..........................................	Holden Report - Issue #10
	We took the Holden down to Uptown Motors for a bit of a check up before going on tour. Three days later the vehicle emerged from the mechanics pit pristine and ready to go. The lads working on the vehicle ordered in pizza and worked late so that it was ready. Doom was waiting on the horizon just south of Blenheim. We'd arrived in the south island to perform at Marlborough girls and stopped in at a petrol station to pump up the air-shocks. A quick call through to Chris at Uptown Motors confirmed that the problem was that the air-shocks had been replaced with gas-shocks. Steve gets 'Driver of the Month' for trying to pump up the new rear gas shock absorbers with air! It was only 20 minutes after the phone-call to our mechanic that the Holden started doing some strange things. The vehicle had lost all of it's power and was doing 0-60mph in about 15 minutes. After spending a whole bunch of money on our beloved vehicle we were limping our way towards Greymouth. A quick stop in Westport discovered one of the reasons for the injured vehicle. When we finally took it to a garage (after the weekend) in Greymouth we were told there were a multitude of problems. It seemed the Holden was going to have the last say about this 2000 mile hike we were taking it on. A few hours later and with some tlc we picked up the vehicle and were able to speed briskly to the Tai Poutini Polytech for the lunch time performance. The Holden survived the rest of the journey fine. Carl nearly got 'Driver of the Month' when he did the Timaru to Dunedin leg of the Nelson Dunedin trip. The hills rolling into Dunedin are rather notorious for Holdens that are about to run out of petrol. It had been a long day (11 hours driving) and we weren't prepared for thumbing it into Dunedin with our spare (and empty) petrol can. We had to free wheel our way into Dunedin that night. Holden Fact No.13: There can be parts not working/broken/missing on a Holden and it will still make it! Amanda gets 'passenger of the month' for driving the Holden home while the band did the gears. We were welcomed into Timaru by the local police officer who asked for Steve's driving license and then proceeded to ask if we had any charges against our names. As if you would answer with..."yeah, we just robbed a garage down in Ashburton and got away with it!" We broke the record for number of hours spent in the Holden in February. Here's looking forward to March! Fraser from Bar Bodega gave us a call while we were driving between Queenstown and Dunedin. He thought that we were like out in the surf swimming or something? We had to explain to him that it was just the sound of our Holden belting along at 60mph! Holden Fact No.14: Holdens don't need air-conditioning systems. There are enough leaks to keep everyone cool. The Holden received a record number of 'clean me' grafitti marks in the South Island!
	Holden Report (previous editions)	- Issue #9 - Issue #8 - Issue #7 - Issue #6 (Special Edition - while overseas.) - Issue #5 - Issue #4 - Issue #3 - Issue #2 - Issue #1

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