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If demand arises, they might decide to bring them in new. The UK just did a U-turn on the used/parallel import thing, so there is hope.

I suspect a lot of it will come down to the fact that the brand is known, but they've always had a bit of visual stigma attached to them.

Further semi-EV news, the '23 Prius is a genuinely good looking car - As far as modern appliances go.

Would happily hoon one.

Are you a GST registered business with a legitimate commercial use for the fuel? 

If yes, then you sign up. Then you'll be pre-audited, with serial numbers of the fuel sucking assets recorded (They have a manufacturer's database that they can match fuel consumption against) and your claimable work.

Some bird up north found out the hard way what happens when you bullshit the system, parole date some time after 2030.

Yeah, the wife was working for an outfit that took care of all that jazz. It's a bit of a fuck around, but pays to do it if you're a heavy user and despite the apparent ability to game the system to your advantage, it's nothing like that in reality - Serials, model numbers, figures of fuel consumption per Km or per hour and if things don't add up, then you get a visit that usually ends in tears. 

Without going hunting, it's the portal from The Man In The High Castle

And he's done part two:

Found online - The talent and creativity of people when it comes to kitsets is astounding.

Make sure you get first dibs on it, when it gets stacked. 

I'm sure you could work magic with that engine in a K11, or another Imp...

^^ This.

I've got a mate with an SS who by his own admission would rather be dead than seen in an EV, so I took him for a squirt in the 6 in Eco mode which had him grinning like a mad cunt, then in Sport mode which had him positively foaming...

Then he went down the usual "Oh but it won't go far if you drive it like that everywhere...". I think I might have seen a light bulb flick on above his head when I pointed out that he doesn't get much more than 200-250km out of his SS with his driving style.

I think he meant a little Rotrex... No taking up valuable real estate for turbo manifolds.

Yeah but your phone can already give them all of that and more. 

Strawman argument really.

Yes, they exist.

I've seen the odd one here and there - The clattering they make is the first hint.

And yes, they pay RUC, at the same rate as a car.

Suffering from dyscalculia, I genuinely can't understand her stabbings at the calculator but the wife just worked out that even factoring in RUC, her EV6 is working out to be $183 less per month to run, than her Niro hybrid was.

Given that she spent the last 6 years processing fuel excise refunds, I think I can safely trust her numeric ramblings.

https://www.ricksmodelkits.co.nz/

Unsure of Escorts, but he does get some 3d printed RX models through, along with big Aussie Fords and all the things to finish them off to whatever level of detail you like.

Yeah, you just use creative accounting to either pay for the fact you've got a high-emitting range on offer, or you get into bed with someone that has a suitably low-emitting vehicle that you can slap your badge on and magically reduce the average emissions level of your range. 

Which is exactly what Aston Martin did a few years back by throwing their badges on a Toyota iQ and calling it a Cygnet.

1 hour ago, Thousand Dollar Supercar said:

Does he wreck them for parts? I wouldn't mind a set of brass pedals to replace my silver-painted iron ones, and a rare circular keyhole surround (mine is lost and I've stuck a plastic fake brass one on, which protrudes too much). I know I could easily buy a $1 piano to get some brass pedals, but then I'd have to collect and dispose of the thing.

No, purely hoarding them - Despite all advice to do something with them.  Same goes for all of her bulldozers/hovercraft/heavy engineering equipment from the 30s to the 70s.

And, the issue lies with someone pulling the plug out without stopping the charger first... 

I mean, they could have interlocked it so it's impossible to unplug while power is being applied as per the Kia method but at the end of the day if you want to take the chance at unplugging a large electrical appliance without switching the power source off first, then Darwin has a place for you.

AC for your home charging, DC when out on the public charger network.

It's a slippery slope...

A friend of mine has a shed with 30 or 40 pianos in varying states of repair. 

1 hour ago, oldrx7 said:

A man of your clever-ness could easily build a 13B - bridgeport or PP will give you all the high RPM's you'll want

 

Not with today's price tag.

This is more in keeping with the spirit of the late 90s - early 2000s critters flogging their Maketu drill-port 13Bs in the Bay Trader for $500... Except with more science and MS-Paint diagrams.

Cheap(ish) and cheerful, and when it goes pop! Back to the wreckers/Pick A Part.

Unsure of Auckland, but have you been in contact with Mercworx in Tirau? They may be able to point you in the direction of someone local to you.

Mugen supercharged ones pop up every so often.

I was considering one before I got the Rio, but finding a tidy manual one with leather was proving to be tough.

12 minutes ago, Sc@ Chi said:

Sorry, forgot to add: How's pulling him off going to help?

Hell of a way to go out though...