Australia - summed up
Jan 8th 2013, 12:54 am
#76
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Re: Australia - summed up
Wow bought a Japanese car with no full size spare, possibly an uncommon specification and it is Australia that is crap!!!!!!!!
Buy a car with a full size spare and check exactly what tyre the manufacturer has put on it for reasons already mentioned. You may get a shock when it comes to replacing them! Same way anyone with a VW with a DSG gearbox may get a shock at some point if they have not done their homework.
I sometimes wonder what the attitude and approach of those who suffer bad customer service here is.
Apart from a couple of issues with Telstra and even then the staff were pleasant and helpful we have only ever received excelllent customer service here on the Gold Coast in the last 6 years .
Always a first time though I suppose and on reflection the Mitsubishi garage was pretty dreadful ( just won't go back) . Standard 4x4 tyres easy to get in less than an hour!!!! Yes did check it came with full size spare and had a common size
Buy a car with a full size spare and check exactly what tyre the manufacturer has put on it for reasons already mentioned. You may get a shock when it comes to replacing them! Same way anyone with a VW with a DSG gearbox may get a shock at some point if they have not done their homework.
I sometimes wonder what the attitude and approach of those who suffer bad customer service here is.
Apart from a couple of issues with Telstra and even then the staff were pleasant and helpful we have only ever received excelllent customer service here on the Gold Coast in the last 6 years .
Always a first time though I suppose and on reflection the Mitsubishi garage was pretty dreadful ( just won't go back) . Standard 4x4 tyres easy to get in less than an hour!!!! Yes did check it came with full size spare and had a common size
Last edited by neil248; Jan 8th 2013 at 1:10 am.
Jan 8th 2013, 2:45 am
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Jan 8th 2013, 2:48 am
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Re: Australia - summed up
Bob Janes mate - bought 5 x 285/75/R17s - not standard, but immediately available!
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps6446365f.jpg
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http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps6446365f.jpg
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Jeep eh? What's the reliability like? My GF is thinking of getting one, if she ever passes her driving test...
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Jan 8th 2013, 2:51 am
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Re: Australia - summed up
You've got a great owners club in Sydney too.
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Jan 8th 2013, 4:54 am
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Re: Australia - summed up
Bob Janes mate - bought 5 x 285/75/R17s - not standard, but immediately available!
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps6446365f.jpg
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http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps6446365f.jpg
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Isn't this car a major gay icon?
Jan 8th 2013, 5:09 am
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Re: Australia - summed up
That Jeep is the greenest car you can buy.
Takes little energy and toxic material to build it and goes on and on for ever and is repairable. Over its useful life uses less energy than other cars
All those priuses are posioning the earth just building them
Takes little energy and toxic material to build it and goes on and on for ever and is repairable. Over its useful life uses less energy than other cars
All those priuses are posioning the earth just building them
Jan 8th 2013, 5:22 am
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Jan 8th 2013, 6:28 am
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Re: Australia - summed up
Australia summed up in one incident - 31st December and my front left tyre develops a bubble on the sidewall of the tyre. Drive to 5 different dealers and they all tell me it will be 2nd week January before the tyre for my bog standard Mazda is available in QLD and that I shouldn't do any highway driving. Screwing up our plans for NYE.
takeaway the sun and beaches and it's just a crappy little backwater, 20 years behind the rest of the world
aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh hh.
In Scotland I'd phone Kwik Fit and they'd be at my door in an hour!!
takeaway the sun and beaches and it's just a crappy little backwater, 20 years behind the rest of the world
aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh hh.
In Scotland I'd phone Kwik Fit and they'd be at my door in an hour!!
It probably helps that we go to the same mechanic regularly.
Great service.
Jan 8th 2013, 9:32 am
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Jan 9th 2013, 6:17 am
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Re: Australia - summed up
That Jeep is the greenest car you can buy........
Bwahahahahahaha - WAKE UP !
And on the subject of Queensland, if the world needed an enema they would stick the tube in Brisbane.
Bwahahahahahaha - WAKE UP !
And on the subject of Queensland, if the world needed an enema they would stick the tube in Brisbane.
Jan 9th 2013, 6:54 am
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Re: Australia - summed up
The whole life ENERGY used on this particular car including building it running it and recycling its materials at the end of it's life over it's WHOLE LIFE are less than most other vehicles partly because they do have a long lifespan. It is a very simple vehicle and all the better for it
I would agree that most other JEEP models can not make the same claim
Most of the energy used by a car is in building it in the first place not the petrol you put in it.
The longer a car lasts the less polluting it is to the planet it is because you are not producing a new one to replace it!
The scrappage schemes in the UK and Europe were A political joke
I would agree that most other JEEP models can not make the same claim
Most of the energy used by a car is in building it in the first place not the petrol you put in it.
The longer a car lasts the less polluting it is to the planet it is because you are not producing a new one to replace it!
The scrappage schemes in the UK and Europe were A political joke
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Jan 9th 2013, 7:02 am
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Re: Australia - summed up
What has Queensland done to you? The local papers often have letters of advice for those who don't like the place, maybe take a look.
Ok I should of said ONE of the greenest cars you can buy.
Ok I should of said ONE of the greenest cars you can buy.
Last edited by neil248; Jan 9th 2013 at 7:11 am.
Jan 9th 2013, 7:44 am
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Re: Australia - summed up
The whole life ENERGY used on this particular car including building it running it and recycling its materials at the end of it's life over it's WHOLE LIFE are less than most other vehicles partly because they do have a long lifespan. It is a very simple vehicle and all the better for it
I would agree that most other JEEP models can not make the same claim
Most of the energy used by a car is in building it in the first place not the petrol you put in it.
The longer a car lasts the less polluting it is to the planet it is because you are not producing a new one to replace it!
The scrappage schemes in the UK and Europe were A political joke
I would agree that most other JEEP models can not make the same claim
Most of the energy used by a car is in building it in the first place not the petrol you put in it.
The longer a car lasts the less polluting it is to the planet it is because you are not producing a new one to replace it!
The scrappage schemes in the UK and Europe were A political joke
Interesting stuff.
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Jan 9th 2013, 8:07 am
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Re: Australia - summed up
australia can never be summed up
Jan 9th 2013, 8:09 am
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Re: Australia - summed up
Like Buzzy said, it's so much fun. And it's brilliant off road and on the beach
