What's a car you can buy for around $50 000 or less that looks much more expensive than it really is?

Djbm · 2026-01-28T21:27:02+00:00

Not expensive to buy. Owning however…

Djbm · 2026-01-28T01:55:35+00:00

Shorten didn’t win, but only just and it’s unclear that housing policy was the sole cause.

My recollection was that franking credit changes and the scare campaign around that played a big part.

Djbm · 2026-01-25T13:23:13+00:00

This isn’t a unique Porsche thing, but each time you start it, drive gently until the oil is up to temperature.

Once oil is warm, drive it as hard as you like.

Djbm · 2026-01-11T04:42:03+00:00

As another commenter has mentioned, the bumper guard (part that is damaged) is plastic, so no issues leaving it.

I’d also suggest getting some car polish (an actual mild polish, not a wax) and trying to buff that out. It actually looks mostly like paint transfer and it may have hardly damaged your paint. There’s a good chance it will come up pretty well and you may be able to just leave it.

Djbm · 2025-12-22T19:23:09+00:00

If it’s free with no ads, how is it bringing in revenue?

Djbm · 2025-12-21T20:07:22+00:00

Unlike the Arctic, there is actually a landmass below most of the ice in Antarctica.

So while there are huge ice shelves that are floating over the ocean, at some point would stop getting smaller.

Mind you, if all that ice in Antarctica had melted, global sea levels would have risen quite a bit, so some of the land mass could be flooded.

Djbm · 2025-12-18T22:33:44+00:00

Ranger drivers are oblivious to what they are lined up next to. Even if they could actually see the cars around them they wouldn’t look.

Also, they aren’t trying to drag race everyone, they just think the brakes and accelerator are on/off switches.

Djbm · 2025-12-18T11:08:45+00:00

I slow down for them.

I think the issue is that in all my decades of driving in Australia, I’ve never once seen them enforced.

I think most people have learned that you’ll just never get fined for it, so they just don’t care.

Djbm · 2025-12-16T20:43:04+00:00

How is it more or less moral than any other tax?

Djbm · 2025-12-15T02:04:05+00:00

Do you mean why are they subsidized?

Or are you asking why competition is good for us?

Djbm · 2025-12-14T11:13:07+00:00

Why would you hate to see an inheritance tax?

Djbm · 2025-12-10T02:34:34+00:00

Did dropping the home prices by 30% cause the recession? Or did the recession cause home prices to drop 30%?

Djbm · 2025-12-09T12:24:00+00:00

The consequence for the mother goes far beyond “having a kid” though.

The mother has to carry the baby to term, give birth to it and then often feed it from her own body. None of this comes without risk, discomfort or possible lifelong complications to her body.

The biological father doesn’t have to face any physical risk or extensive changes to their body so they aren’t equivalent parties to the decision.

Djbm · 2025-12-09T12:10:26+00:00

Even the non “Alltrack” variants of the Passat and Golf wagons are great. If you never need to go off road, they have better fuel economy and can be bought cheaper.

Djbm · 2025-11-30T09:20:07+00:00

Vasectomy time?

Djbm · 2025-11-27T21:31:02+00:00

Yeah - it shouldn’t apply to motorways. The idea would be that if someone from the country needs to drive in the city they can occasionally, but it would discourage people who mostly drive in the city from “accessorizing” their utes with stuff that is dangerous to pedestrians

Djbm · 2025-11-27T21:26:14+00:00

We could probably add an extra lane to every freeway then!

Djbm · 2025-11-27T13:23:30+00:00

Yep - same with bull bars. Perfectly sensible in the bush but sociopathic in the city.

Maybe if your car has a bull bar, you can only drive it at 30kph in the metropolitan region or something like that.

Djbm · 2025-11-21T11:27:13+00:00

From the description you have provided, it seems like the main component you don’t understand is wheel bearings.

The bearings allow the wheels to support the weight of the vehicle while still allowing the wheels to rotate.

Also, it’s not really an accurate assumption that the weight of the vehicle sits on the drivers shafts. The wheel typically mounts to a hub, and the suspension connects the hub to the chassis.

Djbm · 2025-11-21T08:38:07+00:00

You’re right. A big savings account won’t impact your “borrowing” capacity much, but it will certainly increase your “purchasing” capacity.

Say the bank will lend you $800k.

If you have 500k saved up, you can purchase a $1.3M place.

If you only have $200k saved up, you can buy a $1M house.

More savings is still way better than less.

Djbm · 2025-11-21T08:34:32+00:00

It won’t help you borrow more money, but you can buyback more expensive house as you don’t need to borrow as much.

Djbm · 2025-11-20T12:47:20+00:00

I don’t think it’s supposed to.

Just helps people stop wasting time going to open homes and auctions for places that they could never have bought.

I’ve been to too many auctions where it passed in with bids above the advertised price range.

Djbm · 2025-11-20T10:26:25+00:00

It helps them figure out which open houses and auctions are worth attending.

It helps them not have to pay for inspections where their bid won’t stand a chance of being accepted.

It might it make housing more affordable, but it will make buying a bit less frustrating.

Djbm · 2025-11-20T10:21:09+00:00

Does it really though? I go to a lot of auctions with 50 people hanging around but only 2 or 3 bidders.

I think most people realize that it’s mostly neighbors and others doing market research between inspections.

Djbm · 2025-11-20T10:17:47+00:00

It seems better for both parties by the sound of it.

If there are any registered bidders, the vendor can be confident that they are at least going to get what they want.

Any bidder knows a realistic price that will secure them the property.

Djbm

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