[Tsundoku]

Silencer, on 13 October 2013 - 04:22 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 13 October 2013 - 03:48 AM, said:

Silencer, on 13 October 2013 - 03:00 AM, said:

So...just purchased a new car.

May I enquire as to what kind of car?

Sure. I have gone for a 2003 Hyundai Tiburon (V6 2.7l, 6 speex manual). 'Tis a coupe, if you aren't familiar with it.

Bit early for a mid-life crisis isn't it?

[Macros]

Not sure about NZ, but in AUS they do have that awful disease of assuming the only way to increase power is to make shit bigger. 4L engines are the norm down there, and without super car output.

[Silencer]

Solidsnape, on 13 October 2013 - 04:42 AM, said:

Silencer, on 13 October 2013 - 04:22 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 13 October 2013 - 03:48 AM, said:

Silencer, on 13 October 2013 - 03:00 AM, said:

So...just purchased a new car.

May I enquire as to what kind of car?

Sure. I have gone for a 2003 Hyundai Tiburon (V6 2.7l, 6 speex manual). 'Tis a coupe, if you aren't familiar with it.

I'm not, being all the way over here in 'Ol Blighty, but I'm aware of what a coupe is. Very nice.
Some size engine too. Is that an average sized engine for kiwis?

No, it's not an average sized engine. It is larger than 90% of regular cars. Then again, it does 0-100km/h in 7.1 seconds, while maintaining a fuel efficiency on par with my current 1.6l 4 cylinder. You can achieve the same output with a smaller engine, though the final fuel efficiency gains of a smaller engine is negligible anyway, so the larger engine is more or less meaningless in practice. It's like the fact that an Mazda RX-8 can achieve 6s 0-100km/h on a 1.3l engine; the rotary is just a different means of achieving the same result, and it has different trade-offs in terms of reliability and drive layout.

Sombra, on 13 October 2013 - 05:32 AM, said:

*snip*
Bit early for a mid-life crisis isn't it?

Lol. I *learned* to drive on an Alfa Romeo, Sombra. What the hell am I supposed to buy after that? Besides, 20 is mid-life, isn't it? XD

Macros, on 13 October 2013 - 06:57 AM, said:

Not sure about NZ, but in AUS they do have that awful disease of assuming the only way to increase power is to make shit bigger. 4L engines are the norm down there, and without super car output.

See first part of post. While Holdens and Fords do come with ridiculously large engine sizes, the vast majority of cars in NZ are Japanese made, and I don't think there are 4L engines in anything short of 4x4s, even in Australia, Maccy. XD

And Hyundai is a Korean company, who have exported their car to the US, Europe, and Asian markets. They make a 2.0L version of the car as well, but it's barely as quick my current car. But I believe all markets received a 2.7L V6 edition. So nyah.

[Solidsnape]

Silencer, on 13 October 2013 - 07:08 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 13 October 2013 - 04:42 AM, said:

Silencer, on 13 October 2013 - 04:22 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 13 October 2013 - 03:48 AM, said:

Silencer, on 13 October 2013 - 03:00 AM, said:

So...just purchased a new car.

May I enquire as to what kind of car?

Sure. I have gone for a 2003 Hyundai Tiburon (V6 2.7l, 6 speex manual). 'Tis a coupe, if you aren't familiar with it.

I'm not, being all the way over here in 'Ol Blighty, but I'm aware of what a coupe is. Very nice.
Some size engine too. Is that an average sized engine for kiwis?

No, it's not an average sized engine. It is larger than 90% of regular cars. Then again, it does 0-100km/h in 7.1 seconds, while maintaining a fuel efficiency on par with my current 1.6l 4 cylinder. You can achieve the same output with a smaller engine, though the final fuel efficiency gains of a smaller engine is negligible anyway, so the larger engine is more or less meaningless in practice. It's like the fact that an Mazda RX-8 can achieve 6s 0-100km/h on a 1.3l engine; the rotary is just a different means of achieving the same result, and it has different trade-offs in terms of reliability and drive layout.

Sombra, on 13 October 2013 - 05:32 AM, said:

*snip*
Bit early for a mid-life crisis isn't it?

