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AUD was US47c not too long ago…. but waaay back, probably before some of you kiddies were born, AUD was worth *over* US$1 ahh.
USSR rouble worth “something” back then, too! 🙂
Quote:…the top of the line rc’s from dse or tandy are pretty crappy and likely to fail drasticallyI found some DSEs selling Tamiyas… :p the real thing too,
not RTR types. Ahh, mere abberations in the time-space continuum. 😀Quote:Quote:-wharfies… did you know Aussie dock workers averagen $100k each??!?Yes I do, what I would like to know is how do I land such a job?
Me too, me too! :p
Think it has something to do with family ties… all the young guys
usually have a father or uncle also working in the same job. Damned! :dead:Quote:Even if it’s Sydney to Perth that’s $3000, or about $1 per unit. It all adds up of course.Don’t forget backloading too… the rig’s gotta come back also,
sometimes empty if there’s no goods to carry the other way.
So you might have to pay for BOTH ways just to get your goods over.Quote:BTW, Bits cost US$80 in Switzerland.Aren’t they the ones with a 60%+ personal tax rate??! 😯
Don’t forget too – Importing as a wholesaler isn’t as easy & cheap as we make it sound.
Each step there are hidden costs… eg:
-banks charge fees & commission for anything they do, be it making a simple foreign currency transaction to issuing Letters of Documentary Credit & FCY loans
-wharfies… did you know Aussie dock workers averagen $100k each??!?
-customs… they’ve got about 500 pages just on categorising a plastic toy into what tax rates I’m told.
-authorities… play things need to pass certain approvals. If they change their mind later, they have the right to confiscate your entire shipment.
-transport… Oz is a huge place, we are still highly reliant on truckies. When you pay these guys $1+ a kilometer to move a bigrig… not cheap!
-how many can you sell to a population of 20 million? Economies of scale are limited
-clone products appear increasingly quickly.Thank you everybody, here endth Economics 102. 🙂
There was some mob in Clayton or Bentleigh somewhere… dunno if they’re still active.
… apologies to Spencer Johnston too.
(author of Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life)
Quote:…But, that’s all another thread.Done deed! :smiley16:
Looks like its been pulled! :p
Welcome over, Itchy!
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I’ll be there to defend my velodrome mod title this year!
I managed to get my poor little Evo 3 to 75km/h last year with some conservative gearing, hoping to do more (damage) this year 🙂
And the ghost of that very same Evo3 is still haunting the ‘drome, hahaha…! :smiley16:
Quote:Is this where I suggest a very much lightened RWD M-01 chassis?That’s gotta be one of the lightest and most ‘basic drive trains … maybe some extended arms to giove a wider track and a little more length? *ponders*
Still nowhere as ‘basic’ as a Direct-Drive Formula-1 or Pro10 pan car.
Motor pinion straight to spur on axle! 😀Quote:Quote:Jamie K = Rocky Balboa. 👿Spirited Fighter i am 😀
More like… picking fights with everybody in the schoolyard. :p
ps: fight your own battles my dear. Leave me OUT of it pls.
pps: nice to see our language censor is working well, but
lets not try overtax the poor thing, ok? :dead:For anyone who’s too blind to read, the website
to the subject car was posted earlier. :dead:Quote:btw its not a “magazine” like you’d think eg Woman’s Day.
If its anything like the previous Robot and all the other similar
‘marketing’ efforts, all you’ll find in the paper bit is advertising
& brief instructions if any.Definitely a huge page on “what’s in next month”!!?! 😀
Quote:Dunno about restoring, but engine rebuilds cost alot.Engine rebuilds aren’t cheap, but at least its a case of go or no-go.
Put the good parts in, reassemble it right and you’ve got a pretty
good chance of it starting at first pop – even if its a DIY job.But with…
-interior trimming *
-upholstery *
-dashboard re-veneering *
-rebuild instruments *
-overhaul drivetrain
-rebuild gearbox, and overdrive unit
-rebuild brakes
-panel beating
-cutting out all the rust
-serious paint preparation
-a proper paintjob(* = very few tradesmen left in these trades!!)
That’s where the real $$$ disappear too.
If brand new spareparts were (supposedly) so cheap, there’ll be
no market for the chopshop “parts recyclers” that are everywhere. :smiley2:Don’t know if any of you guys have experience in rebuilding/restoring 1:1s, but usually its “big bits are cheap, its the little bits that cost the most”. 😯
At least ‘shipping’ is cheap… $0.00 🙂
Ya, damned those women creatures. They’re too smart for us men
even when MEN HAVE TWO BODY PARTS TO *THINK* WITH. What gives?? :dead:Best stay off the grass, VR4. 🙂
Not a peep back from Kitty, yet everybody’s speculating what she wants in her own car. Now that I find that hilarious…
I suppose if you had to go build yourself a $30,000 Commodore
entirely out of GMH’s spareparts items, that’ll probably cost
you over $100,000 in parts alone before labour, shop supplies etc.That’s called MARKETING for you, matey.
Slight correction too… think its
1x $ 4.95
44x $14-95
= $662-75Wow, $120 discount! :smiley16:
Like I said before, ladies are probably too smart to get stuck into the neverending upgrade spiral.
btw 19 turn is NOT a *STOCK* motor. Go read the ROAR rules.
Quote:Who’s planning on getting the issue with the body? HEHE.SHHH!!… keep it to yourself, ok OTP? :smiley2::):)
Quote:A Mabuchi RS540 wouldn’t make 60km/h.Why pay so much for it??? It’s cheap crap!!!
That’s “UP TO” 60, old pal.
(As in… UP TO the Top of the Cliff and chucking it over. :smiley2:)
Ahh, new 540s sell for $15-20 at LHS anyway, no huge ripoff there.
Forget it James old boy.
(Don’t you mention the Weapons of Mass Deception either…! :evil::evil::dead:)
Jamie K = Rocky Balboa. 👿
Kitty never said nuttin’ about needing to hopup her little buggy.
(ladies are probably too smart to get stuck into the neverending upgrade spiral…?)
Mr ph@t = Einstein :p
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