bravo

Deleted the member's account. Can't delete your PM's, so you'll have to do that yourselves. Hopefully that's the first and last.

HB el gusto! There seems to be one hell of a lot of birthdays this week. I can think of 8 people I know with birthdays this week. What is it about early October that encourages conception???

Thanks guys. Yeah I'm not one to advertise birthdays really - prefer quiet affairs with a few mates. Had to work yesterday which sucked, but having a bit of a do tonight, so should make up for it. Haven't been on here much recently - had Jury Service for the last week or so (long case), and been busy at work. But I'm still lurking!

2.8 stroker costs about the same for better result. Depending on how you plan to go about it of course.

You'll ideally want different cams on a turbo than a NA motor anyway. Please do some research (ie reading). You'll get a much better response if you ask intelligent, researched questions.

OT: Did you ever go for a blast in Andrei's FXGT up there Cliff?? We used to go up there and try and kill ourselves in it regularly. Leith Rally (Valley) Road was another favourite. Could get air over that bridge in the light wee 'rolla.

Bahaha - darwin award.

Bizarre

I stole those figures off a nz weather site.

If you wish to reconsider living in the frigid cold of Christchurch, you may wish to consider living in the picturesque Bay of Islands. I have a warehouse for rent with office space and a 2-bedroom flat on top in Haruru Falls, less than 5mins drive from the main swimming beach at Paihia. PM me if you're interested. Haruru Falls Paihia Beach Bay of Islands

Yeah, but what is "in moderation". In the past 12 months I've seen studies that say that red wine in moderation has proven health benefits. Same goes for coffee and chocolate. So I'm going to be a hyped-up, fat, drunk from now on - and don't any of you try to tell me I'm not healthy!

You'll find Christchurch cold. Average temp in summer is 12-22 Celsius (54-72 Fahrenheit). You get days that are warmer but these are averages. Max speed limit is 100km/h (62mph). Drivers routinely sit at around 105-110km/h. Anything above that risks being bait for Johnny Law. But.... we have some awesome driving roads where the bends are tight enough that you can't do the speed limit anyway. So I think you'll find that you'll be able to go and let your hair down on some back road when the mood takes you. Grant's an ex-pat kiwi who did the opposite of you and moved stateside. He has been fairly complimentary of your compatriots, so no need to be quite so defensive. Yep there are some douchebag yanks alright, but there are plenty salt-of-the-earth types too.

Yes. Plates must be manufactured by Licensys. Licensys will only manufacture plates for govt issue or if an order is initiated by plates.co.nz. If they aren't official plates, they are illegal. No ifs, buts, or maybes.

I'm a pilot. On Saturday night I usually try to get girls to show me their plumbing.

I'd want to check out how much/little the rear skirt's been butchered to get the towball on. Other wise tidy kit, nice rims, leather looks in good nick.

Have driven. Put a smile on my face. Was in good nick with most of the extras you want. Good luck man.

nice find

Suspension Tech, East Tamaki should be able to help you. I know they can get the seals for them, so presumably they can get the collars. Don't know of anyone in your town, sorry.

My gf wants one of these. You're not helping disaude her!

Agreed Cam. The assumption is that these type of investors do not make up the majority. Many of those are likely to have already been ejected through lack of equity and/or loss in income due to a slow rental market and possibly a drop in their main source of income as a result of the recession. Only those that were firmly grounded pre-recession (or are very lucky) would have survived relatively intact. Also, I have noticed somewhat of a plateau in prices over the past 1-2 months, or perhaps more telling - a drop in number of sales and an increase in median number of days on the market. I suspect some of this has to do with investors, who may be keen to increase their holdings while prices are fairly low, holding out until the release of the budget. Now that we see that in the most part, the viability of property as an investment vehicle has not changed, I'm looking forward to seeing a little more action, or at the very least a short-lived boost as those who were waiting, take the plunge.

And you didn't mention the lambos. Those number plates are horrific!

What bollocks. The only reason house prices will change is if the media make a song and dance over what are really very minor changes to taxation on rental investments. Many property investors already choose not to depreciate their buildings and will be unaffected. Depreciation on buildings in most cases is really only used to improve cashflow. As most property appreciates over time, when you sell it the IRD claws back all of the depreciation. Some people were using it like an interest free loan from the government. This will stop, but it won't make a blind bit of difference for most investors. Similarly with the changes to LAQC's. This has a slightly greater effect as a highly leveraged investor with no plans to make their investment an income asset (preferring to make use predominantly of capital gains) will not be able to use an LAQC to as great an effect as before. But once again, a large number of investors (the smart ones anyway) derive income from their property investments, and thus the LAQC model is still of use to them. I have investment property both in a LAQC and outside of one. Some property I depreciate, some I don't. Some paper-napkin maths tells me I will be more or less unaffected by the changes. Only the shifty investors or those in over their head will be affected in the most part. Basically if the ill-informed media shut their pie-holes, there should be little or no effect on property prices.

Go westy, go! I've dreamt of one of these since owning my first e30. I never dreamed that it would ever be created on BS. Go into limited production? I will buy one.

It may be free parking, but it certainly aint Maori Land or Maori-owned Land: Auckland City Council

A good set of tires works wonders.