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Getz was a good little thing, and we had an Echo which was the best little buzz box in 1.3 manual. Seriously good build quality. Have a Yaris fetish even now as a result of this.
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Handled well, went like a cut cat, and well screwed together........... but be wary, let down by the usual Opel electronic unexplainable gremlins. |
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Mother in law has an echo. She is a ridiculously gentle and slow driver, presents as nearly new with 220,000kms. Never let her down since buying it at 80000kms. There is just nothing wrong with it.
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There’s a reason p plated echos and yarii are parked in front of seemingly every other house near me. They work. My daughters was 22 years old and like most Toyotas never seemed to age mechanically. It was snapped up by an Uber eats delivery driver, who didn’t even want a test drive before committing.
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Here's a Yaris ZR in that distinctive canary yellow
How it was mocked for a 4 speed auto, but I bet it still works fine and the chrome shifter is so stylish! https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/det...21974460/?Cr=0 I like this model quite a lot. Notice $21K ask - they were not far off that brand new 9 years ago, welcome to auto pricing clown world
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These look interesting......50 cars for sale.
Falcons from AU to FGX. Private collection all to be sold. AU falcons including forte, futura, Fairmont, XR6, XR8 , Fairlane. BA xr6. FGmk11 ute, FGX ute(new). FGX XR6, G6E, G6ET. FG GT 3000klms . Some AU's $2500 with preliminary rwc inspection. Location is Nhill, Western Victoria. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...tory_type=post ![]() ![]() ![]()
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I did see a pic with an AU 220 XR8, not sure of the details. Rest to me of not much interest. But on the surface looks to be some VGC cars thats for sure!
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Wonder what they want for the Fairlane, it's on LPG though.
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Ooh, me want! What a nice collection! Some b@#$&y good stuff there!!
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There's a few beauties in there and I'm really glad that someone decided to collect so many of them.
It's like unearthing the Göbekli Tepe of AU
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Here’s a nice shed I sussed today
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There quite a few of the old ones under raps.
250k + now for some of the mid 70’s onwards. Beautiful cars of old, those first whale tale ones you just jizzzed when you saw them back then. Amazing even just 10yr old ones are pulling big money. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Older Camrys & Aurions are still getting good money as well, with no more age limits for taxis here. |
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Why are there no age limits on taxis now? Is it so we can go full Havana?
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Anyone with a 16 year old Camry, or B-Series Wagon can buy a taxi meter & in-car camera, and set themselves up as a taxi driver after paying a couple of hundred bucks for a set of taxi plates..... |
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That's unreal. So you could get a taxi yellow AU skidder and just go for it?
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Looks like that link hasn't been updated for a few years - one ad for a set of Geelong Taxi plates states 'leased until August 2017'!!!
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I wonder what they go for now then?
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They used to be worth ****loads, because people were speculating on them as an investment, then Uber came around and eventually the taxi industry was deregulated and people started having a sook about their speculations becoming worth nothing.
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That article should be reframed as the couple speculated on taxi licences and then lost, one group even tries to play the race card in there for their speculation ending badly ![]() The government spent 8 figures on compensation, which I have an issue with, we don't compensate you at the roulette table, or on the dogs and horses, so why are we compensating gamblers on taxi plates? I used a combination of uber and taxis in Sydney earlier this year, Uber is certainly better quality vehicles and cheaper. The only time I use taxis is when I walk out the hotel and there's already one waiting there or there's surge pricing on Uber, but now taxis in Melbourne can set fixed rates as well, so when there's events on in town you cop surge pricing on Uber and then massively inflated rates on taxis too. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 27-05-2023 at 08:00 PM. |
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I'm not sure what happened in Victoria, but in NSW, the Govt, which had been treating taxi plate owners badly for years, abandoned them overnight & let the likes of Uber et al take over. Dr Terry |
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My cousin who use to be a London cabby, hated Uber, there was/is massive concern over Uber in the UK.
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