Re: A4 1.8Tq report - good and bad

[Greg Spark <sparkg@wave.co.nz>]

On Sun 08 Jun, R. Wiratorn wrote:

> >
> >I'll get the bad news out first. Some b*****d coined the side of the car
> >resulting in a deep scratch on both R doors and front guard that will require
> >respray. Common problem in this country but more so with Mercs and BMWs.
> >
> 
>                 God, you have to respray your car at only 4100Km, that guy
> is really
>         a b*****d. But this is common problem in Thailand as well. At first
> I thought
>         New Zealand is a bad-guy-less country.

Actually the car has travelled 30500kms.

And no, New Zealand is *not* a bad-guy-less country, just less-bad-guys than
other countries. 
 
>                 I've heard that the road in New Zealand is almost empty all
> day, is this
>         true ?

Not quite true, although in many rural places *almost* true. More so in the
South Island where some roads approach automotive nirvana, and very unlikely
to be policed too :-) . Unfortunately I live in the North Island :-( , where
there are many more cars and cops per road.

-- 
Greg Spark
sparkg@wave.co.nz
Hamilton, New Zealand
'96 A4 1.8Tq 5sp MTM 187hp