CRoNic...

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/R3...le-t260355.html Rims have ruined a half-decent GTR... But that's WAY to cheap... apart from the body work, I'd dare say the engine is in need of some repair...

Wasn't this on Car Sales not long ago?! http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sa...or-t260426.html

I read that post quickly and thought you said Kettle!

CA's don't even need oil Have had nothing but bad experiences with CA's (spun bearings, lack of women throwing themselves at the car when I drove past, etc). But seriously, if you're going CA... just do yourself a favour and get a RB20! Use the CA for a paper weight or something.

^ :)

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Po...20&start=20 Scroll down to Haysey's pics... lol

Haha you've got me started now! Well, according to Optus, it's slightly different. I'm fully aware that, that statement is true for rate changes in phone calls, but Data plans are slightly different with Optus (that's what a Customer Service girl from Optus said on the phone). When I rang them up BEFORE I had the Rate plan changed for the Data allowance, I was told "it will come into effect 3 days after you've submitted the request online". I then asked "So, any data usage after that date will be charged under the new data plan that I've chosen?" to which the Customer Service girl said "Yes, that is correct". Here's what the bill says for everyone playing at home: Data Charges $882.98 Total Units: 424 MB And here's what data pack they've charged me: 18 Feb 3 Mar MobileInternetUltimate 1 9.07 $9.07 And I'm clearly on the Mobile Starter Data Pack, as it states it in the previous bill: 16 Jan 3 Feb MobileInternetStarter 1 2.76 $2.76 4 Feb 3 Mar MobileInternetStarter 1 4.50 $4.50 And from reading that, now I can see how they talk about the 'pro-rata' kicking in, as it's charged me for the Internet Starter pack for the next billing period (which is now). But I've found this in my history of My Orders: 15/02/2009 Add/Modify/Remove VAS Order Confirmation: 4085790 15/02/2009 4085790 Change VAS Closed Associated services/equipment Added Mobile Internet Ultimate Removed Mobile Internet Starter Requested activation date: 18/02/2009 Scheduled activation date: 18/02/2009 And that order was to change from one data pack to another, which went through successfully. As it states, it was ACTIVATED on the 18th... But when I go into the Special Discounts section, it shows that it's credited me for the 2 data packs, and has included some sort of usage in it. The first one ($4.46) would be the Starter Pack and the second one ($161.16) would be the Ultimate pack! So, they've charged me for it, and included some of it, yet... magically this other 400MB wasn't included in the 1gig pack yet the 400MB was used once I was on the 1gig plan! Plus I wasn't even charged for the Starter pack for the first 2 weeks of the month, yet I should have been: Special Discounts Date Details Quantity Amount 03 Mar Mobile Internet Data Included $4.46 CR 03 Mar Customer Service Adjustment $2.96 CR 03 Mar Mobile Internet Data Included $161.16 CR $168.58 CR So, after reading all that, either way... I was on a data pack! So even if they come back and say "you spent 400MB over your limit... blah blah blah" then really, I should be charged at the excess usage rate, which is $0.50 per MB! So they've charged me at some magical rate for the excess usage. In the end, I've been charged for 2 data packs, it's evident that BOTH data packs have had internet charges against them (so they've both been active). Then I was told, since the NEW data pack has kicked in half way through the month, I'm only entitled to HALF the usage in that pack. So half of 1gig is obviously 500mb. And if I sift through all my internet records, I only used 70mb on the Starter pack period, and the rest on the Ultimate pack period (the 1gig cap). But if you put that Ultimate pack aside, I should be getting charged $0.50 per MB for excess usage anyway (even if I didn't get the Ultimate pack)... therefore, excess usage should be $200. Not $700+. /End. Edit: anyone remember when the iPhone first came out? Anyone who was on Optus had $1000+ bills coming in for excess data usage... again, Optus f**ked up and credited it back.

Hmmm http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/world/mi...drift.html?_r=2 Street Racing in Saudi Arabia

You get flames, strange smells, and hurled abuse from Greenpeace with a decat. Black fumes? You mean black soot and stuff? That's your car running rich. You see it with/without a cat.

Varies between states. SA is something like 92 or 90db.

very true! Oh shit, 3 call centre... they're shocking. 3's call centre is in India, but Optus's call centre is in the Philippines. I even asked to speak to her team leader/supervisor and she sighed and said "He's not on the level at the moment, I'll get him to call you back" but he never did! It's been like 4 or 5 days now. Ah.

What's it with shit customer service lately? It's taken over a week for Internode to get back to me (I can't afford to spend 45 minutes on hold to call them, believe it or not lol) and then the Optus customer service people are f**king useless. They told me "there's too many terms and conditions to display on the website" TIO, here I come. F**k Optus.

Long time, no nothing!!

Link? Heaps of RBT's out tonight for the Adelaide Cup Day blitz.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelcome.

Well she crapped on about all this pro-rata stuff, but not once does it state in any terms and conditions that the rate plan will take effect in the next billing cycle... it says "it will take effect once it's been activated" which is 3 business days. Even then, even if I did go over, they still didn't charge me $0.50 per MB over, either! Ah. F**k Optus. And f**ck their call centre. They're useless. I'm going to go back to 3.

Gotta love Optus f**k ups... Got my phone bill today - Optus charged me $800+ for data charges. Rang them up, got a girl who has no idea what she's on about! Thing is, I was on a data plan the entire month, but changed from a lower usage to a higher usage plan half way through the month. Regardless, they still should charge me $0.50 per MB for any extra... yet I used 428MB out of a 25MB + 1gig data plan? F*cking stupid. Girl on the phone said "we have too many terms and conditions to display on the website... you should have rang up before changing data plans" Yeah, okay, so blame it on me for using their internet services to change my data plan? Okay. TIO here we come.

Oh lol sorry, it's sxy sky! I was half asleep when I wrote that. Yeah, nice car, though! Yeah it was only a 10 second puff of smoke that came out... it wasn't billowing out lol so nothing to worry about I guess. It didn't happen when you took off, either.

Good use of police resources and money: http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?Men...ontentID=128494

Quiet day today in the world of SAU!

Spotted Sky Sky going along King William St yesterday afternoon If you're on here, I'd get that smoke fixed when you were idling. It was puffing out a bit of white/grey smoke.

Yeah! I never heard of him until I came across that website, and now I've been reading about his other works, and he produces some awesome stuff!

This guy has some amazing art work: http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/horizontal_1.htm

So, what's the legalities surrounding battery relocation's? My current battery is finished and will be investing in a dry cell/gel battery in the near future. I'm aware that gel/dry cell batteries won't need a vent or anything when they're in the boot, but does this sort of modification need engineering to pass Regency? The battery would be secured in the boot inside a sealed battery box with a kill-switch.

Yeah Damo, the first one looks like it's suited for the RB26's, so I might settle with that. Just wondering what the design is inside it (baffled, requires steel wool, etc) Anyone else running one from Just Jap?