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Originally posted by planetaryplayer When I caught guy j, it felt flat. No energy, just mellow and melodic. When I go out to dance I prefer less melody, faster more repetitive beats or electro. Hernan is an exception, he's just too good

That's what I was expecting from him, but after the first hour he started getting into whirring techno and nasty tech house, and by hour three it was full knacker prog bangers pretty much until the end.

There's a few videos from the night doing the rounds on Facebook, but this is the only one on Youtube so far. Obvious classic, but gives you a taste of the energy he was bringing to the dancefloor:

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Originally posted by Lira You do? I guess secondhand cars are much more common than I think, it's just that I'm still a bit cautious because I've never bought secondhand anything, so it's uncharted territory for me. It is. Fiat Linea, but it's supposed to be all clunky. Read lots of complaints by owners

The End for Fiat Linea Brazil

The Linea is known as Grande Punto over here, but only available as hatchback. Instead of 1.4 t-jet engines in Brazil you get a 1.8 without turbo. About the same power though.
Looks like the Linea wasn't successful in Brazil.

Buying a second hand car which would be too expensive to buy new is wise as long as it is a reliable car. Cars lose most value in the first three years. Disadvantage of a second hand car is that there isn't a lot of warranty. Except for Kia who give 7 years.
But on the other hand a reliable car shouldn't get a lot of expensive repairs in the first 5-8 years, or longer.
I read about a 2006 Honda Civic who got a new clutch and gearbox after 800.000 km !!! (New cylinder head at 400.000 km.)

This was the reason why I asked how long you want to drive it. Some people change cars every 3 years. In that case when they are new repairs won't be a big problem due to warranty. When real problems could rise they already got a new one. As the list shows Japanese cars are at the top of the list when over 8 years.
If what I say is true you should be able to see more old Japanese cars driving around compared to others as the just refuse to die

Over here most problems are with Honda CRX's. That sounds strange, but they are small, fast, ultra cool and meanwhile as third, fourth, fifth, sixth hand very cheap. Young kids still drive them as most other brands already have turned into cubes years ago.
All those CRX's are over 19 years old LOL.

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Nice vid J.

Dope weekend over here.

Monday morning and I'm playing

How is the sound quality in that place, Jack? I'm always slightly skeptical of converted places - even when they're not of mysterious original origin.

I was very happily surprised a few weeks back when I was at Oval Space for Laurent Garnier that the sound was a marked improvement from a few years back.

The sound was absolutely fine. Once you had a crowd in there it dampened the echo of the tunnel nicely. Bass response was excellent. The key is always subs on the floor. The problem with Oval Space was that it used to have gantry speakers only. You want to have your bass rumbling through the floor.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Damn, ok. Toyota? The Corolla is a super reliable car, and I think it's the size you're looking at. I would recommend going with a hatch, rather than a sedan. Just for usefullness, which I'm aware isn't a real word, but you can fit so much more in a hatch than a sedan, with the smaller cars. I've been there

You can?! Oh, I thought sedans had bigger... What do you Australians call the trunk/boot of a car? Luggageroo?

That's the main reason we meant to get one. We want to put our bicycles in the baggageroo and whatnot.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk I would definitely look into second hand cars though, Trance-M is right. If you buy new, you basically lose a lot of value on your new car, the second you drive it out of the car yard/show room/whatever. Second hand -- Yes, it can be risky. Have a mechanic check it out before you buy. Your mechanic, not their mechanic. We have mobile mechanics here, which helps, but they cost a bit. You'll still save money, IMO.

Hmmm... I guess you're (both) right, we'll look into it

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Originally posted by Trance-M The End for Fiat Linea Brazil The Linea is known as Grande Punto over here, but only available as hatchback. Instead of 1.4 t-jet engines in Brazil you get a 1.8 without turbo. About the same power though. Looks like the Linea wasn't successful in Brazil.

