The wee man at BJ’s Takeaways in Waiuku was beside himself.
“Your truck?” he asked me. “New Land Cruiser?”
Answer no, and answer yes.
He’d been pestering his nearest Toyota dealer for weeks, it turned out, and to no avail.
There’s a waiting list on these things of up to 14 months thanks to Covid, materials shortages and the fragmented global supply chain.
We had called in to grab cold drinks and a parcel of chips after photographing the new truck out at Karioitahi where the parasailers were doing their graceful dance on the onshore winds. We had a classic Kiwi summer afternoon at our disposal and some rural dirt and tarmac to
