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And a few more to discuss which brand of enhanced light bulb is the best. Hey, hang on. I think that actually was a topic here last week.

And at least 25 discussing if the replacement bulb was approved for use by the electricity authority.

Good to hear SS75. It certainly puts a smile on your face. And the best thing is, the smile's still there every time you drive it.

Lumpy There are several ways you could be using you’re ABN to make running a car cheaper. I presume that you are an employee of your company. In which case the simplest way is to simply pay yourself a travel allowance for work related travel. Or you could put in expense claims and the company reimburses you. At least with both of these the costs are pre-tax. If you go the whole hog and hire purchase or lease a car in the company name, then everything becomes pre-tax expense, but you are then subject to Fringe Benefits Tax and all the headache that goes with it. If the use of the car is mainly for business then this could still be an advantage, even with FBT. You have to keep a logbook for a period to calculate what percentage of use is business and personal. The drawback is that the personal component is taxed at the top marginal tax rate. I am not an accountant; I am only talking from my personal experience. I would suggest you talk to an accountant, but you should be able to get yourself a better deal.

You know what SBS stands for? Sex Between Soccer

13.8 See this thread: WSID 22/05/04, new fastest stocker

Also in the SBS Classic Albums series (if it's the one I think it is) is an episode on Deep Purple - Machine Head. Gives the complete story behind Smoke on the Water!

Sorry JB, I don't know exactly.

With a lease you are basically renting the car. So you finance the total cost of the car including GST and then you have GST again on each lease payment (because it's a service). With a HP you are paying off the car over a period of time, so you are only hit with GST once. With HP you can claim depreciation on the car. With a lease you claim the cost of each lease payment as a tax deduction, not the depreciation. I used to lease before GST, now I HP. In the long run it doesn't seem to make a huge amount of difference financially or regarding insurance or early pay-out etc.

It looks like I will be a Saturday cruiser only too. There will be at least 2 of us, but possibly 4 (depends on what my teenage kids are doing - I will confirm closer to the day). I will be returning home on Saturday afternoon via my favourite back-way to Lithgow. I'm really looking forward to my first cruise.

There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't

I have a December 03 build with about 12,000km on it. No sign of brake shudder. Brakes are a bit firm on the pedal to start with but you get used to it pretty quickly.

Woo Hoo Looks like a bottle of scotch is required to help you sleep tonight. Don't forget to post pictures after you have taken it for a good run tomorrow.

Dr Z Good to hear you finally have you're T Bad to hear it is already out of action. At least it sounds like they are going to just replace the whole transmission. Hopefully that is the only problem you will have with it.

You mean like this article: How to get your Econobox into the 14's **A MUST READ** It was RATHER extreme though. If you don't want to read the article just look at the pic of the final result. (Read the article though, it is very funny)

I think it has come about because airlines have used nitrogen in their tyres for years, and one of the reasons is to maintain a more constant pressure under the extremes of take-off and landing. However Nitrogen expands and contracts at the same rate as other gases. The advantage of pure nitrogen is that it will not absorb water like normal air does. It is the water in the air that causes the major pressure problem when it expands. Your car is not going to cruise at -50c for 10 hours straight and then subject the tyres to a sudden, extreme force like landing a plane does.

Let's put in in perspective I paid 1.07 a litre for Mobil Synergy at the weekend. Then I walked into the shop and paid $1.50 for 600ml of WATER? How do they justify the price of bottled water?

I was going to give up flashing.... But I decided to stick it out for another year.

Happy Birthday Lumpy Have a Beerscotchrumredwineport for me too!

0.05 'Pretty excellent!'

0.19 It says - 'Not bad at all!'

About 2 hours.

I think you can get premium brakes with 17" wheels, but you need to select the alloy spare option.

So who's the leader of Team Spewprint then? Surely not the guy that received at least 39 direct hits? You'd have to wonder about someone like that, at least Ken has enough sense to get out of the line of fire! :lol: Pretty much sums it up doesn’t it. The HgAg owner doesn’t need to draw attention to himself and is more comfortable being camouflaged in the background. Meanwhile the Blueprint owner feels the need to be the centre of attention, saying ‘Look at me. Look at me”, and subsequently gets the cr p shot out of him.

Cro I am interested in doing at least 2 stages. Do you have any further info on dates, costs etc?