Do the the fluffy dice help increase speed as well, or are they a roadholding
device Pete?

Simon

Do the the fluffy dice help increase speed as well, or are they a roadholding
device Pete?

Simon

I'm coming down from Auckland to New Plymouth next week on business and hoping the weather will be good enough to enjoy the roads around Taranaki. Plan is to arrive Tuesday evening, do a business lunch on Wednesday then head east-ish along the most interesting roads. No plan where to stay Wed night ...

40mpg sounds very high - I seem to get about 32.5 in a 1.8 NA, but it could be my mathematically-challenged conversion ability. Or it could be that the car needs cleaning out. What's the norm? Speaking as a North Shore person, I have to say that the immediate response of a colleague to the bridge to...

40mpg sounds very high - I seem to get about 32.5 in a 1.8 NA, but it could be my mathematically-challenged conversion ability. Or it could be that the car needs cleaning out. What's the norm? Speaking as a North Shore person, I have to say that the immediate response of a colleague to the bridge to...

I think the level of resistance depends on how far open the widow is...

(apologies, Karl, I couldn't resist it)
Simon

My favourite moment with the Harrier was when it made an appearance to the crowd at the British GP at Brands Hatch in around 1986. It flew over, reversed, stopped, bowed to the crowd and then took off vertically. During the process, it set off an estimated 22,000 noise-sensitive car alarms in the ca...

My favourite moment with the Harrier was when it made an appearance to the crowd at the British GP at Brands Hatch in around 1986. It flew over, reversed, stopped, bowed to the crowd and then took off vertically. During the process, it set off an estimated 22,000 noise-sensitive car alarms in the ca...

Fascinating to see how fast the urge to personalise an MX5 comes upon people - another indication that Mazda have got it right with the NC. Still haven't driven one but I got to sit in an NC for the first time at the Kumeu Show last weekend. Not mad keen on the high bonnet and found the roll hoops m...

Fascinating to see how fast the urge to personalise an MX5 comes upon people - another indication that Mazda have got it right with the NC. Still haven't driven one but I got to sit in an NC for the first time at the Kumeu Show last weekend. Not mad keen on the high bonnet and found the roll hoops m...

Oh I do love a heated discussion...

Simon

Oh I do love a heated discussion...

Simon

As you say, Eric, the brain plays tricks. I was once a passenger in a Cobra replica (with nitro!) in England doing a strictly legal 70mph up a dual carriageway towards London. A lady in a Fiesta turned right on to the carriageway in front of us just where the road narrowed and there was nowhere to g...

As you say, Eric, the brain plays tricks. I was once a passenger in a Cobra replica (with nitro!) in England doing a strictly legal 70mph up a dual carriageway towards London. A lady in a Fiesta turned right on to the carriageway in front of us just where the road narrowed and there was nowhere to g...

You know, Dave, I have seen people buy businesses and invest their life savings and their future careers who take less care than you are taking in buying a car - congratulations! I haven't got the faintest idea as to the answers to your questions but someone on this list will have. As a former Lord ...

Having seen the Herald story, I'm glad we heard your version first, Eric!

Simon

Having seen the Herald story, I'm glad we heard your version first, Eric!

Simon

Hmmm - using a a few of my own brain cells, I note your interest in
pornography - the case was the famous Lady Chatterly hearing in the early 60s,
wasn't it, Eric? Or was that only famous for the question "Is this a book you
would let your servants read?"

Simon

Hmmm - using a a few of my own brain cells, I note your interest in
pornography - the case was the famous Lady Chatterly hearing in the early 60s,
wasn't it, Eric? Or was that only famous for the question "Is this a book you
would let your servants read?"

Simon

Couldn't you argue that you are required to stay a safe stopping distance behind a vehicle in the event of its doing a normal straight-line emergency stop? A vehicle which goes into a spin or half spin and thereby stops within the normal stopping distance might be viewed as being akin to an object c...

Couldn't you argue that you are required to stay a safe stopping distance behind a vehicle in the event of its doing a normal straight-line emergency stop? A vehicle which goes into a spin or half spin and thereby stops within the normal stopping distance might be viewed as being akin to an object c...

Aero X from Saab (No MX5 Content)Shades of the Stratos. Rather fun - but what will GM do to it before it gets near the road? The last SAAB my brother owned a couple of years ago needed a new engine after 6000 miles. And while an aircraft canopy works upside down in an emergency because there's air u...

Historical note: taking the road fund licence revenue into the consolidated fund was first done by Winston Churchill in the UK. Other governments have copied. I don't think there's a hope in hell of changing this established practice but it's always worth making a noise. Mark, I support the intent o...

Very valid comments, Chris. I didn't say all foreigners, I said the majority, and I still believe that to be true as we have a high percentage of European tourists in the self-drive category. At the moment, Korean and Chinese tourists - as opposed to residents - would not generally be self-drivers. ...

If I might venture an opinion as a foreigner who chose to be a Kiwi some 15 years ago and would never consider going back... The majority of foreign tourists are better-trained (usually formally-trained) drivers than the majority of New Zealanders. However, they are trained in their own local condit...