<VV> More info from Australia - Almost no Corvair at all!

[Eric Elliott]

Yeah, those F1 cars are amazing! I went to the USGP every year from  
2000 to 2007, and will go through withdrawal with no USGP this year. I  
watched the Australia practice live last night and will watch  
qualifying tonight.

Regarding the Australian cars, the Holden Commodore will be here soon,  
rebadged as the Pontiac G8. Hopefully it will be more successful than  
the Holden Monaro they rebadged as the GTO. :)

So have you seen any Vairs yet down under?

Eric


>
> First day at Formula 1 in Melbourne, Australia. Wear ear plugs! F1  
> cars are
> loud! Oh and 102 degrees will cook you in the stands! Shade or not!  
> We watched
> the F1cars in practice and a V8 Supercar race. In our exploration of  
> the
> Albert Park site we found a company that converts US cars for  
> Australian use. Cars
> newer than 30 years are required to be converted for Australian use,  
> fully
> right hand drive. Older cars can be validated for brakes and lights,  
> (Lights
> dropping to the left, rather than the right) but without conversion  
> to RHD - So,
> Corvairs can be imported. The owner of the company showed us a  
> converted new
> Corvette. I sat in the car?s right hand seat with all the drivers  
> equipment
> handy. Really strange. PS ? They get $59,995(AUS) to do the  
> conversion. Beyond the
> price of the car. Ouch! I took several photos. And a word about the  
> real
> Australian cars. Folks ? GM and Ford are screwing us out of some  
> great cars! I?m
> sure they could explain their reasons but lots of good cars are  
> being held out
> of the US. Some US nameplates move here after dying in the US. There  
> are new
> Luminas and Caprices around. The Holdens are pretty nice cars, and  
> even the
> Ford sedans are gorgeous. And we celebrated Barbara?s birthday this  
> evening.
> Tomorrow is F1 qualifying. ? Seth Emerson
>
>

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