Best, Road, Ever...

Leon · Post by **Leon** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:04 am

I got a completely clear run through Paekakariki Hill Road heading in the South direction the other week. Not a single car in my direction the entire road until I got to the inlet.

Pity I was in an automatic Hyundai diesel little car of some variety :lol:

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:06 am

^

figures!
It's like whenever I see a smoking hot hitch hiker I'm always going the other way....

Leon · Post by **Leon** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:25 am

or driving a Camry stickered up so it looks like it is from Waynes World, or Playschool ...

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:29 am

It certainly gets some looks

Worse thing is they covered the rear window as well, so you can't see out the back. dumb.

Leon · Post by **Leon** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:08 am

that's nice and illegal.

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:18 am

Well it's meant to be that see through mesh type stuff. But you can't see through it.

GDII · Post by **GDII** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:31 am

It works OK on van windows as they are vertical but a car window is too steep so the holes would have to be much bigger to work. But still I don't think you are allowed to cover that much window on a car. It's 100mm top and bottom and 50mm sides right?

RH9 · Post by **RH9** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:37 am

Its suprising how many people haven’t been up to Cape Reinga…….the final 20kms is brand new and stunning. But from Awanui just north of Kaitaia all the way up is really amazing scenery, good road (no trucks to ruin it) and bugger all tourist buses.

All I second Napier to Gisborne and then the Waiweka Gorge though to Opotiki. But it pays to do it in a powerful car as overtaking is really hard in anything less than 500hp

mycoolcar · Post by **mycoolcar** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:27 am

GDII wrote:It works OK on van windows as they are vertical but a car window is too steep so the holes would have to be much bigger to work. But still I don't think you are allowed to cover that much window on a car. It's 100mm top and bottom and 50mm sides right?

It's allowed on cars. The mesh is classed as a tint and so the tint laws apply to it.

gurutasker · Post by **gurutasker** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:31 am

Mr Revhead wrote:^ figures!
It's like whenever I see a smoking hot hitch hiker I'm always going the other way....

You mean you don't turn around to pick them up?

You'll never make it onto the stalker hot-list without going that extra mile (or hundred!)

EDIT:

Also LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL at my 'Sloganiser'

"Midget, whiter than the whitest!"

:lol:

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:33 am

Racist midget!! :lol:

No I don't turn around and head back just for hitch hikers lol.

Leon · Post by **Leon** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:49 am

mycoolcar wrote:
GDII wrote:It works OK on van windows as they are vertical but a car window is too steep so the holes would have to be much bigger to work. But still I don't think you are allowed to cover that much window on a car. It's 100mm top and bottom and 50mm sides right?

It's allowed on cars. The mesh is classed as a tint and so the tint laws apply to it.

bzzzt wrong.

It's a sticker and not allowed.

Note 5 Perforated overlays are usually made from printed-on materials. They are therefore not transparent and may be fitted only
where stickers are allowed.

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/virm- ... n-v4a2.pdf
page 12 of 32

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:58 am

Yeah Leon is correct. Just read that and the way they have done it is illegal!
Unless being a rental car it falls under a different rego category?

Leon · Post by **Leon** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:07 pm

No. It's just plain illegal. Silly peoples.

gurutasker · Post by **gurutasker** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:29 pm

Does that mean that while driving it, it can be pink stickered and Rev get slapped with a fine?

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:33 pm

technically yes I think it would!

GDII · Post by **GDII** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:38 pm

gurutasker wrote:Does that mean that while driving it, it can be pink stickered and Rev get slapped with a fine?

I want to see a Hybrid Camry with a pink sticker please. But no fine for Rev.

Leon · Post by **Leon** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:44 pm

gurutasker wrote:Does that mean that while driving it, it can be pink stickered and Rev get slapped with a fine?

They'd probably just give you the option to take the sticker off.

OMG so shiny! · Post by **Dell'Orto** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:15 pm

RH9 wrote:Its suprising how many people haven’t been up to Cape Reinga…….the final 20kms is brand new and stunning. But from Awanui just north of Kaitaia all the way up is really amazing scenery, good road (no trucks to ruin it) and bugger all tourist buses.

Depends what time you get there...tourist buses arrive at the cape at around midday, so leave Kaitaia before 10 and you'll be fine. Dont think the roads are that great, but the Mangamuka ranges is awesome

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:07 pm

http://freeway.airnzrentalcars.com/jour ... s#BlogView

This bit of road was fun today