http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/17/eveningnews/main1329941.shtml
dam not a bad effort!

Over two days, program available here:
http://www.roadsafety.qld.gov.au/summit
Listen in LIVE here, choose Chamber Audio:
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/chamber/

The std. mark up is in the 11% to 14% of RRP, but they do still get
rebate kickback, target bonus and holdback fees from the manufacture,
so its hard to know the exact dealer cost on said purchase.
For the *common* ie popular brands, our brothers in USA make a average

An American car that is mainstream yet attractive?
http://www.thenewsmarket.com/Media/Media_Detail.aspx?GUID=59ce9d97-0436-45e0-939
b-9ba9c45eeddd&CallingPage=SHOPPINGCONFIRMATION&CustomPage=0

Saw a neat little (no rather big) BMW - M6 in Subiaco (Perth)
today, not a cheap thing, I'd rather have a house then a
petrol guzzler like that, well unless it was an 850, I think
thats the only V12 I'd got for thats now less than $50K...

Looking to upgrade from our current chariot Nissan X Trail, b4 it loses
to much value [mind u 72% retained value after 3 years is class and
near industry leading, and well done to Nissan for that.]
Going to stick with Japanese Made SUV, because they simply make the

How bad was that rain, eh?
Feck all visibility, slack water *everywhere*. The number of cars I saw
suddenly being steered to the left or right throwing up enormous
rooster tails of water was amazing. By the time I got to Syndey I lost

Just inagine if you were crossing the bridge
http://r-dub.us/various/ouch/

Not a bad set of figures
UK company making some trick gear
The macroblock RPA V8 has been called:"the most important development
since the Cosworth DFV".

FED DRIVERS
SYDNEY - Almost half of young drivers regularly speak on mobile phones
and send text messages while behind the wheel, and about a quarter of
them have driven at speeds of more than 140kph, a new survey shows.

Filling up? Don't pay for premium
Motorists paying a premium for top-of-the-range petrol are wasting
their money, according to research by the state's motoring body.
Oil companies claim filling up with premium unleaded petrol, which can

Just had the assessor look at my wife's '94 ED Fairmont Ghia that she put
into the dam last week. (See earlier posts.) They wrote it off. The
insurance company is RACV.
What would you value a '94 ED Fairmont Ghia with moderate km at? Was white,

Drink and drive and do it 2 times, and you have to fit some sort of
breathalizer thingy to start your car, get caught a 3rd time, and you lost
your car for good, but is that fair if the pisshead drives a $500 shitbox as
compared to a $150,000 Beemer.

Could someone please point me to a defininive list of Australian-made cars?
I am  thinking of leasing, and the vehicle I choose must be Australian-made.