Why Does NZ Get Better Cars Than Australia ?

[Qwerty321]

Originally Posted by BradEL

Actually heard a talk on radio about the taxes from our fuel prices, and the transport minister saying how much of it goes into roading upgrades and maintainence. Yes cheaper fuel is what everyone wants, but I was in Sydney for the all Ford day last year and was actually really surprised how much worse the roads were than over here.

Yea I'm fairly happy actually paying the petrol tax here cause it is used properly by the NZTA to maintain roads. Not like in aus where some 15% of the petrol tax revenue actually gets used to maintain roads and the rest just goes to prop up some liberal agenda somewhere no doubt

[mitelsx2000]

Originally Posted by Qwerty321

Yea I'm fairly happy actually paying the petrol tax here cause it is used properly by the NZTA to maintain roads. Not like in aus where some 15% of the petrol tax revenue actually gets used to maintain roads and the rest just goes to prop up some liberal agenda somewhere no doubt

Its a pitty our roads a pot holed goat tracks compared to Aussie roads

We are the only western nation which allows traffic lights on a motarway

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by mitelsx2000

Its a pitty our roads a pot holed goat tracks compared to Aussie roads

We are the only western nation which allows traffic lights on a motarway

Se qld roads are ratchet.... Unless it's a main motorway it's just patch on top of patch on top of patch

[Qwerty321]

Originally Posted by mitelsx2000

Its a pitty our roads a pot holed goat tracks compared to Aussie roads

We are the only western nation which allows traffic lights on a motarway

Ours roads are most definitely not pot holed. Yes it's all one lane each way highways outside the main cities, but they're well maintained ****** highways.

[MethodX]

Yeah kiwis get the Toyota Enema..... mega desirable

(ok I know its Emina)

[BradEL]

Originally Posted by MethodX

Yeah kiwis get the Toyota Enema..... mega desirable

(ok I know its Emina)

We are also privileged enough to get the Previa, Estima and Lucida variants, including the highly sought after "X Luxury" version with curtains and if your lucky a moon roof

[Qwerty321]

Originally Posted by BradEL

We are also privileged enough to get the Previa, Estima and Lucida variants, including the highly sought after "X Luxury" version with curtains and if your lucky a moon roof
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I love seeing the tricked out versions of these cars in south auckland, comic gold

god bless the south auckland swaggon wagons, may they forever grace us with their presence

[Vesper Martini]

Mostly imports in NZ, in Australia they called Tarago and cost 80K new
why is it Toyota Australia need to rename the cars.
Highlanders are Klugers etc
what the hell is a Kluger anyway?

[BradEL]

Originally Posted by Bevsta007

Mostly imports in NZ, in Australia they called Tarago and cost 80K new
why is it Toyota Australia need to rename the cars.
Highlanders are Klugers etc
what the hell is a Kluger anyway?

We get both Highlanders and klugers, no idea what a"Kluger" actually is but it's the import version of Highlander.
RunX, Auris and allex are jap names for corollas
Demio is a mazda 2, axela is mazda 3, atenza is mazda 6 and so on.

I do repairs for car dealers, out of which a huge amount are importers,so I'm pretty good at knowing what the various names are ect, but I often see customers at various places who don't realise the car there looking at is the same as a NZ New equivalent, can get a bit confusing especially when half the imports weren't available here new and half were but some of them under a different name.

[98TLS]

Originally Posted by BradEL

We are also privileged enough to get the Previa, Estima and Lucida variants, including the highly sought after "X Luxury" version with curtains and if your lucky a moon roof
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Fwiw many many moons ago i worked for Cable price Toyota up in Wellington,sold the first new Previa in the region cant remember the retail price but it was big bucks,few years later the imports flooded in and the thing was worth bugger all.Was at times an unpleasant time to be a car salesman ie having to explain to a bloke that the NZ new Toyota Cressida 2.8i that he paid huge dollars for a few years earlier was only going to fetch 8k as a trade on a new one because there was 5 up the road for under 10k,took people that had always bought new cars awhile to adjust to what the imports did to prices.

