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Amen. I guess a modded 335 will be as good as it gets then mate; because there is no way Ford are going to invest money in a limited run HO

It'll never ever happen in the real world. There is NO FISCAL REALITY to justify creating such a beast. It's not the 1970s anymore. A Phase 3 was what $5500? These days a GTHO would have to top 120k, too much risk for too little profit A common sense look at Fords retraction from V8 Supercars indicates how much they are NOT prepared to invest in go fast cars any more. We were bloody lucky to see the 335, throw 10k at one of them and you will get a beast a least as good as what FPV could produce to call a GTHO. There is no desire or emotion in the mathematical reality of a balance sheet.

I like the Yank advert. Imagine if FPV tried to release that here. Harold Scruby would have a heart attack. People say yanks are dumb, but at least they are not dumb enough to see the farce of using driving and road safety to line the coffers. That GT would have looked great with Moffat doing a few figures 8s with the tyres smoking

It will be the longest sleep of your life Redhawk, or else it will be a sleepless night. I can't understand the bagging of the wheels, they look great in real life. I rang Don at Perth Exhaust to get some Quads for the R Spec and they have shut down, at least in Vic Park. It seems that the cheaper bolt on XForce's shut them down so I got some of them instead. I'm chafing at the bit to get a 335 but I'm waiting for the series 2 as apparently there are going to be some nice surprises on it and in it, namely a bloody intercooler and some reasonable suspension. Jeremy Clarkson panned it in the media 2 weeks ago (wanker) . He basically said it ewas an average car that handled like a boat, was too plasticky inside, had a great engine but it all seemed rather pointless. I wonder how much the Dark Side slung him to say that as I drove the same car for a week that he had abused and all I could really be picky about was the suspension and the crap sound system, but 3k will fix the suspension and 2k will fix the sound. Whatever way you go, nice car Arkayne and you need white for the NT heat. ENJOY

Hey Mate. Yeah still got the passion. It's getting very interesting out there, about 5 banks a day going belly up in the USA, below is the latest from last Friday. Not to worry though, Krud and Queen Joolia have assured us that it can never happen here, hollow echo's from the the past lies of Gordon Browne, the Greek Govt, The Irish Govt, The US Govt, The Spanish Govt, and every other Govt and all the international Banksters before 2008 . They are still full on applying band aids, but soon the main artery will burst and then the $hit will hit the fan bigtime. One thing is for sure as the artificial currencies continue to fail, and Bernanke keeps the US dollar printing running 24/7 Gold and Silver will keep rising even if only by the grace of currencies devaluing. I bought 45,000 ounces of Silver at $9.30 an Oz three years ago and everybody said I was nuts and should buy property and stocks. Now, despite what the experts say, in the real world stocks and property have gone down the toilet while silver is about to break $50 and I still tripping into the Perth Mint once a week to keep the pile growing. Who needs a stock market or a financial advisor, how good were those armchair experts in late 2008 . Plus a 100 Oz silver bar is a lot nicer to hold than some trader paper. The main thing over the next year is to get out of Debt. Despite what the newspapers would have you believe Australia does have a 14 trillion derivatives bubble that nobodies talking about . Because of the way FIAT money is created out of thin air by central banks it always end up worthless and we are witnessing the results of that reality shaking through our so called Global Economy, and if the old adage "When America Sneezes Australia Catches A Cold" holds true then we are in deep deep do do. No good owning property if there are no banks left to finance any potential buyers . And just because a few forign owned multi nationals are paying huge wages to a few thousand people while pumping billions of dollars worth of commodities out of the ground in WA, that does not mean that our national economy is in any kind of good shape, any average Joe will tell you that. Get out of debt, keep some or most of your cash under the mattress and hang on for the ride, its going to get interesting. Heres the latest list of this weeks failed US banks Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen: Before beginning, I would like to announce our latest entrants into the our banking morgue, having taken their last breath last night. Last week, Sheila gave the troops a week off and she made up for it last night in the closing of 5 banks. Here is the bank closing information courtesy of Jim Sinclair : Bank Closing Information April 29, 2011 Community Central Bank, Mount Clemens, MI The Park Avenue Bank, Valdosta, GA First Choice Community Bank, Dallas, GA Cortez Community Bank, Brooksville, FL First National Bank of Central Florida, Winter Park, FL http://www.fdic.gov/

I have run one in my R Spec for 3 years. I had one go flat when I went to the US for 10 weeks and forgot to disconnect it. It charged up fine and is now a spare as I bought a replacement just in case the first one was cactus. It says in the link that they have many various brackets to hold them. If you are really serious about weight loss try googling "Lithium car start battery". I think they weigh less than 2 kilo's and don't cost that much. That said the Oddseesy is a great battery.

