UPDATE: I went to a BankWest branch earlier today with the registration papers hoping to get my cheque, only to be told that they do not have my records there because I did my application via the Internet/Phone, meaning everything is by mail!
I’m now waiting for the contract to arrive via snail mail, which will probably arrive Monday, then I’ll have to sign it, then courier it back. When they receive it THEN they’ll send me a cheque, by mail! I’ve already contacted the dealer and postponed the car pick up until next week. Unbelievable.
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I’m having a sleepless night from the excitement of having a new car! My car is ready to be picked up tomorrow evening, after a few hiccups and all I can say to potential Hyundai new car buyers in Perth is to stay the hell away from John Hughes Hyundai unless you have no other options available. To date, my experience with them has not been a pleasant one 
I will make sure I do my servicing elsewhere once I get my car tomorrow! 
I was on a shopping spree (online) for some photographic accessories which I have been wanting to get for a while now but never got the chance to buy them. I ended up $50 poorer after buying:
- a foldable flash reflector with a hole in the middle (to fit lens through). I’m not sure how it works to be honest but it looked like a decent buy for close portraits and outdoor macro (not that I do macros).
- a 67mm UV filter (Massa branded, or should I say non-branded) for my Tamron 17-50mm 2.8. Finally a little protection for my lens
- a Chinese rip-off version of the SC-28 TTL cable (which is the most expensive item in the list!). Need this one for off the camera flash where the D60 cannot act as a “commander” to trigger wireless flash
- a dual lens cleaning pen. Can come in handy.
After surfing around, my next item to get is probably the Cactus V2/V4 transmitter, which will allow the flash to fire wirelessly from the transmitter/receiver. Then again I may not be needing them after all, since I have already bought the SC-28 which can extend up to 2.7m (apparently).
Anyway, here are more pictures from my last shoot at the Wheel of Perth (click to enlarge):
It took a great deal of effort and it was also freezing cold when I took these shots, hence some poorly framed shots and some were not really straight/even due to the surface and lack of time for me to compose the shot (and myself 
). Then again I’m happy with 10% of the shots and they’re the ones that made it here!
Well, time for me to take a nap because I need to go to the dealer first thing later to get the registration papers which should have been ready and posted to me earlier this week but the salesman said he will not receive it until this morning. I think that’s plain BS to cover his ass, but I won’t pursue it. After getting the papers from him, I would then go to the bank to show them the final document needed in order to get my cheque, then wait until 4pm to pick up my i30 SX. This tedious process could have been eliminated if he had the papers done and sent it to me earlier this week, where I can just fax the papers to the bank and receive my cheque in my mail.
I’m really hoping there will be no problems with the car or any more delays after this. I’ve waited one whole month for this!
