My first car in NZ

In Malaysia, I could not afford to buy a Honda Accord because it was too expensive. The only other way to get to drive my dream car, was to make JG2 in Shell. The company car provided for all JG2's was a Honda Accord in the 90's. Both ways were out for me. I was at JG6 and will never get to JG2. So I would never get assigned a company car.

However, my first car in NZ in 1995 was a Honda Accord. I was finally able to drive one in Hamilton. I bought it from a used car yard for 7K to replace the rental car in 1996.

My 4th car

Desert road

After using the Volvo for about three years I traded it for a 4x4 because I needed more oomph for towing the boat over the hills to the Bay of Islands! This 1999 model, 2.8 litre automatic Mitsubishi Challenger has a turbo diesel engine. It is easy to drive and performs really well. In NZ a kiwi changes 4 possessions every 3 years. He changes his job, car, house and partner. I am almost a kiwi now!

Are you curious what vehicle I am going to buy next? 

Tauranga harbour

Quite often I sailed at Tauranga harbour. Although the water is not very deep at low tide, it does not bother me because I can raise my centre board (keel) by turning a manual wheel. This is a feature common to all trailer yachts, otherwise the keel would make the boat too unstable for towing, sitting too high on the trailer.