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[bootlegger]

Originally posted by Reklaw
Hi Dave, have you tried out the Green Slip Cost Comparison site. Here it is http://www.greenslips.com.au/

I did that and found QBE was the only one who didnt care if you were insured or not. I got the green slip for $440.
With the rego fee the car cost $838 to put on the road.

Thats just madness.

Anyway I drove my Impala to Mascot for work today. The car ran crap. Thats what happens when they sit around.
Im taking my daughter and the Vette to Culburra (near Nowra) tommorow for a run. Hopefully it will run better.

[bootlegger]

Originally posted by gtc

Originally posted by bootleggerTry doing this in France or Italy. They just riot and everything gets reversed.

Italy is a basket case: some 50 governments in 50 years.

And don't get me started about France.

The NSW government is the walking dead waiting for an election to bury them. They silently ramped up a slew of RTA charges outside the budget process by gazetting them.

Ive been to both countries a few times and what I like is the mess they are in. Im generalising here but where can you have a head of govt (Italian) who can screw around and knowbody cares or for that fact refuses to step down even when he is voted out of govt and somehow manages to stay as the head. And have you seen the French presidents wife half his age and hotter than hell.
Driving in either country is like being at the speedway and everyone just does what they like.

Graham Im sure you have a better series of reasons why these countries are buggered but the people there have the final say not the people that run them.

[RHD.68.l89]

Originally posted by bootlegger

Originally posted by Reklaw
Hi Dave, have you tried out the Green Slip Cost Comparison site. Here it is http://www.greenslips.com.au/

I did that and found QBE was the only one who didnt care if you were insured or not. I got the green slip for $440.
With the rego fee the car cost $838 to put on the road.

Thats just madness.
 

Now I see where your system is at I think I will stop complaining about $650 for rego AND CTP

[bootlegger]

Ive got a feeling Im going to lose my licence again.

Today the fires came within 10feet of my house.

After being called by my neighbours I decided I had to ignore the Police road blocks and just drive on through.

The Hwy Patrol chased me the few ks to my property. I refused to stop. When I got to my place the female copper roughed me up a bit (what a turn on).

She took my licence and gave me a mouth full. My only response was to tell them to go away and come back when we get the fires out.

Now I just have to  wait and see what happens.

The only upside to all this is my old Dodge truck can outrun a commodore Patrol car

[gtc]

Your property crossed my mind when I heard about those western Sydney fires.

I hope all is OK. They reckon we're in for a lot more of it this summer.

Tell the cops you thought they were giving you an escort to the scene of the fire.

Oh, and paint the truck red and put flashing lights on it .

[bootlegger]

Thanks Graham. We signed a petition this winter to get the bush burnt off. The fire chief said there was no potential fire risk in this area.
I really cant understand how they can support this argument. Its all burnt out now. There is nothing left for the wildlife.
Managed burn offs would protect them also.

Re the Red paint. My brother put on his SES uniform and managed to talk his way past the road block. I knew I wouldnt have that luxury.

Hopefully the coppers leave me alone. They could really throw the book at me this time.

[gtc]

The fire chief said there was no potential fire risk in this area.
I really cant understand how they can support this argument.

You, me and anybody else who was there last February when it was 40+ and tinder dry.

[Scott]

Glad to hear you are all safe and good luck with the license.

The problem is a lot of people don't understand fire risk.  We have bushland and a LOT of molassas grass around our place.  That stuff just builds up and dies in a meter thick layer.  Fires love it.

When it was starting to get hot and dry, we did some burning off in small sections because we know there would be a fire ban in place pretty soon.  Our new neighbour (of a few months) who is renting came by and asked us to stop because the smoke was ruining their afternoon sitting on the balcony. We have been on the hill for 20 years and seen a few fires, but most newcomers wouldn't have a clue.

The very next week, the entire hill opposite us went up in flames, with the choppers water bombing it and everything.  Meanwhile, the neighbours house has a _lot_ of flammable stuff very close to the house.  If our hill goes up, they are going to be in a lot of trouble.

It seems there are too many people in charge that don't fully understand the repercussions of their decisions.  At least the greenies are being told where to go with their anti-burnoff stance.

[gtc]

The very next week, the entire hill opposite us went up in flames, with the choppers water bombing it and everything.

I hope your neighbour had a lovely time sitting on his balcony watching all of that.