Lol. I *learned* to drive on an Alfa Romeo, Sombra. What the hell am I supposed to buy after that? Besides, 20 is mid-life, isn't it? XD

Macros, on 13 October 2013 - 06:57 AM, said:

Not sure about NZ, but in AUS they do have that awful disease of assuming the only way to increase power is to make shit bigger. 4L engines are the norm down there, and without super car output.

See first part of post. While Holdens and Fords do come with ridiculously large engine sizes, the vast majority of cars in NZ are Japanese made, and I don't think there are 4L engines in anything short of 4x4s, even in Australia, Maccy. XD

And Hyundai is a Korean company, who have exported their car to the US, Europe, and Asian markets. They make a 2.0L version of the car as well, but it's barely as quick my current car. But I believe all markets received a 2.7L V6 edition. So nyah.

So it's basically the same as here in the uk, with the exception of the Americanized Holden's which I remember from my time in Oz. I prefer European cars myself. Specifically German cars. Though I currently own a SEAT, which is a poor mans veedub really.

Well I'm chuffed for ye. There's nowt like buying a new car.

[Lost Marine]

Una, on 13 October 2013 - 01:49 AM, said:

Congrats!

I have a son. My friends say the advantages to sons are:

1) Girls, especially multiple daughters = unbearable teenage drama
2) They cost less. A patient of mine had 3 sons and 1 daughter and says that now that the daughter is a teenager, she costs as much as all 3 boys put together, even factoring in the cost of food, which i found surprising.

I would have been happy with either but ideally I would like my daughter to have a big brother. That way he can beat boys up for her.

My wife isn't the biggest fan of camping so this will allow me to drag the boy child on camping trips. Also, I plan to recoup all food costs with free yard work. The child labor act doesn't apply to parents does it?

[Tiste Simeon]

Lost Marine, on 13 October 2013 - 11:59 AM, said:

My wife isn't the biggest fan of camping so this will allow me to drag the boy child on camping trips. Also, I plan to recoup all food costs with free yard work. The child labor act doesn't apply to parents does it?

I'm fairly sure the more work you make them do, the better parent you are!!
And congrats!

[Una]

Lost Marine, on 13 October 2013 - 11:59 AM, said:

Also, I plan to recoup all food costs with free yard work. The child labor act doesn't apply to parents does it?

I think they do if you pimp the kid out to do work for other people. But if it's within your own household or your own business, go right ahead!

[Lost Marine]

Una, on 13 October 2013 - 03:41 PM, said:

Lost Marine, on 13 October 2013 - 11:59 AM, said:

Also, I plan to recoup all food costs with free yard work. The child labor act doesn't apply to parents does it?

I think they do if you pimp the kid out to do work for other people. But if it's within your own household or your own business, go right ahead!

Noted, I'm a really bad pimp anyway, I find the hats just don't suit me and you can't be a real pimp without a silly hat and a obnoxious cane.

[Mentalist]

I'm suffering from a terrible hangover. Last night I was fed around 20 shots.

Normally that wouldn't be cause for happiness, but the fact that I lived to the ripe old age of 26 and met enough good people to join me in celebrating, get me absolutely plastered at their own expense and then take care of me and make sure I get home all right to sleep it off means I've done something right in my life.

[Gothos]

Come November I shall join the ranks of th employed.

[King Lear]

Stuff in the garage that has been slowly accumulating for the last 10 years is finally sorted

[Satan]

Gothos, on 14 October 2013 - 07:41 AM, said:

Come November I shall join the ranks of th employed.

Congratulations. What did you end up with?

[Messremb]

Wrong thread.

This post has been edited by Messremb: 30 September 2014 - 10:30 AM

[Solidsnape]

Messremb, on 14 October 2013 - 12:26 PM, said:

My other halfs little brother had an RTA this morning. Air Ambulance needed. Not good.

Wrong thread?

My pal from holland is over for tonight. I'll have to go and get my other guitar back off me niece for jam times!! Yey!

[Gothos]

Satan, on 14 October 2013 - 07:50 AM, said:

Gothos, on 14 October 2013 - 07:41 AM, said:

Come November I shall join the ranks of th employed.

Congratulations. What did you end up with?

Trade support for UK/Scandinavia for a windiw/door manufacturer.

[Satan]

Well don your best Oxford accent, because Norwegians understand nothing else!

