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Postby ofey » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:16 am

IT never ceases to fascinate me how Australian drivers cannot reverse and back into all kinds of things BUT the kicker here is that they still refuse to install reverse parking sensors.
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Postby squala » Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:13 am

It really boils down on poor driver education. Everything is centred on a far-from-perfect rule book. For most people, it's enough to pass the licence test and not bother about other important stuff. The book doesn't teach things like how to park properly or avoid an accident. No wonder 9/10 cars have gutter rash. And for those money-hungry weasels, why don't you fine improperly parked vehicles instead?
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Postby alterego13 » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:22 pm

Just passed 10,000km! In almost 7 months :)

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Postby Dirtee » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:26 pm

squala wrote:It really boils down on poor driver education. Everything is centred on a far-from-perfect rule book. For most people, its enough to pass the licence test and not bother about other important stuff. The book doesnt teach things like how to park properly or avoid an accident. No wonder 9/10 cars have gutter rash. And for those money-hungry weasels, why dont you fine improperly parked vehicles instead?


Gutter rash can be cause by many things. I have gutter rash on my wheels for two reasons. 1: I missed judge the distance of the gutter due to poor concentration. 2: I was cut off inside an undercover carlot where i had to either rish scraping the gutters (this happened) or let the idiot in the other car damage the whole side of my car..... Gutter rash is the least of our problems on Aus roads. but 9/10 is a big claim :P
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Postby Bags » Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:20 pm

Paid $1.70 p/l for petrol! Aaaarrgghh!

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Postby sleepy » Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:48 pm

alterego13 wrote:Just passed 10,000km! In almost 7 months :)


You've driven just under double what I have and I remember we both got our cars at roughly the same time. lol

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Postby alterego13 » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:06 pm

I was waiting for you to post something lol :)
Yea..22km one way - 5days a week..plus shopping runs..even I was surprised how quickly I reached 10,000km. Its not gonna be as much now though...bought an i30 SLX fir the missus...so no more weekend driving for me :D

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Postby b_wiffler » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:23 pm

i have 20,000 on mine and i bought it in december ! :/

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Postby sleepy » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:40 pm

alterego13 wrote:I was waiting for you to post something lol :) Yea..22km one way - 5days a week..plus shopping runs..even I was surprised how quickly I reached 10,000km. Its not gonna be as much now though...bought an i30 SLX fir the missus...so no more weekend driving for me :D


ah makes sense. Yeah mines mainly a weekend car for me anyway since I take public transport to work everyday :D means I refill every fortnight or so...

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Postby JustinR » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:53 pm

This was today, two days ago... I just didnt upload it till now.. not happy jan :(

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Postby whitenight » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:57 pm

pffft not even a scratch , thats an easy fix

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Postby bd-850 » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:15 pm

replaced the battery, it dropped a cell.

threw some Upper Engine Clean, feels less sluggish, and runs smoother

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Postby JustinR » Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:48 pm

Gave it a wash and wax with the Meguiars stuff. Also did the tyres and tried wax and grease remover to remove the left over glue on the Mivec badge, but didnt make much of a difference. Installed some festoon LED's as well that my mate had lying around spare.

Also noticed someone hit my car.. nice scratch near the front right side wheel well.. oh well..

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Postby BZC-45S » Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:23 pm

I also washed and waxed... first time since purchasing the car 5 weeks ago. Kind of wished I did my usual and just go to the local car wash cafe and enjoyed a coffee while someone else did it. Cos now I'm acutely aware of all the little scratches, dents, and areas of imperfections on the car. Ignorance was bliss... I was happy not knowing all the flaws.


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