OT - What is it with Holden owners???
Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 18:12
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Member - Michael O (NSW)
Was driving on the Hume the other day when I was passed by a new Commodore ute. He'd gone to some trouble to remove the old lion Holden badge from the front grille and replaced it with the Chevrolet bowtie logo. Sure it might have a Chev derived engine but why the Chev badge?
Then I saw an old
WB ute with the B&S stickers all over it and the mudflaps on the back proclaiming "Kenworth".
Don't these blokes want to admit they drive a Holden?
Or is it that they think an alternative badge makes their car more "desirable"?
If that's the case, why don't they put Nissan badges on their clapped out Toyotas???
Reply By: DIO - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 18:19
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 18:19
Aw c'mon weren't you a kid once - too!!!
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Follow Up By: Member - Stuart W (NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 22:28
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 22:28
yeah they're just boys
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Reply By: Wayne (NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 18:28
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 18:28
Michael,
If only they could drive Herne Spur in a Nissan or a clapped out Toyota.
That would sort the men from the pretenders.
Wayne
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Follow Up By: On Patrol (East Coast) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:03
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:03
A Nissan badge would not do anything for your vehicle Wayne, Or Signman's poor old bus.
Colin.
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Follow Up By: On Patrol (East Coast) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:32
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:32
Hern Spur, Hern Spur, yes that's it!!!!
I think I towed a GM product up there in January. No names for fear of retribution.
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Follow Up By: On Patrol (East Coast) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:41
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:41
Or was it Conway's Track, old-timers is a terrible disorder.
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Follow Up By: BoldJack ( Penrith NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 22:20
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 22:20
I think I remember that very same GM product(ISUZU) Towing A NISSAN out of the sand at
Stockton Beach two weekends ago.
No names for fear of retribution
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Reply By: Member - Matt M (ACT) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 18:45
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 18:45
'If that's the case, why don't they put Nissan badges on their clapped out Toyotas???'
Are you saying that a Nissan is the equivalent of a clapped out Toyota? It would want to be pretty clapped out.
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Follow Up By: On Patrol (East Coast) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:02
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:02
Matt M
Yeah Matt I think a Nissan badge would make your old 80LC look a few models better than it really is. LOL
Colin. He He He.
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Follow Up By: Member - Matt M (ACT) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:33
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:33
Naaaah. Still wouldn't make it look like a 200 series.
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Reply By: On Patrol (East Coast) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 18:55
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 18:55
Michael O
They don't put Nissan Badges on them for the same reason they don't put Rolls Royce, Bugatti, or Maybach badges on them, by aiming so high they are in fear of people not believing them.
Even I would believe a Chev badge cos they are GM #%*+ too.
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Reply By: Member - Littleborgy (SA) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:06
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:06
"Sure it might have a Chev derived engine but why the Chev badge?"
Why not? He's got Chev parts under the bonnet... There's plenty of 4WD's out there with ARB, TJM, Lightforce, etc. parts on them & the owners have their stickers plastered all over the car...
"Then I saw an old
WB ute with the B&S stickers all over it and the mudflaps on the back proclaiming "Kenworth"."
I wouldn't single out Holden drivers on this one... I've seen plenty of Fords with the same stuff on them... Seen plenty of other utes with it, too...
Cheers, Brad
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Reply By: F4Phantom - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:11
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:11
comon guys give them a break, the first thing I did when I got my twin turbo porsche 911 was take the badges off with a crow bar and sticky tape on some layland marina badges, I now get way more comments, head turns, and drive bys.
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:18
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:18
He may
well have done nothing.
Some HSV derivatives of the "commodore" range are released with the Chev logo on them.
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Reply By: Scoobysnak - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:48
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:48
I use to have a ute...5 posta bullbar..3 big potties on the top...4 aerials...stickers galor...usualy the ones along the way of saying "Save a horse, ride a cowboy".....its fun! its useful and its all about impressions!! Bike riders have matching helmets to their bikes and trailers etc...its all about the image!!LOL!!
laura
ps...I hate holdens with a passion!
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:59
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 19:59
"I hate holdens with a passion!"
sigh ........ nice girl gone wrong :)))
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Follow Up By: Member - Littleborgy (SA) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:06
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:06
"sigh ........ nice girl gone wrong :)))"
I agree with u Gramps. LOL
Cheers, Brad
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Follow Up By: The Geriatric Gypsies - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:16
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:16
goodday littleborgy
hows your dad going
steve
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Follow Up By: stefan P (Penrith NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:19
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:19
Laura......Don't listen to them Holdens deserve your hatred!! :):)
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Follow Up By: Member - Littleborgy (SA) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:38
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:38
Hi Steve, dad is going well, thanks... He gets a few little pains, but nothing to worry about. I'll let him know u asked.
Stefan... I thought u were a good bloke, being a Nissan owner & all... Seems like i was wrong. LOL
Cheers, Brad
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Follow Up By: stefan P (Penrith NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 21:00
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 21:00
G'day Brad
Yep support FORD, drive a Nissan and the
cook drives a bommadore........makes sense hey!!! LOL
Stefan
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Follow Up By: Kiwi & "Mahindra" - Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 at 07:51
Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 at 07:51
......hey Sonny...do you still get called that??? hahahaha!!!!
you still got that ute?
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Follow Up By: Member - Borgy.. (SA) - Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 at 14:42
Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 at 14:42
Sorry Laura , but i gotta ask ...what was you doing driving your ute around with ..3 big potties on the top...???....hahaha
G'day Steve
Thanks for asking mate , im doing great now since i have had the stent, now i just got to keep dropping this weight and i'll be a totally new person ..lol
Cheers......Dave
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Reply By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:31
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:31
Jeez....I better not even mention that I drive a Patrol with a sign on the back proclaiming "Powered by CHEV" in a blue bow-tie emblem. I also have CAT mudflaps behind all 4 wheels.
I guess I must have some sort of identity crisis.
Strewth, I don't believe I'm even responding to this stupid post!!!
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Follow Up By: Member - Ian W (NSW) - Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 at 08:29
Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 at 08:29
Nah!
Ya just a bloody lair!
Ian
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Reply By: obee - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:55
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 20:55
remember when we knew other kids with the chequered flag off the eh holden on the belt buckle?
No? god am I that old?
Owen
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 21:01
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 21:01
Sssssh .... I was one of those other kids .... not to mention the V8 off the hmmm Customline ?????
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Reply By: John S (NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 21:04
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008 at 21:04
I this a good time to say I love my WB ute more than a commodore or falcon ute ? :)
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Follow Up By: Kiwi & "Mahindra" - Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 at 07:55
Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 at 07:55
I use to drive a wb all the time...didnt have 2nd gear and somehow managed to get pulled over by the cops at Taralga Rodeo and they let us go...no tail lights, on headlight (but saved by spotties), full of rust, out of rego by 1 week.......and the old girl has finally died....soooo many adventures in it!!!!!! aaahhhh those were the days...pulling down almost built houses with it, rodeos, paddock work, chasing skippys....i can still see her!
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Reply By: Ray - Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 at 01:54
Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 at 01:54
Had a T shirt once with an advert on it. I asked the advertiser what commission I would get if I wore it in the street. I didn't get a reply
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Reply By: str- Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:06
Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:06
" replaced it with the Chevrolet bowtie logo"
Didn't the old hq monaros with the chevs have the bowtie badge on them... it probably stems from that.
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