Now for something completely different

[GUT2407]

I wanted a colour that stood out a bit

[Porky55]

15 hours ago, mr walker said:

We had a wonderful time in the Banff(2N)/Lake Louise(1N)/Jasper(2N) area on our trip in 2014 before heading west. It was quite spectacular 

We have been to Alaska on a cruise, but never to any of your listed places ………… the beautiful photo makes me sooooo want to go - Right Now!! 😩

 

 

Edited September 7, 2021 by Porky55

[lyndarra]

6 minutes ago, GUT2407 said:

I wanted a colour that stood out a bit

A blue rinse should fix that.😁

[NSWP]

17 hours ago, Snoopkat said:

The traffic there occasionally gets banked up because of the timing between the sets of traffic lights.  It's nowhere as bad as it used to be.  I heard there was a covid case at the brick pits/South Village the other day. 

I lived in the Shire for 30 years, worked there👮‍♂️Ye olde Fiveways roundabout, pre traffic lights and reconstruction was a nightmare, massive delays, as you say.

[NSWP]

27 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

A blue rinse should fix that.😁

We love blue don't we Mr Gut. Nice dog Max  there.

[MicCanberra]

I have tended to buy (used) white cars (6), as one they are most populous and are generally cheaper because of that fact. They are better suited for an Australian  summer and the paint work holds up better especially  compared to so colours. 

That said I have had cars that were 1x red, 2xgold, 1xbeige and 1xlight grey.

[Snoopkat]

Vaccine passports are being implemented by SloMo and team next month. It would be a strange day when we can leave the country before we can visit other states.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-08/covid-live-blog-nsw-press-conference-victoria-lockdown/100442154

[Snoopkat]

1 hour ago, NSWP said:

I lived in the Shire for 30 years, worked there👮‍♂️Ye olde Fiveways roundabout, pre traffic lights and reconstruction was a nightmare, massive delays, as you say.

I find the traffic light system now to be quite confusing tbh. I'm not the most confident driver at the best of time and having to do that weird 45 degree turn off towards Caringbah would stress me to no end. 

[OzKiwiJJ]

2 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

I have tended to buy (used) white cars (6), as one they are most populous and are generally cheaper because of that fact. They are better suited for an Australian  summer and the paint work holds up better especially  compared to so colours. 

That said I have had cars that were 1x red, 2xgold, 1xbeige and 1xlight grey.

When we bought our current car we opted for the only colour that wasn't black/white/gray/silver which left us with gold, although Toyota called it bronze. In one respect it's a great colour. It rarely looks dirty even when it hasn't been washed for months. Now that's a useful colour!

[possum52]

24 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

When we bought our current car we opted for the only colour that wasn't black/white/gray/silver which left us with gold, although Toyota called it bronze. In one respect it's a great colour. It rarely looks dirty even when it hasn't been washed for months. Now that's a useful colour!

My Mitsubishi Mirage is red, I bought it because that was the only colour they had in stock at the time other than white. I quite like it as there are not many around so it is easy to pick out in car parks.

[GUT2407]

Gee what colour cars have I had

 

Yellow (actually the colour I wanted this time, but they don’t do the RAV4 in it) Escort

Maroon, Gemini

White, Mazda 

Brown, Charger

Red, Falcon

Bronze with black Roof, Hillman 

‘Blue BMW

Chapagne, Skyline

Red, Daihatsu Van

Blue, Falcon

Silver, another falcon

Grey, BMW

White, Caddy

White, Lexus

Silver, Lexus

Blue, Rav 4

 

Think O have missed a few in there….

 

A couple of motorbikes and a scooter thrown in there too.

 

Then there are me wheelchairs

[NSWP]

5 minutes ago, GUT2407 said:

Gee what colour cars have I had

 

Yellow (actually the colour I wanted this time, but they don’t do the RAV4 in it) Escort

Maroon, Gemini

White, Mazda 

Brown, Charger

Red, Falcon

Bronze with black Roof, Hillman 

‘Blue BMW

Chapagne, Skyline

Red, Daihatsu Van

Blue, Falcon

Silver, another falcon

Grey, BMW

White, Caddy

White, Lexus

Silver, Lexus

Blue, Rav 4

 

Think O have missed a few in there….

 

A couple of motorbikes and a scooter thrown in there too.

 

Then there are me wheelchairs

Bit like me Gut, I have blown way too much money on cars and travel.  I should never had pressed the business class flight button and mini suite cruse ship button on the puter.

Edited September 8, 2021 by NSWP

[GUT2407]

1 minute ago, NSWP said:

Bit like me Gut, I have blown way too much money on cars and travel.  I should never had pressed the business class flight button and mini suite cruse ship button on the puter.

