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Re: In Australia so why not have an Aussie car
« Reply #30 on: 16 March 2013, 12:55 »
Yep, and am used to cars blowing up on me so stopped straight away....
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Re: In Australia so why not have an Aussie car
« Reply #31 on: 16 March 2013, 22:10 »
Should of took the mk4 out there lol
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Re: In Australia so why not have an Aussie car
« Reply #32 on: 17 March 2013, 04:05 »
Not with the state of the roads over here! It would bottom out every 500 meters. Give it 6 months or so and a nice 4x4 will replace it
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Re: In Australia so why not have an Aussie car
« Reply #33 on: 17 March 2013, 13:37 »
 :grin: steve goes up in the world  :laugh:

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Re: In Australia so why not have an Aussie car
« Reply #34 on: 17 March 2013, 21:14 »
Not aloud too, you have to own the car for 12 months to be able to bring it into the country. Otherwise,you have to a stupid amount of tax and try and get it registered.

If I had more notice of me coming over I would have bought a high end BMW or Porsche and made 6x what it costs in the uk

It's the same in Brazil. My dad paid around £25k for a Peugeot 207 SW which here in the UK would about £14k. Buying a new-ish base model Audi A3 over there costs as much as buying a brand new fully loaded Golf GTI here, about £30k. Anything imported has crazy import tax.

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Re: In Australia so why not have an Aussie car
« Reply #35 on: 03 May 2013, 13:25 »
Oh well the ute is up for sale....

Dont trust the thing no more and need something more suited to the outback :whistle:

New car is lined up, lets say Ill look small in it.... :whistle: Chuff keep your mouth shut :tongue:
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Re: In Australia so why not have an Aussie car
« Reply #36 on: 03 May 2013, 18:37 »
4x4 muchos needed!!

I wana get back out there ! Means sacking off the mrs tho  :shocked:

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Re: In Australia so why not have an Aussie car
« Reply #37 on: 03 May 2013, 19:41 »
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Re: In Australia so why not have an Aussie car
« Reply #38 on: 04 May 2013, 14:06 »
4x4 muchos needed!!

I wana get back out there ! Means sacking off the mrs tho  :shocked:

In Perth, no.  Where I am yes

Sack her off then.... :lipsrsealed: :whistle:

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The ball is rolling, just need some time off to go get it :evil: oh and I only have to set aside 3 hours pay per week to pay for it :cool:
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Re: In Australia so why not have an Aussie car
« Reply #39 on: 23 June 2013, 09:42 »
Sold it last month, saw it Friday night going sideways around a roundabout  :grin:
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