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Title: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 15, 2009, 08:02:12 PM: Picked this up Monday night...

(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/1219/imgp5315.jpg) (http://img39.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imgp5315.jpg)
The car isnt lopsided, the parking space is.

Leather and suede...
(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9729/imgp5316.jpg) (http://img195.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imgp5316.jpg)

(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7266/imgp5320.jpg) (http://img38.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imgp5320.jpg)
(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9131/imgp5321.jpg) (http://img37.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imgp5321.jpg)
The powerplant... 270 snarling horses!
(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5098/imgp5322.jpg) (http://img40.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imgp5322.jpg)

It goes alright. The MOSH68 plates will go on it in the next week or two...
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: Joygasm on May 15, 2009, 10:42:57 PM: OMG it's gorgeous! I love Holdens. Sweet color too.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: The Geek on May 15, 2009, 10:43:16 PM: very pretty!
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 15, 2009, 10:52:52 PM: Quote from: Joygasm on May 15, 2009, 10:42:57 PM
OMG it's gorgeous! I love Holdens. Sweet color too.

Buy a Pontiac G8 while you still can. Same car, built in Adelaide.

Thanks Mello, if you get down here, you can travel around in style.

I'm thinking of getting a dark tint on the windows, and changing the pedals to alloy faced type.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: Joygasm on May 15, 2009, 11:10:43 PM: Yes I've def been looking at the Pontiac G8s. I have a SSEi Bonneville now.. would love to upgrade to that 419 hp G8 but I was SO upset when they said I couldn't get heads up display. I effin love HUD!! I was told I'd have to buy a Caddy to get that feature. :(

You're car is so fucking HOT though..
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: tricky on May 15, 2009, 11:46:29 PM: Nice, but the steering wheel is on the wrong side. ;)
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 16, 2009, 01:21:43 AM: Actually, its on the right side... ;)
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: FAH-Q on May 16, 2009, 12:57:05 PM: As much as I know that worldwide we're the minority, driving on the right still seems weird to me. Even when I lived in Spain, I only ever really rode a motorbike. And a bike's a bike no matter which side of the road you're driving on.

Sweet fuckin' ride dude. What's the engine like?
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 16, 2009, 01:05:51 PM: See, thats all I know. I tried driving in the US, and I kept fucking up left turns. My brother did all the rest of the driving on that trip.

Engine's good. Things no record breaker off the line, being nearly 1900kgs... but it hikes along. Doesnt sound as throaty as my last car (which had a single exhaust), but it has 50% more power for less fuel. Need's it becaise its a good 250kgs heavier.
Breaks are good, but the ride is supreme... not soft, kinda like a BMW 5 series. And I'm still figuring out how it all works.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: FAH-Q on May 16, 2009, 01:26:42 PM: Nice! V6, right?
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 16, 2009, 02:15:24 PM: yeah, 3.6litre... they claim a limited top speed of 240kmh, but I'll never get the chance to take it near that... I did have the consumption under 6 litres per 100ks cruising on the freeway today (roughly 40mpg), but if I get under 12litres per 100ks city driving, I'll be happy...
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: The Geek on May 16, 2009, 03:41:28 PM: detroit was talking about this car last week. He was in oz last summer and kept noticing this car. He inquired and found out it was the pontiac G8 - shame about that company. Nice cars (some of them)
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: FAH-Q on May 16, 2009, 03:55:22 PM: Quote from: Mosh on May 16, 2009, 02:15:24 PM
yeah, 3.6litre... they claim a limited top speed of 240kmh, but I'll never get the chance to take it near that...

No nice open stretches of highway? Or heat from the fuzz?
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: ttfg on May 16, 2009, 07:54:45 PM: Quote from: Mosh on May 16, 2009, 02:15:24 PM
yeah, 3.6litre... they claim a limited top speed of 240kmh, but I'll never get the chance to take it near that... I did have the consumption under 6 litres per 100ks cruising on the freeway today (roughly 40mpg), but if I get under 12litres per 100ks city driving, I'll be happy...

