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Chrome-domed Pierre Potato-Trump making news , claiming by way of leak to The ‘Strayan newspaper … that the PM, Mr Albo-sneezy, has it wrong on new vehicle CO2 policy, which is apparently set to drive new car prices sky high without a good, old-fashioned Coalition watering-down.Elmer Fudd giveth; and Spuman taketh away. Thus restoring harmony to the universe, which he was put here to do, obviously. So, if you can believe anything in the ‘Strayan, Mr Potato-Trump, will retain Labor's New Vehicle Efficiency scheme, but without the fines for carmakers which overstep mandated CO2 limits.Those CO2 fines were supposed to kick in on July 1, but if Captain Potato-Trump moves into the lodge, we'll just get Emissions Wank Lite, which is kinda like skim milk, or a dominatrix without a riding crop.The core issue about Labor's New Bullshit Emissions Wank Scheme is that Labor says it'll drive down the cost of new cars, and the cost of operating them. And stop Australia being a dumping ground for filthy, polluting vehicles. Not that there's any evidence that any of this this is the case.If Chris Bowen says it, it's good enough for me, obviously. But Fritte-man disagrees, and (oddly) I'm with him on this one.It won't do either of those things. The most popular cars in the country will increase in price. Because we love our utes. Because carmakers will be fined for selling them to us. Because they will breach ever-tightening CO2 standards. Because carmakers will pass those costs - the fines / stealth ute tax - on to you and me.This is a fairly simple dot-joining sequence. Even an economist could do it.Labor's policy is nothing but a Greens-appeasing stealth tax on utes and 4x4s. Correction: another Greens-appeasing stealth tax. And also one of Labor's favourite tricks - social engineering. Divisive bastards. Telling you what car to buy … without actually telling you. What they're doing is making your dual-cab ute, or other 4x4 you want, more expensive, in the hope you'll buy some piece of shit whitegoods on wheels instead, hopefully with a dirty big lithium battery inside, instead of an engine.

Two firefighters have died, one is seriously injured, and another thirteen were injured less seriously, when a Porsche Taycan electric sports car crashed and exploded around 4pm on Wednesday, in an underground car park in Madrid.In other news, despite mounting evidence of the danger, there's still no plan to mitigate the risk posed by EVs among us. If you think there's any kind of risk management plan in place here in ‘Straya, I'll be auctioning off the Harbour Bridge this weekend. This is your opportunity to score an historic piece of an internationally recognised ‘Strayan icon, dude.What appears to have happened in this tragedy is:"According to eyewitness accounts, the fire began when a resident, identified only as Javier, attempted to park his electric Porsche Taycan. Reports suggest that he may have confused the accelerator with the brake, crashing into the garage entrance and causing the vehicle to emit thick smoke and flames."That's from the Pinnacle Gazatte in Spain. “Confused the accelerator and the brake”: Yeah. Sounds like the the Porsche owner."Initial hypotheses suggest that the first of the deceased firefighters was caught in a blast that affected several parked cars. This large-scale explosion was allegedly caused by a fire in an electric car which had crashed when its owner was driving it into the garage. The second firefighter died from the inhalation of fumes while he was being transferred to the University Hospital of Getafe. All the injured and deceased were members of the Alcorcón fire brigade."Lobby groups and other arsehole EV advocates will not allow any speed humps on the superhighway to Electric Utopia, with its tantalising pot of ‘net zero' at the end of the rainbow. Speed humps such as reasonable safety measures.Apparently, the safety of the public, and of firefighters, is not as important as looking good to other unhinged climate zealots who never studied.

