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Just had another look at the plans. I like how the garage is bigger than the original house was.

RD1 or any other farm supply store.

Pretty sure that'll be too old to be a cross-lease. Were they even a thing back when those houses were built? Never buy a cross-lease folks, their gravity is such that not even light escapes.

Too late now, we all know where he lives.

How'd you get a consent to do this big a rebuild with a semi-detached house Sheepers?

This stuff burns fucking great holes in you.

I don't shoot. Just thought some of the others might.

6 hours ago, Nick Ritchie said:

what's everyone doing in May? namely the 6th or 7th.

ken 4 southland exploration missions

Just realised that will probably be opening weekend.

I've got vehicles that have been on hold longer than that. 

I know nothing about BMWs but I'd probably be tempted to give it a go. Why not chuck some gas in it and see if it'll start then go from there? 

Might be okay for a daily that you can thrash without having to care too much.

and Speight's in a rigger.

There're a few Cressida foamers on retrorides who might know something useful.

So drove home in limp mode?

I work with structural engineers not mechanical.

Nothing wrong with a bit of good healthy overkill. 1+1=4 but we call it 10 to be safe.

41 minutes ago, a.craw4d said:

 It needs a chain guard so it doesn't tear off random bodily appendages.

I have seen the results of this. It was not pretty.

Perhaps that's more of a Shelbyville idea.

That's amazing.

Have you considered Ssangyong?

I remain unconvinced that under the deck is the best place for the batteries. Won't they very quickly get covered in filth off the road as well as being an absolute prick to swap out?

Nobody has asked yet whether you want / need 4wd or not. Only just thought of it myself.

Pretty sure my mate's '63 Mini had DZ on it too.

I've seen a few DZs down this end of the country on cars that looked too new too including a VH Valiant that I quite liked the look of.

We have Colorados at work. The automatic one sucks yak balls big time. It's super wallowy in the corners where the manual one is not. I would have thought the suspension would be the same on both but it doesn't seem to be. The automatic one also had issues with getting stuck in low range when we first got it but this might have been due to operator error or poor explanation of control features on the part of the dealer.

Power steering on our real farmer neighbour's new Honda quad is electric. He reckons it's great.