17 December 2006

Another failure to navigate

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Living here on Northbourne Avenue we’re continually amazed and entertained by cars trying to come *in* the *out* drive of our secondary car park. Sometimes those guys also fail to follow the road around, and then fail to stop when their wheels leave the road.

Today we had an extra special exponent of the art.

There followed a spectacular half hour where we were diverted from the cricket by their efforts to tow out of trouble as the smell of a burning clutch wafted over the Inner North.

Note the clouds of dirt being raised by the spinning wheels.

Eventually our heroes triumphed and managed to not hurtle onto Northbourne while still coupled.

Anyone want to do the numbers on the cost of a tow truck versus the cost of a clutch replacement?

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Vic Bitterman11:22 pm 18 Dec 06

The red towcar is a 4cyl Pintara, the tail-light cluster gives it away.

Case closed kids. Next?

I really don’t think it’s an oldschool Skyline.

Being a 4 cylinder Pintara would explain the burning clutch smell. The 6 cylinder engine in the Skylines wouldn’t have had any issues towing out the Galant (and would most likely have been coupled with an auto transmission)

i am pretty sure that’s a pintara – same body shape as the r31 skyline. great pix! and great schadenfreude! 🙂

Wow, what a bunch of silly billies!!

Hee hee.

skyline towing a gallant.

Jay – It has the lines of the ‘classic’ skyline. Mind you, it could be the 4 cylinder as Threeze points out.

I don’t know much about cars but I know that ain’t no Skyline

just joking john

threeze I think you’re right! Perhaps $300 would be a better estimate.

tell the truth johnboy it was you drunk out the front of the flats in Northbourne Avenue

Yes Jim, using my super power I drove both cars and took all the photos and then wrote a story about what a douche I am.

i think its even worse than a Skyline, its the 4 cylinder version, the dreaded Pintara!

Lés Incompitanté

tell the truth johnboy it was you drunk out the front of the flats in Northbourne Avenue

I was trying to determine if that was a skyline or a MK4/5 cortina.

Towie – maybe $50

Clutch – maybe $500 (and probably around what the old mid 80’s Skyline is worth.)

Ahh morto1980, you’re speaking my language. With enough speed cameras around we could have all the schools and hospitals and roads and dragways we want.

It would have been much better if the tow-ee slammed into the tow-er after being freed from his ditch.

That corner looks dangerous. Better install a speed camera. 😉

One bomb pulling another, surely ASIO should be onto this.

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