kingkarl

I'm guessing RSs or LMs. Replicas probably?

OP - I'd take the porsche even if I had to pay double the stagea's price. I don't care if it's faster than a veyron! This - http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-272424331.htm Or That - http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-274736751.htm

I've taken better looking shits.

Oooooooh yeah! My voice is goneskis.

It's a long shot, but if you, or anyone you know wants a ticket to this afternoons game I've got one spare. It's a student ticket in the gold section. You'll have the pleasure of myself and 2 of my mates company. I'll consider any offers. 0274977188

I thought white was a very easy colour to keep clean. Isn't black one of the hardest?

sh*t's weak.

You're kidding right?

Very tasty.

Yes you're correct, I didn't word my post very well. I can totally see where you're coming from, and if I was in your situation and had to do it a LOT harder as it was way back when, I'd have the exact same attitude. I still don't see anything that wrong with using money you're entitled to though. And to an extent it is an investment in my future. I hope to get a very high paying job in time, and can you imagine the taxes I'm going to be paying? So it should even out... in time. Maybe you should be a bit tougher on the people who go to uni because their mates are and do a BA (no offence intended to anyone, BA's are very respectable degrees in most instances) because they can't be bothered doing anything else. And I do actually need the money. My parents are definitely not millionaires (no where near) and it's been a tough year for them. At the same time, I am extremely privileged and am extremely satisfied with my life and how lucky I am. Consider my mate (no hate towards him) who's parents are extremely wealthy and retired sub 50. He got a $12,000 dollar scholarship last year (even though I was dux... not bragging, I pretty much fluked it) and yet he still gets $200 dollars a week from Mr Key because his folks are retired and technically have no income... His 2 older sisters also get this $200 a week allowance. Completely agree that police/health (especially)/schools are far too short funded. But surely you'd rather $160 bucks a week went to me (paid back in 5 years) rather then some obese douchebag who can't be bothered getting off the couch and finding some legitimate work. Thanks for your very informative post also Graham. Can we please get back on the subject of actual share trading, and not a ethical debate.

That's ok. There's no rule to stop me doing it, and I'm going to pay it back obviously, and I see it as a productive use of taxpayers funds, as it increases the capital pool for NZ companies. I'm sure Big John would prefer I did this then spend it all on speights and drugs.

Cheers thanks. Yeah that's my philosophy. I don't want to lose big, but if I do it's really not the end of the world and I have family that I'm sure will bail me out if the sh*t hits the fan. I do not want it to come to that, and it's the definite last resort. I'm young, so I can afford to take a hit and easily bounce back. And yeah, I personally think that age isn't really a factor. Better to start learning at an early age. Thanks for all the comments, keep em coming.

I'm wanting to hear from people who have experience/knowledge in share trading and/or portfolio investment. I've read a few great books on it, but want to hear a few peoples personal experiences. What tools have you used to do it? Internet, share brokers, stock exchange? Being a student I don't have a lot of cash to throw around, but I can get several thousand in interest free overdrafts from several different banks as soon as I turn 18. My main goal is to learn at this stage as I'm 90% certain I'm going to be pursuing a career in this industry. Any other misc. advice is also greatly appreciated to help a beginner avoid being kicked out onto the street. I hope for a medium return with a corresponding medium risk (obviously) over a couple of years. Any less than this and the volatility and uncertainty at the moment just isn't worth the risk and stress for me. I've had a look at ASB online trading, but couldn't stomach the $30 fee for each buy/sell trade. I'm wanting to avoid that load of bollocks if all possible. Thanks for any and all help, you're bloody legends.

Jetta win.

Oooh yum. I don't hear it personally, but I do hear the whine.

http://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthr...read_id/525358/ tell me what you think.

Hawt car, and photos look great to my untrained amateur eye.

hawwwwt... and practical!

Without a doubt. Looks a million times more bad ass.

500hp in an e30 is quite an impressive power to weight ratio. I'd love to see some stats for the car, 0-100, quarter mile, 80-120 etc.

DEFINITELY an improvement. I'm used to seeing those wheels on the latest model X5 (E70?) so I kind of prefer them on those. I reckon they'd look a bit cooler if you got them painted a darker grey/gun metal colour.

Saw a brand new 7 drive over a traffic island today near Courtenay place. Made the most horrible noise. I'm quite certain there'd be some pretty serious damage, sump maybe?

I like the look of it... It's much better in person. There's something about realllllllly wide tyres that get's me all flustered.

Possibly not for much longer if this sh*t continues =/