New Zealand 4 Until-Your-Teeth-Rattle

 We picked up the van first thing this morning and paid, upfront, for 49 days. Hurt a little, as it was a tremendous amount of money, even with the exchange rate. We got about, oh, 15 minutes out of the city on the expressway and the van began to shake violently. Not a gentle shake, not a mis-alignment, a jolting shake-your-bones-until-your-teeth-rattle sort of shake. A little alarmed, we pulled off and called the rental company. They took it all in stride  (maybe they get these calls often?!) and said "no, problem, bring it back". So we made our way back into the city, switched out the van and after an hour or so, we were on our way
again.

Matt and Cynthia (to be continued)