Culture critic Brodie Lancaster breaks down the cardinal sin of Oscar sabotage; linguist Kate Burridge briefs us on Australia's semantic border security; comedian Tom Ballard goes full steam ahead with his new play The Queer Kingdom; it's on for Jung and old in Fi Wright's review of Lauren Elkin's novel Scaffolding, the team ask if pen pals are due for a re-write and Breakfasters' movie companion Megan McKeough raves over a robot girlfriend gone haywire. With presenters Monique Sebire, Daniel Burt & Nat Harris.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/ X: https://x.com/breakfasters

Rip Curl and the Searching for Tom Curren 25th Anniversary Screenings Presents... Blitzed: Pure. Tour. Nerdism. Have you been copping the Australian Regional Qualifying Series over the past three months? Fwaaaaark it's going absolutely bonkas on there! Deadly caught up with Lennox Head beast man Mikey McDonagh who's caught fire to win two of his last three starts. Can he qualify for a second tilt on the Changaz? And if he does, what the hell is that Changaz gonna look like now that France and Haleiwa are rumoured to be GORN???!!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Pale has taught us, there's nothing more important than supporting your local community - so Reuben and Elliot bring fellow Aussies u/viceVersailes (she/her) and u/stuckinredditfactory (he/they) in to discuss the arc where Kennet seemed at risk of finally losing theirs - Hard Pass! Sorry to anyone who doesn't speak Strayan. You can read Pale here. Leave your thoughts on the episode. Check out an index of Pale's chapters and our episodes here! Leave your predictions here! Send us feedback on the show!

Load up ya mayo guns Swellians, the Strayan charge towards the WSL Finals continues with a most dominant display of rail shamanism and lip destructivism at cranking-itself Jeffreys. No wall left uncleavered by his holy majesty Ethan Heeeeeeyeeeewing on his way to a famous debut win. Go on... Blitzed yourself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stick ya hand down ya Reg Grundies after a scorpion behind the rock and feel the pride of pure Aussie Grit between ya fingers as the Changaz-Series-All-Stars-come-elite-CT-Head-Kickers take to the stage at the Miami Marketta for a classic Sunday arvo of yarn spinning deluxe. Post Margies but pre Snapper, Manly and G-Land, there's no doubting Strayan surfing is in good hands with these hmaaaaaaad bastards! UTFS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chuck on your uggies and tracky dacks, wrap your laughing gear round a tinnie from the esky, and weg out with us with a true-blue dinky-di Strayan bogan bush yarn from out the back of buggery. What'd youse reckon? Is Back to the Outback mintox? Or rooted? Give us a coo-ee and deadset let us know if this has Buckley's of being watched again. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/moonstreet/message

Hey friends, back with a new episode. On this one, Hunter and John discuss the 1975 Strayan action flick - The Man from Hong Kong. Starring the blink-and-you'll-miss-him-James-Bond George Lazenby, and the impossibly difficult Jimmy Wang Yu, directed by Leprechaun 3 master filmmaker Brian Trenchard-Smith. The lads talk about Wang Yu, a lot about BT-S, and lament what would have been for the ex car salesman turned one time James Bond actor Lazenby. Enjoy this 'un folks. The MMC

We read Inferno and BRZRKR this week, received a massive shipment of McFarlane Action Figures, checked out What If, and Jason's Film Flashback American Splendour.

We're slipping back in time to 1999 again this week for our second edition of 1999 Week, and our fourth edition of People's Choice week. These two films were the third and fourth most popular choices in our polls, and make for a really wonderful pairing. ‘Magnolia' (1999) confused and tested us with its labyrinthine 24hr plot with inter-tangled, fractured narratives, and ‘Jawbreaker' delighted with its unique pairing of dark and camp. Both of these films SCREAM the 90s, and honestly, we couldn't be happier. Pull up an inflatable couch, pop out a jawbreaker (or gobstopper, if your Strayan), shut the f*#k up, and don't call me lady! . Email: doublebeddoublebill@gmail.com Facebook & Instagram: @doublebeddoublebill Web: anchor.fm/doublebeddoublebill Linktree: linktr.ee/doublebeddoublebill . Patrick's Instagram: @patt_howard Emma's Instagram: @emmakhamis . Produced and hosted by Patrick Howard and Emma Khamis. Music and editing by Patrick Howard. Cover image by Xanthea Hardman and Candice Foster.

