At current spot of AUD 19.64 it just cost me the equivalent to 105 ounces of silver to renew my CTP green slip, registration and comprehensive insurance. The equivalent of one of these (not me):
I survived 10 years without a car in Japan. As soon as I came to Sydney it was a disaster and I needed a vehicle to get almost anywhere
I agree, without a car in Australia is just a disaster........ (Still catch public transport to work though). BTW, the silver bar looks great! And my last car service cost almost one of this............
So is silver cheap or is australia just expensive? csyip what sort of car do you own ? was there some major work done ? that is a lot of money for a service .
I survived the last 16 years without one, and only bought a ute recently for business use. They are a convenience, not a necessity.
I think both are true, silver is cheap, Australia is expensive. There was a major service... Timing belt and lots of other things were due... lucky it is once in a while.
Is that a 100oz PM minted bar? I've only seen cast 100oz from them before. I wish I'd known I just bought a cast bar but that looks much nicer, mine has an ugly computer controlled serial number engraving.
I saw that picture on a listing on ebay recently: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/100oz-Pe...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Did you buy it or sell it, Silver Pete?
maybe you should be looking at what you drive. my rego /ins etc is half that I saved $100 on my insurance this year just by making a phone call to my insurer and saying I am going elsewhere having said that Australia is expensive and silver is cheap. if China has its way that with be the other way round soon enough
Not me unfortunately. I just searched for someone holding a 100oz bar to visualise the size of 100 ounces. Here's the page with another pic to drool over. There's more than one bar http://www.privatebulliongroup.com/products/box-of-8-x-100oz-perth-mint-silver-bullion-bar "Box of 8 x 100oz Silver Perth Mint Bullion Bars" !!!!!
Are rego and CTP green slips different prices in different states? For me it was roughly: Rego: $484 (12 months) Green Slip: $530 Comprehensive Insurance: $1050
Rego: $484 (12 months) - $376 Green Slip: $530 - what the hell is that? wa is good sometimes Comprehensive Insurance: $1050 - $505 what the hell are you driving?
In rural areas the car is a necessity. I couldn't barter my honey for fruit on the treadlie (if it came to it).
My crappy old '93 Apollo is less on the insurance, but that is all. NSW is damned expensive for keeping a car on the road compared to when I lived in SA (yes, and allowing for inflation). BTW, lesson with timing belts - absolutely do not resist the need to change them when the book says so - engines cost far more to replace!!!!
now we know why the insurance companies get it how many cars on the road, and how many bars could be collected from.
Depending on where you are, Adelaide "Metro" is constantly breaking down, being delayed etc, for a while there I was catching two trains earlier (waking up at 5:30 am to make it to work at 9 for a distance of about 45 km) and was just making it to work on time with literally minutes to spare.
