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Apparently President Vladimir Putin still has his first car, a 1956 Volga. His parents gave it to him after they won it as a prize. Never mind shirt fronting him. Tony Abbott could break the ice by asking "How's your Volga going? Done anything to it lately? Seriously...a couple of forum...

Akinator the web genie...He's pretty good at guessing who you're thinking of. Haven't stumped him yet. Akinator, the Web Genius

Ford will be selling these in Australia next year. Could you resist pressing the "button"

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Ever since I was a kid I've loved reading about dinosaurs. This one is a big one for sure. 40 metres long????....I thought it's got to be a typo. Twenty metres tall. That is one big bone... http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27441156

A guy goes into a pet shop and tells the owner that he needs a pet for his mother. The guy says that Mum lives alone and could really use some company. Pet shop guy says, "I have just what she needs. A parrot that can speak in 5 languages. She'll have a lot of fun with that bird." The guy says...

So...have anything planned to surprise that special someone this Valentine's day? I've just ordered roses.:love:

No Cookies | Herald Sun Dad teaches son how to do a skid. Good idea?

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=uhhcaN03tXs&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DuhhcaN03tXs The advertising people at Holden did a good job with this ad don't you think?

To The Antiques Roadshow "Ooh!" said the presenter, "This is a very rare set, produced by the celebrated Edward Gerrard, a taxidermist who operated in London at the turn of last century Do you have any idea what they would fetch if they were in good condition?" The Chap replied...

Went to start the ute this morning and she coughed, ran a bit rough for a couple of seconds then then seemed to run fine.....but then on came a beeping sound and "check engine" light came on. Turned the car off and restarted and the light and beeping was no longer there. My question...

I'm wanting to carry a mower, brush-cutter, catcher boots and tools in the back of a VY ute and I want to do it safely and legally. I can secure the mower well with ropes but the trouble I'm having is the mower is too tall to then be covered by the tonneau cover. How do I secure the other...

Seems to me the Commodore from VT onward thru to the VZ have managed to avoid going rusty to any degree. I haven't noticed any with perforated panels or guards on the road. Do any owners of these models have any rusty spots developing? It could help other owners to know where to check for it...

NanoSteel announces GM Ventures Investment This company is onto something big here. Steel alloy that works the same as standard automotive steel - but is stronger and lighter. No idea what it is alloyed with though....though I've heard maybe a type of glass, but you can still weld it...

Thought this time around would be different. I was wrong. Anybody had a driver's licence photo taken they're happy with?

Unusually large asteroid to race by Earth | adelaidenow It just went past a couple of hours ago. Didn't hit. Going to go and have a beer with a few mates this arvo to celebrate. :drink: You too?

The inventor of the television remote control has died at the age of 96. Have they tried turning his batteries round and smacking him against the coffee table?

When a person gets killed in a car in an accident, do these cars get on-sold to wreckers yards or is some respect shown and the cars are crushed?

An engineer, a physicist, a mathematician, and a mystic were asked to name the greatest invention of all time. The engineer chose fire, which gave humanity power over matter. The physicist chose the wheel, which gave humanity the power over space. The mathematician chose the alphabet, which gave...

Hey I'm getting interested in electric cars. The new Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt from what I've read and seen from overseas (where they've already been on the market for about a year) look like great cars. Nissan LEAF Australian pricing announced | Car Advice But I dont understand why...

A linguistics professor was lecturing to his English class one day. "In English," he said, "A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." A...

Why do some old blokes drive around with their mouths hanging open? Is it something that just happens when you get older?

Can vinyl protectants cause vinyl surfaces to break down and become tacky? I ask this because the horn pad / airbag cover in the centre of my steering wheel of my VY ‘S’ has a tacky surface…. a bit similar to the feel of the back of a ‘post it note’. Or is this a common thing to happen...

Hi everyone, I’ve decided to try and cure a noise that I’ve pinpointed is coming from under the front seats of my VY Ute (V6) SeriesII. The noise is probably described as a ‘resonant hum’. It is most noticeable from about 60kph and up. Mostly with a slight load on the drive train, but goes...

I’ve noticed a lot of posts by VY V6 owners (mostly series II) trying to solve without much success a vibration or rattle that haunts them while sitting at the lights in drive at idle, but goes away when they drive off or increase the RPM slightly. Now the first most important thing to do is...

I recently drained and flushed the engine coolant in my ute the other day. Its a 50/50 mix of water and ethylene glycol based corrosion inhibiter/antifreeze required for my VY. I mixed it up to the correct ratio and bunged it in. A few days later I borrowed a a refractometer for measuring...