Bloody Nora

[bobnick]

Just calculated what this van we have rented is doing MPG wise...........18.
Got to ease off the gas and get it to 20+
Good job it's only just over a £1 p/l here.

 

[L' Hobo]

Just calculated what this van we have rented is doing MPG wise...........18.
Got to ease off the gas and get it to 20+
Good job it's only just over a £1 p/l here.

Wow! What's under the bonnet, a V8?

 

[nicholsong]

Just calculated what this van we have rented is doing MPG wise...........18.
Got to ease off the gas and get it to 20+
Good job it's only just over a £1 p/l here.

But aren't Aus miles longer than UK.......

........or is it just Aussies 'bigging it up' again?

 

[L' Hobo]

But aren't Aus miles longer than UK.......

........or is it just Aussies 'bigging it up' again?

Not when I lived there in the 70's ? They may have grown since?

 

[Mikey RV]

You need to get them lead boots off and put your flip flops back on for driving.

 

[L' Hobo]

You need to get them lead boots off and put your flip flops back on for driving.

and for paddling, beware the Stonefish! ( crocodiles, alligators, sharks, snakes, spiders, bats, bugs etc)

 

[nicholsong]

and for paddling, beware the Stonefish! ( crocodiles, alligators, sharks, snakes, spiders, bats, bugs etc)

I have met some snappy Ozzie girls too.

 

[Clive Mott]

We accept the measured mileage and the fuel litres as dispenced at the pump and do the maths. We drive mostly to the legal speed limits.
Two trips to Liverpool from the south coast. 24MPG just the van. (70MPH)
23 MPG when towing a 750kg box trailer (60 MPH)

Tow vehicle Hymer MLI540. Merc V6 3 litre and auto box.

 

[pappajohn]

Tow vehicle Hymer MLI540. Merc V6 3 litre and auto box.

I never got more than that in the Merc V6 3Ltr engined Chrysler 300c auto and that only weighed 2000kg

 

[Don Campbell]

Merc V6 3 Litre Auto 18mpg is pretty good. We had one in a Winnebago LWB Sprinter base and never did better that that but at £1 a litre you shouldn't be complaining. I dare say you can do better than that but you will soon get pissed off travelling long distances at 50mph. Really nice engine until it goes wrong and you see how much Mercedes can charge.

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

and for paddling, beware the Stonefish! ( crocodiles, alligators, sharks, snakes, spiders, bats, bugs etc)

Cone snails, scorpions, octopus, jellyfish !!, paddle, I wouldn't go in without a suit of armour
Mike.

 

[scally]

Wow! What's under the bonnet, a V8?

Nah it would only be about 12 ex owner

 

[KiwiKampers]

You need to get them lead boots off and put your flip flops back on for driving.

Thongs.

 

[bobnick]

Wow! What's under the bonnet, a V8?

No, it's a heavy right foot

 

[bobnick]

Nah it would only be about 12 ex owner

2 year old 0ne owner daft 185 bhp FIAT auto it be. But 4.675 Kgs.

 

[bobnick]

Short easy run today of 380 Ks.
Will put my thongs on and cruise.
Take a reading tonight.

 

[altomos]

Not when I lived there in the 70's ? They may have grown since?

In Aussie land they are good Europeans and use kilometres. No miles in sight!!

 

[bobnick]

Exercised careful slow (er) driving today over 400Ks. Checked and same 15.53lts per 100Ks so sod it, flat out it shall be.

 

[Emmit]

I am reliably informed by an Ozzie that if you chose to go around Australia the wrong way on their A1 which circumnavigates, you would use two tankfulls more in fuel, such is the distance and the prevailing winds.

 

[bobnick]

I am reliably informed by an Ozzie that if you chose to go around Australia the wrong way on their A1 which circumnavigates, you would use two tankfulls more in fuel, such is the distance and the prevailing winds.

Not going to change our itin at this late stage.

 

[Yorick]

You need to get them lead boots off and put your flip flops back on for driving.

That's illegal.

 

[Lenny HB]

That's illegal.

Only in Spain I believe.

 

[Yorick]

Only in Spain I believe.

I was told it was in Oz. Maybe I was told wrong.

 

[Yorick]

Lenny HB


While it's not illegal to wear thongs while driving, or in fact wear high heels or go barefoot, you could still cop a $448 in New South Wales if the police deem you to have insufficient control over the vehicle.24 Jan 2020

 

[Lenny HB]

Lenny HB


While it's not illegal to wear thongs while driving, or in fact wear high heels or go barefoot, you could still cop a $448 in New South Wales if the police deem you to have insufficient control over the vehicle.24 Jan 2020

Hope that doesn't mean I've got to buy a thong if I go to Aus.

 

[nicholsong]

I thought a 'thong' was a mini bikini/panties worn by a woman which only had a string bit up the a*se section.

So what the hell does that have to do with pedal control?

Unless you let the male imagination run riot?

 

[Yorick]

I thought a 'thong' was a mini bikini/panties worn by a woman which only had a string bit up the a*se section.

So what the hell does that have to do with pedal control?

Unless you let the male imagination run riot?

The Aussie wierdos refer to flip flops as thongs.

 

[Yorick]

What do you call a Frenchman in beach footwear?


Phillipe Phellop

 

[Langtoftlad]

I thought a 'thong' was a mini bikini/panties worn by a woman which only had a string bit up the a*se section.

So what the hell does that have to do with pedal control?

Unless you let the male imagination run riot?

Lot's of different words in Oz
Thong for flipflop
Durex for sellotape
Coon for cheese

Billy - not a person, a kettle
Blue - not a colour but a fight

Hotel - not a place to stay/sleep but a pub

 

[Blaydon]

And Earl’s Court- home.