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jedi

14th March 2009, 06:04

New speed camera vans, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10561616

More tax..... :argh:

Mully

14th March 2009, 10:16

Anyone got any idea why the (cheap) L300s don't meet their operational needs any more??

Blackshear

14th March 2009, 10:22

Anyone got any idea why the (cheap) L300s don't meet their operational needs any more??

That got me thinking too.
It can hardly be because they're so well known as 'risk' vehicles to anyone speeding, because they have a giant amber ass tumour out the back.

No idea.

Will the speed cameras be placed inside the car now?

FJRider

14th March 2009, 10:25

Anyone got any idea why the (cheap) L300s don't meet their operational needs any more??

Warrantys ran out...

Molly

14th March 2009, 10:38

In the UK the sneaky bastards hide them in horse boxes and caravans. At least the NZ highways aren't bristling with Gatso cameras yet (just gravel skid pans).

slofox

14th March 2009, 11:24

Anyone got any idea why the (cheap) L300s don't meet their operational needs any more??

Rust has caused them all to fall to bits...

Swoop

14th March 2009, 12:20

Anyone got any idea why the (cheap) L300s don't meet their operational needs any more??

Too conspicuous now?
Most people know to watch for them?
Less of them on the roads compared to whanau movers?

After all the bollocks about needing a desk in the back for the taxation agent to sit and "do paperwork" (read pron?), how are they going to get a desk in a previa?

YellowDog

14th March 2009, 12:21

I understood that Kiwibiker members are exempt from all speeding tickets?

Membership has its privileges!

twotyred

14th March 2009, 12:29

Too conspicuous now?
Most people know to watch for them?
Less of them on the roads compared to whanau movers?

I think this is most likely the answer... the Missingbitsys stand out like dogs balls

although the police will never admit that....

shafty

14th March 2009, 12:45

Cheers for the heads up! :yes:

R6_kid

14th March 2009, 12:48

I would have thought they would be diversifying rather than going for all one type.

Surely they can pick up some ex-tourist Hiaces/Bongos/Econovans for a couple of grand and get them overhauled. I'm sure that for $10k you could make an old van run really good and have it all retrofitted with a comfortable interior.

I don't think you'll find many people in NZ that care what a speed camera van looks like, but no doubt there will be people asking why it has to cost $62k to purchase and fit out new vehicles.

tigertim20

14th March 2009, 14:01

thats disgusting, 62k just for the van plus cameras, gps and whatever else they put in them. bloody ridiculous

Taz

14th March 2009, 14:40

thats disgusting, 62k just for the van plus cameras, gps and whatever else they put in them. bloody ridiculous

They pay for themselves many times over.

You don't need to contribute to this process.

Jdogg

14th March 2009, 15:58

AND I have now heard from numerous sources (with one apparently being a 50) is that they are running a trial with new cameras that run on k band NOT ka band....any of the local KB plod like to confirm (Please) as i will have to switch the k band back on the v1 boo I hate the false alerts k band gives.....

clmintie

14th March 2009, 16:00

Woohoo, I've got a Previa AND a camera, has my ship come in??? :2thumbsup

BMWST?

14th March 2009, 16:11

i wonder why he is selling this then

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Mitsubishi/auction-205487670.htm

Insanity_rules

14th March 2009, 21:48

thats disgusting, 62k just for the van plus cameras, gps and whatever else they put in them. bloody ridiculous

I've seen one of them a couple of weeks back on Karo Drive in Wellington. Knew it was one because of the orange flash thingamee on the back. Speaking from experience any government agency purchasing vehicles from a car company doesn't pay pleb on the street price if they purchase then as they are evilly good negotiators. For the most part they lease vehicles though so that they can pay from operational expenses not capital expenses so they lessen their reporting needs to the crown.

