Thursday, April 19, 2007

Car Talk

Good morning every one. Long time no speak! I am still alive if anyone was wondering…. I did come close to death last night though, or at least that was what I would imagine it would feel like to spend your last few moments on earth in a high speed car chase through Table View with a turbo charged Volvo with an aspiring race driver behind the wheel who just had to show an orange Ford waar Dawid die wortels gegrawe het. I was impressed with both the car and the driver’s abilities, I took the car for a spin (literally) myself and enjoyed the ride, but I sustained minor injuries when Freaky took the wheel (not used to an automatic) and send both me and Heinrich through the windscreen when he mistook the brake for the non-existing clutch, he later also detoured over a sidewalk, I think I have blue marks over my chest from the seatbelt.

While I’m waiting in anticipation to collect my convertible Mercedes (this afternoon for the weekend) we are driving a Toyota Yaris….. Ja I know it’s probably the ultimate chick car, and I know someone that are a proud driver of one of these little lunch boxes, I must say the car has got guts, but too much guts and no glory can be dangerous as I almost discovered on Wednesday night on my way to Camps Bay…. poor Dawie was glad to arrive alive at the City Lodge….nevertheless 160km/h for a 1.3 liter with four guys aboard is not too shabby I suppose, just don’t attempt to change direction. Space wise, apart from the 17 glove compartments (and I include the boot as one of them as you can’t call it a boot) you also have 5 cup holders. At the end of the day nothing revs like a rental so we are enjoying the car, we will be taking it off road tomorrow in Stellenbosch…..

2 comments:

Niwde said...

No comment.... about the Yaris that is.

Anonymous said...

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