I like cruise control when travelling. I even use it around town on longer roads. Keeps me at the speed limit, but not over. Allows me to look out at the road rather than the speedo. I’ve also …
Just spotted a sign on the back of a base model RAV4 hybrid. “This vehicle is fitted with GPS monitoring and will not exceed the speed limit” or words to that effect. Fairly obviously a company …
Driving along in an 80 zone this evening. It’s a back road used a fair bit, no houses just a quarry and mine site with what appears to be a haul road crossing that is active only when mine …
https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/107873/103905/e971797a… If I’m in the blue car stopped and waiting to turn right because of the orange cars are going straight. I assume the red car can …
I don’t get it. New Amorok is built on the Ranger platform, even apparently has the same steering column shroud. I can sort of understand they’ve put the indicator stalk on the left to match …
For the camping and outdoor types, has anyone come across an off the shelf solution to power 12v items from 18v power tool batteries? USB adaptors are easy to come by for charging phones and …
Cycled to work this morning. Drove a couple times last week and wondering what the ozbargain commute method of choice is. Can really get public transport on the route I have, can’t work from home …
Before Christmas my car was backed into. The front bumper was hit, scuffed and in doing so there are several areas of cracked paint. Fortunately the other party stuck around and I have …
Got a new vehicle a while back. It’s got the suite of safety stuff. Auto brake, lane keeper, blind spot monitor etc. I’m getting the hang of it, but the lane keeper seems a bit random in its …
We’ve got a local share e-bike trial going on locally. Dozens of purple e-bikes all over the town seemingly perfect to hop on and shuttle to your next stop and leave the bike ready for the return …
New(ish) ute has vinyl floors. Came with factory rubber mats (and a tank of fuel) and the rubber mats are very slippery on the floor. I could take them out but that makes it harder to remove dirt …
I have said I’d keep my current ute until electric is viable. But no, it’s got other ideas. It is starting to cause grief in maintenance. Still drives ok but recently the door handle, AC fan and …
Yay, We need a new HWS. Old one is a Dux. Plumber recommended an AquaMAX, Rheem seems to be ‘the brand’. Has anyone had experience with any of these brands for an off peak electric storage unit? …
Not sure if Auto or Sports and Outdoors? Have a bike rack for my vehicle. I use an aux plate and lights. When I look at the rules https://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-02/RMS-Carry... I …
Foaming handwash seems to be the latest and greatest for washing hands. Is it better for washing or is it a way of selling hand soap that is a larger percentage of water? I could see that you might …
Dos anyone have experience using log book apps for learners? It’s that time, and I’m assuming an app will make it easier to keep track of the logged hours. A phone will typically be glued to the …
Dropping kids at sport this morning it occurred to me that while we have reduced speed limits in school zones and other high activity areas there is nothing for weekend sport precincts. I know a lot …
Have driven the Pacific Highway, north of Sydney to north coast a couple of times recently. There are a number of Average Speed Cameras along the way. A couple of times I missed a speed limit change …
Just noticed oil in my front wheel well. Closer look it’s a split CV joint boot. Car is 13yo with 180k km. Would that be normal sort of lifespan? Or did yesterday’s little off road jaunt put a …
So if I’m looking for a particular used vehicle and find one more than a few hours away how do you go about paying for it? Need to inspect in person first. Assume it’s worth more than is …
After seeing numerous threads about old cars and how lots of people seem to think out of warranty is old thought I’d try a bit of a survey. Also got me thinking when I was working on my ute this …
Typical yellowing headlights on my vehicle. I’ve cleaned and polished before (not this vehicle, but a previous one). it didn’t seem to last long. Can anyone please recommend a product that might …
So we are now down to groups of two (not really a group, but whatever) outdoors. How are you coping with maintaining your exercising while this virus takes over? I’m not a gym bunny so don’t …
Shopping tonight, needed an item. There were two types available. 100% Australian produce from a multinational co with historically questionable ethics. Aussie owned supermarket house branded item …
Bit of venting and hopefully to get some ideas. Our kids play soccer and cricket in the backyard. Inevitably, a ball (or 7) goes over the fence. Three neighbours will throw them back, sometimes it …
Significant first world issue of course. When mowing your yard do you trim the edges first or mow the main section and then trim what is left? Interested to see what the majority do. I’ll leave …
Has anyone had experience with a Sony XAVAX1000 or other Sony unit. Particularly how good the radio is? My cheap Chinese all in one unit has died. Time to upgrade to Apple CarPlay. The unit above …
I’m currently between jobs and have been offered work as a builders labourer. I’m happy to do the work but wondered what the going rate is. It’s a long time since I’ve done anything similar.
So the red suit dude is considering a new console for the kids. Currently they have a PS3 and predominantly play FIFA - which might be because they don’t have many other games which interest them. …
I own a ute. Sometimes I cart around stuff that is longer than the tray, most often bikes. To do this I lower the tailgate (to horizontal) and strap everything in nice and tight making sure nothing …
I’ve had enough of my current job and want a change. Fortunately I have a fair bit of leave owing and we are financially comfortable so I can do this without finding a new job first. Thoughts moved …
I've got a diesel ute, 11years old, 145,000km. It had been playing up a little. Going into limp mode, then lately had a real flat spot on acceleration, enough that the motor had virtually no …
Chatting to a work colleague who stated they hoped it wouldn’t rain today because it meant they wouldn’t be able to use cruise control on the freeway it would cause the car to speed up if they …
So, kid going into highschool next year. The school orientation night for parents indicates it is sort of expected the kids will hav a phone. We'd kinda resigned ourselves to that before then …
Looking at a new computer for my desktop. Don't want a laptop as I want a bigger screen for photos, videos etc. I've looked around and am now wondering whether I should go for an all in …
Hi all, I'm a bit out of touch with computers, been a while since I played with them and my current home built unit is so slow it's not funny. I did have an idea what was decent when it …
I've looked back over our gas usage for about 18months. Seems we are getting charged the privilege of around $50 per quarter for using about 40c worth of gas per summer bill (cook top only) and …
We are in a good financial position having saved over the years, purchased property wisely and lived for a period on fairly limited spending to step up the property ladder. We currently have …
I recently bought an accessory part for my car, 2nd hand from a wreckers via ebay. Got it shipped to me, got sick, finally got around to fitting it after the suppliers 60day return period. Now …
Got to thinking about all the different insurance policies we have. Home, landlord, cars, life, income etc. Has anyone considered, or tried to work out if it is possible to combine all your …
Hi all, hope this is in the right forum (mods please move if it fits better elsewhere)! I'd appreciate any help please. MY after market Win-Ce based double din unit with GPS has Polnav software …
Bloke at work has a nice car, but it's given him a fair bit of grief and turned into a money pit. While he still likes it he would rather be rid of it so it doesn't cost him more and more. …
I'm considering upgrading my 2003 forester to a twin cab ute. If I'm going to get one, it might as well have 4wd so we can head off onto the beach or into the bush. I will use it to tow our …
We've just moved and the new house has a split system AC compressor which is right next to the pool fence and creates a handy step for jumping the fence. We found out when we had visitors and …
Euphemistic on 12/11/2014 - 17:26 on Australian Taxation Office
So I got a big tax bill. Results of a capital gain from a property sale, it was expected, so no problems. If I pay the ATO in instalments it will cost 9.63% interest. The interest will be tax …
Things are changing and we are thinking about a new, bigger home for the growing family. We are lucky enough to have sold an investment property last year and now our home is completely debt fee. …
