I got to drive the Bolero today.
The home has an SUV to move the boys around and even though it’s really made for only 7 adults we squeeze the boys in it every morning to go to school. It’s big as far as Indian cars are concerned, but in American terms it’s not much bigger than a Ford escape (although the diesel engine makes it sound tougher and any vehicle with a spare tire on the back door says “don’t mess with me”).
Yuppers, I got to take it for a spin. An by spin I mean: the-driver-guy-was-horribly-late-and-the-boys-needed-to-get-to-school-ten-minutes-ago-so-let’s-see-if-the-American-will-do-it-in-an-act-of-desperation. It takes a little getting used to with the shifter knob on the left and the blinker controls on the right, of course not to mention the fact that you also have to drive on the left side of the road and India’s roads are notoriously chaotic and congested.
We made it to school safe and sound with no problems. Good times had by all :)
i could pimp that ride.
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ReplyDeleteJust curious, was it more or less dangerous/fun than driving the deathmoblie, er, S-10 up and down I-10 everyday?
probably about equal to the deathmobile... granted it didn't pop out of gear all the time and lose power for no particular reason and there are no ropes holding the sides on, but there were 10 crazy boys all packed in with the stereo hoppin' and i had to make sure i double checked everything i did because my first reaction was to do it the "normal" way... maybe i should drive for nascar...
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