WARREN My funeral hearse...

I’ve been watching the development of the Grenadier with a keen interest, because I’m sitting at 65 and my 4x4 is 20 years old, and whichever vehicle I choose, It’s more than likely going to be the last 4x4 I buy

So now the Grenadier has finally arrived, with the poverty spec coming in at 1.4 million and the “ANC National Executive Council” --- (NEC) spec  at 1.8million

Now I just don’t see any sense in spending that on a vehicle, even if it’s probably the most capable 4x4 available today....

Scratching round, a new 4x4 “poverty spec”  will cost around R500 K and when all’s  done and dusted probably here in the range of R750K – Again, I just can’t justify the expense

So what does that leave ?

Buy a younger second hand vehicle – There are risks involved IE what lies buried that’s going to go wrong----

Stick with what I’ve got, which is paid for and does the job pretty darn well, even though I’m not in love with the automatic transmission? --- seems like a plan ---

Problem is, spares are becoming difficult to get, and top of the list is gearbox / gearbox components... That’s the nigger-in-the-woodpile

After a lot of consideration I’ve decided to stick with what I have, but start to gather spares --- I reccon, If I get R50K’s worth of spares, I’m pretty much set till the end of my day’s, especially considering that I don’t have to dig out R50K at one time

So with that being the case, so far I’ve managed to get a complete 22E gearbox for R9000 ....

Think My hearse’s going to be a Landrover Discovery...

BTW The only chance of me having a "really hot body" is to be cremated..... Just saying