Young Thrash Driver

That isn't too bad. I'd head to the supermarket and grab a tin of Kiwi polish and two brushes, one to apply the polish and one to scrub it in and polish it out. Then buff afterwards with a cotton rag so residue doesn't rub onto the Mrs favourite white fabrics. I'd budget at least 15 minutes per boot. I have always avoided dubbin, having seen it make leather too soft and perishable. I suppose you could also use the stuff you have on the shelf for car interior care 😂

There's an E36 318ti just popped up in the For Sale thread Barry. Not sure what kids nowadays would think of that, are they "old school" cool yet?

Wasn't Barry's niece after one of these?

Props for finding somewhere the neighbours won't complain I suppose... These "boy racers" need to start policing themselves. What they are doing for fun is already pushing the limits in a number of ways, which inevitably attracts ferals- so deal with the problem, and then you won't be dealt to by angry locals, done over by cops who are told to "do something" and portrayed in media as if the dickheads are the rule rather than an exception. Grow up you dickheads is my attitude. I always took care that my idiocy didn't affect the public too much. As for spilling milk that very well could have been picked up from my farm... Wankers.

Utes are so ubiquitous now it appears all the cocks have left their Audis for something higher riding ("command position") and more tax friendly.

I might have missed it, but... What are your thoughts on what to replace it with?

Tuck your trousers into your socks with this one...

4 or 5 grand would be my wild stab in the dark. You don't see that interior too often, she's looking good.

I'm a tech retard but I can add one small nugget. If I'm logged into or out of Faecesbook it makes no difference to how the wierdness presents on that thread.

Any investment in this area will be painted as subsidising fossil fuels. The real problems we face are ideological. There are many waste to energy schemes overseas and we ought to produce enough waste to make it work. We have terrain just crying out for more dams. Sadly the focus is on planting pine trees on the worlds most efficient farms, and importing a mix of very expensive new and half worn out 2nd hand electric cars. The Minister responsible for energy spoke of building 4.5 wind farms per year, this has proven to be all talk. Plans to upgrade the distribution network must be a state secret, because so little is talked about it. And still we aren't allowed to say the "n" word.

It's a nice idea but I'm sure the energy required to do this at scale requires heavy dairy intensification in an area without a huge dairy prescence and under a regulatory framework that is hostile to dairy conversion. Possibly need more people producing more rubbish too.

What is the planned power source for the Hastings operation?

Does hydrogen make sense yet, in terms of energy in during manufacture vs energy out available in whichever vehicle's fuel tank?

I refreshed some injectors once. Then one of them went mental and stuck open about 2 weeks after I stuck them back in- so ended up sending them away for a proper clean/flow test etc etc. Was about $30 each from memory.

We bought a second hand Mazda 6 wagon and until recently were putting 33K km a year on it. It cost us about 12K 5 years ago and is now at 288K km. It's 2.0 engine returns 8.1L/100km and servicing costs have been trivial. It required a replacement steering rack (apparently these do that) at 250K km but other than fuel tires and scheduled maintenance hasn't cost us anything. We both still like driving it, it's a very nice modest "just does the job" vehicle- and it isn't a Toyota.

Nah don't modify it, it's past time he got into the 6 cylinders again 😎

Yeah but they will pay with cash

It comes down to looking after the environment, no surprises then that they are dropping the oil dripping coolant swallowing seal munching V12s.

What in the name of wurst and schnitzel is that?! All I can glean from the tires is it is, at least apparently, rear wheel drive.

I think I'm starting to move past that face. But only because the colour helps minimise it.

I thought everyone had shares in Novus?!

Some of the silvers BMW does makes the cars look like they are made from liquid mercury. Congrats, lovely colour.

How many km total has it done? And as an aside... Why the hell would anyone put their teen in a Toyota shoebox. $2000 would struggle to buy you a safer car. This one even has parking sensors- practically learner driver proof! Even Qube has had a look- the E39 really is an every mans car.

You should enjoy it, these are a nice steering wheel. The rim thickness and smaller diameter makes a huge change. Also the cruise control and sound buttons are very economically placed. Some manufacturers get this really wrong but I reckon BMW nails it with this steering wheel.

What else can you tell us about this Brent, what's wrong with it