Fastest pick up

[109er]

Have you seen this

http://t.cars.uk.msn.com/news/the-world%e2%80%99s-...

No tweaking, just switched the limiter off.

Roger

Edited by 109er on Saturday 29th June 11:11

[CraigyMc]

109er said:

Have you seen this

http://t.cars.uk.msn.com/news/the-world%e2%80%99s-...

No tweaking, just switched the limiter off.

Roger

Edited by 109er on Saturday 29th June 11:11

Several weeks late, but my take is that a 'Ute isn't really a pickup anyway, I think of them as their own special thing.

C

[cheddar]

CraigyMc said:

Several weeks late, but my take is that a 'Ute isn't really a pickup anyway, I think of them as their own special thing.

C

'Ute' is a name for a pick-up using Antipodean terminology - any ute that is, not just the sporty ones.

Uk = Pick-up
Aus/NZ =Ute (Utility)
South Africa = Bakkie

Etc....

[CraigyMc]

cheddar said:

CraigyMc said:

Several weeks late, but my take is that a 'Ute isn't really a pickup anyway, I think of them as their own special thing.

C

'Ute' is a name for a pick-up using Antipodean terminology - any ute that is, not just the sporty ones.

Uk = Pick-up
Aus/NZ =Ute (Utility)
South Africa = Bakkie

Etc....

I'm aware of the meanings. What I was talking about is this: I don't think a monaro with the back turned into a load bay is comparable with a pickup truck.

C

[cheddar]

CraigyMc said:

I'm aware of the meanings. What I was talking about is this: I don't think a monaro with the back turned into a load bay is comparable with a pickup truck.

C

The ubiquity of them over here in NZ creates a different perception - they're 2 a penny and I never go a day without seeing multiple V8 and V6 powered Commodore based ute's loaded with ladders, tools, buckets, shovels, gravel and all the other paraphernalia that these things are designed to carry.

I guess the UK's different and it's rare to see them being used as anything other than a leftfield 'sports truck'?

[CraigyMc]

cheddar said:

CraigyMc said:

I'm aware of the meanings. What I was talking about is this: I don't think a monaro with the back turned into a load bay is comparable with a pickup truck.

C

The ubiquity of them over here in NZ creates a different perception - they're 2 a penny and I never go a day without seeing multiple V8 and V6 powered Commodore based ute's loaded with ladders, tools, buckets, shovels, gravel and all the other paraphernalia that these things are designed to carry.

I guess the UK's different and it's rare to see them being used as anything other than a leftfield 'sports truck'?

Pickups of any flavour are rare by comparison here.
What I'm calling a "Ute" (as in, a car with the back modified into a loadbay by the manufacturer, like a Maloo) are vanishingly rare - really they are only for enthusiasts.

Tradesmen here tend to use vans.
Outdoorsy types drive 4x4s (eg. landrover/jap equiv).
Utilities companies tend to use Landie defenders with suitable kit.
People with real offroad needs tend to have their own tractors/quadbikes.

Pretty much all of the above is going to be diesel, which seemed pretty popular in NZ when I was there in 2011 (I don't know about australia)

C

[cheddar]

CraigyMc said:

Pretty much all of the above is going to be diesel, which seemed pretty popular in NZ when I was there in 2011 (I don't know about australia)

C

Yes, you're right Craigy, diesel's probably even more popular now, it's taken a while, we had low quality diesel fuel until fairly recently and small diesel cars are still very rare but the Hilux/Amarok/Ranger pick-up brigade all drive diesels.

Our fuel prices are closing in on the UK's and in general our wages are far lower.

Traditional buyers of V8 powered utes are getting thinner on the ground each year as spending $60k on a 20mpg truck looks more and more like a folly.

Still, no denying the dual purpose aspect of loaded work truck during the week and, after a quick hose down, 450hp/170mph V8 sports car at the weekend.

I owned one for a while, a 300bhp V8 Falcon pick-up, bought new in 2004 for £17k, kidded myself it was for work when really I just fanged around in it and got bored very quickly, traded it for a new Cooper S after only 6 weeks.
The trucks are better now, more sophisticated and, if that 'ring lap time is anything to go by, much much faster.