[ebv8]

10 years ago i stolled caryards in christchurch and found 2 door Version 5 STi's for $15k, i was so keen on shipping one over here but didn't have the funds

the inlaws had a nissan primera (big pulsar) and a toyota cielo (corolla seca liftback but with every option known to man)

[aussiblue]

And the Americans actually invented Pavola http://www.goodfood.com.au/good-food...10-gk5yv9.html

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by aussiblue

And the Americans actually invented Pavola http://www.goodfood.com.au/good-food...10-gk5yv9.html

Rubbish article - bad as a biased car review
I'm sure there were plenty of meringue cakes served with cream prior to the colonisation of both NZ & AUS . pretty simple to make
but they were never called Pavlova were they?

The Pavlova dessert is believed to have been created in honour of the dancer Anna Pavlova in Wellington during her tour of New Zealand and Australia in the 1920s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlova_(food)

[98TLS]

Originally Posted by ebv8

10 years ago i stolled caryards in christchurch and found 2 door Version 5 STi's for $15k, i was so keen on shipping one over here but didn't have the funds

the inlaws had a nissan primera (big pulsar) and a toyota cielo (corolla seca liftback but with every option known to man)

I owned 3 skylines last being an R32 GTR...at the time i owned mine i remember coming across an Aussie car mag similar to our Auto Trader and couldnt believe what the things were worth in Aus even a R32 GTST was huge $ over there.

[blackf6]

Originally Posted by nstg8a

Se qld roads are ratchet.... Unless it's a main motorway it's just patch on top of patch on top of patch

Do you get out around QLD much? SE QLD roads.

[smoo]

Originally Posted by nstg8a

It's really all the imports that make the car scene what it is. Evos, gtr's, cefiros, liberos, wrx, rx7s... All the cars that stand out a bit here are common over there.

This was true 10-15 years ago. Too bad all of these cars ended up in the hands of muppets who trashed them.

These days the lax used import laws are nothing to rave over. The large majority of imports are appliances on wheels that makes a Camry look good. These hideous JDM models not only have retarded names, they also look retarded, and funnily enough those who laid out their cash (or even worse, ticked up on low deposit) on these mobile road blocks have a driving style that match these retarded cars. If I had $1 every time one of these eyesores held me up while I'm driving a <45 tonne b train down the Kaikoura Coast, Lewis Pass, Desert Road, SH4 King Country I wouldn't need to work 70hr weeks.

[MAGPIE]

Originally Posted by aussiblue

And the Americans actually invented Pavola http://www.goodfood.com.au/good-food...10-gk5yv9.html

The Americans invented anything that suits them

[MAGPIE]

Originally Posted by smoo

This was true 10-15 years ago. Too bad all of these cars ended up in the hands of muppets who trashed them.

These days the lax used import laws are nothing to rave over. The large majority of imports are appliances on wheels that makes a Camry look good. These hideous JDM models not only have retarded names, they also look retarded, and funnily enough those who laid out their cash (or even worse, ticked up on low deposit) on these mobile road blocks have a driving style that match these retarded cars. If I had $1 every time one of these eyesores held me up while I'm driving a <45 tonne b train down the Kaikoura Coast, Lewis Pass, Desert Road, SH4 King Country I wouldn't need to work 70hr weeks.

Yep I was sat in the car waiting to board the ferry on Tuesday and was looking around at all the cars, my god there is some ***** on our roads. On the other hand though I just spent 3 weeks holidaying at Whangamata and omg the money tied up in cars there is just unbelievable, you name it, it was there.

[MAGPIE]

Originally Posted by castellan

Mitsubishi Lancer in NZ don't have the big 2.4L but only the little 2.0L

Yep we all lose sleep over here in NZ about not being able to purchase the BIG 2.4 Lancer

[BradEL]

Originally Posted by MAGPIE

Yep I was sat in the car waiting to board the ferry on Tuesday and was looking around at all the cars, my god there is some ***** on our roads. On the other hand though I just spent 3 weeks holidaying at Whangamata and omg the money tied up in cars there is just unbelievable, you name it, it was there.

