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| Joined: | Sun Apr 15th, 2007 |
| Location: | Perth, Australia |
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New government wants to make us use trains and buses. Yeah, right...
We have 12 points we can lose over a 3 year period for various offences on the road - more speed, more points lost. 3 points for using a mobile while driving. 9 points for running a red light. Instant loss for drink driving. New "hoon" (like racerboys, I guess - or young blokes driving hotted up cars loudly and spinniung their wheels, racing on the streets etc) under which you lose your licence and they crush your car. None of this would offend me if they were consistent in applying the law....
When I think back on it, the Bimmer straight six is still the silkiest motor I have ever driven. Pushed to their limits, they absolutely scream - but they still hold together. It is just such a pity that parts prices are such a gouge here. Research was done that showed that if you built a new car solely from the spare parts department of your local BMW dealer - your $40,000 3-series would cost you almost $400,000 in the parts you would have had to buy across the counter. Crazy.
Our secondhand market is also dumba*s here - that S8 I was discussing would have cost over $220,000 AUD when new, and is still about $70,000 AUD now. In the US - same car, LHD, under $70,000 new and about $18,000 to $23,000 USD for a cracker. Life makes no sense, does it...
Have a good one and enjoy the heck out of your 3 series, before they legislate to ban us from having any fun!
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