Driftit 2215 Report post Posted March 26 Oh what did I miss? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko 2265 Report post Posted March 26 56 minutes ago, Driftit said: Oh what did I miss? Breaking news, you may not be aware, but, N52s leak oil. 1 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vass 1059 Report post Posted March 26 Discovered some numpties had tried breaking into my poor little Swift over the weekend. Hadn't driven it since Friday morning and only discovered the damaged glass Monday evening. No idea what they were trying to do, almost as if trying to pry the glass out from the bottom, also left a scratch down the door and door handle. Something must have stopped them at the last moment (or maybe just noticed that it's a manual...) as they never gained entry. Only needed a wee push of a finger and the glass shattered into pieces. Absolutely nothing of value inside the car so not sure what the point of it was. Lucky that the quarter glass just slides in and is wedged in the frame and isn't glued/bonded in like on BMW's. Quick trip to pick-a-part, $55 and less than an hour of tinkering later she was back in one piece. Was told at check out that I was far from the first one that day to be after a quarter glass. Sign of the times. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3414 Report post Posted March 26 they might have been seeking your quarter glass, stopped when they realised they'd f@#ked it. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KwS 2448 Report post Posted March 26 Thats the latest method of breaking the glass to gain entry, using a screwdriver in the frame/seal to break the glass where its weakest, on the edge. It really pisses me off because it usually causes damage to the seal and/or frame, particularly when they do it to front door windows. This method sort of popped up out of nowhere about 2 years ago, so i suspect it was shared on tiktok or something and its what the kiddies are using. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deedub 134 Report post Posted March 26 That was done to my in-laws car when they visited last year. They actually got away with the car though. We found it ditched. Luckily it was still in good condition. Needed a new ignition barrel and that rear quarter fixed. The kids these days can't drive manual so maybe that's why they left yours alone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KwS 2448 Report post Posted March 27 9 hours ago, deedub said: That was done to my in-laws car when they visited last year. They actually got away with the car though. We found it ditched. Luckily it was still in good condition. Needed a new ignition barrel and that rear quarter fixed. The kids these days can't drive manual so maybe that's why they left yours alone. Doesn't stop them breaking into them, and vandalising the interior when they can't drive off with it. Happens a lot with NZ New cars that have immobilisers, they tear the ignition to bits, find they can't hotwire it, and start smashing headunits, gauges, cutting seats and headlinings, dumb stuff thats a real pain to replace. Little shits need a damn good smack. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3414 Report post Posted March 27 kids of today, not an honest elbow through the glass. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3414 Report post Posted March 27 (edited) On 3/2/2025 at 6:57 PM, Jacko said: I think this might be peak "trying so desperately hard to be cool" Fake plastic Wilwoods (in Manukau) wow. if you're going make a gram account for your car, print up stickers... surely you'd want to have some decent photos? Jesus wept. https://www.instagram.com/the_s1l3nt_tesla/ Edited March 27 by Olaf formatting the inset pic 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2215 Report post Posted March 27 On 3/26/2025 at 8:18 PM, Jacko said: Breaking news, you may not be aware, but, N52s leak oil. I am incredibly aware of this unfortunately. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2215 Report post Posted April 6 I ordered something from Chch on the 1st of April. Picked up by NZC on the 2nd. In transit. No further info. Still not seen it. I ordered something from Estonia on the 29th of March. It updated me every step of the way. It was waiting for me at work this morning. Are we spoiled by great world wide shipping? Or does NZ have absolute crap service and I should be more patient? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MD13 554 Report post Posted April 7 Think NZ couriers are sh*t. Ordered 3 things: One from wellington, one from CHCH and one from Highland park Auckland. I'm in Browns Bay. Wellington was next day. CHCH took 3 days. Highland park was just over a week... Pass the parcel. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elias 404 Report post Posted April 7 1 hour ago, MD13 said: Think NZ couriers are sh*t. Ordered 3 things: One from wellington, one from CHCH and one from Highland park Auckland. I'm in Browns Bay. Wellington was next day. CHCH took 3 days. Highland park was just over a week... Pass the parcel. Yep it’s unreal, within Auckland is painfully slow. Over ordered stuff from the states that arrived in 3 days, regularly takes well over a week within Auckland Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko 2265 Report post Posted June 1 The price of basic car cleaning products right now, wtaf... $70 for wheel cleaner? $60 for carwash? Someone in the supply chain is making an absolute killing. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2215 Report post Posted June 2 (edited) On 6/1/2025 at 2:08 PM, Jacko said: The price of basic car cleaning products right now, wtaf... $70 for wheel cleaner? $60 for carwash? Someone in the supply chain is making an absolute killing. Supercheap will price match Amazon.com.au prices for identical products. Example: Autoglym polar blast 2.5L on amazon = $31.83NZD The same product from Supercheapauto in NZ not on special is $75...... On special it is still $55.90 Supercheap and Repco are just taking the piss now. Edited June 2 by Driftit 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twistee 500 Report post Posted July 6 I bought my wife a Google Pixel as I have run them for years and really like the image /video quality, every f*king picture she takes looks like some 80's soft focus soap opera as the lenses are just caked in who knows what. Pretty sure if I'd bought her a potato it would have the same outcome (no offence potatoes, you are delicious ) . I know, first world problems...... