<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>3:24 he tuned it up when i first bought it he tuned it up and put it in a kill switch as well oh did he <{><[>oh yeah <[>yeah word just fix it yeah i don't know er er how effective it would be if someone tried to steal it yeah um you know how <.>th how the switch is under the dashboard yeah yeah that cuts everything <{1><[1>out yes oh well if er <,> an <{2><[2>amateur perhaps er he wouldn't stumble er <{3><[3>over it but um if it was a <{4><[4>professional <[1>yeah yeah <[2>i mean <[3>yeah <[4>it was a pro yeah yeah but <{><[>i mean what's pro going after <[>yeah yeah a nineteen seventy nine <{><[>corolla i mean <&>4:00 it just gets a bit stupid <[>yeah yeah they <.>wouldn't laughs yeah <{><[>laughs well <.>it's what i want to stop is like apparently <.>they cos corollas are really easy to break into <[>they wouldn't go <.>for something <.>like <.>y oh yes so i don't <.>people er yeah <.>l lot of them will apparently just jump in and have a joy ride around town in it and then dump it <{1><[1>somewhere <.>and yeah so that'll stop that that'll cut that <{2><[2>out <[1>and dump them yeah <[2>that's right a lot of them they smash them up before <.>they er yeah <{><[>they do all sorts of stuff to it yeah <[>they word yeah that's right i mean it's <,> pretty bad right cos i mean they <.>even they've got street gangs round in cuba mall now yes <{><[>yeah <[>for crying out <{1><[1>loud word <{2><[2>word <[1>yes <[2>oh it's getting bad it's <.>really <{><[>they've got to do something <[>i mean you can't even walk through cuba <{><[>mall now all those people man <[>no yeah they steal your bloody <.>sh doc martens shoes and right <.>wh whatever you've got on <.>it's mm pretty bad <.>but right <&>5:00 they won't be stealing the corolla anyway so <{1><[1>laughs yeah they <{2><[2>word <[1>yeah yeah <[2>and how much did it cost you this time to get <{><[>the warrant <[>tut tut did you have to spend a lot of money or well yeah two <.>hundred yeah <.>i two hundred and nine bucks for the new tyres that i needed oh <.>the yeah word how many tyres three three tyres yeah yeah but they paint them eh like don't they put a coating or something over them oh yeah they put er tyre paint on them <{><[>yeah <[>yeah because like laughs it was only three but it <.>looks all of them look new yes yes so they've painted them over eh right yeah like the car dealers they do the same <{1><[1>thing they just <{2><[2>paint the tyres they look nice and then <.>after yeah yeah <[1>yeah <[2>laughs yeah nah yeah so i was just wondering cos um mm cos yeah they all look like they're new yeah yeah yeah so i suppose they've gone and put <.>like i mean it only took them fifteen minutes as well eh and they were <.>really yeah quick did he balance the wheels um i don't know um i don't think so right <.>he <.>he's um he's supposed to be the cheapest in town yeah but they normally balance the wheels too cos er if you don't balance them <&>6:00 er you get a shimmy er when you go over a certain speed on the <{><[>road <[>oh heck <{><[>yeah <[>you know through <.>the through the steering wheel the steering wheel starts you <.>know laughs <{><[>yeah <[>shaking and er mm mm did he say <.>he did he charge you for a wheel balancing or did he say he was going to balance your wheels no i don't think he said anything about that <{><[>maybe he did i've got the little papers and that word i'll have to have a look cos he gave me this booklet <[>no? yeah he <.>said he said the word are all done and <{><[>all that <[>mm MM but two hundred and nine well i'm told that's quite a good price yeah so have you driven the car over sixty ks <{><[>do <.>you <[>yeah i've got it up to about a hundred <.>and and it seems to be all right <.>no oh yeah oh <.>well nah well <{1><[1>i mean considering the tyres were bald remember <.>and <{2><[2>um yeah <.>there's <,> yeah <[1>nah it's <.>not <[2>yeah but since you've got the new tyres have you <{><[>tried it <[>oh i haven't gone over a hundred no i haven't been on the motorway in it <{><[>but yeah you know i've got it up to about sixty or seventy <[>oh yeah yeah yeah <&>7:00 right you know just going down some pedestrian street and stuff oh yeah <{><[><.>otherwise <[>but if <.>you if you go er say <.>sixty it starts <{><[>to word <[>er <.>sh if she's <.>not the wheels are not balanced properly er she'll start shimmering you know <.>she'll the steering wheel'll start to <,> sort of <.>a wiggle <{><[>yeah <[>wiggle a bit so er well yeah <.>next if that happens well you know what the problem is <{><[>mm <[>yeah well next time i go on the motorway i'll just try that out yeah <.>but <,,><&>3 i don't know <.>i don't think i'll have any problems even if you take her out the back of the airport you know on the <.>stretch on <.>the OH <.>Y oh yeah well yeah <{1><[1>of course i've been along there yeah <.>so nah yeah <{2><[2>that's all right yeah <[1>word <[2>oh so it must be all right then yeah oh right yeah i forgot about that place yeah what IS the limit around there is it a hundred or is <.>it oh i think it's um <,,> speed limit around there it's seventy isn't it <.>or mm whatever cos everyone just burns <{><[>it round there <[>oh i know yeah <{><[>everybody <.>goes yeah <&>8:00 <[>but i <.>mean laughs but it's um mm i <.>didn't can't see any signs that say <.>like no no <.>s a hundred or <.>l <{><[>limited speed zone or whatever <[>yeah that's right but <{><[>er <[>and that's the only um straight stretch er yeah around er you <.>know wellington around wellington really there's nothing else nah unless you go out on the motorway <.>but well yeah just in town yeah yeah that's the only place yeah oh right <{><[><.>so <[><.