Eagle 1702 Report post Posted January 18, 2024 2 hours ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said: There has been much talk of emissions testing as part of the WoF for a long time, and for a while it did sound like they were going to get serious about it. But like a lot of things it seems to have gone onto the back burner I reckon even if they did it that you'd just end with numerous WOF places just passing\making up results anyway, just like they do for smoke tests which these vehicles would clearly fail. Cant see the enforcement side of it being very effective either. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kwhelan 242 Report post Posted January 18, 2024 1 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kwhelan 242 Report post Posted January 24, 2024 this should be compulsory viewing, at 2% of the fleet now but what happens when its 20%, imagine on the cook straight ferry 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko 2185 Report post Posted March 12, 2024 Rant... 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko 2185 Report post Posted March 12, 2024 Win! 13 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2971 Report post Posted May 22, 2024 Mmm, heated steering wheel for these cold mornings! Yes I am officially a soft JAFA now. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2971 Report post Posted July 2, 2024 Any day with a parts delivery is a good day… .. but when it’s the M3 panel you’ve been waiting for it is “choice bro” for sure! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjm 3276 Report post Posted July 24, 2024 After a lot of searching I found the info I was looking for. Not on a forum, or a Facebook page, but in an official NZTA document. "It is permitted to replace a complete halogen headlamp unit with a complete HID or LED headlamp unit. If the vehicle is required to meet an approved safety standard for headlamps, only approved headlamps can be retrofitted." That's all I needed. Had no plans to use a drop-in bulb or similar - do the job properly or not at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2971 Report post Posted September 6, 2024 EV company car for the win! Zero fuel bill, RUCs paid. Also next to no brake dust as regen braking is used 99% of the time for single pedal driving (wonder what old 3pedals would have to say about that) so don’t have to clean alloys that often. Amongst other things 😜 2 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2125 Report post Posted November 26, 2024 Non car things over the weekend. Small bikes instead. Massive amount of fun. Syds Run 2024 in Christchurch. A charity run for leukemia in the name of the guy who started this event. Syd. 560 odd scooters and small CC bikes. I've been two years in a row now. Syds 100th Birthday (RIP) would have been next year. They reckon there is going to well over 600 bikes this time. Buy a sh*t bike, chuck on your battle jacket and join the fun. Live your Pest Life. I have a 1978 Yamaha Chappy LB80 which is a laugh. 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allanw 1073 Report post Posted December 1, 2024 I can smell the 2-stroke fumes through my screen 😁 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2125 Report post Posted December 3, 2024 On 12/1/2024 at 6:14 PM, Allanw said: I can smell the 2-stroke fumes through my screen 😁 I don't think my riding gear will ever not smell of it after that run. They have announced next years run and it should be huge. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twistee 477 Report post Posted January 6 Routine daddy daughter time at Western Springs, because motorsport memories are awesome 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neal 553 Report post Posted January 6 On 11/26/2024 at 10:00 PM, Driftit said: Non car things over the weekend. Small bikes instead. Massive amount of fun. Syds Run 2024 in Christchurch. A charity run for leukemia in the name of the guy who started this event. Syd. 560 odd scooters and small CC bikes. I've been two years in a row now. Syds 100th Birthday (RIP) would have been next year. They reckon there is going to well over 600 bikes this time. Buy a sh*t bike, chuck on your battle jacket and join the fun. Live your Pest Life. I have a 1978 Yamaha Chappy LB80 which is a laugh. Know what you mean with small bikes. Wife had a bucket bike when I met her. Basically a cheap low cc bike for organised car park racing. Don’t need to be doing 737 take off speeds to have a good time 😀 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nath 146 Report post Posted January 8 Got a toot, wave and a 👌 from a Jaguar driver who pulled alongside me on the motorway when I was taking the Alpina for breakfast today, feel good moment! 