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What would be the best sounding engines you have ever heard? My are the Honda, Suzuki works 2 strokes , 10 and 12 speed bikes flat out on the Isle of Man in mid 60s at 20000rpm. Also Hailwood's 5 cyl' Honda, unbelievable sounds. |
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Caldina or Noah? Friend looking at a 97 caldina with 287K's $3500, and a 99 Noah with240K's, for $2700 . Both in pretty reasonable condition. Which would be the better vehicle, regardless of carrying capacity |
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Looking for other ideas Have been looking at trading/swapping our Honda that hasn't sold (price needs to come down again) so we have something that is useful. Had my mind fixed on a 4 door ute with canopy, prefer petrol so it's ideal to take camping and not have to tow a trailer... |
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Is this a missprint Is this a missprint or are the coppers trying to have a lend of us? http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11401007 I refer to this section - The $10m project will see 56 new digital cameras activated across the country in sites ass... |
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High accident risk area ? WTF?. 15 accidents in 10 years, 12 of them minor, no deaths. More likely, lots of traffic. lots of revenue. Money is the object, why not be honest about it ? http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/slow-down-next-generation-speed-camera-goes-live-6233552 |
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Buying a late model Mustang in NZ (Jap import) Any comments or advice or pitfalls on this ,First time buyer here.Thankyou |
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What would you do ? My Mums 2001 Demio, the Auto trans has expired - the car runs in limp mode.160k on the clock. Garage estimates $3k to get it back on the road so we figure its not worthwhile. The question is; do we take it to the scrapyard & get $100 for it or is it worth... |
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How the hell do you survive a crash like this? http://www.nwcn.com/story/news/local/regional/2015/01/17/pinned-semi-trucks-i84-oregon/21935875/ Couldn't really have left a smaller space for himself! Started life as a Chevy pickup, check out what it looks like now! |
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Hampton Downs Offroad park They have listed on silver-bullet there is a trail-ride there but i am suspicious and it is very lacking on detail and no contact-details on there or there website. anybody know what the story is ? |
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Buying a new car with cash. If you went to a dealership to buy a brand new vehicle. How much do you think you could reasonably expect to get off the price by paying actual cash? I'm looking at one with a sticker price of $52000 thanks |
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1993 Primera slipping trans Hello boys and girls. My work hack has started playing up a bit in the trans. First problem is that it doesnt always start in park. either selector or contact issue I guess. Second is that over the last week its been slipping when changing from 2nd to 3rd... |
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Honda Inspire 2004 We had some useful comments in our previous thread about the VW Passat. After thinking about what was said, we decided to not to go ahead. Now we are considering a Honda Inspire, 65000 km, a 2004. Haven't been able to test drive yet, as it's still on the ... |
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DIY 250GTO Just saw this on Pistonheads - Oamaru based replica company. Looks incredibly impressive! http://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-eurocars/diy-250gto-time-for-tea/31614 |
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350 Chevrolet losses spark under 2000rpm Hi there, brand new engine, as soon as it gets under 2000rpm is it stops dead, like there is no spark. The timing light signal is very week, have timed the car to 32 degrees total timing, revs out fine and runs well other wise. Any idea what could be caus... |
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BP 98 vs. Gull 98 Been doing some dabbling and thought somebody somewhere might be interested in the early result. When I first got my 2008 G6E Falcon I did a lot of testing to figure out the best fuel to use: 91, 95 or 98. After a lot of tanks/k's I determined that for MY... |
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Ford Laser Lidea year 200 , auto . any issues / worries with these ? , I understand they are a rebadged Mazda but is that a good or bad thing ? , |
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96 VR4 Legnum Issues Hey there team, Went to drive to work this morning in my legnum Backed outta the drive and went up the road less than a km and the car started shuttering and making a bad grinding sound I drove it home yesterday night and everything was fine and this has ... |
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Balance shafts Was wondering, do all straight-4 engines have em? if not please give examples of specific types, cheers |
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Unfortunate car names. I know we've done this before but currently the Toyota Isis has to top the list of unfortunate car names. |
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Bargain of the century http://www.trademe.co.nz/846483081 |
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Jap import auto gearbox failures Seems to lots complaints of failed auto boxes. Why? My personal opinion is that most are recent imports. Used to be one judged a car on where and how it was driven. An auto that has lived in a huge city, used daily for relatively short distance but in hea... |
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Best Hatchback Hi all. I'm a young female (well 35 years young) and I'm wanting to buy a hatchback with a budget of $6k tops. Super cheap on petrol and good to drive around town. I'm wanting something that won't give me too many issues and won't cost me much at the mech... |
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Carb specialist in Nelson area? Hi all- can anyone recommend a carby specialist in the Nelson/Motueka region? Ive got an old MK1 cortina which a couple issues Id like sorted out and my experience with carbs are guys that know what they're doing and guys that think they do :) Want some o... |
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Car allowance offer I have a job with a car allowance and would rather put the money towards a car that i will own rather than use a company car or lease a car - i will have 600 per month to put towards a reliable car - anybody out there got suggestions of where i can go for... |
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Car painters & rep's? Putting a few deals together for a couple of car rental co's and need to know the current per panel prices. cheeRS. |
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