We mighta taken out the womens and mens divisions in Mexico but did you see the core lord blood bath at the other end of the Tour rankings? The Big O, the Surgeon, the Gosford Grug, Olearyzy bra, all gone. Gone! GOOOOOOOOOOONE! The Punch Drunk Pikey and Rinsed Corn go deep on what might be the darkest day in Australian Tour History. We demand a ROYAL COMMISSSSSSSSION! Get off ya fat sack SCOMO! We put our noses to the wind and smell nothing but fig jam and caviar coming from the End of the Road following a historic day of monstro death slabs at Chopes. Plus, hear Smivvy perish live on air due to half a dozen poisonous tick bites in the bonus Swellian Talkback Ep glued onto the back of this one. Hmmmmmmmmad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Flat out anti-Strayan bias again from the No Bloody Australians NBA as Rudy Gobert stole Ben Simmons' Defensive Player of the Year award... nah, Gobert deserved it, he was great all year... but still. What does #BoxHillBenny have to do!? ALSO: Indy fired their coach! CP3 was amazing (15 assists & ZERO turnovers!?) as his Suns took on the Nuggets... and LeBron changed his number? Why!? THAT means we've got an absolute BOAT LOAD to get through in the Daily Whip Around and in the NBA Straya GAME WRAPS -- despite a BRICKY 1st half, that Phoenix-Nuggets game got MENTAL -- plus, as usual there's THAT'S NOT A KNIFE, Spud of the Night, Old Mate No Mates, Pantsing of the Evening and BETTER THAN LONZO BALL!!! There's also YEAH NAHs -- like, Does Gobert deserve Defensive Player of the Year? Is Donovan Mitchell a Superstar? And should execs be allowed to tamper?? -- an Unpopular Opinion of the Day ... & OUTBACK TAKEHOUSE, where we're serving up a flame grilled take & an ANDREW GAZE GREY MAMBA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THE FIELD OF EXCELLENCE! AND, as always, there's a pick & preview for Game 3 of NETS-BUCKS & game 2 of JAZZ-CLIPPERS tomorrow! We did great on the picks for the year. SO let's keep it up & go check out some odds at Play Up using THIS LINK! There's also a new DIARY OF STEVEN ADAMS!!!! Righto! SMASH US ON Facebook.com/NBASTRAYA -- AND on twitter.com/NBAstraya -- NBAstraya.com ... and if you wanna buy a NBA Straya t-shirt or hoody - SMASH THIS NEW MERCH LINK!!!! Also: support our advertisers: The new NBA Straya DRAFT KINGS COMP! Use the code STRAYA at TheDailyLiquor.com for a free 6-pack! Get smart & get 20% off at KNOWABLE with the code STRAYA Love ya guts ledges!!

Nikola Jokic is the 2021 NBA MVP... FINALLY! Yep, along with Joker being announced as the league MVP, we got an absolutely CORKING day of NBA, as Shake Milton saves the Sixers agains the Hawks... and Joe Ingles moved his family back into their mansion inside Paul Playoff P George's head again and RUINED the place... again! You love to see it! SO! A couple of AWESOME games to talk about in the NBA Straya GAME WRAPS -- how good was Embiid!? Poor Trae getting switched from Aussie Matty T to #BoxHillBenny! and... oh geez, Mook Morris got blocked by Gobert... -- plus, as usual there's THAT'S NOT A KNIFE, Spud of the Night, Old Mate No Mates, Pantsing of the Evening and BETTER THAN LONZO BALL!!! There's also YEAH NAHs -- like, Was Joker the deserving MVP (oh derr) and are Ty Lue's adjustments the key to this Clips-Jazz series? And announcing MVP before ROTY and DPOTY? Is that anti-Strayan bias? -- an Unpopular Opinion of the Day ... & OUTBACK TAKEHOUSE, where we're serving up a flame grilled take & a GREAT MOMENT IN NBA STRAYA STAT HISTORY! AND, as always, there's a pick & preview for Game 2 of SUNS-NUGGETS tomorrow! We did great on the picks for the year. SO let's keep it up & go check out some odds at Play Up using THIS LINK! There's also a new WILLZ THRILLZ!!! Righto! SMASH US ON Facebook.com/NBASTRAYA -- AND on twitter.com/NBAstraya -- NBAstraya.com ... and if you wanna buy a NBA Straya t-shirt or hoody - SMASH THIS NEW MERCH LINK!!!! Also: support our advertisers: The new NBA Straya DRAFT KINGS COMP! Use the code STRAYA at TheDailyLiquor.com for a free 6-pack! Get smart & get 20% off at KNOWABLE with the code STRAYA Love ya guts ledges!!

