Thread: Cross8/crewman.

Originally Posted by MSL

The cable is also easy to remove and coil up under the seat

Its even easyer to have a petrol and not have to be a criminal.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Its even easyer to have a petrol and not have to be a criminal.

A guy that worked for me used to disconnect his petrol vehicle.....he brought a XF Ford ute from his mates old man, it hadn't gone far in pretty good nick, wasn't long before it started playing up, had to pull the engine down, it was rooted, way too rooted for less than 100K...Karmas a bitch......

Another thing I wonder about, if the odometer is turned off, how do you know how many Kms it done & when its due for a service....or if you are that tight that you don't want to pay RUC then why would you service your vehicle anyway ?

[QUOTE=Kiwi Greg;505146]A guy that worked for me used to disconnect his petrol vehicle.....he brought a XF Ford ute from his mates old man, it hadn't gone far in pretty good nick, wasn't long before it started playing up, had to pull the engine down, it was rooted, way too rooted for less than 100K...Karmas a bitch......

Another thing I wonder about, if the odometer is turned off, how do you know how many Kms it done & when its due for a service....or if you are that tight that you don't want to pay RUC then why would you service your vehicle anyway ?

Agreed, waste of time

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

A guy that worked for me used to disconnect his petrol vehicle.....he brought a XF Ford ute from his mates old man, it hadn't gone far in pretty good nick, wasn't long before it started playing up, had to pull the engine down, it was rooted, way too rooted for less than 100K...Karmas a bitch......

Another thing I wonder about, if the odometer is turned off, how do you know how many Kms it done & when its due for a service....or if you are that tight that you don't want to pay RUC then why would you service your vehicle anyway ?

Not that I do it, but plenty of ways, Heaps of free GPS aps for your phone that record all that sort of thing.

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

A guy that worked for me used to disconnect his petrol vehicle.....he brought a XF Ford ute from his mates old man, it hadn't gone far in pretty good nick, wasn't long before it started playing up, had to pull the engine down, it was rooted, way too rooted for less than 100K...Karmas a bitch......

Another thing I wonder about, if the odometer is turned off, how do you know how many Kms it done & when its due for a service....or if you are that tight that you don't want to pay RUC then why would you service your vehicle anyway ?

Wouldn't do it to a nice vehicle that I planned on selling, could be tempting on a hack like a early 2000s courier that spends a lot of time off road and that's going to be driven into the ground anyhow.
Personally my old hunting/hack truck just gets serviced each four months irrespective of how far its travelled.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Its even easyer to have a petrol and not have to be a criminal.

you could even buy a diesel and just pay the RUC's maybe.

Originally Posted by mikee

you could even buy a diesel and just pay the RUC's maybe.

Im over paying ruc on fuel and again just because it is diesel.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Im over paying ruc on fuel and again just because it is diesel.

I understand totally, last lot I brought I winced. If I were buying a 4x4 it would be a petrol SWB Mitsi but I now have 2 diesels

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Im over paying ruc on fuel and again just because it is diesel.

You're paying the tax on petrol too, its just administered differently which is why petrol is more expensive.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

You're paying the tax on petrol too, its just administered differently which is why petrol is more expensive.

Yes but it also costs more to produce, diesel should be less than half the price of petrol but we are being taxed 3-4 times on it.