This has nothing to do with corollas, but I can't find any website or person who comes up with any reason apart from them being cool or being needed to carry shit in the back. Why buy a ute? I know its an Aussie thing *cough cough BOGAN cough* but surely there is some reason. Anyone know?

 

MalOO00oooo...

No weight in the back and with an 8 in the front... lack of traction!

Throw it around like it's nobody's business.

 

Or you can be like me and see how many batteries/amps/subs you can stuff in the back tray! hahahah

Depends what sort of ute you buy, you get your Falcodores that are every where, or you get something that's hard to come by and in demand like my Datsun 1200 ute. Power to weight ratio in something this small is the best thing about it, it just doesn't have much in the way of luxury.... so no subs no aircon, but something this small beating 6's and running down the 8's is great. Oh and it's handy for carrying tools around.. or eskies! :)

 

My 2 cents.

(not including GST)

Yeh, well, sometimes you just have to put up with the stigma of having a Commodore ute in your driveway....

Edited May 28, 200521 yr by Redwarf

tax writeoff :)

Most people buy utes for the obvious reason - work.

 

The you get the Country Bumpkins who buy utes to

- Install 6 or more Aerials

- Plaster the Tailgate in Stickers

- Install HUGE truck mudflaps

- Install Custom made side skirts

- Fit vertical truck exhaust stacks/pipes

- Install HUGE Bullbars

and lastly, but probably the most common

- Install a minimum of two Spotlights (generally 4 or more)

 

As long as they think it looks good. :)

another fine example.

Edited May 28, 200521 yr by kangaroosa

Most people buy utes for the obvious reason - work.

 

The you get the Country Bumpkins who buy utes to

- Install 6 or more Aerials

- Plaster the Tailgate in Stickers

- Install HUGE truck mudflaps

- Install Custom made side skirts

- Fit vertical truck exhaust stacks/pipes

- Install HUGE Bullbars

and lastly, but probably the most common

- Install a minimum of two Spotlights (generally 4 or more)

 

As long as they think it looks good. :)

Hmmm,

 

Tailgate covered in stickers: Check.

Big mudflaps: Check.

Exhaust: Do side pipes count?

Spotlights: Do strobes count?

 

Better sign up for banjo lessons... :P

There are 3 reasons why I'd get a ute....

 

22's, airbagged and a killer stereo install!!

 

This guy has spent this much on his ute...

 

16 amplifiers @ $999 =$15984

4 DD 9512 subs @ $1279 =$5116

4 packs dynamat @ $330 =$1320

perspex (lots) approx =$3000

40 meters of neon approx =$2000

8" subs in doors @$239 =$479

6" in kicks x 4 @ $239 =$956

alpine nav & screens approx =$6000

cables mmmm lots approx =$2000

motorised amp rack approx=$2000

15 meters suede $750

I'm sure i've missed heaps.

subtotal =$39605

that is with no labour added

then these got added.....

3510s in floor $1600

Scanspeak Tweeters $1800

2x 17" widescreen LCDs in the back $2200

140 White LEDs $280

etc etc

 

+ Install would be at least $20k.

 

So there you go! He ain't no tradie... he just owns alot of toys! He had decked out a 70K Monaro with the plates BLISS but his ex cleaned him up and took the car too!!!!

if you're talking commodores, because the utes are lighter and have better weight distribution than the sedans

 

because utes have the ever-important required number of doors

 

and yeah, they're just cool. maybe it's an aussie thing, maybe it's a guy testosterone hard-work-image thing, but utes are just wicked :)

I'd love to be able to afford a new falcon ute, then i could tow my corolla with it..

Stormrider ute sounds so cool :) Best V8 I've ever heard :P I'd own a V8 like that just so I could sit in it and rev it all day :)

Swapped my first rolla for a ute.

 

(hastily ducks for cover and covers head knowing what is about to come) :thumbsup:

 

The offer was to good to let go.

 

1978 HZ ute

canopy/bullbar/lights etc

GENUINE 50,000 odd km's

original purchase reciepts/books etc

never had a radio fitted from new, no hole in dash

never been pranged/ original paint and interior

been in family from new

 

Wish I still had it but at 19 mpg on the freeway it was a killer when work was approx 130km round trip every day.

utes are nice..lots of people do them over here, body kits, and then airbag suspension, I'm looking at getting a ute for a tow vehicle, possibly a van, one ute id really like is the subaru brumby - they look cool, but we didnt really get them over here, iv seen a couple, but yeah..

Brumby's are funny. They are so fundamentally wrong in so many ways. IE, they have torsion bars in the back, and if you wind them up stiff you get heaps of positive camber in the back (my neighbours Brumby has this problem). They also have their spare wheel in the engine bay. And, the handbrake brakes the front wheels. Hmm.