Looking back on the data and call inclusions of phone plans going way back to 2011 - the blokes reflect on the huge data available today compared to then. Plus how complaints to the TIO have changed and which Telcos are the most complained about. The app to tell you which products are the most Australian so you can choose to buy "Strayan". How Apple is doing very well with the App Store, and TCL's Mini LED TVs announced for Australia while Stephen looks at the Apple TV 4K

Looking back on the data and call inclusions of phone plans going way back to 2011 - the blokes reflect on the huge data available today compared to then.Plus how complaints to the TIO have changed and which Telcos are the most complained about.The app to tell you which products are the most Australian so you can choose to buy "Strayan". How Apple is doing very well with the App Store, and TCL's Mini LED TVs announced for Australia while Stephen looks at the Apple TV 4K

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In this week's podcast we start by going over the oral history of Tamisha Iman vs. The World. So much drama. So little time. Then we invited special Strayan guest KT from For Your Reference Podcast. KT helps us break down the buffoonery that is happening this episode. It’s the time we’ve all been waiting for, as the queen’s don their best celebrity get-up to compete in the infamous celebrity impression Olympics. It’s Snatch Game, baby! Don't forget to rate and leave a review on whatever platform you listen to us. It really helps us out a lot! Thanks! Tip Us: Venmo=@tfcpod Cashapp=$tfcpod Website: www.thanksforcomingpodcast.com Merch: www.teepublic.com/user/tfcpod E-mail: tfcpod@gmail.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/tfcpod Twitter: www.twitter.com/tfcpod iTunes: apple.co/2Hidocj Find KT and For Your Reference Podcast here: www.twitter.com/ForYourRefPod

If a MOTOR Performance Car of the Year 2021 falls in a forest, and nobody watches … did it actually happen? Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url Five renowned geniuses nobody’s ever heard of, statistically - the creme de la creme of ‘Strayan motoring journalism - recently concluded an irrelevant half-million-dollar three-pronged suppository supercar car goes rooly, rooly fast. Who knew? In related news: Sky remains blue. Trees: definitely still green. Water: Wettest substance ever (that’s verified), and the Pry Mincer: Still a complete waste of self-promoting space.

Hilariously enough, Ford named its Kluger competitor the Endura. Now they’ve boned it, in Australia, less than two short years after its release. This just satirises itself. The non-enduring Endura - truth once again being weirder than fiction... Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url Ford Oz gave birth to baby Endura here in December 2018, with (one imagines) high hopes of it growing rapidly and taking the lucrative fight to Kluger and CX-9 and Santa Fe and Sorento … and CX-8, and Subaru Outback, and even Tiguan Allspace. But all of these SUVs continue to out-sell Endura, which couldn’t even match Skoda Kodiaq on sales. Go figure. Well done, Ford. #Consistency. Even Holden Acadia out-sold Endura - which is, kinda, a neat trick, for a brand that doesn’t actually exist any more. So far this year, Toyota’s uber-popular Kluger is living proof that mediocrity is the recipe for outright success in seven-seat SUVs. Mediocre Kluger outsold non-enduring Endura by more than seven to one. CX-9 out-sold it more than five to one. This is a race, with absolutely no need for the video referee. Ford’s marketing is so bad that (I’m tipping) most SUV buyers don’t even know that a non-enduring Endura ever existed. And now, of course, it doesn’t. Not being able to sell a large SUV in ‘Straya is like not being able to drink 100 long-necks of VB, every hour. Or being unable to find a venomous reptile within 10 feet of the back door. Not being able to sell a large SUV here is un-friggin’-’Strayan. So Ford has boned this unappealing vehicle, after selling only 1015 non-enduring Enduras - and I wouldn’t want to be one of those owners, or the 1986 punters who bought one in late 2018 or across 2019. Nobody, statistically, wanted a non-enduring Endura, new. Nobody, statistically, is gunna want yours at resale time, used, with three years of your residual farts infused into the seats. The term ‘depreciation dog’ springs to mind. Buying a depreciation dog is, of course, a great way to burn cash, and I want you to know that this is not merely idle speculation in this case: According to Redbook, if you had purchased in 2018 a range-topping non-enduring Endura Titanium at launch for about $68,000 (before on-road costs) it’d trade for about $38,800 today, on average. You’d burn just over $29,000. If, instead, you’d come to your senses at the 11th hour and procured alternatively a range-topping Mazda CX-9 Azami, for about $66,500, it’d trade today for about $45,000, and you’d burn only about $21,500. This puts you $7500 behind, in just 23 months, in the Ford. Imagine getting $80 a week and just throwing it out the window, arbitrarily, every Friday afternoon. Because that’s what non-enduring Endura buyers have been doing, effectively. Look, the kindest I can be is to say: It’s probably OK to buy a Ranger or an Everest. There’s a reasonable demand for them, used. But as for the rest of the SUVs and all the cars bearing the blue-oval badge... ...the risk of your resale value making like Dresden on February 15th, 1945, over the next three to five years is rather high. Some would say, unacceptably so, and I would be one of those saying that.

