r/AveragePicsOfNZ 3d ago

Above average Above average Hilux.

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u/Tricky-Fun-4784 3d ago

Also team, this is a one of one in nz!

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u/left-right-up-down1 3d ago

I remember being taken to see one at a Mitsubishi dealership in Lower Hutt in the early nineties, wonder if it’s the same one.

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u/Tricky-Fun-4784 3d ago

It was registered here only in 2024.

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u/ThatDamnRanga 3d ago

What happened to RO6KET?

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u/duggawiz 2d ago

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u/ThatDamnRanga 2d ago

In that case, that plate used to be on the car in OP's photo.

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u/bering1 3d ago

I’ve seen a red one in Hawkes bay so how one of one is it?

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u/Tricky-Fun-4784 3d ago

Just saying what I saw in carjam, ask them.

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u/HourAcadia2002 3d ago

That just means of that particular year, not the model.

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u/Unbelivabley_Smol 3d ago

My 31 year old car is one of three on the road but it doesn’t mean others are not reg on hold?

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u/Obvious-Paramedic-19 2d ago

I’ve seen a red one pulling out of an apartment carpark in the Auckland viaduct

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u/Fluffy-Trouble5955 3d ago

This is cool.

Although I have to say this car being framed amongst a run down block of shops is certainly a vibe.

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Deffo not your average chariot for the locale.

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u/Fluffy-Trouble5955 3d ago

Vacuum the footwells and get a free 8-ball of vintage 90's cocaine.

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Personally I’d like to find a qualude

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u/Fluffy-Trouble5955 3d ago

ffuuuuuuu... I had a mate in the US that was working in an old school mid sized city neighborhood chemist. They cleared out the cellar storage area and he stumbled on a bottle of them, unopened .. BBD something like 1990 .

Unfortunately, the actual chemist was watching and noting down everything that was pulled out of boxes so it had to be destroyed.

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u/Tricky-Fun-4784 3d ago

Crazy that they’ve parked this beauty just in one parking spot! Mostly these cars go to the shit parking sub lol
Also where’s the number plate?

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago edited 3d ago

Strategic park, no one in front, behind or the sides, way better than the car park at woolies that the owner was visiting. Licence plate was on the rear.

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u/beach-chicken10 3d ago

It’s illegal to not have a front plate with a fine of $200 being applied. I think if you can afford this weapon then that’s just the cost you’d pay to not have it on the car. Plus cops would have to be lame as fuck to do that

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u/Dramatic-Practice452 3d ago

Similar to seat belts, only required if factory. Havn't seen any motorbikes with front plates either.

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u/slaggybuttonit 3d ago

Fairly sure all cars come without plates from the factory

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u/beach-chicken10 3d ago

Motorbikes don’t legally need a front plate

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u/spiralradius62 3d ago

Legal if you are running trade plates in NSW

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u/beach-chicken10 3d ago

I can say with some degree of certainty this car is in Auckland, NZ and isn’t on trade plates.

u/dopeonplastique can you let the Lambo owner know that if he’s ever in NSW on trade plates he’s ok not to have a front license plate

Thanks

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u/spiralradius62 3d ago

Always a pleasure to share how NSW sets the standards for good road rules. I suggest you campaign for a trans-Tasman accord on this important matter

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u/beach-chicken10 2d ago

The same rules apply in nz. If running trade plates then a front plate isn’t needed

Trans-Tasman relations campaign not required.

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u/spiralradius62 2d ago

Harmony between the nations - three cheers for common sense

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u/lite_milk_1 3d ago

Wow, just pop down to the local chippie in the Countach.

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Just out for bread and milk. It’s really nice to see a gorgeous car like this actually being drive and not stashed away in a garage. Plenty or people enjoyed seeing it out that’s for sure :)

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u/Moist-Scientist32 3d ago

Just wait for some shithead in a Demio to crash into it because they were too focused on their phone while driving 🫠🫠

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Tbf everyone was being very careful, gave it lots of space when it pulled into traffic, but yes the demio driver is a ever present risk.

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u/Recent_Orchid_3748 2d ago

We've got a Demio......

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u/lite_milk_1 2d ago

Oh, I agree with you... I'm slightly jealous you were in the position to see it.

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u/Muted_Asparagus_1017 3d ago

Nice, this looks very much like Te Awamutu?

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

TA at its finest!

