richdave

What a good Friend?. Telephone conversation goes; "Hello, is this the police? "Yes it is. How can we help you?" "I'm calling to report about my neighbour, Wazza. He's hiding cocaine inside his firewood!" "Thank you very much for the call, ma'am." The next day, police officers descend on Wazza's house in great numbers. They search the house and then go out to the shed where the firewood is kept. Using axes, they bust open every piece of firewood but they find no cocaine. They swear at Wazza and leave. The phone rings at Wazza's house. "Hey, Wazz. Did the cops come?" "Yeah!" "Did they chop up your firewood?" "Yep." "Happy Birthday", maaaaate!!!!

But maybe a larger grille to fill the entire space may??

Refer to page 34 of the customer assistance, warranty, and maintenance booklet. It clearly states that the Turbo MUST have the 15w-40 oil Politely request they change it.... if they wont... (theirs not yours :lol: ) Not good enuf IMO

what he said :lol:

Well finally a result you are happy with. Persistance does pay off after all. What was the "fix" Mine goes in on Friday and I mentioned the whine and was told they would try moving some wires....

Powdered Blueberry Filled

next best thing.... :lol: :lol:

Well I could have just deleted the entire thread and pretended it didn't happen............

Cars. I just drive them..... Any one can make a mistake...even a MOD Ken -

It helps if you dont change the time zone to +9GMT while you're at it...

I bet it's OK now....selected "daylight savings" option in my controls DOH! That didn't work

It is 17:03 local time and when I post it says its 04:03 PM An hour out Hasn't the server been corrected for daylight savings time???

A man is lying in bed in the hospital with an oxygen mask over his mouth. A young nurse appears to sponge his hands and feet. "Nurse", he mumbles from behind the mask, are my *beep* black?" Embarrassed, the young nurse replies, "I don't know, I'm only here to wash your hands and feet" He struggles again to ask, nurse, are my *beep* black ?" Finally, she pulls back the covers, raises his gown, holds his pen*s in one hand and his *beep* in her other hand and takes a close look, and say's, "there's nothing wrong with them!" Finally, the man pulls off his oxygen mask and replies," that was very nice but, are... my...test...results...back"

A blonde walks into a pharmacy and asks the assistant for some rectum deodorant. The pharmacist, a little bemused, explains to the woman they don't sell rectum deodorant, and never have. Unfazed, the blonde assures the pharmacist that she has been buying the stuff from this store on a regular basis and would like some more. "I'm sorry," says the pharmacist, "we don't have any." "But, I always buy it here," says the blonde. "Do you have the container that it came in?" asks the pharmacist. "Yes," said the blonde, "I'll go home and get it." She returns with the container and hands it to the pharmacist who looks at it and says to her, "This is just a normal stick of underarm deodorant" Annoyed, the blonde snatches the container back and reads out loud from the container......... "TO APPLY, PUSH UP BOTTOM."

read the start of the thread......that's where it all started

So what IS the point of the so called "Police Mode" then?

NOOOOOOO.... I'll be in cold Minnesota USA.......

I'm hungry

Why did you trade in/up??

Wheres the rope....... :lol: :lol:

As per the last poll you posted.......Noticalble mostly on AUX (with AND without something connected), but can be heard sometimes on quiet parts of CD's and the AM seems affected by interferance when motor is running. Already had a swag of work done, inc replace alternator.

hmmm. My wife reckons the "T" is a bloke magnet.

This theory probably holds true weather you depreciate the car or buy the leased car for its residual. I believe there is no tax payable on the proceeds of a private sale of a motor vehicle.

I did work out that if you depreciate the car at the maximum rate of 22% over 3 years and have running costs of about $3500 pa, and you use it 80% for business, then you would have a net tax reduction of about $8.5k over 3 years. Not sure if this is valid but hows this for logic: $3.5K x 3 = $10.5K + $26k depreciation = $36.5K over 3 years $36.5k - $8.5k tax reduction = $28K net cost over 3 years. Then add the LOST interest on the $50k which would be $3850 at 5% compound over 3 years net paying 50% tax on the interest. Brings the total cost to $31850. If you lease the same car it costs $39K aftre tax. Then deduct the interest that you have earned on your $50k of $3850. Brings the net cost to $35150. If what I have done here is valid, then it seems that If you are using the car for business purposes it is cheaper to buy the car out right and write off the running exp on your PAYE tax. The saving would be about $3.3K over the 3 years If on the other hand you cannot write the costs off against your tax. The total cost to you would be $36.5K plus the lost interest of $3850 Brings the net cost to $40350 which would make the novated lease cheaper but not by much...only about $2.5k over the 3 years. Most folks can't pay cash for a $50k car so the benefits of novated/salary sacrifice are much more pronounced when comparing a private lease/loan paid solely from post tax earnings. More like $9000 over 3 years based on the assumptions used above. You need someone smarter than me to work out the detail on this I'm afraid.....did I mention I'm no accountant... I know.... see a REAL accountant... :lol: :lol: I have a headache now....