6 !?!!?? damm. Under 12 ? You're dreaming.

Quote from: FAH-Q on May 16, 2009, 03:55:22 PM
Quote from: Mosh on May 16, 2009, 02:15:24 PM
yeah, 3.6litre... they claim a limited top speed of 240kmh, but I'll never get the chance to take it near that...
No nice open stretches of highway? Or heat from the fuzz?

I wouldn't do just becuase you can never be sure about the road conditions. potholes,oil and so on. I suggest a track day.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: Zoomie on May 16, 2009, 08:08:18 PM: Oh Jaysus what a bunch of bloody vaginal cumfarts... we just take the fucker out on interstate 50 and open her up. Shit I do it once a week just for fun...
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 16, 2009, 10:14:40 PM: The Jacks dont take kindly to that kinda driving... I'll keep my licence thanks. I cant even take it to the Northern Territory and open the taps anymore since the territory government introduced speed limits last year. Might take it to Philip Island and try the track there, I think they have track days.
Quote from: Zoomie on May 16, 2009, 08:08:18 PM
Oh Jaysus what a bunch of bloody vaginal cumfarts... we just take the fucker out on interstate 50 and open her up. Shit I do it once a week just for fun...
I wish we has a road system like the US Interstate system here... but we dont, and like HoJo said, once you get out to the cities, the road quality can become very dubious.
Quote from: The Geek on May 16, 2009, 03:41:28 PM
detroit was talking about this car last week. He was in oz last summer and kept noticing this car. He inquired and found out it was the pontiac G8 - shame about that company. Nice cars (some of them)
Its actually the other way round, the G8 is the Commodore. The GTO from a few years ago was also a Commodore variant.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: ttfg on May 16, 2009, 10:30:00 PM: I hated the scoops on the "hot" monaro ( GTO in USA.(?) ). WIth the VX/VE front end it would of been nice. I think the VY front was too soft for the scoops.

Trivia : I had a XR6 Turbo for 3 weeks as a loaner. It was better than any Holden at the time. Havent driven the model with the new rack...soo, there is a chance I might consider it better than any holden going now. ( but i doubt it ( The rack was worse than reported.) )
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 16, 2009, 10:40:50 PM: The bonnet scoops on the second Monaro were too close together for my liking. The scoops on the old XB-XC Falcons always looked brilliant, because the spacing looked right.

The thing that stops me buying Ford isnt the mechanics... they've better transmissions and suspensions than Holden, its the way the interiors are laid out. The Falcon is too cramped, sit too high in the drivers seat, and the instrument positioning is all wrong.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: ttfg on May 16, 2009, 11:02:00 PM: Quote from: Mosh on May 16, 2009, 10:40:50 PM
The Falcon is too cramped, sit too high in the drivers seat, and the instrument positioning is all wrong.

Agreed.

Trivia : The only reasons I didn't buy a new Mini was : that damm speedo: big, ugly and poorly placed. ; My '79 square nose is way more fun ( org. 1100cc pushed to 1275cc ( no webbers ) )
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 16, 2009, 11:54:07 PM: A 1977 Clubman was my first car.

I'm amazed now that I managed to fit in one.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: Joygasm on May 17, 2009, 12:20:36 AM: Quote from: Zoomie on May 16, 2009, 08:08:18 PM
Oh Jaysus what a bunch of bloody vaginal cumfarts... we just take the fucker out on interstate 50 and open her up. Shit I do it once a week just for fun...

Hehe. Gotta love US route 50 ;)

Quote
Its actually the other way round, the G8 is the Commodore. The GTO from a few years ago was also a Commodore variant.

The new GTOs were sweet. It was sad to see them go. Just saw a whole shitload of them tonite at the OC car show take down Mustang after Mustang. They are fucking awesome and hold there own.

Quote from: Mosh on May 16, 2009, 11:54:07 PM
A 1977 Clubman was my first car.

