PranK

Looks great! I love the brakes. Interested to see dyno results.

Looks gorgeous!

Nice! ?

Nice little collection there! I'm not sure you can have a list like that without a single pic!

Should be resolved now folks.

Thats freaking cool Steve. How awesome to be a part of that!

This sounds both insane and awesome! ABC News: The woman who raced a beat-up Volvo from London to Sydney — and won glory. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-12/london-to-sydney-car-race-marathon-1968/10872882

Where are you from? Christian

Thanks guys, I'll look into it.

Hi Crepsley and Car looks great, any more pics?

Welcome and nice '32!

Just added to the topic. ?

That's so freaking cool

Nice! I'm digging everything except the guns. I'm looking forward to build threads for each of your cars!!! ? to

Welcome Morris! Any pics of the beast?

Matte M4 grille and new MSport Style 225 19s. Its now at a point where I like turning to look at it after parking. I totally love the 225s.

I think you should start a build thread. ?

Oh ... So you want to buy the Japanese alternative to a Chinese product? Well, thats going to cost you the newly introduced "I like better quality products" tax or ILBQPT.

Thread closed.

Its been almost 3 years since last post. Closing thread.

No, Doug DeMuro is an American PranK.

I also think the title is stupid, why is a $70k car considered as 'luxurious' as a $1m car? They both get taxed 33%! Yeah, we wanted to tax any imports to force more people to consider locally produced cars more. I agree about the fuel consumption, I'd be happy for this to actually become a emissions tax, but then it'd have to be based on the emissions produced by that car and not a catch all for any car over a particular emissions amount. A lot of German cars would suddenly become more cost effective than Japanese and American because they'd ultimately produce less carbon and green house gasses.

https://www.caradvice.com.au/729414/exclusive-toyota-customers-pay-more-luxury-car-tax-than-owners-of-porsche-ferrari-lamborghini-maserati-rolls-royce-bentley-and-audi-bmw-and-lexus/ This is absurd! A LandCruiser attracts more lct than a bunch of Audis! What a ridiculous tax. I hope we do sign free trade with the EU as they may request lct be abolished.

Sorry, I wasn't clear with that. $8k limit per claim. I got my numbers wrong anyway, its $2100 for $5k per claim.

So, before I start, I'm not naive. I'm aware of the negativity surrounding used car warranties and I've been bitten by them myself in the past. But, are the tides turning? For example, AWN has some really good reviews on Product Review. We're considering a used X5. I've done lots of research, spoken to lots of people and I'm aware of the risks. I'm definitely not going into this blindly. But, when looking at one on CarSales.com.au the other day, there was an ad for Redbook used car Warranty. It was pretty well priced with the mack daddy option costing $2100 for a 3 year warranty (max claim $8k). I kinda feel like $2100 would not cover an X5 8 speed box but $8k might. Considering the reviews for AWM, maybe its worth getting one of these warranties in the event of massive failure. Granted I don't expect small breaks to be covered but gearbox, air suspension, engine, etc. having them covered in a good solid, no backing-out warranty could be worth the outlay. (Note I cannot get the AWM warranty as the car would be too old, hence the references to Redbook.) Opinions? Any first hand experiences?