I reckon my mower is the only one in the street running 100octane avgas and fully synthetic 2 stroke...just what I had lying around in the shed. By the way the smell of avgas/2stroke as well as the smell of freshly cut grass is magic. I can let my wife mow all day now...

Hi Vex, I worked at Bayseide Honda from when it was first set up, I had to build and stock the parts department.
It was built by the owner of Westmore at Indooroopilly but has been on sold about three times since then and to be honest from a users point of view it would have to be the worst designed dealership I have ever worked in.
The reason we picked the Jazz was the seating arrangement suited our baby seat and pram although now we have a second child it is a bit cramped.
I am biased towards Honda and knowing alot of people any probs will be soughted.
cheers Ade

Hi Ade, I bought my euro from bayside honda at cleveland. great car except it is a bit big & heavy. Are you happy with the jazz? I drove one & was a bit disappointed with the ride & handling but love the overall design. If only they would built the mugen jazz. It think had a worked 2.0 & 6 speed.

Hi vex66, I would love to know which dealer it was as I was in Honda parts in Brissy for near on 20 years.
When we needed a new Honda my wife and I went to Southside Honda and listened to the salesman crap on about the new Jazz, I did not let on that I was an ex employee and that I had been to the dealer release so he crapped on and then the sales manager walked out and said Hi Adrian how"s it going so his world fell out his ass and we did the deal with Janelle.
If you want the low down on any dealers around town PM me and I will give an honest opinion
cheers Ade

Ahahah , what a great picture

Gee, lads, couldn't we limit it to Salesman wankers? You make it sound like there's wankers running about all over the place.

I can tell you where the Jumbuck ute was for roughly 2 years. Like all jumbucks it was at PrixCar in Minto NSW. Every jumbuck came from the factory in Malaysia with panel damage and poor quality paint. Paint where you could still see primer in parts where the paint didnt cover. Every jumbuck went through PrixCars panel shop with atleast half the car being repaired and freshly painted.
The build date doest mean much really when it comes to sales date. In the few months that I worked at PrixCar in 2004, I worked on BMW's. BMW's were comig in from BMW's germany and south africa factories Build date 2002. When they were ready to leave, they had their compliance plates dated and attached. Brand new car built in 2002 but complianced 2004.
2001 Z3's sat in the lot with under 20ks, most of the k's from being driven at PrixCar. If an order came in today for a Z3 that colour it will go out complianced 11/05 as a brand new 2001 Z3
Its just the way the new car industry is when dealing with production, country of manufacture and number of sales demand.

Jumbucks are a piece of crap though.

im with you on the car salesmen.. i considered trading my dunnydore ute for a brand new proton ute.

had a look at the one in the showroom... it had a 2003 biuld date (this was in 2005).. i said why 03 build date... he says theyre all like that.. i say where have they been for the last two years.. he says "actually i really dont know"

anyway i ask what do u get for $18,000
basically... a single cam four cylinder, drum rear brakes, no abs, no airbag, not even a ute tarp.. and its 2 years old!

he offered me $11,000 trade in on my ute...

i sold it 3 weeks later for $15,000 no reg

The story I told about staff not knowing about what they sell annoys me but I don't get angry with them because it could just be poor training. What I hate is when you get treated like a d**khead. When I was looking at buying a new car I narrowed it down to the Accord Euro, Mazda 6 or Mazda SP23. I organised a test drive of each & drove the mazdas 1st. When I said to the salesman that the ride seemed harsh & that there was a lot of road noise, he told me it was because they put very high pressure in the tyres when they import them so they don't go down. I didn't buy a mazda.

I have a good one from the selling side of the parts counter, A few years ago a guy comes in to buy some bits for his Honda, I look up the numbers and tell him how much he then syas that he is from Testra and what discount does he get, My first thought was f uck all and f uck off.
So I say to him we can do a deal here I have just got my phonebill and if you can knock a bit of the top then so can I, he said I cant do that and neither can I mate.
All I can say after dealing with people for a lot of years is be reasonable in your expectations and if your not happy go somewhere else.
Ade