What are the real world figures for a WRX in the fuel consumption stakes?
Thanks...

Interesting story in SMH (page 3) today about a motorist getting off a
charge of doing 70 in a 40 school zone.
In NSW the schools are normally posted with "Speed Limit 40 (between hours X
and Y) School Days".

Contents of VRSS boot :
1. Brand new spare tyre/alloy and jack/pinchbar.
2. A few selected spanners and screwdrivers.
3. Some ocky straps.

I bought a XF for $200 last year on gas, Air and Mags, got it reged, also
picked up a louvre which Supercheap wanted $190 for, I got it for $2.00
Drives well, has some rust, also smokes on startup but very economical

An article appeared in Monday's Canberra Times quoting a study by GIO
Insurance:
Top 5 makers of cars whose drivers were claimed to be most frequently at
fault in multi-vehicle accidents in NSW in 2004

I want to upgrade my central locking to remote central locking. any
cheap way to do this, apart from buying a complete remote central
locking kit?
Are there places that just sell the remote/controller boxes?

WORST Honda CRV, Rino snorting and carring on with a little Honda in it's
territory.  Well we know Rino's are blind, so the snorting must come from
annoyance at the scream of the engine :-)
Then there is that stupid Victorian tourist adv.  People rushing to an old

Swapped with a guy from work for the weekend.  Just for the hell of it.
Drove it home and was suprised.  Gets up and goes ok.  Typical vague aussie
car steering even though it is dumped on it guts.  Nice and quiet.  Be good
on a long trip.  Nice V8 rumble.  Terrible brakes.  Very ...

Three times my RCV has failed to start - first time it came good after
15 minutes. Second time Not until NRMA came and fiddled with the fuses.
Third time I removed and replaced fuses 20 and 24 and fiddled with a
few others and it came good.

Anyone else encountered a dealer, beside a particular Honda dealer, that
lists the price of their cars ex-GST?  This is illegal right?

Last night I was reading a wheels mag from last year and came across an
article on the record sales car manufacturers are having. After the thread
about the magna sales yesterday I thought I'd have a look for the magna, I
got a bit of a giggle when I found it:

The news is reporting that a car involved in street drags ran off the road
and collected bystanders and parked cars.
The bit I like best, is that one"vitim" is complaining that cops pulled his
car over to defect him, as he tried to drive himself to hospital.

G'day all,
are all V6 VS's Ecotec? or did ecotec only come in in series 2? If so, what
month build were the 1st Ecotec V6's, do they all have the ecotec badges?
thanks...

Total sales since May 2004
Territory: 13,583
Kluger: 5042
Adventra: 1650

For the record, I negociated and bought a new car from a dealer on the
internet (mostly email). My first classical contact was when I rang up to
put down a deposit. Went into the dealer for the first time to pick up the
car.