On Remember When, Dominic Knight speaks to Harvey about a fun collection he put together of all things ‘strayan’ in the The Strayan Dictionary. From Acca Dacca to trackie dacks, Avo to Yeah-no, from Bindi to Tinnie, this fun book gives us the definitive definitions from our own unique words, names and phrases.

WILD weekend of NBA action to cover for you today... even though I'm as sick as a Tony Hawk 720... we've got Ben Simmons being better than Brandin Spindles Ingram... the NBA announcing that it's thinking about a mid-season tournament, playoff play-in games & conference finals re-seeding... plus Luka Doncic is unstoppable, the Clippers & Lakers are great and MORE in WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS! Yep, we talk about those Mid-season tournament/re-seeding/play in game ideas... as well as wrapping ALL the games from the weekend, plus there's That's Not A Knife, Old Mate No Mates, Spud of the Night, Pantsing of the Night & Better Than Lonzo Ball... plus, because it's Monday we've got DICKHEAD OF THE WEEKEND ... AND a new ANDREW GAZE GREY MAMBA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THE FIELD OF EXCELLENCE! There's YEAH-NAH, the Unpopular Opinion of the Day & OUTBACK TAKEHOUSE, where we're serving up a FLAME GRILLED TAKE. Also, a pick & preview for ALL ELEVEN GAMES TOMORROW... and the Strayan player watch. Lots of stuff... so, get stuck in! Enjoy! Also... OUR NBA Straya KICKSTARTER HAS FINISHED! BUT... If you still wanna get a t-shirt - hit us up on email - jimmy [at] nbastraya.com.... RIGHT! Get around us at -- facebook.com/NBAstraya -- twitter.com/NBAstraya -- NBAstraya.com ... Love ya guts!

