Friday night, time is 10.45PM, venue Lekki Expressway and the participants, my bro and a flat mate and I. We were done with a good night of beautiful 1759ing. We were on our way home. I was in a hurry because I wanted to speak to my boo before she slept for the night. There was mild traffic around Mobil. As suddenly as traffic builds up in Lagos, there was a repeated buzzing of a uniquely sounding horn right behind us and it refused to go away. At that point the ‘Horn” caught our attention, I turned around and it was a Volkswagen Passat( made in 2000, 130Hp) 2.0T, we were in a 99 Camry V6, (194 Hp,3.0L engine), we didn’t pay attention to the “white” driver in the passat until he drove right beside us and waved a bottle of Henessy at us and beckoned that we come get it. At that point we’d been “Served” and it was on!!! Pedal to the metal, we attempted to catch up with the “white” guy and as he was teasing us, he’d let us pass and then turn the heat on. Driving the Camry was my Bro, who in our circle, was a seasoned driver, time tested, “high” tested (he could always handle his high and still drive excellently well).
Now if you know the V6 Camry, by Nigerian road standards it’s a pretty fast car. Behind the wheel you feel like you can take any, any car on! We had done this repeatedly and seemed to get away with it every time and we thought tonight was going to be a similar case. The Passat guy was hot on our heels, for us it was Pedal to the Metal, yet we never seemed to pull so far away from Him. He was right there behind us!!!
By the time we got to the 2nd round about, the brakes in the Camry was Squealing and singing. You could perceive the smell. Now let me put this in perspective, we were in “the more” powerful car, V6 vs. 4 cylinder, a 3.0L vs. a 2.0L engine. Driver competency wasn’t a question as I had mentioned before, Jigga my bro who was driving, was capable!!! So basically the competition here was between the Cars!!! As was in the case of JayZ’s video, “Money aint a thang, the Chase was full of Lane Changes. As we approached Jakande estate, there was little traffic building up, Jigga was slow in making up His mind, (wrong move) the passat blew right passed, He’d guessed right, he got into the other lane and it was our turn to play catch up. At this point I have to re-emphasize that this wasn’t a fair fight. We were in a more powerful of two similar cars, and even at that the passat seemed to have the upper hand. The futile catch up game ended when we got to Jakande round about due screams from me and my flat mate on what would have been an embarrassing loss in the battle. At this point my bro overtook dangerously and the dude in the passat surrendered his lead. We knew victory was certain because our branch off point was just around the corner.
At our branch off point, we slowed down, our new found friend drove right beside us screaming in very poor pidgin English “Una try” “Una try”, in response both cars honked violently in respect of what just went down, fingers in the air, not flipping the dude in the passat off but in respect, hazard lights on, our brakes at this time was singing a tune in Pavarotti. We all jumped out of the car as we got off the expressway, barely able to catch a breath after an exhilarating adrenaline filled race.
At that point, it was a unanimous verdict that if we couldn’t beat the Germans in an unfair fight, it was best not only to join them but convert others!!!!!
Germans Cars I love you!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Official Photo's of the 2011 Hyundai Sonata
Not bad you'd say?
Here's what the 2011 Hyundai Sonata wil look like.
Powerplant for the US model will be a 190Hp 2.4L while
Japan will have to settle with a 163Hp 2.0L engine.
Japan will have to settle with a 163Hp 2.0L engine.Thursday, September 10, 2009
And another 1!!!!!!
I'm short of words.....
The picture you behold are previews Hyundai relaeased ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show taking place later on this month.....
Thats an idea of what the next Tucson will look like!!!!!
Get your Cheque books ready cuz this thing is a stunning beauty!!!!!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
My 1st Bash!
‘You don hit my car, Oyibo repete, as you don bash my car gbese repete’. The once famous Naija Hit song. And one not so loved by anyone who’s hit or been hit before. ‘Bashing’ a fairly regular occurrence on Lagos roads where you’re considered a ‘real’ driver for just driving there. In the city of Lagos, God help you if you ever ‘bash’ someone’s car. There’ll you’ll hear all kinds of grammar (Ikoyi and V.I) or when the parties involved are from areas such as okoko, iyana-paja, Ebutte-meta, they instinctively start fighting before they even say a word. Talk/ fight for as long as you like and block the free flow of the already dense traffic and no one seems to bother.
