Bloody car yards

[Ext User(Rainbow Warrior)]

Got a phone call from Dad, saying he had a flat tyre on the EA Falcon he
brought 6 months earlier and couldn't get the wheel off, got round there he
had a pair 50+ mates who had tried various sockets to get the mag wheel off,
and asked if I had a deep 18mm, didn't but on closer inspection it was a
locknut, none of them had seen them before, so a quick search luckily
revealed the keynut hiding in the centre console, "is that what that is?"

Anyway tyre is off go to slide spare on, hub hole is too small but bolts
seem to line up, it's not the right spare tyre, luckily my youngest brother
who lived a couple of suburbs away has an EA and we borrowed his.

But Jeez that pisses you off they people swap spare tyres at car yards. And
you just know some other sucker is trying to fit a Falcon rim to something
else at some stage too.

My brother also reckoned EA were diff wheel pattern to earlier models , so
we couldn't have borrowed Mums Fairlaine spare either.

[Ext User(David Z)]

"Rainbow Warrior" <pizza@sbs.com.fr> wrote in message
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> Got a phone call from Dad, saying he had a flat tyre on the EA Falcon he
> brought 6 months earlier and couldn't get the wheel off, got round there
> he had a pair 50+ mates who had tried various sockets to get the mag wheel
> off, and asked if I had a deep 18mm, didn't but on closer inspection it
> was a locknut, none of them had seen them before, so a quick search
> luckily revealed the keynut hiding in the centre console, "is that what
> that is?"
>
> Anyway tyre is off go to slide spare on, hub hole is too small but bolts
> seem to line up, it's not the right spare tyre, luckily my youngest
> brother who lived a couple of suburbs away has an EA and we borrowed his.
>
> But Jeez that pisses you off they people swap spare tyres at car yards.
> And you just know some other sucker is trying to fit a Falcon rim to
> something else at some stage too.
>
> My brother also reckoned EA were diff wheel pattern to earlier models , so
> we couldn't have borrowed Mums Fairlaine spare either.

Oooorrrrr nah, I dont reckon u could have, cos that'd mean havin ta move tha
Torana outta tha drive to get to tha Camira to get to tha Fairlane!

[Ext User(grumpy@mailinator.com)]

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:07:07 GMT, "Rainbow Warrior" <pizza@sbs.com.fr> wrote:

> Got a phone call from Dad, saying he had a flat tyre on the EA Falcon he
> brought 6 months earlier and couldn't get the wheel off, got round there he
> had a pair 50+ mates who had tried various sockets to get the mag wheel off,
> and asked if I had a deep 18mm, didn't but on closer inspection it was a
> locknut, none of them had seen them before, so a quick search luckily
> revealed the keynut hiding in the centre console, "is that what that is?"
>
> Anyway tyre is off go to slide spare on, hub hole is too small but bolts
> seem to line up, it's not the right spare tyre, luckily my youngest brother
> who lived a couple of suburbs away has an EA and we borrowed his.
>
> But Jeez that pisses you off they people swap spare tyres at car yards. And
> you just know some other sucker is trying to fit a Falcon rim to something
> else at some stage too.
>
> My brother also reckoned EA were diff wheel pattern to earlier models , so
> we couldn't have borrowed Mums Fairlaine spare either.

I hate car dealers.

I purchased a van from a dealer a few years back and a few days later I noticed there was no spare
wheel. I rang them up and they accused me of trying to rip them off. They threatened to put the
cops onto me. I dared them to but nothing happened, of course.

Suffice to say a couple of days later they discovered another van in their yard was sitting on
bricks on one side one morning, And suddenly I had 2 spares instead of 1. :-)

[Ext User(Rainbow Warrior)]

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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> David Z wrote:
>
>> "Rainbow Warrior" <pizza@sbs.com.fr> wrote in message
>> news:%QPpf.63586$V7.57019@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>
> I didn't know your mum and dad had a Torana and a Camira Pat.
> Are they backup drives?

No, Falcon & Fairlaine, as stated in the original post.

