My boss rocks!

[Clivoris]

Bought a race bike this week and am hoping to give the Actrix Winter Series a touch of comic relief next winter. Where I work we are are required to have a car and we can source our own if we can be bothered within a 4 figure budget (must be fiscally responsible aye). Anyway, I'm allowed to get a ute to cart the bike around. I'm thinking 2 litre japper. Any suggestions about what flavour is best to look for? Any bargains out there?

[slimjim]

van ........ nice mag's . bike keeps safe inside, tools, gas all the works, and a van will use same as a ute, but a ute all your gear is in the back, and a tarp can be cut alot quicker than breaking in to your van, With Loud Alarm...haha

[Clivoris]

van ........ nice mag's . bike keeps safe inside, tools, gas all the works, and a van will use same as a ute, but a ute all your gear is in the back, and a tarp can be cut alot quicker than breaking in to your van, With Loud Alarm...haha

Excellent and valid points but I will still need to use it as my daily hack...and I don't like driving vans:crybaby:

[Motu]

Well go and drive a few vans and change your mind.Better than having all your gear ripped off and then saying ''Gosh,they were right''.....Some modern vans are far better to drive than a ute.

[Clivoris]

Mmmm. Good advice. I will have a look around. But, my possibly ill informed thinking has been that dollar for dollar I would get lower mileage, better condition out of a ute.

[gav]

Yeah, get a van.....

[Mom]

Mmmm. Good advice. I will have a look around. But, my possibly ill informed thinking has been that dollar for dollar I would get lower mileage, better condition out of a ute.

I bought a really nice ( cant beleive i am saying that - I hate vans) toyota hiace van a few years ago, long wheel base, easy WOF to this day.......apart from servicing and a bit of preventative rust treatment, you should find something that will suit..........go the van!.can be locked, and after market alarm systems are cheap and worthwhile, and required for some insurance policies......Ute's are cool......vans are better option. :yes:

[Colapop]

Get a van. Utes can be treacherous to drive - less stable. Get an old Hiace - couriers get a half million k's out of one of those. If you do get a ute, tell me where you're parked - I could do with some new tools...

[Clivoris]

Get a van. Utes can be treacherous to drive - less stable. Get an old Hiace - couriers get a half million k's out of one of those. If you do get a ute, tell me where you're parked - I could do with some new tools...

:lol: I'll make sure there are some beers in the fridge for you as well mate. I give up. I'll try for a van:done:

[kiwifruit]

fuck yeah bro, get a hiace :)


congrats on the race bike btw!

[SuperDave]

What about a twincab ute, I'm not sure but they might be long enough to fit one bike. That way you can lock your gear up in the back.

[geoffm]

Toymota Hiace Jumbo. The choice for a van, so long as you don't mind the length - they have 3.3m behind the seats, and I can attest that you can get 3 biks, 18 tyres, a spare motor, oxy set, tools, spares, camping gear, spare rims and heaps of other stuff with 3 adults into one. It did slow down when we also had the trailer with 2 more bikes on the back...
The Ford Transits possibly drive better, but are not the most reliable. The Hiace will run forever.
Geoff

[dnos]

IF you get a van.
Then for that price i wouldn't bother looking at anything other than a hiace.

[Deano]

What classes you going to race in Clivoris ?

[Colapop]

Or a small truck under 3tonne (no HT required - unless you've already got it...)
here's one (http://www.turners.co.nz/TabId/188/vguid/D8428283-1CC2-4A86-87F4-7D6E3DDDE806/default.aspx) or this (http://www.turners.co.nz/TabId/188/vguid/32D4650A-F26B-4029-8F8C-59B88BD1BF65/default.aspx) would be real cool! Ever thought of importing summit? Import sales ex Japan (http://www.tau-sales.com/defaultMall/sitemap/CSfHome.jsp?JServSessionIdservlets=gvzz575zy1)

[Coyote]

Get an old Hiace - couriers get a half million k's out of one of those.
Don't rely on that as an accurate average life of a Hiace. Couriers have the engine running all day, it's stopping and starting that causes most damage on an engine. Airport shuttle vans are reaching a million k's since they're running the whole time for long distances. So if you're using it as a commuter and taking it to Manfeild and back, you won't be getting so many k's out of it

In saying that, Hiaces are damned reliable so long as you go for a petrol model. Toyota diesels can be dodgy apparently

Get The Dog and Lemon Guide. It's a good book if you want to know about the reliability of second hand vehicles in NZ

[Toast]

I just bought an ok condition with mint motor Hiace for under $5k...higher 4 figures will get you a really sweet one.

Uters are more fun to drive, but vans aren't bad either, and can still light the rear up out of roundabouts...so go for it :niceone:

[Colapop]

Motu will probably have some views on this but my mechanic told me that the best Toyota diesel is the 3ltr 1KZ engine that they used in the older model hiluxes. Most enigines are gonna do ok if they're regularly serviced though.

[Clivoris]

What classes you going to race in Clivoris ?

Tossing up between Clubmans and F3. F3 is having a growth in field size at the moment and my understanding is that if you don't make the top 30-35 in qualifying (some number like that) you will be moved to clubmans anyway. F3 is likely to be more competitive but less chaotic than clubmans. I have a few months to think about it.

[skelstar]

As I understand it alot of racers enter as many classes as possible so they get heaps more track time. Also I *think* its cheaper in the second class if youre alredy enrolled in one?

Look forward to supporting another Welly-KB-racer.

[Clivoris]

As I understand it alot of racers enter as many classes as possible so they get heaps more track time. Also I *think* its cheaper in the second class if youre alredy enrolled in one?

Look forward to supporting another Welly-KB-racer.

The track time would be good but if I enter clubmans, that's all I can enter. If I was real keen I could cross enter to F1 and F2 from F3, but that would be providing greater comic relief than I'm up for at the moment. It would probably give me a better excuse for coming last tho.:yes:

Thanks for the support peeps.

[skelstar]

Ah yeah. Good point. Those kinda rules tend to be forgotten by us spectators. LOL.

[ktulu]

I had a 91 Hilux single cab wellside. 2.4 diesel. 280kms. Bought/sold around the 6500 mark. Really nice ute, reliable as hell and went ok but its just a ute so power isn't an issue in my mind.

I used to use this for work and I am sales consultant for a fencing and gates company and it looked relatively professional and very tiday

(16inch mags and tinted windows aswell)

[Sparky Bills]

Congrats on the racebike mate!
We have another addict to be ladies and gentleman!