For those of you wanting to go back to the land of the criminal.
I left my Prado with a friend to be sold. He in turn left it at a car dealer for 3 weeks for them to try and sell it. Well, he has finally sold the car to another private person, hoooorrrraaay! (it's finally gone)
Now here's the thing... my friend was forced to go and replace the batteries (the diesel Prados have a dual battery system) as the car could barely start and was told by the battery shop that both batteries were incorrect for the car and had dead cells in them, however I had replaced both batteries less than 3 months before we left South Africa, so it means someone at the car dealership swapped the batteries out for incorrect batteries with dead cells!!!
Why is it just deemed acceptable to steal and cheat and lie in South Africa? WTF! Really people!!!
I'm not saying crime doesn't happen here but it just isn't anything like in RSA!!!
For those that are not here yet, the Aussies are really nice friendly people. There is no BS. If someone walks up to you it's not to steal from you or attack you. You don't have to tense up waiting for the "I lost my wallet..." line.
I'm off to enjoy another beautiful day in Brisbane, heck maybe I'll go to the local park today and leave my camera and cell phone on the bench and go use the clean toilets and still find my stuff where I left it when I come back!!
Hopefully this was the last violation by people from THAT place!!
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gordonza
Hi All,
For those of you wanting to go back to the land of the criminal.
I left my Prado with a friend to be sold. He in turn left it at a car dealer for 3 weeks for them to try and sell it. Well, he has finally sold the car to another private person, hoooorrrraaay! (it's finally gone)
Now here's the thing... my friend was forced to go and replace the batteries (the diesel Prados have a dual battery system) as the car could barely start and was told by the battery shop that both batteries were incorrect for the car and had dead cells in them, however I had replaced both batteries less than 3 months before we left South Africa, so it means someone at the car dealership swapped the batteries out for incorrect batteries with dead cells!!!
Why is it just deemed acceptable to steal and cheat and lie in South Africa? WTF! Really people!!!
I'm not saying crime doesn't happen here but it just isn't anything like in RSA!!!
For those that are not here yet, the Aussies are really nice friendly people. There is no BS. If someone walks up to you it's not to steal from you or attack you. You don't have to tense up waiting for the "I lost my wallet..." line.
I'm off to enjoy another beautiful day in Brisbane, heck maybe I'll go to the local park today and leave my camera and cell phone on the bench and go use the clean toilets and still find my stuff where I left it when I come back!!
Hopefully this was the last violation by people from THAT place!!
OK let me stop ranting!!
Gordon
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