Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 48
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Highly credible professional witness Wade Watson is quoted as saying "I saw both Nissan Skylines reach speeds of 539km/h before the cars were 'race braked' and their tyres popped, killing all the children at a pre-school 3 suburbs away"

I wonder how they actually found that guy though? Makes you think, who in their right mind would go on national television and say they went 290km/h!! Then again he did seem like an imbred of some sort, maybe he should stop sleeping with his sister....

There's no dragstip in SA.

Anzac Dragway (Highway) doesn't count.

----

Jacks me a little having the GTR in the banner background of the intro. ALL bar one GTR owner I know here in SA drives normal on the street.

Hit Anzac dragway friday and sat nights and see who the real hoons are. LS1/LS2 Commodores, Turbo'd Buick 3.8 V6's in everything from VC commo's to Gemini's, 1jz's in 120y's to cressy's and now emerging shiet loads of XR6T's.

The silvia's and skylines are rare to see out let alone hooning.

That's the thing fellas.... it's these little smart-allecs that give us a bad name... to the cops and the wider community in general - when they see a sports car i.e. a Skyline, they automatically think - damn, he must be a hoon... which is not true.

Farken idiot...

Grinning like an idiot. what a fool. it only takes a few of these guys to ruin the entire modified car scene.

On a side note his vy didnt look that heavily modified. i doubt he did close to 300kays without the twin turbo kit or major internal n/a work. but i guess you cant really judge from under bonnet shots

Actually, that story was not as bad as the usual tripe you see. But still, it was manufactured journalism of the back of some tragic deaths...which is pretty crappy journalism. So..

As a motoring enthusiast I was saddened to see the content of your recent story regarding the behaviour of some young drivers and road users. The consequence of such behaviour is often beyond their comprehension, though the tragic deaths of Alan and Judith Howle should shock some common sense into such individuals. Sadly, it probably wont.

I was left shaking my head regarding the character "Jono" interviewed for the story. As an owner of what is likely to be perceived as a "hoons" vehicle I am horrified that I would in some way be associated with this person because I share a common interest, being cars. Whilst I am 30 and have never been booked for speeding or any driving related offence. I am not the only enthusiast who has a clean driving record, only I do fear I am in the minority.

I write this response to your story as I feel you have not done the issue the service it requires. Firstly your use of Steve Price in the story has confused me. He calls for the crushing of cars, yet he has been convicted for 5 speeding offences and a mid range drink driving offence. Not the personality I would be using for a story regarding road safety. Surely a more suitable personality could have been found. I can readily think of 3 who would have been far more suitable as they have better knowledge of the subject matter whilst enjoying a high public profile.

Also the credibility of Jono must be called into question. As he forms the basis of the story surely his claims should have been scrutinised. I find it difficult to believe that his vehicle is able to achieve 290km/h. In the interest of good journalism perhaps its worthwhile checking the substance of what is being reported and what was his motivation for making such claims.

I implore A Current Affair that should they chose to run another story on road safety, anti social behaviour on our roads, speeding or illegal racing that more care is taken. Whilst your story is far from bad journalism, I feel it stops short of being good journalism. I would hope that ACA is about good journalism, especially if the deaths of Alan and Judith Howle are to be used as the impetus of a story. Anything less could be seen as trivialising their deaths or opportunist.

good letter man but i think the only thing that is going to change peoples attitudes is "baby was saved by a speeding comodore to its rescue"

is it just me or do all these stories not have a resolution to the problem, wait til these drivers turn 30 and we have the hole road full of hoons.

Edited by YEHBOI

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Seat of the pants assessment of the new intake: The car is way less "doughy" when hitting the loud pedal, especially off idle when stopped or in traffic, I did use a cheapo lazer thermal thingo to measure the temp around where the pod filter got its air, it was between 55 - 60°C, in saying this the car was shut off and not moving, so the OEM intake pipe was not supplying any fresh air to where the pod was when the car was at least moving A weird bonus was induction noise on the throttle in the cabin increased a bit,  I was worried that I was actually going to lose some of that induction noise I love so much, outside though, when I got the daughter to do a WOT drive by pass for me, the induction noise has increased alot when on the throttle, not quite ITB doort, but well up there I'm extremely happy with the results and have been exploring the country roads in the region  As for house mods: 1.New front fence is up and is awesome, it really upgraded how the joint looks from the street, and the added security is nice 2. Electricians have replace some interior lights, and with more lighting in the garage, a few new motion detecting lights out the front above the garage, front room, and at the front door, which I have already found heaps helpful coming and going, also now has fancy pants CCTV all round the house The only hold point for power though is the solar and batteries due to supply issues, although this will happen over the next few weeks 3. I have done a heap of landscaping out the front and I'm almost ready to do a new small retaining wall with some nice blocks to replace the brick and cemented in rocks around the raised garden beds cemented in river stone "was the fashion at the time" the house was built. I currently have a pallet of retaining wall blocks and 2 bulka bags of 20mm blue metal to replace the wood chip that is in the raised garden beds around the house 4. I now have 3 big raised garden beds for out the back to grow some vegetables, about 70cm high, 200cm long and 100cm wide 5. My 2 compost bins are already pretty full with brown, green and kitchen waste from the landscaping I'vedone so far, but they will probably take a few months to break down, so anything else that gets chopped, trimmed, and kitchen waste will just start filling the base of the raised garden beds to about 30cm before I start throwing 40cm of good compost, and stuff, for the vegetables to grow in, I'll need a few ton of compost and soil, but the local supplier can sent me bulka bags of the stuff Basically the logs, wood chips and a few strategically placed rocks for drainage, will give the beds some good organic materials down low to break down over time, and they will hold moisture during the warmer months to save the water in my big arse water tank if we don't get alot of rain So, all in all, the car and house mods are going well, and I'm really enjoying being retired, I sleep in too 0700 and slowly plod around inside until I feel like actually doing anything, and only work in the yard for as long as want, which has actually been alot over the last few weeks,  although when you look at it, it seems that not a huge amount of work has been done,  until I look at the before I started the work pics Happy days and good times indeed 
    • hahaha yeah. Plan is to get side skirts and probably just rear pods. But going to do them one-by-one. I've got a set that I really like from RHDJapen, but that one isn't shipped to AU. So need to find someone who can get it for me
    • Here's an idea, answer the questions I asked you as they are trying to work out WHY the LSD will be binding up in a straight line.
    • You haven't driven many modern cars then have you? Most of them have sfa steering feel with their stupid electric bullshit steering systems.
×
×
  • Create New...