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2215 Report post Posted Tuesday at 01:22 AM On 7/6/2025 at 4:39 PM, Twistee said: I bought my wife a Google Pixel as I have run them for years and really like the image /video quality, every f*king picture she takes looks like some 80's soft focus soap opera as the lenses are just caked in who knows what. Pretty sure if I'd bought her a potato it would have the same outcome (no offence potatoes, you are delicious ) . I know, first world problems...... Phones have not impressed me since about 2016. I just went from a work supplied Samsung S21 to a S25. I noticed near no changes. Maybe the UI is a little more annoying? Meh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2215 Report post Posted Tuesday at 01:31 AM Don't go for the mystery rental car at Budget. Was meant to be "Something" that had at least 4 doors and 5 seats. In my mind anything that had that combo would be okay to take to the coromandel for the weekend. They gave me a 8 seater Van.. A clapped one too. No way was I driving that absolute turd over the ranges. So paid extra for a Yaris Cross thing. Don't go for the Yaris Cross thing from Budget. Full of tech that barely works. I spent the entire trip fighting the lane assist. Which struggled the entire trip even on the motorway. Able to turn the beep off but the auto steering was locked out. Cruise control was so jerky trying to keep to the set speed it made my wife feel sick. Just not a nice handling car at all. 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MD13 554 Report post Posted Tuesday at 03:14 AM I do wonder about all the electronic driver aid sh*t in cars produced these days... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treone 679 Report post Posted Tuesday at 03:15 AM @Driftit but was it a step up from the 8 seater lol 🤣 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2215 Report post Posted Tuesday at 03:42 AM (edited) 27 minutes ago, treone said: @Driftit but was it a step up from the 8 seater lol 🤣 I think the Van would have been the better option in the end. The lane assist on the Yaris was actually taxing. I had had enough of driving it by the time we got back to the airport on Sunday. Just the constant adjustments it tries to make to your steering. Always attempting to place you in the center of the lane even if it doesn't make sense. It kind of made the entire drive twitchy. My wife doesn't usually get motion sickness but she was getting it with this car. I actually googled if this was common. AI told me it is. Yes, some Toyota Yaris Cross owners find the Lane Keep Assist (LKA) or Lane Departure Alert (LDA) system to be overly sensitive or aggressive. This can manifest as the system providing excessive steering input or beeping when the driver is intentionally or unintentionally drifting within the lane. Fortunately, the system can be adjusted or disabled through the vehicle's settings. Edited Tuesday at 03:42 AM by Driftit 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4139 Report post Posted Tuesday at 04:43 AM Lane assist and stop/start were the first two things I coded out of the M2, utterly useless, and grade 10 annoying. Even in a "drivers" car they're terrible, and entirely unnecessary, lane assist at least makes drivers dumber, not better, just like blind spot warning. Don't start me on the interlocks that prevent normal things, like not being able to lock the vehicle if you turn it off in neutral... and not being able to use residual pressure to engage a gear without restarting the engine. 😡 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle 1776 Report post Posted Tuesday at 07:17 AM Try putting some of these cars on a hoist when it automatically goes into park when you open the door. A mechanical key for ignition usually coincides with the lack of bs in general. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allanw 1080 Report post Posted Tuesday at 07:34 AM NO WAY would I have expected a Yaris of any kind to be better than the van 🤣 As long as the van wasn't a Toyota! Every Toyota I've had (all work cars!, never owned one, myself) feel like they're about 15 years behind the clapped out old euros I've owned. Toyota can't even make a car where the front and rear suspension feel like they're from the same car. While driving a 2019 / 85K Corolla in Wellington a few years back... I found myself continually yearning for my mrs clapped out 2006 VW Touran 2.0 with 280K kms on it. The VW would have done EVERYTHING better, except economy. The rental guy looked pissed, when I told him it was "fine", just as sh*t as I'd expect from a Toyota. The trans was forever in the wrong gear - it was either doing 1800 RPM, or 6000. "Sport" mode meant it was just as slow, but it would drive the revs up to 4000 as you stopped, but it would still die on every hill. It would hold onto a high gear, until it was so slow, you needed 6000 RPM to get back to the speed of everyone else. It would hold on, until you ended up with your foot hard down, then try to go to max RPM, while Nanas in their Hinda Jazz were cruising past you. The boot was smaller than the storage cubbies in the VW. It made a horrible buzz at anything over 3000 RPM. The SatNav told you to turn just AFTER every intersection. We nearly had accidents, from flooring it and (wrongly) expecting some acceleration, when I was in the wrong lane on the motorway or trying to match speeds of other lanes etc. I ended up using manual mode on the trans and just keeping it between 4000 and 6000, unless it was flat and straight... and even then, the CVT would decide what the RPM should be in any "gear" and not do the same thing every time. Then there was the "steering"... Horrid things. Dull as f**k. Possibly reliable, but I'd rather die early, or be in debt longer, than own one 🤣 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4139 Report post Posted Tuesday at 07:45 AM To be honest, the GR Yaris is probably the most fun car I've driven since my 6.5 (TME) Evo back in the day. But I didn't own the Yaris so I have no idea what that's like. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
