Little Things You Hate

[rockmoose]

Seems there isn't a eyes are love hearts emoji.

 

[pink poodle]

The jealousy grows!

 

[Haakon]

Victorian roads can eat a bag of dicks, then go fuck themselves with a secondhand buttplug.

After the nonstop drive across, unload and return, I feel like I've done 10 rounds in an MMA cage.

As Dan said, why would you want to go there?

Its not Victoria, its everywhere... Australia cant build roads for shit, and they certainly cant built them for the all heavy vehicle traffic they increasingly get.

Throw in a bunch of wet weather and its potholes for all.

 

[rockmoose]

The jealousy grows!

 

[Mr Crudley]

Its not Victoria, its everywhere... Australia cant build roads for shit, and they certainly cant built them for the all heavy vehicle traffic they increasingly get.

Throw in a bunch of wet weather and its potholes for all.

Agreed. Why they use hot mix on roads that they know are going to carry heavier traffic like trucks has to come down to cost. Although the ongoing repairs of potholes must push the lifecycle costs through the roof.

I read somewhere that the US uses up to 12 inches of concrete on their larger highways. Makes sense since I'll bet highway 101 hasn't been resurfaced since Clint Eastwood made Dirty Harry movies. Any major road here with a tarry black looking surface turns to rubbish once trucks get on it regularly.

 

[rockmoose]

Its not Victoria, its everywhere... Australia cant build roads for shit, and they certainly cant built them for the all heavy vehicle traffic they increasingly get.

Throw in a bunch of wet weather and its potholes for all.

But as TISM said, c'mon kick a Vic.

 

[Haakon]

Agreed. Why they use hot mix on roads that they know are going to carry heavier traffic like trucks has to come down to cost. Although the ongoing repairs of potholes must push the lifecycle costs through the roof.

I read somewhere that the US uses up to 12 inches of concrete on their larger highways. Makes sense since I'll bet highway 101 hasn't been resurfaced since Clint Eastwood made Dirty Harry movies. Any major road here with a tarry black looking surface turns to rubbish once trucks get on it regularly.

I will give Vic a kick though for the Hume - its a nice enough run for the most part in NSW, but cross the Murray and its a bloody goat track...

Cement is the only way to go for major highways. Although even those in NSW are starting to crack in a few places... One big crack i didnt see in time had me clenching and wondering if the 45 series sidewalls on the Alfa were going to survive...

 

[beeb]

I will give Vic a kick though for the Hume - its a nice enough run for the most part in NSW, but cross the Murray and its a bloody goat track...

The Hume in Vic was just starting to blow apart badly before the floods, but with all the media hype around the damaged roads during the floods and on the run-up to the state election it all got fixed up in record time.

 

[Haakon]

The Hume in Vic was just starting to blow apart badly before the floods, but with all the media hype around the damaged roads during the floods and on the run-up to the state election it all got fixed up in record time.

I bet it was still with thin shitty hot mix on badly prepared aggregate... Will last two years tops and be just as shitty as it was before the floods.

 

[Squidfayce]

I bet it was still with thin shitty hot mix on badly prepared aggregate... Will last two years tops and be just as shitty as it was before the floods.

in time to cause enough grief that new election promises can be made

 

[Mr Crudley]

Although even those in NSW are starting to crack in a few places... One big crack i didnt see in time had me clenching and wondering if the 45 series sidewalls on the Alfa were going to survive...

I'd bet that potholes are partly why SUV's / 4WD's more popular. I have 40 series on the Mazda and share your pain

 

[Haakon]

I'd bet that potholes are partly why SUV's / 4WD's more popular. I have 40 series on the Mazda and share your pain

Quite likely... I was toying with the idea of getting the optional 18 inch alloys for the alfa to replace the 17s on it, now pondering the 16s with Tassie roads...

 

[Mr Crudley]

Quite likely... I was toying with the idea of getting the optional 18 inch alloys for the alfa to replace the 17s on it, now pondering the 16s with Tassie roads...

I have thought the same. A decent wack on a thinnish wheel isn't going to end well. Apart from having what I would assume a bit slower acceleration then it doesn't to be that bad an idea. Cheaper tyres too.

 

[Haakon]

I have thought the same. A decent wack on a thinnish wheel isn't going to end well. Apart from having what I would assume a bit slower acceleration then it doesn't to be that bad an idea. Cheaper tyres too.

You'll get better acceleration and ride quality on smaller wheels as they're lighter! Less unsprung mass.

 

[Mr Crudley]

You'll get better acceleration and ride quality on smaller wheels as they're lighter! Less unsprung mass.

I though the less rotating mass was the thing with lower profile tyres but oddly tyres are filled with air anyhow Definitely more comfortable
The Countach had 15s so would be in good company.

 

[ozzybmx]

Quite likely... I was toying with the idea of getting the optional 18 inch alloys for the alfa to replace the 17s on it, now pondering the 16s with Tassie roads...

Just get the 4wd Ute you need and put us out of your misery

 

[Flow-Rider]

Just get the 4wd Ute you need and put us out of your misery

V8 diesel for the overloaded box trailers.

 

[Oddjob]

V8 diesel for the overloaded box trailers.

V10 diesel for full euro street cred.

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[rockmoose]

V10 diesel for full euro street cred.

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With the coal roller fuel injection system for added southerner cred.

 

[beeb]

V10 diesel for full euro street cred.

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Ute-chopped Touareg? Nice.