Better late than never !!!

Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 20:04
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Better late than never,

Thanks for the welcome home post guys.

Yes I am home and am happy that I returned with the same number of holes in my body as when I left.

My wife was 30 mins late picking me up from the airport as she had raced off to give my beloved Prado a tub before I landed .... lol.

2nd day home I discover that the broadband modem has thrown a wobbly and isn't working so I can't even check my emails.

3rd day I am home some dill rear ends my Prado in the carpark at Woolies. The impact put a concave curve in the end of the bumper that even a supercharged hairdryer couldn't budge and also broke all the internal mounts on the last bit of skirt on the drivers side. Heard about a plastic welding mob near here who may be able to weld the mounts back on for $50 or so and they also provide replacement bumpers ( unpainted ). The guy wants $250 for the replacement bumper as Yota wanted $350 for an unpainted original ( they wanted $385 for a painted segment of plastic side skirt !!!). Will take the broken bits over for him to check tomorrow and haggle over a price.

My Couplertech has arrived in the mail and I am in the middle of installing that but have had a couple of downpours (wooohooo !!! ) that have interrupted play.

I am also trying to catch up with Ivan for the hand over of a 2nd hand Unichip which should be installed in a week or so, once the rear end is repaired.

Baby is giving SWMBO a fair bit of grief - sleepless nights etc but still on track for an April 12 debut ride in the Prado ( which means I will probably sell the cargo barrier I bought but have yet to install - If you're interested drop me a line).

Worst of all the big bucks have stopped flowing so now I have to be a lot more frugal with the pennies.

Ah well ... at least its warm here, no more going to work in minus 27C wading through snow and ice.

Hoping to get together with a few other vehicles for a play somewhere local in the not to distant future .... any takers ?

Time to crack another Bundy can and catch up with the last week of posts I have missed.

Cheers ... Taz
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