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You might be on to something there mate! I see a Subaru corn powered future ahead of us all. How much are you paying at the pump for diesel in the North? As you can see it is pretty expensive where I live at 182.9c. Does anyone know if diesels are being incorporated into the Auckland fuel tax? Is diesel getting the additional 22c at the pump too?

Remember this is a coalition government, I am just speculating but that seems like a decision probably driven by the green party. I am by no means trying to defend Jacinda, she is far from my ideal Prime Minister but you have to remember she is largely a figure head, not every decision is made by her to make her look good. These are decisions made by a coalition of three different parties that all have to make compromises with one another. Easy to blame the figure head but the blame truly rests on more shoulders than just hers. Also making personal attacks in politics is just silly, hate the decision that's fine but hate the person and you are missing the point.

I'd say your estimate is a little off as you will probably find as most people don't fill up when the tank is literally empty so 40-45L per week per car would be a more reasonable estimate. But it is only an estimate and I see your point. To refute, families in Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill are already paying more then Aucklanders will be after the tax and I assure you, they are not getting paid any more than the Aucklanders. Interestingly this is why a tax model where spending is taxed tends to cause more harm on lower income families. Increased income tax brackets on higher earners and reducing tax on spending goes a long way towards lessening the wealth gap and improving average quality of life throughout all of the 'classes.' Ultimately it takes more of a hit on the wealthiest few percent but one could argue that the difference between earning $1,000,000 and $1,001,000 is minuscule compared to the difference between earning $10,000 and $10,010. Everyone HAS to spend at least a minimum amount to survive. Neither National or Labour are really making any difference towards the wealth inequality in this country, poverty is a difficult cycle to control. Like you said Labours method makes it seem like a good idea in the short term but really just raises the cost of living and brings it back to square one in the long term. Did you click the first stuff link in my first post, it does exactly this. Take the test and see if you can correctly guess where each cent goes.

I figured I would start a thread on this since I am interested to hear what everyone's opinion on rising fuel price and disparity between regions. It seems to be a bit of a hot topic on all the 'news' websites at the moment as they love a bit of fearmongering. Also i'm sick of hearing people complain about this on facebook with wild claims and no supporting evidence for anything, I hold the members on here to a higher standard. Let's try not to play the political blame game in this thread "labour this, national that" the government as a whole plays a part in this but I can't be bothered reading why you think it is the fault of a specific party. For simplicity, everyone should use 91 as the baseline if mentioning fuel price as it gets confusing if some people are talking 95/98 and some 91. Also 98 isn't widely available in the South so it is harder to draw a direct comparison. As with many of you, i love driving my car and the rising cost of fuel just makes it a little harder to enjoy doing this. I'll be damned if ever let it stop me though! I'm sure everyone is aware that this also affects us on a much greater scale than just initial cost at the pump, fuel/transport cost is a component of everything we purchase on a daily basis. Rising fuel prices directly relates to rising 'cost of living,' which is another hot topic of the moment. To start here is the fuel price in my town (Wanaka) as of 22/05/18, the Caltex in town is priced identically. It is quite comical really. 244.9c Interestingly around a year ago there was an article in our local paper interviewing one of the smaller self service fuel stations in town, in which he stated that it cost him approximately 3c per litre of fuel to transport it to Wanaka from the North island. From what I can tell on Gaspy the approximate price in Wellington today is 226.9-229.9c; you don't need to be a maths wizz to realise that there is a whole lot more than 3c being added on to the fuel price after it leaves Wellington heading South. Food for thought. https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/89383547/fuel-prices-what-costs-go-into-a-litre-of-petrol This is an interesting link from a while ago that lets you try and guess the distributing of cost in the price of fuel at the pump. I challenge you to try it before reading the next link. https://www.aa.co.nz/cars/owning-a-car/fuel-prices-and-types/petrol/ Here is a link that states that the fuel excise tax which is 66.484c then GST is taxed on top of this and the rest of the fuel price. Who doesn't love tax on tax. I'm not sure if this outdated or if things have changed if anyone has updated information I would love to see it. Another thing that i'm sure will annoy a few of you. I'm pretty tired of hearing Aucklanders complain about the new fuel tax being imposed on them. The money is to be put towards improving public transport in and around the city which is something that everyone living there has the chance to benefit from. If you have ever been overseas (especially to Europe) you will have probably had the privilege of using a well set up public transport system, they have the potential to be very convenient and save the passengers significant amounts of time and money! So sure it is a small extra cost on you now but it will (if spent well) lead to great improvements to your city's infrastructure. Also your roads may be congested but they are so good in comparison to the South island! I did a lot of driving around Auckland, the Coromandel and Tauranga earlier in the year and those roads are so smooth and well kept in comparison to what I am used to. To top that off, even with the extra fuel taxes, you will still be paying significantly less than those in the south. So quit grumbling about it. So post up your opinion/rant on the whole situation or tell me why i'm a d*ck for telling you to quit grumbling, i'm interested to hear anyone's thoughts. I didn't really proof read this... sorry if it doesn't make sense

Yeah you can poke a hole in it mate. That shouldn't cause any problems. Sealant is a good idea if you have it but it is certainly not a necessity.

