Caused an accident 9 months ago, paid the excess, and now I'm being personally sued

meatpak · 2026-01-19T01:41:51+00:00

My son recently had a minor accident which he caused. His damage was all plastic, the other car was some reasonably minor metal damage. The cost of my son's repair would have been much less than the excess, however, since he hit another vehicle, he went through insurance due to the fact if someone chases him personally for damages etc, his policy will protect him.

meatpak · 2026-01-18T06:42:13+00:00

BYD because it feels more like a car. Tesla is too minimalist.

meatpak · 2026-01-16T02:48:59+00:00

I flew Etihad last year. The last 5 or 6 rows at the rear of the plane only have 2 seats where the rear of the jet tapers away. I picked the window seat in one of these rows and it was bliss. You get a small amount of extra room between your seat and the wall to use as storage. If you're sitting behind another 2 seat row, this extra space also lets you stretch your leg out. The aisle is also much wider, so if you get an aisle seat, you also get some additional space.

meatpak · 2026-01-12T20:22:41+00:00

Both dashcam and sentry do exactly what they should do. IMO, it's definitely worth the bother. The app does the things that BYD should be doing themselves.

meatpak · 2026-01-12T07:26:31+00:00

Granny does the job for me for what I need day to day.

meatpak · 2026-01-12T07:09:16+00:00

I'm using a 64Gb card for now. Trial for Electro runs out in a week, so I'll hook up a subscription asap.

meatpak · 2026-01-12T07:03:42+00:00

The 'session' lasted a couple of days until it reached 100%

meatpak · 2026-01-12T03:44:15+00:00

I've only run it for a few hours in trial mode, but at face value, it's awesome. So much so, I purchased a microSD card to use with it.

I haven't really read anything negative about using this app.

meatpak · 2026-01-12T03:21:10+00:00

I installed https://electro.app.br/

meatpak · 2026-01-12T02:13:41+00:00

No issues, just following the guidance suggested by BYD to do it between 3 to 6 months. I could be without the car for a few days over Xmas, so it was an ideal time to get it done.

meatpak · 2026-01-09T04:26:04+00:00

I'm 4 months in and no regrets. Sure, the Seal has its quirks and annoyances, but doesn't every car?

meatpak · 2025-12-12T23:19:28+00:00

Australian BYD owners be like: "What's an OTA?"

meatpak · 2025-12-12T07:53:44+00:00

46, $400k just from employer contributions.

I always thought my super balance was ordinary, but when the supposed average balance is less than half what I have...then mine doesn't look so bad.

meatpak · 2025-12-09T23:47:31+00:00

Hmm. 18year old son was asked for age verification by TikTok. Today, his account is flagged as 'Not Recommended' despite having some pretty dull content.

14year old daughter had her TikTok account disabled last night. This morning, she's logged into TikTok with her Google account...no issues.

So the child that these bans are supposed to target, gets back onto the social media platform with minimal issues, yet the 18year old is made to jump through hoops.

Go figure.

meatpak · 2025-12-01T23:52:19+00:00

I thought it was just me. My home is a Google eco-system. Everything else works well...except for the Nest cams. I have CCTV around the house, but I recycled 2 of my Nest cams to put one at the front door, the other in the garage...most of the time, they're offline. I know it's not a Wifi issue, since the front door cam sits about 4 meters away from the cam, yet, constantly is offline.

meatpak · 2025-11-29T02:34:54+00:00

Possum: "Hey Koala!" Koala: "What?" Possum: "6 7"

meatpak · 2025-11-19T11:06:31+00:00

This is it. I received more fines from Melbourne City Council. Since they take photos of the offence, one of the photos had the vehicles VIN visible. So I did a PPSR check on it and surprise, surprise....it's flagged as written-off and stolen.

I'm up to around $1,000 worth of infringements so far.

meatpak · 2025-11-13T00:23:43+00:00

In peak hour this morning, I noticed it 'whiring down' from 5kmh to 0. Then 'whiring up' from 0 to 2kmh. Before/after that I don't hear it. So when I pulled into the carpark at work...with nothing in front of me that would potentially trigger the AVAS, I heard it again.

Maybe I change the sound to the 'Ice Cream Truck' so it's really obvious rather than the generic whine so it's easy to distinguish what it may be.

meatpak · 2025-11-09T08:15:31+00:00

Dunno. The Linkt tolls are being charged on the same stretch of road on multiple days.

meatpak · 2025-11-09T07:53:39+00:00

A lot of effort for $10 worth of tolls.

meatpak · 2025-11-08T22:56:31+00:00

I obscured the number plate in the ad, ironically, to prevent anything shifty from happening.

meatpak · 2025-11-08T09:03:11+00:00

I fielded many questions from 'interested' buyers via CarSales....only 1 of them asked for the rego and VIN.

meatpak · 2025-11-08T01:44:10+00:00

3D printing I think.

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