Howdy from New Zealand

[Tycho]

Just a note to say Hi. I'm living in Christchurch New Zealand (think Lord of the Rings country). Picked up my Wrangler Renegade on Friday so have only had one day so far off road. Don't let the wheel arches fool you this is a Renegade specd vehicle- we just do things a little different in New Zealand. My Jeep owning journey started due to fellow MJR members, Mike and Sharon with thier Mr Green beast. We visited them in February and had a great day playing in the hills behind Calico. I was blown away with the capabilities of the Jeep. My previous vehicle (Subaru WRX five door) was getting up in the mileage so it was time for a change. I love the look and features of the Unlimited Wrangler and with Chrysler offering some pretty good deals and finance at the moment everything fell into place. I'm looking forward to learning more about Jeeps and four wheel driving so will be lurking around this forum from here on inn

[dirtman13]

Welcome to MJR. Mike has a habit of applying peer pressure.

[Mike]

Honestly, I really didn't twist his arm (much!). We just Jeeped around the canyons and had fun.

Welcome aboard Tycho! I miss you and Liz. We gotta get down your way and explore the backroads. Have fun in the snow this weekend! (It's starting winter in NZ and Tycho says that he mountain passes are already covered.)

[RAT]

Welcome to MJR. Mike told me about your explorations out at Calico. He set the hook and reeled you in. I'm ready to load my Jeep in a container and float it on over there. I'm sure there is at least one good place to wheel down there!

[Tycho]

Won't disappoint

For a little country I can guarentee that there is a lot of quality off road driving to be had

[Roger]

Welcome to MJR! This is the best Jeep website on the www.

How did you meet Mike & Sharon??

[OU812]

Welcome to MJR. Now how about you send us some Surf.
(FYI- Because most San Diego/ Los Angeles beaches are Southern facing beaches most all of our quality swells come from storms off the coast of New Zealand in the winter and Baja California in the Fall)

[Mike]

Welcome to MJR! This is the best Jeep website on the www.

How did you meet Mike & Sharon??

Roger, you might not believe me if I told you! But come by some calm evening and I'll open a bottle of wine and share some amazing stories how some folks on the opposite sides of the globe became great friends!

In the mean time, I am looking forward to some pics from Aotearoa (NZ)!

[inVERt'D]

Only one day offroad in four? At that rate you'll be ahead of most of us in no time. At least you bought a Jeep with the right thing in mind. Can't wait to see some pics of you crawling over rocks and running down orcs. Beautiful country....

[Mike]

Wow!

Holy smoke!

This is a pic that Tycho just sent me from this weekend's first Jeep outing!:


Okay, how do I get my Jeep there?

[OU812]

Okay, how do I get my Jeep there?

You have to do the amphibious conversion.

[sarah]

Welcome to the site - I am going to Mike's for the story party too! (and I want that jeep boat)

[USMC 0369]

... I'm ready to load my Jeep in a container and float it on over there...

[COLOR="Sienna"]I wonder what the cost would be on something like that...[/COLOR]

[Kodiak Spirit]

it would be sweet to do a trip down there... that would be awesome! I was there back in 95' ... some good memories!

oh, Welcome to the site!

[OU812]

[COLOR="Sienna"]I wonder what the cost would be on something like that...[/COLOR]

I have friends that ship cars in containers to russia once a month. It costs them about $1200 for two cars(per container). I would figure it would be about the same to New Zealand.