Firstly, the need for a car arose after Betty, my once-trusty bicycle, suffered a near-fatal puncture whilst her owner was riding her on the road to nowhere in inaka-ville. Trapped and immobile for half an hour til a passer-by stopped to help, I decided then and there-punctured tyre in hand that I would get me an automobile!!
So..I needed a Japanese license. Being an Aussie (yay!) I was able to switch over to a Japanese license no questions asked. Or so I thought. On my first attempt, after driving two hours with an armload of forms and photos, I was denied because my license has no date of issue (despite me telling the poor girl that my license was issued two years before the expiry date). Second time around I was successful, and after an eye test and an awwwwwful mugshot I walked out with my Japanese license.
Then I needed a car, right? So, I contact a car dealer used by many JETs-thankfully he’s an Aussie so there’s no translation worries, plus I don’t have to do any nasty paper-work. He gives me a list of possible cars and funnily enough I end up picking my predecessor’s car! (Which means I could have bought it off her at the start and saved a whole lotta yennage!) So, the same day I get my license, I get my car. After handing over a wad of cash I’m ready to drive. And here she is:
Quite roomy, many a snowboard and shopping bag will be jammed in the boot don’t you worry! She’s already been a-Costco-ing, and her first big road trip has already been planned-a 10 hour round trip to Hakodate complete with road trippin’ tunes, m&m’s and gaijin madness! (Oh, and a Halloween Party thrown in the works as well!)
She has been affectionately named “Dingo Chaser” by one of my American JET friends, and I think it’s quite becoming. Though if we’re going to cutesy it up Japanese style then she’s DC-chan ;-)
Niseko here I come!
DC-chan and Saa-chan sign out ;-)
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Yer wheels are HAWT!! Seriously, looks like you have a great coche!!!!
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