.
A million dollars, yeah, I find it.
Imagine going to Shannon and say, yeah, I want to insure my Commodore.
It's a VT.
It's missing a gas cap.
Missing a gas cap.
No, you're making a you make a good point.
I thought my.
Friend of mine, he was actually listening to the show.
Jason, how you doing?
Had a had an XB.
Here it is.
It's one set one point five million.
It's gone up.
That's an appreciating classic.
That's why.
It is the wife time to sell the car.
And he's like, yeah, that's what that that's what that car is.
Yeah, there it is.
It's reasonable price.
It's just not.
You know, imagine people who put like you're looking for like a
a rare Ferrari or Lamborghini on on car cells and they put in like the category.
Yeah, there's a scrolling and they say this.
Commodore.
When you just usually search that million dollar plus category.
Yeah, it's not somewhere I normally play.
Sorry, Matt, you were saying he was telling me he had a he had a as an XB GT.
Or it was a GT of some description, like XAXB or XT, I can't remember what it was.
But he's like, it just said he gave it away.
Like, and you know, he just gave it away.
He's like, it's worth nothing.
Yes, this is in the 90s.
He's like, I just take the car.
He's like, I'm hemorrhaging now because like he had though he had that.
I think he had any XESP and a few other interesting things.
And he's just like, there was there was nothing cause like there was there was just traffic.
But, you know, it's it's interesting to see how much they're worth.
Like, I still think if you if you look at a Dalek or a coupe,
I think charges are still good value.
I think I think they're.
Well, they like charging coupes, I mean,
charging work coupes, weren't they?
They weren't the stands, I think, but they they they got into the hundreds,
like one forty one fifty for the for the rare ones.
Yeah, like a forty nine.
But they didn't they didn't go beyond that, maybe.
Some super rare ones, like really rare specs, I think one a bit higher.
But you can still get into like a, you know, a two, six, five, you know,
for like under 60 grand or just over.
So but they were always the poor cousin to to hold on forward.
When they always were. Yeah.
You do you guys think, say, in like 20 years.
That these cars that are worth this much right now are going to hold that value?
No question, even the way the world's going.
That comes down because, as we've said before, everyone who's into them now
sort of has some money, maybe now, but then they all get old and die.
And the next generation doesn't have the same put the same value on it.
And so it'll be worth something, but it might not be worth what it is now.
You know, it's like the people putting all the million dollars or seven
hundred fifty thousand for the XWs and the XYs and that sort of thing.
That's crazy money for what the car is.
And because they don't have an internet market, if it was you're putting
that sort of money into a Ferrari or a Porsche or something, then it's just
going to continue to rise, I think, as they hold it.
But yeah, there's really a sweet spot with the people that aspire to own those cars.
And as it said, you know, as that as time goes by and that demographic grows smaller.
Yeah, the value can't just can't stay there's not there's not the market for them.
Don't and it gets hard.
You know, you can't get parts and, you know, just they all become a bit hard to own.
It's like us now that we could all sit here now and we're all of a similar age
in inverted commas on this class.
But I think that's what you said to me today.
That wasn't directed at you, David.
It's all of us.
We're all of us. I mean, I'm included.
But you think about nineteen thirties cars now.
What are they? Nowhere.
Well, they're a bit cool.
It's kind of you might walk past it at a car show and go, oh, that's interesting.
Do you want to own one?
No, are they great to drive?
No. So hence the the people who know those and appreciate those like we
appreciate some of these other things, they're all they're almost all gone.
You know, and so it really puts a puts a full stop on what it's going to be worth.
It's not that they'll ever be worth nothing.
But a nineteen thirties something hot mobile.
I don't sit here and I have no relation to it.
I don't get excited about it.
That's the thing like, I worry now, bought this XR.
It's been in 10 years.
Is it all going to change that much?
No, not not that car.
That car is still too young, you know, and the people that like that car are still too young.
Yeah, I agree.
And when you're a 70 looker and you've still got that car, maybe then it's
maybe then that's not it's time going back to the XB topic.
There is this guy selling one in Geelong.
And it's a fair bit cheaper than the rest of them.
But you know, I had a chat to him, the engine is not a matching number.
So that's the reason for the price decrease.
So it tells us about that car.
I think it's a seventy four red auto, the white interior pack, electric windows,
the matching bumper color, a GT.
It's a GT. Yeah, yeah, no, it's a GT.
Yeah, XB GT four door.
And he's had a show that that's got the wind up sunroof.
Yes. Yeah, he's had it for 30 years.
He's gone through a divorce.
OK, so it's on it.
But the first thing you said, he goes, I'll send like an entry up front.
But it doesn't have the matching engine.
And that's before my time when I bought the car.
That's like, man, is it a turn off?
It depends what you want to do with it.
It is if it's still a really nice, genuine car.
Cars have a different mode is in it.
Yeah, it's not the end of the world.
But if you're going to concourse show the car,
wrapping cotton wool and you want it to be an investment,
the ultimate investment, then no, it's probably not the car.
But if you want a good car drivable that you're not mega precious about
and it's still worth something, it's not going to be worth nothing, then sure.
You know, yeah, I look at it.
I mean, like, yeah, you're right, not not all cars are going to have a match.
Like, obviously, that's a lot of value.
But if you buy for a cheaper price because it doesn't have the matching engine,
then you just sell it at a cheaper price later.
Yeah, yeah, that's what I'd look at.
If you can, if it means you can get into that rather than not get into it,
was it still not a good thing?
Like, you can enjoy that one of those cars for 16, not a hundred or whatever.
Yeah, that's so fun.
I was going to say, it's not going to drive any different.
It's still an XP, of course.
And so many cars, I mean, had different motors.
You know, like we just said, they all go through those cheap phases.
These were five hundred dollar backyard cars.
The number of them had different motors.
I mean, look at the Barra Falcons, any Barra Falcons.
Like, Barra's get pulled in, pulled out, modified, you know, like they've all had that.
Yeah, trust me, I know.
I know, one of them, you know, so it's like it's sort of like they all go through
this cheap ass phase of being worth nothing and no one cares about original engine.
Why would I rebuild that for five grand when I can put a wrecker motor in for eight
hundred bucks, you know, it's that sort of and people don't usually have the space
or the inclination to keep the original motor sitting by the car, you know,
some might later on, but not not when these are five hundred dollar cars.
