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Driving about Melbourne it's getting rare to see particular cars on the roads as time goes on, say from 2010 to 2020 the landscape of our 'car parc' has significantly changed as the older vehicles retire.
Hyundai Excel is something you hardly see these days compared to 10 years ago where it seemed they were still everywhere with their annoying rear fog light on. Hyundai Getz has all but disappeared. Ford Festiva and it's Mazda 121 brother were about in numbers which you hardly see. EF/EL Falcon doesn't appear on the roads too much either. Also 1990s Jap imports like R33 Skyline is uncommon now where as a decade ago there were heaps of the povvo spec GTS-25/T variations kicking about Melbourne. What have you noticed over the decades where there were heaps and then they just seemingly disappeared from the roads as time progressed? |
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Honda Zot
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An Australian icon,
The great Ford Falcon Taxi. |
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Along with the Zot, 80s and 90s Accords used to be everywhere, Tarago's were the main soccer mum shopping cart.
I'll mention the bleeding obvious trucks but one night I went to sleep and woke the next morning to discover that al the Louisville's had disappeared and all the Ford Traders went to India.
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I haven't seen a daily driver VW for 3 decades.
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Beetle ?? There are 3 here, daily's commuting to Albury/Wodonga and a local Kombi.
And good to see they are all on full rego.
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you do not understand the joy of those until you drive one and go faster than a BMC Mini from traffic lights.....that was many years ago.
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XF's and VL's
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here in Wollongong we are blessed with all those forgotten cars
the choice of the local meth expert is an excel or magna old hoons drive falcons and young hoons drive holdens, plenty around here plenty of rare cars around most are located in disrepair up driveways or front yards but still seen driving i found a vauxhall viva when i went home a different way the other day and on the same street i found a drifters junkyard, R32 coupe some silvias and 180's all dumped out he front. i'd love that R32 my local wrecker has heaps of rare cars too but he wants too much for complete cars so they just rust away
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i don,t see any porsche 111,s anymore.
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Failing that outback NT or WA or Cairns. Along with Mitsi express and Nissan Urvans.
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(thank you youtube.) Take a look down the bottom row when you get there but get a tetanus shot beforehand.
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Nissan Pulsar GTiR
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Telstar's and Mazda 929 of that era.
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I saw a AU1 Forte a couple of days ago, I don't think I've seen one those since they first came out!
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Falcon Wagons....when I was younger you'd see them all the time...esp. XD TO XF and EB to ED.
Not to mention AU and BA to BF.. Now they are all gone it seems...
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Yes, depends on where you live, country /city. Rust belt coast or dry inland.
Imagined if it regularly snowed all over Australia, I reckon there would be even less old stuff due to salting the roads in winter.
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I could not believe it but saw one pull out of a side street in Brisbane the other day. Bitter sweet moment for me and what it meant to Australian Manufacturing.
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