Originally Posted by Macca

John. Check out the site below and animate forward to Sat/Sun. Might want to consider the amount of rain and standing water we will have on Sunday . No where near as big as Bola in 86 but definitely be a bit moist on the way down... Otherwise as you were but pack more undies :-) http://passageweather.com/ Good idea about your brakes. They were so loud every time you braked when we slowed right down I could hear them in my cabin with the air con on, the windows up above my engine LOL! No good for the Auckland commute. I think the NZ 964 prices are random. I must have mentioned Daves car to at least 1 dozen folk myself who I knew were interested in a 90s 911 and nothing. I think a few of us did. Then 2-3 sell within 4 weeks. Its just like that sometimes. Cars like ours dont really go up in value in NZ. Kiwis are too tight and not enough passion for them with their wallet. They just get exported when they are worth more....

Originally Posted by Macca

John. Check out the site below and animate forward to Sat/Sun. Might want to consider the amount of rain and standing water we will have on Sunday . No where near as big as Bola in 86 but definitely be a bit moist on the way down...

Otherwise as you were but pack more undies :-)

http://passageweather.com/

Originally Posted by peterC2S

Meanwhile, in an enclosed car transporter somewhere on the NI Paul and my cars will be lovely and dry! We're still trying to get confirmation of the drop off point for wheels on Thurs/Fri (Macca, Doug, Ron & Chris) - will e-mail when we have it.

Originally Posted by John McM

13 years in cyclone zones. No worries. Water off a ducktail's back. I will put the rear wiper back on though. Not worried about rain and Z221s. I'll drive to the conditions.

Originally Posted by Macca

Cook strait ferry looks like it will be a fun ride Tuesday morning. Hope no one here gets car sick. Could be worse than riding shotgun with me....

Originally Posted by John McM

13 years in cyclone zones. No worries. Water off a ducktail's back. I will put the rear wiper back on though. Not worried about rain and Z221s. I'll drive to the conditions.

Originally Posted by John McM

A small price to pay for the ability to wear the T shirt. Put another way Doug and I get the full alimentary canal, the shippers get the ar$e end. You get the idea.

Originally Posted by John McM

It's on the GoPro, which is where it can stay In general very disappointed with my footage. Anything filmed through my windscreen is rubbish. The low morning light blasted my pitted windscreen so many times I couldn't get any good sequences worth cutting together. Anything taken outside the car is perfect. For the rest of the trip I will save the in car for the track and do more free format and suction cup work. BTW great to share the journey north with you. I'll try and share plenty of pics on the next part of the journey so you can live vicariously from the sofa.

Originally Posted by Macca

Your just lucky Paul isnt group leader on the way down LOL!

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Originally Posted by John McM

Doug, if you want my passenger seat just ask. That would be 40kg of weight saved, assuming you don't fit a passenger seat.

Originally Posted by Doug Hanna

Sorry to hear the footage from inside wasn't any good John. I was looking forward to a few clips. Part of the shakedown though... Means the next leg you will have it right.

Originally Posted by Macca

At Ron's pace should be fine in the wet on 221s. NITT started wet and those tyres were superb. Your just lucky Paul isnt group leader on the way down LOL! Doug. In North-land they close the roads when it rains a little...

Originally Posted by peterC2S

Sheesh - can't believe you're not going round the East cape...