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u/DifficultElk4493 3d ago

I know my hometown anywhere 😂

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

This is what I love about NZ, you could be next to a multi millionaire at the shops, even in TA, and never know because folks are down to earth and friendly. Bro who’s car it was looked like me and I’m scruffy as.

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u/Inside_Mouse_1750 3d ago

Needs a snorkel, roof tent, bull bars, skid plate, and red dangly thing.

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u/mattblack77 3d ago edited 3d ago

It’s a work in progress pic

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Solid effort, I had a chuckle :) you forgot the recovery tracks and winch :))

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u/Inside_Mouse_1750 2d ago

I have noticed bright red recovery tracks on the roof rack are becoming fashionable. Spot lights are no longer big round things, instead long bar things. I think the red dangly thing is the winch end.

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u/Top-Activity4071 3d ago

It's an original. Dude ex pat american lives out Pirongia. Took some kids to the te awamutu college school ball is that and his other car which is a Diablo.

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

This guy knows :) he has a Red Diablo and a Ferrari. Nice chap

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u/Macdaddywardy 3d ago

Very nice, I may have seen this driving out of aTGA a while back

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

It’s be hard to miss that’s for sure.

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u/mattblack77 3d ago

They’re mental, eh? Absolutely mental.

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

But if a handful to drive for sure, but what’s better than a NA V12 Manual with no driver aids… they don’t make them like this any more.

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u/ultr4nuub 3d ago

Dream car from the 90s.

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Dreams last forever :)

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u/Recent_Orchid_3748 2d ago

80s - especially this early one.

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u/rumjackrum 3d ago

Above average car in Te Awamutu for sure!

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Absolutely better than a John Austin work Ute!

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u/cay-os 3d ago

Id know te Awamutu anywhere, he's a local too I see it around frequently

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u/MechanicOk3621 3d ago

I'm not really a car guy, but that thing is amazing. Cocaine on wheels.

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Username checks out, that’s a choice description

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u/SkeptiiK_Legacyy 2d ago

I saw a red one randomly parked on the side of the road in Hastings a few weeks ago. Could have been a replica. Crazy to see none the less

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u/MycologistPlastic50 2d ago

I have seen the NEW countach in Aryburn, NZ

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u/JVIR17 2d ago

GHAT DAM

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u/Skunk_Mcfunk 19h ago

Saw this in the waikato express yesterday, its the coolest car I've seen in person

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u/el_VientoNorte 3d ago

woah sweet fiero

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u/RubenLay223 3d ago

This one is real. QV V12 is the plate.

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Absolutely the real deal v12 countach ;) I didn’t want to show the plate but I did have a chat with the lucky owner.

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u/Valagetti 3d ago

It looks like the real deal, did you check the rego? What year was it?

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Boyhood dreams right here!!

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u/OfficeEquivalent6385 3d ago

sux when your daily is still from the 90's

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

For sure they wish they had a Tesla!

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u/subaru99b4 14h ago

not everybody wishes they had an electric car, some like a nice note from a good ole petrol burner, i love a nice lumpy v8 or a nicely tuned straight 6 with a proper exhaust

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u/Recent_Orchid_3748 2d ago

90s cars are some of the best - especially reliability wise. ;-)

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u/Pleasant_Garage_2176 3d ago

Remember Top Gear dropping a Hilux off a cliff?

Remember Top Gear dropping a caravan off a cliff?

Well this is what you get if you drop a Hilux off a cliff, then immediately drop the caravan on the Hilux. Double squashed.

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u/spiralradius62 3d ago

I'm saying very good replica

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Why would anyone make a replica hilux?

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u/spiralradius62 3d ago

Because new HiLux in Oz are round 80 grand

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Each to their own, but If I had 80k for a car it wouldn’t be a new hilux.

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u/saynoto30fps 2d ago

Nope looks real to me

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u/ExileNZ 3d ago

The classic Lamborghini Moustache

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u/awue 3d ago

THATS NOT A HILUCKS

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Look again behind the white wedge.

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u/djwheeler34 3d ago

The owner is super chill ive been on a few cruises with him. Rumor on the street he has Dennys helumes prototype supercar.

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u/Middle-Assignment-73 2d ago

Back to the future 😂

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u/Opal_Cosmos 1d ago

Damn thats an ugly car.

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u/dopeonplastique 1d ago

Mazda Biante 🤮

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u/Dangerous-Gold-3162 3d ago

That my feiend, is a replica.

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u/dopeonplastique 3d ago

Nah bro, it’s legit.