[Ext User(Magic Mushroom Farmer)]

David Z wrote:
> "Rainbow Warrior" <pizza@sbs.com.fr> wrote in message
> news:%QPpf.63586$V7.57019@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > Got a phone call from Dad, saying he had a flat tyre on the EA Falcon he
> > brought 6 months earlier and couldn't get the wheel off, got round there
> > he had a pair 50+ mates who had tried various sockets to get the mag wheel
> > off, and asked if I had a deep 18mm, didn't but on closer inspection it
> > was a locknut, none of them had seen them before, so a quick search
> > luckily revealed the keynut hiding in the centre console, "is that what
> > that is?"
> >
> > Anyway tyre is off go to slide spare on, hub hole is too small but bolts
> > seem to line up, it's not the right spare tyre, luckily my youngest
> > brother who lived a couple of suburbs away has an EA and we borrowed his.
> >
> > But Jeez that pisses you off they people swap spare tyres at car yards.
> > And you just know some other sucker is trying to fit a Falcon rim to
> > something else at some stage too.
> >
> > My brother also reckoned EA were diff wheel pattern to earlier models , so
> > we couldn't have borrowed Mums Fairlaine spare either.
>
> Oooorrrrr nah, I dont reckon u could have, cos that'd mean havin ta move tha
> Torana outta tha drive to get to tha Camira to get to tha Fairlane!

recon he's got a Datsun there somewhere too,on the lawn outback...200b
need to move the Failane.

- - - - -
My Fordson Thames Flat Truck
http://fordthames.blogspot.com

[Ext User(Serialpest)]

Rainbow Warrior wrote:
> Got a phone call from Dad, saying he had a flat tyre on the EA Falcon he
> brought 6 months earlier and couldn't get the wheel off, got round there he
> had a pair 50+ mates who had tried various sockets to get the mag wheel off,
> and asked if I had a deep 18mm, didn't but on closer inspection it was a
> locknut, none of them had seen them before, so a quick search luckily
> revealed the keynut hiding in the centre console, "is that what that is?"
>
> Anyway tyre is off go to slide spare on, hub hole is too small but bolts
> seem to line up, it's not the right spare tyre, luckily my youngest brother
> who lived a couple of suburbs away has an EA and we borrowed his.
>
> But Jeez that pisses you off they people swap spare tyres at car yards. And
> you just know some other sucker is trying to fit a Falcon rim to something
> else at some stage too.
>
> My brother also reckoned EA were diff wheel pattern to earlier models , so
> we couldn't have borrowed Mums Fairlaine spare either.
>
>

Is your dad some sort of invilid? Who buys cheep junk like that from
caryards besides uni students and the mentally handicapped?

[Ext User(Serialpest)]

David Z wrote:
> "Rainbow Warrior" <pizza@sbs.com.fr> wrote in message
> news:%QPpf.63586$V7.57019@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>
>>Got a phone call from Dad, saying he had a flat tyre on the EA Falcon he
>>brought 6 months earlier and couldn't get the wheel off, got round there
>>he had a pair 50+ mates who had tried various sockets to get the mag wheel
>>off, and asked if I had a deep 18mm, didn't but on closer inspection it
>>was a locknut, none of them had seen them before, so a quick search
>>luckily revealed the keynut hiding in the centre console, "is that what
>>that is?"
>>
>>Anyway tyre is off go to slide spare on, hub hole is too small but bolts
>>seem to line up, it's not the right spare tyre, luckily my youngest
>>brother who lived a couple of suburbs away has an EA and we borrowed his.
>>
>>But Jeez that pisses you off they people swap spare tyres at car yards.
>>And you just know some other sucker is trying to fit a Falcon rim to
>>something else at some stage too.
>>
>>My brother also reckoned EA were diff wheel pattern to earlier models , so
>>we couldn't have borrowed Mums Fairlaine spare either.
>
>
> Oooorrrrr nah, I dont reckon u could have, cos that'd mean havin ta move tha
> Torana outta tha drive to get to tha Camira to get to tha Fairlane!
>
>

What a bunch of hopeless inbred shit-eaters. I bet his brother's name is
Cletus.

[Ext User(Noddy)]

"Rainbow Warrior" <pizza@sbs.com.fr> wrote in message
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> My brother also reckoned EA were diff wheel pattern to earlier models , so
> we couldn't have borrowed Mums Fairlaine spare either.

All five stud Falcon wheels have the same bolt pattern.

The differences are large centre hole from the mid '70's on, and then a
centre offset change with the AU.

--
Regards,
Noddy.