My first car was a 1987 Pontiac GTA Trans Am. Loved that car!
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 17, 2009, 02:13:43 AM: Nice first car. Occasionally you'd see a Trans Am down here, but they were expensive to bring in, then convert from left hand drive and compliance.

I love those Monaro's (GTO's). Much better handling charactaristics than the Mustang, bigger engine and better use of the output at the wheels. And they look great.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: Lothar on May 17, 2009, 06:34:39 AM: I don't see some form of deadly snake hiding in the engine, so you lose 10 Aussie points.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 17, 2009, 08:04:08 AM: Real Aussies hide snakes under the seats.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: underclass on May 17, 2009, 09:42:08 AM: that puppy's crying out for a custom LG bumper sticker
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: ttfg on May 17, 2009, 09:44:18 AM: It's not gay if you honk.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: FAH-Q on May 17, 2009, 11:36:43 AM: Quote from: Joygasm on May 17, 2009, 12:20:36 AM
Quote from: Mosh on May 16, 2009, 11:54:07 PM
A 1977 Clubman was my first car.

My first car was a 1987 Pontiac GTA Trans Am. Loved that car!

Here's my first vehicle:

(http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v231/70/26/504727806/n504727806_620548_5639.jpg)

My first actual car was a shitbox old-ass Corolla.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: ttfg on May 17, 2009, 11:51:03 AM: I can see you in a moke.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: (_)_)===D on May 18, 2009, 09:59:30 AM: Sweet ride Mosh!
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: Lothar on May 18, 2009, 02:20:36 PM: Quote
My first actual car was a shitbox old-ass Corolla.

Did it wash up on the beach or something?
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: FAH-Q on May 18, 2009, 02:49:24 PM: Nah, it was my (then) girlfriend's mother's old shitbox, and we fixed it up just enough to have a decently running vehicle. If there's one thing Corollas are, it's tough. And it was pretty cool to not have to even pay attention to backing up. Just put it in reverse and stop when you hear a crunch.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 19, 2009, 05:08:06 AM: Quote from: krapsna on May 18, 2009, 09:59:30 AM
Sweet ride Mosh!

Danke. Come out, we'll cruise the Esplanade in St Kilda, pick up street walkers, spit roast them, and bury them in St Kilda beach.

This is what it replaced:
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/662/mosh0038.jpg)
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: daisymae on May 19, 2009, 08:19:26 AM: Quote from: tricky on May 15, 2009, 11:46:29 PM
Nice, but the steering wheel is on the wrong side. ;)

seconded.

I don't think I could drive a stick on the wrong side, being a lefty and all, I have trained myself to adapt the other way already.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 19, 2009, 08:30:47 AM: I dunno the actual history or anything, but I suspect thats why the US put the wheel on the left, because the right arm is usually the strong one, and way back when, I imagine transmissions required a fair bit of force to change gears, before syncromeshing. When I had my Triumph 2000 in the 1980's, I really wished I'd gotten an automatic, because as a manual, that thing was a bitch to change gears with my left hand. And the clutch needed all the strength in my left leg to push.

Lots of people think its because the Brits put the wheel on the right, just to be different, the US put it on the left.

Like I said, I dont actually know the real reason.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: taiko on May 19, 2009, 09:14:01 AM: I can't guarantee the authenticity of this link and, frankly, it seems like bullshit without any references. but here it is:

http://users.telenet.be/worldstandards/driving%20on%20the%20left.htm (http://users.telenet.be/worldstandards/driving%20on%20the%20left.htm)

there's a nice map on it, demonstrating that this is mostly an oceania thing, these days.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: (_)_)===D on May 19, 2009, 09:18:38 AM: Quote from: Mosh on May 19, 2009, 05:08:06 AM
Danke. Come out, we'll cruise the Esplanade in St Kilda, pick up street walkers, spit roast them, and bury them in St Kilda beach.

