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Old 04-21-2020, 10:42 AM   #85
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How sweet is this?
Seems pointless...its not fast enough to catch any speeders.



Why are there cool police cars around the world but in North America we get Ford/GM/Dodge generic musclecar wannabes.......

I mean where's Ford's GT40 highway pursuit vehicle?
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Old 04-21-2020, 11:24 AM   #87
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This better (man, how I want a UTE!)

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Old 04-21-2020, 11:32 AM   #89
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Old 04-21-2020, 01:25 PM   #90
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Is that @humfrz napping in the back? Got his pyjamas on..
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This better (man, how I want a UTE!)

Vauxhall in the UK was selling the UTE under their own branding. No idea how many were sold..

Interesting Japanese market cop car..
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Off Topic but if the UTE Black Edition had been available in the US I would own one...

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Off Topic but f the UTE Black Edition had been available in the US I would own one...

This is what we had...
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Off Topic but if the UTE Black Edition had been available in the US I would own one...

i've spent an unreasonable amount of time trying to figure out how to get the bank to write a loan to lefthandutes.com...
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i've spent an unreasonable amount of time trying to figure out how to get the bank to write a loan to lefthandutes.com...
I did not know they existed, and now I can't unsee it! Curse you @soundman98!

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I did not know they existed, and now I can't unsee it! Curse you @soundman98!

the final tally when i looked into it(2008-2010ish) was about $15-20k for the conversion, and about 3 months of work.. there was talk that the whole thing could be done for $30k if a salvage-titled G8 could be used for approximately $15k, but then you'd have a literal 'new' car with a branded title... that was the point i started calming down, as the only real way to make that work is to personally fund the entire thing. no bank is going to finance a car that costs twice what bluebook says.
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the final tally when i looked into it(2008-2010ish) was about $15-20k for the conversion, and about 3 months of work.. there was talk that the whole thing could be done for $30k if a salvage-titled G8 could be used for approximately $15k, but then you'd have a literal 'new' car with a branded title... that was the point i started calming down, as the only real way to make that work is to personally fund the entire thing. no bank is going to finance a car that costs twice what bluebook says.

Would be much cheaper to just move here, where we drive on the correct side of the road RHD>LHD Manual>Auto Bisexual partner>Straight
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Would be much cheaper to just move here, where we drive on the correct side of the road RHD>LHD Manual>Auto Bisexual partner>Straight
Been there a few times over the years, and is the only place outside the US I'd be willing to live long term.

I would love to move there but unfortunately AUS has real immigration rules which I don't qualify under. Came very close once when I worked for a company that was expanding there, but at the last minute backed out of the merger that would have given me the opportunity.

As for the driving on the correct side of the road, man is that awkward when you first start being bi-drive. The first time I was in Melbourne you could tell I was turning because my windshield wipers would come on.
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