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko 2185 Report post Posted February 7 (edited) Came off the mountain bike 1 week ago, to the hour, at Redwoods in Vegas down a grade 5. f**ked up a drop, ended up going over the bars and headfirst into the ground. Full face helmet exploded, I remember sliding along dirt and tasting it with my body ragdolling behind my neck. It wasn't a nice feeling. Once came to a stop was on my back and staring up at the tree canopy. Can I feel my toes? Yes. Thanks f**k. Can I move my fingers? Yes. Thank f**k. Can I Breathe.... Yesss... THONK(Owwww). Can I get up? No. Things are crunchy. Rescue medics came pretty quick and stabilised my spine, was thrown onto a stretcher and 6 people lifted my ass out of the forrest and into a ute. Ute met ambulance who took me to Rotorua A&E. Xrays and CT scans, quickly reviewed. Multiple broken vertebrae, sternum is broken in multiple places (I over heard the CT tech says "f**k I bet that stings" ). Due to how smashed sternum is, and the amount of force required to do it, they were worried that my squishy important innards took a beating. so got 2x ECGs which showed normal cardio activity. Rotorua then ordered my ass a helicopter, which flew me (wrapped up like a burrito) to middlemore emergency (who have the best spinal unit in country). 4 more X-rays, two more CTs, cardio ultrasounds and ECGs. Alll damage is structural! I have broken 4 vertebrae (C1, T5, T6, T7... so essentially i folded into a staple shape....) No neurological damage, no spinal damage, no cardio damage. 4 days after nearly ending myself I became vertical for first time and got to see something other than ceilings.. catheter then comes out (which took 3 people and me biting on a rolled up towel, the f**ken pain was unreal). The next day Im walking around. I can feed myself. I can wash myself. I can go to the toilet. 7 days after coming within millimeters of the edge, I've been discharged and am at home with my family. I owe a lot to the rescue and medical professionals, and to the engineer who designed my helmet. Will be at least 6 weeks until am out of brace, and then can think about driving again... but Im pretty sure I just won the lottery. Edited February 7 by Jacko 15 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deedub 57 Report post Posted February 7 Wow. Good to hear you've come through it. I had a similar experience some years back now. Helmet was probably the only reason I'm around today as well. All the best with the recovery. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neal 553 Report post Posted February 7 Great you see the positive out of it with how the medical team worked to stabilise you. There are some phenomenal people that fix us up when we get broken. One of those life events, happy to have survived …. But fu$k, that was a bit close. Speedy and progressive recovery. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elias 281 Report post Posted February 7 Glad to see you’re recovering, I ride bikes as well and can only imagine how gnarly that crash must’ve been. Recently had to carry my mate to a helicopter in a stretcher at the top of coronet peak in Queenstown, never a fun time. Wishing you a speedy recovery! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Palazzo 486 Report post Posted February 7 That’s a great effort. Great that you got all the right care too. Hope you recover well. I’ll just add this, imagine having the catheter in for 14 days. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko 2185 Report post Posted February 7 8 minutes ago, Palazzo said: That’s a great effort. Great that you got all the right care too. Hope you recover well. I’ll just add this, imagine having the catheter in for 14 days. I had to go back to A&E last night, to get nut antibiotics.... either my balls are so big from sending dangerous sh*t on the bike, or that catheter went really really wrong. I would genuinely rather piss myself than have one of them again. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gofaster 101 Report post Posted February 8 Speedy recovery Chris. Best I could do was collide with a tree, some say there may have been neurological damage prior Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Palazzo 486 Report post Posted February 8 13 hours ago, Jacko said: I had to go back to A&E last night, to get nut antibiotics.... either my balls are so big from sending dangerous sh*t on the bike, or that catheter went really really wrong. I would genuinely rather piss myself than have one of them again. Ditto. f**king awful things. Get well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2125 Report post Posted February 9 Wow amazing. All the best for the recovery. I hope you find a safer sport. Can I suggest motorsport excluding rally as your still have a high chance of going end of end in rally. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
