On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, at around 20:35:01 local time,
david@robertson.org.nz wrote:
>Hi,
>
>New Zealand probably isn't too bad an option. We don't seem to be
>getting any of the police state stuff happening and not too much
>legislation interfering with things. Car clubs are strong here and
>Triumphs (esp 2000 & 2500 saloons) are still fairly common daily
>drivers.
Splendid.
>If you want to see what New Zealand looks like, go & see the Lord of
>the Rings movies. Everything was shot in New Zealand, some of it only a
>few minutes from where I live.
>Downsides would be:
>
>New Zealand dollar is worth about 57 cents US. Once you put freight on
>as well, parts are expensive.
Noted.
>Top income tax rate is 39% and you don't have to have a very large
>income to hit that.
That's not much of a drawback when compared to UK.
> We also pay a standard 12.5% 'Goods & Services Tax'
>on virtually everything.
Whereas we pay a standard 17.5%...
>
>Petrol is slightly over $1 per litre (that's NZ $ - so say 60 cents
>US). Better than UK I think
By a factor of two.
> but more expensive than the US. However
>it's all unleaded. I use a lead substitute with each fill.
After forty years of leaded petrol, Ellie's engine runs beautifully on
unleaded. Maybe I'd better leave Carly in UK, though.
>
>Cars have to have a 'Warrant of Fitness' check done every 6 months.
>These have recently been getting much tougher - for example, one of my
>Triumphs has holes in the seats to mount headrests although it had
>never had them. Instead it had plastic blanking plugs over the holes.
>One of those plugs was missing so the car failed on the grounds that an
>open hole indicated a possible missing headrest. Basically, if your car
>had it new, it must have it now & it must work.
That's my philosophy of Triumph ownership, so I should be OK.
Thanks for the info. It is all looking very positive so far.
ATB
--
Mike
Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV
Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL
Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FH105671
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