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There have been 271 bids and it's up to $76,300 now, with 3 hours to go.

Are these things really worth that much?
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I think there are too many cars made for the roads and too many films made for people to watch now and that is why there are auto workers and film workers on strike.
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They can't be making too many cars, otherwise there wouldn't be waiting lists for them.
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Frances wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 12:34 pm They can't be making too many cars, otherwise there wouldn't be waiting lists for them.
I think they just need cleaning before they get to Australia https://www.drive.com.au/news/quarantin ... -stranded/
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Wait ties can be anything between 59 to 328 days, according to this site: https://pricemycar.com.au/delivery-dates

328 days? If I was told that I would go looking for a different car......
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I remember when my boss went to China 30 years ago and they took 1 million tonne of coal for export on bicycles now there is an overcrowded car market worldwide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKvLM6MS6WI
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The world might be overcrowded with cars but I don't know if the car market is necessarily overcrowded.
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Frances wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2023 2:07 pm The world might be overcrowded with cars but I don't know if the car market is necessarily overcrowded.
You may not have seen the whole video but at 13 minutes he says the market is overcrowded.
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eddy wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2023 4:03 pm
Frances wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2023 2:07 pm The world might be overcrowded with cars but I don't know if the car market is necessarily overcrowded.
You may not have seen the whole video but at 13 minutes he says the market is overcrowded.
He was talking about the market in China being overcrowded, not worldwide.
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I am thinking about getting someone who does dashcam videos on YouTube to do one around the Parrahub site of Church, Boundary, Inkermann and Landsdown streets.

If anyone is interested please email me at mistereddb@gmail.com
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eddy wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:57 am I am thinking about getting someone who does dashcam videos on YouTube to do one around the Parrahub site of Church, Boundary, Inkermann and Landsdown streets.

If anyone is interested please email me at mistereddb@gmail.com
Nobody has responded to me so is there any advice for making a dashcam video for YouTube, should I pay someone or buy a cheap dashcam and do it myself.

Am thinking around $200 to $300, thanks in advance Eddy
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In Australia we love the Hybrid Toyota more than full electric due to range anxiety and as we also like 4 wheel drives would it be possible to have a conventional front wheel drive with the rear wheels driven by battery with regen and they may even be with direct drive.
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NSW number plate No 1 recently sold for $11.5 Million.
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More issues affecting Toyota

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australi ... 43a4b&ei=8

Now you may have an even longer wait.
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I don’t get how new reduced Sulphur fuel will save us money when it can cost 1c per liter more ?
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boronia wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:39 pm NSW number plate No 1 recently sold for $11.5 Million.
A case of vanity V sanity.
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I think sanity lost.
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