It doesn't happen.
No point, Edward.
So what are they after for this car?
I'll tell you what, actually, it's like a screenshot of the price drops
because I was speaking to a friend, you know, Christian, Matt.
Yeah, yeah.
He knew the car he was talking about.
It started at one hundred and fifty and now he's down to one hundred.
OK, and is it a coupe?
No, four dollar.
OK, all right.
Yeah, so here we go.
Yeah, April twenty five hundred and fifty and it's gone through six price drops
and now it's set up for self for a year and now it's at one hundred.
I've been forty five.
Yeah, I mean, the fact is that a matching numbers car is white.
Yeah, that's because obviously you're going to have people who are like,
you know, has to be matching everything has to be kosher.
I'm going to buy it.
That's right.
It's set at a price, but yeah, you don't want it.
You don't want to overpay for it.
Yeah, like you've got the some hundred and twenty hundred and thirty hundred
forty with matching matching numbers.
Yeah, I don't know.
You're good to get into one for like safe, you know, if he keeps dropping
and forgets like around eighty mark.
That's eighties a long way from one fifty.
Well, a little number on the block.
Well, that's what I'm saying.
No one's like no one's buy it.
So then you start to think it's something else fishy with it.
Well, you have to go through all your due diligence and just see.
So your mate, Luke, who's who's really into that you're afford like,
he knows his stuff.
I would take him with him with you with him if you want to look at it,
because he'd know what to check number wise.
Yeah, providing it all matches up.
I just can see.
Not really.
You can't see.
Yeah, it should have a I'm sure that it should have it like a heritage
certificate that you get from Ford on the build.
Yeah, it does.
He's sending the photo of that.
So yeah.
Yeah, interesting.
So that's your update.
That's your update.
That's my update.
Been a busy year in the car.
Yeah, car market.
That's your update.
We'll come back to you in a second.
David, update to you.
Oh, nothing as glamorous as that.
Actually, the highlight of the highlight of the weekend,
I had a mate come over yesterday who's salesman of Porsche,
Benny Musu, Ed knows Benny.
He came over looking at a couple of things that I thought he might be
interested in having a look at.
But we walked out to the garage and I said,
oh, do you want to take the LN for a drive?
I said, have you ever driven a Fiat 500?
He said, I had one for my first car.
I said, right, we need to drive this.
So we got the LN out and we've got another convert to K cars.
First K carries ever driven.
Really?
Absolutely.
Loved it.
I mean, he's on song at the moment.
It's running so well better than it's ever run.
And he could not wipe the smile off his face and followed it up with a
phone call today.
Like, where can I get one of those?
He said like, it was hilarious hearing him.
He's a very effervescent guy.
And yeah, he was, he was a very happy boy.
He's obviously driven small cars before like the 500.
He's driven a Fiat 500 before and he said it's twice as fast as a Fiat
500.
He said, I can't believe this 360cc.
He said, this does not move.
Even when I started off and took him for a drive first and he said,
this does not feel like a two cylinder 360cc car as a passenger.
And of course they rev like crazy with that motorcycle technology.
So that was a real highlight.
So it was nice seeing someone who hasn't, didn't know anything about it.
He's got a number of very tasty alphas, a couple of nice benzes and those
sorts of things in his garage.
But both his sons have now drive Japanese cars, which is a bit of
an apparition for him.
It's funny because he knows so much about cars, Benny.
He has an encyclopedic knowledge, hasn't he?
Absolutely not.
One of the most knowledgeable people I know yet there are genres that
are just not him.
He was, it's funny hearing him talk about like one of his sons has
got a Lexus IS, you know, sedan, which we all like on this particular
great car.
And he was like, it's so smooth, this Lexus.
And he was discovering these things like he's discovered your car, David.
Yeah, yeah.
It's so joyous watching someone discover things and you're like, yeah,
we know this is good.
That's why we like them.
And it doesn't like any oil in it.
You know, like an Alfred.
I'm like, yeah.
It's Japanese.
We didn't actually say that, but it's great to see him discover,
but discovering them so late.
You know, these things have been out for decades.
Yeah.
Very cool.
I mean, that's a real car guy that's willing to explore and willing to
appreciate, you know, and come at it with an open mind because a lot of people
are like, I don't never like those things.
You know, have you driven one?
No, I haven't driven one.
I don't want to drive one, you know.
I'll drive anything.
What else have I done?
I've been driving the N1 a lot recently.
I mean, because it uses, I think I worked out it's about 4.8 liters per
100 Ks around town.
That car, when you drive it like a sports car.
So that's, you know, it's nice to enjoy your driving rather than watching
every every liter you use.
But that's just great.
I mean, it's so it's 60 years, just under 3000 revs it on the freeway.
And I can get down to most of those places down down south very,
very easily in that it's it's a great car for whatever you want to do.
K cars.
I don't know why they're not more popular.
Yeah, I think that's about it.
Scotty, I know you're getting married this week,
but anything you've been doing in the cars.
Yeah, what are the wedding cars?
That's important.
No wedding cars.
No wedding cars.
No, nothing.
You're a car guy.
Yeah, it's just because the accommodation that's so close is just.
It's a fuel issue, isn't it, Scott?
The driveway is very, very steep.
E-gas.
I'll learn you the E-gas.
It's white.
Oh, that would be beautiful.
Where are you getting married, Scott?
Up Libert Falls in the Dandenong Rangers.
Beautiful, man.
Nothing's the best.
Nothing says forever like being wedded in an E-gas Falcon.
And the Cape running forever.
Exactly.
It's the gift that keeps on giving.
Oh, man.
If that was in your vows,
I love you, Ashley,
lock the longevity of a barometer.
Can you please put that in?
You have the strengthened rods to my...
That's good.
That's good.
So a lot of things on your mind other than doing that.
Yeah, the only thing I did was I went around,
I was meant to help Dad with doing the front,
the landscaping and stuff,
and they weren't home at the moment.
So while I was waiting for them,
I pulled the 31 out and gave the guards a bit of a massage
and smashed them out.
So it should be all good.
I didn't have to do the front.
The fronts were okay.
They didn't really rub on the bumps or anything.
It was the reeds that would kind of catch
and start to dig in and cut into the sides of the tyre.
So that lip there,
I've kind of just given a bit of a helping hit.
