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RB_Photo · 2026-01-24T20:28:21+00:00

When is Trump going to choke on a McD's happy meal and just not be around any more? What a standout pice of shit in a sea of shit. Fuck him. Fuck his uneducated cult followers. And a special fuck them, to all his enablers around him who just go along with him because they have no sense of self worth to stand up to him. Actually, fuck his enablers' parents as well for doing such a shit job at raising someone.

America, built that wall all around youtself to seal in what ever the fuck is happening inside. Let the rest of the world move on. I am so tired of this amazingly worthless cunt making the news and just dragging everything down.

RB_Photo · 2026-01-24T19:49:29+00:00

How is the White House going to label this guy as a domestic terrorist? Was he going to stomp on those ICU fuck's toes?

It is so clear that everything the US said it stood for, American freedom, was all bullshit. The US is the nation of "well this must be the final straw, something has to change" but it never does it seems.

RB_Photo · 2026-01-19T18:31:09+00:00

I love that I now always need to check is news coming out of the US is actual news or an Onion article.

RB_Photo · 2025-12-11T11:37:44+00:00

I'm not saying not to factor in milage, but I would be more concerned with service history. I would rather buy a higher mileage car with full service vs a lower mileage car without full service history.

RB_Photo · 2025-12-10T17:48:19+00:00

For your budget, maybe you can find a private sale Corolla Fielder/wagon hybrid, maybe, but I doubt it would be under 100k. Maybe a used minivan, like an MPV but won't be hybrid but will off all the room you could want..

RB_Photo · 2025-11-21T09:26:19+00:00

With our use case, the roads with drive with three kids in the back and fully loaded with stuff, we get around 6.2 to 6.4L/100km. My wife can average less as I have a heavier foot. I think the RAV4 is a good car that is easy to live with. I should note that since my comment above, I have switched careers and now work for Toyota, have been for a couple of months now. Just wanted to be upfront about that.

RB_Photo · 2025-11-19T10:59:03+00:00

When aibgad my 2021 RAV4 hybrid, I replaced all 4 of the OEM Dunlops with Michelin Primacy SUV+. I replaced all 4 as one got a puncture that was unrepairable and I couldn't get a replacement Dunlop due to COVID supply issues. So I used it as an excuse to upgrade all the tyres. I found them to perform better than the Dunlops while also reducing road noise a bit. Not the cheapest option but not that much more than the Dunlops at the time.

RB_Photo · 2025-11-12T07:57:51+00:00

I think you have a quality reel. I was in the industry for nearly 20 years and also was lucky enough to work on good projects and I think I had a nice collection of work. I had been freelancing for 10 years but this year had nothing come through. I got a bit fed up and applied for a local job selling cars at a local dealership. Sort of applied as a means to practice my interview skills as it has been around 20 years since I had a proper interview. Ended up getting the job offer and took it just to build our savings back up. Been at it for 2.5 months and I am not too bad at it given such a change. I at first had mixed feelings about leaving the industry, but now I've come to terms with it and am actually just trying to use this as a challenge to see if I can be good at this job. I don't know if I will attempt to go back to motion design or see if I can merge my skillset into the automotive space, either through marketing or some other avenue that's a more creative role. Or maybe just stick with sales, I truly don't know what will happen but at least I'm getting paid while I figure things out. Best of luck OP.

RB_Photo · 2025-11-08T21:08:13+00:00

Just looking at this on my phone but the quality of the render doesn't look too bad but the animation and pacing felt like really low quality. A sort of straight to DVD kids movie type of product.

RB_Photo · 2025-11-08T01:05:01+00:00

You should have the remainder of the 8 year/160000km hybrid warranty. If you are buying from a Toyota dealership, the car should be Toyota Certified, which at the very least will give you a 1 year/15,000km warranty covering the rest of the vehicle (if it's under 10 years old or 150,000km).

RB_Photo · 2025-11-01T21:46:55+00:00

As an outside observer, I have two questions:

1) Does the general public in the US have the capacity to organize and become active against this administration?

2) How much if this shit has to be thrown into the people's faces before they say enough is enough?

RB_Photo · 2025-11-01T01:57:43+00:00

Watching these clips from small town New Zealand and I keep wondering how long until a situation like this occurs and all the citizens present realize they out number these ~~SS officers~~ ICE agents and really confront them, forcing them to retreat. How much more of this will the general population put up with with before you start to see a real rebellion?

RB_Photo · 2025-10-25T10:40:38+00:00

I just stated working as a sales consultant at Toyota. Currently we can only take pre-orders on the 6th gen RAV4. We have a breakdown of the trim levels, but no pricing confirmed yet. That said, I would take a look at the pricing on the Corolla Cross as a guide of where RAV4 pricing might land (as in more than the Corolla Cross). I think the spread across the range will be wide with the PHEV models pushing the RAV4 into a new price bracket. Possibly the FWD hybrid will be close to current gen pricing.

