Sure is. Those trees are real close. We did have one of our pro drivers, Owen Evans, crash his Porsche there attempting a speed record a few years back. Very nearly died.
PS. That huge forest is hand sown. Done in the '30's as a depression make work scheme.
I think I get it. He wants the real mechanical sound of the engine working. Which is fine if you have a great sounding engine aka 6's 8's 10's and 12's. Most sound great, but most modern exhaust notes sound crap. I think a great sounding engine is one where you can tell what it is. Not the...
This may interest some of you. It has got Shelby's in it.
It's on a public forestry road 80kms south of me. This definitely not Bonneville, check out the road.
I topped out my '87 325i there 30 years ago at 210kmh, and the road was not closed. :devil:
Fastest car - 321 kmh, bike - 369kmh. Note...
It's interesting how antisocial smoking has become here in the 20 or so years since we banned it in bars, restaurants and stuff. If someone lights up outside, even if they're 10 metres away, you can still smell it. Back in the day it was just another component of air.
We looked at a house for...
I was looking for an onboard jack in case I had to get a wheel off the ground to use dog turd plugs.
Looked everywhere, nothing was quite right, then I found the perfect thing in my wifes car. Factory VW scissor jack. It'll do in a pinch.
Geddit? Pinch
My Makita battery pressure washer can draw water from a container and is perfect for using osmosis water.
They're actually useful for light cleaning when you don't want to faff around with Karchers and such.
As long as it doesn't die the morning you're setting off on an interisland house move, with two carloads of household goods, the fob doesn't work, you can't remember the manual opening system and the manual's locked in the car.
St Google to the rescue.
Spreadsheet here too. I had so much suspension tuning info and other stuff on my bikes I had to devise somewhere to store it with easy access.
All the other cars have gone on speadsheets too.
Possibly true. We did not target particular brands or models of cars. Boi Racer cars did get attention, and exotics were always speeding.
But personalised plates have a downside, a phrase is much easier to remember than three digits and three letters. Excpet for one of the first plates issued...
Luckily we have a cheap Consumer Disputes Tribunal which hears cases up to $NZ60,000. No lawyers, just claimant and defendant.
It's been useful to me a few times.
I couldn't believe this, after my post about my wife giving up her manual Toyota.
Her-I like those Abarth 695's
Me - because they're cute?
Her - no, because they're crazy.
Me - Has to be manual, autos are crap.
Two days later.
Her - Those Abarths are really cool, and pricing is really good.
Me -...
Yes, of course it has to be contested in court. Then they have to prove you were the cause of the failure. And, if your system is similar to the Westminster civil system, the decision is on the balance of probabilities.