Recent content by DaaavidW

The sellers accepted another offer that would settle quicker. There is a clause (which is common throughout Australia) that when a property is under offer subject to sale, the sellers can keep it on the market and accept a better offer - I then get given the chance to make my offer go...

Forgot to add... I've had the same 40" Samsung TV for the best part of 12 years. We've never been big TV watchers, so the smaller size never really bothered us. Anyway, it finally died on us a few months back with the lower half the screen going totally black, I caved in and got a 65" TV and...

So we finally had an offer accepted on a new place this past week. It's subject to sale or our current property and finance, so it's still going to be a bit of a drawn out process that we can't get too excited about just yet. We've just spent Saturday morning frantically cleaning up our place...

Fortunately, our neighbouring owner doing the demolish and rebuild footed the entire bill for the retaining wall and fence. Given we are on a sub divided block with two other dwellings behind us (which are owned by eastern states investors), he just didn't want to go through the hassle of...

Fitted some Italian made rubber...on an Italian made frame 🤌

More tyre content. Had previously been using 32c Conti GP5000 S TR's on the Standert. But with an RRP of ~$160AU each and unable to find any specials, I just couldn't justify a new set. I stopped using Pirelli a few years back as the sidewalls continually cracked just above the bead (the...

Not sure where the last several months went... Still looking for a new house. Lots of disappointment, with our offers getting rejected or missing out by a small fraction. There are clear signs the market is softening though. Less people going through home opens, and in some cases where agents...

Irritates me when you drive past a large area and they've just blown all the wet clippings over the road. Seems to be common around car dealers near me. Rare that I end up with that that much waste from my mowing, but if I do, it's roughly swept up, and the residual stuff is just blown back...

With an RDO last Friday and spring daytime temps almost hitting 20°C, it was time to give the lawn a scalp and start asserting my street dominance for the summer (not that it takes much effort in my street). There was also ~20mm rain due on Saturday/Sunday, so I was keen to get some fertiliser...

Thanks Geoff. I've always enjoyed forums and the effort people make to post things. I spent my late teens/early 20's on a fair few Mazda specific car forums posting long term build threads and the likes...naturally they no longer exist. We have thought about upgrading to a CX-80, that's 100mm...

G'day from WA! I've been lurking here for a while, figured it was time to start a thread to run through my garage and associated projects. Background: Current house in a small 3x2 street facing duplex 6km north of the Perth CBD, which I've owned for the last 12 years (first house). My now wife...