Just saw a Holden Ute in Limerick

dave_t

Not something you see everyday. I'd imagine it would cost quite a bit to get this imported, not to mention tax and insurance.

coolbeans

Was it the mental Maloo?

dave_t

Not sure. I just caught a glance of it as it was turning off. It had SS on the side so whatever model has that. Also it was black. That's about all the information I have. Any idea of the cost to get one of these imported?

TestTransmission

Theres a red one doing the rounds aswell

Ferris

dave_t wrote: »

Not something you see everyday. I'd imagine it would cost quite a bit to get this imported, not to mention tax and insurance.

Saw one in Dublin yesterday, sounded great. I would have thought it was taxed as a commercial. Insurance must be big however.

balcan

See that wee truck out my way Ballylanders(Near Mitchelstown)every day passing through.Must be local lad has it.Some motor.As for tax,Same as van €288 for year.Wouldn't like filling her with juice mind and RWD with no weight over it on the ****e roads out here?

Jumpy

Ah, commercial! What a way to get around the issue with the V8.
Still though insurance would be murder.

zilog_jones

There used to be a green Falcon ute (an AU I think) in Limerick too, saw it very rarely.

dave_t

I'm just back from Aus a few weeks and really wanted a holden commodore when I was over there. Would love to have one over here, if only for a few months.

Max_Damage

Here is a black 2004 Ute SS that I see in Mullingar quite frequently. Looks absolutely savage!

ION08

Cars like that are as common here in Australia as a Toyota corolla or Fiat punto back in ireland.
Monsterous V8's thundering down the road every second and nobody bats an eye lid.

langdang

ION08 wrote: »

Cars like that are as common here in Australia as a Toyota corolla or Fiat punto back in ireland.
Monsterous V8's thundering down the road every second and nobody bats an eye lid.

Can be like that down in Rathkeale in Limerick round Christmas time alright, when all the cousins come home in the big jeeps and pickups...

2 Espressi

I think one of the lads who works in Halfords has had one or two ute's in the past, not sure if he's currently driving one.

no1beemerfan

This them? Very nice!

langdang

Yup, have seen one out around Halfords a few times alright

bazz26

The lad who owns the red Holden lives around the corner from me. You can hear the V8 purr, he still has it afaik.

rabbitinlights

I lived in Melbourne for a good while and got to ring the neck of a HSV Maloo a couple of times:



Amazing in a straight line but a serious handfull in the corners as there is no weight over the rear (driven) wheels, a few bags of cement soon sorted that out!!

Top speed is something like 170mph.... madness.

ottostreet

theres a blue one in carlow at the moment...saw it over near petmania on sunday...gorgeous yoke!

Alfagtamini

as far as i know the fela that owns it is a aussie and is the manager of harvey normans. he gets it serviced at a garage out my way. can never convince mechanic to let me have a spin tho:mad:

Henry Ford III

There's an orange VW Golf DIY Ute driving around the city too.

langdang

Aussie, harvey norman , holden ute - makes sense I suppose!

langdang

Henry Ford III wrote: »

There's an orange VW Golf DIY Ute driving around the city too.

Why didn't he just buy the skoda ute you'd wonder?

qz

My Mum spotted one in the same colour as her Holden rental car while in Australia over the summer:

mumblin deaf ro

I saw one on sunday in Baldoyle in a metallic tikka masala colour.

Big Nasty

mumblin deaf ro wrote: »

I saw one on sunday in Baldoyle in a metallic tikka masala colour.

That was posted here recently enough.

Don't think Tikka Masala was mentioned though!:D

Max_Damage

Didn't think they was so many of them in the country!

cnocbui

I am finding it hard to believe so many people here like them. I have always thought they were pointless piles of stupidity.

Big Nasty

cnocbui wrote: »

I am finding it hard to believe so many people here like them. I have always thought they were pointless piles of stupidity.

I'm sure the Aussies would say the same if not more about the amount of Cinqs & Scients in this country. Infairness, I think they're pretty cool - the closest we ever saw was the Sierra based flatbed.

In the states they gots the El camino, based on the Chevelle:

Max_Damage

The poor ol' lads in South Africa have to make do with this, the Ford Bantam:



I quite like the Brazilian take on a car-based pickup truck in an odd type of way, the Ford Pampa:

CJhaughey

I never liked the Commodore based utes, I much preferred the H series they looked really good , especially the Sandman versions. The load space is far too small in the Commodore versions for them to look good.

cnocbui

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I'm sure the Aussies would say the same if not more about the amount of Cinqs & Scients in this country.

I am an Aussie, and I love Fiats.

What I find as pointless - no actually it's more pointless - is the tarting up of little hatches with little engines, with exhaust pipes so big an owl could nest in them and all the other tat like stickers. I know why it is done - insurance premiums preventing meaningful modifications - but it really is sad.

As for tarted up Utes... Not my cup of tea. At least with the 70' craze for tarted up and modded panel vans, you could actually do something useful with them after putting a mattress in the back.