Yeah, it's this one. It failed miserably here

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Originally posted by Trance-M Buying a second hand car which would be too expensive to buy new is wise as long as it is a reliable car. Cars lose most value in the first three years. Disadvantage of a second hand car is that there isn't a lot of warranty. Except for Kia who give 7 years. But on the other hand a reliable car shouldn't get a lot of expensive repairs in the first 5-8 years, or longer. I read about a 2006 Honda Civic who got a new clutch and gearbox after 800.000 km !!! (New cylinder head at 400.000 km.) This was the reason why I asked how long you want to drive it. Some people change cars every 3 years. In that case when they are new repairs won't be a big problem due to warranty. When real problems could rise they already got a new one. As the list shows Japanese cars are at the top of the list when over 8 years. If what I say is true you should be able to see more old Japanese cars driving around compared to others as the just refuse to die

Haha, we don't usually sell cars in my family. I used to drive a 1994 Fiat until someone stole it some 5 years ago. We're now driving my sister's 2002 Chevrolet. And I'm sure whichever car we buy will be in our garage until the oceans rise and we get to go to the beach here in the Brazilian highlands

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Originally posted by Trance-M Over here most problems are with Honda CRX's. That sounds strange, but they are small, fast, ultra cool and meanwhile as third, fourth, fifth, sixth hand very cheap. Young kids still drive them as most other brands already have turned into cubes years ago. All those CRX's are over 19 years old LOL.

Haha, wow! The cars are probably older than quite a few of them, I bet!

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he played no such stuff when i saw him, unfortunately.

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Originally posted by Lira You can?! Oh, I thought sedans had bigger... What do you Australians call the trunk/boot of a car? Luggageroo?

The thing with a hatch is that you can fold the back seats down and then that whole back part is usable to put larger objects in. A lot of sedans will also let you fold the seats down, but the space isn't as large due to the back windscreen and the shape of the car. I have a couple of friends into mountain biking, and one of them definitely fits his bike into the back of his hatch (pretty sure he takes off the front wheel to make it fit though).

And it's called a boot here

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Originally posted by Lira You can?! Oh, I thought sedans had bigger... What do you Australians call the trunk/boot of a car? Luggageroo? That's the main reason we meant to get one. We want to put our bicycles in the baggageroo and whatnot.

Then a wagon or minivan like Toyota Verso or hatchback like Kia Soul or SUV like Renault Duster would suit better. Rear seats down and throw in those bikes. Two bikes in a sedan I think would be tight because of the missing height. And if the rear seats don't fold down most of the bikes will need to stay outside the boot
Edit: Stu already said the same while I was typing...

Sedan, wagon, hatchback:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...s_and_boxes.png

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Haha, we don't usually sell cars in my family. I used to drive a 1994 Fiat until someone stole it some 5 years ago. We're now driving my sister's 2002 Chevrolet. And I'm sure whichever car we buy will be in our garage until the oceans rise and we get to go to the beach here in the Brazilian highlands

Well, if you going to drive that long it all depends how much you have to rely on the car. How many km/day, each day? Is a repair shop in the neighborhood or not? Spare parts easy and cheap to get or not?
Do you mind to visit a repair shop frequently or not?

Those are also the questions which you would need to answer I think. It's not easy to give good advice
I hate it when something breaks in my cars, but some people, like my sister, would even drive one on three wheels

If fuel consumption wouldn't be a real problem I would say buy an old 2005 Toyota RAV4, they last forever.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J That's what I was expecting from him, but after the first hour he started getting into whirring techno and nasty tech house, and by hour three it was full knacker prog bangers pretty much until the end. There's a few videos from the night doing the rounds on Facebook, but this is the only one on Youtube so far. Obvious classic, but gives you a taste of the energy he was bringing to the dancefloor:

My lawd that's what I'm talking about

I've seen Guy J about 3-4 times. The first two were solid, the third was kinda meh (some parts put me to sleep) and the fourth was great.

That being said, wish I had heard a night of what was described in the video above

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J That's what I was expecting from him, but after the first hour he started getting into whirring techno and nasty tech house, and by hour three it was full knacker prog bangers pretty much until the end. There's a few videos from the night doing the rounds on Facebook, but this is the only one on Youtube so far. Obvious classic, but gives you a taste of the energy he was bringing to the dancefloor:

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck. For the first 10 seconds I was thinking this doesn't seem that pumping then...goosebumps.

That club looks a lot like the old Cross club in King's Cross, next door to Bagleys. Brick arches never really make for great sounding venues as they're a nightmare to engineer around but but least you get a intimate environment.