What have you done to your car today?

I have just sold my AB Forester but it's more of a functional than an economic decision such as:
  • The touring scene in NZ, especially in the North Island has changed significantly wherein so many public roads have been barricaded by homeowners living in many tourable areas. If it's public road, it's owned by the public and not by them and when tourers try to report such barricades/blockades, the councils will just say, "Go to the tribunal..." It's truly annoying as the trend has become more and more common. People/overlanders plan trips only to be blocked on public access roads. I know it's different in the South Island but off-road Subaruers, as well as other clubs, are starting to get the same treatment. If I subtract those regions where public access roads are illegally blocked by people living along those roads, I have essentially toured the whole of North Island. It's just the 42 Traverse that I haven't done but there is always a time for everything.
  • My workload has increased exponentially and touring is becoming more and more of a big mission because of the first point above. It's different when I live in the South Island but I don't think about that at the moment.
If in case I am going to migrate to the South Island, I will just get another Forester or an Outback and kit it up again for touring. I am still into SG Foresters because I like their simplicity and design but it will already be a manual/standard transmission.
 
@ABFoz Many decades ago I was a member of an offroad group in South Australia (ORSA). When we went on long trips, we had a map savvy lawyer, a locksmith and BIG bolt cutters. If it was definitely a public road, gate or not, locked or not, we went along it.

Forget about tribunals ...

We explained the law to the offender about closing off public roads for private purposes (i.e. it was, and is, illegal to do so) and proceeded. Often a convoy of 5-20 vehicles, usually each with a driver and a navigator.
 
Ratbag said:
@ABFoz Many decades ago I was a member of an offroad group in South Australia (ORSA). When we went on long trips, we had a map savvy lawyer, a locksmith and BIG bolt cutters. If it was definitely a public road, gate or not, locked or not, we went along it.

Forget about tribunals ...

We explained the law to the offender about closing off public roads for private purposes (i.e. it was, and is, illegal to do so) and proceeded. Often a convoy of 5-20 vehicles, usually each with a driver and a navigator.
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True. It helps a lot if you are in a group. Here tribunals may be treating clossed access as disputed access or something like because they truly don't help in the way of the public. They may have gone like that because many parts of the North Island are being claimed and they might have just put themselves in a neutral position regardless of whether it's land or road involved. It's still annoying. We've got all sorts of borders, restrictions and access issues here in such a relatively tiny land.

I know it's different in the South Island and it's going to be another Subaru there but I will think about that when I get there.
 
Still haven`t washed it but did dig up a few tins from the backyard and had a NEW alternator and NEW starter fitted. No more annoying faulty starting probs and no annoying whistle/singing from front.
Maybe bath tomorrow.......
Which as we know never comes, like the free beer.
 
subyroo said:
Same here, I now rely on Roadside Assist. :lol1:
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When Heather had a flat recently, I had to call the RACV. I could not lift the spare out! 21.5 kgs, 17", alloy.

The 16" wheels on my SG are about 4 kgs lighter, and easier to get the spare out of its hole.
 
As I have (boastfully) commented before I can still rotate all 6 wheels and tyres. Good job they get lighter as they wear.........
The big struggle is lifting number 6 up and onto the rear carrier.
I can still handle a 20 litre full jerry but for how much longer?
 
I can still lift and fill from a full 20L steel jerry can. I'm actually still quite strong, but there is no way I could lift one into a roof basket.

However, anything that involves twisting, or lifting at an awkward angle, I'm useless.

All 5 of my lumbar discs have damage, and all my lumbar facet joints are cactus.
 
ateday said:
As I have (boastfully) commented before I can still rotate all 6 wheels and tyres. Good job they get lighter as they wear.........
The big struggle is lifting number 6 up and onto the rear carrier.
I can still handle a 20 litre full jerry but for how much longer?
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Ratbag said:
I can still lift and fill from a full 20L steel jerry can. I'm actually still quite strong, but there is no way I could lift one into a roof basket.

However, anything that involves twisting, or lifting at an awkward angle, I'm useless.

All 5 of my lumbar discs have damage, and all my lumbar facet joints are cactus.
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Carrying a tyre to put on the roof is risky/hazardous for anyone at any age. I am not too young/old and I won't do such unless I train myself doing such over and over again to strengthen the tendons involved. So many people have injured themselves doing such and many are fairly young.

I thought about putting my spare on the roof so I won't deflate it but I decided to just put it in the spare wheel well just to reduce the risk.

I remember seeing a pulley system installed on an LC78 (overseas) just for bringing a tyre on the roof. That's too much for Subarus, though.
 
Ratbag said:
I can still lift and fill from a full 20L steel jerry can. I'm actually still quite strong, but there is no way I could lift one into a roof basket.

However, anything that involves twisting, or lifting at an awkward angle, I'm useless.

All 5 of my lumbar discs have damage, and all my lumbar facet joints are cactus.
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Lifting just about anything heavy onto a roof basket is a no no. Any twisting is done slowly and carefully.
Both jerry and spare number 2 are on my SubaXtreme rear carrier. That I can handle. To transfer jerry I place in holder and syphon into tank.
 
El_Freddo said:
Geez this convo became a depressing viewing lens into the future :cry:

:ROFLMAO:

Bennie
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Something to look forward to Bennie....
The best advice you can give to a younger person is "don`t get old!!!"
The downside is it is pretty hard to put into practice.
 
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