All filler, all the time

Fresh back from another week in Motueka, a few of our faithful readers have reminded me that it’s been more than a month since the last post.

Fine. You want a post, here you go:

Kiwis love trailer hitches. Surprisingly, it’s not a for a lack of large sports utility vehicles. Must be something subconscious. Or maybe it has to do with all those horse floats.

Anyway, I’ve been trying to accumulate photos for a “crazy tow vehicles” featurette, but my shutter-finger hasn’t been fast enough (best so far: a Lexus SC430 towing a massive trailer full of tree trimmings).

Luckily, my neighbors obliged, at least well enough for me to write the darned post:




One Jaguar (an XJ8, if you must know) towing a … generator? Who knows. It would be better if it was towing a massive barbecue, of course.

Filler number two: By far the most testos-terrific car a middle-aged man could possibly desire down here is this thing:



The improbably named Holden Maloo. The El Camino is dead. Long live the El Camino.

Sweet as.

Let this be a lesson to you next time you get the urge to nag me about blog posts….

Category: Kiwi Quirks 3 comments »

3 Responses to “All filler, all the time”

  1. Nancy

    19-inch deep dish alloy wheels . . . so what do they serve with that?

  2. Nancy

    At the other end of the spectrum, here are some of the exciting events in Motueka

  3. Aaron

    Motueka isn’t all bad. This is what I’ve really been doing:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAti_-T2Rsc

    (no, really… aerial photography from microlights…)

    Though I’m now more than adequately familiar with both of Motueka’s restaurants .. er , fish and chips shops.

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