The world’s most high profile bullshitting billionaire genius, Electric Jesus, sent Tesla shares into a six per cent tailspin when he recently unveiled a stainless steel joke without a punchline, at the Plug-in Scientology cult facility in Freemont, California. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url The world’s most high profile bullshitting billionaire genius, Electric Jesus, sent Tesla shares into a six per cent tailspin when he recently unveiled a stainless steel joke without a punchline, at the Plug-in Scientology cult facility in Freemont, California. The so-called Tesla Cybertruck is essentially a Homer Simpson-designed stainless steel Humvee minus of course all connection to satire. It also has an element of mentally retarded stealth fighter about it also, I think you’d agree. It’s the perfect prank reveal, that wasn’t. The ‘Stevie Wonder’ launch edition Cybertruck is expected to retail for $39,990 Retardistani Pesos for the poverty pack with just one electric motor, and rear drive. It’ll stretch up to just under 70 Retardistani big ones for the three-motor all-wheel drive version. There’s a dual-motor AWD version as well, somewhere in the middle on price. Apparently the poverty version is good for 400 kilometres. The dual motor variant offers 480 kays of range and the tri-motor jobbie will take you 800 kilometres. But they’re all just just claims from the summit of Electric Bullshit Mountain at this stage, of course. Like the much hyped Tesla Semi which, EJ assured us would be clogging the roads by now, the Cybertruck does not actually exist. So there’s still hope. It’s just a threat at this stage. Speaking of which, Bullshit Six says the tri-motor Cybertruck will do 0-100 in 2.9 seconds. Which is rather fast. It’ll carry a payload of up to 1.6 tonnes and tow more than 3.4 tonnes. If you want the self-driving one that doesn’t really drive itself and isn’t actually autonomous, that’ll be a $7000 option. It’s a six-seater, the body is made of (quote) “ultra-hard 30X cold-rolled stainless steel” which kinda explains the ridiculous shape. And of course it’s glazed with (quote) “armour glass”. The English language: so friggin’ complex. However, at the reveal, when wannabe Tony Stark’s conscripted some - I dunno - some millennial piss boy from the cult to demonstrate the toughness of the vehicle’s illiterate glass by throwing a metal ball at it (which is not one of bulletproof glass’s toughest tests, I note) the window shattered. Twice. Yesssssss! Which is just impossibly excellent as public spectacles go, I think you’d agree. If you suspend all disbelief, you will ‘learn’ (if that’s the right word) that the new Tesla ‘Stealth Cockroach’ Stupidtruck will be offered with an electric ATV, the so-called Cyberquad, which Electric Jesus says will be available only as a genuine Cybertruck option. (Note to self - might need an extra charging point in the Fat Cave. Or not.) So, if you’re a rich, environmentally evangelical dick with a dysfunctional relationship with aesthetics, who failed physics and seeks to save the planet by overconsuming absurd products that really won’t help, the new Tesla tri-motor Stevie Wonder Cybertruck and Cyberquad boxed set could be just right for you. No plans have been announced for right-hand drive or ‘Strayan homologtion for the mighty Tesla Stupidtruck, and I think we can all thank the Lord, Electric Jesus, sincerely, for that.

Supercar-shaped Corvette headed to Shitsville in 2020. Yesssssss! It'll cost about $170,000. Jesus. Same car in Retardistan: $60 grand US (which is about $90k ‘Strayan). So: Who’s gouging who? Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url This report is inspired by a dude named Chris Papa, by e-mail. "Could you detail Luxury Car Tax and other hidden fees? The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette is set to arrive in Australia in RHD. Its estimated retail price here will be about $170,000. This is preposterous considering that in the US the 2020 Corvettes will retail for around USD $60,000 and converted to AUD that equates to approximately $87,000. "Why is there such an outrageous markup (of about 100 per cent)? How much of that is LCT? What would the rest of the cost be made up of? Why are carmakers (desperate to make more sales and some with very deep pockets) not lobbying the Australian Federal Government to abolish LCT?" - Chris Papa Just to get the finances out of the way here: Australia has a free-trade agreement with Retardistan. That’s been in place for nearly 15 years, so to the best of my knowledge there’s no protective import duty on US cars. Nor is there import duty on cars from Japan, Thailand or South Korea - for the same reason. So the vast majority of cars on sale in Australia currently are import duty-free. Luxury car tax is indexed so the threshhold increases every year with the CPI. It’s currently imposed on conventional cars over $67,525, or allegedly green cars over $75,526. In both cases it’s an additional 33 per cent on the amount of that car’s value over the threshhold. So if you run the numbers on that, ballpark, if the 2020 Shitsville Corvette is $170,000 - that equates to about $25,000 in luxury car tax. Meaning the cost of the Corvette minus LCT is about $145,000. So, ballpark again: if the same car in Retardistan is $90k, there’s a $55k disparity between the Retardistan Corvette and ours. Part of that is going to be amortising the cost of gearing up for right-hand drive production over the number of right-drive units they think they’ll produce. There’s not too many right-drive markets - there’s us, Japan, the UK, Macau. But essentially the bulk of Corvettes are going to be left-hookers. So that’s part of it. The rest is just GM’s internal pricing structure and what they think they can get away with here. You can look at it like a gouge if you want, but the Corvette is going to be faster - a lot faster, at least in a straight line - than a car like a BMW M4, which is about the same price. And it’s a lot cheaper than a proper mid-engined supercar. Still got that legendary GM build quality, however. Which could be entertaining. Just for perspective, the ‘poverty’ 911 Porsche (not strictly speaking mid-engined) is about $230k here in Shitsville. Exactly the same car with the wheel on the same side, in Brexitpotamia is $155k (including 20 per cent VAT). The povvo 911 is $60k more than the Corvette, as well as being more than a second slower to 100. So there’s that. If you want that level of performance, it’s cheap at $170,000.

