kwhelan

clear the codes, they might not come back, lots of bogus faults like that, its only the recurring ones that need attention

I was promised these back when I was a kid, mechanics need to up their game

true, my sons went through those years where you built up a nostalgia because you lived and breathed cars with skylines, impressas etc whereas mine was rx3, bmw, ,mitsi gto's kids now at that age seem to prefer lowered old jap utes so there is still a bit of passion there which I quite admire. they were crap vehicles new so it takes a bit of passion to bother with one now, funny the utes are around in bigger numbers and better condition that impressas/skylines are

same for everything though isn't it, washing machines for example, a few power glitches or damp circuit board and $900 to repair, didn't happen when you just turned a knob now they have digital screens and processors, mates newish fridge after a power cut while it was doing a defrost cycle "apparantly:, now blows the circuit breaker of the house, $600 fixed it though yay

not sure its planned obsolescence but strict laws causing compromises. Would they really use all that recycled plastic in water tanks and fittings if they didn't have to. plastic water pumps and fans, wtf is that bullshit, Fuel economies have caused lightening of every part in a vehicle which funnily because of all the new tech added the car ends up heavier than it ever was anyway. I remember reading a Porsche 928 ad when I was a young fan and they were boasting 41 electric motors back then, more weight,more speed means more hp required which means more stresses on everything, my old rx2 didn't need bigger tyres than 195 because it was light,e60 v8 sure needs bigger so thats more stresses all around constantly. safety has added complexity, abs , cameras for lane detection etc, led lights sure they look cool but they arn't a case of unplugging a simple plug and changing a bulb costs here as well, I think germans do a lot more maintenance on their bmws because parts are cheaper, only people doing suspension bushes here are ones that fail warrants but over there its just maintenance along with shocks etc. I think they expect owners to do that,eg when you look at the new service schedules it includes things like full brake fluid changes, How many kiwis ever do that to their ride. At least bmws do supply parts for older models, you don't get that with alot of japanese brands your stating the obvious really and thats the arguement of every v8 loving american muscle car lover

check the date, some of them sit on the shelf too long

as long as you enjoy doing it and your not living on bread and sausages who cares, its healthier than spending it on P

your obviously a perfectionist who enjoys this sort of work/play but arn't you concerned with how much extra cost and work, Genuinely I'd be too scared to drive/leave it anywhere. I f some muppet dings it you can always get a new car but I just can't understand how much time and effort you would lose. I guess its no different to a custom hotrod but this is a daily driver that is at the mercy of joe public really. Not sure I'd sleep at night. Can you even insure this at the level of work and hidden costs that have gone into it?

its almost as if the news has an agenda rather than mirroring what people think or want, lucky we have such good journos here/sarc

clear choice, only 5.7% voted,bloody greens

think the resale depreciation will be bigger on electric,well it is in Hawkes Bay in fact bayswater who own the majority of dealerships locally refuse to buy back an electric on to their yard, salesman friend quoted a vehicle that cost 60k worth 20k as a trade at 12 moths old, ouch

this should be compulsory viewing, at 2% of the fleet now but what happens when its 20%, imagine on the cook straight ferry

yeah the signal has been converted and compressed a/d and back multiple times before it made it to your source say a cd which is only 44 anyway. quality of the dac in the player does make a difference but funnily not so much in the ripping process because ripping does multiple passes until it basically has the full spectrum covered where playback just gets the one pass of the data flac being 32bit 96k is higher than the original source cd was recorded to begin with pedal builds are so interesting and such a rabbit hole, good money to be made too and the vintage market has made old stuff worth moonbeams now but argueing over the sound of different caps is a bit OTT for me Dsp makes sense in a car for sure you can hardly run nice warm tubes, I think Ai will soon take all this hassle away and mix/eq things live, when you think it can now pull the originals stems out of a finished track perfectly then mixing and eq is going to be a breeze