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I got 20" on my Hilux i run 45psi in them

Nope on the front will do, I run AWD vans and Buses and only ever run chains on the front when necessary( which isnt often as my vehicles are set up for snow and ice use mainly running a skinny AT type tire on them)

These are next to useless, except on sealed SNOWY roads, no good on ice and no good on gravel ( I looked into these a heap when they were released as a good easy chain replacment) also they don't like roads that are gritted. Your best bet would be smaller rims and "normal" quickfit type chains

Sorry man we all ski

install wee Leds into wing mirror and run from fender repeaters

My guess is aftermarket alarm for locking and unlocking, so at a guess you have to try and pull against the actuators, this is why you cannot open the locks. may not help now but maybe fit an external battery point so you can charge/jump it next time

Throw a 2 litre or 2.2 in it, they will last longer then the 2.5 for not alot of loss when it comes down to it, scrap it and spend another couple of grand on another wagon that who knows how good the engine is, or spend the 2k on a decent engine and installation, and have a car that you know where you are at with it. Case in point although not a subaru, I have just spent $3k on doing a full engine rebuild on a isuzu MU, the old engine developed a bad knock after an overheat,I could of scrapped it then and there and then went and spent anywhere between 2 and 5k on another MU BUT i would be buying a vehicle that I have no idea how good it is, I know that my MU has no rust,has a good trans,and everything else on it is mint, so I dropped 1800 on a rebuild kit( not bad considering it included a new head,pistons,liners,rings, bearing and a full gasket set) I then spent a few hours rebuilding the engine, I will now have a vehicle that will last for another few 100,000 km for 3k

made another 2 of these, now to find the matching ones to make them pairs

Why are you driving an unwarranted, unregistered car on the road ? It rips my undies that you do this then whinge when you get caught, I spend thousands a year to make sure my cars a fully insured, Registered and Wofed at all times while being used, Pay the fines and dont drive the car till it is legal

cam shaft idler bearing going, makes noise until the grease warms up

Need "other" category like "sits in shed and get driven once a month "

I done this, dodgy fuel set up ( pressure sprayer as still cannot get fuel from tank, suspecting a blocked tank pickup) and found out it has a water leak but a bit more positive about it now as it does run nicely, which is contrary to what I was told,I dont think anything major wrong with the engine( other than noisy tappets)

Never ever trust them,1/they are usually "cheap" so probably not that accurate.2/they get abused/run over 3/ they are never recalibrated

Still awaiting the upgrade to come thru, hopefully soon, otherwise upgrade times

That screen shot is from my sony xperia z1 running android 4.4.4 so yup non apple gadget

I used the google translate app screen shot of result

as posted in other thread, i doubt there is ever a truly completely rust free brumby, mine is damn close and i would say it has maybe 5% of surface rust look on trademe and expect to pay 4k+ unless you are lucky like me and find one unused in a farmers shed

good luck finding a rust free one, there are a couple on trademe at about the $3-4k which is about what you will expect to pay for one. I have one that is Mostly rust free

Here is my NON subaru experience, we brought a toyota estima a few years back, the 2 engine options are a 2.4 inline 4 or a 3l v6 both same spec otherwise( 4 speed auto AWD) we had both for consecutive weeks, the 2.4 was when driven the way we drive cars ( not overly worried about fuel usage) was waayyyy more hungry, and gutless, where as the v6 just did and still does it all effortlessly and used if not the same fuel in our usage maybe a wee bit less.

not sure how you get that the 3 litre 6 has higher running costs ? no cam belt for one , also similar/better milage than a smaller engine working harder

I am guessing SI skifield roads And why does he need a manual? autos are way better in those conditions than any manual( I have spent a few thousands KM's driving in those conditions and prefer Auto all day every day)

yup there was a heap of these imported about 18 months ago,government owned in japan so never registered,until they were released for sale in 2014,so although built mid '90s they were not "first registered in japan"until 2014, there was alot of crap about them from the NZTA,but the importer went back to them saying that the rules were made by them and the buses were well within the rules

Yup 2009 Mitsi rosa 22 seats 4.9 litre 4 cylinder common rail turbo intercooled 110 kw 441nm 4 speed auto AWD delivery Thursday only 40,000 km on odo so pretty much brand new

A mitsi even turbo AWD

Spent $90k on a new one