Wayne Potgieter

Yo Kiwi Hubbers! I am super excited about this. About to take my kids in their first overnight bike trip. Given it’s their first one and I am trying to make it as fun as possible, I am trying to make it as easy as possible for them. This means I am the packing mule. Does anyone have a bike trailer for carrying luggage I can borrow for Labour weekend? I don’t really want to buy one unless I know they will do this more often.

Ooof. Someones angry at Mr Grant.

Gosh, I could see myself living here.... https://mtcardronastation.co.nz/

My Mrs is travelling on a conference at the moment. She has gone to Hayman Island in Australia. Really close to Hamilton Island. If any of you are looking for a great white sand, blue water kind of holiday - she recommends.

I agree completely. I was talking with a sales guy at Toyota recently and he mentioned it is quite the status symbol to have amongst the Asian immigrants in our community, in particular Chinese people. Kinda like BMWx6's for people from Benoni. I guess (like most things) people can attribute value based on status, but for $100k you can do a lot better if you lose that sort of thinking.

Totally agree that the Alphard is an ugly duckling. Are you sitting down? https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/toyota/alphard/listing/3727764952

yeah, I find the new Carnival looks a lot more like an SUV, drives like a car and has the space of a van. It really surprised me. So much so, I ordered one.

Yep. that’s what I ended up doing. I was offered an insanely good trade in price on my RAV4. Ended up buying a new Kia Carnival. I am now officially a van driver.

ok, need some help from the kiwi hubbers... My in laws are coming for a few weeks from Jozi. They will be here from Christmas to Mid Jan. We are planning on doing a few little mini breaks in amongst local moving around and I am trying to get my hands on a 8 seater+ car. I have looked at rentals, but almost had a heart attack when the quotes were around $4k plus. One option is a car subscription for a month that works out quite cost effective at around $1,500 for the month. Then I wondered if anyone has a 8 seater car that we can do a swop with my new Toyota Rav 4 Hybrid for a few weeks? Naturally, we put each other on the insurance plan and so on...

Bring your kids to my place for a day and you and T can take a day to go do stuff...lord knows you are in SEVERE babysitting credit with me.

I have a full set of Pedro's bike tools and live in Orewa on the north shore. You are welcome to use the tools and a few of us get together and we can watch you build it whilst critiquing you? (nah, will help you build it up) can even help with tubeless setups and everything.

Im keen to meet up at Snowplanet if you are....

Probably telling you what you already know, but I recently met a travelling ski instructor who was carrying out a season in NZ and his view was of all the places he has instructed in worldwide, Japan was the best. He spoke about the powder like a man possessed.

I spent an unhealthy amount of time on Youtube looking at Japan skiing. I am super keen to go as well.

Anyone on here into snow skiing - I am afraid the bug has bitten us hard on this. Looking to try and source some second hand stuff and avoid the long lines at rental places.

My mrs and I are saving for a 2 year "gap year" for when the kids are in University and no longer living in the house. Our plan is to tour Canada, Alaska, The rest of USA and Mexico in this... https://www.winnebago.com/models/product/motorhomes/class-c/ekko

A good SAFFA mate of mine just went over to Perthfontein to do a look see decide. He currently lives in Half Moon Bay Auckland. Long story short, he has just bought the new build site 4 houses over from me in Millwater.

This. The best gadget we ever bought was a braun in ear thermometer. The rest was pretty much all a gimmick.

Looks like you got a tidy bit more than your original asking price there Patches...

Looks like the price has risen nicely...

Side note. I paid the last progress payment on our new Orewa home last night. The big move is in 2 weeks. Was so excited that I drove to the house that is now legally mine (and sorta ANZ bank) and filled the spa pool.

Kinda like insurance. You get a better deal, and when cancelling your existing policy to move to the new one, all of a sudden your existing insurer found a magical calculator that spits out a better deal. Its why every January I call around for more insurance quotes....

Ive always liked the styling of the Ruroc helmets, but they dont get good reviews for noise. My current helmet is a Nolan X Lite in Carbon finish, but it looks like a sports bike helmet but has an interesting trick up its sleeve in that its face lifts up completely like a touring helmet but still gets the same safety rating as a full face https://www.motoin.de/Helmets/Flip-up-helmets/X-Lite-X-1004-Ultra-Carbon-Dyad-flip-up-helmet::44728.html?language=en&id[12]=64093&refID=02&gclid=CjwKCAjwve2TBhByEiwAaktM1DToN1MDC2Yj1O6RR6HRIvzQ2x5hPbx6lOJLOLy5tppul_YjU_njxRoC05UQAvD_BwE

Lucky bugger. Love that bike. Many happy and safe miles Dave!

Anyone on here looking to purchase a Garmin Fenix 6X Pro Solar? I have a mate that has asked me to help sell it and he wants a pretty low price for it...Thought I might offer it here before putting it on Facebook Marketplace. I think his lowest price was $750 which is a pretty good deal for the Por Solar version.