TradeMe car thread

[Kiwi Carguy]

www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Specialist-cars/Competition-cars/photos/a-76062327/p-29595701.htm

[Kiwi XTR2]

Izza said:

www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=53532470&key=170144

Never been a real fan of Nobles . . . must be roof envy

What are the red buttons for? Is the "6 Speed Getrag Manual" an electronic sequential?

[kylie]

They are awesome handling cars. The first one he had I went for a blat round Puke with him and he was using gear shifter not the buttons. Not sure how this one is set up. Looks like you could use both?

My choice would be the Aspen white Exige S. Never been a fan of white cars but looks the business here.
www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Lotus/auction-70451752.htm

[Esprit]

Kiwi XTR2 said:

Izza said:

www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=53532470&key=170144

Never been a real fan of Nobles . . . must be roof envy

What are the red buttons for? Is the "6 Speed Getrag Manual" an electronic sequential?

Red buttons are the horn buttons... nothing interesting... gearbox is just a standard H-shift.

[Kiwi XTR2]

Esprit said:

Red buttons are the horn buttons... nothing interesting... gearbox is just a standard H-shift.

Not even a 50 shot of NOS

[kylie]

Replica Lotus Cortina
www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Ford/auction-74754272.htm
Interesting how high the bidding has gone for this. Nice looking car though.

[GravelBen]

Kiwi Carguy said:

www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Specialist-cars/Competition-cars/photos/a-76062327/p-29595701.htm

[robdickinson]

htsd said:

Wish I a) had the cash and b) didn't have to contend with Australia's ed up import laws.

www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=73557468&key=414183

Saw that at the weekend, had a double take, a real clio v6 in NZ, barking mad and close to unique here I guess.

[peterpsg]

Gotta 'love' the pointless side scoops...

My choice, as an Ulti replacement for trackdays...

www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Specialist-cars/Competition-cars/photos/a-75160316/p-29198374.htm

Thought the first thing it needs is a good lick of paint, preferably a nice metallic black...

Edited by peterpsg on Thursday 2nd November 07:42

[htsd]

They're not pointless, the engine is mid mounted in the Clio V6...

[peterpsg]

I stand corrected... it's almost a proper car then, now it just needs 2 more cylinders...

[Kiwi XTR2]

mark387mw said:

I like this Westfield, www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Lotus/auction-74088064.htm

What price should it go for?

Looks like a Buy Now price of $12,000 has been added

[roger A]

Someone is going to be seriously pistoff if he/she buys this thinking he/she can register it. Looks more than a little misleading to me....
www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Specialist-cars/Competition-cars/auction-74838886.htm

[v8sag]

roger A said:

Someone is going to be seriously pistoff if he/she buys this thinking he/she can register it. Looks more than a little misleading to me....
www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Specialist-cars/Competition-cars/auction-74838886.htm

More so when they find out it sold a while back at auction for 10k

[htsd]

You're joking! You know you can import them over here (Aust)... they sell for AU$50k+ as well.

Oh and peterpsg, you're a fussy so-and-so aren't you

Edited by htsd on Saturday 4th November 02:30

[kylie]

www.trademe.co.nz/Business-farming-industry/Industrial/Engines-motors/auction-76318617.htm

Would you make your own Ethanol and put in your cars? How many rotten fruit/veges is needed to pump out a litre? Considering a fill up is 60-80L in most cars.

[Kiwi XTR2]

Here's a sample from the Rocket Scientist:

"avaialbale at all PB/Mobil ststions"

Yep, I'd trust this genius to design a moonshine rig that wouldn't burn my house to the ground

[kylie]

Yeah exactly, it would be filth producing it ! And if you did produce some try it out on the neighbours old banger first.

[Kiwi XTR2]

kylie said:

Yeah exactly, it would be filth producing it ! And if you did produce some try it out on the neighbours old banger first.

Someone up at Warkworth made some out of reject capsicum from Southern Paprika (very interesting place for a Visit BTW).

Made quite a bit and seemed all OK, but . . . some kind of oil (or whatever) got through the process and upon test burning it produced a pepper-spray kind of effect.

Imagine following that down the road

[marksteamnz]

The guy is "odd" He's also selling biodiesel kits and a steam car kit. He won't answer questions but has a good rating. Go figure, I think it proves idiots don't know what they are buying. All his stuff is avaliable by a bit of time for free via google or horrors the library
Cheers
Mark Stacey