Man, that sounds like a GREAT time! Just like the old days. *sigh*
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 19, 2009, 09:31:58 AM: Yeah, I know...
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: FAH-Q on May 19, 2009, 05:44:46 PM: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/634/why-do-the-british-drive-on-the-left (http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/634/why-do-the-british-drive-on-the-left)
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: Joygasm on May 19, 2009, 11:11:28 PM: Quote from: Mosh on May 19, 2009, 05:08:06 AM

Danke. Come out, we'll cruise the Esplanade in St Kilda, pick up street walkers, spit roast them, and bury them in St Kilda beach.

Nothing like a good ole fashioned spit roast. Ahh the memories...
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: (_)_)===D on May 19, 2009, 11:12:00 PM: Good job Si! I love learning stuff like that.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: taiko on May 20, 2009, 12:41:40 AM: Quote from: Joygasm on May 19, 2009, 11:11:28 PM
Nothing like a good ole fashioned spit roast. Ahh the memories...
that's hot.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: taiko on May 20, 2009, 12:42:49 AM: Quote from: krapsna on May 19, 2009, 11:12:00 PM
Good job Si! I love learning stuff like that.
Well, I call bullshit, because his link says the same thing as mine.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: Joygasm on May 20, 2009, 01:00:47 AM: Quote from: eitje on May 20, 2009, 12:41:40 AM
Quote from: Joygasm on May 19, 2009, 11:11:28 PM
Nothing like a good ole fashioned spit roast. Ahh the memories...
that's hot.

Hey Luke!! Heads or tails???
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: Drugmoth on May 20, 2009, 01:08:58 AM: I call heads.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: FAH-Q on May 20, 2009, 01:56:26 AM: Quote from: krapsna on May 19, 2009, 11:12:00 PM
Good job Si! I love learning stuff like that.

Have a browse around that site, then. Cecil Adams is hilarious and rarely very far off the truth. He is to bizarre questions what Snopes if to urban legends.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: (_)_)===D on May 20, 2009, 09:35:59 AM: Quote from: eitje on May 20, 2009, 12:42:49 AM
Quote from: krapsna on May 19, 2009, 11:12:00 PM
Good job Si! I love learning stuff like that.
Well, I call bullshit, because his link says the same thing as mine.

I didn't see yours.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: FAH-Q on May 20, 2009, 03:17:35 PM: Neither did I, actually.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: taiko on May 20, 2009, 06:59:32 PM: :'(
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: Nitya on May 21, 2009, 06:13:25 PM: Quote from: Mosh on May 19, 2009, 08:30:47 AM
Lots of people think its because the Brits put the wheel on the right, just to be different, the US put it on the left.
C'mon, it's always about the British. Next you'll be telling me they took the U out of 'honour' because it saved ink.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 22, 2009, 12:11:39 AM: Maybe they did, but it also makes it easier to spell.

Anyways... how about the rest of you post some pix of your wheels...
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 22, 2009, 12:12:28 AM: Quote from: Joygasm on May 20, 2009, 01:00:47 AM
Quote from: eitje on May 20, 2009, 12:41:40 AM
Quote from: Joygasm on May 19, 2009, 11:11:28 PM
Nothing like a good ole fashioned spit roast. Ahh the memories...
that's hot.

Hey Luke!! Heads or tails???

I call front bum.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: Joygasm on May 22, 2009, 10:49:37 PM: Quote from: Mosh on May 22, 2009, 12:11:39 AM
Anyways... how about the rest of you post some pix of your wheels...

(http://i41.tinypic.com/a10sjr.jpg)

My supercharged Bonneville at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Excuse the dirt... I don't have her licked down because I was on a trip.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 23, 2009, 02:14:30 AM: nice set of wheels... whats the specs?
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: hip on May 23, 2009, 02:27:00 AM: (http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/114/l_8e10835ba2dc14649a34161314662d92.jpg)

zoom zoom.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 23, 2009, 03:40:20 AM: Mazda 3?

