Tim Blair

Then you'll love this Tim. Why don't you ask 'em to let you review it for us..?

...1 gallon at a time!

"4.5-litre twin-turbo V8, 450 horsepower, 13 miles per gallon"

As the old line goes, it can pass everything on the road but a gas pump. Ordinarily I would heartily approve, but these days crappy fuel economy just helps to fatten the oil ticks.

Or, in the words of Drew Carey, "screw the grandkids, I'm cold *now*!"

Yeah jafa, I saw that baby live on display in Grand Central Station just a few days ago. There's a little gleaming plaque on the side that says "V12 6.2L" (I'm pretty sure those were the specs).

Funny, my Jetta doesn't have one of those...

Don't drive in Berkeley. That plate will get your car keyed.

What's with the floral pants and sandals your friend is wearing at the side of the picture?

Or is that you?

Sorry jafa, my mistake, it was a Murcielago that I saw. Baby brother Gallardo with the mere V10 was across the Great Hall.

No worries Joe, you're not related to the famous Leo are you, Aussie legend and motor racing champ ?

Leo once sold me a Peugeot 505 GTI -- later destroyed in the Big Sydney Hailstorm.

I just googled Leo. I will proudly claim kinship with a man who stayed in a race in spite of pneumonia.

I completely respect that.

In Nevada mining areas, the beat-up pickups all have stickers that say things like "Earth First: We'll mine other planets later" but it's no big deal because (1) you can't hurt those pickups, and (2) the pickup owner can hurt anyone hurting his pickup. Lot of folks kind of like Lyle from Achewood.

red toenail polish isn't your best color, tim.

Hilarious.

Those must be the ugliest things this side of a Leyland P76. They just scream out, "I have no taste".

Well we mostly need cars, but to be proud of the pollution they emit really says a lot.

In the UK Cheyenne's are known to be a "footballer's wife" car. Almost everyone one you see has a bottle-blonde driving it.

Well, your friend is definately improving the scenery....

I drive a Ford Ranger. Not cool, not particularly fuel-worthy, certainly not Gaia-friendly according to all those saintly folks who live in tree hollows. But it gets me where I want to go, it lets me sit up high where I can see over all the Asian/European midget cars, and it lets me cram all my stuff in the back. If the world ends tomorrow because of me, at least I won't feel bad because of my mistaken sense of style.

Nice t ... oes.

> Not cool, not particularly fuel-worthy, certainly not Gaia-friendly according to all those saintly folks who live in tree hollows.

You mean the folks who are always bumming rides and expect you to help them move?

Help them walk their talk - give their stuff to the homeless.

Great Tim, ever the self centered, irresponsible kid!

Listen to them mewl! Where can I get me one of those?

"..with whale skin hubcaps and big brown eyed baby seal headlights yeah and, and..."

Favourite quote from Dennis Leahry's Asshole song, any don't forget kids carbon dioxide is only just plant food, let's motor!

Saw one of these at the races on Saturday. It was parked all day in a servo across the road from Royal Randwick, in a spot marked "15 minute customer parking only". I'm sure they'd paid for the privilege though.

All in all, it's a pretty ugly vehicle for the price. I found myself wondering, if you're going to buy a Porsche, why not do it properly? But the footballers' wives comment certainly clears things up - they probably left the 911 (as opposed to - gag - a Boxster) at home.

Yeah, ugly monstrosity, and not really worth the price(buy a 911). But I have to say, I saw one once, and it beat me off the line pretty handily. And my car isn't that slow.

Puke. I would not even (try to) run over Bob Ellis in one of those things.

I come here for a bit of comfort Tim in the face of an ALP victory tomorrow and you betray us with posting a car produced in a country that is not in the coalition of the willing.

ps I remember Leo Geoghan I think, did he race a Valiant Charger at Bathurst? He had a brother Pete I think who also drove fast. They may have paired up in a GTHO Falcon. Memory is foggy and I may be wrong. It was 30 years ago and I was 8.

C'mon, naysayers! It's an SUV that does 0-60 in 5 seconds and is capable of going 155 easily, without just randomly rolling over. It's no uglier than any other SUV. And with breakeven sales of only 30,000 units per year, it keeps Porsche profitable and private, instead of becoming GM's latest unprofitable bee-yotch, with new a Porsche minivan based on the Chevy Venture frame.

(Moment of silence for Saab.)

And in spite of its performance characteristics, of course it's a chick car, like nearly every SUV. If your SUV is orange and says "Union Pacific" on the side, not a chick car. Other limited exemptions exist for Newmont, Halliburton, Kennecott, etc.

While you guys are talking cars and Bathurst, can anyone tell me who was the driver who had a heart attack and died at the wheel (small BMW, I think) many years ago at Bathurst?

I remember seeing it happen but have forgotten his name and it's bugging me.

Jim Riley, this one?
http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:12735145&dtype=0~0&dinst=&author=Guard%2C%20Sally&title=Died%3A%20the%201967%20world%20Grand%20Prix%20champion%2C%20Denis%20Hulme%2C%2056%2C%20of%20NewZealand%2C%20after%20suffering%20an%20apparent%20heart%20attack%20during%20the1%2C000-kilometer%20touring-car%20race%20in%20Bathurst%2C%20Australia.%20%28For%20theRecord%29%28Obituary%29%20%28Brief...&date=10/12/1992&refid=ency_botnm

I remember that.

Thanks, Jorgen!
Jim

cars still pollute a lot, CO2 or not. Besides they make you fat and stupid, look at all the drones in America, Rmember "Repo Man"