Everyone at some point in time will always have a bash every now and then. ‘If you no bash person, person go bash you’, as the popular saying goes in Lagos. As a reference point, I drove for 14years before ever ‘Bashing’ anything. Mine was simply a case of break failure (truthfully, I remember the brakes were bad). Facing a trailer head on at 30Km/H with absolutely no brakes (in my BMW 5 series), I opted to swerve away from the trailer that made no attempt to slow down. In the process, I brushed the side of my car violently against the side of a ‘Vanagon’ picking passengers at the bus stop which slowed me down before finally hitting an ‘Okada’ man who’d remain stuck to his seat from shock ( I guess) .Due to experience and some luck, my car suffered most of the damage, breaking off an already broken pointer light on the Vanagon. The bus driver being so kind as to let me go (after telling him I had no money of course?). I got back into my car with my friend who was visibly in shock and headed off to our original location (it was almost 1759) and I am never late.
Unlike my 1st bash, my bother’s 1st bash happened at the onset on his driving days. Luckily for him, our dad was very understanding and rather than reprise him for making an honest mistake, he was given all the encouragement needed and today he is a far better driver than I am. That seems to be the fatal mistake most parents make. I have friends who are in or close to their 30’s who cant drive because their parents were either too scared of them damaging their cars or stopped them out rightly from touching their cars for fear of ‘Bashing’ it. This long term effect of ‘leave my car’ has left these ‘Men’ not wanting to drive even after buying their own cars.
Be careful, be vigilant and be patient so that when your 1st ‘Bash’ happens, it can be something you can talk about. (With pride).
Everyone at some point in time will always have a bash every now and then. ‘If you no bash person, person go bash you’, as the popular saying goes in Lagos. As a reference point, I drove for 14years before ever ‘Bashing’ anything. Mine was simply a case of break failure (truthfully, I remember the brakes were bad). Facing a trailer head on at 30Km/H with absolutely no brakes (in my BMW 5 series), I opted to swerve away from the trailer that made no attempt to slow down. In the process, I brushed the side of my car violently against the side of a ‘Vanagon’ picking passengers at the bus stop which slowed me down before finally hitting an ‘Okada’ man who’d remain stuck to his seat from shock ( I guess) .Due to experience and some luck, my car suffered most of the damage, breaking off an already broken pointer light on the Vanagon. The bus driver being so kind as to let me go (after telling him I had no money of course?). I got back into my car with my friend who was visibly in shock and headed off to our original location (it was almost 1759) and I am never late.
Unlike my 1st bash, my bother’s 1st bash happened at the onset on his driving days. Luckily for him, our dad was very understanding and rather than reprise him for making an honest mistake, he was given all the encouragement needed and today he is a far better driver than I am. That seems to be the fatal mistake most parents make. I have friends who are in or close to their 30’s who cant drive because their parents were either too scared of them damaging their cars or stopped them out rightly from touching their cars for fear of ‘Bashing’ it. This long term effect of ‘leave my car’ has left these ‘Men’ not wanting to drive even after buying their own cars.
Be careful, be vigilant and be patient so that when your 1st ‘Bash’ happens, it can be something you can talk about. (With pride).
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Slush Box
Most kids while growing up get to hear tales of the ‘cunning’ tortoise. In my house we heard tales of cars that could change gears by themselves. In 1986 when my aunty brought back a Peugeot 504 GL auto from the US, I saw this ‘imaginary’ miracle for the first time. Unfortunately, it had brain box problems and it never worked. In 1993, when my dad told me he was buying a Mercedes Benz 200 aka Regular which was automatic transmission, I knew there was a God that answered prayers and dreams. The following year he bought a BMW 520 auto, I became uncontrollable with joy!
At that time (early 90’s), it was so un-cool to own a ‘slush box’ (derogatory term used to describe cars with automatic transmission). People had all sorts reasons for not buying them; like ‘what if the battery runs flat how do I push it?’ you get a good battery and ensure the car is always in top shape that’s how! Why buy a car hoping to push it when it brakes down? Till this very minute that perception beats me.
