Jacko

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)

The rest of the car, thing is amazing.

/RANT People who do additions to their houses without council consent. People who build houses and dont get them surveyed and therefore dont get a title. People who build houses that leak. People who do the above and expect to sell them and make money on their "investments" Councils who dish out R.V with a random number generator x10 /ENDRANT Seriously, there is no housing crisis in Auckland. There are heaps of houses for sale, its just they're either a regulatory clusterfudge or people are wanting stupid amounts of money for them (as thats what happened in the past), or both. Councils are half the problem in both regards.

Wipers stopped working in all modes, restarted car and they are back working again. Im guessing relay, maybe motor? Anyone come across this one before, it doesnt appear to be well documented.

Hit up Tim at TTT Auto, ask for the supersecret special sauce AE101/111 suspension setup. It was something like dobi springs and kyb shocks, but its not the standard kit (wasnt expensive either). Is a mix match front and rear from memory. Works awesome. https://www.tttauto.co.nz/ Mine had AMAZING bump steer prior to changing it, it was like being able to do a Scandinavian flick.. but it did it all by itself

Michael Hill gearing up for the zombie apocalypse?

Awesome. BZ Tourings are heaps of fun ( and appreciating ), 20V 4AGEs are genuinely entertaining, engines to beat on I sold mine last year, just before I sold it I did the springs and shocks in a custom combo recommended by a mate, went from hilariously bad handling to genuinely impressive!

Thought exactly the same thing... B58 is a crate engine?

Other than that dent likely be cheap to fix too.

I paid $1100 for 4 235/35/19s RE003s a few months. Tonys Tyre Service.

RE003s, bang for buck winners.

Plenty of overvalued houses selling in Auckland for less than they were purchased for a year ago, all in the 900k+ bracket, whereas everything "first home buyer" friendly price range is still selling fast. I guess it depends greatly on what you buy and where to if property is actually an investment, spending 900k on E30s a few years ago wouldve have got a you a good return now

Wheres all the power going? Is there some horrendously inefficient regulator in there? I imagine all the internals are at 3.3v and using mA's of power. 350W seems like madness?

Buying and selling at the moment, goes unconditional tomorrow... (fingers crossed... lots of garage and workshop ) banks are finicky at the moment. 5 years ago they were happy to throw money at us for first home, now they are crossing i's and dotting t's much more seriously, and even having more of a cash deposit can make the difference between an offer being accepted or not. If you want a mortgage broker who is a legit good guy hollah, have a guy from Mike Pero who rate really highly.

Turned a pheasant into an amazing golden feathered firework on Old Taupo Road. Poooompaaah! Also.. Old Taupo Road

Why sell it?

What is the upgraded suspension?