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But back then they wer giving away the fuel when you compare price per gallon then and now (and allowing for inflation).

Cynic! Yes there are lots of similar crazies out there. And the fact that such examples are so easy to find, means that there are also statistically significant multitudes of slightly less laughable examples as well. Still indicates all is lost. I will match your cynicism and dig a pit of utter distain beneath it.

There's lots of those interviews on uTube. They're probably edited to focus on the dumbest Trump supporters, but it's extraordinary how many uninformed, naive and really strange people there are standing in those queues.

The DC4 used to (at AUW 72500lb at take off) do One NM/ US gallon at 200 Knots. Seems good by comparison. You could do even better when managed well in the right circumstances .Nev

It looks like USofA is beyond any hope of recovery..... I listen to online music from there and the add breaks have warnings about lead paint damaging 'your child's development'. They musta used way too much lead paint. proof? :-

Yes the economy is not good (or even acceptable). For Info, that system has been used in a Lot of the Best Desert Racers. Nev

It IS a problem for sure, There's no way OFF the treadmill of Glorious Homes. Ticky Tacky boxes in a row on tiny Blocks that take 2 People a lifetime to Pay off. There HAS to be more to Life that THAT.. What's the Average age of the cars that are in the road in Cities? and some are Luxury, no just transport. There's few ones that are more than 5 years old Compared to other countries we are doing pretty well at the Moment. Only Nine have the triple"A" rating which affects the Coast of the Government Borrowings. We also don't have HIGH unemployment.The Reserve Bank would LIKE it to be HIGHER than it is.?? Nev

The country may be doing well internationally but feel there is a lot more homeless people around. Have seen tents set up in places that normally don't have them that have been there for a while. I think people at the lower end of earnings are doing it tougher.

The country is doing well, but Tassie is a joke. No money for hospital beds but a billion to build a stadium that's not needed and will only benefit the private AFL. Or maybe leasing a smaller stadium for less than a house rent. Typical dodgy deals.

That's about $123 per 100km in diesel alone. I think old mate should consider flying+ Airbnb.

I can't explain why he burned 44 litres per 100 on the flat. He can't either. He was pretty shocked. He surmises that the difference between crossing the Divide and driving on the flat was due to lack of regnerative braking on the flat. Yes, he was pulling a big caravan. Yes the tow vehicle was heavy. Yes it had big tyres which had a high rolling resistance. I think that people should watch his video to know what he said. As I said earlier, I think he has been very honest, giving a warts and all presentation. Early in the video he reports on the results of a trial run in which he found he consumption to be 24 litres per 100 kms. I think that trial was done on roads east of the Divide, so a bit up and down, not out on the flat.

I thought he flew everywhere when in the USA. Nev

As for the reversal of the indicator and lights stalks, this is the standard that has applied in Europe for decades and also China. The UK, Japan, Korea & Australia made vehicles were the opposite. My MG4 made in China conforms to the European standard not its original British heritage.

The problem really is that it is a hybrid, designed to appeal to those with a fear of full electric and rusted on range anxiety. A hybrid is the worst of both worlds. The battery is small so the electric range is woeful. The ICE engine is also small so needs to work hard to replace the energy drain from the battery. Charging a battery from an ICE engine is very inefficient. It has all the disadvantages of every ICE engined vehicle of consuming fossil fuel including maintenance and complexity. How this bloke with the Shark got 24 litres/100k crossing the great dividing range which is essentially up hill overall and 44 on the flat doesn't add up. Was he driving in to a 50-80kmh headwind on the flat with a big flat fronted 3 tonne caravan? You cannot regenerate anywhere near the energy going downhill lost going uphill to the top. Only a long sustained down hill run will increase the energy level of the battery.

I don't tow caravans, nor have a big ute, but I suspect that an acceptable fuel consumption for an ICE towing a typical caravan would be in the range of 13 to 18 litres per 100 km. That's why the figure in the 40s was such a shock. I really don't think that these massive EVs are suitable for towing much more than a tradies' trailer. I don't mean to be nasty about them, but it's always horses for courses when selecting a tool to do a job.

With his work experience, he'd be able to drive a sewage pumping truck next. Same cargo.

Trump's limo driver got arrested for possession of drugs. They found over 230 pounds of dope in the back seat.

Definitely a good memory. I remember him on Pick-a-Box correcting Bob Dyer when Bob said his answer was wrong.

Lost a bit of weight. Had a Very high IQ. or a good Memory. Nev

It's Barry Jones, Pick A Box wizard and Labor politition.

Oh, I misunderstood. I thought you were suggesting that an all powerful, universe creating god would be able to appear in any form - easily in the form of nessie. (he would if he has a sense of humour)

44 litres/100km is woeful. Almost a litre every 2km. Admittedly our caravan was half that weight and being a fold down camper was not much higher than the car roof, but our Santa Fe got 11 litres/100km when towing it.

I don't know what the world's coming to. Just waiting for a movie to come on and caught the tail end of a show where they show film footage of little kids having accidents and hurting themselves and everybody is kacking themselves laughing at it.

Beautiful old F-5 Ford with the original V8 flathead just listed on marketplace in Brisbane.

She's grown older. Now she's a Ms.