Jacko

My old 944 tach was backwards too, had something to do with putting the redline point in an easily viewable spot between the steering wheel spokes and close to the speedo.

Anyone got one?

Drove a new Holden Spark as a rental. Worst car Ive ever driven. Driving it is like sitting in a plastic lunchbox, not a good one, but one of those disposable ones that come in packs of 20 from paknsave. The CVT acts like there is a 50 foot rubber band between the engine and wheels. Its so, so bad. I was trying to pull out in traffic by jamming brake and accelerator to try take up some slack in the rubber band, but it still takes 3 seconds to wind up after planting the go pedal. Its so over sprung small bumps feel like they are going to throw you off the road, and there is so much castor in the steering that it tries to rip your hands off the wheel when straightening out. I cant believe someone signed off on this thing, and said "Yup, thats ready for sale". Who buys them? What is wrong with them to pay money for this? Holden would have been better off slapping their badge on a 1990 toyota starlet and selling it in 2019.

The naming conventions are going to get really really complex. Going to need a scientific calculator to work out how many doors these vehicles will have.

Now Ive got me a bare 77m2 garage, it needs lining and some flooring (and benches etc). Primary purpose will be for my business, which needs some decent benches and a computer. Ideally not epoxy/paint/thin carpet to help with insulation sound deadening. But the real purpose will be for playing with toy cars on.... What are my options? I saw some cool garage floor puzzle piece tiles awhile back and now im looking Im struggling, anyone got any suggestions? Similar to these but werent these ones http://www.swisstrax.co.nz/ Ideally DIY install, I can see it costing a crapload otherwise.

*skate park.

Cheers, she's going to be a lot of work, serious doeruper but solidly built. Wouldve been a slick yuppie house back in late 80s though, going to have to get an E24 to match the decor

As soon as I figure out how to get them past the wife. Trust me, first thing I thought: theres enough room for a twin post

77m2, so big enough to have some fun in!

Bought me a big ass 2007 total span shed Also on property is a late 80s house.. that needs a lot of work... but check out my shed! No leaks!

There are a couple of cosworth mercs on tardme at the moment, look like an absolute bargain compared to E30 M3 prices.

^ Totally agreed. No matter which way you lean, the current political faces are vapid muppets. In other news, by chance drove past a place today by fluke, that by chance an agent was at. Deceased estate, another failed auction, nice area, massive garage(s)! and a big sections. Late 80s hardiplank/brick but high end of that style... building inspection is all thats standing in the way. Fingers crossed there are no gremlins hiding.

Its a very cool place, went on a tour there a few years ago, look on my face was the same When we were there it was all very much in the wind down phase though, so had an eeiry "the best that humanity has ever done use to happen here... but now it doesnt" sad vibe.

The 70+ year old ones are some of the better ones from what weve been looking at, better built and often better maintained. Some of the 2000's (even post 06 leakyhomegate) are just rubbish and some wont be standing in 10 more years!

Was having a yarn with some mates last night, maybe part of the solution would be something akin to WOF's for all houses for sale. Licensed building inspectors (not the rort that exists at the moment) who are legally required to inspect any house prior to it being listed. It could be given the equivalent of a japanese auction rating for its condition, or like the UK has with repaired vehicles, likely with some sort of scalar that takes into account age/construction etc. The inspector would also take into account compliance/title issues and make them very clearly part of the report. Something that steps over the estate agents nonsense, and either forces the owners to fix problems prior to sale, or to bring back to reality some of their expectations. It'd stop the market having so many problem houses listed, and would likely de-skew some of the pricing. For example a leaky building would be a "D" and the market would take that into account, where as a decent place with a higher grade would command more money.

Totally agree, it is possible if you have realistic expectations. Milking kiwisaver for all its worth and then being prepared to live in a cheap house in a cheap suburb for a few years. Its totally doable (thats what we did). This was in the herald a few weeks ago, its a BNZ ad... (for those that think the aussie banks are scum...). Advertising to first home buyers to get a million dollar mortgage

No offence taken at all, good discussion. I dont think people should sell at my price, however they should probably sell at the market price if they want to sell To be clear, we arent low balling /tyre kicking the market, we just dont want a damp dump for the price of 8 new M2 competitions No hurry to sell is the issue, they are, thats the problem, and likely wont drop below the crazy numbers in their heads due to what they paid as little as a year ago and now will leave in a worse financial position than where they started. Many (most?) of the places up in locations such as manukau heights are like this, and a bunch are leaky on top of that. Owners need quick sales, however likely cant pay their mortgage off at the price the market is prepared to pay for their properties.. Its been massively over inflated, and unless the economy suddenly manages to start paying more people 6 plus figures a year, its beyond unsustainable. Jacinda needs to pull finger!

Not waiting for a crash at all, its just market is totally stagnant, and many sellers still think they are riding the wave of a few years ago. The places that actually sell (at least in areas / price brackets we are looking) are selling below CV though, those that do go above are normally because the cv was probably on the "low" side to start with. In contrast, our "first home buyer" bracketed house we just sold went stupidly quickly for a decent return on capital value for what we paid. It was easy to sell. Attended an auction this evening, 12 odd potential buyers, 6 year old nice 5 bedroom place in a nice street, likeable/sellable place. RV was $1.1m. Auctioneer opened bidding, no one stood up, so placed a vendor bid at 900k, asked for 910k... and no one stood up. Waited a few minutes then came back with real estate agent saying they have just spoken to owner, reserve 1m, asked for 1.01m.... Nothing.

Problem is post last CV/RV valuations everyone has wickedly over inflated ideas of what their places are worth, so wont negotiate, so sh*t just sits on the market until they give up and rent it out or withdraw it

Currently they seem to be rolling with "Immaculately presented" which actual translates to : water running down behind the freshly bunnings paint soaked walls

Looked at 5 houses from trademe today, all circa 900k, all look nice in the ads, all in "nice" areas. Every single one was a mess of either unconsented additions, rotten roofs, leaks, bodge jobs. Its depressing...

Have been following Craig Lord, bit popularist and I havent seen any policies.. but he's an engineer and is pro-motorsport (and sanity) https://www.craiglord.nz/

Black sapphire metallic looks really good when its all shiny, lots of flecks. Mines covered in stone chips too.. Its a never ending game trying to solve it though.

The only thing Phils achieved is bumped up the price of house we just sold, as it was an actual real physical house for the same price as a kiwibuilt house Unfortunately, due to the above, now we have no house in 3 weeks, for wife, 3 year old, and 50 kg dog (and my business)