madmurdock

Thanks for the response, Macca. We're actually not even sure where we will stay. We spent 3 weeks driving around north/south islands around 3 yrs ago and fell in love with NZ. The people are nice too . I'm self employed and only need a laptop with wifi to operate my business, which in essence allows us to live pretty much anywhere. We will know more in the next few months. I guess I can sell the car here. I do have a strong attachment to the damn thing hence why I was thinking of bringing her along. No plans of selling her off anytime soon.

O2GO

Macca I'd be on for SITT 2016. Doing our own SI tour a week each side of this coming Easter :-). Mostly different roads this time apart from several nights at Hamner and Arrowtown (for some early morning runs). Doing an overnight cruise on Milford Sound too.

This new app sure sucks

O2GO

Lola is coming together

Maxem

Nice Doug. I guess the Orange T will get some lovin now

Macca

Thats a great position to be in (work wise). It allows you to access some of the best spots in the country to live at any price whilst for modest cost. You should consider Nelson, Queenstown, Wanaka, SI west coast, NI Hawkes Bay, Tauranga, Taupo, KeriKeri, Paihia etc basically so many choices!
If the RS is of sentimental value bring it with you. There will be a 5 years restriction on resale in NZ I believe, but that wont be an issue. We have some great driving roads in NZ as you know, infact I think we are blessed with quite a few very nice roads and some wonderful scenery (and the people are friendly as you say). If you want some advise from another RLer & American currently spending more and more time in NZ then I can put you in touch with Watt who spends time on this board - he has rented an lived in a number of NZ locations and can probably help you with his POV.

Maxem

Macca, I will do the SITT one day but have a month in Europe this winter so that's the end of any more fun for a while.

Macca

Dave, If Dougs car has been in there for 7 months how long has yours been going?

Maxem

Hey Madmurdock, how about leaving the water pumper stateside and bringing that green machine in your avatar? No contest.

Macca

It will be real good to have you along Doug!

Dave, there will always be another time (2018?) and a trip to Europe is worth sacrificing for.

John McM

I think Doug's wait with Steve is somewhat less than 7 months. The accident was early August but there were a few months of work done in Doug's garage.

As for Dave, I took photos of his car when getting Herman's harness bar fitted in January 2014....

John McM

Mind-you, longer than all of that is Dean's '70T. In August 2013 I asked him whether he would be finished in a year - obviously not.

Maxem

Well, I'm pretty sure I spent all of xmas hols 2013 thinking about it. Gave the go ahead mid Jan 2014 but it only really got going in around March 2014 so probably about a year I think. How the hell it has held my interest for so long surprise me. I think a bit of pace is needed now. There is a bit of capital tied up in it now so not being able to use it is a bit of a mental hurdle to get over.

madmurdock

Haha that would be the plan, but the green machine belongs to a friend in Switzerland. He actually lives along Stelvio and drives the wheels off that thing.

mrphil

a job well done, looks way better now

John McM

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