It has been quite a while between posts here but there are a few reasons for this.
One is that my wife and I are discovering the wonders of planning and building your own home. Very exciting but so time consuming. There is a probably an opportunity for someone out there to take this hassle off of someones hands ;)
Then there is the most painful part. I have had to sell my four wheel drive!!! (insert dramatic music)
The old thing decided about 6 weeks ago that it wanted to strip a few cogs in the gearbox in the middle of the main highway. So we had to be towed to a safe point (Tow 1). When the roadside assistance got there it seemed like there was nothing much that could be done. So then the car was towed back home. (Tow 2) The next day, after many phonecalls, it was decided to town the car to my local Land Rover expert. (Tow 3) The "export" took a quick look at the car and in one minute decided that the car needed to be on the back of tow truck again. So it was off to the the automatic transmission mechanic. (Tow 4)
So 5 days later I get the call, "It's all fixed". At a price of course!! So I pick it up and drive it home but notice that it seems to be a little louder than normal, even for a 10 year old diesel. I think nothing of it because it was over a week since I had heard the car working. The next day the wife took the car and noticed it getting louder.
I got to the car to find the most terminal sound I had ever heard.
Guess what happened??? That's right it was towed (Tow 5) back the expert.
After much investigating the problem was pin pointed to a drive plate destroying itself. So another large chunk of my money had evaporated.
But the car was now running better than it had ever run. I had had the car for 7 months but it had been on a tow truck 5 times so my level of trust was waining.
So I decided to put it up for sale at a large price and see what happened. Well I couldn't keep up with the calls.
I sold the car within 4 days of advertising without haggling on price and with full disclosure of my previous problems. There are some people out there who jsut love these things.
So now we are on the lookout for another 4wd because I need to get back into the bush. I am sooooooooo hooked now.
Labels: disaster, Land Rover, Tow Truck