And didn't do anything to the paint on the outside.
So that's all good.
I did get a...
As I told you when I was trying the whole soldering business
and it had a heat gun that came with it too.
So the funny thing is with that heat gun,
it starts heating up.
There's smoke and stuff coming from it,
most likely toxic.
I'm doing it all outside so it's okay.
And then just start to notice
because obviously you've got this metal tube that's heating up
and then the rest of it's all plastic.
And you notice that I hit the metal tube on the ground
and start wiggling it
because the plastic all around it that's holding it
is all melting and forming apart.
So you're like, oh my God.
Stupid thing.
So yeah, turned that off and didn't bother using it
and just kind of hit the sides out.
It was all good.
Didn't crack any paint or anything.
You wouldn't even know.
I've done anything to it.
Perfect. That's what you want.
That's it. That's all I've done.
Chad, what's this for you?
Not a lot.
I picked up the Tarago from my dad's
because I'm going to use it for Luca soon.
And some other stuff.
What are you doing with him?
You need something.
Bodies.
I mean it can fit a lot.
All these cars you got Luca, but none of them are useful.
Not for this purpose though.
I need the Tarago.
What about you?
You need the body carrier.
So I got the Tarago from my dad's.
I've been driving that around for the last few days.
Today I was cleaning the windows on my i30
and all of a sudden it just...
I put the windows down until I cleaned the top of them
and then went back in the car to turn the ignition on.
It wouldn't work.
Nothing would come on.
Nothing's turning on.
Keeps flashing up this message saying,
check steering wheel lock.
I was like, what the hell is going on?
I started googling it because I just...
I locked it and walked away for a bit.
Thought maybe just let it calm down or something.
Yeah.
And came back to it.
Still doing the same thing.
So I started looking into it and turns out
there's some issue with hand those of certain years
because it's got to push to start
and it can...
Apparently these modules that lock the steering column
as part of the mobiliser system can fail.
And you know, Hyundai obviously...
Yeah, from what I can see.
It's covered under warranty and all that.
Anyway, so I decided I'll give Hyundai a call today
and they say, look,
because you've been servicing the car with us,
we've got roadside as part of your...
Including with your car and warranty.
So they sent someone out to diagnose it essentially
and a guy came out and it was just an RACB guy.
And he just...
He hooked it up and I wasn't home.
My wife was here.
So she was sort of telling me what was going on
over the phone while he was working on the car.
And he hooked up...
What did he do?
He hooked up a jump starter,
which I had already tried yesterday.
Nothing.
It wouldn't do anything.
It just wasn't coming on.
Nothing was turning on.
And mind you, I had the windows down
and it was stuck like that
because I couldn't get the ignition back on.
Back up.
So last time before I went to bed,
thankfully I did that because it started pissing down
after like an hour I went after.
I like glad wrapped the windows
and I put tape over it
just so that in case it rained.
Because I knew it was going to rain at some point,
but I didn't know how much it was going to rain.
Anyway, it turns out it bucked it down last night here.
So that was good.
Anyway, so the guy came out.
He tested it.
Won't work with a jump starter.
He goes, oh, okay.
Yeah.
So he tested the battery
and I also did that yesterday with just a multimeter.
And that was, yeah, like 12.5 volts, whatever,
like it looks pretty normal, right?
Anyway, he goes, look, I'll just try putting a new battery in it
and see if that makes a difference.
And turns out, yeah, he put a new battery
and it just started right up.
So I don't know what's going on with his battery,
but yeah, but I guess four years is what it's got in it as life.
So I've started looking around for a battery
and some people recommend to put AGM batteries in
because this is what they come with from factory or something.
But the one that came out of the car is just a lead acid one.
So I'm not going to spend 500 bucks on an AGM battery
if I don't need to.
So yeah, I just got to figure out and get a new battery
and that should be it.
It's better than having to send the car in for warranty repairs
for that steering module.
But yeah, it's a weird one.
I've never, never really thought about that happening
or, you know, come across it before.
So I was like, what, why isn't it starting?
Like the car was recognizing the key was recognizing,
you know, like the smart key or that stuff.
And it was, it knew I was inside the car.
I could unlock the doors and lock them and all that.
And yeah, it just wasn't like enough to get the car to, you know,
I don't know, there was not enough power in it
or I guess in the battery.
So you surprised how much batteries can affect car electronics?
Yeah.
Yeah, like everything just runs off.
There's all these modules just run off the battery.
Oh yeah.
It's, it can, it can fork.
Yeah.
Low voltage can present as all manner of other problems
and like organs shutting down in the human body.
I literally actually had a problem with my F6.
It was the alternator.
And not like the fuel pumps were working properly.
And it was causing all sorts of issues.
And that's like something like you obviously don't expect to be causing the issue.
And then like my trainer called me, he goes, okay,
you tell me that's been the whole issue.
He's like, yeah.
So it just wasn't providing enough power to the pumps.
Yeah.
The pumps, the pumps were like the second pump wasn't turning on.
Yeah.
Well, yeah, just sort of things like that.
And it took him ages because that's something he's looking at.
And he's like, go through everything.
And he's like looking at the screen.
He's like cars on like 12 volts.
Yeah.
Right.
Yeah.
So as soon as you put in the alternator and everything.
That's fine.
Yeah.
It was fine.
That's crazy.
So the car needs like 14 volts or whatever.
Yeah.
For things to run at the right voltage.
Apparently on the bar is if your power steering pump has like a leak
because the alternator sits right below it.
It like drips into the alternator.
Yeah.
That's right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Sorry to put in.
Do you need a jacks chat for you when you do this swap?
So I've got those, you know, like the easy jack things.
Oh, really?
Are they electric or are they electric?
Yeah.
Probably would come in pretty handy, I guess.
Yeah.
They're good.
It actually goes up about knee height, maybe a bit more.
It's pretty good.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm sure, man.
I'll take you on that.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
Yeah.
They'll come in handy.
Yeah.
Yeah.
When we're just trying to undo stuff underneath and then pull the,
pull the stuff out from the top.
Yeah.
Cool.
Yeah.
Sick.
What else?
So I was, yeah.
I 30 battery and that's about it.
Yeah.
It hasn't been doing much else otherwise.
Updates with me.
I haven't really done much.
Standard.
