Comic and Gamer Nerd looks down on ‘bogans’ thinking they are below him? Hah. They don’t look up at you either….
Difference being, your run of the mill bogan demands *respek C#%T*, while I can happily look down on a bogan not wanting their respect, or any single thing from them.
It would appear that the cruise was a resounding success and as for the candy apple paint job on the ’34 hot rod all i can say is absolutely stunning!
Out of curiosity..what defines it as a “success” or a failure?
It was a well organised,disciplined and controlled cruise.No violence or anti-social behaviour that i’m aware of and from what i could gauge a much bigger crowd than last year. No major inconvenience for the travelling public so all in all incident free and therefore a success.
In the words of Stanley Holloway “No wrecks and nobody drowned. In fact nothin’ to laugh at, at all”
I missed last years Supercruise, and went yesterday with my mid 60’s parents, a couple of their equally ancient friends and family and a young cousin. The crowd around me was 95% ‘Canberra family’, with 5% bogan feral. We were at Haig Park, so that is probably better than the normal demographical breakdown anyway.
I thought it was a pretty impressive crowd, well controlled and well run. All in all, not a bad show, but it was all over in a flash – by 20 past 12 it was time to head home.
I have memories of the olden days of lining Northborne and crowding the road down to one lane. I was also caught in the riots and ended up driving the wrong way down Northborne to avoid the rubbish, but that is another story for another day…
Back to yesterday – there were some seriously nice pieces of kit with plenty of Aussie Muscle – I would say 30% Ford, 50% Holden and the rest America, Street rods (the immaculate Candy Apple job was outstanding) and the like. Disappointed there was only on Charger but it was something special! Whoever is whinging about ‘ricers’ – there was what, one Lancer Evo, no Subaru’s, a sensational Datsun P510, a rotary 3 Series BMW in ‘little cars’, and 190 big shiny V8’s. A good mix by the Promotors.
The most antisocial parts of the day were posers on Harleys before the event. Yawn.
Those whinging about Summernats have obviously never been, but its easy to stereotype when you have no idea what you are talking about.
I heard they guy from Summernats talking on 666. He said that the cars in the parade were deliberately chosen to represent the different types of cars that participate. I looked in vain for the following categories:
– best fuel economy
– safest
– lowest noise and particulate emissions
Oh well, maybe next year.
It will be a sad day for mankind when the Prius is considered a “classic”.
They did have a Gogomobil Dart leading off the parade though, they were moderately fuel efficient. There was a new HSV Senator with the snazzy engine management system that gives fairly good economy whilst being rather safe.
As for noise, if you want quiet, get a bike without a bell.
I missed last years Supercruise, and went yesterday with my mid 60’s parents, a couple of their equally ancient friends and family and a young cousin. The crowd around me was 95% ‘Canberra family’, with 5% bogan feral. We were at Haig Park, so that is probably better than the normal demographical breakdown anyway.
I thought it was a pretty impressive crowd, well controlled and well run. All in all, not a bad show, but it was all over in a flash – by 20 past 12 it was time to head home.
I have memories of the olden days of lining Northborne and crowding the road down to one lane. I was also caught in the riots and ended up driving the wrong way down Northborne to avoid the rubbish, but that is another story for another day…
Back to yesterday – there were some seriously nice pieces of kit with plenty of Aussie Muscle – I would say 30% Ford, 50% Holden and the rest America, Street rods (the immaculate Candy Apple job was outstanding) and the like. Disappointed there was only on Charger but it was something special! Whoever is whinging about ‘ricers’ – there was what, one Lancer Evo, no Subaru’s, a sensational Datsun P510, a rotary 3 Series BMW in ‘little cars’, and 190 big shiny V8’s. A good mix by the Promotors.
The most antisocial parts of the day were posers on Harleys before the event. Yawn.
Those whinging about Summernats have obviously never been, but its easy to stereotype when you have no idea what you are talking about.
I heard they guy from Summernats talking on 666. He said that the cars in the parade were deliberately chosen to represent the different types of cars that participate. I looked in vain for the following categories:
– best fuel economy
– safest
– lowest noise and particulate emissions
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justin heywood said :
Xy gt lookalike actually.
Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :
Yeah right. Let me guess. Your mint condition replica Batmobile was beaten by a guy in a Monaro from Queanbeyan.
Growling Ferret said :
Difference being, your run of the mill bogan demands *respek C#%T*, while I can happily look down on a bogan not wanting their respect, or any single thing from them.
bundah said :
In the words of Stanley Holloway “No wrecks and nobody drowned. In fact nothin’ to laugh at, at all”
Comic and Gamer Nerd looks down on ‘bogans’ thinking they are below him? Hah. They don’t look up at you either….
Pork Hunt said :
Nah, just against all things bogan and or white trash.
Nanny Plibersek is no doubt getting her tits in a twist at the Brock Torana with the Marlboro logo.
bigfeet said :
Gold. 🙂
milkman said :
what is the definition of a ricer? i didn’t see any jap imports at all maybe one s15 and an evo vi and a purple lancer gsr
im sure if there were more of these cars at nats the crowds would be twice as big. but that’s an argument for another day.
Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :
You are against ALL aspects of Summernuts, I am only against the mindless burnouts…
neanderthalsis said :
Did it have Brocky’s magic crystals? It’d be a piece of crap without all the molecules correctly aligned.
Wonder who you buy those from nowadays? Wrecking yards are surely all out … somewhere on the interwebs must have them, I s’pose.
neanderthalsis said :
Post of the week.
neanderthalsis said :
I believe it is spelled G,O,GG,O
Growling Ferret said :
Nope, was a entrant twice. Full of bogan trash.
Not nearly enough white Commodores.
Pork Hunt said :
…explain?
neanderthalsis said :
I’ve got several bikes without bells 😉
patrick_keogh said :
It will be a sad day for mankind when the Prius is considered a “classic”.
They did have a Gogomobil Dart leading off the parade though, they were moderately fuel efficient. There was a new HSV Senator with the snazzy engine management system that gives fairly good economy whilst being rather safe.
As for noise, if you want quiet, get a bike without a bell.
I missed last years Supercruise, and went yesterday with my mid 60’s parents, a couple of their equally ancient friends and family and a young cousin. The crowd around me was 95% ‘Canberra family’, with 5% bogan feral. We were at Haig Park, so that is probably better than the normal demographical breakdown anyway.
I thought it was a pretty impressive crowd, well controlled and well run. All in all, not a bad show, but it was all over in a flash – by 20 past 12 it was time to head home.
I have memories of the olden days of lining Northborne and crowding the road down to one lane. I was also caught in the riots and ended up driving the wrong way down Northborne to avoid the rubbish, but that is another story for another day…
Back to yesterday – there were some seriously nice pieces of kit with plenty of Aussie Muscle – I would say 30% Ford, 50% Holden and the rest America, Street rods (the immaculate Candy Apple job was outstanding) and the like. Disappointed there was only on Charger but it was something special! Whoever is whinging about ‘ricers’ – there was what, one Lancer Evo, no Subaru’s, a sensational Datsun P510, a rotary 3 Series BMW in ‘little cars’, and 190 big shiny V8’s. A good mix by the Promotors.
The most antisocial parts of the day were posers on Harleys before the event. Yawn.
Those whinging about Summernats have obviously never been, but its easy to stereotype when you have no idea what you are talking about.
I heard they guy from Summernats talking on 666. He said that the cars in the parade were deliberately chosen to represent the different types of cars that participate. I looked in vain for the following categories:
– best fuel economy
– safest
– lowest noise and particulate emissions
Oh well, maybe next year.