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Bald tyres and on a learners license A Taranaki woman who has admitted causing a crash that resulted in the death of a women was on her learner's licence and driving an unwarranted car at the time. Whakatutu told police she had been travelling between 100kmh and 115kmh, in a 100kmh zone, whe... |
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New rules for car imports I like what i read here with all imported cars to meet better emission standards by 2025. The only bad part is why not do it now as most other countries already have tougher standards. |
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Toyota Aqua 2015 traction control We have bought the wife a Toyota Aqua hybrid. Drives around town OK. Wife drove from Auckland to Whangarei and rang me to say the car shudders and slows down for no apparent reason. It did it about 6 times to Whangarei and back. I drove it the following w... |
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2007 triton wiper problem ok so had the ute sitting under a tree all day yesterday in the heat and it dumped sap all over it. went out last night and went to use wipers and they very briefly stuck before it managed to get them moving. I immediately noticed it has |
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1 million plus and 750k Holdens. Who would of thought a late model ute and the last Commodore made in Aus would sell for those prices? The ute went for more than some GTHOs |
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2008 Nissan Caravan Van Engine When van engine is cold when starting the ignition, you can hear a rattling sound from the front of the engine. And when the van engine warms up the rattling sound quietens down. Could someone please advise me what the problem could be? |
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Isuzu d-max parts Hi , im looking for some suspension parts for a 2017 d-max single cab 2wd. and cant find any wreckers that have one in stock if you know of any being wrecked can you give me some details , thanks mike |
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CHARGING STATIONS I see the greenies are grizzling that "they" , ("they" being in greenie shorthand to mean the government / somebody else), have not built / provided enough EV charging stations. which seems to me to means that there is an expectation that the tax payer wi... |
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Cars with cambelts My daughter and family have just returned from overseas and have asked me to find a car or two for them. Their main car will probably be an SUV and in the price range they are looking at, most have done about 100,000km. Although we are not averse to |
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Daihatsu Coo front end knock I have one of these as a runabout, know its a Toyota BB. It has a knock in the front end around town going over even small bumps, is this a known issue (like strut tops failing etc etc)? Done 130km, cheers |
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Dashcam - blackvue 590x 2 ch Anyone have one of these? Would you recommend? |
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Wow 548mph and not an engine in sight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eFD_Wj6dhk |
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Land Cruiser 200: sold out https://www.toyota.co.nz/new-car/land-cruiser/land-cruiser-200/ There will be some gutted people around who were p |
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What's wrong with my Nissan Sylphy 2006? 179k. 2000cc. Every now and then whilst stationary, you touch the accelerator to go and nothing happens - just remains at idle speed, even when you put your foot down all the way. If I immediately turn engine off and then back on, it's fine for anot |
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Car Sales with Locked Gates My daughter has just returned from overseas and asked me to find a car for the family, so while I was out and about yesterday (Sunday) arvo I thought I would have a quick look at a few dealers yards. To my surprise quite a few of them had their gates lock... |
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Fuel consumption Trade Me accuracy I know when you sell a car on here TM automatically adds in its fuel consumption based on prior information. I have purchased a car, from the north island (I am South based) never saw the car in person. The km/l advertised was 6L/100km, as all the others ... |
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Rockauto Really does it this time! I ordered a couple of suspension arms on Friday 29th Jan. and they turned up here in Kaitaia today! That's quicker than some NZ suppliers! Those guys sure have their act together. |
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73 Falcon Coupe body dimeensions Please help, as advice info is needed. 1973 Falcon body or frame dimensions needed please. I have a falcon coupe and the front appears to be slightly bent from an accident sometime earlier on in its life. I need the body or frame dimensions usually |
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Air bag warning light Hi all, I have a 2003 xr6 falcon and when I turn it on my air bag light flashes a number of times and then stays on. Is there any simple fix i can try before taking it in to a auto electrician? thanks |
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Really Volvo?. Tv advert by Volvo currently. Making a song and dance about speed restricting their vehicles to 180 km/h . Ya do realise the japs have been doing that for about 30 years? 😀😀😀😀 |
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A interesting article on hydrocarbon https://phys.org/news/2021-02-immense-hydrocarbon-world-ocean.html |
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Early 70's car problem with vin number Had the vehicle for the past 5 years and registered and warranted ,took it for wof to AA and they can't find a vin number in the system ! Now they telling me needs revining ! Any suggestions |
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Car suggestions - tall person. help. Hi, I'm looking to replace my Estima as it is getting on, and starting to need repairs (~200,000ks). It's been a good reliable car. I'm struggling with what to replace it with. I've briefly looked at a Camry and Teana, which I fit |
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Classic bikes at Pukekohe Today. "O"rsome day. https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/1483583929.jpg |
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Without right to repair act/ i hear 2017 onward in europe need to go on internet to factory . you can read but not clear codes . its for security. Or is it for anti competitive behavior like luise rosman Fights hard for right to repair. |
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