How do he bandits do their recruiting? And Max's poor economics.

They wanted to steal his car/fuel and he run away, chased by them. He's just trying to avoid his vehicle to be stolen, sacrificing some of his fuel for that. He's not doing it to show off, he had no choice.

I'm pretty sure the recruitment to Humungous' gang is the same as Auntie's test in MM3. if you survive, you're in.

As for skidding, i'm sure he's not worried about flat spots or worn tread. There's probably no shortage of wheels around. i mean, some of the gang have dually rear wheels, ffs.

It’s ridiculous to critique a movie with the argument 'it's not real, so it doesn't matter'

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Max had to do the burnout to get rid of the flat spot.

What was happening immediately prior to the opening scene? Had they tried to communicate with Max? Had he given them the finger?

I called up the Dogs of War recruitment hotline and this is what they said. First, you have to pass the interview with the Humungus. They wouldn't tell me any more about that first step, but asked me if I had any rashes and told me to come wearing arseless chaps.

Next, if you make it out of the Humungus' tent, you have to go through new recruit hazing. First by the Gayboy Berzerkers, and when they are done with you it's the Smegma Crazies' turn.

Still feel like applying? Your arse sure won't be at the end of the first day. Still, it's an honest day's work and you can't be too picky given high unemployment during the apocalypse. Your grandparents would call it an opportunity.

Good luck mate. Let us know how it goes.

I don't really have a comment about Max's economics. It's a post-apocalyptic chase movie, so cool trumps practical.

However, I don't think Wez and his chums were concerned with the fact that Max was "Bronze". There's a theory I've heard from a few people (and I tend to subscribe to it) that the Dogs of War aren't just a bunch of random bikers and desert thugs, or at least not all of them are. Instead, they're largely ex-military and police. Those guys wearing beat-up highway cop uniforms and driving rebuilt cop cars? Yeah, those dudes are actual cops, or used to be. The people with the training and equipment to survive all the chaos, degenerated into an army of marauders.

Which leads me to another theory, which I think is unlikely but kind of a cool idea, especially from the whole "redemption" angle. What if Max was a former member of the Dogs of War, but had somehow fallen out of favour with Humungus (or Wez) and been forced to desert their ranks? Wez's grudge against him seems to run a little deeper than "you got away from us and I got a boo-boo from a crossbow".

lol. Sounds like you've been watching too much The Walking Dead? Where characters in an apocalyptic world are gullible as all hell. If you're smart, and these freaks are driving after you with intent to steal your stuff, you obviously don't stop your powerful v8 pursuit car, get out, and ask if you can "Maybe..talk this over??"

Anyway, there is an opening scene that made it into a very old cut of the film (don't ask me which VHS) where we see Wez and his gang pillaging an outback farm before they see Max's car race by. So according to script I assume he never spoke to them. I can understand your logic about how as a tribe they could have grown so large in numbers; perhaps they were already escapees from prison riots? I mean who knows. It's a movie and best left to the imagination. Isn't there a few cop cars to? They could be ex cops for all we know. Gone off the rails like Max had. I mean nobody who's still alive is innocent in this movie. Just who's more ruthless.