In 1997 I told a friend that one day ‘all cars’ will be automatic. I was just a kid at the time, but like martin Luther king and barrack Obama that were motivated to say the ‘unthinkable’ at some point in time, my comments were likened to theirs. It drew strong criticisms from my peers. The basis of my comments hinged on the fact that F1 cars (the ultimate devices on 4 wheels) were not manual transmission. I believed that it was only a matter of time before the gains and advantages in F1 technology trickled down to every day cars and for a fact I knew that auto’s had been around since the early 1900’s.
One of such numerous advantages is the shift time between gears. In modern auto’s transition between gears takes place in mere milliseconds. What this means is that you can quickly accelerate through gears much faster than an equivalent manual box would. My fathers Benz 200 had a 3 speed box, today Mercedes has cars having 7 speed auto, Lexus has an 8 speed box. Gear change is seamless in these cars when compared to my dad’s jerky and violently hard changes in the Benz 200. In addition to their seamless shift, this new auto’s also incorporate a manual mode into its normal shift gate or via paddles mounted behind the steering wheel, as is the case in the Golf Mark V GTI. Fuel economy may arguably be another advantage. In theory, manuals will always achieve better mileage when compared with a similar model auto. The reason being in the way these boxes are built. The manual has a direct link from the engine to the engine to the wheels, while the auto relies on oil pressure and a fluid connection between the engine and the transmission to supply the drive. This causes a loss of energy leading to observed difference in economy between the two boxes. In the real world however, most auto’s achieve better milage numbers. The reason being that in large number of people, most do not shift their manual cars at the right time, they either shift too early or too late. A classical example is 2 exact Honda 2002 models (baby boy) in traffic on 3rd mainland bridge for over 3hours. After a while both drivers will get tired and may not pay complete attention to what they are doing. While in the auto this will not have an effect, as the car is preprogrammed to shift at specific conditions, the manual will suffer economy if the driver accelerates from stop say in gear 2.
Take a personal survey, how many of your friends still drive manuals? It’s likely you own an auto or plan to buy one pretty soon. Die hard manual ‘freaks’ will always argue over the advantages of driving a ‘manual’ that its fun, its fast, its economical etc. in response I ask is the bugatti veyron not fun? Is the bugatti veyron not fast? Ok maybe it’s not economical but who cares? It’s capable of doing 252MPh, 400Kmh! and its an auto.
At that time (early 90’s), it was so un-cool to own a ‘slush box’ (derogatory term used to describe cars with automatic transmission). People had all sorts reasons for not buying them; like ‘what if the battery runs flat how do I push it?’ you get a good battery and ensure the car is always in top shape that’s how! Why buy a car hoping to push it when it brakes down? Till this very minute that perception beats me.
In 1997 I told a friend that one day ‘all cars’ will be automatic. I was just a kid at the time, but like martin Luther king and barrack Obama that were motivated to say the ‘unthinkable’ at some point in time, my comments were likened to theirs. It drew strong criticisms from my peers. The basis of my comments hinged on the fact that F1 cars (the ultimate devices on 4 wheels) were not manual transmission. I believed that it was only a matter of time before the gains and advantages in F1 technology trickled down to every day cars and for a fact I knew that auto’s had been around since the early 1900’s.
One of such numerous advantages is the shift time between gears. In modern auto’s transition between gears takes place in mere milliseconds. What this means is that you can quickly accelerate through gears much faster than an equivalent manual box would. My fathers Benz 200 had a 3 speed box, today Mercedes has cars having 7 speed auto, Lexus has an 8 speed box. Gear change is seamless in these cars when compared to my dad’s jerky and violently hard changes in the Benz 200. In addition to their seamless shift, this new auto’s also incorporate a manual mode into its normal shift gate or via paddles mounted behind the steering wheel, as is the case in the Golf Mark V GTI. Fuel economy may arguably be another advantage. In theory, manuals will always achieve better mileage when compared with a similar model auto. The reason being in the way these boxes are built. The manual has a direct link from the engine to the engine to the wheels, while the auto relies on oil pressure and a fluid connection between the engine and the transmission to supply the drive. This causes a loss of energy leading to observed difference in economy between the two boxes. In the real world however, most auto’s achieve better milage numbers. The reason being that in large number of people, most do not shift their manual cars at the right time, they either shift too early or too late. A classical example is 2 exact Honda 2002 models (baby boy) in traffic on 3rd mainland bridge for over 3hours. After a while both drivers will get tired and may not pay complete attention to what they are doing. While in the auto this will not have an effect, as the car is preprogrammed to shift at specific conditions, the manual will suffer economy if the driver accelerates from stop say in gear 2.
