Our new car!
You think I josh. We indeed did buy, or should that be order a new vehicle from a well known brand in early April 2022. With COVID related delays, and frustratingly bad communications, it finally arrived in the showroom on the first day we were away on holidays! We finally picked it up yesterday. Yes, of course then the wheels and promises to de-register the old car went west or just didn't happen at all so when we rocked up at the Transport and Main Roads office this morning to obtain our Senior's discount on the new car registration, the old one was still in our name 24 hours later despite promises that that little bit of admin would be done in one hour and even before we left the showroom the previous day.
So, to make my hair even whiter, another long winded episode, typically lacking clear and prompt communication then occurred. After much gnashing of teeth and brain, it was finally accomplished much later after which we returned to finalise said registration rebate! I am totally over this and I imagine the manager of the car sales company wished he had stayed in bed this morning. All I can say is "Oh what a feeling"! Sadly for them, the customer survey that was emailed to me twice while we were away (more perfect timing) finally got done later this morning. Bad timing for them! Not pleasant reading!
This shot kind of reminds me how my wife and I feel after 16+ months of this! It was taken in the little historic sapphire mining town of Emmaville which is just north west of Glen Innes in New South Wales and a bit off the beaten track. My sort of town.
Hopefully I will be back tomorrow to continue the journey, cool headed as always!
Our new car!
You think I josh. We indeed did buy, or should that be order a new vehicle from a well known brand in early April 2022. With COVID related delays, and frustratingly bad communications, it finally arrived in the showroom on the first day we were away on holidays! We finally picked it up yesterday. Yes, of course then the wheels and promises to de-register the old car went west or just didn't happen at all so when we rocked up at the Transport and Main Roads office this morning to obtain our Senior's discount on the new car registration, the old one was still in our name 24 hours later despite promises that that little bit of admin would be done in one hour and even before we left the showroom the previous day.
So, to make my hair even whiter, another long winded episode, typically lacking clear and prompt communication then occurred. After much gnashing of teeth and brain, it was finally accomplished much later after which we returned to finalise said registration rebate! I am totally over this and I imagine the manager of the car sales company wished he had stayed in bed this morning. All I can say is "Oh what a feeling"! Sadly for them, the customer survey that was emailed to me twice while we were away (more perfect timing) finally got done later this morning. Bad timing for them! Not pleasant reading!
This shot kind of reminds me how my wife and I feel after 16+ months of this! It was taken in the little historic sapphire mining town of Emmaville which is just north west of Glen Innes in New South Wales and a bit off the beaten track. My sort of town.
Hopefully I will be back tomorrow to continue the journey, cool headed as always!