November 30, 2009

I BOUGHT A CAR!! and his name is Steve...

So i bought a car today. it's a Honda Integra hatchback. the back seats fold down and there is loads of room. someone seems to be looking out for me out there, because this seems to be the perfect thing. i bought it from two extremely nice, father figure type mechanics. i bought a different car i was interested in into the garage to have them check it out, and they basically said that car was garbage. so needless to say i didn't buy it. the next day one of the mechanics called me to tell me that they had just bought this car off of a couple of travelers. it needed a new water pump, but other then that it was in extremely good shape. so i went and test drove it. they replaced the water pump, cam belt, changed the oil, looked over the breaks, tires, and everything else on the car and granted it a brand new warrant of fitness (every car in NZ has to pass a new WOF every 6 months, this means that the car is in good running condition and no work needs to be done on it). i should be able to tour the country without any problems, and when i'm done with it i'll hopefully be able to get most if not all of my money back.

The name steve happened to come to me in a dream. i dreamt i was telling someone that i named my car steve because it was incredibly dependable, yet very generic...just like any steve i've ever met. funny huh. so it was inevitable.

all in all a good day. now i can get out of the city and enjoy the countryside. i'll have other things to write about besides the good food i've been eating :)

In this picture i tried to show that the steering column and everything else is on opposite side, but its hard to see...eek!! scary.