Thread: RUC increases

RUC costs will go up no matter what.
issue is the govt will spend the extra revenue on bullshit like maori road signs not pot hole repair
personally i like my 3.0 petrol and 3.0 diesel and will continue to use them.
i will not get on a bus! or a train!

Originally Posted by gonetropo

RUC costs will go up no matter what.
issue is the govt will spend the extra revenue on bullshit like maori road signs not pot hole repair
personally i like my 3.0 petrol and 3.0 diesel and will continue to use them.
i will not get on a bus! or a train!

You’re just a stroppy bastard! no go fix another Tesla

Originally Posted by Maca49

You’re just a stroppy bastard! no go fix another Tesla

never ever again will i get my test gear out to work on one of those POS
the nissan leaf is far better made btw but i will never own an EV

I sometimes wonder about the safety risks of DIY on EV's
I don't know much about them, but am aware that the voltages can be as high as 600 VDC from a low impedance source. That means high current delivery capability in short time, equally as dangerous as high power valve radio transmitters that killed a few technicians in the old days.
Modern super capacitors can be quite lethal too, with low voltage, but very high current (fire).
if you calculate the energy, we are in some cases, talking about the equivalent of a slab of TNT about the size of a pound of butter.
The mind boggles

Brasso, there's few certain things in the world, except that politicians will always be pushing fear-porn about global catastrophes. The global cooling and warming one has been pushed for many years now, and it's amazing people still believe it. Apparently even elderly people fall for it. I know science and statistics prove it. But I can find science and statistics that proves the opposite too.
The only thing 'the studies' inform you of is who is paying the scientist that carried out the study.
The only thing you can possibly achieve by pushing this agenda is more government control and tax over your life and mine. Live and let live, and stop encouraging further government control. It's not the answer.

On another note, the previous gen petrol rav4 I often drive gets between 12-15L/100km. This is atrocious for a 2015 car. The 1990s 200tdi discovery that I own gets between 7-8L/100km. Yet I think its actually cheaper for me to drive the rav4 once you factor in RUCs. Pretty annoying. Beats getting on a bus though.

You would laugh if you saw my 1957 series I SWB Landrover ragtop.
It looks terrible, but is fantastic.
I have owned it since 1985.
Many Landrovers of that era were ruined by changing the engine to a 6 cylinder Holden. Not this one.

Weather runs in cycles, globle warming is BS

I like to view the cycles as "Climate change" Been going up and down for thousands of years.
But "global warming" is different, It only ever goes up, never down, and that is the concerning part.
It doesn't help when people think the warnings are coming from politicians. They are not.
Politicians are just the messengers, and you can shoot them if you like.
The warnings are measured, and coming from experienced scientists.
Victoria University of Wellington predicted some time ago, that the first areas to be flooded by sea level rise, would be Lowrey bay Eastbourne, and Voila! It's now happening.
Massive seawalls are being built there, but they are only a time delay.
As we speak, Arctic ice is falling into the sea at around 37000 tonnes per second (yes, per second), not including Antarctic ice, which is evidently at a higher rate.
The people of the Bering sea cannot sledge across the ice from the USA to Russia to fish any more, for the first time in living memory.
We have our heads in the sand guys.
But by crikey, have you noticed how much easier the hunting has gotten lately?
The local reds are in big mobs, and even more fallow about lately, including some white ones.
Keep the powder dry

Originally Posted by Brasso

Victoria University of Wellington predicted some time ago, that the first areas to be flooded by sea level rise, would be Lowrey bay Eastbourne, and Voila! It's now happening.

Again, I used to live in Lowry Bay ~ 50 years ago. It was exactly the same then, I used to catch the bus to Muratai School - and frequently ended up stuck at home when storm swells came up over the road. Victoria University couldn't predict their own shits within a week if they tried (which is why they are going broke).

Originally Posted by vulcannz

Again, I used to live in Lowry Bay ~ 50 years ago. It was exactly the same then, I used to catch the bus to Muratai School - and frequently ended up stuck at home when storm swells came up over the road. Victoria University couldn't predict their own shits within a week if they tried (which is why they are going broke).

Government has announced more uni funding in these tough times, will really help with their "predications"

This thread has gone off the reservation but to summarise you will be paying more for RUC from the 1st of July

@Brasso. "But "global warming" is different, It only ever goes up, never down, and that is the concerning part." Oh really? What about the Cretaceous Period when average temps. were 5-10 degrees Celsius higher than today and sea levels were 50-100 meters higher. Maybe some of the Dinosaurs would beg to differ with you. Anyhow this thread has gotten way of track as usual, lets get back on track.

I wouldn't begrudge rising RUC if I saw it being spent 100% on quality road repairs/maintenance. But what I see is a joke

how can it be more economical to send 6 guys out every 1-2 months with a bag on cold asphalt to fill a hole than just to do it right first time?
beggars belief, hole got so deep in 2 months i snapped a mcpherson strut at 50km/h

Originally Posted by gonetropo

how can it be more economical to send 6 guys out every 1-2 months with a bag on cold asphalt to fill a hole than just to do it right first time?
beggars belief, hole got so deep in 2 months i snapped a mcpherson strut at 50km/h

send the invoice for the repairs with evidence to the LTSA, or waka kotahi or what ever politically correct name they want to spin this week.

You have a case for re imbursement there.

You pay tax to use the roads, its only right that the roads should be up to standard to be used.