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    Quote Originally Posted by hoe View Post
    I just checked pricing on a new lexus convertible.

    Middle East - 100k usd or $129303 aud at today's rates.

    Same vehicle from lexus Perth - $232448.......

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    That's terrible hoe. I'm looking for the dislike button for your post
    They obviously think we are filthy rich.
    I wonder how they can justify that price difference.

    Lucky for me I'll never be a lexus driver.
    But I suppose I'll just be ripped off by some other brand.
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    It's not just lexus, it's pretty much all vehicles.

    Luxury vehicles get hit much more with the 'Australia tax' and the Australian government taxes and import charges.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hoe View Post
    It's not just lexus, it's pretty much all vehicles.

    Luxury vehicles get hit much more with the 'Australia tax' and the Australian government taxes and import charges.

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    These high import taxes made sense while we were still producing vehicles locally but now that we have to import EVERY new vehicle it is just a shameless money grab from our gov.

    Had to laugh when I looked up that Lexus convertible.
    They run pipes through the cabin to get extra engine noise inside and as that is not enough the sound system amplifies and plays it back too.
    I call that additive 'noise cancelling'. Just make so much noise that distractions like conversations and music can't be heard
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    Update: A deletion of features that work well and ain't broke but are deemed outdated in order to add things that are up to date and broken.
    Compatibility: A word soon to be deleted from our dictionaries as it is outdated.
    Humans: Entities that are not only outdated but broken... AI-self-learning-update-error...terminate...terminate...

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    typical Australia..............
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    Sheeesh, 675,000 hits since 24/4/21, not bad for an Aussie site
    There is a fine line between "Hobby" and "Madness"

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    In NSW...




    In Victoria ...




    I never wonder why I don't vote, and because other ppl do vote, I am never surprised that lines like the topic here exist, or AU is what it is today =)

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