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i'm sure it does...where do you work?

I was 'ere.

bahaha, revive that thread... what's news old skool people...Josh where are you these days? Brisbane?

Thought i'd check in and i'm glad I did - Cy you bring back the memories...a certain noosa cruise vid stood testament to that cars true "ability"!

Depends on what your scene is... Packed out, shoulder-to-shoulder, dirty, pub style places that you don't want to wear anything nice to (but have a high chance of getting into a fight at): Beer Garden Cocktails and Dreams Places for pre 10pm: Avenue Melbas (downstairs) Central Titanium Bar Regular places decent most to every night: Drink (RnB orientated club) Sin City (reasonably new and gets packed out regularly - good place though)* The Bedroom (recent refurbishment and again, packed regularly)* Melbas (upstairs - usually where many people finish their night, can be prone to the older crowd) Temple (a little away from the rest of the clubs but not too bad on the weekends) Reasonably Empty Places: Twenty1 More exclusive clubs - more expensive to get in and more expensive to buy drinks at, go later in the night to take full advantage: Ruby Tramp (probably one of the best clubs)* Elsewhere ** The best clubs IMHO are "*".

hahaha....I feel it only fitting that a copy of the vid appear here...sadly, I don't have it anymore. Hence, i will just say SLLLAYYYEEERRRRR...though few will know the meaning.

Screw that, doesn't pay enough... Become an investment banker. Start off somewhere like Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan etc on around $100-250k a year (including anticipated bonus) and move quickly upward from there....it's easy, i swear. Alternately if working 15+hr days and the likely addiction to red bull, coffee and a random cocktail of drugs isn't your style, the mechanic thing could work out. Just an idea.

long time no see...holla back biatches

i'll break my silence to: 1) Laugh at this thread; 2) Laugh at the guy defending amway; and 3) Laugh at them both concurrently kthxbai

boo!

*walks through* *sees tumbleweed*

The research of alternative fuel comes down to what is most important for Directors, Executive and Non Executive of companies. Their primary duty at law, and the ones generally acknowledged, is to return profits to the company and shareholders. They cannot simply go on a tangent and research alternative fuels for no reason, there must at the end of the day be a profit motive to any expense to the detriment of profit. This is seen as a problem somewhat yet to be addressed. The area known as CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) is developing slowly in other countries but not in Australia and therefore means that a company, say for e.g. BP MUST use as it's excuse that researching alternative fuel is: a. Good publicity - and therefore increases profits b. Will be good for the long term - and therefore will increase profits So it is both the fact that people are becoming more environmentally responsible AND the diminishing oil supply that is driving alternative research. But people are kidding themselves if they think any huge amount of effort is being put in. If we NEEDED a solution to it NOW, we'd have it. Some larger multinational corporations are more powerful than countries and they have the ability to do it. It's not profitable enough yet, but when it is, we will see it. Whether that coincides with the environment is another issue, however.

I don't think the rspca would approve.

tis true!

ibtl rofl...*grabs popcorn*

Fuel excise is a Cth tax however....and roads etc are a State issue. The problem is that it (fuel excise) makes up a decent proportion of Cth revenue and hence they don't wish to let go of it anytime soon; and somewhat rightfully so, the government needs revenue. H/ever fiscal federalism results in the fact that the Cth making money doesn't mean that the state is making any money or more relevantly that the Cth is correctly granting money to them. Ergo money raised doesn't necessarily help the issues such as roads etc that some may be led to believe. Just because they are taxing fuel doesn't mean that it's helping roads, and even if it is, it may not be helping QLD roads. The Cth makes the money off Fuel excise and they can then grant money to the states as they please, for whatever they please, thats how the Cth legislates on state issues, by tying essential money that the state needs and enforcing things that they have no power over. (of course this is off issue and a rather wide generalisation, but still. I think I made my point). I'm not saying the fuel excise is all bad, however it's not as good as what some may think.

