ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Lil Bitta Pod - 8th May, 2025

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From the ZM Podcast Network, it's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley's Little Bit of Pod. Welcome to A Little Bit of Pod. I noticed this this morning on my way to work, I was getting my Lime scooter, as I do. I've been worried about you actually recently in the morning why because I've been running a bit late yeah as of like the last couple of weeks and it we've had quite a bit of rain and I always think oh the old Hayley who used to run on time would have texted you and be like I'll come get you oh no there's only very few times when it's actually like torrential where I'm like maybe I'll get an Uber

but it's it's normally fun because i can just scoot up queen street and in under the warnings um but this morning i noticed when i logged on that uh lime keeps a tally of the total kilometers that i have limed in my entirety of uh liming and just remember i've only used lime in in the last- You were Beam. When was it? Beam was really naughty. That was the e-scooter people. Remember they were- Was it Beam that was naughty?

Yeah, they were pulling one over on the council saying they only had X amount of scooters. But they had way more. They had way more. And so they didn't have to pay for the fees and stuff. So then they got- They got banned. Banned. Yeah.

So who's left in the e-scooter market in Auckland? So in Auckland, it's Lime and Flamingo Flamingo's good but they don't have as many Do you know what I've got for you? What? A $100 Flamingo voucher Do you? Yep

Oh my god I'll use that Oh my god I'll get it for you I'll give it to you But I don't think they're allowed as many as Lime Nah So there's still more But they are better scooters Yeah they're nice

And they're pink They're pink and fabulous So I've done 439.4 kilometres Where would that take you to? I've basically limed to New Plymouth Yeah I was going to say that's getting down there I've limed from Auckland to New Plymouth Or from Wellington to

Topol Would that be? Yeah That'd hurt the hands after a while If you did it all at once. So 372 kilometres from Wellington to Taupo. Yeah. So how many have you done?

I've done 439. You're almost in Rotorua. I think you might be in Tokoroa. Yeah, Tokoroa. 440 kilometres from Wellington to Tokoroa. So I've gone from Wellington to Tokoroa. On a lime. Basically on a lime scooter.

In the space of a year as well because if you could have worked out how much beam after the years. I've probably done the length of the country. You've done Auckland to Whanganui.

Oh, lovely. Yeah, I'm just that was a giant insult. Yeah, me too. I wouldn't mind a weekend in Whanganui. I had a weekend I'd stopped by Whanganui recently

and it's cool. I loved it. I'm going dangerously close this weekend with my folks down to South Taranaki. We'll pop in, good cafe culture in Whanganui. Yeah. And then, you know, some gangs will drive by. It's quite nice, it's a nice mix. You know, that real scope of life. It's beautiful.

A muffin in the Mungymob, you know. Yeah, Mungymob in a muff. Yeah, why not? Got our monkey mob and a muff. Yeah. Yeah, why not? Yeah. Got our boy Limes. We do worry for him, though. Because the other day it was a one-year anniversary of my friend coming off his bloody scooter

and going to a coma. Well, you don't bang down a hell drunk, do you? Well, he'd had a couple. Was it St. Patrick's Day? Had he had a couple of guineas? I know. Yeah, you've got to be careful. Like, yeah, I'm super careful.

What ones don't? I've been on the back of one of yours. He's a pro. He's a pro. I'd say Auckland's best line driver. I'm a pro rider. You are a pro rider. Do you do tricks?

He does some tricks. He squats down. I see people doing tricks around the city. You jump a little bit. And then you go, hee. Sometimes I'll do a little jump. I like doing a skid on them. Yeah, that's fun.

I really like doing a skid, putting a foot down and getting a wide skid on. Yeah. What other ones, what other companies fell by the wayside? What was the original one?

Was that Lime? Lime. Beam. What was the orange one? Yes. No, they still have those in some cities. Oh, do they?

Jetstar. Yeah, just not enough. They were Jetstar ones. That's what it is. But they only had, you could only be a certain weight to go on them. Yeah, and they'd check your bag before you got on it. Yeah, just not an actual car. They were Jetstar ones. That's what it is. But you could only be a certain weight to go on them. Yeah, and they'd check your bag before you got on it. Yeah, they were like, no, too heavy, pay more, pay more, pay more.

Cheaper, but sometimes you scan and it still takes like three quarters of an hour to unlock and get going. You're really slow and now and then it just stops. No knee room. No knee room. No room for the knees. I will say I was holidaying recently with my friend that works for Jetstar in Australia and he said that their on time has been better than New Zealand. I will say I was holidaying recently with my friend that works for Jetstar in Australia. And he said that their on time has been better than New Zealand.

I don't disagree. On the jet routes. Yeah, I don't disagree. And remember you booked, we're going away soon. And I booked my flights. And they were three and a bit times more expensive than you just booked a jet. I got to crush it for like 120 return. Unheard of. Unheard of 120 return. Unheard of? Unheard of in 2025.

Usually we're paying like half a grand to get to and from Christchurch. But Hayley will be taking my carry-on bags on in New Zealand. He's like, got a suitcase, babe. I need to put some here. You take some of my stuff, babe. Oh, babe. Oh, babe, you got any room for my socks and my keys, babe? How much extra does it cost for the suitcase on Jenny?

That's where they like rate it up? That's where they get you. That's where they get you. But I'm going to wear all my clothes. She's going to have to tick the box. She packed the bag. She knows what's in the bag. You better not be sneaking any bloody... She won't know what's in the bag.

Oh my God, I can only imagine with you. Can't be any worse than what you kept getting pulled over at Wellington for at the carry-on though.