Goodbye Sweet Silvia

So the day finally came and went.  I made a voyage to Dunedin this weeked been to swap my S12 Silvia for a D21 Terrano.  Though the exchange was not without it’s hiccups, the Silvia ran faultlessly all the way to Dunedin, it was sad to see it go but these things have to happen in order to aid the other more important cars.  I drove into Dunedin in the early afternoon, the car covered in road grime from the journey up on roads that had been covered in grit due to the ice, for many days previous, so I gave the S12 one last clean and took a few photos of it for memory’s sake.

Of course, having done that, I figured I’d visit young Zeb (proprietor of gx61.wordpress.com) to see whether he was at work.  Turns out he was and despite expecting to see his Alto, I was amusingly surprised to see his Toyota MarkII in it’s currently unfinished stance. 

Ass up, nose down.  Bogan-school.

After I left Zeb to do his work, I went and visited a few other friends.  Waiting for the guy was taking longer than expected.  I fired a txt only to find out that he was seemingly at least 2 hours behind schedule.   Being it was cold and horrible, the decision was made that we would stay in Dunedin the night, so a room was booked at the Kingsgate Hotel and we skedaddled off there for a few hours waiting for the txt to say that the Terrano had arrived in town, the txt did not come until 11pm at which point it was well dark, wet and I just wanted everything done and over with.  We met at a BP, the best lit place I could think of, went over the cars decided all was go and then went to a late night Internet Cafe in town and changed ownership online before going our seperate ways with a toot.  Growing more irritable by the minute because of the cold and the Dunedin-ness of Dunedin, the only picture I took of the Terrano that night was from the Hotel balcony.

We woke in the morning, indulged in a Continental Breakfast and then headed back to Invercargill.  Having to stop once for a toilet break gave me a chance to take the first proper photographs of my new purchase and to check it out a bit better in the light of day.  Sure, it was scruffy, but it’s got promise and once tidied up, I should be able to flick it off and have a decent handful of cash to send the way of the panel-beater to get the C110 back to legitimate status.  Looking forward to it!

Of course, the subsequent morning in Invercargill, there was of course a frost.

Welcome to Invercargill, Mr. Terrano.

-Michael