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14-06-2024, 03:21 PM | #61 | |||
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14-06-2024, 03:56 PM | #62 | |||
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Would have only been 5-6 years old at the time. I think if they get their shit together with spare parts then they'll be like Hyundai/Kia in the 1990s with cheap transport. There's a lot of LDV Deliver 9 and G10+ on the roads, Mercedes Sprinter is losing a bit of ground to the Deliver 9. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 14-06-2024 at 04:16 PM. |
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14-06-2024, 06:24 PM | #63 | ||
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If you don't do your research, then the MG looks good in terms of features for dollars. They actually aren't that inexpensive, but their list of features is impressive. End of the day, we bought a demo Juke ST+ (<5kkm) for less than the price of a runout MG.
And I put a lot more faith in the features of the Nissan, to actually work. I mean WTF is the point of a "Safety Feature" that only works occasionally?
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14-06-2024, 06:33 PM | #64 | ||
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Is anyone immune to aging?
Yep, 25 years ago I hated those cheap crap Hyundai Excel's, but now I've got a Hyundai as the most expensive car in the driveway. Except, Franco, I handed over the VDJ79 I've been driving for work the last 4 weeks
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14-06-2024, 06:35 PM | #65 | |||
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And the biggest joke, is that long-term, the world doesn't need China at all. The world buys Chinese Steel because it's cheaper. So the Chinese buy our Iron Ore. First thing is that Iron Ore (like Barley) is a global commodity. We sell direct to China because they're close, but if they banned Australian Iron Ore, they would have to buy elsewhere, and we would sell elsewhere. We'd both lose out, but only in effect the cost of extra transport. And long-term, there are plenty of other countries that would love to ramp up their steel making.
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14-06-2024, 06:59 PM | #66 | ||
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Rather catch a bus than own a Chinese built car.
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14-06-2024, 07:02 PM | #67 | ||
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Expensive on the invoice, cheap on the driving experience - how did you enjoy all 430NM and 151KW
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14-06-2024, 07:44 PM | #68 | ||
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I'd buy a second hand car before I'd buy a new one but each to their own. The other manufacturers abandoned the market so no surprise to me.
Especially when you don't give a shit about a cars except going A to B, which the young ones don't. Toyota, Mazda, Kia, and Hyundai are really getting up there in cost. |
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14-06-2024, 09:12 PM | #69 | |||
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It was an "experience"! Play the gears right, and you could be quicker off the mark than the occasional sleepy tradie. No fancy options to distract you, but I'm sure I earned a truckload of overtime trying to negotiate coffee drive thru's or finding a large enough parking spot!
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Interesting point and a valid one. The flood of cheap imports are having an impact on locally produced goods making it necessary ( if one cares enough) to think it through. A recent case was buying a pair of steel cap boots. One popular brand made in Bangladesh was $220 a pair. A store around the corner had Mongrel boots same style made in Australia for the same price
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19-06-2024, 02:49 PM | #75 | |||
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The trouble is for most things today there are no alternatives to Chinese made. The big manufacturing companies made sure of that. I looked at buying a Chinese SUV recently, but decided to keep my American made SUV. Although, I am waiting on delivery for a Thailand made vehicle.
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19-06-2024, 04:15 PM | #76 | ||
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Whats kind of funny is my dads 1st car was a 67 toyota corona 2 door. His dad would not teach him to drive in his car so my dad had to buy his own car first. It was cheap because it was considered jap crap, yes he wrote it off as young blokes still kind of do. But these days one in reasonable shape is not entirely cheap for what it is/was.
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And no, I have never bought a Japanese, Korean or Thai car, new or used. I'll admit I do own Chinese made items but only when there is no alternative. For example, if there's a Taiwan made alternative I'll purchase that, even if it's never been made in Australia.
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19-06-2024, 05:01 PM | #78 | ||
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There is always an alternative......just depends on your level of tolerance for cost and time.
Took Dad's Tank 300 out for a good run last night. Bloody good car for what it is. I'm not allowed to push it yet, cos its still in the 1000km run in period . Really tempted to sink the boot in to see how well the 2L turbo goes. On part throttle its more than adequate for suburban roads. The auto box is beautiful. Two complaints. The ELK is a bit of a pain, if you want to disable it you have to do it every time you start the car. And whoever designed the indicator function needs to be shot. To turn off the indicator you have to knock it "half way" and hold on to it. Do it too hard and you will switch the indicator to the other side. I absolutely hate it. Now if you see tank drivers not indicating or indicating both directions, you know why.
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Why the West rejects a new wave of cheap Chinese goods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmLekaO4LMc Tried to mention this in the electric car thread but it's a bigger theme than just that - both rich and developing nations are putting up trade barriers to China, which is trying to do growth after housing bust via subsidising industry and dumping produce on the world's markets. Fascinating to watch from Australia as we don't have a dog in this fight (we starved it.)
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Thats what happens when you're a second rate economy who relies on one customer, with an economic complexity lower than that of the economic masterminds over at Uganda - can't even call us a 'banana republic', more like banana monarchy Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 19-06-2024 at 10:03 PM. |
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20-06-2024, 04:45 AM | #81 | |||
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20-06-2024, 11:12 AM | #83 | ||
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Go for it Franco, but don't whinge when the ****ers own everything
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20-06-2024, 11:43 AM | #84 | |||
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The damage done to this country in the past 30 years is unbelievable, |
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20-06-2024, 12:33 PM | #85 | ||
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Trevor, it's all your fault.
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20-06-2024, 01:10 PM | #88 | ||
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hum, more so the Govs yet we voted, trouble is they go ahead without asking so no its not all Trevs fault when Gov made a call to his place whilst he was out working when parliment is on.
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I think Franco means the damage done in the last 30 years being unbelievable in relation to really, really stupid decisions that lead to situations like this:
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/202...gas-emergency/ Not so much Trev's individual purchasing decisions, but rather decisions made by the older generations - that includes mine, if you look at who was in power when the gas offtakes were signed! We are 2nd largest gas exporter in the world btw, were largest last year.
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20-06-2024, 01:29 PM | #90 | |||
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Half of them should be up on treason charges imo. As for driving a Chinese air frier in 5 years.
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