If you’re thinking about buying a Kia Seltos - here’s everything you need to know. You can help support the podcast, securely via PayPal: As usual, Kia conscripted its on-call dynamics wizard to do his mad, Jedi voodoo and turn the conventional vomit-spec South Korean suspension into what is actually an outstanding platform to drive on our preposterously crap ‘Strayan roads. The drive program on the launch was on mainly these B and C roads around Noosa, and I’d have to say the body control and steering feedback is excellent. So, big tick there. There was probably 90 minutes of freeway driving as well - it’s quiet and composes at 110. Interestingly enough - this vehicle has a next-generation motor driven power steering assistance system. That means an electrical servo motor provides the steering assistance. It detects input from you, and a computer tells it how much to help. That’s when you’re turning in. But when you’re on the way out of a bend, MDPS typically defaults to ‘off’ and the self-centring steering effect you feel (If any) is just mechanical control feedback. But in this system, the motor also provides self-centring feedback assistance. It’s really excellent. Here’s the range. You get S, Sport, Sport+ and GT-Line in order of increasing appeal and price. 2.0-litre CVT only on S and Sport. 1.6 Turbo only on GT-Line. But you can have either engine in Sport+. So the fuel economy powertrain is available in the first three variants. The performance powertrain on the top two. They overlap at Sport+. Here’s how you tell the four variants apart like an automotive ninja. (This is gunna help at the dealership when they jam one under your snout for a test drive - if you know this, you cannot be bullshat to about which one you’re driving. And before you say it in the comments: ‘bullshat’ is the past participle of the verb ‘to bullshit’.) The poverty S model rolls on steel wheels. That’s dead easy to spot. If you’re looking at a Seltos with alloy wheels and a folding key, it’s a Sport. If it’s got 17-inch alloys and a pushbutton start it’s Sport+ and if it’s got 18-inch alloys (with a bright red highlight around the hub) and a head-up display, it’s a GT-Line. There’s more safety gear on Sport+ and GT-Line, but you can get that on S and Sport for $1000 as an option. So, I’m not going to bore you with the spec sheet - but the salient observations arising from the spec sheet are: S is a real poverty pack. Anything that can be removed to cut costs basically has been, and this is done primarily to appease the great cheapskates of the automotive universe: Fleet managers. It’s a big step - $3500 - to go from S to Sport, but it’s well worth it for a private owner. You get alloys, a full-sized spare, the big centre infotainment screen, SUNA live traffic and 10 years of free mapcare updates (and, I’m assured, there are no strings attached to that - you just get the updates when they’re available). Sport+ is the pick of the range - because you get adaptive cruise and the better safety gear standard. Plus front parking sensors, nicer interior, proximity key. And it’s $5500 cheaper than GT-Line, which is loaded with all the nice toys, certainly, but do you really need all that stuff? Probably not. I’d strongly suggest you buy the 1.6 turbo if sporty engaging driving matters to you. The CVT that goes with the 2.0-litre is a little bit frustrating for enthusiastic driving. It displays this noticeable re-engagement lag, getting on the gas when you clip an apex and want to start feeding the power on smoothly.