My wheels all back primed them.
They're ready to get a bit of paint.
I'm still choosing your color.
I'm, I was looking at some, I was actually looking at lightning strike silver to paint
my, my laser wheels.
Really?
Believe it or not.
Is that the same as the original sort of color that?
Yeah.
They're kind of a silvery, a silvery color.
Are you repanning the OJs?
No.
Yeah.
My laser.
Yeah.
But I was like, oh, could I go maybe like, like a more darker gun, middle gray, get a
bit more of a stealthy look?
I don't know.
I haven't decided yet.
That paint is super cheap.
Do the aerosols.
Yeah.
Does they have a, what do they, do they call it alloy silver or?
They do have an alloy silver, which, which I've got, I've got one can of, um, but yeah,
I don't know.
Good paint.
Do you want to get yours powder coated, Matt?
Could, could always get them powder coated.
That, that is also a, cause like I've sanded them all back.
I filled all the, all the, um, all the, all the holes and everything.
And, you know, I sanded it all back again and primed it and sanded it back again.
So it's pretty much ready to go for paint.
I just, um, just haven't decided yet what I want to do.
So we have, um, our work.
We've got a box of a really nice pink left over black with pink wheels.
That's a look.
Well, like ground, ground painting pink stuff that you paint the ground with.
So yeah, look, I'm, I'm, I'm undecided.
I'll, I'll, I'll have a think.
I can get the cans quite cheap, like just like even some, like, you know, some,
one of the generic ones.
So I might get a couple of variations and just spray one wheel and spray the other
and see which one I like best.
And then yeah.
So all right.
Well, that's the color.
And then I'll get the, you know, get the rest of the cans that color.
So that'll be my little, little project before I go off to New Zealand,
uh, next week, um, or Saturday morning, actually, which will, which will be good.
So yeah, I'll have something to do over, over this week.
Uh, what else have I done car wise?
I don't really done much.
No, that's, that's pretty much, that's pretty much my, my car updates.
Now, I want to get back to, to, uh, what you were mentioning earlier,
look, um, before we get to the quiz of obviously looking at a car,
like a classic, whether it's usable or whether it's, you want to cotton ball it
and stuff like that.
And, and you know, for me, if it's a car, I want to use it.
I want to drive it.
I want to, I want to, I want to enjoy it value wise.
Like that car is never going to be like a, you know, a numbers matching car
because it just won't be, but do you think that for the same experience,
it's worth just getting a car that's 50, 60 grand cheaper because of that
and still enjoying it and knowing what it is.
I do.
Cause if I buy one will be, you know, every Sunday kids, wife for breakfast,
hop in that, go for another driver.
I think for the price difference.
And if you actually want, it's a different story.
If you're trying to buy one and preserve it for value and, and you know,
not drive it.
Um, then you want to find the matching numbers, clean and rust free or,
and all the rest of it.
But for me personally, if I could say 50, 60 grand and enjoy the car.
Um, I'll do it to be honest.
I can potentially you enjoy it more.
Yeah.
Because, you know, you're not absolutely, um, you know, fixated on,
on parking it anywhere, you know, where you're going to park it, you know,
who's around checking it out.
Otherwise, you know, those sorts of things.
I mean, if it's, yeah, if you've got that money in your pocket,
that buys a lot of smashed avocado, doesn't it?
Well, yeah, that's right.
Like even, you know, the sprint, it's a nice car to have dangling me wrong.
But yeah, even like going back to user day, like you stress so much,
like this is in perfect condition.
Drive it, have to leave it somewhere.
You're always stressing about it.
Um, like even when we drove it down, I put the kids in the back and
the snacks in there.
I was like, fuck.
But you can't, you can't, you can't tell your kids, you know, don't, don't
eat them.
That's what you need, that you can wipe down with a shimmy.
Like it was harmless, but just, you know, obviously it can be clean.
It's not, it's not a big deal.
Being a clean freaking and like, you know, even Matt, when we parked on
the grass, cause there's like no other park.
I'm like, this is shit.
I'd go and never had food in it.
Three kids never allowed to eat in it.
Yeah.
I try to avoid the tantrum bed.
My uncle's sticky.
No food in that we're drinking.
But it likes it.
Like I'll drive it and we've been driving it.
You know, take it out for a night.
Kids get a bed, take it out for a quick spin.
We'll go to the shops or whatever.
But it's like, obviously that novelty will wear off and I'll be
bringing it out less frequently.
But yeah, but going back to what you said, Dave, it's, um, yeah,
you stress out sometimes driving it like stone chips and this
and that, cause it's such a clean car.
Yeah.
There is a joy to driving cars that are not perfect and that you
don't worry about.
And that there's some of the, I remember I had it first when I
bought a Corolla Seeker and I used to drive to work and it was
faded and just was, it was a Corolla Seeker.
Like it's, you know, I really liked it.
But I'd take it to Brunswick Street and park and go to dinner
and oh, someone's done a scrape.
Like it was, it was really very freeing.
Very freeing.
You know, it's funny getting back to the numbers matching thing.
Rob, he comes in as well.
I was hoping he was on tonight cause I wanted to talk about this,
but he, he's, he's, he's Big Merc Coop.
Um, was it the, was it a one-way or is it a?
Uh, it's a one-one-one.
One-one-one.
Like it's a lovely car.
Um, but that doesn't have an original engine in it.
That, um, and, but apparently all the original motors all kind
of rust themselves out anyway, which is a common, common thing
on, on that era of Mercedes, but, you know, and it was still
worth big money.
And, and he's like, well, I drive, I just, he drives it all
the time.
And, and for that reason he's like, cause I can, cause like I'm
not, I'm not worried about, you know, yes, it's a very clean
and nice example.
It's a beautiful car, but, but I guess, I guess he gets more
enjoyment out of driving that because it doesn't have the
original motor cause you, cause you can just, you know, you
can give it to it and have a bit of fun with it and enjoy it.
Then, um, you know, that then something else, which is, which
is a car talk top tip, buy an imperfect car.
The other thing that a lot of us like to do is buy a car that's,
I don't want to say bad, they're not bad, but buy a car that's
down at heel in some areas and it's better the longer you own
it, the better it gets.
Yeah.
I love that about, you know, owning something like when they
leave me, they're normally far better than when they came to
me.
Yeah.