I'm thinking of replacing the Factory 19s on the R Spec with some aftermarket 19s. Does anybody know if the BF 2 FPV still had offset wheels. I presume the rims are 19 x 8, what width of wheel and tyre can be acheived to get some wider rubber especially on the back? Cheers

Car already had an Alpine 600 and Hertz speakers that cost $1200 about 18 months ago. Kenwood sub cost $280. To get the Eclpise 5030 deck, and an Alpine Sub Amp, plus wireless remote for steerring wheel control function full Dynamatting of the inside rear parcel shelf and strengehting of the parcel shelf from underneath plus a free key worth $300, the bill for all fitted and tuned in was $1200. So now it owes me nearly 3K but it sounds superb, I'm happy

The amps were at 5 and he turned them up to 10. Whatever it means, it worked now it has sound, very loud clear sound. Oh and hands free Blue Tooth. All in all well worth it.

Yeah I think in all the panic of the car not starting, he's turned the APMs down or not turned them up. Tomorrow will see when he re tunes it all.

Hey Mate, how are ya, if by the gist of your post you have got one, good on you mate. I think they have a bit of room for improvement in the handling and music dept and an intercooler would work wonders. A Manta would make it growl nicley and free it up, they pick up a lot of Kw just from exhaust and a flash. Lucky Ba$tard

Well I finally got the car back with the new system all up and running. I got a free new re cut key, the rear deck the rear underseat floor and rear under seat floor re Dynamatted, and also thick wooden template moulded to shape screwed into the rear deck from below to stop the metal shelf vibrating and flexing, all as no cost compensation of the installers initial stuff up. Now the system is an Eclipse 5030 deck with an excellent blue tooth connection to play music from the iPhone. I also got a little wireless module that keeps the steering wheel volume and mode controls active. The main amp is a big Alpine of some sort that powers front and rear Hertz speakers and tweeters. There is now a new Alpine PMX320 sub amp driving a new Kenwood 8" free to air sub it all sounds much better than it did a week ago, and light years in front of the Factory Premium sound. The only real disapointment is that the factory unit has a hell of a lot more volume than this one setup but the new unit, although not quite as loud is a hell of a lot clearer and the bass is like it never even had one before. The stereo joint wants to have another play with the main Alpine amp on Saturday and tune the speakers in better or something. Anyway all in all its a vast improvement.

$680 later for key cutting and re checking by ford. The winner is Hiddeous, a plug left out of the BEM. I bet there is an installer getting a slap around the ear in Morley WA today. Still have to give the shop 100% for not trying to on charge me. Now in theory I should have awesome sound and Blue Tooth.

Well the SAGA continues, found out from the Ford dealer at 5 pm today that it is not anything to do with losing a key code because they can't get any signals from the computer. They are head scratcing on what to do next. So either the apparent "3 hour CD Player install" 3 days later is not done right, or the computer is fried; which means my new X Cal 3 will be fcuked as well and probably no car for easter. This will be interesting, very interesting, to see who tries to blame who.

Twas an Alberts but not Myaree. Typical WA WA land, go in to get a 3 hour job done and 2 days later Ford are trying to figure out the problem (they think a key has decoded, yeah sure my mother flie's a jumbo jet too). Just had some stern words with the outlet about not giving me a fcuking bill if Ford put on of their $160 an hour apprentices on it and they can't figure it out. Seems simple to me. Deliver car it goes, install CD player it doesn't go. JUST FIX IT

I was going to get a Parrot blue tooth device for the phone and opted for an Eclipse CD player with bluetooth and hands free and also decided to replace the sub amp with a Kenwood so the sound system would be much enhanced. Well it does indeed sound fantastic now, but when the install was finished the car started and ran for about 30 seconds and then wouldn't react to the starter button at all, dead, nothing, nada. The installer had the thing blasting off the accessories for ages and the battery got a bit drained so maybe that contributing to it. I'm getting all sorts of maybes, key has decoded, bad earth, incorrect wiring, opinions etc. But the shop which is a reputable car sound dealer and has done a lot BA BF falcon upgrades has rechecked all the connections and all seems to be fine. Presently it is sitting in a Ford Dealer waiting to have the codes looked at.

