Monday, October 6, 2008

my new wheels

I won the battle on trademe.co.nz for a red Honda Civic LX 1985 2-door hatchback. Suweet! It doesn't have power steering, is an automatic, and has a tape deck and radio. It also has a manual choke to add gas to the engine to help get it going. Not something i'm familiar with but I think i've got it worked out. And of course, it goes on the left side of the road. Luckily NZ roads are near empty, so i shouldn't have any problems staying out of trouble. Paid less than $600 USD for it and will probably have to spend another $100 on it to do an oil change, get a new WOF (Warrant of Fitness) when it expires, and new registration when that comes up. ... plus petrol of course. and then I can sell it in March and make most of the money back. Not a bad deal at all I'd say. Pics coming soon.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

i assume you made sure to ask the seller about the power to weight ratio?

Dr. goBIG said...

Sounds like a sweet ride! Hondas are da shizzle.

patcherson said...

Yes! This guy is super excited that you're joining the Honda family... again. But with the grandfather status. btdubs, i love my hatch, hope yours treats you as well as mine does! Haha your car's almost as old as you are...

Unknown said...

Hello Love!

Glad you have wheels! Jane and I want to know what is a wwoof?

Keep Cool.

Chuck

skyer08 said...

you know, it didn't occur to me that the car is one year younger than i am....

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