Beware the concierge at the Rendezvous Hotel!
Heh, he cancelled my hire car booking without my knowledge or permission. Then when it was fixed, the car company tried to bill me $100 for cancelling. It took a while to sort out...
Car engine diagnostics
It's interesting that car engine diagnostics have been standardised in the US since 1996, and you can buy consumer grade readout devices for your car. I wonder if that means that they're standardised in Australia and that I never realized? This sort of thing is probably of interest to lots of hardware hackers.
ATO to use luxury ownership as audit trigger
The ATO has announced it will be auditing people who have nice cars. The bar for "nice carness" is pretty low though at $55,000. I suspect this sort of thing is quite effective though.
Buying a car in the Bay Area?
It might be worth your effort to avoid these guys. I quite liked Toyota 101 in Redwood City though.
JVC utilities for changing the images and movies on my head unit
So I don't lose them: changing images on your JVC head unit and the JVC windows application which makes it easy.
Top resale value cars
CNN's guide to cars with the top resale value seems useful too.
Hybrid buyer’s guide 2005
While clearing out my browser tabs, I came across this guide to buying a hybrid car -- thought it might come in handy later, so here it is.