Aussie Drivers

P.S.
On 14/05/2010 10:29 AM, veritas wrote: .. Contingency fee arrangements are quite common and most law firms will do it (even AU Legal Aid does it) when the lawyer is confident if a win. I had legal aid take on a matter for me (and won) which was a case that would not have been a normal legal aid case ... 13 May 2010 21:37

Sante Fe update
Well its covered close to 2000k's now and so far so good the mrs has got use to the foot operated park brake and keyless and push button start system and filling it up with that dirty brown like a duck to water. No faults or rattles or squeaks or any other odd noises to report its still a bit early to report o... 15 May 2010 05:06

Buying a used sports car in Oz
I'm looking to buy a used sports car for our family of 3 (2 parents around 50 and a 17 year old son) - 2nd car to replace an aging Commodore. - Considering an open roadster - 2 seater - used around year 2000. Budget up to $15k. Wife and son only know automatics but are both happy to learn manual or sequential s... 8 Jun 2010 23:57

Garmin GPS is the biggest ripoff ever
I purchased a Garmin satnav last year. At that time, the price of a map update was $70, cheaper than their main competitors. Now I went to update, and price has jumped to $108.90! (and I think the A-US exhange rate improved since then too) You scumbags, I fart in your general direction. Go die of Ebola fever. ... 12 May 2010 05:55

Mitsubishi Owners to be Taxed More
In tomorrow night's budget there will be an announcement that owners of Mitsubishi cars will be taxed an extra $500 per year to cover the volume of landfill they create every year. ... 10 May 2010 05:32

cars with over 6 cylinders should be taxed higher
v8 owners should be pay higher taxes on their cars to make up for the pollution they create ... 10 May 2010 09:54

ping oz
hi, did you make it to the Moruya aero club open day? -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992 ... 24 May 2010 09:04

When lady-luck smiles on you
Every while you get a stroke of luck with your vehicle. If you own an older car, it's the prospect of doing a long trip which causes that little nagging anxiety. Usually as the trip goes on, I relax a bit,..but in one instance, it was when we were about 150 ks from home in the TN Magna I owned for 6 months (tem... 21 May 2010 07:20

Just one little bearing...
"Doug Jewell" <ask(a)and.maybe.ill.tell.you> wrote in message news:MdudnVJZKs-j1HjWnZ2dnUVZ_qCdnZ2d(a)westnet.com.au... Quizzing her later, she mentioned that she saw the battery light come on at the bottom of the hill, but since the car was still going she thought it didn't matter. I'd hazard a guess the ... 10 May 2010 18:50

There-ya-go-fishman
I went down this morning to sign up my Dog for welfare. At first the lady said, "Dogs are not eligible to draw welfare". So I explained to her that my Dog is black, unemployed, lazy, can't speak English and has no frigging clue who his father is. So she looked in her policy book to see what it takes to qualify.... 7 May 2010 05:40