FYI for those interested: those crown BMWs didn't cost as much as people think, they were only about 12 grand dearer than the LTD's they replaced so not really as bad as people are winging about. Hey we don't want to look like a banana republic when the foreign fat cats show up do we?

peasea

14th March 2009, 22:15

I've seen one of them a couple of weeks back on Karo Drive in Wellington. Knew it was one because of the orange flash thingamee on the back. Speaking from experience any government agency purchasing vehicles from a car company doesn't pay pleb on the street price if they purchase then as they are evilly good negotiators. For the most part they lease vehicles though so that they can pay from operational expenses not capital expenses so they lessen their reporting needs to the crown.

FYI for those interested: those crown BMWs didn't cost as much as people think, they were only about 12 grand dearer than the LTD's they replaced so not really as bad as people are winging about. Hey we don't want to look like a banana republic when the foreign fat cats show up do we?

Best we eat all the bananas then...........

Insanity_rules

14th March 2009, 22:19

Best we eat all the bananas then...........

Well said, bling coming your way. :rofl:My mate here better run for it:wari:

scumdog

14th March 2009, 22:31

I understood that Kiwibiker members are exempt from all speeding tickets?

Membership has its privileges!
True.

Especially when not exceding the speed limit!!:pinch:

peasea

15th March 2009, 06:53

True.

Especially when not exceding the speed limit!!:pinch:

Nobody, but nobody, never exceeds the speed limit.

Swoop

15th March 2009, 08:30

those crown BMWs didn't cost as much as people think, they were only about 12 grand dearer than the LTD's they replaced...
Paying an extra 12 grand to NOT be seen in a ford...
BARGAIN!!

slofox

23rd March 2009, 15:10

Nobody, but nobody, never exceeds the speed limit.

I owned a Morris Minor once - 805cc. Never exceeded the speed limit in that. It only went 50mph. With a tail wind...so there ya go.

HOWSUMEVER. I think I might have flown a little close to the sun yesterday morning when it comes to Previa vans parked on the side of the road...:Oi:
Was returning from the Sunday Morning Pootle along Kaipaki Road. Nearly home, going pretty easy. Came to a RH corner between two long straights. There was a van parked off the road on my left, at the apex of the corner. Slowed further in case he pulled onto the road, saw he wasn't gonna move and cranked it out of the corner, never giving a thought to possible speed vans. Made it worse by being a gear higher than I thought - went to upshift to 6th and found I was already there...:Oops: Glanced down further to the speedo ...shit... Even allowing for over reading speedometers, I would have been just a tad over the allowable...
So avoidable. So dumb. And possibly so expensive to boot. I may well have to dust off the "Voluntary Tax" bin, buggrit...
The angle the van was parked on made me think he might have been monitoring both directions. Anyone know if they do that?
Ahh me, the best laid plans etc etc etc....

peasea

23rd March 2009, 15:17

[QUOTE=slofox;1994142]I owned a Morris Minor once - 805cc. Never exceeded the speed limit in that. It only went 50mph. With a tail wind...so there ya go.QUOTE]

50mph is roughly 80kph, so ya could have done some really dangerous in yer Morrie, like 80k in a 50!

I rolled one going around the Basin Reserve one night. Tut tut.

slofox

23rd March 2009, 15:29

bane

23rd March 2009, 15:32

slofox

23rd March 2009, 15:35

I would be very surprised if the police paid anywhere near $62k each. Toyota have huge discounts for fleet buyers - rental car campanies often paying <50% of RRP. My guess would be somewhere between 30 or 40k each.

My guess for why not renewing L300 is crash safety. The L300 is probably a 2 star ANCAP, Previa 5 star. Previa will also come with stability control, unlike an L300.

Given that they spend most of their life parked on the side of the road, who gives a shit about stability control...? Although I spose it might control that rhythmic rocking you see from time to time....

Laava

23rd March 2009, 16:45

See how good the stability control works on this one!
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slofox

24th March 2009, 16:28

HOWSUMEVER. I think I might have flown a little close to the sun yesterday morning when it comes to Previa vans parked on the side of the road...

OK OK stop worrying. It wasn't a Previa anyway. Went past again this morning (slowly!) and the van was still there..Delica not Previa. And no cameras aboard, just lotsa seats...looks like it may be fooked and abandonededed...