A few weeks ago I wrote about the best lineup of cars I’ve seen at a Shannons classic car auction here in Australia in a long, long time. I’ve never been so motivated to blow my life savings in one place at one time. The cars and the expected selling prices before the auction were as follows: Porsche 924 ‘Turbo’ […]
That Shannons Auction Would Have Cost Me $324,450 Read Post »
It’s that time of year again. For a few years now – dating right back to the Saabs United days – I’ve been supporting Jim Coggeshall in his bid to raise funds for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Mass. Readers of SU and Swadeology have been gracious contributors to this cause in the past and I hope you can
Today, the Australian parliament repealed the country’s carbon reduction legislation. It has effectively left our country with no pollution reduction policy and we are the first country in the world to go from having a price on carbon pollution, to having no price on carbon pollution. Our government campaigned hard on this for some time. They successfully prosecuted the false
Bleeding Heart Lefty: Australia and Climate Change Read Post »
Written a few months ago for Flussig Magazine. My wife and I planned a 2-week road trip up the east coast of Australia for September/October 2013. We live in Hobart, the capital of the island state of Tasmania, to the south of the Australian mainland. Our plan was to drive from the southernmost mainland capital – Melbourne – and follow
How I bought my Porsche 968 completely the wrong way and still ended up happy Read Post »
The more I see, the more I want to go French. In a glorious era of motoring when cars were actually different from one another, there were few carmakers more different than those fabriqué en France. The French Car Club of Tasmania, along with the Citroen Car Club of Tasmania, brought a few cars along to Salamanca today. I took
Forgive me for being a little downcast today, but I’ve just been watching another one of those “follow your dream” videos online. I’m not normally a sucker for such things, but this video featured a car guy of some note, so it was a natural point of interest for me. I did find myself a little frustrated at the end
There are a lot of classic car auctions these days, and there’s always something of interest in them. Problem? Most of the auctions that really pique one’s interest are in places far away and selling cars that only gazillionaires can afford. The Shannons Melbourne Winter Auction is an exception. I’d still need to be a gazillionaire to justify buying everything
This is definitely one to watch! How stratospheric can a single car’s price go? Not only is this a genuine Porsche 917, it’s a Porsche 917 with actual race history. And not only is it a genuine Porsche 917 with race history, it was also used in a famous film about racing – Le Mans. And not only is it
Last weekend I had the pleasure of checking out a brand new Porsche Macan Turbo. It was all-to-brief, but I did get to drive it around the backstreets of Swansea, on Tasmania’s east coast. First Impressions – Outside The Cayenne might be the latest in a long line of non-911’s that saved Porsche, but it doesn’t have a long line
I’ve been away for a few days on King Island for work, with no internet connectivity or phone connection. Let’s just say it was hard work to put aside the connected lifestyle. At least I had a soothing view: While I didn’t see any Saabs on the island, at least I got to fly in one on the way there…..
As I sit here writing this, we’re around three hours from the end of Le Mans. Porsche is leading with the #2 Audi catching them at a pace fast enough to take the lead. Can Porsche hold on and claim a Le Mans victory in it’s first tilt in 14 years? It’ll be an outstanding achievement if they can. But
