So... what car do you guys drive when not flying?

Meanwhile, my nephew who bought one of those ugly electric thingies a few years ago has come to his senses and has just purchased this along with an off-road caravan for their weekend mountain biking trips.
Yes he has kept the other thing for day to day use…….

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A bit off track here ..... mods, please delete if you see fit to.

Just got my car insurance renewal documents. Holy cow! AAMI went up by 50% and checked NRMA and it was off the charts. Checked a few others and they were around AAMI rates.
Best is APIA. Anyone have tried and/or uses them? Any feedback on them will be appreciated.

Thanks
 
Ric said:
A bit off track here ..... mods, please delete if you see fit to.

Just got my car insurance renewal documents. Holy cow! AAMI went up by 50% and checked NRMA and it was off the charts. Checked a few others and they were around AAMI rates.
Best is APIA. Anyone have tried and/or uses them? Any feedback on them will be appreciated.

Thanks
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Loyalty has no rewards. Just go with the one that offers the best rates. Remember, many of them are actually the same company under different names.
 
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Ric said:
A bit off track here ..... mods, please delete if you see fit to.

Just got my car insurance renewal documents. Holy cow! AAMI went up by 50% and checked NRMA and it was off the charts. Checked a few others and they were around AAMI rates.
Best is APIA. Anyone have tried and/or uses them? Any feedback on them will be appreciated.

Thanks
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I've always found Shannons to be competitive.
 
Buzzard said:
I've always found Shannons to be competitive.
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I changed several years the main drive to Shannon's after AAMI fees became prohibitive.

Sunday drive was already with Shannon's.

Interesting fact - Aami and Shannons are both owned by Suncorp.

They also own Apia.

If required, I like to choose my own repairer.
 
If anyone is looking to kill an hour, my Cougar is currently on display at the Brisbane Car Museum ( not far from BNE ) as part of the Muscle Cars of Brisbane exhibit. On till the end of Feb. Really nice place and great food. If you want to escape the heat for a while, check the place out. 408530214_6848633461889618_2903204902195681990_n.jpg
 
Muppet501st said:
If anyone is looking to kill an hour, my Cougar is currently on display at the Brisbane Car Museum ( not far from BNE ) as part of the Muscle Cars of Brisbane exhibit. On till the end of Feb. Really nice place and great food. If you want to escape the heat for a while, check the place out. View attachment 363700
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Wow what a machine! Might pop in and have a look! Thanks for sharing :)
 
TheRealTMA said:
Old times…

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The forgotten Australian-built cars: Lightburn Zeta

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Not quite the car but my brother has still got my fathers old metal body Lightburn Electric Drill. Along the lines of this one below but unpainted.

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Vintage Lightburn KBC Power chief drill | Power Tools | Gumtree Australia Brisbane South East - Coorparoo | 1319996518

There is a vintage Lightburn KBC power chief drill Working well Pick up only, thank you, 1319996518
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tgh said:
Fantastic imagery from the choppers and one of life's few regrets that I did not have a go...
I follow the bikes of course toby Price and Daniel Sanders in particular..they are going ok.
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Yes the pictures from the drones and choppers are just fabulous.

I love the classic group. Yesterday they had two women in a 2CV doing the Dakar! One has to be impressed and admire their efforts.
 
TheRealTMA said:
Yes the pictures from the drones and choppers are just fabulous.

I love the classic group. Yesterday they had two women in a 2CV doing the Dakar! One has to be impressed and admire their efforts.
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Plenty of those still operating as taxis in Tana! Love 'em. Not great to ride in though....... the fumes!
 
cambriamarsh said:
Our Giulietta has been fine
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Yes, and so has my 159.

I think Alfa's reliability has certainly got better over the years. Curious to know if others have had post-2010 models with regular (expensive!) servicing and oil changes, or the older type Alfas as DIY jobs.
 
TheRealTMA said:
Was thinking of the electric MGs. We have a B class which I like. Easy to get into and quite nice to drive, alt these days one tends to use radar cruise most of the time, esp in traffic and with changing t speed zones.

The new Alfa Tonale looks quite nice. Might take it for a test in near future.
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Looks nice, but some mixed reviews from the Alfistis over in other online forums which is interesting to note.

I like the look of the Alfa Romeo Giulia SWB Zagato but unfortunately it's beyond my price range with only on the planet!
 

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