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Appendix:Australian English motoring terms

ambo - ambulance, ambulance driver bingle - motor vehicle accident bogged - stuck in mud, deep sand (a vehicle) bull bar or roo bar - stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos Commodore – popular family car designed and built by Holden donk – a combustion engine feral - V8 ute sporting large heavy bullbar, numerous aerials, large truck mudflaps and stickers almost all over the rear window and tailgate. Sometimes seen with a Mack emblem on the bonnet and always with large (multiple) driving lights Falcon – popular family car designed and built by Ford Australia Holden – Australian branch of General Motors. Manufacturers of the Commodore in addition to other models. Magna – family car designed and built by Mitsubishi Motors Australia, until 2004. Replaced by the Mitsubishi 380. occy strap - elastic strap with hooks on the ends for securing items prang - motor vehicle accident rego - vehicle registration road train - big truck with many trailers servo - a petrol station, a service station traficator – blinkers, car indicators wagon – station waggon in US, estate car in UK ute - utility vehicle, pickup truck U-ie or yewy ((General Australian) /ˈjʉː.iː/), less commonly U-bolt or U-burn – a U-turn; to chuck a u-ie is to make a u-turn