Take a personal survey, how many of your friends still drive manuals? It’s likely you own an auto or plan to buy one pretty soon. Die hard manual ‘freaks’ will always argue over the advantages of driving a ‘manual’ that its fun, its fast, its economical etc. in response I ask is the bugatti veyron not fun? Is the bugatti veyron not fast? Ok maybe it’s not economical but who cares? It’s capable of doing 252MPh, 400Kmh! and its an auto.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Thinking about buying a new car!!!!!!
Newer doesn't always mean better....
nothing will exemplify this more than this review where Jeremy Clarkson compares the new Honda Civic Type R against its predecessor....
Hope you find it as entertaining as i do....
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Lagos and its Ideal vehicle!!!!!!
A city of 16 million people and a whole lot of cars: a lot of noise is often made about being able to drive in the state of New York. I’m sure a lot of people who have that opinion will change their minds just after driving for five minutes in Lagos. Here you have to worry about bad driving, bad roads, Armed robbers with AK47 riffles, area boys etc etc. I dare say if you can drive in Lagos, you can drive anywhere in the world.
Lagos, a city where most people do not go to driving schools, they learn on the job. A city where right of way at a round about is almost never obeyed. A city, where traffic officials do not even know the contents of the High way code. A City where when changing lanes on the freeway, the right of way belongs to the bigger vehicle, the more daring driver or the guy in a uniform. A city where not understanding traffic rules is deemed cool. Lagos, a city where the bigger vehicle always wins!!!!
So we go on, what is the ideal vehicle in a city where the size of what you drive matters? It’s clear a bigger vehicle intimidates the next guy. However, this presents a draw back of its own because almost always the city is locked down in traffic and as Lagos drivers are known for their impatience, Lane change is the order of the day. Any small space, even the side walk is not spared. Going against traffic used to be the order of the day before the introduction of LASTMA (I hate those guys)! A problem now arises when driving around in a very big car. The smaller, nimbler cars, Kia Picanto, Nissan sunny, VW Golf, out- maneuver the SUV’s. A slight variation to this rule is would be the Bus drivers (especially the Vanagon drivers, officially known as the Volkswagen Transporter) that’s a topic for another day though!
It goes without saying that the ideal car for Lagos has to able to 1. Maneuver in traffic, 2. Be medium sized, 3. Withstand mad traffic, 4. Go off-road* yes, driving on paved roads is very much similar to off-road driving in Lagos, 5. Have good ground clearance, be able to get unto sidewalks and wade through water, and finally have outstanding MPG values. .
Starting with the process of elimination, large SUV’s are good, they intimidate other drivers but are not easily maneuverable. Smaller cars are maneuverable but they don’t intimidate other drivers. So the answer lies in a combination of car like and SUV like features. No other segment better personifies this than the Cross over utility vehicle segment (CUV). Some models come with all wheel drive, though not real auxiliary gears and do very well on sandy roads. A prominent member, arguably the founding member, the Toyota RAV4 posses’ car like and SUV like features in near perfect combinations. High ground clearance, medium sized and relatively priced. A 1998 model is just around 1.4 million naira about the price of a Baby boy (Honda Accord). A classic example of their utilitarian prowess can be seen on the Oniru Bye Pass in V.I, you’re stuck in the sand while trying to beat traffic in your baby boy, and a RAV4 breezes past with ease while you ponder how you’ll pay money to the ‘Boy’s already lurking and hovering like vultures who’ll push your car out from the sand you’re stuck in, I’ll bet it’d make you wonder why you didn’t buy the RAV4 since they’re almost identical in pricing?
So for a city with mad traffic, de-ranged bus drivers and potholes large enough to be seen from outer space( like the Palm beaches in Dubai), the ideal vehicle is a Toyota Rav4( any of the 3 generations will do). Though I will recommend a BMW X3, a Mercedes GLK or an Audi Q3 just because I love German Engineered cars.
Lagos, a city where most people do not go to driving schools, they learn on the job. A city where right of way at a round about is almost never obeyed. A city, where traffic officials do not even know the contents of the High way code. A City where when changing lanes on the freeway, the right of way belongs to the bigger vehicle, the more daring driver or the guy in a uniform. A city where not understanding traffic rules is deemed cool. Lagos, a city where the bigger vehicle always wins!!!!
