{"id":4477,"date":"2015-05-11T21:56:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T19:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/?page_id=4477"},"modified":"2018-06-09T21:12:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T19:12:05","slug":"4-wheels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/4-wheels\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have this terrible kleptomania when it comes to things with wheels, so much so that I’ve never sold a car or bicycle I’ve owned (I’m excluding from “sold” the car bought from me by the insurance company because it was too expensive to repair…).<\/p>\n

In chronological order I have accumulated a Toyota Hilux (1994)<\/a>, Volvo V40 (2000, deceased), Nissan March (1996)<\/a>, Audi A6 (2003), Mission Jupiter Offroad Trailer (2012), and a Land Rover Range Rover (2002)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2018 addition<\/strong>: BMW E60 545i (2004)<\/p>\n

\"Knott<\/a>
Knott in Botswana fleet all in one place for once (2018 Edition)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where’s the fun in owning new cars when you can spend time working out what’s broken, how to fix it and predicting what might break next?<\/p>\n

This section is a brief introduction to how I came to own the cars with links to posts about my experiences with them: the joys of ownership, how to fix the bits that have gone wrong and some adventures along the way.<\/p>\n

\"BABS<\/a>
BABS on the Makgadikgadi Pans at sunset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Nissan<\/a>
Nissan March under a rainbow near Nyangabwe Hill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Range<\/a>
Range Rover By A Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have this terrible kleptomania when it comes to things with wheels, so much so that I’ve never sold a car or bicycle I’ve owned (I’m excluding from “sold” the car bought from me by the insurance company because it was too expensive to repair…). In chronological order I have accumulated a Toyota Hilux (1994), … Continue reading “4 Wheels”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4477"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4477"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5366,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4477\/revisions\/5366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}