Archive for May 19th, 2005

Banks Are The Same All Over The World

Thursday, May 19th, 2005

The Habad Evening was very nice. There were some 20 Israelies, and I had so much meat (only chicken wings and Kebab-like meat balls, but very tasty) and - at last - a decent salad, that it was really fun. Most of the Israelies here just came from New-Zealand, so I enjoyed hearing their stories.

Today the storm was over. I woke up in the morning, and the sky were blue sprouted with a few white clouds - really nice. The air was also very clean, with this after-rain smell all over.

My money arrived at last, and I spent an hour or so at the bank just convincing them they should give me interest for their right to keep my money - it’s amazing how banks are the same everywhere! Anyway, from not wanting to give me anything we ended up when they grant me 4.5% interest as long as I have more than a certain amount of money in my account. I think that’s better than a PAKAM in Israel right now, and I can take the money out any time I need it!
From there I started looking for a car. I found some candidates (see details at the previous post, and please give me your advices). Tomorrow I will probably take a car for an inspection, and hopefully buy one.
If that will work fine I will probably spend Saturday preparing the car for a long travel, and will leave Sydney early next week.

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Vehicle Advice

Thursday, May 19th, 2005

Hi!
Here are some details of the three Frod Falcon St./Wagon candidates, from which I will probably buy one tomorrow.
Please tell me which one you think I should buy.
Note, that this is just primary inspection, I did not yet take any car to a mechanics for a professional inspection, which of course I’ll do before buying a car.
(All currency is Australian$)
All cars are from the early 90’s and have between 260,000-280,000
1) For 1200$ I can get a scratched red car with some rust, broken mirror and a problem in the reverse. Fixing this should cost some additional 300$. The good news is that it has REGO (which is equivalent for TEST+COMPULSORY INSURANCE) for an entire year, so it won’t pose any problem when selling it. Moreover, its rego is from West-Australia country, which is the best.
2)For 2250$ I can get a yellow car with minor bump and one wheel-plate that is broken, but no serious visible problems. This car has REGO of NSW (the worst REGO), but it is until the end of December - which should be enough for me to sell it.
3)For 2500$ I can get a very good looking car, which belongs to an Israeli who works here (not a traveler), and at least for the last 2 years did only local rides, inside Sydney. It has a NSW rego for half a year - a bit less than the previous one.

Of course, I did not do any proffesional examination thus far. Which one looks the best for you?

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