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Toorak tractor
A four wheel drive vehicle, generally one that spends all its time in the suburbs and never gets dirty: Look at that Toorak tractor. Compare Balmain bulldozer, Bronte buggy, Burnside bus, Burnside warrior, Double Bay tractor, Kenmore tractor, Mosman tractor, North Shore Kingswood, North Shore tank, Turramurra tractor.
Contributor's comments: Toorak tractor is used here too - Adelaide and country areas. We used to live in Strathalbyn which is about an hour's drive out of Adelaide (rural) and there were a lot of horsey people there - they all had toorak tractors and horse boxes. we had an old fergie tractor and no horse box so we didn't fit in.
Contributor's comments: Toorak tractor is also used in South Australia.
Contributor's comments: I've heard "Burnside Bus" used in the same sense.
Contributor's comments: I would have thought this term would be confined to Victoria, but I've heard it used in northern NSW too.
Contributor's comments: A four wheel drive vehicle, especially when driven in the city : "She's going out in her Toorak Tractor."
Contributor's comments: A top of the line four wheel drive that is usually driven only on asphalt roads: "I saw plenty of toorak tractors heading up to the snow."
Contributor's comments: Some residents of Toorak who were Collins Street business people and had farms in the country, drove Range Rovers back in the 60's - hence "Toorak Tractors".
Contributor's comments: The original TT was that two-and-a-half-tonne luxury sports-car, the Range Rover; it is awesome (from skate-boarders who can now afford 3rd-hand Rangies) off-road.