Well, I'm heading to bed. I'll have to talk to you later Chris, we should catch up for a beer when we both have some spare time...maybe at the new tavern in Market Square. Anyway, keep me up to date with the M3 situation! Talk soon mate! Matt

Yeah, the new m3 is hot. I thought the 335 was nice, only thing I dislike is the cost of optional extras and the lack of standard features. They seem to a degree, have fixed that problem with the m3. I also dislike the weird computer circle stick thing, but I suppose you can get used to it. My partner just bought a c180 kompressor...i thought it'd be gutless but it's not too bad.

what's news?

hey lover....been missing you.

What Chris is saying is correct. Compounding the problem will be the movement of the dollar. If our economy suffers in the next year to two (which it's likely to as a result of the change in government (a whole other issue)), you can guarantee that fuel prices are going nowhere but up. At least in QLD we receive an excise concession which does make the fuel slightly cheaper than that of other states.

just thought i'd stop through...haven't been here in a while...*hey all*

You should all be buying shares in oil companies/exploration companies/fuel companies and thus compensating for your loss and effectively hedging your bets; saving when fuel goes up..and down.

The police derive their power from numerous different legislations. In QLD the primary one for road use is the "Transport Operations (Road Use Management Act)" found here: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/con...t/touma1995434/, however that act gives broad sections that correlate to other pieces of QLD and Cth legislation which permit a range of things. Examples can be seen below, such as the s requiring you to stop, open your bonnet etc which many people believe the police can't do without a warrant..wrong. s39 "(1) An authorised officer may require the person in control of a vehicle to give the officer reasonable help to enable the officer to effectively exercise a power under this Act in relation to the vehicle. Examples of requirements for effectively exercising powers-- 1 requiring the vehicle to be held stationary on a weighing device to enable the vehicle to be weighed 2 requiring the vehicle's bonnet to be opened to enable the engine to be inspected (2) An authorised officer may require the person in control of a vehicle, or a person who is in or just left the vehicle, to do or not to do anything the officer reasonably believes is necessary-- (a) to enable the officer to safely exercise a power under a transport Act in relation to the vehicle; or (b) to preserve the safety of the officer, the person or other persons. Examples of safety requirements-- 1 requiring the persons in a vehicle to get out of the vehicle while the officer inspects the vehicle's undercarriage 2 requiring a person who has just left the vehicle to stand back from the carriageway of the road 3 requiring a person to remain in control of a vehicle for a reasonable time The act continues for a long, long way and I can gaurantee that the polices power is broad, very broad and is intentionally so. However, having said that, it's still (now) a courts decision to take into consideration the laws, regulations and policies of parliament when contesting or hearing any issue of such a nature and hence if you have a good case or a reasonable excuse you stand a chance. Of course, this still requires time, money and patience. Things most Joe Blows don't have. Many have tried, most have failed. Unless you are getting pulled over all day, everyday, and the officer basically tells you they are targeting you. The chance of proving this is slim. The issue is one of bias or some kind of prejudice which is effecting the officers ability to impartially perform his job (that is handing you a fine). This is a high bar and unlikely to be met. Discrimination is fine, they are able to target specific types of car drivers, so long as they don't discriminate on the way they issue fines. For example, you and a commodore are both in a bay, same problems, same potential defect and yet they blatantly discriminate against you for being an import. Such an example would be arguable, but again unlikely and would probably simply result in the commodore being fined, rather than you being let off. Best chance of defeating any fine is contesting it and proving the issuing officer either; hasn't correctly tested the car and/or has incorrectly fined you for something that is dot approved and/or not prohibited by law. Ultimately legislation is law, so unless constitutionally invalid, you're stuck with it. Sucks, but it's the way it is. Imports have a stigma, parliment is making policy decisions to the favour of the "general public" and thus anyone driving an import gets reamed.

I understand the time required for a decent tune, but wow. Is Mick working on your car in between other jobs or just taking a farking long time on yours alone. I'd be scared to see your bill for the tune....you'd want some serious power/response!