Today Tonight

[impul535w]

Any one just catch the story on TT re hoons and defecting cars???

[crazy.mofo]

yer... lots of commodores lol

[bigkevracer]

Nope. What was the gist?

[blk94r33]

No, and couldn't care less. Or about the one before that, and before that, and before that, or any other melodramatic media bulls*** they can brew up to publicize the wrong doings of a minority of "motorists" making life hard for honest citizens whose hobby isn't knitting, lawn bowls, golf, going to bed by 8pm, or watching Today Tonight.

There will be another hoon story every time grandma >insert typical 1940's name< sees a car that is different to her Cortina (with stuffed tyres, suspension, brakes, lights blowing smoke at every throttle application and rusted out body patched with duct tape, a vehicle that is ACTUALLY dangerous on the roads, wielded by a driver who can't see any further than the windscreen or apply her shot brakes with arthritic legs), and comes to the conclusion that after years of media smothering about the modified car culture and how much of a mob of basta**s every last one of them is, should call someone and whine about how once there was a car that had one wheel go through a full revolution without the vehicle moving in piss**g rain.

Budget is out by $50 billion now, clean your windscreens so the yellow stickers stick easily....

/rant

[impul535w]

No, and couldn't care less. Or about the one before that, and before that, and before that, or any other melodramatic media bulls*** they can brew up to publicize the wrong doings of a minority of "motorists" making life hard for honest citizens whose hobby isn't knitting, lawn bowls, golf, going to bed by 8pm, or watching Today Tonight.

There will be another hoon story every time grandma >insert typical 1940's name< sees a car that is different to her Cortina (with stuffed tyres, suspension, brakes, lights blowing smoke at every throttle application and rusted out body patched with duct tape, a vehicle that is ACTUALLY dangerous on the roads, wielded by a driver who can't see any further than the windscreen or apply her shot brakes with arthritic legs), and comes to the conclusion that after years of media smothering about the modified car culture and how much of a mob of basta**s every last one of them is, should call someone and whine about how once there was a car that had one wheel go through a full revolution without the vehicle moving in piss**g rain.

Budget is out by $50 billion now, clean your windscreens so the yellow stickers stick easily....

/rant

Spot on. It's frustrating to say the least. What was funny though was the things they were defecting the cars for, things like painted side walls... I almost fell of my chair.

To true about old people and old cars... I see it on a regular basis and it confuses me how they can still be on the road and me with a mechanically A1 car will get defected cause my car looks good....

[NISSAN GTR]

All i got out of it was they like to crush cars in Melbourne compared to the Two they have done in Adelaide !!!!

[SatchiThaStagea]

There will be another hoon story every time grandma >insert typical 1940's name< sees a car that is different to her Gemini (with stuffed tyres, suspension, brakes, lights blowing smoke at every throttle application and rusted out body patched with duct tape, a vehicle that is ACTUALLY dangerous on the roads, wielded by a driver who can't see any further than the windscreen or apply her shot brakes with arthritic legs...

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Enough with the Cortina slander plz!

[Tommy Kaira RL]

Hey impul535w would love to see you on the adelaide cruise. Have seen your car in the photos and im very impressed.

[GTR-N1]

It's ppl like us who keep them in jobs.

OH&S castoffs wander off to defect stations to catch a 'gravy train' (- put dinner on their families' tables) = bums

[blk94r33]

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Enough with the Cortina slander plz!

Lol. My bad. Just used that as an example as we had that exact car with aforementioned owner in for work the other day, makes you wonder how they keep the damn things on the road...

And they sure as hell would never pass a road worthy inspection if they ever did get defected... Yet if I changed my exhaust, legal car, but I have a higher chance of getting defected...

/second rant

[Raysboostin]

i think every single person involved with tv shows like ACA and today tonight should be arrested and jailed for terrorism!! (im not joking either!!!) every night they get on tv with the specific purpose of insighting mass histeria, fear and irrational panic among the large mass of dumb sheep that watch their program. in the entire life of their programs they have never once presented a clear unbiased and non judgemental program. that is plainly evident by the way they use spooky music when talking about some1 that declines to comment.

id like to give a big shout out to the makers of the simpsons for sending up dumb shows like today tonight with their classic rock bottom episode!! if you havent seen it, go watch it, absorb its message and then piss yourself laughing next time someone tells you they belived what they seen on ACA.

