Torque 1980 - Episode 09
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2016
- trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/art...
The above links to an article from the Australian Women''s Weekly dated Oct 16 1974, about the then new Torque program and Peter Wherrett.
"Torque began in 1974 and continued to rate highly in its evening timeslot for the ABC until it came to an end in 1980. Peter Wherrett always said he made the series with the public broadcaster because he wanted to be able to pull no punches about those vehicles that had safety or engineering problems. It was this forthright honesty that attracted the audience to Torque over the years." (Janet Bell - 'Australian Screen' NFSA) - บันเทิง
Peter was way ahead of his time. It's a pity that there's no car show on TV like this today.
I'm addicted to these old shows by Peter.
This guy is very smart, and serious about his role. Nothing dated here. All still relevant.👍
...apart from the green velour skivvy-thing.
@@hanajinks1044 they’re coming back. And flares.
@@MyMarsham
Quelle horreur!!
Even good TV stands the test of time.
The best ever car reviewer/expert...ever!
Peter is an absolute delight to watch. So clear and concise. So in tune with automotive performance and safety. Way, way ahead of his time.
Using words like “delight”, the average person will think you’re into cross dressing too Ronan....if that’s your real name.
Forty years on, and everything Peter said is still relevant.
I remember watching this show as a kid and loving it. The driving advice was good then and still relevant today. At the time I lived in the country but moved to Sydney in 1982 - now watching this it’s amazing to recognise the roads he’s on and see how much they have changed. Driving down Willoughby road at the end of this episode - I don’t remember the Shell servo where Porsche Cars Australia’s showroom is now!
I watched this episode just over 40 years ago and still remember the praise Peter gave for the Mazda 626. What an iconic TV program! What a brilliant TV presenter!
Peter was a great auto reporter. He was way ahead of his time!
I agree with you and I don't care about what he did in his private life that is his business
A Peter Wherrett used car is as described. What a classic in talking cars, a mans man who had an incredible double life.
Most of what Peter talks about is even more relevant today as now the majority of drivers seem to be permanently distracted, often by technology within their vehicles. Is this because modern cars "do it all for you" and this has encouraged the lazy driver ? Good to see the 626 getting a thrashing & taking it well.
Love these old Torque episodes. I wish you could get the whole series on DVD.
In 2019, the year of free to air crap, this is so refreshing to watch.
Apptly descrbed!
People who change lanes a lot make it difficult for drivers who are following behind.
That technique for talking through your drive is exactly what traffic police officers are taught to do. It really does sharpen your mind and fix it on your driving, and you find you notice a lot more potentially hazardous situations...
My opinion of being aware of your surroundings while driving- If your not swearing and carrying on, you’re not paying attention to the road! 😂
But in all seriousness, this guy knows what he’s talking about when it comes to everyday driving. Even now in this day and age, all his points are still relevant. The roads are a battlefield, and not only do we have to be mindful of our own driving, we also have to be aware of other peoples driving, and make adjustments accordingly. Most importantly we need to look after our cars, which a lot people don’t do these days. This video has reminded me that I really need to make a note of checking my tire pressure, which I don’t do nearly often enough!
I enjoyed the emphasis on driving the vehicle properly. A skill people lack these days. The media are no help. They twitter on about gadgets and the feel of the interior trim like trashy tabloid columnists instead of the reality of motoring.
Absolutely. Most discussion is about whether it has Apple car play, Bluetooth this or that...absolute rubbish.
Well said Dean, many drivers of today are absolutely appalling. Many don't know how to drive and don't care!
13:10. To check the tail lights on your own, back up to a space outside a shop with large glass windows. Look at the reflection in the rear view mirror as you cycle through the lights to check for a failed globe.
Or just Park it up in your garage at night and see the reflection of the tail lights and blinkers against the garage door and or wall
@@mrbrad4637 not everyone has a garage genius
@@ALLRNDCRICKETER or a wall I'm pretty sure everyone has walls around their house and windows.. back it up at night against any wall or window.. I've moved / lived in 14 different houses over the last 20 years, some places without garages, always used this method to check the lights and blinkers on all my cars and has never failed me
@@ALLRNDCRICKETER you’re the complete dickhead!
Many older drivers would accelerate through the shop.
That blue XY panel van. 😥
So many new, and near new cars among all that bad wreckage - always seems to be the way...the Ford panel van Peter stood next to was one of the oldest wrecks at 9 years old.
I like to see all the old cars parked and in traffic when he does the road tests. cars you never see anymore. only in collections.
A time capsule of classic iron...love these shows all round.
I agree.
The Mazda 626 was a really good car in its day. I learnt to drive in my parents one in 1982. It did handle pretty well. Apart from the rust, I think it was a better car than the '87 Camira they replaced it with.
Oh yes I guess the camira is related to the Opel Ascona. Absolutely a hateful car.
@@Runeakb The Ascona and Vauxhaul Cavalier in the UK were much better versions of the GM J-car design. Camira was badly guilt by morons, no amount of good design can make up for that, or Holden's cheapening of the design.
It bears more than a passing resemblance to the Peugeot 305 and 604. Naughty Mazda!