Basically they are all in a bit of bother with the derivitives wave of trillions that nobody talks about getting closer and bigger, let alone the trillions they have borrowed offshore. Some have been having a little trouble rolling over those huge loans that fall due for refinancing every 3 or 6 months. Now that the IMF and World bank are calling out about the Australian housing bubble its getting harder for them to roll over some of their exposure. What I'm saying is be aware and keep a bit of cash under the bed because one day the computer glitch may become a lot longer than a few days, although the Govt does guarantee deposits up to certain significant amounts, but who needs the drama of waiting if things do go awry. Banks are dropping like flies in the USA and before 2008 nobody would have thought it was possible in the USA just as it is assumed as impossible here, below is last weeks list of dead banks. Before beginning, I would like to announce a huge number of banks that have taken their last breath and entered our banking morgue. Sheila Bair of the FDIC was a busy girl last night as she prepares for the holiday week: 1. Heritage Banking Group: Carthage MS 2. Rosemont National Bank: Rosemont MN 3. Nexity Bank: Birmingham AL 4. New Horizon Bank East Ellijay, Ga 5.Bartow County Bank, Cathersville, GA.

When America sneezes Australia catchs a cold. Here's an idea of whats really going on in the US economy, from a Gold & Silver Investment blog I read. So toss these B.S. economic reports out the window and start looking at what is really going on around you. The total level of Americans actually working as % of the population is in continuous decline - the Govt just changes the definition of what constitutes the "labor force." The number of Americans dependent on food stamps increases every month. Those "robust" auto sales for March? Check again and please note that they were a product of the auto manufacturers "stuffing" dealer inventories. Search zerohedge for that report if you need to see the proof for yourself. Dealer inventories are at record levels, but auto manufacturers book a sale once a vehicle is shipped to a dealer. Oh and the auto maker happily finances that sale with your money (at least GM and Chrysler use your money). And I don't even need to mention the fact that the housing market is absolutely falling off a cliff plus prices are tanking again. Speaking of housing, Bank of America, one of the BIGGEST homebuyer financiers on the planet, is now saying that homeowners should not look at their home as an asset. What the hell? I'm not making this up, see for yourself: LINK That truly blows my mind. Don't forget that for the past decade, mortgage finance has been the largest part of BAC's revenues, income and bonus pools. ROFLMAO. This is an absolute tragic farce. The number ONE sales pitch used in a housing transaction is that "a house is a great investment!" Bankers all over the country got rich on this battle cry. Now we find out that it was one big lie? I'll give BAC CEO Brian Moynihan the "asshole criminal of the year" award for the one.

See the NAB using the classic "Computer Glitch" excuse AGAIN to cover up their largesse. It was reported after their last so called computer glitch that they were one of the first Aus banks to put their hands out in 2008 when the GFC hit and they borrowed Billions off the US fed to roll over the money they had already borrowed to give out as loans to help create the Australian Housing bubble. Now that the World Bank and IMF are saying that the bubble is between 45 and 50% all of our banks are having major troubles refinancing. We tend to shrug and say it couldn't happen here but it IS. The yanks and the poms were saying the same thing up until 2008 and their housing markets are still in free fall and banks are falling like flys in the US while the only reason the markets have made any kind of come back is because all of the bail out maney Oh Blah Blah and the Fed gave them was poured into it, that's half the reason Bernanke is still printing flat out, gold and silver are going through the roof as a reflection of the devaluing US dollar. All of our big 4 are in deep poo. If you have any cash in the bank keep some of it under the mattress people, better safe than sorry.

I saw a nice full kit on ebay yesterday it came with everything down to the lock nuts and I wondered exactly the same thing then thought better of drilling holes in the floor.

Notice whenever you see pictures of the so called rebels there is never more than 20 or 30 of them. This is just another shafting by the rich and powerful to steal the oil not to mention all the Gold that Libya has in storage. Just keep bombimg and killing innocent civilians and NEVER let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Or watch a smack freak get resucitated on the footpath in the city.

