Can some one explain?
Discussion
I spent some time in NZ earlier this year and one car related thing definitely confused me.
Utes like this
What on earth is the point in them? They're in a niche of their own and as far as I can see don't serve any purpose, no one ever puts anything in the buck. Surely a coupe of some sort is a far more sensible alternative?
anyway apart from my car confusion, you guys have a fantastic country and some awesome driving, west coast rode was just tooo good!
Utes like this
What on earth is the point in them? They're in a niche of their own and as far as I can see don't serve any purpose, no one ever puts anything in the buck. Surely a coupe of some sort is a far more sensible alternative?
anyway apart from my car confusion, you guys have a fantastic country and some awesome driving, west coast rode was just tooo good!
Often people do put things on the back - trailbikes, jet-skis and so on, or work-related stuff for tradesmen that like to take a nicer vehicle to drive round between jobs all day than the usual van.
Other people just buy them so they can have a big V8 and justify it by pretending they put stuff on the back.
I guess you could call them a coupe for rednecks though
Other people just buy them so they can have a big V8 and justify it by pretending they put stuff on the back.
I guess you could call them a coupe for rednecks though
Edited by GravelBen on Thursday 21st June 11:33
Gravelben summed it up really... a lot of tradesmen use them.... in NZ the whole holden/ford thing is huge, they're the typical "blue-collar-heroes" cars.... often tradesmen need a ute, but still want the next best thing to a Bathurst racer, so they get a ute like this. They offer nothing over Japanese utes and obviously have NO offroad ability, but they can still lug stuff around and for the most part handle pretty much like a car.... ok, well pretty much like a Holden, which handles pretty poor for a car
Esprit said:
Kiwi XTR2 said:
Finally got a towbar sorted on my STi
Would need a replacement spine and 6 months recovery
Well,I have a new black one,never played rugby,shagged sheep?(not telling)and travelled exstensively,and if you had asked me a year ago if I would ever own a Holden I would of looked at you sideways.
I must say after racking up 35k without lifting the bonnet once, towing races cars at liscense loosing speeds,giving scoobies and skylines a run for their money,(yes on the twisties)not worrying about chucking any greasy car part in the tray,would I go back to my "as much torque as my Grannies bicep's"GTB...yeah right.
I must say after racking up 35k without lifting the bonnet once, towing races cars at liscense loosing speeds,giving scoobies and skylines a run for their money,(yes on the twisties)not worrying about chucking any greasy car part in the tray,would I go back to my "as much torque as my Grannies bicep's"GTB...yeah right.
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