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01-09-2024, 11:28 AM | #331 | |||
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Hatch-ute works alright too, wait until the back seats fold down and I got me a van that does >7L/100km The worst drivers on the roads come in two varieties: High vis shirts in dual cab Thailand Specials Hi vis shirts in shitbox hatchbacks Because taxpayer funded incentives for those purposes |
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01-09-2024, 11:40 AM | #332 | ||
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Using emotive language like 'taxpayer funded' is another key argument tool.
Everyone pays tax. How the govt spend it makes absolutely zero difference to me or you having to pay it. All it does is help motivate the pitchfork wielding folk.
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01-09-2024, 12:01 PM | #333 | |||
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Makes a huge difference on the balance sheet of the country, and at the polls come election time, maybe not in South Australia which receives more in the form of taxpayer subsidy than it contributes, look at the GST share of SA vs VIC/NSW/WA in what it contributes vs what it receives. WA has a case here but they've also been subsidised by the rest of the country for the last ~120 years until they started contributing in the last 30 or so years. |
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01-09-2024, 12:49 PM | #334 | |||
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25-09-2024, 09:06 PM | #337 | ||
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Comparison Hilux vs Isuzu N series A useful dual cab Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 25-09-2024 at 09:25 PM. |
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26-09-2024, 07:38 AM | #338 | ||
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Was wondering how long it was going to be before Franco posted these.
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26-09-2024, 12:37 PM | #339 | |||
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Every time our current PM goes on a jaunt overseas, he takes a South Sydney NRL jumper and $100M cheque to give away. The more they give away, the more we have to pay. "Tax cuts for everybody" ........... what a bad joke. I am on a fixed income, and paying more than I was 5 years ago, while my expenses, i.e. insurance, rego, utilities, food, have all increased. |
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26-09-2024, 07:13 PM | #340 | |||
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Using the term 'tax payer funded' is done to make people think the govt is taking extra money from them. Like I said, it's emotive language.
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26-09-2024, 10:50 PM | #341 | |||
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Vic gov.. spend till they are broke, how do they get money?, introduced over 50 NEW taxes, and increased others… while telling victorians they can have it all, we are going with lower education, medical services, roads etc If governments spend our tax dollars on things that benefit the community, people are good with that, when they waste it on inflated projects or things that have little or no benefit to the community … “insert politician superannuation plan and life time office and staff perks here” then tax payers have every right to be annoyed Having said that, just saw an article where byd plan to release a full range of tractors to meet small medium and large as in Silverado, f150 and Ram sizes for the Aussie market at up to 30 grand cheaper.. does anyone think such a thing will actually gain traction in sales against ranger and hilux?
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26-09-2024, 10:56 PM | #342 | |||
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In the form of tax incentives, which are funded by the tax payer. Its not emotive language, its the truth |
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27-09-2024, 07:34 AM | #343 | |||
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A tax that was originally for well off investors has turned average Joe owner into a cash cow for the Vic Gov. This tax was set to cover property over 300K, this year it came all the way down to over 50K. Conveniently property valued at under 100K was subject to a sudden valuation hike (by guess who, the Vic Gov Valuer general) to now value it over the 100K bringing in a whole new land tax payer to their coffers. So Governments know how the rub people up the wrong way. We should be taxing these imports not incentivising them.
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27-09-2024, 08:42 AM | #344 | |||
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I am happy I am not in Victoria. Who pays for the cost of planning and issuing of contracts for major stuff that is then cancelled and not done, and then the payment of legal fees and compensation to engineering firms, C'wealth games, etc. Ooops, forgot ....... it is the Govt's money. They just pull it out of thin air whenever they want some. |
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27-09-2024, 11:25 AM | #345 | |||
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How good was it, circa 2005/2006 start providing tax incentives on Thailand's manufacturing industry at the cost of Australians.