>would would all the mechanics like sort of test it yeah <.>they <.>they they test the cars around there yeah around <{><[>there would they go <[><.>or yeah mm mm when they have any problems with that you know the steering <{><[>and that sort of thing <[>yeah mm they go around there <,,><&>3 yeah and well how's the er overheating problem have you fixed that yep got the old radiator um er <,> put in um a reconditioned one oh reconditioned <{><[>your radiator <[>i think it <.>was <.>w it was quite a good place there was aNOTHER young guy <&>9:00 <.>that <.>th this guy and he was like um and he was quite good er when did you go after <{><[>that <[>word yeah it was around the basin reserve er <{><[><.>capital <.>they they've got <.>that <[>oh in dublin street is it YEAH YEAH that's the one right at the end right at the end yeah oh that's where jack went OH <{><[>is it yeah <[>mm yeah yeah yeah yeah <.>and and they weren't bad <.>i i thought they were <.>quite i <.>think how <.>much <&>snaps fingers that was another hundred bucks yeah er but <,> i suppose that's <.>not that's good yeah and he did it <.>in <&>snaps fingers like you know i <{1><[1>watched him as well so that's quite good so next time i'll probably be able to do it myself <{2><[2>i was just a bit unsure you see about the um <[1>mm <[2>right soldering and that no <.>the <,> <.>after once you've filled it up with water again yeah you have to rev the engine or get the <.>air oh <{><[><.>they <[>air gaps that's <{><[>it is it? yeah <[>that's right yeah so you <{><[><.>drive yeah and i thought well you know i'll <.>probably i won't be able to do that and also FINDING a radiator it'd <.>be <[>air bubbles there oh yes cos you've got to get a new core put in <&>10:00 yeah see <.>so so <{><[>you know <[>that's <.>just <.>just may as well just take it in OH yes yeah <{><[>i <.>mean and he's <.>got got special <.>y you know those ratchet things no what are <.>they <[>yeah and have they <.>got <.>y yeah i don't know CRANK <{><[>got the <.>crank the radiator <[>yeah it goes <.>make you know <.>you you screw it up and <.>it's OH yeah tension wrench <{><[>tension word <[>you see <.>they're they're he had <{><[>one <[>when they get the right tension it <.>cl sort of clicks <{><[>yeah <[><.>he he had like a special one that was right really long so they <.>could he could reach down and <.>just yeah he dropped it a few times in the engine and lost it <.>but voc <{><[>laughs he's looking around the engine for it <[>did he laughs and then it dropped <.>right oh it was quite funny but yeah he was um oh well nah that was excellent yeah so it's not overheating any more right <{><[>so yeah so you got another problem sorted out <,> <[>luckily yeah well <{><[>i mean it's no good word so i'm <.>not <[>voc did i tell you the problems we had when we went to er perth we got <{><[>this rental car out <&>11:00 <[>OH oh laughs yeah word <{1><[1>was <.>it was that it um broke down or something like that <{2><[2>yeah <[1>YEAH <[2>yeah it broke down in <.>the in the <{><[>wop wops a way away from <,> civilisation voc <[>laughs <.>what what kind of car was it er it was a corolla <{><[>pretty late model <[>OH NO OH goodness yeah but <.>the the motor just seized up and just went bang and that was it was it the heat was it <.>n no er something er came adrift inside the motor <{><[>the conglom i would say <[>laughs oh no cos everything <{><[>locked up you know <[>laughs oh and YEAH and er you know <.>i over there <.>d it's miles <{><[>and miles <.>of <[>yeah just desert <{><[>yeah <[><.>of you know straight road <.>and oh no nothing and er these two people we were just lucky they stopped and <.>they you know they <{><[>asked us <.>were you know if we could er they could help us and er then they went down to the um first town oh it was a few miles away <&>12:00 and they sent a breakdown truck to tow us in and he just <.>happen happened to be er a kiwi guy <[>word OH the <.>bloke YEAH <{1><[1>the bloke from the service station <{2><[2>he was from invercargill <[1>OH <[2>what a coincidence OH MAN <{><[>word <[>YEAH we were lucky and er <{><[>anyway he towed us in <[>yeah yeah and we left the car there with him cos he was the agent <.>for <{><[>for the er <[>was it avis was it <.>y no it was um <&>name of company <,> rental car <{><[>in perth <[>mm yeah but i wouldn't go back to them again <{><[><.>cos <[>yeah they must <.>have NO they didn't <.>help they were not very helpful at all really weren't <.>th they didn't do anything <{><[>did they <[>NO they said well it's up to you now it's up to you you know you can make your own way <{1><[1>back to perth so we <{2><[2>had to <.>pay <[1>oh that sucks <[2>they should have sent you another car yeah i know anybody <.>e most of the other er rental cars they do <.>the send somebody or another car you know <.>wh what um what year corolla was it <&>13:00 um eighty eight or eighty nine it was fairly late and it <{1><[1>and it just blew up like <{2><[2>that <[1>mm <[2>just yeah we were just driving and you know on this straight straight road mm <{><[>laughs <[>the next thing we know <{1><[1>it just went BANG <{2><[2>and just <.>skid everything rocked you know <[1>it word <[2>yeah oh the breaks as well? well <{1><[1>the motor lock cos the the you know <{2><[2>word <[1>oh <[2>oh i see what you mean yeah <{><[>yeah <[>yeah it just <,> nothing nah just locked up man we were stranded there and did you realise what was wrong with it like i mean once you looked at it well er i suspected you know <{1><[1>that some thing came adrift inside the motor <{2><[2>and locked everything up <{3><[3>but er there was nothing you can do <[1>word <[2>was it <[3>yeah <,> it was impossible <&>13:35