So your're "Mr In The Know" are you.

You are like the stupid Yugoslav in "Wogboy".

You dont know @#$%&! nothing you know @#$%&! all.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

The deal is 3 years, yeah? So is that 5 mil over 3 years or 7.5 mil over 3 years?

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"You're not gonna believe this. The guy killed 16 czechoslovakians. He was an interior decorator."

"His house looked like shit!"

Its a 2 year deal ie: $2.5 million per year for 2 years.

So come 2010 when we are challenging for the Premiership it will be renegotiated at Premium Rates.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Hyundai make all sorts of stuff, they are a massive manufacturing behemoth. I have worked in defence procurement in the past and they are certainly a big player in the global arms (ships, tanks etc) marketplace. They choose here to sponsor us to push their cars? Bring it on!

I'm not sure i'd buy one of their cars as a result but happy to have them kick some $$ our way!!

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"Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?" Billy Connolly

Ah ok, so it's abit like Hacklands contract, only difference being the third year?

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"You're not gonna believe this. The guy killed 16 czechoslovakians. He was an interior decorator."

"His house looked like shit!"

Does that explain why you want to crap on a good quality Korean brand?

Go Blues !

Go Hyundai !

Synbad is Greg Swann

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"I will rejoice in their anguish, delight in their failure and revel in our success"

We are Carlton, @#$%&! the rest !!!!!!

Gees Melvey - you'd whinge that your missus scone was getting in the way of the tv while she's giving you head.

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"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself" - Henry Ford

LMAO!

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"We used to sit around and talk about how bad the game plan was." Anthony Koutoufides

Great floweren comment! I hope the bank teller that counts the coin is a Pies supporter!





HAHAHAHHAAAA!!!!! Spat my beer all over the living room floor after this comment!

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All hail the might and power of Sir Richard....putting Carlton back to where it should be.............arrogant and talking of premierships again.

FLMAO

I was told from a Japanese Toyota engineer that during the crash of the Japanese market a lot of engineers, managers and other highly-paid influencial people were laid off by major Japanese companies. Specifically in car and electronic manufacturing, most of these people were given positions in large South Korean companies, hence taking their technology across with them. He said even patented technologies were disclosed to these manufacturers catapulting their businesses to where they are today.

Samsung is now virtually Sony. For example their LCD/Plasma components are identical and assembled in the same factories.

Hyundai was one of the top few car manufacturers worldwide in the recent confidential quality surveys of car industry that was leaked in the media.

Holden's diesel technology is Daewoo's. In fact the Captiva is a rebadged Daewoo!!!

So it's a little ignorant to think Korean products are inferior...prestige is another thing.

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I work with a couple of guys who went over there to look at manufacturing machinery and Daewoo were basically cloning Hitachi machinery. Their quality has come a long way in a short space of time time.

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"We used to sit around and talk about how bad the game plan was." Anthony Koutoufides

i have solved that problem, i moved the tv to a higher position.... o you so carazy!!!

Some of us can only dream of kicking back with a beer on a Tuesday morning

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

Quality is pretty subjective when it comes to vehicle engineering. Cars shouldnt be judged to be of high quality just because of features or of a badge. Many customers only look at the asthetics of the vehicle and also "word of mouth " mechanical reliability as a guage of quality, when buying, but perhaps should look at other criteria such as safety, durability results and attributes. Check out www.howsafeisyourcar.com.au
The korean vehicles have come a long way, rate well in safety and crash (its expensive to design a vehicle to meet 5 star ratings plus many of their target markets dont have high safety standards) but unfortunately lack somewhat in the durability stakes when brought over here due to our extremely harsh road conditions. Thats pretty much why all taxis were falcons, they tend to hold together for longer periods. (ford stopped optioning the taxi pack). Overall the Hyundai,s are are a good value for money vehicle, and with each model are taking big steps in increasing their quality and value, very much like the Carlton Football Club.
They make a good match.

i just checked for my car - new golf - not listed, no golfs listed since the 2001 model

5 star Euro NCAP and as impossible to steal as one can get these days ... unless of course some scumbag breaks into your house to get the keys.

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