Shorty33
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- Feb 19, 2011
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- Location
- Fly Creek, N.T.
- Members Ride
- VE Omega sedan 3.0 2010
Go-Kart, speed limit here is 130. Once you get out of town, traffic is thin. Twice I have broken down - on the Stuart Highway, the main Darwin to Adelaide Highway - and it's been an hour before the next vehicle passed. At night, there's even less traffic than that. Road trains are legally 57 metres long, so, once you've checked the road behind and ahead, you put the pedal to the metal and keep it there until you're clear. It's not difficult to wind it up in those circumstances.
After the VZ was repaired, as described above, the mechanic told me that he road tested my car at 170 for 30 km, and the temp guage wouldn't budge. I don't drive it that way, but it's nice to know ...
Only a few years ago, we had no speed limits outside towns. We all used to think 160~180 was the way to go: "the good old days". Labor changed that, of course. I've slowed down because of the cost; and because the roads are unfenced, so the cattle, roos, and goats are a worry, or maybe I'm getting old. And want to get older. And the reality is that between Darwin and the S.A. border - 1700 km - there are nine police stations.
After the VZ was repaired, as described above, the mechanic told me that he road tested my car at 170 for 30 km, and the temp guage wouldn't budge. I don't drive it that way, but it's nice to know ...
Only a few years ago, we had no speed limits outside towns. We all used to think 160~180 was the way to go: "the good old days". Labor changed that, of course. I've slowed down because of the cost; and because the roads are unfenced, so the cattle, roos, and goats are a worry, or maybe I'm getting old. And want to get older. And the reality is that between Darwin and the S.A. border - 1700 km - there are nine police stations.
