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[Shaz]

Starting a war with the motherland = bad decision.

[skillionaire]

Crappy small pic, but this is a pic taken by Pisey on Caves road, through Nik...

Fark I've only seen it on my phone, those flames are so high! I haven't seen any footage of the area, but apparently people are just walking around saying 'It's all gone' - that was about fifteen minutes ago.

Luckily it seems noone was killed. It would be a miracle if there's no life lost over this.

Department of Environment Conservation are going to have to answer some pretty serious questions after they deal with the emergency.

Brewing beer today.

[skillionaire]

[Marv]

Oh my fork, John Wyer Gulf GT40 and 917K!!! Soooooooooo hootttttt

Good to hear you're safe Nik. Growing up on acreage, we've had a few close calls with fires and it's nothing I'd wish on anyone.


RX25SE: highest selling car on an open market still the '30s Bugatti Atlantique Royale that sold in the mid 80s in London for 34mil GBP?

Stay Safe Nikolo.

I am building gen1 Track hack car.. going to do silly things to it.. will be fun though haha just going to turbo the NA ej22 to start untill it goes boom

Um, failure is guaranteed. An EJ20G turbo motor can be had for a couple of hundred bucks now (as little as $400) so why bother with the 2.2 that will cost more than that to set up for turbo?

[Brett]

Morning lads,

Good to hear all is ok at The Grove. Hopefully they get the situation under control soon.

It's going to be bloody hot up here today

[Adam]

G'day Brett!




Parents picked this up yesterday, mum said the salesman leant in with a cigarette and now it stinks. I reckon it smells too strong to be a one off. How do I get durrie smell out of the car?

[Morgan]

Upholstery cleaner

Many, many times over!!!

[Shaz]

I can guarantee you that leaning in with 1 ciggie wont make it smell.

Just get the carpets and seats steam cleaned Adam.

[Brett]

G'day Brett!




Parents picked this up yesterday, mum said the salesman leant in with a cigarette and now it stinks. I reckon it smells too strong to be a one off. How do I get durrie smell out of the car?

Fabreeze the crap out of all the upholstery.
Or find someone that has on ozone generator, and set it to work.

[B4TT]

HAI AMS!! The $A was trading at $US96.91

[Shaz]

Brett - What do you recommend for cleaning and maintaining a leather interior?

[Morgan]

Hahaha Gillard trying to be Obama

[skillionaire]

I can guarantee you that leaning in with 1 ciggie wont make it smell.

This.

I used to have a bong in my centre console 24/7 and you couldn't still smell it after a clean and an air out.

[Adam]

@ Shaz, I know one durrie won't do it, just going from what she said I reckon he has been smoking in it.

@ All thanks for the tips! Can actually hire an ozone generator, might get one.


It's unfortunate, because inside it like new!


Turbo is tiny!

[skillionaire]

What an absolute spankchop of a dealer if he was.

[Adam]

Agree Nik!

Why would you want to depreciate the value of a car you are trying to sell?

[B4TT]

Best family car for 2011 - Ford Mondeo Zetec Ecoboost

Best small car for 2011 - Ford Focus Trend

Best city car for 2011- Volkswagen Polo 77TSI

Best SUV under $40,000 for 2011 - Skoda Yeti

Best SUV over $40,000 for 2011 - Ford Territory TS diesel

Best 4WD for 2011 - Jeep Grand Cherokee diesel

Best luxury car under $80,000 for 2011 - the Mercedes-Benz C250 CDI.

Best luxury car over $80,000 for 2011 - the Audi A6 3.0TDI.

Best performance car under $60,000 for 2011 - the Renault Megane RS250 Cup Trophee.

Best performance car over $60,000 for 2011 - the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG coupe.

Best convertible for 2011 - the Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet 118TSI.

Best ute of the year - the Mazda BT-50 4x4.

Best green car award - Mazda3 SP20 SkyActive.

Best people-mover of 2011 - the Honda Odyssey.

Best safety innovation award - the joint-platform, Mazda BT-50 4x4 and Ford Ranger XLT 4x4

[skillionaire]

Was it new? If not, I'm tipping whoever had it before smoked in there and whatever they did to cover it has started to wear off.

The headliner is where I used to have the most trouble, baking on a hot day.

[Brett]

Brett - What do you recommend for cleaning and maintaining a leather interior?

I did a butt load of research into leather cleaning and conditioning about 18 months ago.
What I found was that most modern leather auto upholstery has a clear laquer over it. Which means it should only need to be wiped down with a clean damp microfibre cloth. Maybe a soft bristled brush to get into all the texture and the seams. No conditioning is necessary as the clear prevents the conditioner getting through to the actually leather hide.

However I have also seen good documentation about a product called Leatherique. It's a two part product. The first part is applied to the leather and the car left,shut up, for 8 hours. This draws all the dirt and grime out of the leather and to the surface where it can be wiped off. The second part is a conditioner. It's pretty exy though. About $129 for a single application from memory.

I use Chemical Guys leather cleaner. It's pH neutral so it won't dry out the leather. I don't bother with the conditioner as I'm not convinced it makes that much difference, other than providing a nice leather smell. I use a soft shoe polishing brush to agitate heavily soiled leather, but most of the time I just use a microfibre cloth.
I find this a very good and affordable leather cleaner, and can transform dirty leather to looking like new again.


That took an age to type out on my phone.

[Marv]

The Missus has me looking at Foresters. Either to replace her Gen2 Lib, or for me to reshell my big red poonugget into.

WHY FOR YOU SO EXPENSIVE AND YOUR LOAD AREA SO SMALL STUPID SOFTROADING FOR-ARSE-TER?!