Obsessed

Thanks for all the messages guys, things are almost back to normal (well, the new normal) and James is packing on the pies.

Looking forward to catching up with you all at the track soonish.

mikee6421

I have imported 18" Bridgestones from the US through http://www.wheelenhancement.com although not recently. Even with air freight costs plus GST it did work out cheaper on each occassion, plus NZD is pretty good against USD at the moment. It is a hassle as you need to jump through a number of bureaucratic hoops as tyres are a prohibited item for safety reasons I think (http://www.customs.govt.nz/news/reso...Sheet%2005.pdf)
You need an importer number and to satisfy NZ Customs they comply with NZ requirements etc. Another advantage of importing them is you will likely find exactly what you want...

John McM

Great to hear all is at the new normal, but 'soonish' is a 'weasel' word!

John McM

Too hot to work outside today so I got out the Plastidip. The result is good from 10' but I won't be asking Virgos to inspect them!

mikee6421

Paul, the Michelin Pilot Sport PS2s look good:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....e&autoModClar=

These are a newer model than the Michelins I currently have.

O2GO

I got a freight quote on 17" versions of these from tire rack in July which was $213 to freight a pair. I only needed two at the time then sold the car so didn't go ahead. I assume this is USD. The freight is quite high for tyres IMO. BTW they can't supply toyo R888s to NZ due to distribution rules.

John McM

And those are N rated . All up cost delivered to your house would be ~ NZD 2,015.

John McM

Design 911 in the UK may supply Toyo r888 (they stock them but have never tried to buy them) price is same as Michelins above.

kiwi 911

Macca,

You need this to take on Sean (i thought the price seems quite reasonable given all the fruit on the car??)

http://www.porsche-qld.org.au/Porsch...2639B0#pagetop

peterC2S

And only 1000kg!! That would be a riot.

Macca

Interesting car Paul. Good spotting. Shame it cant be road registered. Great value though. Not as fast as the 991 GT3 with air con on and music playing surely LOL! Not as quick as Seans new ride either I suspect...

O2GO

Hey Pete, Porsche are coming out with a Spider/Cayman R sport suspension option for the 981. http://www.pistonheads.com/roadtests...p?c=47&i=26243

Interesting

Trundle

Doug,don't know whether you are planing on driving through Oamaru during the SITT but if so could I recommend a stop there. An old friend, just retired, owns Tempero Motor Bodies. They hand craft replicas of all the interesting cars made. C type D type jags. Ferraris etc. etc. I have fond memories of being picked up byErrol Tempero in the "Demo" D type and driving iron a balmy summer evening around the back roads at 120+ MPH. Fantastic feeling with the wind in the hair driving flat out. Anyway, if you do I will endeavour. To get the SITT group a tour through the facility - no one will be disappointed. Besides that you can place orders foe alloy body panels for your 'babies.

996tnz

Belated congratulations, and what a cute kid. The first month or three are like a protracted civil defense emergency, but it is so worth it. Hope you're all managing to stay on top of the waves after that rough start!

O2GO

Lovely idea thanks Tony. We aren't currently planning to go near Oamaru. We have an opportunity the day we go from Queenstown to Mt Cook but Oamaru is way out of our way and would be 6 hours driving round trip. So we will have to sadly give it a miss this time unless anyone disagrees or a group would like to give it a go.