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Sorry Dan, PM sent
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Its hard to beat the feel of a standard gear box but the PPG is fine and works well, peace of mind if you chasing more power.
I'll consider your PM but not at this stage, it cost me over 10k to rebuild it. Thanks Daz
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Time to move on. After a decade of ownership the time has come to let this baby go due to lack of use. Too embarrased to say how much has been spent on this car (receipts available) to get it to its current condition. This is no ordinary GTR R33 V-Spec excellent condition
Mature owner who has babied this car, no standing starts, no drag racing or track work since its rebuild 20K ago
Silver paint work with a gun barrel straight body
Always garaged
Engine painstakingly built by Nizpro's Simon Gischus
New N1 block
New crack shaft from Japan N1 Spec
Spit fire coils
Tomei valve springs
Tomei cam gears
Tomei sump baffle
Tomei oil pump
Tomei expreme manifolds
Tomei dump pipes
Apexi GT front pipes
Full custom S/S exhaust inc mufflers
N1 water pump
N1 thermostat
Nismo graded machine bearings, inc GTi -R 19 mm big end bearings
ARP mains plus head studs
Eagle H beam rods
Wiseco pistons
Sard 800cc injectors
Walbro 300 LPH fuel pump
Nismo regulator
100mm Trust intercooler
Alloy radiator
Alloy catch can
Oil filter relocated
Garrett 2860-5's
Tuned to a safe 335 kw at the rears
Nismo copper mix twin plate clutch
N1 slave cylinder
PPG series 3 1-4 gear Helical gear set
Volk wheels
Kumo tyres
DBA 4000 roto's
Ferodo pads
Tein super street coilovers
Power FC
Nismo air flow meters
AVC- R boost control
Turbo timer
Viper alarm with hand remote
Clarion stereo with fold out TV screen
Pioneer Amp
Carbon fibre rear spoiler
..... plus much more
Please guys I've done my nuts on this car and looked after it so well!
No trolls, tyre kickers or low ballers please -
Genuine interest only.
PM me please for info and contact details.
$32,000 neg
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Given that I'm up to about 400 hours of overtime so far this financial year (and in our busiest week of the year alone I'll rack up about 25 hours overtime, not all of it paid), I'm not afraid of a hard days work. At one point a little while back I was working 2 jobs. I had a 5.5 days a week 8:30 till 5 job (8:30 to 12:30 Saturday), then I'd start my second job at 6pm and finish about 1:30am (Saturday's I'd start at about 4pm, and about the same Sundays)
Doing what? Birds should be flying in about now
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So you think that the Australian retailer is making $300 more profit than the US retailer? Because I can pretty much guarantee that this is very much far from the case. The US retailer would be paying a lower wholesale price than the Australian retailer, and the US wholesaler is probably paying less to buy the product than the Australian wholesaler. This is because of lower wages and lower general running costs (rent, etc), plus the larger buying power of a country with a population about 15 times that of ours. Then there's import duties, etc. Plus the fact that you may be buying from someone who is a wholesaler, rather than a retailer, so you are skipping out a "middle man", so to speak. I could also pretty much guarantee that the retailer in the US makes similar profit margins (mark up percentage) that Australian retailers do. I know that this is at least accurate for the industry I'm in.
As for your claim that the middle man (importer) is useless and a waste of time, then you clearly have no idea on how the world works. Without the apparently useless importer then you would have much fewer goods in your home, and would probably pay more for what you do have. And if you had an issue with something you bought and wanted to try and claim your warranty on it you'd quickly run out of patience.
If there were no wholesalers then retailers would be responsible for importing the stock that they sell. This would mean that if they sell out quicker than expected they could be without stock for a matter of months. Not to mention the possible drastic price differences from one shop to another based off what the exchange rate was on the day that they had to pay for the stock. And since the retailer would be responsible for all the paperwork involved in importing a heap of goods, they'd need extra employees to cover all that, plus the manufacturers would need much more staff to keep up with the tens of thousands of customers, instead of just dealing with only 1 or 2 customers per country. And because they wouldn't be sending out bulk stock orders, you'd either end up with long delays on orders (until they have enough stock to fill a container to a country), or you'd have large fluctuations in freight prices (cost of freight per item) if they had to send a container that was only 1/4 full.
But instead we have companies that are willing invest in millions of dollars each year in holding stock to make life easier for both retailers and consumers.
