(Not our choice! Son-and-Heir was planning to fly family (+ MiL!) to the Northern City for a Family Holiday during school hols, renting a house 150m from said CP, & asked if we'd join them. Not wanting to miss a visit with G'daughter, we spent 3 weeks getting here, and will have to be back in Wine Country by late Oct. That's our story, an' we're sticking to it!
)So here we are...
Rig on site next-but-one was a LARGE converted tour bus. They left today. Got the bus out onto the roadway, opened up the rear hatch (which I had assumed covered the engine) then pulled ramps out of the bumper (colour-coded ends to match the bumper
) then proceeded to winch up a Nissan Micra into a garage built (presumably) under the bed!! 
(Space was too narrow to drive it in & open a door.)
He lashed down a special (non-factory) loop under the rear of the Micra... then walked to the side and proceeded to open a special hatch to lash down the front wheel on driver's side, and I identified a matching hatch on the passenger side!
Rear end drooped a bit when the Micra was all aboard & ramps stowed... I hope he has airbags to level out the ride.
But wait, there's more!
The rig that replaced him is a custom body on a CAT-powered Prime Mover with an extended chassis which retains the dual rear axles!
Bodywork comes to the full height of the incorporated Fuel Scoop above the truck cab, which indicates that headroom inside is 'more than adequate'...
And across the way from us is a max-length Winnie Classic, with a Merc coupe for a toad (in a fully-enclosed trailer, of course, painted to match the Winnie) and a (very new & shiny) tandem bicycle parked out front.
Where do these people get the $$$
Rob a bank? Tattslotto??Makes our Girt look a bit ordinary... however, yer cuts yer cloth...
Mind you, packing up the Micra took the bloque over half an hour. We can have Jim the Junior Jeep on his trailer & lashed down, ready to roll in under 10 minutes.
And we can have him off the trailer in under five...
Bet the Micra takes longer than that. Would probably make a quick trip to an Info Centre or a one-nighter in a town not worth the bother... So they'd miss a lot.
