Whilst Jamie drives the Landies, the VW T5 is my baby. She carries my boards, baskets of mushrooms, shopping, car parts, furniture. She takes me on mini adventures. She took me half way round Tassie on my own.

Two days after Dad left his earthly form, she broke down in the middle of rush hour traffic. What timing 😭😭

But I bet you know Jamie by now. He totally rebuilt the whole engine. Yep. Having never done a VW rebuild, he just rolled up his sleeves, ordered parts, rolled around in grease, greased up a few tshirts, and fixed it for a sum total of about $1600 of parts. We couldn't get a second hand one for less than 15k with same amount of mileage.

Please note he's NOT a mechanic by trade. He just loves mechanics. And he's very practical minded and determined - he breaks tasks down logically, reads, watches YouTube, talks to people, draws on prior experience and just fixes and builds shit like a BOSS.

Isn't that what DIY is all about?

So this post is a shout out to Jamie, who does spend an inordinate amount of his time sorting our shit out.

I absolutely let him buy wine to tonight.