| .......................................... | Holden Report - Issue #9 | |
One evening after a gig we found the rear tail light smashed. It was either a dodgy driver or someone out to harm the monkeys!!! So we figured as we were not in the Holden at the time that they were just out to scare us. We received a note one night on stage from a strange looking man telling us to play 'sweet child o mine' or else the holden 'gets it'! We think he may have something to do with the so called 'scare' tactics going on of late. We've got our investigators out at the moment and are hopefully going to apprehend someone soon! Paul (a friend of the band) was called in for questioning but had an alibi! We're suspicious though as word on the street is that he's skipping the country soon for South Africa. The search still goes on... Steve managed to redeem his previous months error of not paying his parking fine by repairing the rear tail light with some sellotape. The Holden runs out of gas on the way to a gig in Marton. The car was all packed and the lads were all on their way to Marton when the Holden decided to run out of petrol in the Wellington tunnel on the motorway. They were lucky that the momentum of the vehicle with all the band gear in it got them to the Tinakori Rd off-ramp. The 200yd (slightly up hill) off ramp proved to be quite a challenge for the boys as they puffed and heaved pushing their bright yellow beast along the motorway holding up traffic. They finally gave up the push and unloaded the gear onto the side of the road and got out the spare container of gas....they weren't late to the gig. It's quite good that the spare gas container has been emptied. We don't get high driving around now. The wind-screen wipers are the featured repair for this month. Just when we thought we were going to get away with no repairs on the Holden for the month, the wind-screen wipers started playing up. One stormy wet night in Wellington Carl decided to take the Holden for a drive. The windscreen-wipers did their usual 'get halfway across the windscreen and then stop' trick. He pulled over, got out got soaked and broke the driver's side wiper. It was a clever decision to turn around and go home. The Holden was to perform an even nastier trick though... One beautiful sunny morning after a stormy wet night in Wellington Carl got up to take the Holden out of town to a car-parts place for a new windscreen wiper. No go. The Holden had run out of petrol while being parked. At the risk of crashing he free-wheeled the vehicle down Aro Valley avoiding buses, roadworks and the like. It wasn't until the Aro Valley petrol station that the final blow was dealt. An unsuspecting pedestrian looking the other way managed to get in the way of the limping vehicle bringing it to a standstill 20 yards from the petrol pump. Even 20 yards is like a one hour work out at the gym when you're on your own! Holden Fact No.11: Pushing a Holden can cause serious back problems! The Holden now has a new windscreen wiper and a new rear tail light. Steve still hasn't paid his $40 parking fine! Carl gets 'Driver of the Month' for running out of gas twice. Sam still locks the Holden in 1st gear once a day.
Holden Fact No.12: The vinyl front seat of the Holden can get hotter than the motor on a
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