This has been really bad for me coming on here tonight cause
now I've just, it's got me thinking.
What are you going to do different?
Well, I'm just a matching numbers thing that's playing in my
mind, but I'm like, I haven't been thinking to myself, what's
a big deal?
Like if I'm not buying it to sell it for, and preserve it and
keep it, you know, 200K, 300K car, then just enjoy it.
Horses for the horses is exactly right.
Yeah.
When I, I mean, you were there when I bought my MR2 and it was
teetering of like going to bad or going to good.
That's right.
And it went the right way.
Yeah.
And you drove it recently and it drives great.
It's fun.
So, yes, it's got over 300Ks, but you know, you can just hop in
it and be like, yep, I'm going to enjoy it.
You know, there was one out, plastic Japan, that red one,
that was beautiful, beautiful.
Similar Ks, but that's had a full paint restoration.
And I'm like, well, you know, I'll be too, I'll be, I'll be
PPFing the front of that, you know, making it all, you know,
mint.
But with mine, because it's got some scratches and it's got
some marks and it's got some, you know, dings and stuff here
and there.
It's not perfect, but that's, that's fine for me because I can
enjoy it.
I can drive it.
Yeah.
The other thing is Luca, with this argument, you will not,
every time, if you did buy that car and you were taking it out
every Sunday and whatever, you're not thinking about the engine
number after six months, like, and what are you doing?
100%.
You're just going out and going, oh man, I love driving this car
and you're just doing it.
You're not, it's not preying on your mind constantly.
Yeah.
Well, for me, I could say 50, 60, 70 grand, even in some
cases.
A lot of money.
I mean, a lot of money.
You just have to imagine.
Is that replaced with the larger engine?
No, like for like engine.
Apparently the story goes, the original owner was driving in
and a star picket went up the bottom of the block.
He's got a good story with it.
Exactly.
Anyway, this car, you know, the star pickets, apparently he
was driving in like some back road and ran over a star
picket and went through the block.
Like temporary fencing type thing.
And when this guy bought the car, he was unaware of the
engine number.
How did he know about that story?
Well, he asked around and then someone knew about the car
and that that was a story he got told.
And that happened in the old days.
You know, it is stuff happened to motors.
They ran out of oil.
They ran out of water that people, you know, like, it was
very common to have mechanical breakdowns on those, that
era of car.
Yeah.
They weren't very, you know, reliable.
We all took them on long drives and like, you know, yeah,
they might be blocked up.
Radiator will cook the engine or something.
The fan belt snapped and we didn't realize we didn't look
at the temp gauge.
All of a sudden the whole piston's melted.
They should have had a Haltech screen in there.
They would have known.
I know, right?
It was very common to put another motor in a car.
Look, this guy was talking to Lou.
The summary show.
I go, do you drive this slide?
It goes all the time because I've taken, taken it to Adelaide,
taking it to Sydney, taking it to Queensland.
And that was, you know, during his time.
He goes, I've fully, you know, restored it, repainted and all
that stuff.
Now, blah, blah, blah.
He goes, I still drive it.
You know, I go, would you serve on a long drive?
He goes, yeah.
Right.
And this is a genuine X, I think it was XW GT.
So, but he was saying, he was, he's like, you know,
being in the full GT club and yada, yada, yada.
And he goes, they're all just like, you know,
because he put the left-hand side mirror on it.
And, you know, all the people kind of don't go,
no, this isn't right.
You shouldn't have this mirror on your, your replaced windscreen
and the front lights on the front aren't correct.
And he's like, I'm just trying to enjoy the car.
Like, but he was, he was one, he was really nice fellow.
And he was just like, you know, he bought the car.
And it was in pieces and he fixed it all up himself,
put it back together, got it sprayed and all that stuff.
So he, he's enjoyed the car for the 25 years he had it,
whatever it was.
So yeah, but like he was just saying, you know,
some people are just being like, no, you know,
a different windscreen.
It's not genuine.
Different windscreen?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
This is a genuine item.
This is how.
It's not a genuine Ford one.
Yeah.
But he's saying this is how like down the line people are
about these genuine GTs.
It's like if your wife had to have a hip improvement.
So she's got a, a metal hip now.
It's not the original hip.
No, the original.
Yeah. No good.
The original.
What, you get a divorce?
Is that it?
Not matching.
But he was saying he goes, I left the club because I just
couldn't deal with the diggers.
Yeah.
He joined the Macedon, the Macedon Rangers Club.
Yeah.
Everyone's also there.
Everyone just appreciates like nice guys.
Yeah.
Yeah.
There's a lot to be said about that.
Like, I remember speaking to our uncle,
Luke, Uncle Jay and his mate had a X, Y,
X cop car, or something.
And he used to race his best mate who had a genuine
GT HO face.
This is back in the, in the, in the, in the seventies.
Remember the story like it was yesterday he was telling me
and he told me a few times and he's like,
he still speaks to the guy.
Anyway, he's like, they used to race up a certain road
up in Northern New South Wales won't be named.
And he's like the, this GT.
Is this Mexico and all the New South Wales?
Mexico and all the New South Wales.
Yeah.
It's a good place.
You should, you should go there.
And he's like, they used to come down this dip and
over the top and he's like,
the time I would get to the, to the top of the bridge or
the top of the dip, he was gone.
Anyway, so the motor, the motor just, you know, packed up
in that, in that GT.
So Ford replaced it.
They put in, they put another one.
And he's like, it never went as good, but it was, but
that's because like they used to, you know, just put these,
you know, they used to have these Bathurst engines.
They just used to whack them in cars and they still run them
in on the way to the bathroom.
Anyway, it blew up because they did not made for
longevity engines like that.
They put in a standard three, you know, three, five, one.
And he's like, it never went as good, but he's like,
that's, that's a cool story.
You know, like that's, that's, you know, and, and he, you know,
he sold the car and he knows where it is these days.
It's probably one of the 50,000 genuine GTs that are left now.
But like, you know, stories like that, like, you know,
with the picket destroying the block or whatever, it's a story
and people, people, I think people that appreciate cars,
appreciate a story.
And, and I think, I think that for me would, would, would be,
yeah, make, make, make the car half, half more enjoyable
to be able to tell.
And I think what Luke was saying before, you know, about the
whole, that's not, that's not right for that particular car
and all that playing for cheap stations.