So we go on, what is the ideal vehicle in a city where the size of what you drive matters? It’s clear a bigger vehicle intimidates the next guy. However, this presents a draw back of its own because almost always the city is locked down in traffic and as Lagos drivers are known for their impatience, Lane change is the order of the day. Any small space, even the side walk is not spared. Going against traffic used to be the order of the day before the introduction of LASTMA (I hate those guys)! A problem now arises when driving around in a very big car. The smaller, nimbler cars, Kia Picanto, Nissan sunny, VW Golf, out- maneuver the SUV’s. A slight variation to this rule is would be the Bus drivers (especially the Vanagon drivers, officially known as the Volkswagen Transporter) that’s a topic for another day though!
It goes without saying that the ideal car for Lagos has to able to 1. Maneuver in traffic, 2. Be medium sized, 3. Withstand mad traffic, 4. Go off-road* yes, driving on paved roads is very much similar to off-road driving in Lagos, 5. Have good ground clearance, be able to get unto sidewalks and wade through water, and finally have outstanding MPG values. .
Starting with the process of elimination, large SUV’s are good, they intimidate other drivers but are not easily maneuverable. Smaller cars are maneuverable but they don’t intimidate other drivers. So the answer lies in a combination of car like and SUV like features. No other segment better personifies this than the Cross over utility vehicle segment (CUV). Some models come with all wheel drive, though not real auxiliary gears and do very well on sandy roads. A prominent member, arguably the founding member, the Toyota RAV4 posses’ car like and SUV like features in near perfect combinations. High ground clearance, medium sized and relatively priced. A 1998 model is just around 1.4 million naira about the price of a Baby boy (Honda Accord). A classic example of their utilitarian prowess can be seen on the Oniru Bye Pass in V.I, you’re stuck in the sand while trying to beat traffic in your baby boy, and a RAV4 breezes past with ease while you ponder how you’ll pay money to the ‘Boy’s already lurking and hovering like vultures who’ll push your car out from the sand you’re stuck in, I’ll bet it’d make you wonder why you didn’t buy the RAV4 since they’re almost identical in pricing?
So for a city with mad traffic, de-ranged bus drivers and potholes large enough to be seen from outer space( like the Palm beaches in Dubai), the ideal vehicle is a Toyota Rav4( any of the 3 generations will do). Though I will recommend a BMW X3, a Mercedes GLK or an Audi Q3 just because I love German Engineered cars.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
I dread that car!
Reliability! Defined as the quality of bring dependable or reliable. Reliable itself is defined as being worthy of trust.
Trust a word which must’ve been un-synonymous with at least ‘one’ car you’ve own, your dad’s own or you’ve known someone whose own 1 in the not too distant past. A car that has the “Penchant” to misbehave just when you need it the most. A fitting synonym would be “embarrassment”. Just like gravity, that pulls all matter to earth, these cars pull embarrassment to you. They have no shame, no fear, at any time, they can choose to disappoint.
Tales of such story(s) are plenty from my past, Yes even as much as my Dad, my brother and I fixed the cars in the house by ourselves, they still knew 1 thing more than anything else; choose the right time to “embarrass” you. My Dad’s BMW 520 was so good at it. I remember one very clear instance, this full optioned kokolet I had just met through a friend. I went to her hostel to see her, and after forming ’PAPA’s it was time to leave. I got in the car, kicked the engine, it rolled but never started. I had to beg the guys that lived close by to help me push the car into the kokolet’s compound (In a very sandy, sandy place). I came back the next day after she had gone to school and towed the car away. It cost me 7500(It was a faulty fuel pump that just suddenly went bad and I was a corp. member at the time).
My brother was not so lucky either, he once went to check on a shortie that was in his class, he drove my Dad’s Regular Benz (200) there. He was in 100L at the time and after getting to her hostel, it was time to leave, as women are always known to always show off. She called more than half the hostel to see my brother as he left. And as the trend seems to go, the car refused to start (now let me add, both cars are automatics(520+Regular)so pushing it to start was not an option). In Retrospect, most times these cars choose to be bad were times that women were involved! How strange!
