mtbrider

My 2003 Corolla had Alpine Type R components infront and the right speaker used to always phase in and out.

Most of the time it worked but yeah sometimes it just crackled.

Is this a fault my 2003 Sportivo does the same - same speaker

We have the same thing on our mountain bike forums only its the greenies and council looking for illegal tracks etc. and also what MTB'ers are up to legally to try to stop us.

Some young idiots build illegal tracks and brag about them on the web.

It's just bad for everyone. You now have to register to look at anything on the site .

Pain for all - for the stupid actions of a few (that's life in general).

A man asked his wife what she'd like for her birthday.

"I'd love to be eight again" she replied

On the morning of her birthday he arose early, made her a nice big bowl of Coco Pops

and then took her off to the local theme park. What a Day!

He put her on every ride in the park:

* The Death Slide

* The Wall of Fear

* The Screaming Monster Roller Coaster

Five hours later she staggered out of the theme Park.

Her head was reeling and her stomach felt upside down.

Right away they journeyed to a McDonalds where her loving husband ordered her a Happy Meal

with extra fries and a refreshing chocolate milk shake.

Then it was off to the movies: the latest Star Wars epic, a hot dog, popcorn,

all the Coke she could drink, her favourite lolly and M& M's.

What a fabulous adventure!

Finally she wobbled home with her husband and collapsed onto the bed exhausted.

He leaned over his precious wife with a big smile and lovingly asked "Well Dear, what was it like being eight again?"

Her eyes slowly opened and her expression suddenly changed. "I meant my dress size, you f*ckin tw*t"

The moral of this story: Even when a man is Listening, he's still going to get it wrong.

Sorry about the car being stolen.

As there is no replacement for the Sportivo I would go the Aurion. I have been looking at them seriously for a while for my other car (trade in existing Camry) but can't afford the cash right now.

My vote Aurion all the way.

my sticker is silver

Sorry I was told they were red. As I said I got the recall done but no sticker. Looked in the warranty / service book and there is no mention of it being done. also checked under bonnet and nothing there either. So I know it has been done but you can't tell by looking at the car.

if u know where i can find the sticker i can have a look to see if i have one

would they put it in the manual or service book ??

or on the ECU or some thing ??

The stickers were red and placed on the inside of the driver door panel near the hinge (but then mine didn't get one either - I would very much doubt that the recall was not done unless it had never been back to Toyota for a service when it was under warranty).

Toyota sent letters to all owners and the service guys used to ask as well.

Does it look a little like this.

Nice to see you are around and doing well. All the best to the family.

Ride a mountain bike you will soon realise that every extra kilo you need to hual up hill is a bad bad thing.

I'm about 2 kgs over weight now and really need to drop back to 72.5kgs.

But so much yummy stuff around. If I didn't do my 10 - 12 hours a week on the bike I would be a big fat pig.

Looks the goods. 17 inch rims are a step forward. Everytime I look at my Sportivo I wish the rims were bigger.

Saw some more photos yesterday and the Courier looked a lot worse in them. I'm still surprised that my mate his wife and three kids walked away with minor injuries.

The commodore had an after market steering wheel and after looking at the photos of that and how it bent and the injuries of the driver (chest and face) there is no way I would think about ever changing the steering wheel.

Good news is that the insurance company bumped up the offer on the Courier a bit but he still will be out of pocket.

How do you replace a car you have looked after which is in really good nic with low k's for the money they offer you especially if its a bit unusual - impossible.

Mate had a bad crash on New Years Day.

Not his fault he was on a country style road when an idiot came around a corner fast on the wrong side of the road.

He had his wife and three kids so was very lucky no one was seriously hurt in his car. Commodore driver was the worst off.

Worst part is the financial cost as this is his work vehicle and self employed.

He still sees the car coming at him when he closes his eyes so needs to get over that. Probably bad because he keeps thinking what could have happened especially to the kids.

Drive safe out there and think of the consequences.

My sportivo has never backfired. Don't know what you are talking about ?.

We used to make our old Holdens backfire. Find a large hill and give it some going down at about halfway turn the ignition off and back on.

A huge explosion and if you are unlucky your exhaust falls off.

Name: Robbie McEwen

Ex-Fame: 3x Green Jersey holder Tour de France

When: other weekend

Where: Southbank Brisbane

Doing: Winning Australian Crit Champs

Hey Trev,

That sounds about right. When I was shopping around for them, the best I could find was arounf the $220 mark on the northside.

It's cause they are a weird fire-trucked up size. If they were a 205/55 or a 195/50 it wouldn't be as bad....

When I was shopping around, I think it was the Yokahama c-class or something which were around $205 each in the same size.

Cheers

Aaron

The Yokohama's were $229 and I was told they were the same size but couldn't find our size on their web site. Makes you wonder if you can trust them at Bob Jane to put on the correct size.

Yes I know there is a tyre section but who reads that every day and I need some opinions quickly.

Don't want to go non standard tyre so looking at replacing with originals.

Price is $215 fitted and balance for Bridgestone Turanza ER30 195/55/16 V

What do you think.

In the beginning, the plan for a divine human design was painstakingly implemented.

"The nerve endings," said St Peter, "how many will I put in her hands?"

"How many did we put in Adam?" asked The Lord.

"Two hundred, O Mighty One."

"Then we shall do the same for the woman."

"How many nerve endings should we put in woman's genitals, O Mightiest?"

