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Americans (sweeping generalisation) think anything significantly left of the third reich is commie.
Americans (sweeping generalisation) think anything significantly left of the third reich is commie.
It's all good - just a bit of friendly interstate infighting....Sounds like this is about to get litigious, or is that a sweeping generalization as well?
ok - spoken by the ex penal colony guySo which one of you is the Hatfield, and which one the McCoy?
More generalizations.
Our ancestors were specially chosen by the judiciary for a very important mission: To lay claim to the great southern land before the French...true story. La Perouse arrived a few days later ...the French had lost the race. Otherwise we'd be like Canada ...Sacre Bleu! As it is we're tribalised by State boundaries and football team allegiancesok - spoken by the ex penal colony guy
The one with feet or the one with hands?As it is we're tribalised by State boundaries and football team allegiances
My wife and I are coming to Australia for 2 months next year - looking forward to seeing as much as we canOur ancestors were specially chosen by the judiciary for a very important mission: To lay claim to the great southern land before the French...true story. La Perouse arrived a few days later ...the French had lost the race. Otherwise we'd be like Canada ...Sacre Bleu! As it is we're tribalised by State boundaries and football team allegiances
2 months is a good start, lots of people come for 1-2 weeks
Would love to stay longer - but still so much to see in the world - and a short amount of time to see it
Yes, and American and Japanese round trip through Europe is like so:
Same here - folks come to the US and see New York City or Los Angeles = 'I've seen the US'
It is unusual for Chinese to travel for holidays at the best of times.
On the Gold Coast Dave... Chinese come to holiday all year round and there are MANY of them. Probably be more if there was a competitive airline market her in Oz...
Australian Rules.. (www.afl.com.au) with feet and hands and brains! ... as also played by enthusiastic amateurs in LA and Austin Tx!!The one with feet or the one with hands?
Several "big kickers" from Aussie Rules have, over the years, been recruited by US NFL teams as specialised "punters?".. but it‘s not a common trade. I find NFL mentally absorbing, it's become so exacting in terms of "plays".. almost like chess in terms of tactics.... but that's for another time!
Jean, I scrolled through this thread but didn't see your TCO for the IG. I have started my due diligence on the financial part and was hoping I could compare to yours to see if I left anything out. I've attached my TCO.I am quite a number maniac, I have an excel with all (ALL) costs of my Suzuki Grand Vitara.
I have the car almost 10 years now, and I spent almost as much money in buying the car as I spent in diesel.
My average consumption is 7.92 l/100km (diesel), or 35.7 MPG (Imperial) or 29.7 MPG (US) ... ("Jesus", I prefer the metric system!).
On motorways, and even worse on German motorways where I drive faster, I can reach easily 10 l/100 km.
The lowest consumption is around 6.75 l/100 km when I don't drive on motorways at speeds around 80 km/h.
I know the Grenadier will be about 12l/100 km (Petrol), and that is indeed a big difference. But if I decided I can afford the price, I knew it "had a price!".
I pretend to have a new Excel sheet with all my costs for the Grenadier, and will share the results here
With the caravan the Grenny (Diesel) sucks 15l/100km, which is not bad. Speed is around 110km/h. Funny: The T6 as a tractor sucks more, something around 16l/100km with the same speed but more RPMs.
Do I wish the MPG was better? Sure when gas is $6.49 a gallon in CA. Did I expect better - I thought about 20MPG so at 15 it does suck. But, this has the aerodynamic profile of a brick and is very heavy - so choice is to buy it or walk and I'm going to buy and enjoy it.
