First day as a car owner

I did not think that I would be a car owner that soon. But now I am. 22, forgetting about the environmental issues and taking the comfortable option.

But, in defence, it is quite hard to get around without it. Supermarkets are at least half an hour walk, public transport is not good in comparison to Austria. And travelling by train is normally not an option for Kiwis, as far as I have seen. So it was basically a decision between seeing the country or not.

Anyways, Alex and I bought the car. Lance the landlord was not too happy to give it away. He had a problem with another car this morning, and the (future?) owner of that one would have paid him 800 NZ$ for our car. But we had agreed to pay 400 NZ$, so he had to give it away for half the price. Good for us :-))

Fortunately, Alex agreed to be the main driver, and so he started right away in the middle of the city. Not that easy at the beginning:

• driving on the left side
• shifting gears on the left side
• blinker on the right side

.. and other different stuff to think of.

I really want to drive on a parking lot before driving in the city. I am frightened..
But Alex did a very good job. Only one error this day: driving on the right side - and we both did not realize until another car came in the opposite direction :-)

Managed day 1.