"How many did we put in Adam?"

"Four hundred & twenty, O Mighty One."

"Oh yeah, now I remember, we wanted Adam to have a little fun procreating, didn't we? Do the same for woman."

"Yes, O Great Lord."

"Wait! Hold it. Pete, Give her ten thousand. It'd be a hoot to hear her scream out my name..."

Keep that Queensland Smart State one they will become rare.

Everyone here in Queensland hated the idea so much we went back to Queensland the Sunshine State.

We all know it is the smart state but we don't want to brag about it.

Spanikopita (Spinach Pie from Lefkas Greek Taverna

170 Hardgrave Rd Hill End )

Pasta with Chirozo sausage (made by me - good cycling energy food)

Lamb Shanks (Greek style from Lefkas- the best)

Beef Brisket in noodles (from Jackpot Noodles CBD Brissy)

Moreton Bay Bug with ginger and shallots (Marigold Rest Sunnybank)

Subway (footlong meatball with sweet onion dressing) oh and toasted

Duck Laksa (best in Brissy Satay Club 66 Charlotte St CBD)

Seafood Tom Yum (Satay Club)

Legend has it that there is a bar in Adelaide where, in the ladies room, there is a very special mirror.

If one stands in front of the mirror and tells the truth, one is granted a wish.

However, if one tells a lie... Pooof. They are instantly swallowed up by the mirror, never to be seen again.

Sooooo, a redhead of questionable looks walks into the ladies room, stands before the mirror and says,

"I think I'm the most beautiful woman in the world." Pooof. The mirror swallows her.

Next, a rather large brunette stands before the mirror and says,

"I think I'm the sexiest woman alive." Pooof. The mirror swallows her.

Then, an absolutely gorgeous blonde comes in and stands before the mirror and says, "I think..." Pooof....

i hate long distance in the sportivo, last night mine was reving nearly at 4rpm doing 110km/ph.. i assume this happens to all of the sportivos?

Sure does (not quite 4k revs but close).

Did I hear someone say where's 7th gear.

This is why I take the Camry to the Coast from Brissy it's only 600cc more and 1000% less power but they do cruise nicely and good on the petrol on the highway. (and I don't get sand in my car only the wifes)

I did read some where that the 16inch alloy option is $650 and $1000 including the boot lip.

Congratulations you will wonder what you are doing for a while but it seems to come pretty naturally for most parents. Must be hard wired into us.

A girl as well same start as me, hopefully a boy next and then get snipped (kids are sooooo expensive) as two is enough.

Wonder what you would have done with the $4k baby bonus if you still had the rolla hey. MOD - PRAM - MOD- PRAM- MOD- PRAM

Wack Wack - by the better half across the head PRAM PRAM PRAM

Enjoy - they grow up fast

On my old Camry (last of the wide body) I had a seperate remote opener to the key and it was not serviceable. You had to throw it away when the battery was flat.

Only good think about that model was there was a port in the glovebox you put the new remote into and pushed the horn so many times to programme the remote.

Sounds like Bull sh..t but it was true.

So you might have some thing similar except now Toyota programme them for you.

A little girl and her mother were out and about.

Out of the blue, the girl asked her mother, "Mommy, How old are you?"

The mother responded, "Honey, women don't talk about their age. You'll learn this as you get older."

The girl then asked, "Mommy, how much do you weigh?"

Her mother responded again, "That's another thing women don't talk about. You'll learn this, too, as you grow up."

The girl, still wanting to know about her mother, then fired off another question, "Mommy, why did you and Daddy get a divorce?"

The mother, a little annoyed by the questions, responded, "Honey, that is a subject that hurts me very much, and I don't want to talk about it now."

The little girl, frustrated, sulked until she was dropped off at a friend's house to play. She consulted with her girlfriend about her and her mother's conversation.

The girlfriend said, "All you have to do is sneak a look at your mother's driver's licence. It's just a like a report card from school. It tells you everything."

Later, the little girl and her mother were out and about again.

The little girl started off with, "Mommy, Mommy, I know how old you are. I know how old you are. You're 32 years old."

The mother was very shocked. She asked, "Sweetheart, how do you know that?"

The little girl shrugged and said, "I just know. And I know how much you weigh. You weigh 68 kilos."

"Where did you learn that?"

The little girl said, "I just know. And I know why you and Daddy got a divorce. You got an 'F' in sex."

:( GONE: COROLLA WAGON

TOYOTA will not replace the current Corolla

station wagon in Australia. Supplies have

almost dried up for the current model, which

when it arrived here late in 2001 was billed as

a replacement for the Camry wagon.

“We can depend on some of our SUV

offerings, like Kluger and RAV4, for people to

migrate to (from the Corolla wagon),” Toyota

Australia’s sales and marketing chief David

Buttner told GoAuto. Last month Toyota

unveiled the new-generation Fielder (Corolla)

wagon, which is the Japanese-market version.

This will not be coming to Australia.

Meanwhile, Mr Buttner confirmed that the

Corolla nameplate would definitely be retained

in Australia on both the 10th-generation sedan

and hatchback variants due around April.

“There were discussions held, but we felt that

this had such a strong brand image here in

Australia,” he said. “We didn’t have the issues

Toyota was facing in Europe, where Corolla

wasn’t a strong badge, and they really needed

to introduce something that could continue to

grow our market share in Europe, so the Auris

name badge has been adapted for Europe.”