[blk94r33]

All i got out of it was they like to crush cars in Melbourne compared to the Two they have done in Adelaide !!!!

Lol at the practicality of crushing "hoon" cars.

"Well, the car was deemed safe to be released to the owner after 2 offences, but now we've deemed that EVERY part of the vehicle is too unsafe for 2nd hand parts or sale, so we'll crush it and make a big fancy scene..."

[blk94r33]

i think every single person involved with tv shows like ACA and today tonight should be arrested and jailed for terrorism!! (im not joking either!!!) every night they get on tv with the specific purpose of insighting mass histeria, fear and irrational panic among the large mass of dumb sheep that watch their program. in the entire life of their programs they have never once presented a clear unbiased and non judgemental program. that is plainly evident by the way they use spooky music when talking about some1 that declines to comment.

id like to give a big shout out to the makers of the simpsons for sending up dumb shows like today tonight with their classic rock bottom episode!! if you havent seen it, go watch it, absorb its message and then piss yourself laughing next time someone tells you they belived what they seen on ACA.

F***. Never thought if it like that, nice angle! Haha.

What is a pisser is when they admit they get it wrong, and the story they just aired with black and white slow-mo out of focus mis-guiding video of someone who is accused of selling drugs to pre-schoolers or something, turns out to be the squeaky clean white collar kinda person with a family of four and regularly donates to charity. And they throw in a 3 second apology "we were wrong, about everything, kthxbi" to mask up a 15 minute dragged out story containing mostly interviews form "secret" informants who once sold the guy some panadol and they think he's a real dodgey prick. Then a segue to:

"And now, modified car events, they're all bast**ds, heres some footage of someone doing a skid at power-cruise, it's loud and visually aggressive, be scared of it and call someone next time you see a car!!!"

[66yostagea]

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Enough with the Cortina slander plz!

+1. I ran a 64 Cortina with an exceptional reworked head, Webbers, extractors, 2" lowered on Falcon rims (OMG they were wide) AFAIK it was street legal, and for safety it was fitted with full harness seat belts and Pirelli tyres that in 64 cost me 250 quid. My wages then were 25 quid a week. I had the car for four years and it loved to work. My only problems with it was it used to pop the bendix off the starter motor and break generator brackets until I got beefed up versions.

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In those days it could have been a real hoons car and I must confess that I did do a bit.Being in a serious Car Club kept me reasonably straight as nearly every week there was a track/rally/drag meet somewhere. But we used to congregate at the local burger bars and push the limits now and then.

So there is nothing NEW about hoons except now they contribute heaps to the Public Purse.

Oh yes, they seem to maim and kill a lot of innocents.

[66yostagea]

Edited for accuracy

Enough with the Cortina slander plz!

+1. I ran a 64 Cortina with an exceptional reworked head, Webbers, extractors, 2" lowered on Falcon rims (OMG they were wide) AFAIK it was street legal, and for safety it was fitted with full harness seat belts and Pirelli tyres that in 64 cost me 250 quid. My wages then were 25 quid a week. I had the car for four years and it loved to work. My only problems with it was it used to pop the bendix off the starter motor and break generator brackets until I got beefed up versions.

,

In those days it could have been a real hoons car and I must confess that I did do a bit.Being in a serious Car Club kept me reasonably straight as nearly every week there was a track/rally/drag meet somewhere. But we used to congregate at the local burger bars and push the limits now and then.

So there is nothing NEW about hoons except now they contribute heaps to the Public Purse.

Oh yes, they seem to maim and kill a lot of innocents.

[impul535w]

Hey impul535w would love to see you on the adelaide cruise. Have seen your car in the photos and im very impressed.

Would love to be there but car is still in Sydney being complied, will def make the next one though

[rb26stagea]

Hey hey hey! Go easy on Felicity and Albert! lol!