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General Discussion / Re: What made you Smile - 2025
« Last post by lloydus67 on July 04, 2025, 04:57:47 PM »
Just got a new to me 2008 Jayco 21.65


Paid $400 to get it inspected to make sure, I didn’t miss anything. Passed inspection with flying colours. So paid the deposit on the 27/5/25
Paid the final payment on pickup yesterday and took it home.


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General Discussion / Re: What's making News, 2025
« Last post by GeoffA on July 04, 2025, 12:06:38 PM »
Quote from: Fizzie on July 04, 2025, 08:10:43 AM
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BiL only left there on Tuesday, & was going crook about the grog rules - there is no cask wine at all, with limits of 1 bottle of spirits, 1 ctn of beer & 2 bottles of wine, & all expensive. So if you're visiting, stock up in Geraldton!

Pretty much the same all over....
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General Discussion / Re: What's making News, 2025
« Last post by Bigpickle on July 04, 2025, 10:04:44 AM »
Isn't life strange.
Alcohol now determines where we can visit.
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General Discussion / Re: What's going on in our car industry
« Last post by Rowlie on July 04, 2025, 08:32:54 AM »
My take on it is that we are going through a generational change. I recently sold my 76 series. It was 14 years old and I sold it before the ink dried on the ad. Wish I had 10 of them - the level of interest was incredible.

I had been looking for quite a while and putting off the inevitable position of technology replacing judgement. Last week I bought a DMax Xterrain. After lots of experimenting it now passes the beep test although it reminds me often that I should hit the potholes rather than swerve to avoid them. We are no longer doing much serious 4w driving but still need a tug for the (new) caravan. Options under $100k are limited and boring.

I miss the simplicity of the cruiser but the heated seats, 8 way adjustable driver's seat, climate control and oh the red stitching on the dash are nice.

Rowlie
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General Discussion / Re: What's making News, 2025
« Last post by Fizzie on July 04, 2025, 08:10:43 AM »
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-03/carnarvon-wa-tourism-small-business-attractions-closing/105426404

BiL only left there on Tuesday, & was going crook about the grog rules - there is no cask wine at all, with limits of 1 bottle of spirits, 1 ctn of beer & 2 bottles of wine, & all expensive. So if you're visiting, stock up in Geraldton!
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General Discussion / Re: Where are you logging in from? (home town doesn't count)
« Last post by Fizzie on July 04, 2025, 08:05:27 AM »
At least the water is clear enough that you've got a chance of seeing the crocs sneaking up on you! :P
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General Discussion / Re: Side Swiped @ 90Klm's P/H By Truck
« Last post by xcvator on July 04, 2025, 07:47:15 AM »
Quote from: Foo on July 03, 2025, 06:33:54 PM
When my Ute was stolen, I could claim up to $1000 for missing items that were stolen.

Foo

Yeah, when I had a chat to the insurance company I was told I could claim up to $1k BUT I can do it up to 7 times , for a total of $7k , each claim has an excess of $100.00 :'( Yesterday I  submitted 2 claims , more to go , so we'll see how I go  :D
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General Discussion / Re: What's going on in our car industry
« Last post by GeoffA on July 04, 2025, 05:56:19 AM »
I don't see anything on the new car market that holds any interest for me.....
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General Discussion / What's going on in our car industry
« Last post by prodigyrf on July 03, 2025, 11:43:11 PM »
Thought it might be a good thread for general goss bouquets and gripes for the second most important investment for most of us.

So here we are in mid 2025 with no more local carmakers (bar the converters like Walkinshaw) we're well over the Covid shortages but it seems some have a bit of sticker shock with the price of new cars in our showrooms addressed here-
https://www.msn.com/en-au/motoring/news/true-or-false-the-facts-behind-rising-car-prices/ar-AA1HBo2e

To find out how much all these factors have impacted what you pay for your next car, we crunched the numbers on some of Australia’s favourite models to see what the real cost increase has been between 2015 and 2025.
The five models we chose were the Hyundai i30, Mazda CX-5, Kia Sorento, Toyota Prado and Ford Ranger, which represents a diverse mix across the spectrum of new vehicle purchases. All five of these were popular a decade ago and are still in-demand today, so they represent what people are buying.



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General Discussion / Re: The Random Question of the Day Thread...
« Last post by Bird on July 03, 2025, 07:59:52 PM »
Quote from: oldmate
3 years fulltime for us
stop it,.... you make me jealous
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