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    Buying a car... wagon recommendations?

    Every major service at Mazda costs that much, the low soot oil alone is somewhere between $50-$80 per service. I guess with modern diesels with emmissions equipment and DPF's/regens it's not as simple as it once was. We priced it at 2 different dealerships and have a friend who works at one of...
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    Buying a car... wagon recommendations?

    A couple of points to remember. A diesel is only more economical if you are travelling over 30,000 kms a year. A diesel will also cost around $400-$600 per service, and as mentioned European Cars (and diesels - European and Japanese) are expensive to repair once out of warranty. I...
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    Email Client

    Can you now sync thunderbird with an iPhone? When I originally got mine, I investigated and it couldn't be done. Cheers Buddybee
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    Coffee Snob...

    We've had a Compak K3-Touch grinder for about 4 months now - absolutely LOVE it, although the pre-timed grind appears to work backwards - adds time to the grind length, + shortens it (or so my husband tells me) We've teamed ours up with an Expobar Minore 3, so can't comment on your machine...
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    Great children's films

    "Cars" The adult undertones has made that movie a family favourite
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    Importing vehicles from the US

    Your right - it's going to be expensive unless you know where to source parts from or know what you are doing - being in the Automotive industry for us both of those points are covered. My parents know a guy down your way with almost 100 year old French cars. He needed to replace some...
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    Importing vehicles from the US

    Impossible is a better term! It doesn't need to be original as such - it can be restored provided it's got the same parts it left the factory in. Parts are easier. What is crazy about this, is that you can still do the mods - they just need to be done here not overseas. The vehicle we...
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    Importing vehicles from the US

    What a coincidence - we imported a Caddy too. We were going to import another one - highly modified though, but these new laws stopped us in our tracks. Cheers Buddybee
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    Importing vehicles from the US

    Just make sure you don't dabble in Motor Vehicles unless you know what you're doing. I don't specifically know about jet skis and boats, however the motor vehicle importation laws changed a few months ago and if the vehicle isn't imported EXACTLY the same way it left the factory then it can no...
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    Builders in outer eastern melbourne

    Friends of ours subdivided their rear yard used Porter Davis for the 3 lots they created. They are looking to use them again in the near future. Cheers Buddybee
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    Tips on finding a cleaner in Melbourne

    I guess it's like everything - someone will have a different opinion. I haven't used them in 3 years, and I still don't have nice things to say about them. After ringing Meticulous to find out why my cleaner didn't arrive (I'd used them for 4 or 5 months) I was told by their office staff...
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    Undercover Boss

    I saw the Waste Management and 7-11 episodes. For some reason they are not showing the Hooters episode here in Australia (or are showing them out of order). I really like it. Reminds me of Bob Ansett in some ways - always made his executives work behind the counter of a rental car branch...
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    Help, vendor won't settle

    Very nice - where are the photos? Cheers Buddybee
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    GPS trackers to locate stolen cars

    Reminds me of the days when this technology first came out about 10-15 years ago. I recall the transport company I was working for fitting one of these devices to a prime mover incase the payload got stolen; which eventually it did. Only problem was the tracker was fitted to the truck cab...
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    Current owners want to 'rent' for a week after settlement. Issues?

    We did this. The property we purchased was someones PPOR that became our IP. They wanted to rent back from us for 4 weeks so they had time to reno their new place. They needed settlement funds from us to complete their purchase so they could commence the renos. We had our solicitor draw...
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    First day of work 30th June - ?Group Cert/Tax return

    It's only deemed assessable income when payment is physically made. If you are paid on the 30th of June, you'll get a group certificate for the pay your received. If you are paid on the 15th of July, the income will be assessed in that year. Interesting to note that some employers pay...
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    Anyone know Smith & Smith Kitchens?

    Hi peastman, we are in Croydon and I'm interested to hear your thoughts and those of others. We've just agreed to do the same thing with our kitchen and I'm about to start ringing around and getting quotes. Cheers Buddybee
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    Financial Planning fees

    Thankyou everyone for your thoughts and opinions, they are really appreciated. I don't know what path we are going to take, but you've all given me a number of options to consider that hadn't come up in our personal discussions. Cheers Buddybee
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    Business options. Bottle shop, feasability?

    I used to work in the industry from a distribution stand point. What I can tell you is that credit for stock is hard to come by. I can recall our company's credit controllers having weekly meetings with the oposition distributors to determine which businesses were in credit stress (mostly...
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    Financial Planning fees

    I hear and to some extent agree with what you say tobe. Shares is poor wording on my behalf - shares is one part of the equation, but not the entire equation. Prior to meeting the FP; hubby and I had spoken "generally" about a wide range of investments including adding 3-4 more IPs, Gold...
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