igor

Might be @ajg193's dad in the ex @felixx car.

14 minutes ago, Bearded Baldy said:

We are no longer called safety inspectors, now it is compliance something or other.

A tacit admission from on high that compliance isn't necessarily about safety?

15 minutes ago, anglia4 said:

Is it OK to bolt in a lap belt that shares the bolt holes with the other two belts?

This is exactly how the factory belts were fitted in my Falcons.

Used to? Is ripple control not a thing anymore?

I hope you are keeping your notes in a 3B1 like a proper barry.

On 06/04/2025 at 00:52, RXFORD said:

super ultra mega fucked parts bugeye you ferals drove back.

Can still get away with a bit in Northland then?

2 hours ago, yoeddynz said:

Makes sense to me. Add turbo.  Go to jag meets. Pop bonnet, stand back and enjoy the fireworks. 

There is an XE Fairmont Ghia getting around 'clutha with what I believe is an LD28 in it. Nice car too. I'd be happy to drive it.

The Chinese car industry is probably about where their Japanese counterparts were in the late 50s/early 60s in many respects. They will undoubtedly improve just as the Japs did.

21 minutes ago, felixx said:

These rims hold air lol

Won't hold much else.

My boss acquired an old Celeste with dead plates and got it rereged on the same plates. Was a while ago now so I don't remember the full procedure but he reckoned it wasn't terribly difficult..

Shame it's dereg. Might still be alright for the price if it doesn't need repairs for compliance.

This looks sketchy as fuck. How does one steer the thing with any sort of load in the tray?

4 hours ago, kws said:

Ill still never understand why this wasn't an EV. Its like they were designing it to be and then just went "oh nah we have heaps of these shitty old diesel engines to get rid of, chuck it in"

https://www.hyundai.co.nz/vans/staria

We hired one of those for a week recently. Went well and didn't ride terribly with seven adults on board. 

On 01/06/2025 at 16:41, igor said:

Pic sent by our youngest in Chch. His (our) Laser.

Clean sheet wof today on this car.

Your proposed system is much too complicated. It would also unfairly penalise those who can least afford to replace their existing vehicles.

RUC is (or was originally) intended to pay for (some of the) road maintenance. That's why it has traditionally been tied to GVM.

Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to tie the RUC rating to the gross vehicle mass for everything as we do now for diesels? 

I never saw it, just read about it in the papers at the time.

I remember some Gore boys having a go at the Catlins Rally in a V8 coon way back. Think they crashed out in about the second stage somewhere near Tawanui. Snow may have been involved.

I suspect that a vast majority of new car buyers will purchase a vehicle that is available for immediate delivery without thinking very hard about potential alternatives. This of course causes manufacturers/dealers to believe that there is little demand for those alternatives so they stop offering them. A of a bit chicken/egg situation really.

Not even sure where I'm going to be then but keen as to see @Lord Gruntfuttock and his mates booting the whale up the hill.

Yep, even the "small" cars aren't small anymore.

How long did they last in that application?

2 hours ago, NickJ said:

Is it not up to the lines company to maintain infrastructure?

Only to the first pole from the boundary as I understand it. I'm pretty sure we had to pay a not inconsiderable sum for several new poles and other stuff when we upgraded the supply to the cowshed here in the 1970s.

Site topography here in Northland would tend to rule that out unfortunately.

I know there are a few sparkies and other assorted electrical workers on here. I am in need of a bit of advice in that area.

We have an overhead electric power supply to a farm water reticulation pump. This consists of four wires strung on poles in the usual manner over a length of 200 or so metres. This installation is approximately sixty-five years old. An electrical contractor has suggested that it may be necessary to replace these overhead wires in the very near future.

Can any of you guys give me even a rough ballpark figure for the cost to do this please? The poles appear to be good so as far as we know at this stage it would be just a matter of replacing the wires, probably with aluminium, and maybe the cross arms and insulators.