Sorry - but no. The design of this Mazda was already complete, before the Pininfarina's 305 design was released in late '77, @@nkt1.
Just because both (late 70s) exterior designs have a highlighted waistline, rectangular grille and headlights, black bumper caps, angular lines, etc _does not mean one company copied the other._ 😂
My Lexus has 13 or so air bags...secondary safety has improved greatly since 1980. People still dying on the roads....many more roads and cars cause the numbers to stay high....higher speeds with more disconnect from the road. Poor attitudes to driving safely in Australia remain. Driver behaviours in Australia are alarming, strangely our death tolls are statistically "good" ...and yes, I have driven in Spain and Portugal.
THAT MUSIC MY FAVIOURITE
Mobile phones are killing people on our roads. I started driving buses 30 years ago and it that time the utter explosion of what I call "gadget fixation" related road trauma has just exploded on our road system. Example: I'm driving a fully loaded articulated bus inbound to the city in lane one, a small hatch with one occupant not weighing one twentieth of my bus wanders into my lane which experience has taught me to expect rather than to be shocked. If I was to hit that vehicle the result for the occupant could be instant death. Nearly 100% of the time the driver is being distracted by a gadget of some sort. I literally see it every day. I really don't know how we fix this, save for a change in consciousness? Watching this video I'm deeply satisfied that flared trousers are gone. The sequence with the Saladin Turret equipped APC was interesting. I worked with a bloke many years ago who drove these in Vietnam. He said the gun was good and turret worked fairly well but the addition of turret made the APC too top heavy and as a result they had quite a few instances where the vehicle would roll over on uneven terrain. From memory the engine was a V8 Detroit two-stroke diesel that was insanely noisy for the crew.
Maybe hop into the new modern cars and there's automated lane & braking tech and warnings to help save those fixated in gadget fixation. Anyway not far off you won't need to drive your car.
Great to see what is now all classic cars (and trucks too) on the drive around Sydney unfortunately they’re all gone probably only a handful survived really nothing much has changed in the scheme of things the giveaway is the cars and things like the Golden Fleece servo!
Geez that was a close call at 1:08 😂
ABC should bring back this show.
Fat chance! Thier to busy with woke current affairs,and pand shows!
Ahh when we had an ABC
never again. His abnormalities from an unhappy childhood would be glorified at the ABC empire of weird dogma now. They parade it under the guise of being kind, when it is, in reality, the opposite.
How sparse the traffic was all those years ago.Many of those same streets would be totally gridlocked today
And Australia's worse for it!
15:55 - on. Yes. Smart guy, Peter Wherrett.
There's no shows anymore that just get to the point like Torque did it's all show and no go nowadays
I'd rather drive a Mazda 626 any day than an army tank. It's smaller, more manoeuvrable, and more comfortable to ride in than a tank.
Well somewhat, anyway.
Carpp usually swim in the wrong stream, just as you totally missed the point of that comment
Before the coalition destroyed our ABC.
The ABC was destroyed in the 1980's when Hawke and Keating turned it into a Labor propaganda machine.
As PW said: there are no road accidents. Collisions are inevitabilities if one doesn't drive defensively.
Save for those such as where former ELO cellist Mike Edwards' van roof was crushed by a falling hay bale, killing him. Not much you can do here except stop farmers idiotically not chocking round bales in hilly areas.
Imagine what Peter would make of the halfwits using their mobile phones on the road? While some of this might appear pedantic (talking to yourself while driving etc) he's really talking about neuroplasticity - learning new behaviours. Not a bad thing for most road users.
Phones are a curse on the road, pretty risky for pedestrians too, given the number of people who walk around glued to their phone.
And while a military tank may be safer than a car, it's not very attractive to look at.
Torque 2021? Not much point without Holden’s and Falcons in the mix . Sad !
And the Mitsubishis and Toyota's.
I'll grab that red TE Cortina S pack Ford please
Torque…with Pippa Wherrett…
Those wrecks in the scrapyard look creepy.
1:08........ooops, that was close!😵😂
adoz56, did you happen to record 'Spring and Fall' on that tape, the following program? I have been searching for episodes of that excellent drama series for many years.
No sorry
Only one mention on internet imdb. Hidden in abc archives, you'd probably have to contact the abc, to see if the series is somehow available. I doubt whether it would be released on DVD now.
I have approached the ABC directly but they refused to release a copy at other than absurd cost.
At 23.28 the guy on the bicycle going down road in wrong lane..
I couldn't find him in the video....
"So come all you silly bastards, get ya act together. Christ you're useless." PW guide to car care and maintenance.
16 minutes in he contradicts Elon Musk completely.
Only the cars look soooo old and clunky.
In 2021 the XD-XE-XF look like vehicles that were way ahead of their time in the looks department.
It amazes me that allot of people still today don't understand the reason why cars of today crumple
Yes, I know..more metal equates to safety.
Modern cars are definitely safer, but most driving skill is pretty poor.
Funny how he talks about safety and good driving yet got caught drink driving twice.
even when over the limit the things he's teaching still reduce risk, albeit a greater risk if impaired
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@@joeblow1711 and you a pussy
@@barrymcdonald9868 hahaha I was talking to the other pelican but funny anyway 😂 cheers
Nice one Pip.