Probably in the intercooler. I'd say it is either still in the turbo or in the intercooler, I don't see how the nut could make it through the intercoolerfins fins.

Pulled off all the doorcards on the wagon to measure up replacement speakers since the ones in there are damaged and sound terrible. Turns out the front left speaker has been replaced with a random pioneer and the rest are still the factory kenwood units. Not sure why someone replaces just one speaker haha. Ordered a new head unit, front tweeters plus front and rear speakers. Can't wait to have decent sound again.

@boon

Like this but obviously with just two horns. https://goo.gl/images/sHnZPf Sorry, struggling to get a direct image link on mobile so it isn't embedded. You could bend Pete out the way or remove him as he probably only does anything when the steering is being worked VERY hard. But it seems silly to remove a functional item for a horn IMO so offsetting the horns would my my pick. iirc @Subru had this problem in the past.

Pete likes to hang out there in the breeze so he can cool off on tough days. I've seen people mount both the horns off to one side to stay out of Pete's way, I'll try find a pic.

Welcome to the club, congrats on your first car! http://www.type-ra.com/what-model-is-my-impreza/ If you find the model code (eg. GC8F48D), which you should find on the plate on the passenger strut tower under the bonnet. Then you can match it to the car on the website and see some information about it. http://www.type-ra.com/impreza-model-code/search.php?query=GC8F48D There isn't much info about non ra cars on there though unfortunately. This website lists a little more but not a whole lot. http://pacificcoastjdm.com/review/subaru/imprezagc8/stats GC8F48D: Engine EJ207, Power 280ps, Torque 249lb/f, weight 1270kg

There are quite a lot. What areas in particular do you want to know about? Basically the whole suspension and drivetrain is different, chassis is the same, interior is similar just different colour/materials.

THREAD REVIVAL! I know there are barely any active members in the lower South Island but I'll restart this anyway. Previous picture is The Clean Car Cleaning Centre at 74 Crawford street. Here is the picture, a nice drive in the Dunedin area.

Where did they find it? Cardrona river or something? Glad it has been found though! That's surprising since I'm around a lot. I've been driving my white gc8 lately, and I have a blue wagon now.

I was thinking the same thing. I'd say they probably had the key given the relaxed culture around here

S*** you don't hear about that happening much in Wanaka. I'll keep an eye out for it. It isn't listed as stolen yet? I could post on a couple big local Facebook groups if you would like @csrgm1915?

Sorry I don't have it since I forgot to get them and had to reuse the old ones. I wouldn't recommend reusing though since they were messed up. Probably could find it on partsouq? I think the rack ends are on their own seperate diagram.

The v7 on- sedan has a longer inner rack end to suit the wider track width. If you coupe is still factory track width then the normal v7 sti rack end will probably be too long. I would say you will need a wrx or sti wagon rack end as they are shorter. the only thing I don't know is if classics and v7 have the same outer thread so you should double check that. The wrx wagon and sti sedan all use the same inner and outer thread. (At least in v7 they do) As Boon discovered years ago, make sure to order the lock washers too as it is not included and is often damaged when you remove the rack end. 34160FE000 is the part # for the stock v7 sti rack end that will probably be too long. Typed on mobile in a hurry, hope it made sense.

If that happens then perhaps you could consider that a plus. The car sits in the driveway warming up while drinking petrol. Then when you head out and start throwing the car around, your fuel mixes and you get all that sweet ethanol.

Here are a couple random photos of my cars. They aren't anything special, just from my iPhone. Aparantly I'm obsessed with the rear 3/4 from looking through my camera roll.

Consider a piggyback fuse at the fuse box, real simple and clean to install. It is on its own, seperately fused circuit. Plus you can easily remove it without damage to the loom. I wired my radar in with one of these, bought a new car and just swapped it straight over easy as.

It shouldn't do, Subaru stopped putting them in pretty soon after they started. You can tell if you have a look. The catted uppipes have a temperature sensor that runs up to a plug on the driver's strut tower. Not to be confused with the a/f sensor that also runs from the header up to the driver's strut tower. If there is a wire going into your uppipe, then it has a cat. No wire, no cat.

That is exactly what I'm starting to think, NZ is too small of a place to sell rarer parts without someone realising where they came from. It's hardly like you could sell a 390kw engine on Facebook without someone close to the owner noticing. If parts are actually going overseas then that is serious business.

Yeah that kind of behaviour isn't just some kid pinching a car for a joy ride, this is an organised effort. You would really hope police can get a lead on a case like this. Where is the chop shop and where are all the parts going? Someone saw something... It seems to be a growing problem, anytime I have to street park my car in the city I disable the sh*t out of it. Can't stop them towing it away but it is better than nothing. Maybe it is time everyone needs to buy a gps. It sucks that a few low lifes can ruin it for for the rest.

I've been rocking a 1L castrol bottle for a couple years now. I can't remember where I found out about it but it is definately useful.