Hard News

Hard News

How much petrol did you use from Wellington to Auckland..?

Usually a fill in Wellington, north of Hamilton (Ngaruawahia or Huntly) and somewhere like Te Kuiti on the way home.  These days it would probably be about $180 of 98 Octane.

It's fair to say I can be a little heavy on gas usage though, and  Subaru Boxer engines aren't the most economical engine.
Hard News2007-09-10 11:47:51

Awesome so a nice little economic car we're talking about $150. Also, how much time, 8 hours?

Usually I could be on the Shore in 8 hours, even for a Friday night game.

Still, I'd allow 9 so you can stop for a nosh and a break on the way, and ensuring you maintain the speed limit.  Also, travel via Taumaranui...

Auckland, Huntly, Ngaruawahia (turn off to) Pirongia, in at Otorohanga, Te Kuiti, Taumaranui, National park, Ohakune, Waiouru and then SH1.

sh*t man how did you manage every game? You must've took heaps of time off work.

Knights and last season of the Kingz it was only about half the matches.  V3 and V4 of the Kingz was a bit ugly... (V1 and V2 I was in Hamilton).

On the positive side I've got stacks of leave now.

did the round trip on Friday night / Saturday morning - back roads on the way up, SH1 on the way back (same distance) - stats were, 18 hour round trip, 1265 kms, 135 litres of 98 octane (driving a turbo Subaru), road legal speeds. 

Best I did was 5.55 home from Mt Smart. Used to love those late Sunday afternoon games, no traffic all the way home.  My Camry had a 70 ltr tank so it was full up Wgtn and full up Auck, no stopping.

How much in breakdowns News?  Especially when you were driving that Peugeot sh*tbox...

The Pug died on me thrice in it's life.

Once just after I got it in the middle of State Highway 1 in Hamilton on my way to the Opening game of the U-17 World Cup (not my fault, previous owner put the wrong battery in and it shorted on the bonnet and set fire to the sound dampening).

Once due to water in the electrics at some Hamilton shops...

...and once in the middle of Lower Hutt on the way to watched Petone play Lower Hutt at the Memorial Ground.

Even when the head gasket went I drove it into the mechanics.  It had to come out on a tow truck but it went in on it's own.

I miss it...


Hard News2007-09-10 17:25:06

Train works for me - twenty minutes and I'm there!!!

Hilarious Zephyr. 

You ever thought of doing stand up ?

i can do it in 2.75 in my Koenigsegg

I'm just going to put my two cents in and say ur commited guys. and i feel for you as the bus ride home was depressing enough (as i was thinking about the guttering loss) but 8 hours...ud be able to replay every minute 5 times in your head.

22nd September I believe we have a Saturday game.

Knowing how much she's cost the Ultra, the similarities are large !

The intersting thing is you would think that it would be cheaper for me living in the same city as the club, but thanks to the Backbencher, Fever lounge, Electric Avenue, Wellington public transport and the rest of the Fever executive leading me astray, it is costing me more.
Hard News2007-09-10 21:18:37

You're not kidding there Hard News. We used to meet up at some pub in Onehunga for breaky/lunch before heading off to Mt Smart, it was much cheaper drinking Coffee/Coke/Orange Juice than booze before and after a game. I must say the food at Mt Smart had more taste (it had taste)  than that crap at Westpac and was also cheaper. In those days petrol was 90 odd cents a ltr. You could get to the game and back, buy tickets and food etc and only spend $150 for the whole trip.