The newest member of the family is a '93 323 astina automatic (as mentioned
in previous thread - getting unregistered car on the road).  It has a rather
disconcerting habbit of wobbling and rattling quite badly when idling in
gear.  In neutral it's fine, also, turning off the a/c ...

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21250530-5001023,00.html
 atsic extracts prove dual omnership during last year , time to strip
the cup from the king of shunt .

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220081739285&ssPageNa
me=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=012
A bit rich don't ya think?

where did you last do a poo?

Has anyone been bushwalking in Dubbo. I will be heading out that way
for a week in march to meet up with a lovely lady I met in
aus.culture.naturist.  I will be picking her up in Parkes and heading
to Dubbo.

I though recently that my trusty old VN was going to leave me stranded.
After a drive in the recent hot weather I parked, then came back 10 minutes
later and it wouldn't start. Took about 15-20 mins of intermittant cranking
before it started,

A variant of a scam from someone in Australia is now operating out
of Malaysia, friend just got this link:-
http://www.it-electronics.org/careers.htm
Used to be registered as http://www.it-electronics.net

Again, a little problem with the 350 in the old Monaro.
This time it seems to be fan belt noise. The mechanic pointed out that
the whole pulley system is out of whack, which you can clearly see but
I've never noticed before, and this is causing the nasty noise.

EF Ford Auto leaks when standing for a few hours or overnight.
Any clues why?

My ute (VU Series II SS 6-speed manual) is currently at the mechanics, as a
result of the transmission seizing.
I don't know much about manual transmissions, but the mechanic has shown me
how the "teeth" on the intake shaft (that's what it's called, from memory)

My friend showed me this website where you can bid on seized cars. I
thought I would share this with everyone. You can get a car like a bmw
for as low as $200. Definitly worth checking out. link:
http://tmillhouse.netcom3.hop.clickbank.net/

Have a look at the failure of this engine:
http://mikesdriveway.com/misc/TooManyHorse.pps

A fake breaking news report claiming that John Howard had a heart attack is
being circulated by spammers in an attempt to hijack Australians' computers.
The email, with the subject "John Howard survived a heart attack", uses a
fake link to The Australian newspaper's website to ...

Does anyone here own a Prius? Are they any good or too early in the Hybrid
development cycle to consider? Are they gutless?
R

And some prick has knocked off my rubbish bin!!!