Another vehicle

15 August 2010

We bought another car today. There seems to be an element of overkill here - we now have a Rodeo ute, a Mini Cooper, a 9m bus and (the new addition) a Suzuki Vitara.

As with many of our decisions, we've been round and round the wheel a bit on this. We would love to keep either the Mini or the ute, but basically we just have too much money tied up in them. Each of them roughly equates to one of the $25,000 monthly installments on the bus conversion. And neither of them is really suitable to tow behind the bus.

There's a good reason why you see so many people towing Suzukis - they just seem to be the best choice. Relatively light, not full-time 4WD and easy to attach and A-frame too. There are plenty of them around and they don't cost the earth.

So we've done one of our big weekend treks. An afternoon trip to Hamilton and an overnight stay. Then Sunday morning to Te Awamutu to buy a 1997 3 door Vitara with just 77,000 on the clock. Followed, of course, by a two-vehicle drive home.

Now our driveway looks like a used car lot. Time to get something sold.