RobClubley

Not that exciting but I delivered my Skoda to its new owner in Auckland last weekend and made a timelapse from the dashcam video of the trip.

Pom_Chch

Nice one Rob, look at all that traffic ay

RobClubley

I did set off at 5:30am on a Sunday.

Snap Shot

Blimey mate, that's dedication. Good dash cam footage though. I recognised the BP Connect at Otaki. Nice middle of journey bonus going along the shore of Lake Taupo. Was the Turangi bakery open ? Lovely food there.

Good call meeting the purchaser at Auckland airport. I'm assuming you flew home ? What a long day. You must have just got the money for your car, handed over the keys and walked straight into the domestic departure terminal. The proceeds of the sale weren't burning a hole in your pocket in Auckland, no ?

That journey is pretty much what we would be faced with to visit the Auckland based in-laws if we moved to Wellington. It's an all day drive now from Whanganui. Starting in Wellington would make it even longer to the point of to hard.

When we drive, Pirongia is where we see the first distance to Auckland sign.... (heart sink)

What car do you have now ?

RobClubley

What's really daft is I booked the flight out far too late and ended up at the airport for 4 hours. Ah well It gave me time to write a couple of articles.
Flight was 45 mins late too due to high winds, which made the Wellington landing a rollercoaster ride.

I don't have a driveable car - yet. Working on this which I want to use as a daily:

Rob’s Audi Quattro | Drive Life

Snap Shot

Gene Hunt eat your heart out (I've never seen an episode of Life on Mars btw)

Good luck with the restoration project.

BEVS

That is a fun bit of footage Rob.

garethwm

That was excellent. Thanks for posting it. Very well done.

sparklyfrog

Thanks for posting! Real life 'adventures' are always interesting to see!

jmh

Wow, that was more interesting than I thought it would be!

RobClubley

Thanks all
My goodbye article to my Skoda, which came from the UK to New Zealand with us:

http://drivelife.co.nz/2016/07/robs-...end-of-an-era/