[Ext User(Aussie)]

"Serialpest" <v8power@mitsubishi.com> wrote in message
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> Rainbow Warrior wrote:
> > Got a phone call from Dad, saying he had a flat tyre on the EA Falcon he
> > brought 6 months earlier and couldn't get the wheel off, got round there
he
> > had a pair 50+ mates who had tried various sockets to get the mag wheel
off,
> > and asked if I had a deep 18mm, didn't but on closer inspection it was a
> > locknut, none of them had seen them before, so a quick search luckily
> > revealed the keynut hiding in the centre console, "is that what that
is?"
> >
> > Anyway tyre is off go to slide spare on, hub hole is too small but bolts
> > seem to line up, it's not the right spare tyre, luckily my youngest
brother
> > who lived a couple of suburbs away has an EA and we borrowed his.
> >
> > But Jeez that pisses you off they people swap spare tyres at car yards.
And
> > you just know some other sucker is trying to fit a Falcon rim to
something
> > else at some stage too.
> >
> > My brother also reckoned EA were diff wheel pattern to earlier models ,
so
> > we couldn't have borrowed Mums Fairlaine spare either.
> >
> >
>
> Is your dad some sort of invilid? Who buys cheep junk like that from
> caryards besides uni students and the mentally handicapped?

U cant help yourself can u? Fucking dickhead.

[Ext User(Serialpest)]

Aussie wrote:
> "Serialpest" <v8power@mitsubishi.com> wrote in message
> news:43a7f768@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>
>>Rainbow Warrior wrote:
>>
>>>Got a phone call from Dad, saying he had a flat tyre on the EA Falcon he
>>>brought 6 months earlier and couldn't get the wheel off, got round there
>
> he
>
>>>had a pair 50+ mates who had tried various sockets to get the mag wheel
>
> off,
>
>>>and asked if I had a deep 18mm, didn't but on closer inspection it was a
>>>locknut, none of them had seen them before, so a quick search luckily
>>>revealed the keynut hiding in the centre console, "is that what that
>
> is?"
>
>>>Anyway tyre is off go to slide spare on, hub hole is too small but bolts
>>>seem to line up, it's not the right spare tyre, luckily my youngest
>
> brother
>
>>>who lived a couple of suburbs away has an EA and we borrowed his.
>>>
>>>But Jeez that pisses you off they people swap spare tyres at car yards.
>
> And
>
>>>you just know some other sucker is trying to fit a Falcon rim to
>
> something
>
>>>else at some stage too.
>>>
>>>My brother also reckoned EA were diff wheel pattern to earlier models ,
>
> so
>
>>>we couldn't have borrowed Mums Fairlaine spare either.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Is your dad some sort of invilid? Who buys cheep junk like that from
>>caryards besides uni students and the mentally handicapped?
>
>
> U cant help yourself can u? Fucking dickhead.
>
>

How long have you had the EA?

[Ext User(Rainbow Warrior)]

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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> Rainbow Warrior wrote:
>
>> "Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
>> news:43a7cfda$0$514$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-03.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au...
>>
>>>David Z wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Rainbow Warrior" <pizza@sbs.com.fr> wrote in message
>>>>news:%QPpf.63586$V7.57019@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>>
>>>
>>>I didn't know your mum and dad had a Torana and a Camira Pat.
>>>Are they backup drives?
>>
>>
>> No, Falcon & Fairlaine, as stated in the original post.
>>
>>
>>
> David, must have tripped out on pork rind, eh?
>
> --
> Take Care.
> Feral

Probably, don't read his crap, he's been plomked ages ago

[Ext User(John_H)]

Rainbow Warrior wrote:
>
>Anyway tyre is off go to slide spare on, hub hole is too small but bolts
>seem to line up, it's not the right spare tyre, luckily my youngest brother
>who lived a couple of suburbs away has an EA and we borrowed his.

Why would the car yard bother stuffing about with the spares?

Probably stolen by the previous owner who couldn't recognise the make
he took it from in the dark!...

What sort of son would allow the poor old bugger to buy his car from a
dealer anyway? :)

--
John H

[Ext User(David Z)]

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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> Rainbow Warrior wrote:
>
>> "Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
>> news:43a858fb$0$498$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-03.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au...
>>
>>>Rainbow Warrior wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
>>>>news:43a7cfda$0$514$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-03.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>David Z wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Rainbow Warrior" <pizza@sbs.com.fr> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:%QPpf.63586$V7.57019@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I didn't know your mum and dad had a Torana and a Camira Pat.
>>>>>Are they backup drives?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>No, Falcon & Fairlaine, as stated in the original post.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>David, must have tripped out on pork rind, eh?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Take Care.
>>>Feral
>>
>>
>> Probably, don't read his crap, he's been plomked ages ago
> Oh, this is what he adjudged to be a good analysis of the "wheel"
> situation at your parents place.
>
> "Oooorrrrr nah, I dont reckon u could have, cos that'd mean havin ta move
> tha Torana outta tha drive to get to tha Camira to get to tha Fairlane!"
>
> I imagined your oldies had a driveway full of cars.

