Cars you don't see many of anymore - Page 2

roKWiz · 01-11-2020, 08:14 AM

Those newish hideous Mercedes X class ute things and add Suzuki Sierra to hayseed's Suzi list.

Rob 351 · 27-10-2020, 08:15 AM

Chrysler/Mitsubishi Sigma.

**PG2** · 28-10-2020, 11:58 AM

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Chrysler/Mitsubishi Sigma.

I never thought I would be that interested in a Sigma build but I've been watching these vids with great interest...

Apologies if this is considered off-topic.

blue sleeper · 27-10-2020, 08:45 AM

I saw a AU1 Forte a couple of days ago, I don't think I've seen one those since they first came out!

bb_zetec · 27-10-2020, 02:48 PM

Falcon Wagons....when I was younger you'd see them all the time...esp. XD TO XF and EB to ED.

Not to mention AU and BA to BF..

Now they are all gone it seems...

roKWiz · 27-10-2020, 03:19 PM

Yes, depends on where you live, country /city. Rust belt coast or dry inland.

Imagined if it regularly snowed all over Australia, I reckon there would be even less old stuff due to salting the roads in winter.

onemanempire · 04-06-2024, 09:46 AM

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Falcon Wagons....when I was younger you'd see them all the time...esp. XD TO XF and EB to ED.

Saw this one on Sunday at the local shops. glad I've never seen the inside of one

and this one a long time ago

Franco Cozzo · 04-06-2024, 09:17 PM

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Saw this one on Sunday at the local shops. glad I've never seen the inside of one

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and this one a long time ago

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Everyones last car is always a station wagon

.:4:. · 04-06-2024, 09:36 PM

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Everyones last car is always a station wagon

Not if its an attempt to hide the evidence cremation.... In that case it could be a sedan or hatchback....

Express · 27-10-2020, 05:13 PM

Datsun 180B, 200B & 120Y

Trevor 57 · 27-10-2020, 05:24 PM

Valiants

wodahs · 27-10-2020, 07:46 PM

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Valiants

yep been reading this thread thru the day on the dumb fone and been thinking this too , in particular the charger

Franco Cozzo · 31-10-2020, 03:07 PM

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Valiants

Interestingly you see hardly any ever around Melbourne.

I could count on one hand the amount of Valiants I've seen on the roads in Melbourne on one hand since I've had my license.

Yet when I went to Adelaide there seemed to be more oldskool cars out and about and especially Valiants.

It would be interesting to see vehicle on road data divided by state looking at Valiants.

wodahs · 31-10-2020, 03:45 PM

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Interestingly you see hardly any ever around Melbourne.

I could count on one hand the amount of Valiants I've seen on the roads in Melbourne on one hand since I've had my license.

Yet when I went to Adelaide there seemed to be more oldskool cars out and about and especially Valiants.

It would be interesting to see vehicle on road data divided by state looking at Valiants.

after posting i hadnt seen a charger in a while on tuesday
i saw a nice 79 valiant regal wednsaday whilst on a country run some 300ks from perth just motoring along

Tassie f100 · 31-10-2020, 04:04 PM

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Interestingly you see hardly any ever around Melbourne.

I could count on one hand the amount of Valiants I've seen on the roads in Melbourne on one hand since I've had my license.

Yet when I went to Adelaide there seemed to be more oldskool cars out and about and especially Valiants.

It would be interesting to see vehicle on road data divided by state looking at Valiants.

Probably because there were lots of them when they were made there,and you must remember that Adelaide has only just left the nineties in the last couple of years,so they aren’t considered all that old yet.

Franco Cozzo · 31-10-2020, 04:05 PM

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Probably because there were lots of them when they were made there,and you must remember that Adelaide has only just left the nineties in the last couple of years

Current time in Adelaide 2:35PM, 1999

Tassie f100 · 31-10-2020, 04:21 PM

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Current time in Adelaide 2:35PM, 1999

Yeah thought it would be somewhere around that.I was in Adelaide a few years ago,asked a local,what time it was, and he said mid 1988.

stock1991 · 31-10-2020, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Interestingly you see hardly any ever around Melbourne.

