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Just bought a Porsche 911 Turbo
Zoooom Zooom!! Went out doing some shopping last night (thanks Tim for babysitting!) and came back home with a nice silver blue Porsche 911 Turbo! A 997 series I believe. It actually took us quite a few minutes to decide on the purchase. You know, it can sometimes be difficult choosing between Dodge Viper, Nissan [...]
Migrating Cars to LPG? Not Likely
Drive.com.au: Why LPG is still a laughing gas — because (1) it actually uses more fuel (2) it reduces the power of your car (3) it makes your boot smaller (4) conversion is limited to only a few models. Vivian was very excited last night telling me that Johnny is giving $1,000 away for LPG [...]
Front or Rear-Wheel Drive, or Does It Matter?
Drive Blog: Is front-wheel drive better than rear-wheel drive? One thing I really like about Drive.com.au’s latest blog is, the editors know how to use flame baits. Posts were always written in the way that encourages discussion, and they know that the best way to generate discussion is by asking questions that do not have [...]
Mayor and his V8
An interesting local news from last week — Randwick Mayor Ted Seng of Liberal drives a V8 Holden whereas other Green mayors are moving to push-bikes. So the question is, what sort of car should be provided to city council mayors in Sydney? A $350 Giant? A $40,000 Toyota Prius that runs on hybrid of [...]
Honda, Mazda, Holden or Toyota?
In the afternoon, Vivian and I accompanied a friend from MBF to shop for a new car. Basically, she is shopping for a new small’ish car less than $25,000. She has done enough research, and when we picked her up from the Central station today, she was pretty certain that she will be getting the [...]