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I honestly find my car runs better on 98, generally speaking. Much of my driving involves freeways and rural driving, frequently up at 100kph. I get roughly a 5-10% increase in fuel economy on 98 vs standard 91.

1. Press and hold the trip button on the steering wheel. 2. Turn the ignition to ON. 3. Release trip button. 4. Press and hold the ‘Enter’ Button until a confirmation beep is heard. 5. Turn the ignition to OFF.

I suppose the exception is Caterham, actually costs more if you would like the car built for you.

Unboxing video and first impressions from Chris Pirillo and T-Mobile.

Well, the 32GB is already sold out. Something Google really need to do is realise that people actually want this phone lol.

Having used both Samsung and pure Android. I can say the biggest issue I had was TouchWiz, which annoys the hell out of me. If you're ok with the interface, and can afford it, the Note 3 is the better phone - but it's an entirely different price point. The Nexus 5 is excellent bang for buck...

Well, the Nexus 5 was finally released today: Nexus 5 - Google Available to Aussies for $399 and $449 for the 16GB and 32GB respectively from the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_5_32GB_Black?id=nexus_5_black_32gb&hl=en So, there's my early xmas present...

Give it 50 years, they probably will be rare and sort after. Not sure on sales for the ute itself, but there were some 3/4 of a million Commodores sold VT-VZ. There must be tens of thousands of them out there.

Always loved Commodores in white, good to see the VF keeps that going. Good buy mate :) And yes, many, many more picture please!

You don't need to replace the arm. You'll see little prongs either side of the mount, squeeze these inwards and pull the wiper away from the arm itself. The wipers should be pulled off in the direction of the passenger side. They were $87.45 from my local Holden for the set. I find that you...

Mine would have been $150 with labour. As I understand it, they flush it out and seal her back up. No real difference in feel of the car, but my gearbox really hasn't had a hard life. You're more looking after it, than improving.

I had this problem, turned out to be the air flow meter was cooked. The same fault appeared in my Dad's car. Replaced that, issue resolved.

My VE Omega was bought Apr last year just shy of 100,000km. Today reads just shy of 152,000km. Right now I'm doing about 1200km per week just commuting to work, invariably I end up doing some 1400km per week.

Cleaned it. Drove it to the shops. Eventful day.

Tim Minchin: White Wine In The Sun.

Hi Guys, Ok, so I am in the market for a new set of tyres for the VE. It's just the standard 16 inch rim, unfortunately most threads were about people who had 19 inch or higher rims. Currently I am running Turanza ER300's which were on the car since I bought it. Which means I've pulled...

Windows 8 is fine... with a touch screen. I've played with a few touchscreen laptops running, and I loved it. Nothing wrong with it. I think Windows 8 is a bit of a midway point to where we will be in a few more years.

Near map isn't satellite, they use low altitude aerial shots to get that high resolution. I'm trying to find a good one too, but I got no ideas as yet.

My favourite Aussie beer.

lol, I felt bad when I had 2 cars... I assume the final count will be Rodeo, VS and then the future VY?

Damn! I mean... congrats, glad you got a decent smack of money for it ;) I tell you what though, the price has fallen off the planet lately for those, zero demand for them. How goes the other 3 odd cars you have?

no evidence suggests there life else where, its just a chance game. considering kepler has discovered around 3000 earth sized planets orbiting in or around the goldy locks zone in our so to speak " back yard " the chances are good, pretty dam good I think there is perfect evidence. It's on...

I've spent my entire life staring into the black void, astronomy is a love and passion of mine - there is nothing I would want to see more than an alien spacecraft. However, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, this is not. The more you know about the sky, the more stuff...

Curiosity's landing site in Gale Crater, Aeolis Mons is visible as the 5.5km high mountain in the middle of this 154 km wide crater.

My work phone is a Lumia 800, better keep an eye out for the update, only just started the other week and the thing has been off for months lol.

One of my favourite pictures, this is Earth and the Moon as viewed from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. This was taken when Mars was 142 million km from Earth in it's orbit. If you look carefully, you can see South America under...

Good to hear, unfortunately Flash is being sent the way of the dodo - but they haven't rolled out HTML5 yet. Go figure.

The area where I work is listed as catastrophic, I will be bloody careful tomorrow, especially since I have to drive through 100km of roads surrounded by bush. As TVR said, you can still get your bushfire survival plan sorted tonight: Bush Fire Survival Plan - NSW Rural Fire Service

You could try Firefox and Flash? I don't know if it's still supported though: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox&hl=en Try whacking on the flash extension if you can.

Not sure, most sites are slowing rolling over to HTML5, what site were you having trouble with?

Yeah, everyone is swapping over to HTML 5. No flash from 4.0 onwards.

My 07 Omega had 100,000km when I got it,only fault so far has been the MAF and an alternator. Both you can put down to luck of the draw rather than wear and tear. General rule is 20,000km per year, don't want too little Km's for the age, otherwise you know its been sitting still for a long time...

Just updating this in case someone gets the same fault. Basically my Dad's car got the same problem, the solution was a new MAF and a software update. Side note, my alternator was dead as well. These faults were determined by my local mechanic (whom we have been to for years) and my local...

You must get really, bored... a lot. I love the idea! I assume you aim to retain full HVAC?

lol, I was tired last night, didn't think I was THAT tired that I'd slept through the end of December :P

Fair point mate, and that's basically my old man's logic with his 10inch tablet - 90% of the time he is own the couch and doesn't care. Either way, you made a good choice (IMO) at a good price - hope you enjoy it :)

The cluster lights are T5 Wedge type bulbs, simple and easy to replace - though they are fragile. I got mine from the local servo, Repco or SCA should have the bulbs you need.

Very sad to hear, summer won't be the same without him.

For screen size, 10 inch tablets are great on that fact. However, they are heavy. I find the lightness of the 7 makes it worth it.