Not Your Average Classic Car Auction.

Posted: March 12, 2011 in All, Events
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On Tuesday the 22nd of March a number of very rare cars, motorcycles and automotive memorabilia goes up for auction by Webb’s, New Zealand’s Premier Auction House. Everything from very historic race cars to old oil and motoring signs.

The highlight of the auction has to be the stunning Ferrari Lusso 250. Only 350 of these cars were built between January 1963 and August 1964, of that only 23 were produced in right hand drive, 21 of those still survive. This particular example was restored by Auto Restorations and has an amazing 17,100 original miles. Looking at this car you’d be forgiven for thinking you are standing in a Ferrari showroom in 1963, every millimetre of this car is perfect, not a mark on it which is what you’d expect I guess with an estimated auction price of between 1.1 and 1.4 million dollars. Can’t help Read the rest of this entry »

Christchurch Earthquake 22.02.2011

Posted: February 23, 2011 in All
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Our thoughts are with all those affected by the recent devastating earthquake in Christchurch on the 22nd of February 2011. We have family in the area and they are ok although very shaken and concerned for others worse affected, as we all are.

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Proof Of Evolution

Posted: February 15, 2011 in All, Hyundai, New Car Reviews
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It all started in 1985 when Hyundai released the Sonata. It was a revamped version of the Stellar that actually wasn’t all that stellar. The Sonata was certainly nothing to write home about either, also pretty much every Sonata after that. Not to mention other models in the Hyundai range: Pony, Excel, Accent, Elantra and so on. Not that they were ever unreliable in fact they appear to be very reliable indeed hence you still see many of them on our roads daily, unexcitingly meandering along taking their occupants from point A to point B. These ‘80’s and ‘90’s Hyundai’s were bland, boring and very unsafe should their occupants be unfortunate enough to have an altercation with one of the many drivers on our roads that can’t, um, drive.

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Kumeu Classic Car & Hot Rod Festival

Posted: January 17, 2011 in All, Events
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It’s easy to see why this festival has survived for 17 years now. Our lovely country seems to  be full of some of the most stunning examples of motoring history from around the world, and it would seem most of them were in Kumeu this weekend.

This was my first visit to the Kumeu A & P Showgrounds, why? I don’t know but this classic car enthusiast sitting here tapping away on his laptop in the dark on a hot Sunday evening with a sunburnt face and sore legs now realises he should have popped his Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival cheery a long, long time ago!

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Grunt Without The Thirst

Posted: November 10, 2010 in All, Holden, New Car Reviews
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2010 Holden Commodore VE Berlina Series II 3.0 V6 SIDI


It was with some feeling of expectation that I approached the new three litre V6 Berlina with all the hype surrounding the new SIDI (Spark Ignition Direct Injection) engine I had high hopes of a powerful and economical drive over the next few days.

Thankfully I wasn’t disappointed. Even with my heavy footed style of driving and plenty of that stop start city driving I was pleased to see the trip computer reading around 12.3 litres per 100k’s, factory claim is 9.3 which should be easily achievable on the open road.

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