Tristan's New Escapade

Hello again and from my previous post about cars, I've decided to participate in the Commodore Club X Commodores & Fords Easter Mega Meet at the Campbellfield Amart car park and also bring in my car which is a 2022 Ford Puma ST Line. But why would I do that? I'll tell you this. Since I bought my first Ford Puma ST Line last year, I wasn't sure about new cars until I came along with one. I bought a used blue model from Berwick Toyota and they've even mentioned they're in hot demand. New cars are hard to please usually as they're more uniform, a lot are automatics and alright for daily driving with the whole philosophy of buying Japanese cars with their tendency to be appliances on wheels. But anyway, the blue Ford Puma ST Line was a decent upgrade from the 2 cars I've had especially having one that is a definite colour. It had Ford's latest EcoBoost turbocharged 3 cylinder engine producing adequate power and decent amount of torque and although it was...

Hello again and happy birthday to myself as I'm now 34 years old. And I felt it'll be good to bring up cars again even though my idea on working on them is on hiatus. Throughout my life, I've always been car literate and have been a proud passenger until I took up driving when I've obtained my learners permit at the time. I'll first give you my glimpse on how this has started. As I've started my life with my family who lived at a dairy farm in Neerim South, we've had a Nissan Pintara sedan and a rusty Nissan Patrol primarily used as our farm vehicle. For those who don't know, this is one model as an example. Being in the R31 chassis series along with the 6 cylinder engined Skyline, Pintaras are basically a 4 cylinder engined version. Ours was a sedan with a 5 speed manual gearbox and coloured cream, or beige if you like. It didn't set anything on fire but it provided good transportation for my whole family even some long distance vacations. I learnt ...