And companies like qantas who are shifting their call centres and maintenance facilities offshore, because just like how you can get your own overseas for half the price of here, they can get workers for half the price too. And in a lot of cases the workers from these countries will probably work harder than here because they don't have union bosses arguing for 3 coffee breaks a day and that being forced to do put in 8 hours of solid work in a day (for which you are being paid for 8 hours work) is just too much to ask from any employee....
Lets just shoot all tradies lol. Oh but before you do, can you tell me where I can find these jobs that I can have 3 breaks a day without busting my ass and having my union boss by my side. If you come to Melbourne I will make sure I get you a job as my T/A and you can work with me!! I will give you a grinder and you can do all my weld preps and do some of the heavy lifting with me, ill take it easy on you, I will do all the thinking and tech work and try and keep you safe in very dangers conditions as we enjoy the winter, as for all the constant short changing of our wages, I'll even handel that too! It wont take long before I have to drop you back to the Airport so you can take your sorry ass home
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Yep too many people think property investment will make them overnight squillionaires. It doesn't work like that. Unless there's a rare circumstance where one gets an ultra bargain in a booming area.
This is very true, the rare circumstance have already past from what I can see. the banks lent me a shitload at a young age and everyone thought I was crazy, I went commercial and developed in the mid 90s then turned landlord. Thou it got scary at times I neally went under but hung in there. I got lucky and rode the property boom and never looked back. There is still a few bargins out there in the inner west bayside but it wont last long!
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Can't believe Abbott reckons he did the 'honorable' thing. What a joke.
Lying to a corruption hearing, getting caught out and then resigning cause your credibility is shot to shit is honourable?
Lets not forget the also Honorable Arthur Sinodinos
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I can't stop laughing... What have I missed!
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This.
Unions have had a significant impact on most major industries. Even mining.
The past 5-10 years have spoiled the union ideology though in this country. They are all just thugs and gangsters now. Its unfortunate (especially if you work in healthcare) that employers have some leverage now that unions are in disarray with the workforce. I personally wouldn't put my hard earned towards a union to stick up for my rights when its plausible that the union leadership are using the money for prostitutes and cocaine.
Tony is right. The ideology is their but the concept has backflipped when applied tangibly.
What absolute shit! Says who! Tony Abbott and his kind and you as his captive audience?
What you really mean is if someone stomps on these gangsters and anyone underneath them, somehow my own pay and living standards will go up in the process, therefore I will listen to any little bit of bullshit that I can grasp onto to justrfy my views.
Lets just spend 100 million on a royal commision and find jack shit in the hope of knocking off the competition!
What they really mean is we dont really give a shit about these so called gangsters and thugs, what we're really after in the big picture is the average Joe who is already a low paid workers in the community and deregulate him and reduce his ability to bargin.
Not much of a future for Joe considering the cost of living! So let's just all listen to the latest round of shit so Tony can take you to the promised land!
Since your talking about my industry, I wish some of you guy's would man up and without the nuts and bolts of it reveal your line of works instead of taking cheap shots at others, you may be able to dish it out, but maybe you wont be able to take it back. Maybe we could all learn something here?
Anyone that drags themselves out of bed day in day out for some of these so called unskilled jobs has my respect.
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Your telling the story, who what and why?
Do you feel you've missed out somehow?
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I find your second point more realistic than your first.
In most cases the market dictates what "value" we attach to certain professions or pursuits of labour, this is not to say that the exact price down to the cent is developed by the market, merely the range of pay where other external factors such as awards, government subsidy begin to have more of a tangible input.
Simply put, labour itself is a commodity like all others, it may even be the most universally traded commodity we have as everything in the world can be boiled down to the value of the work generated from it's value or scarcity.
Birds, your quips about sitting on your backside and earning more than many Doctors (A highly regulated and inflexible industry, hence commanding significant salaries) have actually answered your own questions.
The pay you earn from this modelling work, is not related to how hard you work, but moreso how few men with lovely toned asses (No homo Lol) there are in the world (read: not that many), your pay is therefore derived from this scarcity and not from the actual "difficulty" or "hours worked per pay cycle"
Therefore, I'm sure you can see how the argument that someone who performs the most basic of labour is somehow entitled to similar pay to someone with a much higher value labour is inherently flawed.
Just as an extra note, the pay of many professions come down to who and what you're responsible for and the impact that your work has on others.
No one on earth has more of a impact on the day to day lives of everyone else than a politician.
I don't often agree with Cowboy1600, but when he's right, he's right.
