Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.

Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated.

Go Back   Australian Ford Forums > General Topics > The Pub

The Pub For General Automotive Related Talk

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 12-01-2009, 11:38 AM   #61
RG
Back to Le Frenchy
 
RG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Back home.....
Posts: 13,346
Default

Let's not turn this into a political debate please.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by drew`SEVNT5
nah mate, aussie cars are the besterest and funnerest, nothing beats them, specially a poofy wrong wheel drive
07 Renault Sport Megane F1 Team R26 #1397
RG is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 12-01-2009, 12:22 PM   #62
Charliewool
Bolt Nerd
Donating Member3
 
Charliewool's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Ojochal, Costa Rica (Pura Vida!)
Posts: 14,903
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Russell
Generally they freight the Ferraris, Astons and such to London for servicing. Then while there they drive them around, shop at Harrods....you know all that normal stuff you do when you've shipped your car overseas for a service.
I didn't know Rob had a branch in London?... Does he do helix spacers for Ferraris and Astons too?
__________________
Current vehicles.. Yamaha Rhino UTV, SWB 4L TJ Jeep, and boring Lhd RAV4
Bionic BF F6... UPDATE: Replaced by Shiro White 370z 7A Roadster. SOLD
Workhack: FG Silhouette XR50 Turbo ute (11.63@127.44mph) SOLD
2 wheels.. 2015 103ci HD Wideglide.. SOLD
SOLD THE LOT, Voted with our feet and relocated to COSTA RICA for some Pura Vida!
(Ex Blood Orange #023 FPV Pursuit owner : )
Charliewool is online now   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 12-01-2009, 12:23 PM   #63
Charliewool
Bolt Nerd
Donating Member3
 
Charliewool's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Ojochal, Costa Rica (Pura Vida!)
Posts: 14,903
Default

Ooooops, sorry Russ. It's HARRODS!
__________________
Current vehicles.. Yamaha Rhino UTV, SWB 4L TJ Jeep, and boring Lhd RAV4
Bionic BF F6... UPDATE: Replaced by Shiro White 370z 7A Roadster. SOLD
Workhack: FG Silhouette XR50 Turbo ute (11.63@127.44mph) SOLD
2 wheels.. 2015 103ci HD Wideglide.. SOLD
SOLD THE LOT, Voted with our feet and relocated to COSTA RICA for some Pura Vida!
(Ex Blood Orange #023 FPV Pursuit owner : )
Charliewool is online now   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 12-01-2009, 01:09 PM   #64
Fev
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Fev's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cattai, Sydney
Posts: 7,701
Default

bloody hell, thats ALOT of cars.. good on him for enjoying what he loves and being imaginative enough for build ferrari WAGONS(albeit, they are the ugliest cars i've ever seen but still)

hmmm.. wish i had his number - im sure he wouldnt mind throwing a few grand my way :P


I'd love to see what he'd do to a FG Falcon though considering he's got 4wd bentley's, Wagon bentley's, wagon ferrari's and all the other unique custom cars he's had made..
__________________
1992 EBII Fairmont Ghia 4.0l <---Click for the Gallery!
Insta@mooneye_ghia
White on bright red smoothies with thick whitewalls. Cruising around to some rockabilly
Fev is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 12-01-2009, 01:15 PM   #65
RG
Back to Le Frenchy
 
RG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Back home.....
Posts: 13,346
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by charliewool
Ooooops, sorry Russ. It's HARRODS!
The two do have something in common though....their high prices!
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by drew`SEVNT5
nah mate, aussie cars are the besterest and funnerest, nothing beats them, specially a poofy wrong wheel drive
07 Renault Sport Megane F1 Team R26 #1397
RG is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 14-01-2009, 09:18 PM   #66
nb_351
building the xe...
 
nb_351's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: western sydney - home of the mullet
Posts: 2,473
Default

how nice is that nazca beemer...
not bad at all...
but how does he keep up to date on the servicing schedules of these things?
he must have a seperate bank account for the bills... considering most of them are probably over a thousand dollars for a very basic service...
__________________
slowly but surely fixing up the king of the road
WANTED
P5 ltd/landau taillight centre panel
nb_351 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 14-01-2009, 09:38 PM   #67
Jack91
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Jack91's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ballarat
Posts: 2,134
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by http://www.sgcarmart.com/news/article.php?AID=236
Jefri also has a 50 meter yacht called Tits which contained two lifeboats named Nipple 1 and Nipple 2

AHAHAHAHA. LOL
Jack91 is online now   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 14-01-2009, 10:20 PM   #68
MethodX
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
MethodX's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,198
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fev
bloody hell, thats ALOT of cars.. good on him for enjoying what he loves and being imaginative enough for build ferrari WAGONS(albeit, they are the ugliest cars i've ever seen but still)

hmmm.. wish i had his number - im sure he wouldnt mind throwing a few grand my way :P


I'd love to see what he'd do to a FG Falcon though considering he's got 4wd bentley's, Wagon bentley's, wagon ferrari's and all the other unique custom cars he's had made..

I's have some of those Ferrari Venices, look quite good.

