What's going to be/what was your first car?

[ACAMS]

Buick did use it for a couple of years, I have seen them. They were so tiny and underpowered that they didn't make the grade as Buick motors of the day were 401, and 425 CID and Buick was a Luxury/Sport crossbreed.

[smashysmashy]

Buick did use it for a couple of years, I have seen them. They were so tiny and underpowered that they didn't make the grade as Buick motors of the day were 401, and 425 CID and Buick was a Luxury/Sport crossbreed.

Fair enough. In Britain we care more about going 'round a corner rather than having a big block engine, though.

[Doomkiller]

Buick did use it for a couple of years, I have seen them. They were so tiny and underpowered that they didn't make the grade as Buick motors of the day were 401, and 425 CID and Buick was a Luxury/Sport crossbreed.

Fair enough. In Britain we care more about going 'round a corner rather than having a big block engine, though.

Then Australia came and took the best of both worlds :P

[smashysmashy]

Buick did use it for a couple of years, I have seen them. They were so tiny and underpowered that they didn't make the grade as Buick motors of the day were 401, and 425 CID and Buick was a Luxury/Sport crossbreed.

Fair enough. In Britain we care more about going 'round a corner rather than having a big block engine, though.

Then Australia came and took the best of both worlds :P

Ha ha, yeah. The Holden/Vauxhall Monaro started the trend IMO :D

[Doomkiller]

Nah, it was Holden. We just shipped it over to america and they put a vauxhall badge on it :P

[smashysmashy]

Nah, it was Holden. We just shipped it over to america and they put a vauxhall badge on it :P

I know. I was just making sure everyone knew what I was talking about 

[Doomkiller]

Nah, it was Holden. We just shipped it over to america and they put a vauxhall badge on it :P

I know. I was just making sure everyone knew what I was talking about 

Haha righto then :)

[Somebody]

Typical Americans

This line tells everyone that you have no facts, and that you are just going off a stereotype. Thus, argument=invalid

By the way, a V8 usually burns more than a V6 IIRC

[Incredirobotwars]

Buick did use it for a couple of years, I have seen them. They were so tiny and underpowered that they didn't make the grade as Buick motors of the day were 401, and 425 CID and Buick was a Luxury/Sport crossbreed.

5 years. 1960-65. Since the engines fit the bill for Britain (not too heavy, not too big), they became very well-known over here.

[JoeBlo]

Ha ha, yeah. The Holden/Vauxhall Monaro started the trend IMO :D

As a Holden lover I have to resist to urge to hit you :P

Its a Holden HSV GTS (it even says it on the front) These didnt make it to UK in production numbers as with all HSV Vehicles

Nah, it was Holden. We just shipped it over to america and they put a vauxhall badge on it :P

Sir I am disappoint,

They went to europe as Vauxhalls, US got Holden models as Pontiac or Chev's :P

[Incredirobotwars]

Vauxhall is British, Opel is European, Holden is Australian.

[smashysmashy]

Ha ha, yeah. The Holden/Vauxhall Monaro started the trend IMO :D

As a Holden lover I have to resist to urge to hit you :P

Its a Holden HSV GTS (it even says it on the front) These didnt make it to UK in production numbers as with all HSV Vehicles

Nah, it was Holden. We just shipped it over to america and they put a vauxhall badge on it :P

Sir I am disappoint,

They went to europe as Vauxhalls, US got Holden models as Pontiac or Chev's :P

Please don't hurt me... D:

[JoeBlo]

Vauxhall is British, Opel is European, Holden is Australian.

UK is part of Europe.. 

Monaro's never were branded by Opel, so my statement remains true

And obviously Holden is Australian, not sure why your telling me this :P

Please don't hurt me... D:

I wont.. I just found out the E-Series HSV was rebranded by Vauxhall so you were on the right track

Dont really know how you can have a Holden Special Vehicle edition Vauxhall.. crazy Brits :P

[smashysmashy]

Vauxhall is British, Opel is European, Holden is Australian.

UK is part of Europe.. 

Monaro's never were branded by Opel, so my statement remains true

And obviously Holden is Australian, not sure why your telling me this :P

Please don't hurt me... D:

I wont.. I just found out the E-Series HSV was rebranded by Vauxhall so you were on the right track

Dont really know how you can have a Holden Special Vehicle edition Vauxhall.. crazy Brits :P

We're crazy? You Auzzies (in general) aren't too tightly wrapped either!

[Incredirobotwars]

UK is part of Europe.. Yeah, but we have a separate version. 

Monaro's never were branded by Opel, so my statement remains true Never said it wasn't. How did I imply that?

And obviously Holden is Australian, not sure why your telling me this :P Explaining to everyone else.

[ACAMS]

We're crazy? You Auzzies (in general) aren't too tightly wrapped either!

Anybody north of Texhoma , west of El Paso, south of Harlingen, east of Waskom is all messed up!

[smashysmashy]

We're crazy? You Auzzies (in general) aren't too tightly wrapped either!

Anybody north of Texhoma , west of El Paso, south of Harlingen, east of Waskom is all messed up!

Where's that? (I'm British)

[Incredirobotwars]

We're crazy? You Auzzies (in general) aren't too tightly wrapped either!

Anybody north of Texhoma , west of El Paso, south of Harlingen, east of Waskom is all messed up!

Where's that? (I'm British)

Anywhere out of Texas. They're the outermost places in Texas.

[Noodle]

Typical Americans, no disrespect, but you always have to do something bigger and better and burn about 100000 gallons of petrol doing it.... I (and IRW) are perfectly content with our 3.5 litre V8's, they're all we need.

Well you didn't really need the extra power much, considering 90% of your driving experience in England is idling in the inevitable traffic jam or maneuvering through cramped cities with archaic street layouts.

We like big engines over here because we have these things called highways.  They're like your roads, except they're wider than 4 feet across, you go fast on them, and you don't always get stuck in traffic on them.

[Incredirobotwars]

Well you didn't really need the extra power much, considering 90% of your driving experience in England is idling in the inevitable traffic jam or maneuvering through cramped cities with archaic street layouts.

Actually, we don't spend a lot of time in cities. Well, I don't because I be a country boy. But a lot of roads are actually country 'B-roads'. So no, we don't spend a lot of time like that.

We like big engines over here because we have these things called highways.  They're like your roads, except they're wider than 4 feet across, you go fast on them, and you don't always get stuck in traffic on them.

We have these magical things called 'Motorways', where we also drive fast, and it has 3 -or even 4- lanes on each side. They're exactly the same as you have. And we sometimes need to prove worth on them, thus we need power sometimes. Otherwise you don't get to use the overtaking lane.