March 31, 2014
We just got back from another great road trip. We drove from Tauranga to Wellington and stopped at Greytown and Napier on the way home. A wonderful trip with one little (or not so little) hiccup: Our Audi died!
About an hour and a half from Wellington, we heard a thump. That was the transmission self-distructing. We limped to Wellington with third gear only and no reverse. Since the quoted $16,000 for a new transmission was not in the cards, we took the scrap man’s $300 for the car and grabbed a rental for the remainder of the trip. Back in Tauranga, we now have a $26/day rent-a-dent type car. It’ll get us by until we leave for Fiji.
Here’s our route…
And here’s what we saw…
If you go to our gallery page on Google+ (here), there are captions for the photos.
Now, it’s back to boat work as we’re hoping to leave for the tropics in early May. OK, maybe one more road trip to Gisborne first. -Rich
