When my Ute was stolen, I could claim up to $1000 for missing items that were stolen.

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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 

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.

What’s with everybody fitting bright yellow hammerlocks and lifting hooks to their tow bars these days? Swinging around like a set of balls. You used to only see them on tradie utes, now they are everywhere. Is this the new version of fluffy dice hanging from the rearview mirror?

3 years fulltime for us, moving van all the time, i still use good old D shackles..  I think the same as you every time I see those hooks, and i see lots of them

Gregory River, QLD



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An update , 5 Years after my first post on this matter ! .  Having run out of space and Vehicles to store all my Fridges , first one to go is the oldest , its a 2014 , i think , Waeco 35l with external Transformer , Slide operated unit . Poor bugga has been dropped and just generally abused for over a decade  , but still runs well ! , passed it on to my Brother who had none . Wonder how my never ones will fare in comparison ? , cheers .