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They chose Morwell to host the Rugby series, despite Morwell having neither a rugby union or league club, or any active players and inadequate facilities to host a rugby series there - what benefit was that going to provide? Wouldn't you host it at Melbourne's already existing AAMI Park? It was done on purpose to buy votes in regional areas, I guess throwing $600M down the drain to buy a couple votes is cheap when you're not the one who pays for that In the mean time all my local roads are ****ing cooked and my local primary school is begging parents for donations so they can have the heating and cooling fixed in the classrooms, some of that $600M could have chucked a couple split systems in those classrooms for them as an interim measure. The only thing thats happened at that joint since they built it in the mid 1990s when I went through there was they took all the good stuff out of the playgrounds, no more chain bridge, no more flying fox, poor bastards don't even know what its like to have fun anymore and now they don't even have heating in our winter when its -4 degrees to a top of 7. I don't intend on having kids, one Franco is enough for this planet, but I don't like seeing this stuff go on. Good to see there's a couple people here on AFF who can see whats going on, look over there AFL grand final! If we spent taxpayer money a bit more reasonably, we probably wouldn't need to raise so much of it from all us plebs. That includes incentivising Thailand's manufacturing industry, paid for by Australians. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 27-09-2024 at 11:53 AM. |
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27-09-2024, 12:59 PM | #346 | |||
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The corrupt idiotic Andrews Government have effectively bankrupted Victoria, and some idiots want to build a Bronze Statue of that Clown / ConMan. Get a girl friend / partner, enjoy life together and have a child, it’ll change you completely. It will. |
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27-09-2024, 01:58 PM | #347 | ||
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It was a bizarre decision, almost immediately afterward Thailand whacked on a tariff on any motor over 2.7L
They know how to play mercantilism. Vic is headed for 1990s repeat, Feds/other states will be forced to bail it out. When we moved here we were flabbergasted at the deluge of community and arts grants, the big funded tourism stuff, never had seen anything like it, we enjoyed watching fire twirlers and festivals locally, there were fireworks every year, more than once I tried to figure out how WA iron ore was paying for it... Funniest bit is Glasgow is hosting games for about 220Mn, and Vic money will perhaps be paying for it. You wouldn't read about it.
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06-10-2024, 01:06 PM | #348 | ||
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Truck vs Thailand Special shootout
Tow test is interesting, Isuzu N series makes about 80nm less torque but it got up the hill easier than the Hilux with its extra power and torque. I'm dubious about the Thailand Specials and their 3500kg towing claims, thats on the ragged edge of what they can do, 1st gear down the hill and its still running away massively with it at GVM. I think Grey Nomads should be considering these things, at least the ones with a bigger van pushing that 3500kg mark. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 06-10-2024 at 01:32 PM. |
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06-10-2024, 01:34 PM | #349 | ||
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I’ve definitely warmed to tilt cabs for ease of servicing.
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06-10-2024, 04:11 PM | #350 | |||
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On one occasion limping into Gundagai with a clogging fuel filter, I pulled into the mechanic's shop at the top of the hill. He started to grumble about having to crawl through the cab to get to the engine bay, when to his gleaming surprise I popped the cab over. "Why don't they make all MH's like this" he exclaimed.
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06-10-2024, 05:15 PM | #351 | ||
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The little trucks suck to drive though and that right there ends it for most people. I run an isuzu nlr with my buisness and no way in hell i would want to drive it on a trip its way to rough. I jump in my busted old 97 rodeo dual cab to head home and it feels like a fairlane in comparison.
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06-10-2024, 05:31 PM | #352 | |||
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Helps to have reset front springs, a Stratos suspension seat, a nice load usually smooths out the trip. The 86' will be set up in a similar fashion but we get why most won't buy them. The 91' Mazda motorhome drives like new and is on a suspension cab.
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06-10-2024, 05:49 PM | #353 | |||
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The hilux would offer more front on crash protection. |
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I can remember hitting a minor bird at 110 km(full. noise) in a little Trader it put. a massive ding in the front of it , ....driving these things would give Franco a new perspective of gutless as an alternative to the Thailand Specias lol
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Maybe it’s just me but I get a sore back driving these small trucks a lot quicker than I do driving anything else. It’s still a novelty for me to drive one so I do enjoy it. However I wouldn’t want to drive one all day every day. |
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07-10-2024, 07:21 AM | #357 | ||
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There you go Franco, I've warmed up the crowd.
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07-10-2024, 07:52 AM | #358 | ||
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Just as well as the Hilux (read any dual cab ute) would more likely be in one.
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07-10-2024, 08:21 AM | #359 | ||
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Towing has come along way since the Falcon, Kingswood and Valiant. I'm guessing so have the roads.
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Yes weights are up significantly, roads haven't changed much unless you live in a big city.
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