I was driving a 3 around for a week or two before I got the Calais. Nice car, but I didnt like how high I sat in it. They be great if you're not 6'2".
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: FAH-Q on May 23, 2009, 01:12:41 PM: (http://5ik0.homestead.com/files/integra/car1sm.jpg)

Although I hardly drive 'er anymore. More of a toy.

Here's my daily wheels:

(http://www.toyota-caribbean.com/Images/fortuner_2007_cc_4p9_im_b_tcm273-109131.jpg)

(Not actually a picture of my truck, but one just like it. Except mine has no hood scoop, cuz it's gas VVTi instead of the turbo diesel in the pic)
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: bagman on May 23, 2009, 08:12:25 PM: Si, I forgot you have an Integra. I also forgot that it's not an "Acura" Integra. Lovely car. I had a 4 door some years back.

hip - I love the 3s. Both my step-dad and his wife have 3s. I'd love a 2010 Mazdaspeed Mazda 3. http://mazda3revolution.com/mazda3-guide/2010-mazda-3-hatchback-official-photos/ (http://mazda3revolution.com/mazda3-guide/2010-mazda-3-hatchback-official-photos/)
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: Joygasm on May 24, 2009, 02:49:17 PM: Quote from: Mosh on May 23, 2009, 02:14:30 AM
nice set of wheels... whats the specs?

It's 3.8L supercharged v6. They say about 240hp stock.

She'll do a burnout from hell even without a bunch of mods. If I had the extra tires I'd try for one like this.... (just like mine only black..)

Bonneville ssei on LSD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI-Uchx-9Q4#lq-lq2-hq)
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: Zoomie on May 24, 2009, 05:50:59 PM: OK, get ready to get crushed EXTREME!!!

Meet Lucille:

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/Zoomie/DSCF0357.jpg)

5.2L V8
4sp Auto
4 Wheel drive
AM/FM/Cassette/CD/DVD/MP3
4 New Goodrich commercial knobbies
New rear axle
Pulls what's behind her at highway speed without breathing heavy
Takes 33 degree deer paths like they were an interstate
Cruises easily to Ft Worth and back at 77MPH
Respectable 22MPG
Seats me, eitje and a 17' canoe comfortably

She climbed this:

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/Zoomie/HearthHill.jpg)

she'd better, I'm building a house up there...
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: taiko on May 24, 2009, 06:02:48 PM: Quote from: Zoomie on May 24, 2009, 05:50:59 PM
Seats me, eitje and a 17' canoe comfortably
No euphemisms here!
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: ttfg on May 25, 2009, 12:05:07 AM: (http://www.allpics4u.com/www/slike/bizarre-oddities/Japan_gangsters_van/japan1.jpg)
(http://www.allpics4u.com/www/slike/bizarre-oddities/Japan_gangsters_van/japan3.jpg)
(http://www.allpics4u.com/www/slike/bizarre-oddities/Japan_gangsters_van/japan4.jpg)
(http://www.allpics4u.com/www/slike/bizarre-oddities/Japan_gangsters_van/japan5.jpg)
(http://www.allpics4u.com/www/slike/bizarre-oddities/Japan_gangsters_van/japan6.jpg)
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: taiko on May 25, 2009, 12:30:31 AM: Quote from: hip on May 23, 2009, 02:27:00 AM
zoom zoom.

I've thought about this for a little while, and I bet it's really cute when you say this.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: FAH-Q on May 25, 2009, 12:37:37 AM: Lucas is like Bagman with game.
Title: Re: Mah wheels
Post by: mosh on May 25, 2009, 04:50:51 AM: Quote from: Joygasm on May 24, 2009, 02:49:17 PM
Quote from: Mosh on May 23, 2009, 02:14:30 AM
nice set of wheels... whats the specs?

It's 3.8L supercharged v6. They say about 240hp stock.

She'll do a burnout from hell even without a bunch of mods. If I had the extra tires I'd try for one like this.... (just like mine only black..)

Holden used that same engine in some models of the car I used to have... 180kw's I think. I didnt sell well here, I dont think Holden marketed it very well.