Driftit

God this argument is on every forum. I had a play and could not justify the cost of the phone. My Sony W880 is less than half the size and has a 4gb card. Does lag a little accessing the music though. Has a 2mp camera and video calling. Have no use for going on the internet sitting at a bus stop. Just wait till I get home to use it. Feel sorry for a guy I know though. First 16gb one he got would not even turn on. Got an OBF replacement the same day. The second one was nicked from his pocket at Yifans Arcade on Queen Street on Saturday. No insurance. Still locked into that sh*t plan. Whats the battery life like on one of those things? GSM arena says 10hrs talk time. But due to it being more of a toy/tool than a phone I would like to see what its app use and music playback time is. http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_3g-2424.php By the way. GSMarena has very good reviews on just about every phone.

OMG!!! I got some Ferrari's mixed up. No need to be a smart ass cock about it.

Oh God Top Gear America. Can see that being a massive FAIL!! But because it has cars in it I will watch it. And Top Gear Australia? Why bother.

I had a play with a Mivx player during the weekend. Quite a good little unit. Small and tidy. Perfect for someone who has the ability to obtain downloaded content but has no PC they can use as their own media player. Will be getting my Dad one for his Bday.

My Dad went along to have a look. Said there was a massive croud. The first car up was the 550 Ferrari. He said it went for $145K. Which is about $20K more than the one sitting at Audi in Wellington I saw over the weekend. Must have been some rich idiots caught up in the moment. Dad left after that auction though. As he didn't think there would be any good deals.

Just for you guys who dont wait 1 1/2 years for the current season of Top Gear to be showen on NZ TV. Season 11 Episode 1 is avalible for download.

Dont like the wheels. Too modern for an old car. Any more info on the RB30.

I dont race in that class No need to hide anything. Haha.

Wow people still do sound cars. Thought that went out of fashion at the turn of the millennium.

Yeah thats what I was thinking. I am down in Wellington this weekend. Would it be possible to check them out at all?

Do you know if the side skirts would go onto a PFL? If so do you have any pictures of what they looked like before you pulled them off.

There was a set on TM yesterday. But they have the vinal sides like in my car.

Ooohhhhhh. Someone just had to say it.

Side of the road is ok for them isn't it?

I am not sure if I have posted our findings about the BioFuel from Gull on this Forum. But ST HiTech who tune my car and run a Dynapack did there own little test. BP98 Gull Force 10 Elf Race Gas On their S15 Silvia they got an extra 20RWKW from the BioFuel over the BP98. This was then proven again with a 400RWKW R33 GTR they were tuning. 400 on Biofuel and around 380 on BP98. The Elf Race gas was only a little bit better than the Force 10. Will see if I can get him to give me the dyno sheets. The only sh*t thing is that once tuned to Biofuel on this high powered cars you can only use BioFuel or your knock level gets to high. So pretty much means you have to plan ahead when you travel anywhere.

Hmm I think I will get my Dad one of those media centers. He does not have a PC though. But will just bring it over to my house and I will load a weeks worth of crap on to it. And I think I will give Sky a call and organise some component cables. Should give a better picture until he gets the HD version.

There is a company in Auckland that will make any gasket you want. Mate purchased a multilayer metal one from them. But I just can not remember the name of the company. They are very cheap. If they dont have the template they just get you to bring in a stock one to copy.

Hey does anybody have any info on the MYSky HD unit about to come out? Just want to know if it will be HDMI or just component? Will look at upgrading my Dad so he can take advantage of his Plasma. At the moment with the current MYSky which is only normal RCA it looks like he is watching youtube. Also was looking at getting him a HD Media Center that can take a HDD. So far the only ones I have come across that have half decent features are the MVix ones. They are quite pricey though. Anybody have one or used one before? Would be looking at the MX-780HD http://www.mvixusa.com/index.php

Wow. Ok. I think I will stick with the smaller wheels on my cars. Lithuanian Plates.

Has anyone been up the top of the Arch De Triumph in Paris? Well for those who dont know about it. It is one giant roundabout that has no lanes. It is chaotic all the time. On average there is a crash there every 7 mins. I do have a vid somewhere that I will hunt down. While recording we got some good action of a cop car running over a guy on a scooter. Not 100% sure if it is true but apparently you have no insurance if you crash on it. This is not my vid. But gives you an idea.

$5K ouch! Mine cost me about $1800 through a nice place in Whitford. I have to pull out my 2 way diff from the 180 as it is leaking. But I am not sure if I should just wait till tomorrow. Avoid any bad luck.

My family owned Shell on Quay Street back in the 80's. Was the only 24hr station in Auckland. Haha.

You sure about that. Mate of mine just moved to Chch from Auckland and said the prices were the same the whole way there on his drive down. I have to admit. At first when petrol started to rise I thought oh well thats just what happens. But now that I am starting to feel the effects I thought I would have my cry. Oh and I can't believe you guys still remember anything from Eco101. I only did it last year and dont remember a thing. Haha. What is the Governments Tax rate on Petrol? Do they charge tax on the pump price or the price per purchased "barrel"? Should also add that in no way does any advertising or supermarket discount/flybuys bullshit influence which station I choose. Because I have no choice in price I replace that option with who has the best gas for my car.

Its now mid next month man. You can make it easy.

As my topic title states. Why is there all these petrol companies yet I dont see any competition in prices between them all. They seem to all be working as one entity. If one raises prices so do the others. They may hold for 1/4 or 1/2 a day then will match. It seems to me they can charge what ever they like. One giant monopoly that has the public by the balls and does not care. I also noticed that they have put their drink and other confectionary prices up another .50c on average making a simple bottle of water around $3.50. Around $1.20 more than my local Dairy. But really I would like to know why there is no price competiton at all.