Torggil's World

It has taken nearly three years, but I have finally gone and done it, whether or not I can actually afford it. I have gone to a lawyer to ...

She was a good car.  I bought her sight unseen or test driven in Cairns for $6990, total cost for sundry fees about $7200. Powered ...

She was big.  She was comfortable.  And, she was my "converted coupe".  To get the car roadworthy, I had to remove the backseat...

I have a fascination with Steel, particularly sharp steel.  I think this is because I am a fan of Fantasy.  Things like Conan, The Grey Mous...

What would the world be today without this most important of modern advances? I would be lonelier, I can tell you that.  The internet has ...

At the end of 2008 I did what I had never done before.   I started a thirty year mission, to own my own home. I bought a tiny little plac...

We call her "Black Betty".  After many years of denial, I'm now gonna fess up.  I bought this particular commodore for 1 re...

Christmas 2006.  I'd been in Australia for 3 years, and it was time to go back to back to Canada.  With a little help from step daugh...

This was a good ute.  Check it out folks,you won't see one like this in Canada.  Half car, half tray back pickup.  A beautiful ...

I'm ashamed to admit it, but this isn't the first Ford I've owned.  The Falcon ute was also a Ford. This car marks the fi...

A poem: To quote John Cleese: And now for Something Completely Different.. Back to the Shadows In late fall, the early snow ...

There it is (actual photograph).  The Ford Falcon Longreach Ute.  Bought sight unseen by me before I moved to Australia.  Ran off a strai...

There are things in this world that are hard to do.  Achieving any kind of goal takes hard hard work.  Going to university was difficult, es...

This is the second major event in the Blazer.  It took place on the second trip- the big one, that went around Canada and America.  10,000 k...

As it must happen, all cars get sold.  I sold the Maxima for two very important reasons.  The first is I had decided to emigrate from Can...

I have been trying to avoid writing about this car. not because of the stats.  3.5L v6 generating 265hp, a 0-100kph time of 7.5sec or s...

It was 1998, and I needed a job, so I went and got a taxi license.  I went to work for Checker Cabs, and then I followed the advice of my...

The first snow fall of winter.  Its the one time of year when one really shouldn't drive anywhere.  It seems as though the previous six ...

Six months too early to buy the outback, we bought the Subaru Legacy Wagon (Liberty for my Australian friends).  The photo is even the ri...

I know what you're thinking.  HE never owned one of those. You're right.  I didn't.  But I did drive one of those.  Once. ...