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Well im thinking im going to get my car tuned on 98 RON, then im going to wind out plenty of ignition and run vrappy unleaded.

The price of fuel is starting to scare me... never has it cost me $60 to fill a car, thats about $15 more then it used to!:cheers:

At 27 insurance aint getting any cheaper either, now they promise me it gets cheaper when im 30. Hmm time to take the thing off the road, put a cage in it and then enjoy the car at the track

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I think governments should start to review the whole 38cents per litre thing. As a single late 20 with a vehicle i would have to be one of the highest taxed ppl in the country.

So just in fuel alone im paying between $30-40 in taxes to the government:( And they want to give me $8 a week back and in return increase the cost of health car, public tranpsort, openly allow new roads to be tolled:(

I think governments should start to review the whole 38cents per litre thing.  As a single late 20 with a vehicle i would have to be one of the highest taxed ppl in the country. ...(

I can tell you Roy, age and marital status has little to do with the amount of tax you pay. :cheers:

I can tell you Roy, age and marital status has little to do with the amount of tax you pay. :cheers:

Yeh i know everyone rides the same merry go round, but come tax time i sure as hell aint any parties target demographic...all the tax cuts are for ppl in situations different to mine.

Anyway, im moving back to Indo, i can make a dollar go further there:) problem is no Skyline could run on their crappy fuel and the price of scotch there is criminal:)

I reckon your getting a bum deal there Roy. My insurance is atleast getting cheaper, whether it's cos i'm getting older or the car is i dont know :P

If you make the r32 the full time track hack what would you drive on the road? A mira? insurance is peanuts, does about 2million ks per $10 tank but you dont want to get hit by anything bigger than a push bike or you can kiss your ass goodbye.

Nah, 3 cylinder Charade...:D

Yeh i cant work it out, i know a guy who is paying less for his R34 GTR and i have never been booked, never had an at fault accident, but made one claim after a car was stolen 7 years ago:( Still $1900 isnt too bad, but its still a grand more then a friend is paying for his 626 which has a claim/accident per year :P

Im just turning into a tight a55, after all its been an expensive year with moving interstate and a few mechanical miss haps....

why you paying so much? You need to shop around for a better policy.. back in VIC i was paying about $1300 for my fully modified r33 full comp..

you could always move to QLD :P.. petrol is cheapest of all the eastern states. ..

Thing is.. people keep buying more and more stupid large 4WD and "people movers" which gobble more and more petrol. I can still not understand that whatsoever. People = stupid

whats stupid as that delears dont need to display how much fuel 4WD's drink yet they have the highest running costs of any car catergory... everyone who doesnt need a powerful car should drive a Honda Civic Hybrid (5.5 L per 100km's) so theres more fuel for skyline owners :P

why you paying so much? You need to shop around for a better policy.. back in VIC i was paying about $1300 for my fully modified r33 full comp..  

I think its because of my mods and also the fact that whilst im now in Vic, i am keeping the car registered in Sydney, which im told has the highest insurance premiums in the country. At least it insured for 20 or 22k or something.

roy: try uniquecar insurance in melb if you do wish to transfer your rego over (rego would be cheaper in VIC too wouldn't it?).. www.uniquecar.com.au very generous for 25+ .. will accept all modifications.. they will accept agreed value as well :D

never had to claim with them though, but they have been around for a while.

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