Wheels

We now have a car! So meet the wheels. Sean is now MONDEO MAN...

I’m sure there is some kind of post ironic sort of comedy statement that can be made. But we wont sink that low. It was this or a Subaru.

We bought locally from a lovely couple called Guy and Jane on Trade Me. It was really simple to get on the road, just filled in a change of ownership took it the post office, the kind lady checked the forms and sent them off. Insurance was easy too. Out here it’s not compulsory to have insurance but advisable. And it’s the vehicle that is insured not the driver, so when we have visitors they can drive any of our vehicles on a UK drivers license, how neat is that!

On a more serious note, this is a country in which you can’t function without personal transport of some kind. And the Kiwis like big beefy 2.7 litre plus monsters in the back country (mostly Subaru’s if www.trademe.co.nz is anything to go by). This one is a diddy 2 litre 2002 Station Wagon with 240,000 kms on the clock. Practical, loads of boot space for a couple of weeks worth of shopping, some sheep, a dog and the camping gear. Though not at the same time. That would be silly. And need a trailer. Which we don’t have. Does that mean we need to buy a trailer now?
Jack is made up, and has nagged us enough to make us go into town to the AA to pick up the forms for him to get a license to drive. He has to pass a written test first. Sean has taken him for a couple of lessons already so watch this space.