To put things in clear perspective, I’m in no way saying that, neither the BMW 520 nor the Benz were bad cars, the BMW up until we sold it off still clocked 180km/H, EFFORTLESSLY, without any rattles, no vibration, and no un-necessary feedback from the steering wheels etc. On a day it performed, it outclassed even a baby boy! But this was a car manufactured in 1978! Yes the 1st generation 5 series. My friends nicknamed it “LORD LUGARD”. They say it was so old that Lord Lugard rode in it during the Amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914! If you know anything about BMers it’s the fact that they are like women; they need immediate, precise and capable attention. At the time, I could not afford to maintain it and as such , it chose to let me know that I was not caring. As any woman would!
Today, such stories as your car”messing” up are not too common. The reason being as a senior colleague ‘Debo’ told me that the cars people buy is much newer. Averagely around 8yrs. That’s one of the few things to have come out of the FG of late that I consider good. That and the fact that the banks are stronger and as such can empower people to buy newer cars. Even today’s mechanics are better equipped to handle these cars, and do not immediately blame every ‘start’ related problem on relays like they once did.
The Japanese cars ‘seem’ to have won the perception battle; the battle that their cars are dependable and reliable. Please do not get irritated at this point; I believe that Germans make the best cars in the world. I also believe that all other car manufacturers do not exist. Even when I chose to go for the ‘reliable’ car, I opted for a golf. I can’t be seen owning or driving a Japanese!
Trust a word which must’ve been un-synonymous with at least ‘one’ car you’ve own, your dad’s own or you’ve known someone whose own 1 in the not too distant past. A car that has the “Penchant” to misbehave just when you need it the most. A fitting synonym would be “embarrassment”. Just like gravity, that pulls all matter to earth, these cars pull embarrassment to you. They have no shame, no fear, at any time, they can choose to disappoint.
Tales of such story(s) are plenty from my past, Yes even as much as my Dad, my brother and I fixed the cars in the house by ourselves, they still knew 1 thing more than anything else; choose the right time to “embarrass” you. My Dad’s BMW 520 was so good at it. I remember one very clear instance, this full optioned kokolet I had just met through a friend. I went to her hostel to see her, and after forming ’PAPA’s it was time to leave. I got in the car, kicked the engine, it rolled but never started. I had to beg the guys that lived close by to help me push the car into the kokolet’s compound (In a very sandy, sandy place). I came back the next day after she had gone to school and towed the car away. It cost me 7500(It was a faulty fuel pump that just suddenly went bad and I was a corp. member at the time).
My brother was not so lucky either, he once went to check on a shortie that was in his class, he drove my Dad’s Regular Benz (200) there. He was in 100L at the time and after getting to her hostel, it was time to leave, as women are always known to always show off. She called more than half the hostel to see my brother as he left. And as the trend seems to go, the car refused to start (now let me add, both cars are automatics(520+Regular)so pushing it to start was not an option). In Retrospect, most times these cars choose to be bad were times that women were involved! How strange!
To put things in clear perspective, I’m in no way saying that, neither the BMW 520 nor the Benz were bad cars, the BMW up until we sold it off still clocked 180km/H, EFFORTLESSLY, without any rattles, no vibration, and no un-necessary feedback from the steering wheels etc. On a day it performed, it outclassed even a baby boy! But this was a car manufactured in 1978! Yes the 1st generation 5 series. My friends nicknamed it “LORD LUGARD”. They say it was so old that Lord Lugard rode in it during the Amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914! If you know anything about BMers it’s the fact that they are like women; they need immediate, precise and capable attention. At the time, I could not afford to maintain it and as such , it chose to let me know that I was not caring. As any woman would!
Today, such stories as your car”messing” up are not too common. The reason being as a senior colleague ‘Debo’ told me that the cars people buy is much newer. Averagely around 8yrs. That’s one of the few things to have come out of the FG of late that I consider good. That and the fact that the banks are stronger and as such can empower people to buy newer cars. Even today’s mechanics are better equipped to handle these cars, and do not immediately blame every ‘start’ related problem on relays like they once did.
The Japanese cars ‘seem’ to have won the perception battle; the battle that their cars are dependable and reliable. Please do not get irritated at this point; I believe that Germans make the best cars in the world. I also believe that all other car manufacturers do not exist. Even when I chose to go for the ‘reliable’ car, I opted for a golf. I can’t be seen owning or driving a Japanese!
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