Queenstown, New Zealand.. Subaru capital?

subarooster · Post by **subarooster** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:10 pm

Just arrived in Queenstown this morning and i'm completely blown away with the amount of Turbo'd Legacy's/ B4's. Seen plenty of gen3 B4's in absolute rats#*t condition and have only seen one N/A legacy all day. Plenty of 'omega' touring wagons. (L series)

isnowi · Post by **isnowi** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:36 pm

The south island in general is absolutely chocka with subarus, particularly old ones. In all honestly 9 out of every 10 brumbys still on the road live in the south island. As for newer models, they are plentiful in both islands, to the point where you struggle to give them away sometimes.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 5:20 pm

After last snow season I thought Hotham was the subaru capital!

You got a shipping container sorted? I've got a list

Cheers

Bennie

Pootcrum · Post by **Pootcrum** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:20 pm

I was in Dunedin in 2009 and was also blown away by how many B4's were getting around. I thought it must have the same few that I was seeing so started keeping track, there was at least 15 DIFFERENT B4's getting around that area, and its not exactly the highest population in NZ.

subarooster · Post by **subarooster** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:14 am

haha yeahh El Freddo, I wishh! Theres plenty of highly sought after subaru bits over here including original L series fog lights and standard 4 stud wheels that i haven't ever seen before! I've noticed that probly 80% of cars are turbo'd.. like terrano I's, Hilux Surfs, legacy's and newer 4wd's. Having an absolute ball over here at the moment. Just got back from going on the shotover jetboat. Interestingly, it runs 2 buick V6's equating to about 550HP. Seen a few brumby's in immaculate condition and outbacks with colour coordinated bumpers-panels. Theres a whole taxi company that just use Gen4 outbacks and they thrash the hell out of them. Its mind blowing that after a 2 1/2 hour flight, things could be so different. If anyone is thinking of travelling to NZ, i HIGHLY recommend it

Tom

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:34 pm

Ha ha, i told you to set your mobile phone to "roaming" before you left.

Are you taking heaps of pictures? I really wish we had have seen more of the south island when we were over there.

Whats on the agenda for tomorrow?

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 3:37 pm

Due to NZ'd import laws, they are able to get ex-japan cars over and licence them without to many issues. This is mainly due to their car manufacturing unlike ours where the big boys in Canberra are trying to protect it over here. It means we get to miss out on some awesome models

subarooster · Post by **subarooster** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:04 am

Yeah, I've seen Gen 3 B4's over here for a measly NZ$7000 and the NZ dollar is only .8 of the Australian dollar! Tomorrow the girlfriend and I are going tandem on the canyon swing, then bungee jumping perhaps. Have taken plenty of photos, mostly of cars but got a few of the complimentary scenic shots as well.

Don't really feel like coming home for a while though.. Sitting on the balcony of the resort, Beer in hand, staring at the Remarkable mountains is pretty hard to beat. Will upload a few photos when i get home, just to show the condition of some of the 'exotic' subaru's over here. haha

Cheers, Tom

TheInterceptor · Post by **TheInterceptor** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:09 pm

Awesome!

And here i was thinking the Snowy Mountains was the Subaru capital, Jindabyne, Thredbo, Perisher.....so many soobs i have never seen..

INEEDABEER · Post by **INEEDABEER** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:07 am

I saw a lot of the same when i was there also,including the turbo Justys and L-series hatches.

subarooster · Post by **subarooster** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:12 pm

ahh lucky bugger, didn't see any L hatches... If i had of i would of bought it on the spot, cancelled my plane ticket home, and travelled home in a container.

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:03 pm

INEEDABEER wrote:and L-series hatches.

I was just about to write a reply flaming you for suggesting that there is such thing as a L series hatch.

I then realised that you must have meant the L Series Coupe.

subarooster · Post by **subarooster** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:10 pm

haha yeah, i did see one RX over there, it was bog stock, ugly and scratched and i almost shed a tear..