While I was bored near Burma, my car's American and Japanese insurance both expired, as did it's annual taxes. I don't plan on being here much longer, so I wished it to become someone else's problem.

At the moment, it's in a Japanese garage. The estimate I'd received from an American place was over $600 to get it road-worthy again; the Japanese place did it for 57,176Â¥, which is $543 at today's exchange rate. I guess that's not terrible, but it is a lot of money to sink into an ancient rusting car.

I'm not paying it, though. I sold the car for $0 and a drink of awamori to a friend of mine. Tomorrow we'll go back and pick it up from the shop, then go to base vehicle registration and do the paperwork transfer.

I miss having wheels, and that car was faithful and reliable. But it's time to move on.

Posted by: Boviate at 07:09 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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