Click to see the letter I just sent to the guy selling the car...

Hi Daryl,

I've just got the AA Report back from them, thank you very much for


organising to take it in etc to be inspected.

I've got a copy of the report here, they faxed it to me. I'm happy to fax


you a copy if you'd like, though the quality might be a bit reduced.

They have pointed out the following issues with the car:

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Critical faults:


Right headlight not working


Left rear tyre below legal tread

Non-critcal faults:


Play in the Left front wheel bearing


Right rear tyre tread low (2mm, legal 1.5mm)


Suspension is bouncing


Clutch squeak


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So overall a pretty good report for the cars age etc. The only thing I


notice is there's no mention in the report of a spare tyre? Do they not


come with one, is...

Just a quick update because I'm at work, but here are some photos of the car in Wellington I want to buy. I'm a bit gutted it doesn't have a targa roof, but I do remember the roof on my old Exa used to leak like a sieve and rattle like a bastard, so prehaps it's not a bad thing.

That's all.

--TiM

I test drove an MR2 yesterday, just a private sale one. It was really nice and when the turbo kicked in it nearly made me poop my panties. But it was so much fun! The guy who was selling it wanted $7000 for it, but it's a '90 model and has done 150,000kms. There's a '94 model for sale in Wellington, it has $10,000 on it but I might be able to get them down a little bit. It's only done 84,000kms so I think it'll be the better option. He's going to email me some photos during the week when he gets a chance, then if it looks ok etc I'm going to get the AA (same as the RACT) to do a full check. If it turns out ok then I'll take the train down to Wellington (I'm still not allowed to fly, damn lung) and pick up...

This morning I finally got the last pice of the puzzle I need to kill the Vodafone stuff from my phone. I got everything all ready, plugged the cables in and pressed the button. There was a bit of danger I might make my nice shiny new phone a useless paper weight but thankfully it didn't do that. Everything worked like it was supposed to and I now have a Vodafone free and much faster/more memory phone. Thanks for the cheap phone Vodafone you suckers!

I went out to see the Credit Union today. The laughed at me. I kid you not, they actually laughed at me a lot. Bastards. Only because they thougth it was funny I was asking to borrow less money than I already have saved up. I explained why (I want a good credit rating etc) but they still kept laughing and told me on the...

I would just like to say that muffins are tasty and you should visit this insane site: Muffin Films. You need sound to fully appreciate how cool/insane this is.




Hello my little Chicken McNuggets, how are you today? Did you know that New Zealand is so stupid you can't buy Chicken Nuggets in KFC? So the place that's known for selling Chickens doesn't sell them, while the place that's known for selling shite hamburgers does. Werid. I lost a bet over this stupid fact. What's more stupid, the fact that KFC don't have nuggets, or the fact that I placed a bet with someone saying they did? I'll leave that up to you to decide!




Happy Birthday to Neil for yesterday, it was his 40th birthday. Someone did some dodgy stuff to his car. Not me though, mind you, one of the girls in the activations group I think...

Hello party machines, hope you are well and no jukeboxes have randomly fallen out of the sky and crushed you. Lots of stuff has been happening over the last few days. Nothing really huge or major or anything, just small things.

Friday night I went over to Gary's parents place for the night, a bunch of people came over and mostly we just chatted and played pool.


I got up nice and early (7:30) on Saturday morning because one of my customer had a cutover and I was fully expecting them to call me requiring help. In fact it didn't even occur to me that they wouldn't call with questions. So, of course, they didn't call and I got up early for nothing. Rage against that.

The rest of my Saturday I didn't really do much because I had to wait at home for a new piece of equipment for...

I had to share this with you all. Do you know what the name Tim (or Timothy)means? It means (and I am not making this up, really, though when you read it you're going to fully think to yourself "My god, what a load of toss, you made that up Tim you mutant")

Tim means "Honour God" or more precisely it means "Fear God." Mischievous, selfish, supercilious. Leads an unconventional life. Rapid talker and fall of wild schemes. Has many tumultuous love affairs and settles down late in life."

I was going to write more but the guys have just got home and I can't be arsed.

--TiM

Last night I ordered via the Internet my tickets to Powderfinger. They just arrived here at work now! How excellent is that service? I thought I'd be waiting until mid next week.

I've been meaning to take a photo of it for ages and yesterday I did! Check out the really cool cow clock that Sarah made for me. How cool is that? I haven't got it hanging up yet but I will when I get around to getting some hooks.

Nothing else to report. It's Friday, I love Fridays. My hair is all faded green so I'm going to have to redo it tonight. I went into a cafe today to get some coffee on my way into work and the lady behind the counter gasped loudly at me, then tried to make conversation with me so I didn't feel bad or something. I thought she was going to...

Hello Groovers. Just when you thought I couldn't get any sexier, I go and do this. Sorry ladies I am not available! That was a very cool wig that one of the girls had at work today. Why she had it I didn't ask, but I had to try it out. Most people agreed that I look better with green hair than with Moppy Man hair.

Super frikking amazing news that just rules the planet! Powderfinger are coming to New Zealand! Sarah rang me up and told me about it about 2 hours ago and 30 minutes after that I'd booked my tickets online. As crappy as it can be, the internet is still quite good for some things. And it keeps me in a job so I shouldn't complain. It's just the billions of crazy hour calls that drive me insane.

So, interesting things that have been happening...

So I've already told you about my new phone and how it's got all this Vodafone crap on it. They've butched the menus to bits and replaced one of the major buttons functions. Instead of going to shortcuts like it's supposed to, it takes you to Vodafone Live! which is this really super gay site Vodafone run.


Yesterday (day off after working the weekend) I went into the MobilePhone repair shop to see if they could fix it for me. They didn't, the bastards. I got the software on the phone upgraded which is a good thing, it's faster and performs a few functions better, but it's still branded! I'm going to have to download the software myself, buy a cheap cable and "flash" the phone.

I've actually just been speaking to a Ericsson person about it too.... Vodafone subsidise the phones, you can't get this phone in NZ without...