To me, it really sucks the joy out of, out of it.
You know, like if you've got a car and it's like a lot of cars
didn't have seatbelt standard, but you know, people can see
belts in them.
I don't know, but they might save your life, you know,
but shouldn't have seatbelts in these.
They've had seatbelts in them from the factory.
Yeah.
So this guy built the car from, it was in pieces.
Yeah.
Andrew was out, no wheels, paint was all, like, and he very
built it.
He's proud of it.
Yeah.
He's taken it around to the GT Nationals or whatever.
And the chicane, he's got, he's like, he was going to just
punch it on with this guy.
He drove over from Perth in a, in a, his XW GT.
And it was like, this thing was like battered.
And he's like, oh, my car's more rigid than yours.
He's like, I want to be clean dead in that thing.
So, I mean, putting that, putting the extra mirror on the,
on the side of the car, like I would prefer to have a mirror
on the side of my car.
Yeah.
That's what I'm saying.
In this, you know, GT Nationals spec, it's frowned upon
because it's not original.
I need to get a life.
Yeah.
I told him, I'm going to go very good on you.
And just enjoy the car.
I mean, I'm guilty.
Okay.
I'm going to the Merc show and walking around Benzes and going,
that that's not right.
That's not right.
That's not right.
That's not right.
And it, it irks me because I want a car.
That's right.
But I'm never going to say that to someone.
You don't know their circumstance.
You don't, that car might have been 10 times worse than they've made.
Like you said, it made it.
Yeah.
Right there.
If you've got your pride and joy, you know, you've spent all this
time on it and whatever you've done to it.
Just like, I think people need to appreciate it.
Like I looked at the cars.
I mean, this thing's really clean.
I just got, it was like six year ago.
I'm talking for half an hour.
Cause I was just, I love these cars.
Like it's amazing.
So I don't know.
People just nitpick a bit too much.
Yes.
Yeah.
Go on.
Like Dave touched on before just people should just enjoy it for
what it is.
Cause you don't really see genuine, like older cars anyway,
genuine ones in that nick.
Yeah.
Matthew.
Yeah.
There's a question.
I just want to say on the end of one point,
99% of people are not going to know the status.
It's not going to have an original engine.
Not like.
No, I just won't take it to the GOT nationals.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Big sign on it.
It's Ron original motor.
And proud.
Not a really proud.
Get a teacher.
Yeah.
That would be, I mean, it's an excuse for you to do some,
some other stupid stuff.
They're going to put a,
put a like a four, two, seven or something.
Like just, just something nuts in it.
Like that's.
Yeah.
Put a bar in it.
I know where there's a good gas one.
That's a,
Oh, you don't touch him.
No.
All good.
Well, look, we'll get to the quiz.
10 questions plus some bonus questions.
You guys know, you guys know the rules.
So we've got a few players tonight.
All right.
Question one.
The Dodge slash Chrysler slash Plymouth neon.
Hmm.
Had a performance model overseas.
What was it called?
Chad.
Chad got in there first.
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I'll go 75 says David 35 35 says Scotty Scotty you've just been pipped it's 38% in Australia so
Chad gets the chocolates there and so didn't you work at BMW yeah not for a long time
but apparently in Europe it's it's the touring models are cutting for almost 50% of sales
so so yeah they've been it's been popular to do I think a touring model is very cool and did you
see that they did a M3 touring in the one of the Nürburgring races recently no I didn't see that
that's cool they built a full GT 3 car out of an M3 touring oh that's awesome no that's so cool
like when the Volvo 850s were in the great wagons 100% so sick it just reminds me another
little car that I bought a Vienta of David's neighbour oh what about that what's a Vienta
Camry oh Chad you washed your mouth out it's like Vienta I didn't put you know
it's a Camry that's flasher yeah anyway sorry keep going that's a little question number three
Holden cashed in on the 2000s Olympics with a range of models that featured an Olympic edition
for one point each what models were they David got in there Berina yeah yeah Berina yep
Vectra Vectra is another one yep Commodore Commodore is another one yep Ed Ed Ed
there's one more Ed Ed Ed Ed Ed Ed Ed Ed
Astra Astra is correct well um Astra Olympic oh yeah yeah the dumpy one that was the yeah
I know someone who bought one I know someone that's still got a they bought a brand new a VT
Olympic edition it's also I think there was a statesman it was a I think so because I looked
at one for sale once I'm sure it was a statesman and it was an Olympic edition not confusing that
with a Greg Norman states no no no golf club or in an international or action yeah double check
that Matty I'm 50% on that we'll fact check that shortly bonus question what were the Olympic
edition Commodore was used for before being sold to the public David David I think they were used
for ferrying um competitors around from the village to the events went they I'll give you a
point five there was for ferrying people but not not the not the actual athletes oh okay oh is it
for the chat is it for the public not public Matt is it for the VIPs the coaches absolutely the VIP
where do you mean stuck in a barina I didn't use the barina for that they used the the Commodore
to do VIPs and officials for for the Olympics question number four which Toyota model this
model this week has was announced as having reproduction parts being made from their heritage
program David that'd be the AE86 that was already announced a while ago so that's not the one that
was announced this week David Prince that's incorrect Luca Luca Luca wasn't there the Land Cruiser
not Land Cruiser that is on the program though that they do 60 80 and I think 70 it has has to be
Tarago not Tarago I wish I was but it's not Camry not Camry Chad is it am I too not I'm waiting for it
hopefully next it's it's it's not parts and make make Scott is it super it is super it's the
or mark for super so they're reproducing like you know hard like bits that were broken so like
according to them it's the stuff from like the the interior panels that which will crack and
stuff they've they've made them with a different plastic but same thing I make money out of fixing
those they can buddy start some business is gone they've got a picture of David Prince and
in there uh in there she did like this guy we can't give him any more money we're gonna hold
a palm and to replace you now I thought it was a 86 because I did see a post just this week that
said they they oh no that that's a bit different rather than parts it's actually you can there's
a company now that will read to build you an AE86 it's a hundred thousand dollars oh my god that's
a play with one of the Chinese chassis the Alibaba oh they're quite funny question number five
carbon revolution is a company in Victoria known for making carbon carbon fiber wheels
for companies like Ford which were a fish which were found on the Mustang GT350s
what has happened to them this week Chad I think either they fell for bankruptcy or they went into
administration yeah I'll pay the administration one Chad well done they went into administration
because number six this week on what Chinese brand is entering the already crowded Australian market