Can you give some direct examples of this inherently flawed commodity you have issuse with and where you miss out.
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Actually it is what my statement was referring to; people who lack industry qualifications and happily charge (sometimes overcharge) people good money for shonky work. Now what was so hard to comprehend about that? And why did you feel it violated the civil liberties of everyone who lacks formal qualification in any industry?
I get paid more per hour to trim my pubic hair and sit on my well-toned ass in an unqualified role than most hard working doctors and lawyers who went to university for 6+ years...which was another backbone of my original statement...income is not standardised from industry to industry; it's not a fair system. I also spent years earning a degree that landed me a position within an industry that requires one, albeit paying much less than my other role. It shouldn't be that way, but it is.
I've noticed in many of these political threads, that anyone you share disagreement with, you tend to ask what they do for a living. This seems quite a prejudicial action to me. Is this so that you can attack strawman credibility based on their occupation, or do you believe that the white coat automatically qualifies someone's opinion over and above another's?
Maybe you should trim your pubic hair and sit on your well toned ass more often ?
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Can you answer my question that I've repeated for 3 posts now?
Then I will happily answer any of yours.
Oh come on! There's shonky people in all walks of life if that's what you refure to? I'm Qualified to the hilt and verifide in my trade as required by my employer who employs me on an EBA.
So what do you do? Do you think you should be paid more than me, if so why?
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I don't believe it does require me to justify my worth. I'm not breaking the law in the jobs that I work, both unqualified and qualified roles. I don't see what was inaccurate about my statement...do you believe there is no one out there operating shonky trade or charging people good money for work they're not legally qualified to do?
Stick to mining 1 billionth of a bitcoin, loach.
So birds can shit can other's then hide in the shadows?
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I am confused...I've "targeted" people who break the law and engage in unsafe, unqualified practice...and you're taking issue with this?
Your not confused at all, these so called unqualified workers, union members, tradies and eba workers that are on wages that you think are over paid!
Put your cards on the table and justify what you think your worth and why since you have so much to say about others
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umad loach?
What does this have to do with anything? Plenty of dodgy trades operating in industries that mandate qualification.
It has everything to do with the many people you target. Put your cards on the table and lets see what your worth.
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There are people with no qualifications getting paid far too much, too!
What qualifications do you have Birds, and how much do you expect to get paid for them as an example?
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When a peggy on site can be paid more than an experienced engineer on site, there is something wrong.
And which site would that be on?
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There were 2 Cole Royal Commissions, both held in the Howard years.
The 1st was the totally over funded $60 million wasted on the Cole royal commission into the Building industry for nothing. Not to mention the 100s wasted on the ABCC for nothing.
The 2nd was the AWB Royal commision which had a limited terms of reference with a cash strapped and under resoursed AFP that had very little co-operation from the AWB. With a limited terms of reference why would you even bother, Howard was safe if he had anything to hide.
The Royal commisson was dropped on the grounds that it had a limited chance of conviction and that any convictions was not in the publics interest. Oh really!
And now we do it all again.
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Also her and Dudd are being called to the royal commission for their gastric batts scheme..
Discuss.....
They will find that none of these workers would have been given the correct training or proper supervision by their employer under the OH&S Act and that Labor should have relised that there's that many shonky companys that are prepaired to put their employee's at risk that someone was going to get hurt or killed.
200 odd workers every year get killed in Australia, the Liberal party have always tried to water down the OH&S Act and make it hard for some workers to want to stick their neck's out. I deal with this shit all the time, obviously you don't or you would know better!
I dont suppose you would like to disclose what line of work your in?
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So why do other country's subsidise their car industry, higher than our own?
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Ok, thank you for providing relevant information rather than a slap and run...
I'm not sure which of your points to debate as there's a few there...
Let's use an industry relevant to us- Automotive. Why are they pulling out- unsustainable. Why? Many reasons obviously. Small market, too many imports to compete with, poor exports, etc. Let's keep it simple, if it were sustainable would they continue, yes. Would non union pumped wages help the situation, yes. Would it SAVE the industry entirely, possibly, possibly not.
It was recently reported (I think from Ford??) that it costs 4 times as much to build a car here than in Asia (Thailand) and twice as expensive as Germany. Why?
The average German auto worker is on double the wage of ours, produce twice as many cars as America, and has a unionised workforce.
Why?
Becauce they have learnt something!
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i didnt compose this - for your interest.
brb wall of text.
