V8Pete

Are wound back odometers a ballache for getting imports on the road in NZ. I was inquiring about a car in Japan but the guy warned me to say they couldn't verify the km.

Edit: apparently it might be a customs "prohibited item" if a car has dodgy speedo. Doh! Anyone had experience with this?

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Spot the controversial walking track

2JZ no shit. Overnight parts. From Japan.

4 hours ago, Beaver said:

We have some old ones at work (ecnz days), I’ll have a dig and see what’s there. Also have a few of the ones I think you are talking about 

keen for power station hunting. Heading to waikaremiana next week actually 

I noticed the Tuai damn had heaps of little pipe thingees in the ground? Are they survey reference points or something?

On ‎2‎/‎03‎/‎2018 at 17:39, AllTorque said:

Sweet Amon

It was an automatic

1 hour ago, vivaspeed said:

Should do a power stations of NZ road trip.

Do you have a list in Excel format or something?

Lake

4 minutes ago, tortron said:

How Pukana'd did you get parked here?

Coffee bloke there?

Na, it was pretty deserted

Tried to go to Mahia Peninsula but visibility was like zero further out so gave up. Went to Waikaremoana from the Wairoa side.

3 minutes ago, sheepers said:

i own all that shit so you gotta pay me taxes for being on my turf 

I put some money in coin boxes at the lighthouse and wharf and freezing works. Did you get it?

Tokomaru and Tolaga Bays

The road to the lighthouse was a bit rough in places and then there was a half hour or so walk up a hill but the view was worth it!

1 hour ago, Roman said:

Hows the SW20 going btw? 

Just waiting for a mate...

to drop off the O2 sensors.

Also, took Martian thing around East Cape in Feb.

45 minutes ago, xsspeed said:

^^Like for use of iceburn.gif i still dont know who doug is

309 Road *tick*

Are you going to put wifi on the black wall?

If you're not anti-credit cards, some of the more expensive ones give travel insurance. E.g. Westpac Black Mastercard gives 120 days travel insurance and the annual fee is $350 or something so probably cheaper than getting insurance. You just have to use it to pay for the plane ticket. There are cheaper ones - maybe $75-100 that give ~60-90 days of insurance too.

Edit: https://www.westpac.co.nz/credit-cards/compare/?product1=airpoints-world-mastercard&product2=airpoints-platinum-mastercard $145 for 35 days/$390 for 120 days

https://www.kiwibank.co.nz/personal-banking/credit-cards/airpoints-credit-cards/platinum-mastercard/ $150 for 40 days etc

On ‎16‎/‎01‎/‎2018 at 02:43, xsspeed said:

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Nice wood!

Pics

On ‎22‎/‎08‎/‎2016 at 12:38, Kiwibirdman said:

The one we had was a 1998 2 litre.(B series????) I was at Telecom in the early 2000's and there were a few 2.2 as company cars. They were better but they did all get sold at 80,000ks,

 

The one we had we got given at 10 years old and just over 100ks on the clock. It had been looked after and serviced full from new. In the 3 years we had it it got a new alternator, a couple of sensors in the engine, the head gasket blew, the exhausted was replaced and finally the radiator split which over heated it and then my wife cooked it. 

 

The old man had bought it new when his father gave him some money to upgrade his commodore. Should have kept the Commodore and spent the money on something else.

My parents had a 1999 2.2 "B" from like 2002 till 2012. It needed heaps of cambelts and cam angle sensors but apart from that was sweet. Started getting a bit oil burny by the time they sold it with ~280,000km on the odo. Not many left on the road these days though so they've probably all self-destructed.

Is it a Misa?