I could count on one hand the amount of Valiants I've seen on the roads in Melbourne on one hand since I've had my license.

Yet when I went to Adelaide there seemed to be more oldskool cars out and about and especially Valiants.

It would be interesting to see vehicle on road data divided by state looking at Valiants.

No doubt SA not requiring an annual roadworthy helps, saying that, if you drive an unsafe vehicle you will be defected

Franco Cozzo · 31-10-2020, 08:45 PM

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No doubt SA not requiring an annual roadworthy helps, saying that, if you drive an unsafe vehicle you will be defected

Its interesting - you don't need an annual roadworthy in VIC either, only when you are buying and registering a used car.

It seems you don't even need that either in SA - thats the best thing ever

wodahs · 31-10-2020, 11:34 PM

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Its interesting - you don't need an annual roadworthy in VIC either, only when you are buying and registering a used car.

It seems you don't even need that either in SA - thats the best thing ever

dont need it in WA either not even for buying a licenced used car
just for licencing one thats been unrego'd to see if its road worthy
or one thats been deemed by the poli that they feel its no longer road worthy

Tassie f100 · 01-11-2020, 12:13 AM

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No doubt SA not requiring an annual roadworthy helps, saying that, if you drive an unsafe vehicle you will be defected

South Aust is the driest state,so it is understandable that rust isn’t anywhere near as big a problem, as in wetter states,which should ensure a bit of longevity in older cars

eb2fairmont · 03-11-2020, 11:06 PM

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Probably because there were lots of them when they were made there,and you must remember that Adelaide has only just left the nineties in the last couple of years,so they aren’t considered all that old yet.

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Current time in Adelaide 2:35PM, 1999

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Yeah thought it would be somewhere around that.I was in Adelaide a few years ago,asked a local,what time it was, and he said mid 1988.

So thats why we have no covid issues - it hasn't been invented yet.

MustangNicko · 27-10-2020, 06:06 PM

EL XR's. Always put me in a trance.

LG17 · 27-10-2020, 06:22 PM

Those opel things they tried to pass off as Holdens.
I wouldn't have seen more than 10 since they first came out.

ford71V8 · 27-10-2020, 07:06 PM

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Those opel things they tried to pass off as Holdens.
I wouldn't have seen more than 10 since they first came out.

Saw one the other day and thought the same - rare sighting.

Saw a lot in NZ though

roddy1960 · 31-10-2020, 07:45 AM

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Those opel things they tried to pass off as Holdens.
I wouldn't have seen more than 10 since they first came out.

Took ages for me to see any when they first came out . Not seen heaps since but there is a silver one locally now I think because I've seen the same car a few times now .
On BA and AU Falcons ...We still have several around locally . There are more AU's though . At work there are three , mine is one of them .

Can't recall the last time I saw an eighties Nissan/Datsun . They used to be everywhere ..Same with Ford Escorts , Cortina's , Holden Torana's and Gemini's . Even early VB, VC and VK Commodores are pretty rare these days I'd say .

Like everybody else ...Inundated by SUV's ....

Franco Cozzo · 27-10-2020, 09:00 PM

TS Astra is another that was all over Melbourne, even 5 years ago that's now completely disappeared.

FERG_51 · 27-10-2020, 11:49 PM

BA's getting thin on the ground

**GO FURTHER** · 28-10-2020, 01:42 AM

Even more modern Falcons are becoming rare on the roads these days...

FG G6, G6 Turbos, FG XR6 and XR6T's and rarely do I see any FGX's anymore.

Seems like everyone is ditching them for utes and SUV's.

Franco Cozzo · 28-10-2020, 08:06 PM

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Even more modern Falcons are becoming rare on the roads these days...

FG G6, G6 Turbos, FG XR6 and XR6T's and rarely do I see any FGX's anymore.

Seems like everyone is ditching them for utes and SUV's.

Yep you don't see too many around Melbourne.

Though I saw a couple ex Taxi AU Falcons rotting away in a paddock yesterday, the mighty MEXICO TAXI YELLOW