With US debt approaching a completely unrepayable debt of almost 15 trillion dollars and a collapsing dollar and their 51st state "Australia" even worse off on a pro rata basis, the GFC of 2008 is nothing compared to what must come for the so called global economy. One little country has had the balls to tell the IMF and it it cohorts to Go Get Fcuked . I wish our lying so called pollies had the balls and the honesty to do the same, its going to be really interesting here when the so called big 4 banks can't refinance their 3 to 6 monthly 14 trillion dollars worth of borrowings that has created our massive housing bubble. By Bill Wilson – Iceland is free. And it will remain so, so long as her people wish to remain autonomous of the foreign domination of her would-be masters in this case, international bankers. On April 9, the fiercely independent people of island-nation defeated a referendum that would have bailed out the UK and the Netherlands who had covered the deposits of British and Dutch investors who had lost funds in Icesave bank in 2008. At the time of the bank’s failure, Iceland refused to cover the losses. But the UK and Netherlands nonetheless have demanded that Iceland repay them for the “loan” as a condition for admission into the European Union. In response, the Icelandic people have told Europe to go pound sand. The final vote was 103,207 to 69,462, or 58.9 percent to 39.7 percent. “Taxpayers should not be responsible for paying the debts of a private institution,” said Sigriur Andersen, a spokeswoman for the Advice group that opposed the bailout. A similar referendum in 2009 on the issue, although with harsher terms, found 93.2 percent of the Icelandic electorate rejecting a proposal to guarantee the deposits of foreign investors who had funds in the Icelandic bank. The referendum was invoked when President Olafur Ragnur Grimmson vetoed legislation the Althingi, Iceland’s parliament, had passed to pay back the British and Dutch. Under the terms of the agreement, Iceland would have had to pay £2.35 billion to the UK, and €1.32 billion to the Netherlands by 2046 at a 3 percent interest rate. Its rejection for the second time by Iceland is a testament to its people, who feel they should bear no responsibility for the losses of foreigners endured in the financial crisis. That opposition to bailouts led to Iceland’s decision to allow the bank to fail in 2008. Not that the taxpayers there could have afforded to. As noted by Bloomberg News, at the time the crisis hit in 2008, “the banks had debts equal to 10 times Iceland’s $12 billion GDP.” “These were private banks and we didn’t pump money into them in order to keep them going; the state did not shoulder the responsibility of the failed private banks,” Iceland President Olafur Grimsson told Bloomberg Television. The voters’ rejection came despite threats to isolate Iceland from funding in international financial institutions. Iceland’s national debt has already been downgraded by credit rating agencies, and now those same agencies have promised to do so once again as punishment for defying the will of international bankers. This is just the latest in the long drama since 2008 of global institutions refusing to take losses in the financial crisis. Threats of a global economic depression and claims of being “too big to fail” have equated to a loaded gun to the heads of representative governments in the U.S. and Europe. Iceland is of particular interest because it did not bail out its banks like Ireland did, or foreign ones like the U.S. did. If that fervor catches on amongst taxpayers worldwide, as it has in Iceland and with the tea party movement in America, the banks would have something to fear; that is, the inability to draw from limitless amounts of funding from gullible government officials and central banks. It appears that the root cause is government guarantees, whether explicit or implicit, on risk-taking by the banks. Ultimately, such guarantees are not necessary to maintain full employment or even prop up an economy with growth, they are simply designed to allow these international institutions to overleverage and increase their profit margins in good times — and to avoid catastrophic losses in bad times. The lesson here is instructive across the pond, but it is a chilling one. If the U.S. — or any sovereign for that matter — attempts to restructure their debts, or to force private investors to take a haircut on their own foolish gambles, these international institutions have promised the equivalent of economic war in response. However, the alternative is for representative governments to sacrifice their independence to a cadre of faceless bankers who share no allegiance to any nation. It is the conflict that has already defined the beginning of the 21st Century. The question is whether free peoples will choose to remain free, as Iceland has, or to submit. Read more at NetRightDaily.com: http://netrightdaily.com/2011/04/iceland-declares-independence-from-international-banks/#ixzz1JYOIC5rJ