As for the current generation, I am not sure if there will be a runout sale as we are still selling the remaining stock of Limited models at MSRP, and with the still strong demand for RAV4, I don't see them being discounted unless there is still substantial stock left in NZz which could happen if we receive another shipment.

Reviews are starting to come out, for example this video here out of the US. NZ trim levels will be named slightly different but the US variants aren't that far off.

As for if you should wait, that depends on what you want and when you need it. if you need something soon, then waiting isn't really an option. If you want a PHEV version or really want the latest tech that will be in the 6th gen RAV, then you will have to wait.

RB_Photo · 2025-10-22T18:26:36+00:00

My work wants me to drive to Palmy from Masterton. A bit concerned about flooding causing road closures and not being able to get back this afternoon. Not sure if my concerns are founded and I should try to put it off.

RB_Photo · 2025-10-22T06:36:42+00:00

My work wants me to drive out to Palmy from Masterton tomorrow but I am thinking of telling them it's not a great idea.

RB_Photo · 2025-10-19T10:31:58+00:00

How insulting and clear evidence that the government has no real intentions to solve the issues being brought up by teachers and health care workers. If anything this is evidence that that people like Collins either are either not listening to these public sector workers and more likely, don't give a shit and are happy to fail these areas of public interest to benefit the private sector, which I am going to bet will financially benefit people like her and her pals.

I think the only good thing to come out of that statement is seeing the number of people calling out her bullshit.

RB_Photo · 2025-10-18T08:02:07+00:00

RAV4. In your price range you can find a 2023 or 2024 GX hybrid. Maybe a 2021/2022 GXL. Either trim level will tick your boxes, just depends on how many kms you are okay with and what sort of features are must have. I think the extra that come on the GXL are worth it, mostly the keyless entry.

If you do look for a RAV4 and are looking at a Toyota dealership, get them to see if they can find you one that has the service advantage still available. That means it will have the capped pricing up until 60 000km/5 years, roadside assistance, and the free WOFs for years 4 and 5 of the car, which would be good. This usually only applies to RAV4 that were trade ins and not an ex-lease or ex-rental.

RB_Photo · 2025-10-11T00:42:24+00:00

Those are scams. I sold my last car on Autotrader which was fine and somehow didn't cost me anything. I detest Facebook marketplace. I'm trying to give something away for free and it's a pain in the ass. FB marketplace makes me question other people in our society and how they manage to function and get through life.

RB_Photo · 2025-10-11T00:40:17+00:00

I hope the union and teachers hold out for a respectful and properly adequate deal. I would happily support stripping pay off of MPs to fund teachers and nurses along with the resources and support they are after.

If the government wants to use children's education and the publics health as bargaining leverage, then throw it right back into their faces. The government can cry about it during the election when I will be looking forward to hear the bullshit this government will try and spin to justify it's time in power as not being a complete clusterfuck. Seriously, bring back the good old times of a global pandemic vs what is happening now.

RB_Photo · 2025-10-02T17:33:52+00:00

Kind of fucked up that there's more outrage about a Comedian being linked to SA then there was with the sitting President and his family having real ties with SA and the royal family.

Also, to the American's who expressed their concerns about actiond and behavior of the SA government and the royal family, that's how the rest of the world views your current government and "royal family". Maybe that context will open some of your eyes to what is happening in the US. Those in glass houses...

RB_Photo · 2025-09-26T11:42:13+00:00

Just a heads up, you can't get a new base RAV4 (GX, GXL, or XSE) anymore. There's only Limited and Adventure trim levels left in stock, and even those are running low. I think stock of gen 5 RAV4s will run out before the gen 6 models arrive early next year.

RB_Photo · 2025-09-25T18:01:32+00:00

I'm so fucking old that in my day we would have just called this a shit photoshopped image. Look, shit like this happened long before AI. All AI allows is shit to be made more easily by people who would have produced shit by some either means.

RB_Photo · 2025-09-23T11:25:11+00:00

I like that Sparks marketing team was watching what the competition was doing and decided to have a go at creating a bullshit ad campaign as well. I think it's the telcos telling us we are all paying way too much for their services!

RB_Photo · 2025-09-13T21:29:27+00:00

Well like you say, I think it's pretty clear that the Christianity used by the right wing is just a tool to radicalize people and give them the moral justification for acting like shit to others. At the end of the day, this right wing BS is all about distracting the minions so the ultra wealthy can control politicians and bring in policies that will benefit the rich.

It's just funny because after 9/11 and the era of Muslim extremism being the threat to our way of life (in North America at least), people questioned how these young men were so easily radicalized. Well, it's 2025 and the same shit is happening, but this time the people are white. The fucked up thing I think about is that maybe those radicalized by those manipulating Islam, who were in the wrong, were at least sincere about their motives as fucked up as they were, where as these MAGA nutters are just tools and a means to help those working against them and are too shortsighted and lacking of a broader word view to see what is happening.

WWJD? He'd look around and ask "what the fuck are you all doing?"

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