DAY 1 - Opel Corsa, brand new manual transmission. This bad boy was my first car and introduction to German driving. As is shown below this is a rather sizable 4 door vehicle. Sure it needs a new clutch and I know I did some damage to the transmission and underbody when I went off-roading, but it's still a decent car.
DAY 6 - The Smart Convertible. Seeing as a 4 door vehicle is a bit excessive for just me as a cost save, on Monday, I got to trade up to this bad boy. Top speed, 150 km/hr going down hill! Supposedly this is the safest car to drive, but I don't see a Go-cart doing 150 and rattling all over being that safe. Especially when passing cars generate enough wind force to require a steering adjustment.
DAY 12 - June 15 2008 MY BIRTHDAY. So I got another car for my birthday. Not necessarily by my choice. Well when picking up my colleague from the states at the airport I realize I should have called to see how much luggage he had. The above car obviously doesn't have much room for luggage. So we make it to the car and of course I am harassed for driving a piece, my colleague decides to open the hatch and put his luggage in. Since this is a convertible only the bottom half of the hatch opens. So imagine a piece of luggage going into something smaller than an oven opening. Well instead of loading the bag into the tailgate he decided it would be better to put it through the rear window instead. He didn't even have the grace to pose next to his masterpiece...
So we get to his hotel leaving a trail of broken glass from the airport parking garage to the parking lot of his hotel. The desk calls Avis and they send me another smart car (thankfully since its a semi-automatic). Although my new one is not a convertible... car 3 still can only make 150 on the autobahn...
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Your skinny ass looks big next to that car! Maybe you should buy one of those when you get home so I stop referring to you as my Ethernopian friend. And what happened with the new German jacket?
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