so i bought a car. this is something that is really common around here, buying a car, driving around the island(s) and then selling it for pretty much the same amount you payed for it. they even have car dealers built and operating on this premise. i picked this little beauty up off an irish couple at the backpacker car mart in christchurch. it's a manual transmission with a cd player, a bed in the back, curtains, a cooler, a propane camp stove, a camping chair, some pots and pans, mosquito window netting, some coffee and a copy of lonely planet new zealand. it has about 400,000 km on it and has been wof'ed or certified road safe. i paid $1,000 in cash and $28 to transfer the title. this is ridiculously easy to do. it takes about 5 minutes. the irish guy didn't even have to do or sign anything which he couldn't believe. i didn't even catch his name. i just paid him and he walked away, relieved that he'd sold his car, pissed that he'd had to drop the price in his rush to do so.
you don't even have to show your drivers license to get a car. for all they knew i couldn't even drive it. and well.... i almost can't. i learned how to drive a stick around christmas time. i can count on my hands the number of times i've done so now i've gone and bought one and set out to drive it - backwards down the opposite side of the road. but don't worry - even though you don't legally have to be insured to drive in nz - i got the insurance.
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