Looks like the dream of driving a V8 is out the window aswell… Because of fuel prices and EVs
Also local BP - 3.09 a LITRE for Diesel. Can’t own a diesel in this economy. 98 is up there. So V8s will be parked up.
Then you got the EV drivers who keep going ‘Should’ve gone electric’. Yeah no.. Tesla’s are not my kind. I’ll take a 25 year old Commodore or a D-MAX anyday
Thanks a lot America 
You bogan. 
They don’t make cars like the Commodore anymore. I had a VX commodore for almost 20 years.
The sooner diesel disappears the better, at least for cars and utes.
I had a VP, VX and VE consecutively over an 18 year period. Great cars. All V6s, I never got round to owning a V8. A 6 litre VF Calais V would have been an awesome car to own.
Always more a Ford man myself. My first car was an XD Falcon that I loved. I did like the way the early Commodores drove though. Personally I preferred the VB - VK Commodores, with the VH my favourite looks wise. I still think it’s the best looking Australian made car. To me they lost something when they went bigger with the Commodore.
Agree, I liked the Fords too…. I used to drive some EB Falcons when I was at work back in the early-mid 90s. They were probably my favourite Falcon, the 4 litre MPI engine was a great one, and finally had a 4 speed auto!
The 86-88 VL was probably my favourite Commodore, had that fantastic Nissan straight six 3 litre fuel injected engine, and had an overdrive top gear in both manual and auto.. Something Ford didn’t have until 1990.
Yes, the XE Falcon had a 5 speed manual option with overdrive on the smaller 3.3 litre engine, but no overdrive for the autos. Strangely, I loved the XE but didn’t like the XF, although it was wildly popular. There was something odd about the driving position in the XF and you seemed to sit lower in them than the XD and XE.
The VL Commodore with the Nissan engine was great. Then came the bulbous looking VN - I was quite shocked when that came out LOL.
Yes, the VN was quite ugly! It was probably my least favourite Commodore. The VP wasn’t much better with that plastic grille, but at least the colour coded bumper bars helped (the VN had the black bumpers on the base model regardless of body colour).
One good thing out of this fuel crisis is that loadings on rail freight have really picked up in the past week or so. PN are running extra interstate super-freighter trains, the Deniliquin rice train has returned, and the Warrnambool container train is fully loaded after being quite empty of late.
Less trucks on the road as a result. Trains use about 30% or less of fuel per tonne km compared to road freight.
The Story Bridge will have a lane closed for nine days and a complete 16-hour shutdown next month for a critical $5m upgrade maintenance on the 85-year-old structure.
The full closure and two other partial closures are scheduled between April 2 and April 13 - dates chosen because of expected reduced traffic over the Easter school holidays and to coincide with the Tour de Brisbane cycling event.
There are also closures on parts of Brisbane’s train network in the same period for major upgrade works, so travelling to and from the CBD and Fortitude Valley will face delays.
Pretty sure that’s the same location and sign. The Darwin distance sign (what can be seen of it) matches
Costco do it here too
Fair enough, although Tesla’s are certainly not the be all and end all of electric cars anymore. I’ve had my Hyundai Kona full EV for just over 12 months and wouldn’t go back. The best thing IMO about the Kona’s at least is they pretty much all look identical to sit in - electric, hybrid and petrol. Proper dash, buttons, old school door handles, just a ‘normal’ car. Only difference is how it’s powered.
Agree, I don’t think I could tolerate an interior that is as austere as a Tesla’s. And I’d want a proper instrument cluster behind the steering wheel too.
100%. I have that (albeit screen based but that’s pretty normal now) and a HUD which I would be reluctant to not have now either.
My Mazda 6 has a HUD display but no digital speed readout in the instrument cluster (just fixed analogue dials for road speed & engine rpm). I think I’d prefer a more configurable fully digital instrument cluster over a HUD.
9News Sydney tonight had the latest update on the Warringah Freeway upgrade.
Yeah I do admit the Executive wasn’t good looking but you can’t go past a VN SS Commodore especially the Group A one.