ONLY $150 million a year will save Holden? Rubbish. The Holden Enterprise Agreement is the document that has utterly sunk Holden's prospects. It defies belief that someone in the company isn't being held to account for it.
Holden's management masks a union culture beyond most people's comprehension. Employment costs spiraled way beyond community standards long ago. Neither "pay freezes" nor more money will save Holden, but getting the Fair Work Commission to dissolve the agreement and put all workers on the award wage might be a start.
In 1991, the pre-enterprise bargaining award wage of a Holden entry level process worker was $462.80 a week. In 1992, Holden began enterprise bargaining and now a worker at that same classification level has a base rate of $1194.50 a week, a 158 per cent increase, or a compound increase of 4.4 per cent year on year for 22 years. Right now, base wage rates for process workers in the Holden enterprise agreement are in the $60,000 to $80,000 per year range and in recent times, "hardship payments" of $3750 were given to each worker.
The modern award for such workers mandates base rates in the $37,000 to $42,000 range. This means that before we add any of the shift penalties, loadings, 26 allowances and the added cost of productivity restrictions, Holden begins each working day paying its workforce almost double what it should. After you add in the other employment costs, I estimate Holden's workforce costs it somewhere close to triple the amount it should.
Many people who work at Holden don't actually work for Holden; they work for the union. Occupational health and safety people are given 10 days' paid time off a year to be trained by the union. Most companies do not allow unions to train their OH&S people because the knowledge is used to control the workplace to the benefit of the union.
Union delegates are also allowed up to 10 paid days a year for union training in how to be effective union delegates and two of these delegates are entitled to an extra Holden sponsorship of one paid month off to "further their industrial and/or leadership development".
Holden's rules on hiring casuals are shocking and unheard of in today's market. The agreement forbids Holden from hiring casuals except when a "short-term increase in workload, or other unusual circumstances occurs". If this situation arises Holden has to "consult and reach agreement" with the union. Further, "Engagement of the agreed number of casual personnel will be for the agreed specified tasks and the agreed specified periods." If any of this changes, Holden must get union agreement again. After three months of continuous full-time work a casual must be made permanent. It is impossible to run a business like this.
An ex-employee from Adelaide, on condition of anonymity, consented to an interview yesterday. He described the workforce as "over-managed", with one team leader for every six workers on the production line, when one for every 25 workers would suffice.
He said "some of us workers felt it wasn't necessary to get paid what we were getting paid to do the jobs we were doing", adding that their work is probably worth about "20 bucks an hour". A few years back, mates took redundancy packages in the order of "$280k plus". Workers are "like sheep" that blindly follow the union leadership. At induction, new workers are ushered into one-on-one meetings with the union rep who heavies them into joining. "It is made clear that if you don't join the union you will be sacked," he said. Union representatives "don't actually do any work for Holden", but rather make themselves full-time enforcers of union control.
He says workers are drug tested before hiring, but "only have to stay off it for a few weeks, get in the door and then you'll be right". Workers caught taking drugs or being drug-affected at work are allegedly put on a fully paid rehabilitation program, with special paid time off of about four weeks duration, before being let back into the workforce.
Australian workplaces have a zero tolerance for drug use, with instant dismissal the remedy, but at Holden "the union won't let the company sack" any workers caught dealing, taking or being on drugs. "If they did a random drug test tomorrow they'd probably have to sack 40 per cent of the workforce," he adds.
If the Holden scenario were playing out in a privately owned business, proper cost-cutting strategies would be used. If you have the will and can hire the skill, there are many ways to cut labour costs. The workers can be given a couple of years notice of significant wage drops and can receive lump sum payouts of entitlements to help bring down family debt.
Of course, these strategies are only ever used by business people who have no one else to bail them out. It seems Holden would rather leave the country than dissolve its enterprise agreement. The union thinks members are better off jobless than on award wages. Holden's fate seems sealed.
If Holden does leave, workers will receive the most generous redundancy benefits around. Holden says leaving will cost $600m. Most of this will go to staff payouts. The fellow interviewed agrees with my calculation: the average production-line worker will walk away with a redundancy package of between $300k-500k.
So what line of work are you in?
Have a look around at what cars people are buying these days, the public have lost interest in Holden and Ford
95 Nissan R33 Gtr V-spec 2.6l Ppg 1-4 Helical Gear Set
in For Sale (Private Whole cars only)
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Everything listed and more was brought brand new some 20,000k's ago, got himself a bargin! Cheers guys