Looks better than those Bentley wagons lol
MethodX is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 15-01-2009, 04:59 PM   #69
RedHotGT
Long live the Falcon GT
 
RedHotGT's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Victoria
Posts: 1,630
Default

hahaha
he has in his name....
hehahahah

Oh, and he has lots of cars....
__________________
RedHotGT is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 15-01-2009, 05:00 PM   #70
RedHotGT
Long live the Falcon GT
 
RedHotGT's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Victoria
Posts: 1,630
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by loftie
hahaha
he has @n@l in his name....
hehahahah

Oh, and he has lots of cars....
Sorry see above....
and I wasn't being offensive
__________________
RedHotGT is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 26-07-2009, 06:12 PM   #71
landau460
BA MK2 GT
 
landau460's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: FOMOHO
Posts: 304
Default

i am having trouble finding car no. 342 do you think i would like it?
landau460 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 26-07-2009, 08:57 PM   #72
BHDOGS
Banned
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,290
Default

Thats criminal all these rich people with there money buying stupid amounts of cars while people starve viva la revolution
BHDOGS is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 26-07-2009, 09:10 PM   #73
davids_gxl
Regular Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 44
Default

youtube.The Sultan of Michigan. check it out.
davids_gxl is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 26-07-2009, 09:39 PM   #74
R-Design
Guess Who's Back?
 
R-Design's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,369
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by aussiblue
This guys trying to get a gallery with pictures of all the sultan's cars and he has lots so far:
http://www.supercars.net/gallery/129612/976/1.html
You've got to be joking?

http://www.supercars.net/Pics?viewPi...136&first=true
__________________
The 18th Letter
R-Design is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 26-07-2009, 09:59 PM   #75
geckoGT
Ich bin ein auslander
 
geckoGT's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Loving the Endorphine Machine
Posts: 7,453
Valued Contributor: For members whose non technical contributions are worthy of recognition. - Issue reason: Always level headed and i notice him being the voice of reason when a thread may be getting heated 
Default

That has to be the most disgusting example of excess I have ever seen. I am so glad that we pay so much for fuel so this twerp can buy cars he will never drive (multi million dollar cars).

I need to vomit!
__________________
Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional!
geckoGT is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 27-07-2009, 11:47 AM   #76
Buzz Box
Wheel Wally
 
Buzz Box's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Ballarat
Posts: 883
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by geckoGT
That has to be the most disgusting example of excess I have ever seen. I am so glad that we pay so much for fuel so this twerp can buy cars he will never drive (multi million dollar cars).

I need to vomit!
No you need to buy an oil pump
__________________
Currently:
2006 Ford Fairmont Ghia BF
1999 Land Rover Discovery Series II - "Thomas The Tank"

Previously:
2009 Ford Focus - "The Bubble Car"
2002 Ford Futura Wagon - "The Big White Wagon"
1996 Ford Falcon - "Ophelia"
1975 Jaguar XJ6 - "The Beast"
Buzz Box is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 27-07-2009, 11:57 AM   #77
GeoNazi
Banned
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Dubbo
Posts: 152
Default

I call bull.. he has like random fords mondeo's etc... ya think he would have like a few rarer fords like mustangs and gt40 etc
GeoNazi is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 27-07-2009, 02:23 PM   #78
ltd_on20s
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
ltd_on20s's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 618
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by geckoGT
That has to be the most disgusting example of excess I have ever seen. I am so glad that we pay so much for fuel so this twerp can buy cars he will never drive (multi million dollar cars).

I need to vomit!
you would be surprised at how cheap oil can be taken from the ground. in iraq it's roughly $5 a barrel...

it's like a museum tho. whatb would happen to them otherwise?

and if the country ever gets into a bit of financial difficulty.....
ltd_on20s is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 27-07-2009, 07:44 PM   #79
GTP534
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
GTP534's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 3,874
Default

I think you'll find a lot of those cars will be for government staff and for those who look after the maintenance of the Istana, the Sultans' palace. I couldn't see him driving or riding in a Kijang.

I've worked in Brunei for 13 of the last 16 years; it's a peaceful country pretty free of bad influences. Non-muslims can work here, the local population includes Chinese and some Indians but the majority are the Malays.

Foreigners cannot buy property here.

The cost of living is fairly cheap compared to Australia but we don't get the same range of goods, groceries and foods that we have in Australia. Diesel is B$0.33 per litre and Premium 97 is $0.57 per litre.

The Sultan regularly drives himself around, even to official functions, and the cars I see him in the most are the current ML63 and superseded ML55. There is always a police escort and they manage the traffic pretty well.

For other official or royal functions he is chauffered, not sure of the spelling there!

We will be heading back to Australia for good at the end of this year, mainly because my parents are getting on in age and I want to spend more time with them and for them to have time with the grandchildren. Overall though we have enjoyed our time in Brunei and my impression of the Sultan is one of a caring monarch and, despite the car list being a long one, he does not come across as too extravagant.

Cheers
GTP534 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Reply


Forum Jump


All times are GMT +11. The time now is 01:38 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Other than what is legally copyrighted by the respective owners, this site is copyright www.fordforums.com.au
Positive SSL