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God! Let’s pray she never gets back into Govt! The woman is a certified car hater! |
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Uh oh. auto gear box "Clunk". Mitsi RVR. Soooo. it is a 2nd gen GDI Mitsi rvr in automatic. I jumped in it this avo and it seemed to be stuck in first gear. Reved it up a bit for sum speed then pulled back and it went "clunk" into second. Then up into third no problem, after stopping went into R... |
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Charging EVs versus NZs net electricity generation After further research this is an updated calculation of the amount of electricity needed if/when all of NZ’s light vehicles are EV’s. The total kilometres travelled by light vehicles in New Zealand in 2019 = 45 billion kilometres Th |
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A qustion for qualified mechanics. Would you let your boss who knows nothing about working on cars,use your tools after hours without you being there ? Also do you lock your toolbox at the end of the day before heading home ? |
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Actually Hydrogen is looking very good ! No stupid ditching of an existing vehicle fleet. No great, expensive upgrade of Electric infrastructure so you can install charging points all over the country. No HUGE increase in mining of rare materials by poor Africans to provide the raw m |
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Ardern rules out exemption for utes What did we expect ? |
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Clean Car Calculator All cars eligible for rebates and those that will attract a fee: |
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Bring back the two strokes These four stroke motorcycles these days are terrible. Bring back the two stroke. You can't beat that low down torque and the rush of power as the engine comes into the most efficient area of the rev range. And the sound of ripping |
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Is my husband bullshitting me? hi my hubby has an anglia he has been doing up slowly but it costs so much, i got a bill the other day from a machine shop for the head off the motor, that he said was broken, they had to put bigger valves in, new springs and also grind ports? the car see... |
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Oil Changers When they do a transmission oil change do they suck it out with some kind machine they charged me $220 only took about 20 mins would they just of drained and filled thus not totally getting all the old fluid out. Think I got taken for a ride. |
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Speaking of cars I found an old cadillac i have my eye on, but i have five cars i need to get rid of, they are collectable but i want one of them to be restored, would a collecter take all of them for a reasonable price and not waste them to much, they all have running en... |
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It’s not legal YET. Just a point worth mentioning. Yea the gubbiment can and has introduced the freebate scheme for electric vehicles. But currently cannot legally penalise buyers of “polluting “ vehicles. They have to get the legislation through parliament. So now is th... |
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Gas powered everything - best explanation of evs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn__9hLJKAk |
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Moving Classic Cars North I to South Hi best transporter to use please? Cars don't go.Thanks |
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Car aerodynamics and ev,s And fule consumption and horrible looking evs, not wanting to feed the beast but i had a brain fart the other night about making a non aerodynamic ev more easy on the eye and tolerable to the masses, it could be rammed through if it was built to out conse... |
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Battery dead ? So I have a old Holden Ute 6 cylinder that’s more of a workhorse than commuter car it mainly does short local trips , been having battery troubles ( again !) and the AA agent ate probably getting sick of my call outs , the battery is 3 years old yesterd... |
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Electric cars are not the solution to our problems https://www.arocha.org.nz/news/electric-cars/ At best they are going to result in a slightly slower destruction of the planet. |
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Single to 3 phase in garage Auckland a bit off-topic but has anyone connect 3 phase in their garage in Auckland, looking at options cheers. |
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Second hand hybrids There are increasing numbers of hybrid vehicles on the second hand market, for example the Toyota Aqua. With say a 2012 model with 120,000 on the clock, what is a realistic expectation for battery life at that point? How much do replacement batteries cost... |
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2004 Nissan March airbag light reset. Having removed the passenger seat for cleaning the airbag light is now flashing after putting the seat back. I have tried google and using the ignition on and off method and tried disconnecting the battery. Any other suggestions before I see the sparky fo... |
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Class 2 licence any one just done the class 2 drive in the truck |
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Key case broken, any 2ndhd carparts groups online? I figure the companies and people who take cars to bits must have some kind of network for seeking and selling specific parts. I need to replace the rubber pad in my car key case, but buying a new one is a ridiculous price, and will take weeks to come fro... |
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Do ya reckon this EV is not “so ugly”? But, but, the last paragraph will make your eyes water a little. |
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Plumbing in caravan Any one you could recomend to alter the water system in a UK caravan in CHCH Regards John . |
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Searching TM for a trailer. and> I take it that's a Chinese trailer ? Who makes a good reasonable priced trailer in the north island ? |
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