His family is obviously one of bogans - if they don't have these cars in the
drive now, they probably have at some point in the past.

[Ext User(David Z)]

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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> David Z wrote:
>
>> His family is obviously one of bogans - if they don't have these cars in
>> the drive now, they probably have at some point in the past.
>
> Fark everybody, I'm a Bogan. :-)

Its ok, most people in here are.

[Ext User(Noddy)]

"David Z" <dave@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Its ok, most people in here are.

David, can I ask you a serious question? Why the fuck do you hang around
here?

I mean, you *know* everyone here thinks you're a fucking moron and would
like to see you die a horribly slow & painful death, yet you continue to
subject yourself to ongoing bouts of abuse simply be being here.

Is it because your personal life is so tragically miserable that this place
is the best you can do for entertainment or what?

--
Regards,
Noddy.

[Ext User(Rainbow Warrior)]

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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> Rainbow Warrior wrote:
>
>> "Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
>> news:43a858fb$0$498$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-03.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au...
>>
>>>Rainbow Warrior wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
>>>>news:43a7cfda$0$514$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-03.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>David Z wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Rainbow Warrior" <pizza@sbs.com.fr> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:%QPpf.63586$V7.57019@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I didn't know your mum and dad had a Torana and a Camira Pat.
>>>>>Are they backup drives?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>No, Falcon & Fairlaine, as stated in the original post.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>David, must have tripped out on pork rind, eh?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Take Care.
>>>Feral
>>
>>
>> Probably, don't read his crap, he's been plomked ages ago
> Oh, this is what he adjudged to be a good analysis of the "wheel"
> situation at your parents place.
>
> "Oooorrrrr nah, I dont reckon u could have, cos that'd mean havin ta move
> tha Torana outta tha drive to get to tha Camira to get to tha Fairlane!"
>
> I imagined your oldies had a driveway full of cars.
>
> Apparently that's your place though. ;-)
>
> --
> Take Care.
> Feral

Oldies have 2 cars, I have one 4WD

[Ext User(Rainbow Warrior)]

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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> David Z wrote:
>
>> His family is obviously one of bogans - if they don't have these cars in
>> the drive now, they probably have at some point in the past.
>
> Fark everybody, I'm a Bogan. :-)
>
> David, you are possibly the only person I know that flunked remedial.
>
> Take Care.
> Feral

I would say jack up a Camira and you would have a Honda CRV

[Ext User(Rainbow Warrior)]

"John_H" <john4271@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Rainbow Warrior wrote:
>>
>>Anyway tyre is off go to slide spare on, hub hole is too small but bolts
>>seem to line up, it's not the right spare tyre, luckily my youngest
>>brother
>>who lived a couple of suburbs away has an EA and we borrowed his.
>
> Why would the car yard bother stuffing about with the spares?

They do, a mate told me a yard he went to had all the spares locked together
in a shed out the back, that way the customers could pick anyone they
wanted.

[Ext User(John_H)]

Rainbow Warrior wrote:
>
>"John_H" <john4271@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> Why would the car yard bother stuffing about with the spares?
>
>They do, a mate told me a yard he went to had all the spares locked together
>in a shed out the back, that way the customers could pick anyone they
>wanted.

Sheesh, I'd be a bit worried when it came down to the last pick... who
picked dad's spare then? :)

--
John H

[Ext User(Rainbow Warrior)]

"John_H" <john4271@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Rainbow Warrior wrote:
>>
>>"John_H" <john4271@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:an7hq11ia8epeto8hu2b97klei8pag0de2@4ax.com...
>>>
>>> Why would the car yard bother stuffing about with the spares?
>>
>>They do, a mate told me a yard he went to had all the spares locked
>>together
>>in a shed out the back, that way the customers could pick anyone they
>>wanted.
>
> Sheesh, I'd be a bit worried when it came down to the last pick... who
> picked dad's spare then? :)
>
> John H

There never is a last pick, as more keep coming in, the standard just
declines I suppose