[Macros]

Silencer, on 13 October 2013 - 07:08 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 13 October 2013 - 04:42 AM, said:

Silencer, on 13 October 2013 - 04:22 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 13 October 2013 - 03:48 AM, said:

Silencer, on 13 October 2013 - 03:00 AM, said:

So...just purchased a new car.

May I enquire as to what kind of car?

Sure. I have gone for a 2003 Hyundai Tiburon (V6 2.7l, 6 speex manual). 'Tis a coupe, if you aren't familiar with it.

I'm not, being all the way over here in 'Ol Blighty, but I'm aware of what a coupe is. Very nice.
Some size engine too. Is that an average sized engine for kiwis?

No, it's not an average sized engine. It is larger than 90% of regular cars. Then again, it does 0-100km/h in 7.1 seconds, while maintaining a fuel efficiency on par with my current 1.6l 4 cylinder. You can achieve the same output with a smaller engine, though the final fuel efficiency gains of a smaller engine is negligible anyway, so the larger engine is more or less meaningless in practice. It's like the fact that an Mazda RX-8 can achieve 6s 0-100km/h on a 1.3l engine; the rotary is just a different means of achieving the same result, and it has different trade-offs in terms of reliability and drive layout.

Sombra, on 13 October 2013 - 05:32 AM, said:

*snip*
Bit early for a mid-life crisis isn't it?

Lol. I *learned* to drive on an Alfa Romeo, Sombra. What the hell am I supposed to buy after that? Besides, 20 is mid-life, isn't it? XD

Macros, on 13 October 2013 - 06:57 AM, said:

Not sure about NZ, but in AUS they do have that awful disease of assuming the only way to increase power is to make shit bigger. 4L engines are the norm down there, and without super car output.

See first part of post. While Holdens and Fords do come with ridiculously large engine sizes, the vast majority of cars in NZ are Japanese made, and I don't think there are 4L engines in anything short of 4x4s, even in Australia, Maccy. XD

And Hyundai is a Korean company, who have exported their car to the US, Europe, and Asian markets. They make a 2.0L version of the car as well, but it's barely as quick my current car. But I believe all markets received a 2.7L V6 edition. So nyah.

my god you know so little its almost embarrassing
Most ford falcons have the 4L, infact I *think* its the smallest engine you can get in a falcon (on 5th and 6th gen anyway, 4th gen offered a small 3.2 straight 6) Holden are (Frome my experience) similarly stupidly engines, because they power output is quite frankly abysmal for such a large unit (iirc my falc turfed out 200 when it rolled off the production line, a hell of a lot less when I owned it, from a 4L 6cylinder.engine that's just ridiculous compared to what a Japanese engine can do. Same as American cars, Big country syndrome.

[Silencer]

Macros, on 14 October 2013 - 06:59 PM, said:

*snip*


my god you know so little its almost embarrassing
Most ford falcons have the 4L, infact I *think* its the smallest engine you can get in a falcon (on 5th and 6th gen anyway, 4th gen offered a small 3.2 straight 6) Holden are (Frome my experience) similarly stupidly engines, because they power output is quite frankly abysmal for such a large unit (iirc my falc turfed out 200 when it rolled off the production line, a hell of a lot less when I owned it, from a 4L 6cylinder.engine that's just ridiculous compared to what a Japanese engine can do. Same as American cars, Big country syndrome.

To be fair, I tend to dismiss Fords and Holdens as stupid cars that aren't even suited to their much-touted "V8 Supercars" tournament. They can't corner for shit, their top-end speed is, as usual, useless in everyday driving, and they don't accelerate fast enough until their turbo kicks in, at which point most cars are already at the speed limit anyway. Never mind that the people who "own" them (usually more likely to be a lease or company car) don't drive them properly. Such a waste.

So bite me. I've seen plenty of them with engines smaller than 4L around here - and the ones with larger either don't say on the car, or I've dismissed as utterly ridiculous. I'd never consider buying one, either, so haven't looked at them properly in that sense. XD

[Starling]

Finished a 3,500 word essay three days early. Woo!

[Satan]

Starling, on 15 October 2013 - 03:05 AM, said:

Finished a 3,500 word essay three days early. Woo!

A witch! Burn her!