Allan NZ P5b
Rover Fanatic
1971 p5b Auckland New Zealand
Posts: 255
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Post by Allan NZ P5b on Feb 1, 2006 1:36:45 GMT
;D After now driving my p5b for 3 ½ years as my daily drive car, (the only other car in the family is my wife’s Audi A4). I have decided that there is no greater joy than owning a classic car. Even the 6 monthly roadworthy tests that are performed in New Zealand are a joy. If your car passes you are pleased with your vehicles standard and pat yourself on the back for doing a good job to preserve our vehicles, and even when it fails you are glad a potential problem has been brought to your attention. It may even give you a new project with the joy of knowing it will be good for many more years once rectified. Where as when your new car passes you think well so it should and if it doesn’t you are bitterly disappointed in the lemon you own. I discount Tyres and other such consumables in this. I am waxing lyrically about this as yet again my vehicle has passed its 6 mt warrant for the 7th consecutive time. With the comment from the tester that he has not seen as sound a old car for a very long-time. When asked if there was anything for concern he said no the car is perfect. A happy happy day Regards
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Feb 1, 2006 20:25:23 GMT
Pleased to know it passes every time - are there so many old bangers out there that it needs a 6 monthly test!
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Allan NZ P5b
Rover Fanatic
1971 p5b Auckland New Zealand
Posts: 255
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Post by Allan NZ P5b on Feb 1, 2006 21:23:21 GMT
Except for NZ new cars in first 5 years of life. all cars have a very strict 6 monthly test. Without it you are not insured or legal to drive on roads. Quite a good system really as the check is very though on safety items like brakes, suspension, Rust, lights, tyres etc plus now emissions. While we used to have a lot of old cars this has changed a lot in the last 15 years with the flood of near new Japanese cars that are very well priced. look here for some bargains especially Japanese brands. www.autopoint.co.nz/Regards
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Feb 1, 2006 23:23:31 GMT
That Auto-Trader even gets out there?
I do not the exchange rate but the old Ford Falcons seem dear?
I hope our own Department of Transport do get any more ideas as there are already too many in government and others lobbying to remove all old cars ie 3 years off the roads.
Its already started with "cleansing" the UK computer registation database of vehicles that no longer seem to exist - once that is sorted they will start on those that are currently "off road" but not registered as such - once they then know how many they have really got left (legally anyway) then they can start planning the phased "removal" of OLD cars by various means already at their disposal such as restrospective "safety" mod/Green laws. This process started in 1960 with the MOT test for all cars over 10 years and has far from finished
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Allan NZ P5b
Rover Fanatic
1971 p5b Auckland New Zealand
Posts: 255
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Post by Allan NZ P5b on Feb 2, 2006 1:11:39 GMT
not the same auto-trader look at Japanese vehicles you also need to bare in mind that most of our cars do not suffer rust as yours do and have not been driven in the same traffic. My rover has never had any welding and last year when the bare metal respray was done none was needed and this is not unusual most homes have garaging and all but the most unloved cars are garaged their whole life. the restorations I see on these pages amaze me. we would tip most of these cars as too much work. I have a parts car stored outside for 10 years and is not as bad as some you guys try to rebuild.
Regards
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Post by glennr on Feb 2, 2006 7:46:57 GMT
I'm moving to New Zealand.
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Feb 2, 2006 19:24:32 GMT
Well there must be some advantages to living in the UK but I cannot see them at the moment
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Post by dorsetflyer on Feb 2, 2006 19:44:50 GMT
I'm glad we only have an MOT every twelve months. If we had your system of six monthly tests, I would be forever in the testing garage, and would have very little time left to drive and enjoy all my classic cars.
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