Ellen Brown was the first author to expose the fraud in the Mortgaged Back Securities. She was the first to expose the "robo-signing" by the banks. Now she has delved into the Libyan situation. This is an important read as well: Libya: All About Oil, or All About Banking? Courtesy of Ellen Brown, originally published at Truthout Several writers have noted the odd fact that the Libyan rebels took time out from their rebellion in March to create their own central bank - this before they even had a government. Robert Wenzel wrote in the Economic Policy Journal: I have never before heard of a central bank being created in just a matter of weeks out of a popular uprising. This suggests we have a bit more than a rag tag bunch of rebels running around and that there are some pretty sophisticated influences. Alex Newman wrote in the New American: In a statement released last week, the rebels reported on the results of a meeting held on March 19. Among other things, the supposed rag-tag revolutionaries announced the "[d]esignation of the Central Bank of Benghazi as a monetary authority competent in monetary policies in Libya and appointment of a Governor to the Central Bank of Libya, with a temporary headquarters in Benghazi." Newman quoted CNBC Senior Editor John Carney, who asked, "Is this the first time a revolutionary group has created a central bank while it is still in the midst of fighting the entrenched political power? It certainly seems to indicate how extraordinarily powerful central bankers have become in our era." Another anomaly involves the official justification for taking up arms against Libya. Supposedly it's about human rights violations, but the evidence is contradictory. According to an article on the Fox News web site on February 28: As the United Nations works feverishly to condemn Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi for cracking down on protesters, the body's Human Rights Council is poised to adopt a report chock-full of praise for Libya's human rights record. The review commends Libya for improving educational opportunities, for making human rights a "priority" and for bettering its "constitutional" framework. Several countries, including Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia but also Canada, give Libya positive marks for the legal protections afforded to its citizens - who are now revolting against the regime and facing bloody reprisal. Whatever might be said of Qaddafi's personal crimes, the Libyan people seem to be thriving. A delegation of medical professionals from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus wrote in anappeal to Russian President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin that after becoming acquainted with Libyan life, it was their view that in few nations did people live in such comfort: [Libyans] are entitled to free treatment and their hospitals provide the best in the world of medical equipment. Education in Libya is free, capable young people have the opportunity to study abroad at government expense. When marrying, young couples receive 60,000 Libyan dinars (about 50,000 US dollars) of financial assistance. Non-interest state loans and as practice shows, undated. Due to government subsidies the price of cars is much lower than in Europe and they are affordable for every family. Gasoline and bread cost a penny, no taxes for those who are engaged in agriculture. The Libyan people are quiet and peaceful, are not inclined to drink and are very religious. They maintained that the international community had been misinformed about the struggle against the regime. "Tell us," they said, "who would not like such a regime?" Even if that is just propaganda, there is no denying at least one very popular achievement of the Libyan government: it brought water to the desert by building the largest and most expensive irrigation project in history, the $33 billion GMMR (Great Man-Made River) project. Even more than oil, water is crucial to life in Libya. The GMMR provides 70 percent of the population with water for drinking and irrigation, pumping it from Libya's vast underground Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System in the south to populated coastal areas 4,000 kilometers to the north. The Libyan government has done at least some things right. Another explanation for the assault on Libya is that it is "all about oil," but that theory, too, is problematic. As noted in the National Journal, the country produces only about 2 percent of the world's oil. Saudi Arabia alone has enough spare capacity to make up for any lost production if Libyan oil were to disappear from the market. And if it's all about oil, why the rush to set up a new central bank? Another provocative bit of data circulating on the net is a 2007 Democracy Now! interview of US Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.). In it he says that about ten days after September 11, 2001, he was told by a general that the decision had been made to go to war with Iraq. Clark was surprised and asked why. "I don't know!" was the response. "I guess they don't know what else to do!" Later, the same general said they planned to take out seven countries in five years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Iran. What do these seven countries have in common? In the context of banking, one that sticks out is that none of them is listed among the 56 member banks of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). That evidently puts them outside the long regulatory arm of the central bankers' central bank in Switzerland. The most renegade of the lot could be Libya and Iraq, the two that have actually been attacked. Kenneth Schortgen Jr., writing on Examiner.com, noted, "ix months before the US moved into Iraq to take down Saddam Hussein, the oil nation had made the move to accept Euros instead of dollars for oil and this became a threat to the global dominance of the dollar as the reserve currency and its dominion as the petrodollar." According to a Russian article titled "Bombing of Lybia - Punishment for Ghaddafi for His Attempt to Refuse US Dollar," Qaddaffi made a similarly bold move: he initiated a movement to refuse the dollar and the euro and called on Arab and African nations to use a new currency instead, the gold dinar. Qaddafi suggested establishing a united African continent, with its 200 million