Our station wagon (estate car) is great for lugging traliors and our toys (bikes and kayaks) around but we drive to the pool and supermarket and friends' houses in the petrol guzzling beast which seems silly.
After toying with several alternatives - mopeds, old bangers etc, I found a cheap 1968 mkII Mini online and haggled a very reasonable price for the 850cc nipper! Having learnt my way around under the bonnet (to an extent) and fiddling with various bits and bobs, we have a really funky mode of transport! Nelson even has its own Mini drivers club - who gave us free membership until the end of the year, and the 50th anniversary of the coolest car in the world is going to be held here in sunny Nelson next year!
It is great fun to drive, flies around corners and turns heads like no other car I've owned! It costs a fraction of the petrol to get to the pool and back and makes getting up at 5:30am that bit easier!
Any visitors to our sunny paradise will be met at the airport by us in this spacious beauty! Come join the fun!!
Have you been time warped back to 1970? Please tell me you don't drive this cheeky little beast with a roll neck jersey and action slacks!? Next thing you'll be posting reports of a great fondue party....!
ReplyDeleteNo roll neck, just a fetching white and red adidas top to match the white paint and red interior... I know!
ReplyDeleteNo fondues either, cheese is more expensive than gold in NZ despite dairy farming being its biggest export commodity...