A legend rides into the sunset

Today we say goodbye to our faithful green Nissan Bluebird which allegedly has become something of a legend among our friends back home, and has taken us all over New Zealand since November.

Goodbye lass, hope you like your new home.

I put the car on sale on TradeMe, which is a NZ online auction/selling site, and 20 minutes later I got a phone call from a girl who wanted to come and have a look at it! She turns up 45 minutes later with her dad, we take the green beauty for a 10 minute spin, and a few minutes of negotiation later, we have a deal! Painless! And we thought it'd be a real ordeal to sell the car this time of the year. Just shows that we picked the right kind of car to buy seven months ago; one that we'd be able to sell without effort, and get our money back. In fact we did a little better than just getting our money back, but not much. The surplus won't cover the $750 we've spent on oil changes and repairs and registration renewals, but then it doesn't have to either.

We've driven 16,000 kms with the car since we bought it, which is bound to incur some maintenance costs. However, per 100 kms that doesn't surmount to more than $2,34 per person. Add fuel costs (which are pretty cheap over here) on top of that and you still can't find a cheaper way of travelling around the country and seeing as much as we have seen. All in all, our Nissan Bluebird was an excellent investment. We're sorry to see her go, but it's also a relief to not have to bother about the selling anymore. It's also nice to have some pocket money for our coming adventures within the next months :-) Sparkling wine for everyone!

Now all of you who are tuned in to this channel: say your farewells to our little green gremlin and give her a wave!

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