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Thanks, calais it is then, prefer the seats...

Thanks, so similar 0-100 with both on auto?

Is the VE SS and VE V8 calais pretty much the same thing in terms of performance? Same engine and transmission? Is there anything different in the tuning or drivetrain? Paddy

Thanks everyone I ended up turning the cold line into an extra garden tap and I just used a compression fitting on the hot line as it was too close to the outside wooden deck to solder safely. As for the legality of this, the law can be interpreted in different ways. I'm going to consider...

I have recently removed an old shed and have some unwanted copper plumbing in my back yard that I want to remove. I need to terminate the pipes where they come out of the back of the house. There are two, one hot and one cold. I was hoping to do something like this: Can anyone help...

Ha ha I'll keep an eye out for any remains! It has a toilet and a sink so there will definately be some pipes under there to watch out for!

Thanks for the advice, next step the council!

Are there any skills involved with using a jack hammer or is it just brute force?

I have a garden shed that I want to tear down and replace with some turf. I'm not too worried about the shed it's more the concrete slab that I'm going to find underneath it. Does anyone have any advice or know how much it would costs approx to get something like this removed?

Thanks for all the advice, looks like I'm going to be pretty busy exploring all the options. Probably the biggest concern for me at this stage would be that the whole project would run over the budget, can't really afford that to happen.

Sounds like a nightmare! We are looking for as close to the city as possible so maybe down near Springwood, Faulconbridge area. What building company did she use?

Ok this is the sort of slope that we are looking at. Would this be considered steep???

Thanks will do. What's the process after I find a few blocks I'm interested in. What sort of inspections should be done? Should I be looking for builders/architects at this stage? Obviously I know nothing about this :-)

Thanks for all the great advice especially your highly detailed answer Brad! I'm going to check out a few places this weekend so I will try and collect as much detail as I can. Even If i had a perfectly level block, I assume there would be quite a bit of cost involved with clearing the bush...

Excuse my ignorance but what is a transportable home? This would be for us to live in so the main concern would be fitting in with a budget.

I want to investigate the possibility of buying a block of land and contracting a builder to build a new home somewhere in the blue mountains. I'm looking for some advice from people who have done this sort of thing before especially in relation to picking a block of land. How do sloping...

Over the last week my traction control has started making a horrible whinning noise for about 3 seconds after loss of traction. It has never made this noise before so worried it is on the way out. Anyone else have this?

Here is a pic, probably too bad at this stage to get sewn up I reckon. The seat surround(the plastic with the electric seat switch) has also snapped off as a result of the same problem, I was given a rough quote by holden of $400-500+labour to replace the seat surround, upholstery and trim...

Had my car in for a service today. When I went to pick it up I was very upset to find a hole in the upholstery on the right hand side of the drivers seat. Looked a bit like someone had stuck a screw driver through it. Holden say that the foam in my seat has collapsed and that a part of the seat...

Last time I was there I brought back about 50 but I was a bit worried about customs this time so only took back a select few. Paddy

Is there a fine at customs if caught bringing DVDs into Australia :whistling

:rofl: Yeah that's a big problem, especially at 5am when you fall asleep on the train and wake up to find everyone looking at you in disgust. Thanks for the info, would be going to North Sydney in the commodore, just trying to work out my options as I want to get out of sydney for a while.

Just wondering if anyone does the commute from the central coast to Sydney every day? Just wanted to know some basic info like: How long does it take to drive in the mornings What time do you have to leave to beat the traffic How much does it cost in fuel per week Is the train a better...

Thanks guys, I'm going to stick with one invoice per job and only issue receipts for partial payments. Paddy

Not sure which way is easiest, it's hard because I do lots of jobs for them. Some they pay for straight away and others they drag out for months. Might just have to start using a separate invoice for each job.

Can anyone help me with some tax invoicing basics? Just say I do a job for someone and they only pay me for half the job, I would send them a tax invoice like this: Tax Invoice number: 1 Total $500 Payments received $250 Outstanding $250 Then when they pay me the outstanding $250 I...

Couldn't get any better photos of it, thing was so disgusting when I got it out I just had to dump it in the bin. Better get the worming tablets for the dog, just in case!

He got squashed when I was moving some boxes around so he is very flattened. He's still squirming around so I haven't gone very close to him. He's quite small, about 6 inches if you unrolled him. He is moving exactly like a snake and sticks his head up when I poke him with a stick!

Pretty sure I have found a baby snake in my garage, being from Ireland and knowing nothing about them, is this anything I need to be worried about? I'm living in Sydney so wasn't expecting to find anything like this in my house! Paddy

Finally got around to taking my car into Holden and they are going to fix it under warranty :-)

It's an IT business. I'm only doing about half a days work a week at the moment, it's all I really have time for with my other job taking up mon-fri. It's mostly software at the moment, reworking old MS access database applications, bit of server side programming and hosting/email.

Thanks for the link jNINE, there is lots of info on that site. I have a lot to get my head around! I think it will be a good learning experience for me. Don't think I have time in the evenings for a course at the moment but I'll try and get a few books and do some reading

yes have registered for GST. Don't have an accountant at the moment but I think I need one! I need to figure out what happens when I take money from my personal income to fund the new business. For example if I spend 10k of my wages this year setting up the new business, I suppose the business...

Thanks for the info, I better start keeping a logbook! I think the easiest way is to leave it with private rego and claim the %. I need to get a good book, maybe a dummies guide to starting a business!

I'm a sole trader at the moment. So if I use the car for %50 business use I can claim %50 of the operating costs?

I have recently started up a small business (on the side to my full time job) and I am at the point now where I use my car more for the business than for personal use. Does anyone know what are the benefits of getting business rego for my car? Paddy

lol Unfortunately it is not, I presume it would be covoered on a new car warranty, the one I have is just a certified used car warranty. Holden gave me a list of items covered and nothing related to the audio system is on there. I will still try and get them to fix it :) When I bought the car...

Tried resetting the system 4 or 5 times today and got nowhere so I think I have to now accept it is dead :( Any idea how much the units cost or how much an aftermarket equivalent would be? I have a 3 year /175,000km warranty but it doesn't look like it will cover this.

Tried to eject a cd from my player today and got a "MECH Error" message on the display. The system won't even go into CD mode anymore now. After reading other threads I tried disconnecting the battery so the system would reset but I still get the same "MECH Error" and now it thinks there are...

How accurate is the computer in the VY? Fuel used: 67.5 Litre Dist to Empty: 0km Need to get to petrol station!