Vid of my car and some other subys in the snow...

hell_boy said:

Pirates of the Carribean was the second best Depp movie ever... but it was "popular"

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It was

1) DISNEY
2) CHEEZY AS FUCK
3) NOT R

Good johnny depp movies:

Edward scissor hands
Ed Wood
Sleepy hollow (these have something in commen eh?)
once upon a time in mexico (just his acting)
fear and loathing in los vegas
blow
chocolat
the ninth gate
donnie brasco
dead man
whats eating gilbert grape
platoon


Horrible johny depp movies:

buttpirats of the gay, and number 2 I'm sure
cry-baby.

I grew up out in "the sticks" as the area would be known out here - n'ary a sealed road to be found and a lot of rough country. Residents still chose small or medium cars, 4 or 6 cylinders. Not 4wds of the large "off-road" type. This is not a money thing either, they just aren't as practical as people think. What gives me the shits is that people buy them without ANY intention of using their off-road capabilities, they just like the idea of displacing a lot of air, people and petrol and feeling powerful. using 4wds as people movers is also irritating (get a minivan for God's sake !) but over half of the 4wds I see driving around in THIS city - which is far from representative and has a lot of wealthy yuppies - are being driven by a single person. Why use so much energy moving around a 2ton + vehicle simply for the sake of a sub 100kg person? it makes no sense. I'm usually a commuting cyclist unless I'm driving to a trials ride, and seeing all these selfish lazy fuckwits driving around fucking up MY air gives me the shits - it's the height of self-indulgence.

and I never said pirates of the carribean was any good - Depp's performance was by far the highlight.

People over there at the moment probably have much more realistic right to drive 4wds than over here, what with your snow and all.

I thought Holden was the Australia-only arm of GM. Sorry about that - I heard that the price of the pontiac GTO is actually LESS than the price of our monaro - not that I need to buy one. I've been putting a lot of crap into the boots of those things though - it'll be the next most regretted purchase of a million Australians I predict.

Trialsinsky, I'm sure you don't fit into my category.

- Joel

TrialsinKy said:

I know SUV's arent Jeeps, but how are Jeeps not SUV's?

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if i owned a jeep i tell you some crap about how "it's a jeep thing, you wouldn't understand", but the cherokee and wrangler are more trucks than SUV's. The Grand Cherokee is deffinately an SUV.

and i still stand by my original opinion that Pirates of the Carribean was a great movie... on the other hand a hate every stupid fucking star wars movie ever made. dumbest shit ever.

Tomac, yeah Holden is owned by GM i believe and is australia only, however they are still their own company and do their own design/engineering work on the cars(except the engines and a few other odds and ends). We don't get Holdens over her unfortuneatly or any of the cool Ford Europe offerings. We do however get tons of useless SUV barges with 3 foot tall women driving them 20 mph under the speed limit in the passing lane while on their cell phones, putting on make up.

and no, there is no reason to drive an SUV over here, they are useless. the only reason to have one is if you are towing something like a boat, but most of them can't even do that well. as far as snow, there are plenty of snow tires to go around.

hell_boy said:

and no, there is no reason to drive an SUV over here, they are useless. the only reason to have one is if you are towing something like a boat, but most of them can't even do that well. as far as snow, there are plenty of snow tires to go around.

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THANK YOU - I should've mentioned that towing, as well, is another borderline reason to own one of the things.

the truck thing pisses me off too - although it hasn't really taken off here - in american movies they all drive dodge, chevy or ford trucks and it just seems pointless to me. Over here a truck has at least four axles, otherwise it's a ute (abbrev. utility vehicle) and utes are an australian icon.

I sometimes drive one of these "utes" (when I need to move stuff or my Dad wants to use the "safe car" for interstate trips):



but most of the time it's one of these:



yeehaw - but my workmates still accuse me of driving like their respective grandfathers.

- Joel

nice ute



- Joel