Today we finally bought a car. We needed something to pull our caravan, so we couldn’t get anything too small. We wanted a diesel, but diesels cars are new to New Zealand, and older models are not available. We considered a double cab ‘ute’ as they’re called here. A ute is a pickup truck (or bakkie in South African), but they’re in demand here and quite expensive. We ended up with a Land Rover Freelander. It surprised both of us to drive away in a Land Rover. Now we’re ready to hit the road.
We’ll pickup our caravan tomorrow and drive to Whangarei where we’ll spend two nights. The plan is to spend Christmas in The Bay of Islands.
We're excited to leave Auckland and experience a Zew Zealand that is different to your generic western city.
2 comments:
looks nice. Is it new and is it a diesel? Is it full time four wheel drive?
Hi Nanoo,
No it's not a new car - it's a 2001. It is a diesel, but isn't full time four wheel drive. We'll most likely sell it once we sell the caravan. Come join us for a drive in the yuppie mobile while you still can! Love, The World Wide Webers
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