uh way wey way is the premium arm of which already established brand in Australia EYD
incorrect not BYD Luke GAC it's not not jack is a cherry how do you spell it wey as in way
uh geely geely is incorrect I know the brand called lost my
David is it cherry what cherry scottie last one on the board great wall it is great wall great
wall motor just it's their luxury arm what on scottie the only last one I could think of I was
gonna say cherry but David got in there first way question number seven what was the first
car company to build 10 million cars in a single year in all time you mean yeah so that was the
first company to officially build 10 million cars in one calendar year Luca what did you say Toyota
Toyota is correct look what on Toyota is absolutely correct bonus question what year did they do that
in oh closer to closest to I'll give closest to you I'll do it 2012 2012 says Luca I'll say 2002
2002 says Scotty 2006 2006 is Chad 1997 1997 says Ed and David Prince 2015 2015 the answer is 2013
so Luca just I was thinking the highlights was very popular around that time yeah
score check still anybody's game Luke redhead on to Chad and Scotty three David 3.5 still
anybody's game plenty of time to go question number eight in the first three novels of the 007
series written by James Gardner after Ian Fleming passed away what car did James Bond drive
Scott was it the Aston Martin Vantage it was not the Aston Martin Vantage
first three novels written by James Gardner after Ian Fleming had passed away what car
did James Bond drive in all of those books Porsche 911 Porsche 911 is incorrect
I've read this somewhere is it is it the same car or just the same brand
the same car in each of the in each of the books wow okay
okay
put it this way we're all a fan of these that's a hint was it a Volvo not a Volvo
shaguar not a shaguar shaguar David was it a db9 it wasn't a db9 was it a Lotus not a Lotus
Ferrari what was that Luke Ferrari Ferrari not a Ferrari it'd be very unbritish to him driving
an Italian car true so we all like these we all like this we've talked about them recently we all
like this car and it wasn't an e-gas Falcon so why it was a British car that was Jim Bond
yeah Jim Bond yeah Jim Bond yeah I know him
the Rolls Royce wasn't a Rolls
that's a I don't know I mean
Bentley uh I was gonna say that what did you say Joe Bentley no it was a Saab 900 turbo
and how do you not get that oh I was picturing like older yeah so so remember Ian Fleming died
in the oh geez when did he go when he died 70s 80s maybe I think um so the the guy that wrote him
after him the it car was a Saab 900 turbo no question 9 what car am I sold in Australia between
91 and 97 the blank blank was a sporty coupe imported to Australia it features three engines
available in Australia a 2 litre a four cylinder a 2 litre four cylinder turbo and a 2.5 litre v6
head head is that the whole an Astra not the Astra David David holding calibre
calibre is correct well done David Prince I think they had four cylinder turbo calibres
turbo yeah you could get a four cylinder turbo full drive calibre too but um
very rare very the v6 ones are even more rare I believe a lot yeah they're quite they're quite a
rare thing the last one is a brochure question cutting back on your family's fuel bill doesn't
have to mean downsizing your car in fact it's as inexpensive to fill up a blank with blank as it
as it is to run many popular small cars on petrol blank is around 60 cheaper per litre then
with dedicated factory gas fuel system so there's no there's no there's no ugly tank in the boot
or equally ugly shortfall in driving performance LPG is readily available at service stations around
the country and the cost of choosing dedicated LPG Falcon is now fully reimbursed by the government
grant at your Ford dealer so can I still claim the government grant yeah can I still
find maybe it was the only dedicated gas but it wasn't the first dedicated gas car
no that's true that wasn't that was a nice and sunny or something was it 200B 200B
really 200B where are they now David is someone I know someone's probably got a
paddock full of them and they're about killing and the tank's been updated every 10 years
they'll crumble to the ground I'm fairly sure there would not be one left in the world yeah I
think they're they're all gone I was gonna tell you Luke you jumped on just before just after you
we missed what you were talking about but remember that you'd always send you that that
EQLP on you so I mentioned the guy to go see it and he's like yeah I booked in for Monday
I guess you bought it before I could even look at it okay he's in the podcast Edward
he's got two LPG Falcons now he's hoarding he's hoarding did Ed know you were looking at it
no he didn't he called me after he bought it he's like oh I've just bought it I've just bought it
he called him on the way home on the Bluetooth I said many I bought an EQLP IU he goes was that
the one from blah blah and I said yes
you have a sedan aren't you yeah he's after a wagon he likes collections
what do you like collections likes it I like to speak it if Casper said there's a guy at that
this car show went to and he had a TX3 there the hatchback was clean and there's turbo but he
goes no no just the it was a 1.6 I think yeah and he goes oh yeah it's a boy's car and I think
it was like her TX3 or something and 12 grand well yeah like a non turbo on and he had he had a turbo
and he goes I'm gonna sell that too yeah and I got it when 12 grand he goes off
you don't have the money don't buy it I just walked off
I had to pray I was like for what I mean
well to him he's not gonna sell it to my grand no one will be buying that
school check Luca and Ed on to Scotty channel three and tonight's went on 5.5 is David Prince
well done David David for 2026 so David do you want to do you want a school check overall
no no that's unnecessary the quizzes have gone to David I think all of them no you won one
you won one oh great well Matty's won a few too but he's not counting himself in this
no I'm not counting I've got in my head my number but I'm not secretly counting
he's gonna buy himself an HSV at the end of the year
1.5 mil yeah well just so you know David you're on six
is anyone you want anyone you want to thank David Prince no I can't think of anybody just
myself just how Scotty says just everybody everybody here oh mate you're a legend
I think that's a podcast gentlemen very good um let's do some plugs Luke anything you want to plug
no no I'm good don't have any plugs Trinity switchboards if you want your switchboards go there
switchboards no no no no no plugs yeah Chad's delivering it um and and magnet swaps yeah so
not the Saturday but the following Saturday we are doing the swap so yeah so not this one the
company from that car lock it in bunting we're doing it do you need to you for anything can I
bring the you bring in for some of the things in your youth right of a certain you go and get
lunch all right if you got lunch you'd put it you'd put like his his subway roll in the back of the
you yeah you might all laugh now but they'll come today when you ring me you know those
dudes are good for it because they've got the leafies you can put the top in it fill it up with
water and I bet a spa yeah portable spas yeah new hustle I'm gonna someone on youtube will have
done that when they look I'll be out of plenty of people have done it yeah they have if you look up