Very end of March is the time to holiday in whangamata, then you see about the money tied up in cars

[MAGPIE]

Originally Posted by BradEL

Very end of March is the time to holiday in whangamata, then you see about the money tied up in cars

Yeah I've been holidaying there for 30 years but this year it just really struck me the number and quality of vehicles not to mention the other type of eye candy

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by BradEL

Very end of March is the time to holiday in whangamata, then you see about the money tied up in cars

Is that where they do the beach hop?

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by smoo

This was true 10-15 years ago. Too bad all of these cars ended up in the hands of muppets who trashed them.

These days the lax used import laws are nothing to rave over. The large majority of imports are appliances on wheels that makes a Camry look good. These hideous JDM models not only have retarded names, they also look retarded, and funnily enough those who laid out their cash (or even worse, ticked up on low deposit) on these mobile road blocks have a driving style that match these retarded cars. If I had $1 every time one of these eyesores held me up while I'm driving a <45 tonne b train down the Kaikoura Coast, Lewis Pass, Desert Road, SH4 King Country I wouldn't need to work 70hr weeks.

I haven't been home since 2009... That's sad if it's that bad these days.

[Qwerty321]

Originally Posted by smoo

This was true 10-15 years ago. Too bad all of these cars ended up in the hands of muppets who trashed them.

These days the lax used import laws are nothing to rave over. The large majority of imports are appliances on wheels that makes a Camry look good. These hideous JDM models not only have retarded names, they also look retarded, and funnily enough those who laid out their cash (or even worse, ticked up on low deposit) on these mobile road blocks have a driving style that match these retarded cars. If I had $1 every time one of these eyesores held me up while I'm driving a <45 tonne b train down the Kaikoura Coast, Lewis Pass, Desert Road, SH4 King Country I wouldn't need to work 70hr weeks.

Awww gummon, it's not that bad! Atleast the suby's are dirt cheap over here. And I find the worst drivers tend to be those driving the Remuera tractors. No no, tourists. Asian tourists are the single worst kind of driver to ever be on our roads, lord help you if your driving on the opposing lane and one's coming for you

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by MAGPIE

Yeah I've been holidaying there for 30 years but this year it just really struck me the number and quality of vehicles not to mention the other type of eye candy

mmm I've been holidaying there for 30 years too. Its certainly become a lot posher, but so have a lot of aussie destinations

[MAGPIE]

Originally Posted by nstg8a

Is that where they do the beach hop?

Yep that was what Brad was alluding to.

[castellan]

Originally Posted by Bevsta007

do they have the 2.0T & 1.8D, as that would cover any need for a 2.4

I don't think NZ get them.

It's funny how the market sells one thing here and another in another nation and another in another place, but they must know best the markets.

The big block 2.4L 4 cyl is the best.
Driving my mum home on the highway I over took a car and she said what did you do ? that sure is the safe way to overtake.
I was like what ? I just went back to 3rd gear at 90km/h. Power !!

[fordmfp]

Where I think we really benefit is how we can get pretty much anything certified on the roads here from a modified classic to a ground up custom built car, There is a guy that has just cut the floor out of a XY and fitted it to a EF V8 chassis and it's legal. My XA is low, big wide wheels, pretty loud and cops wave and give me the thumbs up lol We are very lucky in our car scene to have the freedoms we have

[aussiblue]

Yep we all lose sleep over here in NZ about not being able to purchase the BIG 2.4 Lancer

I just lose sleep over thinking there is even the remotest evidence that the Kiwis invented Pavolva. :-)

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by castellan

I don't think NZ get them.

It's funny how the market sells one thing here and another in another nation and another in another place, but they must know best the markets.

The big block 2.4L 4 cyl is the best.
Driving my mum home on the highway I over took a car and she said what did you do ? that sure is the safe way to overtake.
I was like what ? I just went back to 3rd gear at 90km/h. Power !!

It's that mentality that caused the manufacturers to give Australia unique models.

They many not be as powerful, but bigger motor must be better right?

Think the Nissan pintara, was a bluebird anywhere else but in Aus it got lumbered with that boat anchor of a 2.4, where as overseas markets got the sr20.

Same as the sigma, Aus hipo model got the 2.6, admittedly not a bad motor for a big low tech donk, but other markets got the 4g63..

Where it worked well was IMO the British stuff, you guys got the 2.0l escorts, six cylinder cortinas etc.