My boss rocks!

[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

[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.

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!