Going to NZ

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:49 pm

I meant to post earlier in the week,..but ive been too busy

Me, Amanda (gf) and my Dad are going to New Zealand for 10 days for a holiday

We fly to Sydney tomorrow, then fly to Christchurch tomorrow afternoon. We will stay in Christchurch for a day, then we fly to Wellington, where we will pick up a hire car (i tried to get a Legacy, but it was too expensive, so we settled for a Pulsar instead) and drive to Auckland, stopping in as many places as possible along the way. Pubs and cheap motels are gonna be our accommodation.

Expect a big post with a diary of the places we went and the things we saw, when we get back.

If i see any cool subes, i'll take photos

See you all in 10 days!

BlackMale · Post by **BlackMale** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:20 pm

Bugger what you see, are you getting us some rare EA parts or wat?!!?

LOL.

Enjoy you trip Gannon.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:27 pm

BlackMale wrote:Bugger what you see, are you getting us some rare EA parts or wat?!!?

I'm with BlackMale on this one! I'd love to head over there... one day

Bennie

Bumpty · Post by **Bumpty** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:41 pm

Have fun mate. I'll be interested in knowing where you go!

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:06 pm

Oh i didnt even think of bringing back rare parts......mmmmmm..... RX brakes and swaybars, xt6 5 stud hubs and brakes, or even better, a whole XT6.

What else could i bring back?

BlackMale · Post by **BlackMale** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:09 pm

Suparoo wrote:Oh i didnt even think of bringing back rare parts......mmmmmm..... swaybars, xt6 5 stud hubs and brakes

Gannon you find that much make it x2 (i get 1 set) and i will pay for you freight!

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:22 pm

Suparoo wrote:Oh i didnt even think of bringing back rare parts......mmmmmm..... RX brakes and swaybars, xt6 5 stud hubs and brakes, or even better, a whole XT6.

What else could i bring back?

Bit slow off the mark Gannon!!! This would be one of the main reasons for going to NZ for me...

Pack lightly

Have fun!

Bennie

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:15 pm

Ok,... just got home.

We spent a day in christchurch, then flew to wellington, picked up our car and after dropping into the zoo, stayed at hamitangi beach. We then made our way up towards taupo, checking out volcanos and glow worm caves along the way. Next was rotorua (which smells like rotten egg fart) where we saw gyezers, steaming rocks and bubbling mud pools. We then headed east to the coromandel peninsular, hotwater beach and finally ending up in auckland where we jumped off the sky tower, falling 192m (60 stories) in 11 seconds is awesome.

I want to move to NZ just for the cars they have.

There seem to be more turbo Legacys (libertys) over there than non turbo models. Especially Gen2 GT's and Gen3 B4's

I didnt see many foresters (no 09 models), and a few imprezas and handfull of wrxs

I also noticed that they dont have subaru badges on the front, but that lightning bolt, S looking badge, and foresters have the big F badge

I saw 2 L series wagons, 2 L series sedans and a blue brumby with a bonnet scoop. Alas there were no RX's, vortex's or MY sedans, wagons or coupes.

It seems there are no restrictions on japanise imports.

I saw lots of 4 door nissan skyline sedans, a few nissan pulsar 4wd RX's (similar in theme to the impresa Rx with its 2 tone body)
There were full wagon models of what we normally have 5 door hatches of, like nissan pulsar and mazda 323

What holden re-badge as their own, rodeos, fronteres and jackaroos, are all isusu and vectras have their propper opel badge.

We drove a nissan sunny 1300km from wellington to auckland. It appears to be a sedan version of a silvia or 180sx.

Any questons?

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:28 pm

Suparoo wrote:Any questons?

When's the shipping container arriving in oz?!

Sounds like a good trip, bit of a quick one though - guess you can't have everything...

Cheers

Bennie

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:13 pm

No RX's then ? So where did the rear disc sets come from in NZ? Wagons?

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:37 pm

steptoe wrote:No RX's then ? So where did the rear disc sets come from in NZ? Wagons?

They came from the RX's - sedan's and coupes... I think Suparoo was saying that he didn't see any.

Bennie

BlackMale · Post by **BlackMale** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:34 am

Welcome back. Sounds like a great trip and there was even some time for some Subaru spotting.

steptoe wrote:No RX's then ? So where did the rear disc sets come from in NZ? Wagons?

Vortex.

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:21 pm

I bet the scenery was breathtaking while you were driving around. My folks went there recently and have been in the past too and it's all they talk about. I think this is why almost all Car adverts we see on TV are shot there. I havn't been lucky enough to go myself but I rekon if I ever do I'll try to make it part of full round-Australia road trip in my wagon

Take her over on a boat. Or actually by that stage I will have probably modified it to be amphibious!