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GLEANED - Toyota KE25 Corolla coupe
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- Published on Sunday, 13 May 2012 20:20
We’ve always deemed early Corollas to be sick. Often, fully; but spec is everything. As far as Jap classics go though, they’re relatively common. The KE10 model has a healthy enthusiast following and the KE20 was once so widespread, there are still 2-door sedans parked in driveways across the nation, awaiting attention. Usually in mustard. It seems to be a thing.
But the KE25 is a rarity; unlike the KE20 2-door sedan that was built in huge numbers by Australian Motor Industries in Melbourne, Aussie-delivered KE25 coupes were fully imported straight from mother Japan. And at a premium price.
Apologies for the interference - do not adjust your PC
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- Published on Saturday, 21 April 2012 22:40
Just a quick note to apologise for our lack of new content over the last couple of weeks. The GoA website back-end has thrown up a shitstorm of errors in the last fortnight, refusing initially to allow new articles to be added, then refusing to allow a new GoA Newsletter to be sent.
Of course, it has done this while the major contributors are overseas on various assignments, with limited time and/or connectivity to resolve the issues.
Our IT surpremo, during a layover in a foreign land, while fending off orgiastic belly dancers, sword-bearing raiders and sexy, sexy archaeologists managed to fix the article issue, however the Newsletter issue remains at large.
All this reaffirms the advice of the great WC Fields, who once quoted "Never work with children or animals... or anything resembling computers".
Hang in there. We will prevail.
Cheers,
General Awesome
GLEANED - Nor15's Super Sale of Auto Anomalies
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 18:30
There’s an insanity when it comes to collecting. It’s always there. Sometimes it’s completism. Those collectors must have every Star Wars figurine, including the guys you only see for a second. Sometimes it’s eclecticism. Those collectors grab some random crap and hoard it.
Ebay user ‘Nor15’ is that second type of collector. But as much as that sounds like criticism, it is not. This guy has got some weird crap; and best of all, he’s selling it.
Nor15 currently has about ten eBay auctions on the go, with prices ranging from just a few hundred dollars to over $36,000 and remaining time from a few hours to a few days.
We’re not sure what’s prompting his decision to sell; we’ve not read every word of every advert due to the time constraints of our day jobs (we’re all superhero playboy chess champions and just do this in our spare time), but we’re glad he’s decided to offload for two reasons; 1) we got to learn these cars are HERE and 2) they might see the light of day, as Nor15 is a hoarder, not a driver.
GLEANED - 1967 Fiat 1500 sedan
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- Published on Saturday, 31 March 2012 10:27
We sometimes neglect the Euros here at Garage of Awesome; a travesty as they are pretty awesome. Perhaps the ongoing heritage of the Euros has been eroded; modern Benzes and BMWs are generally owned by the pompous, whereas their classics, especially the Mercs, are still quite common. Probably because even the desert won’t kill them.
But Euro isn’t all about Benzes and BMWs. Sometimes it’s about those kooky Italians. Fiat’s ongoing heritage here has been decimated by the likes of their boxy, lame 1980s offerings that lacked the quality of even the worst Eurovision Song Contest acts, while their latest vehicles on offer here are cheeky and cheerful, they belie Fiat’s proud heritage of a builder of sick-as luxury machines.
GENERAL AWESOME - WTF is Wrong at Subaru (and Right at KIA?!?)
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- Published on Sunday, 25 March 2012 20:59
WTF is wrong at Subaru? (and right at KIA?)
The rot started with the Tribeca. Or was it the MY00 Impreza? Or perhaps the 2009 Subaru Liberty (aka Legacy). Wherever the root, Subaru models in recent memory have been ugly enough to give you skin failure.
The Tribeca beheld a new but short-lived design language for Subaru featuring a triple-grille arrangement designed to evoke the front profile of an aeroplane fuselage and wings. We’re the first to agree that heritage and history should be an integral part of any car manufacturer, but we can’t help wonder if basing the styling around Subaru’s proud aviation heritage was a tad misguided, especially given it was the same aviation heritage that gave your grandfather a drinking problem and post-traumatic stress disorder around 70 years ago.
