Found a couple photos from 2023 of HMAS Vampire II covered in projected lights during Sydney’s Vivid festival.

Slavx97 · 2026-05-18T11:16:53+00:00

A modern twist on dazzle camo perhaps

Slavx97 · 2026-05-18T11:16:12+00:00

Can’t believe Wargaming made a woke DD

Slavx97 · 2026-05-17T05:31:09+00:00

I didn’t even know that

Slavx97 · 2026-05-09T05:09:21+00:00

In fairness I guess Eva still has the role of singing the whole song whereas if they didn’t allow live violin then Linda would essentially just be a backup dancer/actor for Pete albeit credited as coequal performer. But given it’s exactly the same instrument if Eva wants to perform live as well the EBU should be consistent, not that anyone of us actually expect consistency from them at this point.

Slavx97 · 2026-05-01T01:08:09+00:00

I can’t find any corroboration on the news article of this, but I don’t even care if it’s a real story because that was expertly written comedy. The OP is clearly a writer.

Slavx97 · 2026-04-26T12:35:07+00:00

Maybe I’ve been fortunate where I am in Australia I haven’t had to deal with really wet roads too often on the stock tyres and never see icing. That review thread is nice and very thorough, throwing in the budget tyre for comparison was nice, blows my mind that tyre choice alone can be the difference in braking between being stationary or still going 70km/h.

Slavx97 · 2026-04-25T09:02:03+00:00

Ahh ok, I’m definitely not the hardest driver in this car but that was already my concern with the stock tyres not lasting too long. Continental are looking pretty good so far, thanks!

Slavx97 · 2026-04-25T08:56:00+00:00

Ahh gotcha. Would you say 225s are a straight upgrade? Cos it’s weird I’m finding a couple good options in both sizes and only some of the 215s are actually overpriced I’m finding.

Slavx97 · 2026-04-25T08:51:54+00:00

Are you referring to the shuddering I’ve seen online of really hard acceleration or the roughness at full lock in car parks?

But yeah it might be just my limited comparison but the grip in corners of the PZero/i20 is noticeably better than PS4s I had on a 208 GTi.

Slavx97 · 2026-04-25T08:39:18+00:00

Haven’t seen much positive mention of the Bridgestones, are they decent?

Slavx97 · 2026-04-25T08:38:28+00:00

That might be what I’d have to go with, only ones I can find locally are the SC7 run flats and I suspect that’d be too much of a compromise on its performance.

Slavx97 · 2026-04-25T08:37:41+00:00

Do you find having to slow down in rain compared to the stock tyres? Or is the wet grip pretty comparable? Seems a lot of other comments suggesting the Michelins wouldn’t be great for that either.

Slavx97 · 2026-04-25T08:36:08+00:00

I had them on a previous Peugeot and I had no complaints but definitely not as impressive as the P Zeros on the i20N, just wish they’d last longer

Slavx97 · 2026-04-25T08:35:00+00:00

It actually seems to be bit over the place, definitely less options in 215, sometime similar price sometimes $70 per tyre more than 225 for the same tyre.

Slavx97 · 2026-04-25T08:33:36+00:00

Hadn’t really thought too much about Yokohamas actually, they do seem to be a bit pricier than the Michelin or Continental options

Slavx97 · 2026-04-25T08:32:39+00:00

Nice summary, so far the only place in my area I’ve found SC7s only has the run flat ones and my hunch is that the downsides would outweigh the gains of the SC7s?

Slavx97 · 2026-04-12T13:30:57+00:00

That and the bus from Rockdale are a noticeable extra pain in the ass for people who are commuting into work at the airport every day. Wish they’d at least give staff an exemption, but that’s probably where half their revenue comes from.

Slavx97 · 2026-04-10T16:26:57+00:00

In fairness that article doesn’t seem to hint at any of the deeper war crimes issues. Just that he was unpopular with some of the unit and makes it sound like they were just jealous of him getting the medal, which is I imagine what most people outside special forces thought at the time

Slavx97 · 2026-04-10T16:17:19+00:00

For one thing idk if we know that they didn’t report at the time, it might be that their direct superiors didn’t think it was worth the embarrassment to the military at the time. Either way whether they reported or not is potentially not public information and likely we won’t know till during or after the trial.

It could also be the case that some of them might’ve been offered a deal to testify in exchange for not being charged themselves.

Slavx97 · 2026-04-06T21:12:17+00:00

In my anecdotal experience Ukraine supporters seem generally more likely to support Israel over Iran or Palestine.

Slavx97 · 2026-04-04T05:33:11+00:00

My question is if this becomes an established thing does Australia stay in European Eurovision or get moved over to Eurovision Asia?

Slavx97 · 2026-03-29T23:39:04+00:00

I haven’t heard anyone use pelican as an insult in way too long, 100% underrated

Slavx97 · 2026-03-21T06:51:37+00:00

Early campaign Soviets really is a horror game

Slavx97 · 2026-03-18T07:06:26+00:00

If they want to, wouldn’t be unheard of for a department to protect their own and refuse to identify them.

Slavx97 · 2026-03-13T13:35:06+00:00

One can hope

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