people using this single currency. During the past year, the idea was approved by many Arab countries and most African countries. The only opponents were the Republic of South Africa and the head of the League of Arab States. The initiative was viewed negatively by the USA and the European Union, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy calling Libya a threat to the financial security of mankind; but Qaddafi was not swayed and continued his push for the creation of a united Africa. And that brings us back to the puzzle of the Libyan central bank. In an article posted on the Market Oracle, Eric Encina observed: One seldom mentioned fact by western politicians and media pundits: the Central Bank of Libya is 100% State Owned.... Currently, the Libyan government creates its own money, the Libyan Dinar, through the facilities of its own central bank. Few can argue that Libya is a sovereign nation with its own great resources, able to sustain its own economic destiny. One major problem for globalist banking cartels is that in order to do business with Libya, they must go through the Libyan Central Bank and its national currency, a place where they have absolutely zero dominion or power-broking ability. Hence, taking down the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) may not appear in the speeches of Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy but this is certainly at the top of the globalist agenda for absorbing Libya into its hive of compliant nations. Libya not only has oil. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), its central bank has nearly 144 tons of gold, in its vaults. With that sort of asset base, who needs the BIS, the IMF and their rules? All of which prompts a closer look at the BIS rules and their effect on local economies. An article on the BIS web site states that central banks in the Central Bank Governance Network are supposed to have as their single or primary objective "to preserve price stability." They are to be kept independent from government to make sure that political considerations don't interfere with this mandate. "Price stability" means maintaining a stable money supply, even if that means burdening the people with heavy foreign debts. Central banks are discouraged from increasing the money supply by printing money and using it for the benefit of the state, either directly or as loans. In a 2002 article in Asia Times titled "The BIS vs National Banks," Henry Liu maintained: BIS regulations serve only the single purpose of strengthening the international private banking system, even at the peril of national economies. The BIS does to national banking systems what the IMF has done to national monetary regimes. National economies under financial globalization no longer serve national interests. ... FDI [foreign direct investment] denominated in foreign currencies, mostly dollars, has condemned many national economies into unbalanced development toward export, merely to make dollar-denominated interest payments to FDI, with little net benefit to the domestic economies. He added, "Applying the State Theory of Money, any government can fund with its own currency all its domestic developmental needs to maintain full employment without inflation." The "state theory of money" refers to money created by governments rather than private banks. The presumption of the rule against borrowing from the government's own central bank is that this will be inflationary, while borrowing existing money from foreign banks or the IMF will not. But all banks actually create the money they lend on their books, whether publicly owned or privately owned. Most new money today comes from bank loans. Borrowing it from the government's own central bank has the advantage that the loan is effectively interest free. Eliminating interest has been shown to reduce the cost of public projects by an average of 50 percent. And that appears to be how the Libyan system works. According to Wikipedia, the functions of the Central Bank of Libya include "issuing and regulating banknotes and coins in Libya" and "managing and issuing all state loans." Libya's wholly state-owned bank can and does issue the national currency and lend it for state purposes. That would explain where Libya gets the money to provide free education and medical care and to issue each young couple $50,000 in interest-free state loans. It would also explain where the country found the $33 billion to build the GMMR project. Libyans are worried that NATO-led airstrikes are coming perilously close to this pipeline,threatening another humanitarian disaster. So, is this new war all about oil or all about banking? Maybe both - and water as well. With energy, water and ample credit to develop the infrastructure to access them, a nation can be free of the grip of foreign creditors. And that may be the real threat of Libya: it could show the world what is possible. Most countries don't have oil, but new technologies are being developed that could make non-oil-producing nations energy independent, particularly if infrastructure costs are halved by borrowing from the nation's own publicly-owned bank. Energy independence would free governments from the web of the international bankers and of the need to shift production from domestic to foreign markets to service the loans. If the Qaddafi government goes down, it will be interesting to watch whether the new central bank joins the BIS, whether the nationalized oil industry gets sold off to investors and whether education and health care continue to be free.

Ripped out the factory sub, it was brittle and cracked in the cone bit or whatever its called. I bolted in the Kenwood, stripped the wires from the factory amp without bridging anything and hooked it up, as per some advice from a car sound retalier who didn't try to stick me with a $300 or $500 replacement amp so for his honesty and time I bought a $300 hands free kit installed off him for my iPhone. With the Hertz speakers driven by an Alpine amp in the front and rear, this Kenwood sub is icing on the cake and a huge improvement, although I suspect the old sub died quite some time ago as it made a huge bang once and the dealer said they replaced it under warranty. Looking at the thing befoore I binned it, compared to the Kenwood it was hardly Premium. Anyways sounds a hell of a lot better now.