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Road works My wife turned up on Sunday after a trip to Auckland with stones jammed in the brakes of her car from going through a lot of roadworks on SH27 There was no easy way to get the stones out from the rear, so I had to take it to my local garage, w |
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Holden Colorado ran out of diesel Hi are there any diesel mechanics here? 2012 Holden Colorado was very low on diesel. We got the powering down engine light and the truck started powering down, husband coasted over to the side of the road and stopped. He went and got some diesel and put i... |
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400,000 kms plus Been recently keeping my eye open to purchase a 2nd hand diesel manual twin cab ute sort of bog standard Hi-lux or similar. Yesterday I spied a 2007 hi lux on a dealers lot. it looked like to be in very nice physical condition, but it had 450,000 Kms on t... |
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Checker marathon I finally found it, after being on google for hours, there was two of these wrecks laying around in the 90s here in nz, how many are out there, or would that have been a one of sighting. |
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Limit to be placed on time at charging stations. This was a news item today which has obviously come about due to the number of electric cars now exceeding the number of charging stations. This will mean the owners of long range electric cars will no longer be able to fully charge up at only one station... |
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Stolen Nissan Wingroad, Auckland. 2007 Silver. GUP577. More details and photos in my listing. Please get in touch or contact the Police if you see it. Thank you. |
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Used car search function Can anyone recommend a used vehicle search that allows you to exclude specific makes of vehicle from a search. I'm looking for a 3-4 year old mid to large size sedan and don't want the search to show Toyota Camry's. Personal prefer |
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What would the black taree shite be ? Soot. |
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OBD2 fuel economy guage on CE Lancer Wagon 2000 mitsubishi i doubt it will give you any readings a lot of early 2k mitsubishi still used obd1 and only added the obd2 port because the knotheads in california made it mandetory with a Y cable for diagnostic like in my cable set from launch Diagun for... |
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Can I buy a specific amount of RUC? Currently my RUC renews every XXX,313km I'd like to purchase either 687km or 1,687km to round this over to easy to remember increments. Has anyone done this before? |
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Motorcycle accident stats. NZ Herald today. "The NZTA data, provided by the crash analysis system (CAS), found the rider was likely to have primary responsibility in 73 per cent of the deadly motorcycle crashes between 2015 and 2019". Have to say as a motorc |
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Mitsubishi eclipse cross Has anyone purchased one recently and do you like it. I don't understand the turbo engine. TIA |
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Toyota fielder reliability Hi there, any experience with toyota fielders reliability? I'm a bit wary on buying an earlier version of hybrid. Do they stand the test of time? |
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TM car insurance just more than doubled . . 3rd party on my car I've had insured by TM for years now just went from $120 to $270 for no reason, no change in circumstances etc. Derp. I've done the quick comparison of the usual suspects, ironically Tower who underwrites TM is quite a bi |
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Timing belt service 2013 Ford Territory SZ Hi! Does anyone have a Ford Territory SZ 2013 and is able to check their service specifics for at what frequency the timing belt requires changing? I've googled all over the place and contacted a couple of Ford dealers and I get varying answers. |
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Water Level Where is the water level supposed to be? My car is sitting on low. Is this okay? Or should it be at maximum or somewhere in between? |
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Street Smart course Does anyone know whether the Streetsmart tuition course is running - especially at Hampton Downs. Phone number is "inactive" when rung. |
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What do you think happened? Mid 2000's vehicle. Engine went pop. No external oil or water leaks. Replacement engine fitted. Being test driven by the mechanic there was a massive oil leak (which was found to be transmission oil ) and the vehicle lost all drive. Delibera |
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Project Binky being painted--at last Yep they are on the last stretch now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v |
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Piaggo snow racing, 3 wheeler on steriods https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a30517854/ape-proto-snow-drifting/ |
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EV Battery Dies After 3.25 Years Friend of a family member has a 3yr 3mth Renault EV that has died just out of warranty. Dealer does not want to know. $30,000 to replace. Lets all go EV. Great savings with your motoring costs. |
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Wof question I was told by someone that wof inspectors can only do a visual inspection on rust but i had a wof inspector prod and poke areas with a screw driver and eventually pushed a hole through an area,is this allowed?. |
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Motorcycle Carb's - Round Slide Vs Flat Slide Got a LS650 Savage project but have had a hard time getting it to run right It's 666cc with 10.5 to 1 but my jetting sessions is pissing the missus off lol'. When it was stock it ran smooth with a 250cc round slide but I was merely testing. After that a f... |
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Mountain Bikes On Utes What are people finding easiest when carrying bikes on a ute? I like the look of using a tailgate pad but that seems to limit any bed cover to retractable versions only. Really want to have a solid metal load lid style but don't think that wil |
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PPI vs Dealership vs mechanic ? Hi, Found a couple of cars (in Auckland) that I am interested in (2012 / 2013 Toyotas). I'm driving the second one tonight, then likely will decide on one of them. Question is, would you use a Toyota dealership to check these |
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