like um Falcon you uh with people in the back in a pool it's it's it's done numerous times and the
best part is once you've finished open the tailgate drive down the road and off you go
water the grass water the grass you're laughing what's going for it Scotty's golf tip of the week
not so much a tip I haven't gone out and played for a while but um on Friday morning that's what
I'll be doing having a bit of a hit before the big event so yeah do you ever go to the um the
virtual golf things go I haven't tried one of those ones are they popular uh yeah I've seen a few
people use those ones and depending they actually I do there is one in summary I wouldn't mind giving
a go and it's interesting the way it works because wherever your ball lands they give you like the
piece of turf that you sit the ball on to get it from okay changes you know if it's in the rough
they'll give you the more thick stuff and they kind of change it so it'll be interesting I like to
give it a go they're pretty popular and they are Scotty I think I say from from all of us all the
best with the wedding day thank you congratulations again and uh you know make sure you enjoy the day
all right so that's that's that's the main thing just just it's you know it'll they will run as a
David's words of wisdom being defeated is often a temporary condition gentlemen
but giving up is what makes it permanent that's nice that's good I should get that
should be on a fridge can you say that again David that was good being defeated is often
a temporary condition but giving up is what makes it permanent where do you get these from
oh just they're just buzzing around in my head like
a calendar calendar with these motivational things on it don't forget Melbourne Motor Show this
weekend it's a time in a long time three days keep an eye out for a 35 year old honda prelude on the
stand three day art is that uh Kenny's uh no no no they wanted a white one to match the white
prelude they've got the new print that's pretty racist but Friday gentlemen it only kicks off at
12 o'clock oh there you go yes yes you're there in the morning aren't you no kick off in the morning
oh okay I thought I opened at 10 like every other day but I read it today 12 on Friday
okay when are they dropping the when they gonna when is Honda going to say the price
this weekend are they actually yeah the price is priced for that and the super one are going
to be announced at the Melbourne Motor Show um my guess Sunday should we should we have a little
little yeah my guess uh prelude will be uh 78 because it will it will undercut the type r that's
similar to that over in the other parts of the world super one I want it to start with a three
but I think it's going to start with a four I want to say 41 five okay yeah super one I was thinking
42 triple nine I reckon it'll be 39 eight they'll try hard to get it to start with a three I reckon
I reckon 30 30 yeah 39 a half is this just the base one well the super one's the new electric car
that's based on the K car okay yeah um but the prelude is then the single model coming out I reckon
that'll be 67 and a half okay do you reckon they'll announce it on Friday or do we have to wait till
Sunday or something oh I think it'd be announced on Friday part of the press rule yeah it should be
out over the weekend I would think all right nice well on Friday we'll either be uh celebrating
honda or we'll be just shaking our heads at honda speaking of honda has anyone been down shops right
as a late yeah it's gone yeah it's gone yeah it's max thanks go on it's uh fully demolished yeah
data sent out data sent out as soon as can oh is that what it is that's cool yeah it's fun oh
cute yeah I thought I don't I didn't realize it was not building a data center this is just another next
oh memories this is a particularly attractive building no no it hasn't been operating for a long
time yeah it was operating into like two or nearly three years two years ago yeah yeah yeah it was used
as storage for uh summer honda and then they moved honda to somewhere south south south south
it offers is the moony ponds and there's a um the parts there's a parts distribution center in
summerton um but also one in tallymarine too they were in a big place yeah there is honda yeah
they built a new one there recently yeah yeah it's off um link draw link road I think link drive
whatever that one is yeah I think I actually did the switchboard for honda honda tallymarine yeah
no I did next to um uh CSL yeah yes yeah the big CSL in the Porsche yeah oh is that what they are
okay let's say parts distribution yeah so honda sponsored by trinity switchboards yellow
oh yeah yeah we're looking back we did yeah we did that one that's pretty sick
hmm uh ed's a bicep up and sell I got ed's lpg inspections I should get qualified for that
I um I have the Mercedes C280 for sale 9 450 for a 2009 C280 sedan 96000k in an elegant
ceridium silver on black with sunroof I have a vienta that's going in for a roadworthy check soon
that's your 99 vxi no leather no roof navy blue with gray cloth uh 170 2000k is one owner car
courtesy of david prince and I have the Saab 900 uh getting roadworthy this week that had its
little repair so that's going to be about four and a half grand for the 92 combi coop in an automatic
in gray there you go narsha functions are for sale don't call me about those
I've got to get to his place they're hoarding them falcons up the road in his garage
I should grab them
yeah well what's your honest opinion ed I'm the only one on this block with falcons no one else has
got them well what's your opinion so far what's that luga what's your opinion so far on the falcon
they're great I love them as I said to a viewer I wouldn't pay you know when they were new there
were other things I would rather buy for that money for example if these were 35 grand or something
you know I wouldn't pay that for a falcon new but because for 35 grand then I start going well
look at all the mercs I can get for 35 grand or you know cool cool stuff that that I liked more
but cool but when they're sub 10 grand you know in a fuel crisis then I'm on board I think they're
amazing maybe you know what was a bank for buck for all-time falcon the xr8 just this fgx super
charged five liter brambos they were like 50 grand or something from 50 it was a lot of car for 50
grand it was brand new it was crazy yeah that was like man if you had 50 60 grand and five
liter supercharged v8 a lot of car yeah there's a lot of car we don't do anything like that anymore
if you wanted something with that performance now you're well into the 150 grand mark I'd say
there's a typhoon for sale in America at the moment oh the why did they have jobs yeah
why in America did they sell them there no so what happens is when they get written off in Australia
or stolen um they end up in America at the moment which is hard to believe because they've got a
Queensland number plate does and it's in America in America yeah so if they get struck if they get
was it was a stat right off here like the car looks fine a lot of the stat riders were for like
hail damages there was one over there a few years ago with that was a blue one with hail damage
and there's a stat right off in Australia so they shipped it to America and the guys drives it every
day so yeah so anyway um like a gel facial pages car talk to our queue with many jay if you've
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