Archive for May, 2007

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What Happens When You Lose Control of a Porsche?

This is what can happen when you lose control of a Porsche 911.
It looks like a nil all draw to me. Porsche 911 a write off, building badly damaged, occupants of the car in hospital and no street cred for a driver who can’t keep control of his car.

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Seeking Extreme Fuel Economy

by Stuart Livesey
Back in the late 1960s Sydney was hit with a number of strikes by petrol tanker drivers. For long periods of time – often well over a week – the tanker drivers would go out on strike for high pay. The result of course that petrol stations all over the city eventually ran [...]

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Number Plate Madness

I don’t even pretend to understand the reasoning here
In Utah you cannot have a number plate with the word MERLOT on it because that refers to alcohol and anyone who reads it might be corrupted.
However you can have a number plate that reads “Happiness is a Dead Child” because that’s a matter of free speech.
You [...]

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Aussie Muscle – 1970 Falcon GT

The sweet sound of raw power
by Stuart Livesey
Like most car enthusiasts I can appreciate anything with a Ferrari badge on it. BMWs are interesting, Ford Focus XR5s are pretty cool too (and if my daughter ever buys one she better let her old man have a drive or she’s out of the will for ever) [...]

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A Bus Driver’s Nightmare

by Stuart Livesey
This is what a brand new Ferrari Enzo looks like

Photo courtesy of Dexion
It’s a rare piece of machinery and very very expensive piece of machinery but, like all cars, they tend to bend and break when hit by a bus as one unfortunate bus driver found out. A little nudge sent the one [...]

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2002 Nissan X-Trail

If you’re looking for the best second-hand Nissan X-Trail on the market today then check out this 2002 model.

This Nissan X-Trail is for sale here in Queensland at the moment and you can see more of it by following the link.

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Bentley – Built for Life

by Stuart Livesey
Coke might add life (or in Chinese might bring your ancestors back from the dead) but it seems that Bentleys are built for life.
In an interesting piece entitled What Your Car Says About You author Dan Lienhart reports that Bentley believes that people buy their product because they want to have an heirloom [...]

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Say Farewell to the Ford Fairlane

Ford Australia has announced the end of production of the Ford Fairlane with the last expected to roll off the production line early next year.
The Ford Fairlane has been in full production in Australia since 1967 but now the demand for a big Ford has dropped to the point where it’s uneconomic to keep it [...]

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Jeep Cherokee at a Bargain Price

Looking for some rugged reliability in a second-hand four wheel drive that’s not going to cost an arm and a leg?
Here’s a 1995 Jeep Cherokee Classic for sale for just $8,500 … and it’s only got 119,000kms on the clock.

You can find out more about it here

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Buying a New Car?

Then here are so handy finance tips
Bronwyn was devoted to her old clunker. Her dad had bought it for $5,000 and given it to her so she could get to and from university. She loved that old wreck for the freedom it had given her but it was old when he bought it and now [...]

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Another Big Month for Motor Vehicle Sales

Could we reach the million mark by the end of the year?
Australian motor vehicle sales are on course towards a new all-time sales record following another strong result in April.
Official VFACTS figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) show that 75,614 cars, trucks and buses were sold in April – up [...]