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Another Victoria, Australia masterpiece

Notice the aussies spend taxpayer money putting alloys on their cars - make them look badass though. Especially Victoria. edit: sh*t just realised its a Monaro too!

It's been two years since I was last living in Dunedin, but when I was there there were two I saw regularly. //Stands behind flame-proof wall I think they are one of the best looking bimmers. :thumb:

I don't mean to add to your misery, but you wouldn't have any pics we could wince over would you?

i've had a fair bit of experience with landcruisers from old fj50's to newer ones and they can't be beaten. You would really need to look at your bank balance before even considering a rangey. Get the cruiser - you'll be happier in the long run.

353 first time, but found that it is easy to up your score if you reverse into the second two instead of driving straight in.

There are many documented cases of vehicles that are more unsafe than their predecessors. It is a question of design. If two vehicles of the same model line vary in terms of shape and size sramatically as is often the case, then of course safety design is affected significantly. Sometimes car manufacturers make death traps - it's a fact. I'm not saying that this is the case here of course, but to blindly believe that a newer car is safer than an older one of the same model line is to believe in a fallacy. Obviously the general trend is towards safer cars, but there were periods in car safety design whereby the theories used to design so-called "safer" cars were flawed - but we only know this due to the benefit of hindsight.

My f**king printer sux - it made it really small - still works, but I've got a "mini" dragon. Small things aye! Not really worth the effort cutting it out. downloading the video was much less painful.

cool link! :thumb:

As shown here

I was following a white 535 touring yesterday. Definately looks better in white. And definately looks better than the E30 tourings - although those are all class too of course.

Not my first vote, but maybe my second. Oh well, since you asked nicely... Hope she wins now I have voted for her. Na screw that, hope I win now I have voted for her.

I'm sure you have read this thread. I listed a couple of prices for Dynatron alarms that i thought were reasonable. Your best bet is to go into your local alarm installers, see what they have and for how much, and then ask whether that brand is good. As a general rule I have found the mag and performance type shops to be more expensive than the smaller, specialised installers and auto-sparkies as they are marketing to the performance crowd with more money than sense, and the boy-racer crowd which just want to be able to HP the lot. This is of course a generalisation, not a rule.

Bah! Consider it a $2 donation.

Ooops, didn't read properly - they are ready, so redeciding is prob out of the question. in that case, as above, it was 2 large. Cheers

2 large, but can you remind us all how big they are so as i can re-decide?? Cheers

#24 also applies to "just a flatmate". Unfortunately I wasn't fast enough to abide by the rules and got kicked out in the morning. Bitch used me like a pice of meat - kick ass!!!

There is one up here for sale in Kerikeri. Some young dude who sacked it and put chromes on. Didn't sell, so he sold the chromes and put bottle caps on and is now asking $1500. Looks nicely beat up with different coloured panels and plenty of bog, but engine may be OK - I don't know, plus the straight/unbogged panels are good with no rust. Can get you the contact details if you want, although I think he is asking a little too much. Don't know him, just seen the car parked on the side of the road.

Referring to Jeff? Didn't know he had a courier. Don't see him around much, but catch up with his sister from time to time. Fully agree regarding the wheels, but it was a work ute for me, so didn't bother.

Warm your car up before leaving the house - you caould set the heater on the night before and have it defog windows (if u park outside) and warm the interior? Also, to frighten passersby by starting the vehicle from your table at the cafe accross the road? Just a gimmick really. Don't have it, and wouldn't get it I don't like to idle my car for too long anyway because as we all know most engine wear is caused at idle when its cold.

Speaking from experience???You can put remote start in yourself, but it may not be warrantable if you do - not sure. Qualified/certified installers are not allowed to install them or they will lose their license, so most don't. Only applies to manuals which as said above will lurch and may injure someone if tried to start whilst in gear.

It was a rhetorical question

QUICKLY i.e. before you drive it anywhere. Reminds me of several stories of people driving their car with the oil light on to the mechanics and never actually making it. Oh, and the woman who asked a petrol station attendant what the light meant. he told her, checked the oil, and put about 2 1/2 litres in. She then drove along to the next gas station, and the light was on a gain, so she copied the attendant and put another 2 litres in. At the fourth gas station, the attendent there noticed she hadn't checked the dipstick before adding oil, so talked to her and got the full story, and thought - crikey! major leak here, or no oil pressure, so checked the dipstick. it was WAY over the top mark. Told her to go and see the mechnic on site. She drove accross the forecourt and never made it. Turned out that she had WAY over filled it, and caused major engine damage driving accross the forecourt. What happened? The first attendant correctly diagnosed the oil light. The women then forgot to release her handbrake properly and mistook the handbrake light for the oil light, and just kept topping her car up! Sorry - O/T I know.

Aslo, think about this: The alarm listed on trademe is not a known brand. My rule of thumb is, if you can't find a website, or physical address for a product on trademe, then it is obscure, and is unlikely to be very good. if it was good, then it would be well known. Secondly - factor in installation costs. Unless you have installed alarms before, you will not be able to do the job properly. Also, it may not qualify for your insurance. Finally, if it sounds like a steal (i.e. too good to be true), then it probably is. My mate bought (against my advice) an alarm off trademe that was not a reputed brand. it had all the mod-cons with a pager system, LCD screen on the remote, and engine start, but it was a heap of crap. No-one would install it for him as his car was a manual, and it is illegal to put remote start alarms in a manual transmission vehicle. Second, the alarm looked to be a good deal until he found out how much to install it (without the engine start feature activated). He also then found out that the nearest installer willing to do the job was a 4hr drive away. Finally, even installed, etc it did not qualify him for insurance discounts as it was not an approved alarm. He spent about $500 in the end, and for the same money he could have got a dynatron installed and saved himself two trips to Auckland at about $80 worth of gas each time. Go to your local alarm installer and buy one off them. Save yourself the headache.

I have heard AVS are also good. Anyone heard otherwise?? I have been looking at Dynatron myself. At around $600 installed for the one with the backup battery, or $500 without, it is a 5-star alarm, (4-star without backup battery) and gives me 10% discount off my insurance. Even a $4000 odd car could benefit from this expense as quite often you dont' pay excess for theft if you have an approved alarm (depending on your insurer). Therefore the alarm pays for itself the first time your car is either stolen, or your stereo pinched. The price here is quite good when compared to a comparable uniden - $300 plus installation at DSE. You can expect to pay around $150 - $250 for professional installation, so at best you save $150 by going the Uniden over the Dynatron, and at worst only $50.