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A concerned group of friends has contacted The Advocate today to voice their concerns over one of their own after he chose to buy 2004 canary yellow Holden Cruise with his own money.
Michael Astanda, friends say, made the decision to purchase the soft-roader while browsing the selection down at Colin Matthews Motors in South Betoota earlier this week.
The 34-year-old took to his group chat to break the news to his mates – but none of them thought he’d actually purchased such an affront to personal motoring.
“Yeah, we all thought he was trolling us,” said one friend.
“But, uh, yeah. Turns out he wasn’t. Johnno drove past his place up the Heights this morning and there it was. A fucking canary yellow Holden Cruize,”
“That didn’t really concern us, like we all thought he must’ve just bought it as a joke because, you know, Mike’s a pretty funny guy and all our girlfriends reckon he’s such a catch for someone. But ah, yeah turns out he actually reckons it’s a sick car. You think you know a bloke and then he goes and does something like this.”
Another friend spoke candidly to our reporter, saying that it was strange for Mike to buy a car that, ‘couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding’ considering that he’s a petrol head.
Just a few moments ago, The Advocate was able to get Mike on the phone to chat about his stylish new motor.
He was able to confirm his mate’s worst fears.
“I love it,” he said.
“A car is like a man’s diet. It’s his business and only his. I know that people might think I’m trolling people by driving a car like Bertie, yes his name is Bertie. But I’m not. He gets good mileage and the driving position is high so I can see,”
“That and people can see me, considering the colour of the thing. I don’t know why everybody is so concerned about it. Even my old man rang up and asked if I had lost my mind. I guess some people just don’t get it.”
More to come.
