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02-09-2016, 02:26 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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caradvice.com.au has been reportedly bought by Channel 9 for $35M:
http://www.news.com.au/technology/in...db58ed2007e930 A bit of an eye-opener - would never have thought an automotive website could be quite so valuable. |
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02-09-2016, 02:28 PM
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bitch lasagne
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02-09-2016, 02:34 PM
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Bathed In A Yellow Glow
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: NSW Central Coast
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Given some of the over the top prices some websites command I would have thought it would have been worth a lot more.
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02-09-2016, 04:05 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Probably some bankers want their money back. Very sad to see a once great Australian company run by great people in the sad state it is in now, slowly being ripped to pieces.
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03-09-2016, 10:12 PM
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Go the Hogster!
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Yeah what a story! Alborz was in the WRX club with us and then registered that domain for $35 just for fun. He then turned it into something truly great. The little bugger even got to test drive a Veyron!
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07-09-2016, 02:08 AM
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Bloody well done! |
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07-09-2016, 06:25 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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You can't deny CarAdvice commercial success - great photos and well designed website. As for the quality of car reviews - it is a website that is paid for by advertising from car manufacturers . Some reviews are more like infotainment than a critical review. VAG vehicles are their favourites .
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07-09-2016, 11:08 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Good on them. They went after the web space and caught the magazines napping. Havent read a mag in a long time. Read CA almost every day.
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07-09-2016, 08:27 PM
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08-09-2016, 01:57 PM
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Boss 335
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Wonder what Fraud Australia would pay for fordforums.com.au
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08-09-2016, 07:29 PM
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 BAII RTV - with Raptor V S/C. RTV Power FG G6ET 50th Anniversary in Sensation. While the basic Ford Six was code named Barra, the Turbo version clearly deserved its very own moniker – again enter Gordon Barfield.
We asked him if the engine had actually been called “Seagull” and how that came about. “Actually it was just call “Gull”, because I named it that. Because we knew it was going to poo on everything”. |
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caradvice.com.au sold for $35M
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