1400 Owners Life Today ( The 'What did you do today?' thread)

[Speedy1959]

Nice car Tony but would prefer a house for that money. I did get to see/ hear an Audi R8 in full flight yesterday. Fairly impressive.

One of my favourite Car adverts...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ku05R11Xpk

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[Tony Nitrous]

If I had the money I really would own something stupid like a Lambo, Porsche or R8.
I like ridiculous cars.

[Hooli]

If I had the money I'd have an Aston sat on the drive.

[Speedy1959]

If I had the money I'd have an Aston sat on the drive.

I love Astons
Probably a DBS would be my choice.
My bosses Brother in law has a Vantage S.
It smells like a shoe shop inside.
For some reason leather upholstery never seems to smell of leather in German cars. (In a past life I have had 7 Mercs)..
English cars smell gorgeous. That's part of the point of opting for leather in my opinion. 

[Irish in Oz]

My Volvo has black leather seats, I suppose I should stop using Kiwi Polish on them.

[KiwiCol]

My Volvo has black leather seats, I suppose I should stop using Kiwi Polish on them.

Use some Dubbin Irish, that's good for leather

[MarkN]

Some years ago I hired an Aston Martin DB7 V12 Volante for the day as a birthday present for my wife - yes it was her treat! Beautiful thing to drive. We discovered that you're treated completely differently when you have an expensive car, pulled into a pub car park in East Yorkshire put the hood up and when we went inside the landlady greeted us and escorted us to a table. Couldn't do enough for us. We noticed that this didn't happen when other people came in. I'm sure it wouldn't have happened to us had we arrived in our own car - Volvo S40 at the time.
Was a good day 

[Speedy1959]

I like the styling of the S40!
A customer of ours has the D5 Diesel  Version and that's what I would have. 

Yes I do like cars as well as bikes.

[Tony Nitrous]

12 years ago today I bought my B-King....

[Tony Nitrous]

Went to a house auction.

Little timber cottage that hasn't been modernised in decades.
3 bed, 1 bath, 1 garage, needs gutting and starting again.
Liveable but in a poor state.

Went for $720,000 / £385,000.

EDIT: Just spoke to the new owner, he thinks he's going to knock it down and build a 2 storey brick home with a pool in its place.

[Hooli]

Jesus I thought property was expensive over here!

[Tony Nitrous]

Jesus I thought property was expensive over here!

I can buy a farm for less money a couple of hours drive West of here.
Think of it like compareing London prices to a Welsh Village or North of England prices.       A nice area, near a capital city, near two very good schools costs a premium here.  The new owner moved to Brisbane from Sydney as he couldn't buy anything down there!

[Irish in Oz]

That the reason why I have kept real estate in Oz the prices are stupid and so is rent, the other reason I am a landlord. I suppose its good for those that have it, I just feel sorry for my kids.

[Tony Nitrous]

My plan is to sell in the city and buy somewhere more rural like Crows Nest and be mortgage free with cash in the bank. I can still commute to the city of Toowoomba in 30 minutes but get to pay a fraction of city prices to buy a house on acreage.

The house opposite the one I saw sold today went for $920,000 (£492,000) four years ago. Similar house, lifted, built under and modernised.

[Irish in Oz]

On property prices in Oz compared to UK.
The house I am living in presently in UK has increased in value by approx 5 times that of what it cost 30 years ago.
The house I was living in Oz has increased in value by approx 10 times that of what it cost 30 years ago.
My wages in UK would be at least 4 times plus what I was earning 30 years ago.
My wages in Oz are definately not anywhere near 10 times what I was earning 30 years ago.