The tale of the two cars

So, I bought a boat. That was the plan all along. I have to have a boat.

What I didn't know was that you normally keep your boat on a trailer and go places to launch it rather than having it in the water. That's new.

So, OK. I've already have a car, so it's just a matter of attaching a towbar.

As I mentioned before, the first company couldn't fit the towbar, so I hadto go to a specialist. They took three days to decide that they couldn't do it and recomended another specialist company.

I went there with my car and they inspected it, scratched their virtual beards and said that my car was partly made out of light-weight alloys and glassfibre, which made it impossible to fit a towbar.

Well, it was possible, but it would involve replacing the back of the car and it would coast about NZ$30,000 (more than I paid for the car).

My second car: Honda CR-V 1997

So here I was, with a boat on a trailer that wouldn't even see water without me having access to a car with a towbar.

I don't give up easily (as you know), so to cut a long sotry short: I got hold of a parking space close by and bought a Honda CR-V SUV.

So, problem solved!