When we purchased Kermit we knew we would be up for new tyres. Luckily Anthony Battin (Bob & Ree Battin's son) had some hanging around that we could use.

 

So off we go to Maclean for new tyres - on the way we heard about some car sales in hail ravaged Lismore - however as with most great stories it was too good to be true and I didnt score a new car.

 

Some yobbo recently decided I needed two big size 12 footprints on the doors of my car so proceeded to do so and leave some major dents in the doors. This, along with a dingle with the Commonwealth Bank carpark column, some sun damage on the bonnet and news that my expected timing chain job will require nothing short of a kings ransom to perform has made me decide to seriously think about what I am going to do with my Sirion. It has been the best car but looks like it is going to soon cost me a fortune - 3 cylinder cars are not easy to change timing chains on and require major mechanical stuff which costs lots of money. Apparently it's cheaper to put in a new (reconditioned) motor!!

 

Saturday morning we had a bit of a problem with a broken choke cable - but as we are on the path of replacing most major (and minor) components in Kermit we thought this was rather a considerate breakage - how dear can a choke cable be? (Kermit is in being attended to and we will know by the end of the week). We had to see the pool man and went for a bit of a drive which showed us that the decision to buy the tyres was a very good one - the handling of the car has improved massively.

 

Saturday arvo we had a bit of a kip and a look around the markets before going to the Argyle Hotel for tea which was very nice and where we found a brochure on a jazz cruise from Yamba on Sunday. I also had a fight with some green algae in Bob and Ree's pool but after masses of chemicals and 30 hours of running the filter it started to clear up - thank god for pool men. Remind me to never let my pool go green.

 

Sunday was a jazz cruise from Yamba and a bit of a drive around - back home early for tea.

 

Monday was back to Brissie and we met Ruth and Phil Church and their friend Dorothy and spent a pleasant evening in their apartment at the Aurora Tower.

 

Sadly when we got in the car to travel home Kermit has a dummy spit and refused to turn on his headlights - no amount of cajouling, pleading, fiddling, checking fuses etc would elicit even a tiny little beam - so we travelled home 'sans lumiere' - pretty awful on Narangba Road with no lights. 

 

So Kermit is now happily ensconced, once again, at Narangba Autos having some attention. Ian  the mechanic(my new best mate) has mentioned he knows of a nice muddy 4wd track for us to take Kermit to for an outing and so we are looking forward to that.

 

As Kermit is visiting the mechanics we dont have photos of his new tyres - yet!!!