Young Thrash Driver

Good to see retirement becoming serious Glenn 😀

Mazda,s new stop start tech doesn't use a battery or the starter motor. It delivers a shot of petrol and a spark to the appropriate cylinder and away she goes.

The wheels on that E60 remind me of a Commodore I saw recently, pulled over and the rear wheels and tyres were completely gone. Only the 5 spokes were left and were all that touched the ground.

Rimutaka hill road has been ruined with the last 30 years of "improvenents".

The video is fake, Americans don't even have 4 cylinder engines.

Arrow is probably best, but you'd be looking at about $1600 to have them fully refurbished.

I haven't looked over one of these. I thought they had moved to all clip on style connectors from about 1996 onwards.

Are they pricing the next decade of repayments at 10%+ yet?

I'm moving to a new place tomorrow, my spares supply has not reached the giddy heights of GJM Mechanicking LTD. The Mazda doesn't require spares being kept in stock... 😛

@Olaf don't you have a 2nd gen X3?

That's an appalling summary which ignores the cost and the vastly different scale. Political will isn't the issue here, it's physics.

Saw one of the new 3 series in white. Actually looks okay in person.

Now there's an interesting point. Does every car on board have a trickle charger attached? Is there any battery maintenance during the trip? Has this had to change for electric vehicles? I imagine the gazillion shaft horsepower engines in these ships would be able to produce some spare electricity.

Those damn coolant lines... Every single time. Yuck.

Where are these located, Fielding or something?