Any Rennlisters from New Zealand?
11-29-2014, 04:59 PM
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Macca, change is the only constant. It will be interesting to see how the milk solid competition plays out. The input cost of production on temperate farm land is relatively low, making a debt free farmer very comfortable, even at current prices. I think NZ will remain competitive, however recent prices have led to some land being burdened with debt and there will be a shakeout, but not until the overflowing 2014 wallets lighten up. I expect 2016 will be the pain point in farming, as will ChCh (same view as you there). Make hay while the sun shines (pun intended). As an adjunct to the Police advice, I'm also telling my sons to be wary of debt in their lives. In my job I look at the higher risk end of lending portfolios and it's clear that over indebtedness is the biggest problem (alongside management skills).
John the only way NZ will remain competitive is is the NZD devalues another 15% in 2015. There in lies the speculative play as I pointed out on here 6 months back. Nice USD hedge play?
The Chinese don't care where their baby formula comes from, Australia will do just fine. It's effectively a commodities market for them....
Doug good turn out congrats! I'll have to organise a few of these in your absence over Xmas break!
11-29-2014, 07:01 PM
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Sunday morning run. Actually, correction... We had 5 Porsches (3 turbos) and picked up three mates of Jakes along the way in non Porsches.
From the front:
Sam in his georgeous 964 C2
John Hawcridge in 997 Turbo
Jake 997 Turbo
Doug 987 Boxster S
Pel in his stunning 930 Turbo
It was a blast. Bit wet for 15 minutes otherwise very good, with very little traffic.
From the front:
Sam in his georgeous 964 C2
John Hawcridge in 997 Turbo
Jake 997 Turbo
Doug 987 Boxster S
Pel in his stunning 930 Turbo
It was a blast. Bit wet for 15 minutes otherwise very good, with very little traffic.
11-29-2014, 07:55 PM
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Sunday morning run. Actually, correction... We had 5 Porsches (3 turbos) and picked up three mates of Jakes along the way in non Porsches.
From the front:
Sam in his georgeous 964 C2
John Hawcridge in 997 Turbo
Jake 997 Turbo
Doug 987 Boxster S
Pel in his stunning 930 Turbo
It was a blast. Bit wet for 15 minutes otherwise very good, with very little traffic.
From the front:
Sam in his georgeous 964 C2
John Hawcridge in 997 Turbo
Jake 997 Turbo
Doug 987 Boxster S
Pel in his stunning 930 Turbo
It was a blast. Bit wet for 15 minutes otherwise very good, with very little traffic.
11-29-2014, 09:45 PM
Drifting
11-29-2014, 09:47 PM
Drifting
So, I have to get serious about an auto trim shop. Anyone have the inside line on a good one? I suspect I'll be putting on a few miles searching out the right place.
11-29-2014, 09:55 PM
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Jake. That's what happens when you jump in at the deep end. The 997T has ruined you for a long while yet!
No one on here does anything logical. We are all part of the human condition and flawed. Take Buba. He resists the GT3 but its coded on the helical strands of his DNA. First he must spend copious amounts of money sprucing up his 993 before he sells it and fulfils his destiny. Then there myself who insists on the insanity of spending copious quantities of folding on an old relic that essentially looks the same as when I started! There is John who has become infected by the Honda virus but still dreams of Herman breaking the 1.19 at HD. David has it bad this weekend. He's fully committed to a budget hotrod resto but as we speak is scanning car magazines on reviews for the new 80K Golf R sleeping wet hot hatch dreams.
Everyone of us have a different POV to the other, own what we own for different reasons. None are right or wrong. One man's floor is another's ceiling.
Go with your gut feel. If it checks out and your chick likes it buy it :-)
No one on here does anything logical. We are all part of the human condition and flawed. Take Buba. He resists the GT3 but its coded on the helical strands of his DNA. First he must spend copious amounts of money sprucing up his 993 before he sells it and fulfils his destiny. Then there myself who insists on the insanity of spending copious quantities of folding on an old relic that essentially looks the same as when I started! There is John who has become infected by the Honda virus but still dreams of Herman breaking the 1.19 at HD. David has it bad this weekend. He's fully committed to a budget hotrod resto but as we speak is scanning car magazines on reviews for the new 80K Golf R sleeping wet hot hatch dreams.
Everyone of us have a different POV to the other, own what we own for different reasons. None are right or wrong. One man's floor is another's ceiling.
Go with your gut feel. If it checks out and your chick likes it buy it :-)
11-29-2014, 10:04 PM
Haha shouldn't have sold mine either, we should make a beeline for the 29k cab haha. Let me know how you get on with the trim, I'm after someone too.
11-29-2014, 10:05 PM
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11-29-2014, 10:22 PM
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11-29-2014, 10:40 PM
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^^^ $55k Doug.
I have a set of half used Bridgestone S03 17 x 205/225.
Suit 964/993.
Will cost you a box of beers or a bottle of red wine.
I just want them gone within the next week.
There where some nice 964's that I have never seen before turn up at cars and coffee today. I went with a mate who has a muscle car and ended up hanging out with Razzo?? I saw Sam and Jake too......
Cheers
PM
I have a set of half used Bridgestone S03 17 x 205/225.
Suit 964/993.
Will cost you a box of beers or a bottle of red wine.
I just want them gone within the next week.
There where some nice 964's that I have never seen before turn up at cars and coffee today. I went with a mate who has a muscle car and ended up hanging out with Razzo?? I saw Sam and Jake too......
Cheers
PM
11-29-2014, 10:45 PM
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You need to tidy the paint Macca - your car is a track hack these days
But would be interesting to see if you could attract a buyer north of a hundie??
It's interesting - at $125K would you buy a 3.3 964T, a long hood, or the 993 C4S...........or a 997.1 GT3?
996 GT3's at $80-90K are starting to look like no brainers if you wanted a Porsche experience and to recover your cost of ownership over a 3-5 year period.