kiwi 911

If you are buying a typical suburban house on an averaged sized section (i.e. 200m2 house on 600m2) this is my view:

Under $$700K coolish - not climbing
$700K - $1.5M - still very hot and getting top dollar for good property (but not climbing)
Over $1.5M, and especially over $2M, prices have come back about 10% and buyers are very choosy..........

The general theme is people are prepared to wait for the next one if it doesn't quite tick all the boxes.

But PM me if you want.

Cheers
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Macca

Tyre update.

Australia still hasn't responded with shipping costs even after prompting. I suspect they will come back Monday.

Ive chosen to order the 285/30/18 rears in soft (C70) compound. The fronts remain 235/40/18 C70 If they fit under the rear guards (not 100% known at this stage) then there are two small advantages. 1). Larger tyre contact patch for traction and 2). a small reduction in overall gearing form the 265s (negligible at approx 20 rpm per km).

The only two disadvantages I can see at this stage are 1). Slightly heavier and 2). may induce a bot more under-steer particularly when coupled with a functioning 40/60 diff.

Apart from that they are $79 a corner more expensive. We will probably need to reduce the rear camber to -2.00 which means Ill leave the front at -2.30 for overall better multi use wear....

John. Ill keep working on the Aussie shipping. The product is priced well its the cost of the FEDEX which will be the make or break. I think it would be worthwhile yourself and Paul grabbing a pair of 225 fronts each if the freight is fair and stashing these to get you through the 2014/15 season....

Maxem

Yes

John McM

RSG 2k cup beater

Macca
John
Dave.

kiwi 911

Matt and I will volunteer.............
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O2GO

Late brake turn 1 and 80% power from 1/3rd the way down. That's how I catch you John. We'll position Sam down there with a crash helmet and camera for an animated gif :-P

kiwi 911

This is the problem I have at the mo! venders think its still booming coz they read the media hype, and want $200-300k more than they are worth........
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John McM

What's this volunteer BS. You have to pay to play.

O2GO

John, it is a lot of fun on roadies.... I really loved it on the tracks in the SITT on my Bridgestone RE-11s. I could always put these back on too

BTW Steve has convinced me to keep tracking Lola... With a few improvements coming down the line.

All this talk of tyres. Toyo R888s. Everyone on them = similar competition. Last a long time. Not susceptible to heat cycling like others. Good in the wet. A 964 set for $1600. Drift on turn 3. What more could you want?

peterC2S

In like Flynn. Love the 'star in a reasonably priced car' concept.

peterC2S

Re tyres, for the C2's (sorry John) there's also a 215/45 option in the 221s. Just over 5% rolling radius diff front to rear so not for the C4's.

Runtothehills

I'm in as long as it's not all wheel drive and German http://www.trademe.co.nz/740954154

on the property front we were hunting last year for an investment property, the market was intense mostly but noticed a big drop off late 2013 in the competition and to the point were we won a couple of auctions but vendors were still 10% above market price. finally purchased in feb this year.

mjg

Have you run them successfully? 5% is around the ABS threshold, so might be something to watch out for.

I'm in for the 2k Cup lark.

996tnz

LOL - needed that at the end of the week!!!

Macca

Sam. That Audi is a hoot. Could have swore it was one of those fakie bad taste adds to get the clicks. But no. Its real and it exists!