Many of them were junk when I bought them, but all the budget would stretch to.

 

Forgot our Honda CRV, silver and Jazz, Blue.

 

As for cruising I always thought it was only for the rich, first people I knew who went on a cruise were

 

A multi millionaire

Bloke who won the million dollar lottery, well half of it

Retired QC who had been with DPP so old system pension and then 20+ years private practice.

Never thought it would be for battlers like us

[lyndarra]

23 minutes ago, GUT2407 said:

Gee what colour cars have I had

 

Yellow (actually the colour I wanted this time, but they don’t do the RAV4 in it) Escort

Maroon, Gemini

White, Mazda 

Brown, Charger

Red, Falcon

Bronze with black Roof, Hillman 

‘Blue BMW

Chapagne, Skyline

Red, Daihatsu Van

Blue, Falcon

Silver, another falcon

Grey, BMW

White, Caddy

White, Lexus

Silver, Lexus

Blue, Rav 4

 

Think O have missed a few in there….

 

A couple of motorbikes and a scooter thrown in there too.

 

Then there are me wheelchairs

Remember local celeb Su Cruikshank? IIRC she had a wheelchair called the Purple Pickle

[GUT2407]

30 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

Remember local celeb Su Cruikshank? IIRC she had a wheelchair called the Purple Pickle

I knew Su pretty well, she was very good friends with a lady who worked in the Courts I did a lot of work in.

 

[Blackduck59]

On 9/6/2021 at 11:27 PM, mr walker said:

We had a wonderful time in the Banff(2N)/Lake Louise(1N)/Jasper(2N) area on our trip in 2014 before heading west. It was quite spectacular 

 

Nice shot Neil. We didn't stay at Chateau Lake Louise we just had lunch there. We didn't really like Banff, our hotel was nice but a few kilometers out of town. The traffic was ridiculous and no parking anywhere. We stayed 2 nights but really didn't see any of Banff. We did find a nice Chinese food restaurant. It was totally by accident, we were in a traffic jam and decided to get out of it by stopping for supper. It was great meal and the traffic eased by the time we finished.

[Blackduck59]

On 9/7/2021 at 3:18 PM, MicCanberra said:

I have tended to buy (used) white cars (6), as one they are most populous and are generally cheaper because of that fact. They are better suited for an Australian  summer and the paint work holds up better especially  compared to so colours. 

That said I have had cars that were 1x red, 2xgold, 1xbeige and 1xlight grey.

 

We have a Pearl White Toyota Venza with a light interior. It's a nice car. For our road trip it was in the new Subaru Forester, red with a black interior, just a bit toasty on the warm days.

[gbenjo]

On 9/7/2021 at 4:27 PM, mr walker said:

We had a wonderful time in the Banff(2N)/Lake Louise(1N)/Jasper(2N) area on our trip in 2014 before heading west. It was quite spectacular 

Looks like we ( along with thousands of others 😂😂)got the same shot but on a clear day , 2019

[GUT2407]

3 hours ago, Blackduck59 said:

 

We have a Pearl White Toyota Venza with a light interior. It's a nice car. For our road trip it was in the new Subaru Forester, red with a black interior, just a bit toasty on the warm days.

Don’t think I know the Venza, will have a look. The RAV4 is our first Toyota, but of course the Lexus are just fancy Toyotas,

[MicCanberra]

40 minutes ago, gbenjo said:

Looks like we ( along with thousands of others 😂😂)got the same shot but on a clear day , 2019

Yep, mine is very similar 

[gbenjo]

7 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Yep, mine is very similar 

It must be a pretty popular place 😂😂😂😂

[ilikeanswers]

7 hours ago, gbenjo said:

Looks like we ( along with thousands of others 😂😂)got the same shot but on a clear day , 2019

 

I am definitely one of those thousands😂. You could probably take alot of my photos and put them side by side with a travel brochure, minus the photoshopping😜. 

[NSWP]

15 hours ago, gbenjo said:

It must be a pretty popular place 😂😂😂😂

I reckon that Indian Chief would make a few dollars from the tourists, lol.

 

[gbenjo]

28 minutes ago, NSWP said:

I reckon that Indian Chief would make a few dollars from the tourists, lol.

 

How!✋🏼

[Blackduck59]

17 hours ago, GUT2407 said:

Don’t think I know the Venza, will have a look. The RAV4 is our first Toyota, but of course the Lexus are just fancy Toyotas,

The Venza is a North American model, a tall station wagon as it were. We like it but I prefer the Subaru.