With tidings of great joy, and a little bit of materialistic glee, I can tell you we are now the proud owners of a Nissan Cefiro grey station wagon (ok don’t all jump and down with excitement!). This is actually the first car I have ever bought and so I am totally excited, and currently giggling like a little boy!
The car was bought from Turner's car auctions (everyone from our taxi driver, to our church elder had recommended this as the place to get great discounts).
So with great trepidation I ventured to Turners. I was overwhelmed with the large number of cars, mainly all Japanese imports. With Karen staying at home and praying for me, I did my ‘Binnie basics’ mechanical inspection and test drive. You can only test drive it around the car park, so that meant getting up to around 35-40 mph in a space of about 60 metres. Just as well the brakes worked!
I then started bidding with a racing heart, I managed to hold off against an evil car dealer guy who went up to around 1800 quid. He couldn’t reach my bid and the car was mine!
Becuase it was a Japanese import, we found some weird Japanese videos and a pair of chopsticks in the car.
Only thing is I realise that I have bought a megalithic car. It’s a huge – between 2.5-3 metres long – a massive American style size wagon. Driving this huge chunk of metal will be a real challenge around the tiny streets of Wellington. I’ve worked out it will take around a nine point turn to get the thing into our garage!
Still it will be great for getting out and seeing some of the NZ countryside (we've used it for a trip to the Rimutuka forest park already!)
Here are a couple of pictures – one shows you the size of an adult male in comparison with the car.
1 comment:
Nice! Interesting to hear that Wellington has tiny streets - I imagined a modern city that was built for the car.
Happy driving. And remember to drive on the left!
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