Before hitting the road...

Besides testing strange food: dark green smoothie with 0.5% spirulina (algae) or this Feijoa drink...
Besides looking for a job on internet...
Besides hanging around with other travellers...
I was looking for a nice drive!
I was browsing different websites then going at some car auctions or visiting those resellers on the great south road. I found a quite good looking vehicule but with no car history. Therefore I asked for a complete check by an independent company. The automotive engineer was late but went deep into details during the test.
Besides scratches on a door he found a small oil leak to some of the igniters. This is creating a pressure variation on 3rd gear...

Now I have to wait for this to be fixed. I hope I'll get my car for the weekend!

I was keen on using my new GPS All Blacks edition (with the voices of Malili Muliaina, Ma'a Nonu, Kieran Read, All Blacks start-up screen and a rugby ball driving icon!)
:-P