Ouch, Blazers fans. That one hurt. Up 8 with 4 & 1/2 minutes to go, it SHOULD have been the Blazers walking out of Oracle Arena after Game 2 with a win... instead Steph Curry and the Warriors SNUCK AWAY with a huge win to go up 2-0 in the WCF! SO! We wrap all the action with That's Not A Knife, Old Mates No Mates, Spud of the Night and Better Than Lonzo Ball. We also have some ECF YEAH-NAHs, a bit about Zion Williamson going to New York or back to Duke or wherever the next mouth-breather you listen to says... and a nice juicy flame grilled take from OUTBACK TAKEHOUSE! There's also a new LUC LONGLEY MEMORIAL BLOKE WHO DID THIER BLOODY JOB ROLE PLAYER HALL OF FAMER... and a look at the odds & a pick & preview of Bucks-Raptors Game 2, as well as Golden State-Portland Game 3 on the weekend! Nice! The best bit - we close out with a new COOKING WITH BAYNESY, as Bangers whips up a modern 'Strayan classic: Avo Toast Get around it! – and get around us at twitter.com/NBAstraya – facebook.com/NBAStraya – NBAStraya.com And check out Ben Simmons merch HERE get around some NBA Merch here!  seriously - smash this NBA Merch!!

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie....this interview is terrible. Turbo and Nikki gang up on me and talk Strayan non-stop....nah jokes. This is a very good interview with a super knowledgeable and a really good communicator.  Nikki Watt is the womans spearfishing world record and Australian record holder for Black Marlin and in this interview she shares the story of their epic one hour batttle. Nikki's observational skills come through loud and clear in this chat and I learned several things about hunting dogtooth tuna and spearfishing equipment. This was a bloody fun interview but let us know what you think in the comments or even better leave us an honest review! Nikki Watt Interview Time Stamps 2:00 Introduction and greeting 5:30 Nikki's spearfishing beginnings and background 7:45 First fish on the spear 8:50 Early issues - equalizing problems spearfishing 12:35 Early equipment lessons and a funny story about using a fuel line for a snorkel 14:50 Did you have a spearfishing mentor? Unique female struggles 21:40 Memorable fish - 154.9kg Black Marlin the womans world record! 28:25 What is your favourite fish to hunt and what spearfishing hunting techniques do you use? 33:50 What is the toughest situation you have experienced in the ocean? 40:00 Veterans Vault - Hunting Pelagic Fish such as Spanish Mackerel, Dogtooth Tuna and Wahoo 53:30 Funniest times spearfishing 54:45 Do you have any advice for women getting into spearfishing? 57:00 What is in your divebag? 61:00 Who is the best person to go spearfishing with and why? 62:55 What spearfishing destination would you like to conquer next? 63:30 What is the single best piece of advice you've ever been given for spearfishing? 63:55 Who has been the most influential person in your spearfishing? Find Nikki on @wattbry_ THESE SPEARFISHING RETAILERS NOW HAVE 99 TIPS TO GET BETTER AT SPEARFISHING IN STOCK:) Actionable info to improve your spearfishing! Adreno - Brisbane. 56 Deshon St, Woolloongabba QLD 4102 Adreno - Melbourne. 1184 Nepean Hwy, Cheltenham VIC 3192 Adreno - Sydney. 1/678-682 Botany Rd, Alexandria NSW 2015 Adreno - Perth. 2C / 376 South St, O'Connor, WA, 6163 Spearfishing Superstore - Cairns. 303-305 Draper St, Parramatta Park QLD 4870 The Dive Shop - Port Lincoln. 4 S Quay Blvd, Port Lincoln SA 5606 Frogdive - Willoughby. 539 Willoughby Rd, NSW 2068 Spear and Fish Downunder - Newcastle.  990 Hunter street. Newcastle, NSW 2302 Noob Spearo Partners + some spearfishing discounts . Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout. . Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing or James Nestors ‘Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves’ free Subscribe to the best spearfishing magazine in the world. Email jeromy@spearingmagazine.com for a super deal for downunder spearos (Australia/New Zealand/South Africa) Use the code noobspearo to save $20 on the full Penetrator Spearfishing Fin Range . Check out the latest in spearfishing fin technology Sign up for ‘The Floater’ – Shrek and Turbo’s email newsletter 

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